Symbols
The provincial seal shows the Phanom Rung sandstone temple, a Hindu shrine of the Shivaite sect. The temple was in use from the 9th through the 12th century, when the rule of Khmer Empire in the region was overthrown by Thais from Ayutthaya. It is now an historic park.
The provincial flower is the Yellow Cotton Tree (Cochlospermum regium); the provincial tree is the Pink Shower (Cassia grandis).
The province's slogan is The city of sandstone sanctuaries, the land of volcanoes, beautiful silk and rich culture.
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Famous quotes containing the word symbols:
“Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative. Afterwards, it may warm itself until it exhales symbols of every kind and color, speaks only through the most poetic forms; but first and last, it must still be at bottom a biblical statement of fact.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“As usual I finish the day before the sea, sumptuous this evening beneath the moon, which writes Arab symbols with phosphorescent streaks on the slow swells. There is no end to the sky and the waters. How well they accompany sadness!”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)