Chet Samian

Chet Samian (Thai: เจ็ดเสมียน, pronounced [t͡ɕèt sā.mǐa̯n]) is a tambon (sub-district) of Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand.

According to its folklore that in the King Taksin's reign, when he had traveled here and wanted to recruit local young men who would volunteer as draftees to fight with the Burmese army.

[1] Another version is similar, but it is an event that happened in the King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)'s reign, which coincides with the middle Rattanakosin period.

[4] Nowadays, the condition of houses that are hundreds of years old wooden shophouses, including the community market, are still operating as they were in the past.

[3] Chet Samian is a small and quiet county on the Mae Klong River that flows from adjacent province Kanchanaburi.