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Abstract

The aim of this article is to study the story of Khum Luang/ Wieng Khaew, the palace of King of Chiang Mai, from Siam chronicles, which were written after the annexation of Chaing Mai by Siam in the era of King Chulalongkorn. Besides the chronicles, other sources like archival documents, memoirs and oral history should also be studied alongside with the concept of internal colonialism. The main thai-chronicle of lanna-history, the Yonok Historical Annual, written by Phraya Prachakitkorrajak (Cham- Bunnag), aimed to tell the story of building the Siam-state with Bangkok as a center. As one stage of establishing the Thai-state, the Yonok Historical Annual talks about the renovation of Chiang Mai, the center of Lanna, that took place after the short occupation of the Burmeses. The chronicle states that, King Kawila drove back the people to the city and ordered the establishing of the city pillar. In telling these, the chronicle doesn’t mention Khum Luang/Wiang Khaew, which refer to a palace of the King of Chiang Mai and thus the governmentcenter of Lanna. Controversially, both royal houses were mentioned in several memoirs of foreigners in Lanna and in oral history as a place as big importance, which decorated in western styles in the time of colonialism. Moreover, the Siam archival documents show that, after the annexation of Lanna, Khum Luang and Wiang Khaew were rebuilt into places with positive meaning-such as, town hall and school-and negative meaning-such as, a prison. Rebuilding the palace into a prison means a degradation of a palace. Furthermore, it also shows the influence of Siamese government in Bangkok over the colonized Lanna, since the Siamese government could do what it saw fit.