Mysterious fields jars in Laos

The chum field - an archaeological site located in Xianhuang province, Laos is home to thousands of large stone jars scattered at the foot of the Changshan Mountains.

The size of stone jars ranges from 0.5 to 3m, weighing up to 6000 kg and dating from 1500 to 2000 years. A group of the largest stone jars consisted of about 250 different sized pieces located right near Phonsavan town. Currently, the jars are being asked by Laos to be recognized as a world cultural heritage.

Overview of the field of jars (Image Source: Internet).

Archaeologists believe that the stone jars were used by ancient people in Southeast Asia from 1500 to 2000 years ago, due to the people of the Mon-Khmer group whose culture today is still abundant. mystery made. Most excavated artifacts date back to 500 BC - 800 AD.

According to anthropologists and historians, these stone jars can be used as a portable jar in funerals or for storing water.

Laotian legend says that in this jars of rice there are giants living. Another legend says that the king Khun Chyn, after succeeding in his battle against his enemies, ordered stone jars to contain rice wine.

During the war, the US used bombs to destroy caves and since then the field kept many unexploded bombs. After the war, studies of common fields became limited due to the risk of bombs exploding.