Visual Index of Nan Sites (Site name and description)
	Lak Muang City Pillar (age unknown) The pillar marking the heart of the city.		Wat Beng Sakat (reputedly 1283) A wat far to the north of Nan notable for its unusual rahu image over the main entrance.
	Wat Hua Khuang (1860s) A wat in downtown Nan notable for its rustic ho trai.		Wat Nong Bua (1862) A Tai Lue village wat with a viharn and ubosot that both have entrance porticos.
	Wat Nong Daeng (1787) A Tai Lue wat north of Nan which the noted scholar Michael Freeman describes as "quintessentially Tai Lue".		Wat Phaya Phu (1413) A wat patronized by all the rulers of Nan.
	Wat Phayawat (17th-18th centuries) A wat with a Mon-style chedi built centuries after the Mon occupation ended.		Wat Phra That Chae Haeng (1354-58) A wat located to the southeast of the city, boasting a splendid mondop.
	Wat Phra That Chang Kham (1406) The "Monastery of the Relic Supported by Elephants".		Wat Phumin (1596, renovated 1867-75) Without peer, the most stunning wat in Nan. Its architectural beauty is equaled by the exquisite 19th century mural paintings inside.
	Wat Suan Tan (14th century) The "Monastery of the Sugar Palm Grove".		Wat Ton Laeng (early 19th century) An unusual Tai Lue wat far to the north of Nan.

About Nan

The provincial town of Nan lies on the eastern edge of Lanna near the Lao border. Historically, the physical setting of the Nan region comprised the Nan river, running north-south, and the valley flanked by the mountains to either side. Because of its relative isolation, the Nan region was not fully incorporated into the modern Siamese state until 1931. Even today, its population is largely rural and its cultural traditions are reflective of the large numbers of Tai Lue people who settled here over the course of the past two hundred years. In the early days, much of the Tai Lue population was brought in forcibly from Sipsangpanna (today, the southernmost district of Yunnan, China, known in pinyin as Xishuangbanna) by various local rulers. In the twentieth century, voluntary migration from Yunnan continued as late as the 1950s. In both town and countryside, the influence of Tai Lue culture is distinctly evident, and may be glimpsed in nearly all the buildings profiled above.