River Kwai in Thailand is the understanding that the Department of" World War II," the theme of seven Academy Awards won the classic film -" River Kwai" , when I know that soon went into film When the screen in the heart excited to conceal it. I do not understand why as one that must be seen to Thailand this bridge, do not just a movie?
River Kwai
To River Kwai, we start from Bangkok, Thailand through the half, after nearly 4 hours to travel long distances, only to the River Kwai from the Thai-Myanmar border where the very near Kanchanaburi. Since this had previously been a large number of opium cultivation, it is also known as the" little gold triangle." See both sides of the endless highway, golden fields, really want to stay here ever since, over the life of men and women weave farming.
to the river Kwai is already 16:00, the River Kwai - Thailand's third largest river, it is not only Myanmar, Thailand borders, while the world witnessed the drug lord Zhang Qifu (Kunshan) the rise and fall. Now the River Kwai, no chill of the air, and film in the wild entirely different world, a return to Thailand from Myanmar to open Memorial train travel just over and cheered by many visitors to take photographs, then this spot and who would have thought 60 before the war, who would have thought this is carrying tens of thousands of lives in the Bridge?
World War II left behind a bomb
through history
walk on the bridge, it seems that history has been restored, it seems that the smoke of war has only just gone. Something that makes the Chinese people, the people of Southeast Asia and the world forget the people of the river, memorable bridge. A river, a bridge, take us into the long river of history - the history of World War II period.
across the River Kwai The River Kwai, is driven by the Japanese during World War II Allied prisoners of the" masterpiece" ! Because of this connection, Thailand and Myanmar 415 km of railway was sacrificed countless lives to be completed, it is" Death Railway" and said the famous River Kwai is one of the section, known as the" Death Railway" by the throat.
1942, the Japanese had already invaded and occupied large tracts of land in Southeast Asia. Offensive to Thailand via Myanmar and India, to facilitate the supply of transportation of military operations, the Japanese decided to build a railway linking the Thai-Myanmar border. Thus, the Japanese from September 1942 onwards, forcing Britain and the United States a large number of Allied prisoners of war and civilians in Southeast Asian countries to the Thai-Myanmar border as laborers. At that time, western Kanchanaburi, Thailand is an uninhabited mountainous areas, the hot climate, malaria shrouded malaria epidemic. In order to take six years to build this into the railway completed in one year, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers with bayonets forced labor day and night construction. Heavy labor, harsh conditions, resulting in 16,000 Allied prisoners of war and more than 10 million civilians died in the hunger and illness, died in the Japanese under the lash, and lying dead in the wilderness.
River Kwai on the side of the terrain is more gentle, but the river is a steep peaks, and some sections even dug in the cliff on above.
year, many workers are in the construction of River Kwai, the become ghosts of. The story of this bridge was built in 1957 by renowned British film director David Lean and the Oscar for best film, actor, director, screenplay, editing, music and other seven awards, a war movie classic, River Kwai reputation and therefore the bridge earthquake.
After the war, the Thai government to spend heavily this railway and the bridge from the hands of redemption and its allies were re-construction of the bridge.
in front of River Kwai in the movie as steep and tall. Bridge two unexploded bombs pound weight model to remind people there was a battle, the two lines of World War II Allied bombing during Zhaqiao unexploded bombs. Black body shells, red shells rudder, it stood there, speechless to tell people that part of the tragic days and nights 60 years ago and the heinous acts of aggression of Japan.
escorted dark Qiaolan, walk this paved with blood on the tracks, I was really feeling Each root sleepers buried under all the ghosts of the victims of an Allied!
River Kwai quiet flow, it is hard to imagine 60 years ago there had been fierce fighting here. The bridge is that part of Burma, this is a country renowned for the jade. Peaceful coexistence of peoples Thailand and Burma border are useless. The history of Myanmar and Thailand are also a pair of lovers, but this time, we abandoned the old scores, for a better life together. What do better than this?
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