In the past (AD 1372) there was an old lady named "Penh" who was rich and lived near the banks of four rivers. His house was built on a hill east of a small hill. One day, there was heavy rain, the river was flooded, and Daun Penh went down to the port and suddenly saw a big koki tree floating near the shore, and by the power of the water flowing up and down, the koki tree kept floating nearby. That shore.
When Daun Penh saw this, she hurried to call her neighbors to help her pull out the Koki tree. At that time, Daun Penh took a piece of wood to scrape and clean the mud, and he saw in the hole of Koki wood there were four small Buddha statues made of bronze and another deity made of stone. The idol stood with one hand, a staff, and the other with his hair.
Daun Penh and the neighbors who went to help were very happy to pick up the revered things, so they brought the statues to Daun Penh's house and Daun Penh managed to build a small hut for temporary storage.
The next day, Daun Penh called on her neighbors to help turn the mound west of her house into a real mountain. After that, he had the wood cut down to make the pillars of the temple that he intended to build on the mountain.
In 1372, Daun Penh and many locals agreed to build a thatched-roof temple on the top of the mountain, and he marched the four bronze Buddha statues to be placed in the temple. He marched to an altar at the foot of the eastern mountain, and realizing that the idol was floating from Laos and looked like Laos, he assumed the name "Neak Ta Preah Chao". Today.
After the construction of the temple, he invited the monks to sit on the foot of the mountain in the west is called "Wat Phnom Daun Penh", which is now called "Wat Phnom" from then until today.
Establishment of the capital
Phnom Penh was first built in the 15th century
During the reign of Srey Suryapor (Ponhea Yat) when he abandoned Angkor and came to build a new capital
The other is in Tuol Basan in Srey Chhor province, which is now known as Srey Santhor district, Kampong Cham province.
He stayed there only one year because of
Flooding every rainy season, he changed the capital and came to build a new capital.
Along the banks of the Chaktomuk River (four rivers) in 1434, which is now the capital of Phnom Penh.
There are two constructions of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh:
First: During the reign of King Ponhea Yat in the 15th century.
Second: During the reign of King Norodom in the 19th century.
There were two constructions of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, because after the first construction (1434-1497), the palace was moved back to Angkor, after Angkor to Pursat, then to Boribo, then to Longvek and to Udong. After Udong Palace was rebuilt for the second time in Phnom Penh in 1865 and is still standing today.
