{{short description|Subdistrict of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Sao Chingcha |native_name = เสาชิงช้า |settlement_type = [[Khwaeng]] | coordinates = |motto = |image_skyline = เสาชิงช้า01.jpg |image_caption = The eponymous Sao Chingcha | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in [[Phra Nakhon District]] <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Thailand}} |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bangkok]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Amphoe|Khet]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Phra Nakhon District|Phra Nakhon]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_total_km2 = 0.153 |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|script-title=th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563|trans-title=Bangkok Statistics 2020|author=Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=2021|access-date=27 November 2021|language=th|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930084153/https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |area_water_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 2,049 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Indochina Time|ICT]] |utc_offset = +7 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = {{#property:P281}} |area_code = |blank_name = [[TIS 1099]] |blank_info = {{#property:P1067}} |website = |footnotes = }} [[file:Bangkok Government Building.jpg|thumb|250px|Bangkok City Hall and Townspeople Ground.]] [[file:เทวสถาน (โบสถ์พราหมณ์) เขตพระนคร กรุงเทพมหานคร.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Brahma]] Shrine inside Devasathan.]]
'''Sao Chingcha''' ({{langx|th|เสาชิงช้า}}, {{IPA|th|sǎw t͡ɕʰīŋ.t͡ɕʰáː|pron}} {{audio|Saochingchah.ogg|pronunciation}}) is one of the twelve ''[[khwaeng]]'' (subdistricts) of [[Phra Nakhon]] District, [[Bangkok]].
==History== Its name after "[[Sao Chingcha]]" or internationally known as "Giant Swing", a towering structure in [[Hinduism]]. It was built in the early [[Rattanakosin]] era, after the establishment of Bangkok as the new capital by King [[Rama I]], only two years. Sao Chingcha was created to perform a Hindu ritual known as "[[Triyampawai ceremony|Triyampawai]]", believed to welcome Mahesh ([[Shiva]]) and Narayana ([[Vishnu]]) to visit the human world.
After the [[Siamese revolution of 1932|Siamese revolution in 1932]], this ritual were reduced in importance, which was held for the last time in 1934 during King [[Rama VII]]'s reign. Sao Chingcha has only moved slightly from its original location, and until 2024 it had been major renovated four times, most recently in 2006, when both pillars were completely replaced with wood transported from [[Den Chai]] District, [[Phrae Province]].<ref>{{cite web|language=thai|date=2013-08-17|accessdate=2024-03-17|work=YouTube|title=แฟนพันธุ์แท้ 2013 16 ส.ค. 56 (เกาะรัตนโกสินทร์)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4eVTp9b0E&t=187s|author=WorkpointOfficial}}</ref> It was listed as a registered national [[ancient monument (Thailand)|ancient monument]] by [[Fine Arts Department]] in 1949.<ref name=so>{{cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/bangkok/attractions/sao-ching-cha/a/poi-sig/408072/357640|work=[[Lonely Planet]]|title=Sao Ching-Cha}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.komchadluek.net/news/today-in-history/368223|work=[[Kom Chad Luek]]|language=thai|date=2019-04-08|accessdate=2019-11-03|title=8 เม.ย.2327 กำเนิดเสาชิงช้าวัดสุทัศน์|trans-title=8 Apr 1784 begin of Sao Chingcha Wat Suthat}}</ref>
Currently, Sao Chingcha is well known in one of Bangkok's symbols and landmarks.<ref name=so/>
The area around Sao Chingcha was formerly a community and market in the name of "Talat Sao Chingcha". In 1972 after amalgamating theactivities of the Metropolis of Krung Thep (Phra Nakhon) and [[Thon Buri]], The Krung Thep and Thon Buri Provincial Administrations, the Metropolitan City Municipality and Sanitation Administration into the "[[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]]" (BMA), Bangkok City Hall therefore was built on the site of Talat Sao Chingcha. It was designed by a Thai architect Prince Samaichalerm Kridakorn. Traders of Talat Sao Chingcha had to move to a new location, which is the nearby [[Trok Mo Market|Talat Trok Mo]] in present-day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://203.155.220.117:8080/BMAWWW/upload/module_journal/title_journal/file_8e8b5f568b468512e54e8c54f02b8366.pdf|title=บางกอก ECONOMY VOLUME 11|trans-title=Bangkok ECONOMY VOLUME 11|language=thai|work=BMAWWW}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9580000116108|work=[[ASTV Manager]]|language=thai|date=2015-10-16|accessdate=2019-11-03|title=เดินเที่ยวกรุงเทพฯ : เพลินๆ เดินย่าน "เสาชิงช้า" หัวใจแห่งเกาะรัตนโกสินทร์|trans-title=Walking around Bangkok : Enjoy walking around the "Giant Swing" neighbourhood, the heart of Rattanakosin Island}}</ref>
==Geography== Sao Chingcha is considered to be an area in the inner city of Bangkok or [[Rattanakosin Island]].
It is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts (from the north clockwise): Bowon Niwet ([[Khlong Lot]] Wat Ratchanadda is a divider line), [[Samran Rat]] ([[Siriphong Road]] is a divider line), Wat Ratchabophit ([[Bamrung Mueang Road]] is a divider line), [[Khwaeng San Chao Pho Suea|San Chao Pho Suea]] ([[Tanao Road]] is a divider line), respectively. All in its district.
A world-class tourist attraction [[Wat Suthat]], indeed, it is located in the area of Wat Ratchabophit.<ref name=chin>{{cite web|url=http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/map/keat/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3.jpg|language=thai|work=Bsa.or.th|title=เขตพระนคร|trans-title=Phra Nakhon District|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=2017-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702115254/http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/map/keat/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Places== *[[Giant Swing]] *[[Devasathan]] *Bangkok City Hall and Townspeople Ground *[[Wat Mahannapharam]]<ref name=chin/>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|13|45|02.0|N|100|29|46.1|E|region:TH_type:landmark|display=title}}
[[Category:Phra Nakhon district]] [[Category:Subdistricts of Bangkok]]