It is reported that on the evening of 26th local time, members of the Thai royal family including King vajiralongkorn of Thailand and foreign guests attending the funeral went to the Royal Cremation Pavilion to bid farewell to Bhumibol. That night 10, the cremation ceremony will be held in a specially built cremation pavilion, where vajiralongkorn, the only son of the current King Bhumibol of Thailand, will light his father's body. Earlier in the day, the body of King Bhumibol of Thailand was transferred from the Grand Palace of Thailand to the cremation platform for official cremation.
On the afternoon of 26th, Thailand's highest religious leader first held a religious ceremony for Bhumibol in the Royal Pavilion, and then a large number of senior monks began chanting for Bhumibol.
Bhumibol's funeral was prepared for a whole year, during which his body was embalmed. Thailand has been mourning for a year. The funeral began on the 25th and lasted for five days. The 26th is cremation day, and Thailand has a special festival to facilitate people to attend Bhumibol's final farewell ceremony. On that day, a large number of people in Thailand lined up to attend the cremation ceremony of King Bhumibol.
The first King Bhumibol of Thailand was born in 1927 and ascended the throne in 1946. Local time: 20 16 10 13. Bhumibol died of illness in Siritai Hospital in Bangkok at the age of 89. He is the longest reigning king in the world and the ninth king of Bangkok dynasty, and is honored as Rama IX.
Bhumibol was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. His father, Prince Mahidol adulyadej, was studying at Harvard University. At the age of two, Bhumibol unfortunately lost his father. At the age of six, he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland with his mother and studied science at the University of Lausanne.
Bhumibol's accession to the throne was also quite sudden. 1946 On June 9th, after his brother King ananta Marton (Rama VIII) was suddenly assassinated, Bhumibol succeeded to the throne under the age of 19. At that time, with the assistance of the Regent, Bhumibol was crowned in 1950, thus beginning his life as a leader of Thailand.
Bhumibol is versatile, proficient in many foreign languages such as French and German, and has written monographs. He is keen on music and likes piano and saxophone. He has received a doctor's degree in music from the Austrian Conservatory of Music, written many famous songs such as Rain Silk, and published music albums. He likes photography and has held many solo exhibitions abroad. He is proficient in machinery and has won many European invention awards. He is also an excellent sailor. 1967 gold medal in sailing competition of Southeast Asian Games, crossing the Gulf of Thailand.
1948,21year-old Bhumibol had a car accident in Switzerland and was blind in his right eye. In the process of recovery, his relationship with sirikit, the royal daughter of Thailand's ambassador to France at that time, became more stable. 1 April, 950, Bhumibol married sirikit, aged 18, and they had three daughters1son.
In the past 60 years, Bhumibol has traveled all over Thailand. He used royal funds to build water conservancy projects and power stations, planted his own experimental fields in the imperial garden, and established a research center for improved rice breeding, a dairy farm and freshwater fish. In view of King Bhumibol's outstanding contribution to agriculture, on May 26th, 2006, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan went to Thailand to award Bhumibol the world's first "UNDP Lifetime Achievement Award for Human Development".
King Bhumibol has been deeply loved by the Thai people since he ascended the throne. As the longest reigning king in Thai history, King Bhumibol was honored as "Bhumibol the Great" by Thai people on May 8, 1987.
According to Xinhua News Agency, King Bhumibol has long cared for and supported Sino-Thai friendship and made important contributions to the development of Sino-Thai relations. King Bhumibol once said that China-Thailand relations are inseparable. He said that the important reason why Thailand and China have such a special relationship is that the two peoples have the same or similar traditional customs, lifestyles and ideas.
The above report also said that during Bhumibol's reign, there were many coups in Thailand, but King Bhumibol witnessed these political changes with a calm mind, never resting on his laurels, and repeatedly stepped forward at critical moments to save the political situation in Thailand.