KOMPONG CHAM PROVINCE

Kompong Cham City

Kampong Cham (ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម) is a amazing huge population in Cambodia. This province is mixed of a few nations like: Khmer(ខ្មែរ), Chinese, Vietnamese, Cham (ចាម). Kampong Cham is the 11th largest province in Cambodia. With a population of 1,680,694, it ranks as the second most populated province in the nation. The Mekong river bisects the province.

Geography:
Kampong Cham is primarily lowlands. The main river is the Mekong River which cuts roughly through the center of the province. It spread on 9,799 km². It borders the provinces of Kampong Chhnang to the west, Kampong Thom and Kratié to the north, Prey Veng and Kandal to the south, and shares an international border with Vietnam to the east. Its capital and largest city is Kampong Cham.

Climate:

The average temperature is around 27 degrees Celsius; minimum temperature is about 16 degrees. December and January are the coolest months during the year.

General information about the climate:
- Rainy season: May - October (27-35c, with humidity up to 90%.)
- Cool season: November- March (17-27c)
- Hot season: March- May (28c -36c)

Area:
9,799 km²

Population:
The current population 1,680,694 with density of the province is 187 persons/km²compared to an average population density for Cambodia of 75 persons/km².

Economy:

The foreign could effort to invest in rubber plantations inside the country. Kampong Cham and Kratie have
an abundance of red soil and water resources, which create ideal conditions for the cultivation of rubber.

Generally, the people make their living from rubber and cashew nut plantation, fishing, rice farming and producing a rich array of fruits in fertile orchards, including durian, rambutans and lychees.




Popular Tourists Resorts in Kompong Cham Province:

This province is covered by historical place related to ancient lifestyle. As Bateay Prey Nokor commonly called Loung Preas Sdech Korn, Phnom Han Chey, Preah Theat Teuk Chha, King's Residence, Koh Pen Beach, Nokor Bachey Temple and Prey Nokor Knong-Krao Temple.

KIRIROM NATIONAL PARK

Kirirom National Park

Soramarith Kosamak National Park was called by Cambodian people as Kirirom National Park located in Cambodia country which 112 km from Phnom Penh city on national road number 4 to Sihanoukville Province. Kirirom National Park stays in village Damrey Phos, commune Kirirom, district Phnom Sruoch, Kompong Speu Province. It extends on forest land 80 000 meter square. Kirirom Mountain high 700 meter is the first National Park in Cambodia.

Kirirom National Park is one of the famous Eco-tourism in Cambodia and well-known as well in Socialism Moment . It cover on green forest amazing and attractive pine tree, a lot of kind of birds, fishes, wild life and more beautiful with falling water.

Kirirom National Park is one of the highland tourist place high from 300 meter to 1000 meter of sea rate. It stays on the south-west of Phnom Penh city.There are a lot of kind of forest like pine forest, Dipterocarpaceas, Gallery Forest, and Moist dense dipterocarp forest.

How to reach there?
Tourists can go there by buses, share taxis and also by touring motorcycle. You can look around to find all those bus station at Central Market (Phsar Thmey) in Phnom Penh because there are a lot of engagement of bus stations. All the bus stations go there available in the early morning to late afternoon. You can not find any bus at 4:00 pm and so on. The journey may be take around 4 hours to 5 hours.

What to play there?
All the tourists they can take fresh air from the nature waterfall. You can take the most beautiful photo from nature around there in portrait and landscape mode. Cambodia people some of them spend their wedding time to take the photo there too which remain them best memory. Enjoying swimming of the cool waterfall from the nature. You may be joy the cycling around the this park.

What to eat?
It is not difficult anymore for you now at Kirirom National Park you can rent one of the beautiful hut which the reasonable price around $10 to $25. Each of hut they build to suit the nature view and across the flow of water. At there you can order a lot of delicious cuisines for your breakfast and lunch time. Most of cuisines are local in Khmer cuisines. It is very simple you can also bring your favorite cuisine to enjoy there also.

What to buy?
After you got the best memories there you also may enjoy the shopping like local produce, hand crafting, sugar palm wine, fruits, vegetables, meats, packed products and a lot of souvenirs which made from silver, stone, and creative woods.

Kirirom National Park is one most the famous tour place in Cambodia which so attractive local and foreigner tourists to visit and caught the best memories back. It is one of the nature and Eco-tourists in Cambodia Country.

Hungry Ghost Festival (中元节 )

Hungry Ghost Festival 2014

The 14th and 15th of the seventh lunar month, much like Western culture's Halloween, some Eastern cultures celebrate a Fall festival where they believe the gates of hell are thrown open, releasing hungry ghosts to wander the earth in search of food and taking food revenge upon those who wronged them in life. This month-long festival is known as the Hungry Ghost Festival and takes place during the 7th lunar month. 

Unlike other celebrations of the dead in Eastern cultures that seek to honor dead ancestors, the Hungry Ghost Festival seeks to pacify the hungry ghosts, the ghosts of strangers and the un-cared-for dead. These are the ghosts of those who died by their own hands, by accidents, by drowning or hanging who have been denied entry into heaven. Angry because they are forced to dwell in hell without food or comfort, when released, they search for souls to take their place in misery.

To Taoists（道教徒） and Buddhists（佛教徒）, these evil spirits are not to be taken lightly. They are most active at night and can take many forms including: snakes, moths（蛾）, birds, foxes, wolves, and tigers. They can even appear as beautiful men or women to seduce the living. When they possess an individual by entering the body they cause illness and mental disorders.

Throughout this month, to keep the angry spirits amused, people stage street operas and other forms of public entertainment. In the past, people did not view the street operas as they were performed only for ghosts. Other rituals（典礼，仪式）are performed to help souls enter into heaven. Taoists do their best to avoid late nights away from these amusements and rituals to steer clear of the evil spirits. To appease these wandering spirits, Buddhists and Taoists burn bundles of joss sticks, paper hell money, food, and other offerings by the roadside. Communities along rivers or near the sea float lanterns in the shape of the lotus or carved from fruit or gourds in the water to guide them away from their homes. They follow the lanterns from the river bank or sea shore till they can no longer be seen. This is done to redeem the soul of those who died by drowning.

The most important days of this month are the 14th and 15th, the days of the great feasts. On the 14th, a great feast would be held to honor family ancestors. Prayers and offerings would be made at family altars. On the following night, the 15th, they would feast for the hungry ghosts. Held outside under the full moon, these feasts feed the evil spirits so that they will leave the living alone and bribe（贿赂） the ancestors for luck with money and the harvest.

Source: Chinadaily.com