Tours to Plain Of Jars
The main attraction in Plain of Jars is its stone jars of different shapes and sizes, actually carved out of solid rocks, are scattered all over the plateau. The biggest one measures 3.25 meters. It is estimated that these stones are 2500 and 300 years old. An air of mystery and charm hangs over the plains of Jars.
Jars are adorned with bronzes and other artifacts that led to believe that the jars were funerary urns, dating back 2000 years - a belief that is held by many researchers today. It is believed that many battles have been fought in this land and remains of it can be still viewed in the form of these solid jars.
The main attraction in Xieng Khouang province is the Plain of Jars. Stone jars of different sizes, apparently carved out of solid rocks, are scattered all over the plateau. The biggest one reaches a
height of 3.25 meters. Researchers
have advanced different theories as to the function of the stone
jars, which are estimated to be 2,500 to 3,000 years old.
An air of mystery hangs over the Plain of Jars. Local folklore says that, in the 6th century, the warrior king, Khun Jeuam, brought his army from Southern China and defeated the evil chieftain, Chao Angka.
The mighty battle was followed by a mighty feast, at which hundreds of gigantic jars of lao-lao rice wine were consumed.
Khun Jeuam was, apparently, as bad at tidying up as he was good at throwing parties, for he left behind all of the empty jars, of which nearly three hundred remain, scattered around the flat plains near Phonsavan, including his own six-tonne 'victory cup.'
There is little physical evidence to say that this fanciful legend does not hold at least a little truth.
Major wars have been fought on the plains over the centuries, as both Lao, Siamese and Vietnamese armies attempted to win control of them.
In the nineteenth century, Chinese bandits further pillaged the plains so that, by the time French archaeologist, Madeleine Colani, arrived in the mid-1930s, almost all that remained of the ancient civilization of the plains were the jars.
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