I am Kulen Monorom, would like to say thank you to Cam Watch in Australia, Mr. Suykry Path, HE Sum Chhum Bun and other researchers to find out this connection of the South China with the South East Asia region. I am very proud to be Khmer children who was born in Khmer Empire land recently. We Khmer always have a very good hearts and intelligent minds to put our Khmer culture into Chinese mainland, Thai and Laos people.
May God bless all of us to love each other because we were brothers and sisters for more than a thousand years ago. We must stop fighting each other from today onwards, can't we? Regards, Kulen Monorom Ta Ruos Village, Krabey Real Commune, Krong & Khet Siem Reap, Cambodia Tel: +61 469 345 567 Email: [email protected] Skype: woodhyapdg ________________________________ From: Suykry Path <[email protected]> To: Suykry Path <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:37 AM Subject: [RepublicofCambodia] Ancient Khmer Families Discovered Living in Southern China http://camwatchblogs.blogspot.com/2011/03/ancient-khmer-families-discovered.html Ancient Khmer Families Discovered Living in Southern China Xishuangbanna, "Twelve Thousand Rice Fields," is the poetic name of this semi-tropical paradise, hidden in the mountains of Southern China. On a recent visit, Cambodian scholars discovered a living connection to their Khmer homeland: families descended from ancient elephant drivers who never returned to Angkor. Source: http://www.devata.org/2010/04/ancient-khmer-families-discovered-living-in-southern-china/ By Kent Davis This lotus-crowned goddess greets visitors arriving to Xishuanbanna's Jinhong Airport. Xishuangbanna, China - Xishuangbanna -- known in the Thai-Lao dialects as "Sipsongpanna" (สิบสองพันนา) -- is an autonomous prefecture at the southern tip of China's Yunnan province filled with an exotic diversity of people, plants and animals. There, the colorful culture points to strong connections between these Chinese people and their southern neighbors in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and beyond. Radio Free America (RFA) now reports that a group of researchers from the Royal Academy of Cambodia have found a group of more than 1,000 ethnic Khmers living in the area, evidently descended from 13th century exchanges between the Khmer Empire and the Chinese Emperors of that era. The team, led by H.E. Sum Chhum Bun, Secretary General of the academy, next plans to investigate the southern migrations of ethnic Tais into what is now Thailand. Xishuanbanna (known as Sipsong Panna in the Thai-Lao dialects) is a melting pot for the ancient cultures of China and Southeast Asia. Note the Mekong River, the key artery that connects the entire region. According to the RFA report, "The Khmer king sent two families of mohouts (elephant drivers) to help care for the (Chinese emperor's) elephants. Later, the Khmer king learned that the emperor enjoyed Khmer food so he sent two more families to cook for the emperor. Today, local ethnic Khmers here still say that the four families of their ancestors came to China from Cambodia. They also speak some of the ancient Khmer language that they remember" Wild elephants like those that the ancient Khmer "mohouts" came to tame for the Chinese emperor on behalf of their king in Angkor. The assimilation is not surprising and has been occurring in the region for thousands of years. Reports as early as the 6th century B.C. indicate that the Tai cultivated rice in lowland areas. During the first millennium A.D., Tai speaking tribes from the mountainous plateau near the Yangtze River had already begun moving southward. Meanwhile, to the south, the Khmer civilization grew in what is now Cambodia. Khmer influence then spread northward, sharing their religion, technology, architecture and system of government. This pavilion in Xishuanbanna evokes Khmer architectural style. Tai and Khmer groups blended until 1,238 A.D. when the Tai (Thai) people organized a distinct nation based in Sukhothai, previously the northwestern capital of the Angkorean government. This divisive development weakened the Khmer empire north of the Dangrek Mountains however strong ties, often through intermarriage, continued to exist throughout the region. "A Record of Cambodia: Its Land and its People" by Zhou Daguan. More, http://camwatchblogs.blogspot.com/2011/03/ancient-khmer-families-discovered.html Suykry Path AngkorOne Charity Program Manager CMS Administration Council Coordinator of the Sutheast Asian History and Cultures Research Institute Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.AngkorOne.com Khmers. 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