So Heng Tai Mansion

{{Short description|Historic Chinese courtyard house in Bangkok, Thailand}} [[File:บ้านโซวเฮงไถ่ ตลาดน้อย (กรุงเทพมหานคร).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|So Heng Tai Mansion]]

The '''So Heng Tai Mansion''' ({{langx|th|บ้านโซวเฮงไถ่}}, from {{lang-zh|蘇恒泰}}) is a nineteenth-century [[Chinese courtyard house]] in the historic neighbourhood of [[Talat Noi]] in [[Bangkok]]. It was built by Phra Aphaiwanit (Chat, of the [[Su (surname)|So]] ([[:wikt:蘇|蘇]]) clan, 1813–1849), a [[Hokkien people|Hokkien]] Chinese [[Edible bird's nest|bird's nest]] [[tax farmer]] with ancestry from Fujian who eventually joined the nobility under King [[Rama III]].<ref name="BP 2014" /><ref name="The Cloud" /><ref name=Nation /> His descendants include many prominent Thai businessmen, celebrities and politicians including [[Korn Chatikavanij]]. The house has continuously been inhabited by his descendants, including one branch who now form the Poshyachinda family. It is one of the last remaining traditional Chinese houses in Bangkok and claims to be the oldest private residence in the city. A [[Thai Chinese]] tycoon reportedly offered to buy the residence for 2 billion baht, an offer turned down by the family.<ref name="SCMP" /> Today, it also operates as a diving school, a pool having been built in the courtyard in 2004. The house has at times been opened to the public, especially since 2014 when the Talat Noi area was promoted as a cultural tourism destination. Multiple organizations have offered assistance in its restoration, though lack of government support has largely left maintenance of the house to the family's own expense.<ref name="Bangkok River" /><ref name=TCDC /><ref name="BP 2017" /><ref name=Sarakadee />

==See also== * [[Wanglee House]], a Chinese courtyard house in Khlong San District

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<ref name="BP 2014">{{cite news |last1=Wancharoen |first1=Supoj |title=A beautiful family history |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/415270/a-beautiful-family-history |work=Bangkok Post |date=14 June 2014}}</ref> <ref name="BP 2017">{{cite news |last1=Wattanasukchai |first1=Sirinya |title=Heritage property owners deserve support |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1174557/heritage-property-owners-deserve-support |accessdate=16 December 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=5 January 2017}}</ref> <ref name="Bangkok River">{{cite web |title=Sol Heng Tai Mansion |url=http://www.bangkokriver.com/place/sol-heng-tai/ |website=Bangkok River |publisher=Bangkok River Partners |date=2016|accessdate=16 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="TCDC">{{cite web |last1=Tanmanasiri |first1=Natanit |last2=Bunphen |first2=Wanphen |title=Old means Gold: The Renewal of 3 Old Districts in the Heart of Bangkok |url=https://web.tcdc.or.th/en/Articles/Detail/Old-means-Gold-The-Renewal-of-3-Old-Districts-in-the-Heart-of-Bangkok |website=TCDC website |publisher=Thailand Creative & Design Center |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en |date=3 January 2018}} Originally published as {{cite journal |title=Old means gold: 3 ย่านเก่าทำใหม่ใจกลางกรุงเทพฯ |journal=คิด: Creative Thailand |date=January 2018 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=24–27 |url=https://www.creativethailand.org/magazine/100/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2 |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=th}}</ref> <ref name="The Cloud">{{cite web |author1=Teerapan Leelavansuk |title=Dive me home: จากคฤหาสน์แบบจีนโบราณสู่โรงเรียนสอนดำน้ำกลางเมืองเก่า ที่ยังคงคุณค่าของคำว่า 'บ้าน' |url=https://readthecloud.co/replace-9/ |website=The Cloud |language=th |date=7 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name=Sarakadee>{{cite web |author1=ภัทรียา พัวพงศกร |title=แสงสุดท้ายของบ้านโซวเฮงไถ่ |url=https://www.sarakadee.com/2014/09/26/solhengtai/ |website=Sarakadee Magazine |language=th |date=26 September 2014}}</ref> <ref name="SCMP">{{cite web |author1=Tibor Krausz|title=Bangkok mansion, city's oldest private residence, still owned by family that built it 200 years ago, who say 'Selling it would be like selling out'|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3076391/bangkok-mansion-citys-oldest-private-residence-still-owned|website=South China Morning Post|date=24 March 2020}}</ref> <ref name=Nation>{{cite web |author1=Khetsirin Pholdhampalit|title=A house of many stories|url=https://www.nationthailand.com/life/30183347|website=The Nation|date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

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