Local residents and tourists joined the Nakhon Sawan Chinese New Year event to watch the “Chiu Si” parade, preserving the tradition of honoring the Pak Nam Pho Lord and Lady, along with the procession featuring the symbolic Guan Yin goddess.
A reporter stated that from 07:00 on 20 Feb 2026 GMT+7 at the city gate arch near the Sathapachat Wong intersection, Ms. Chutiporn Setchang, Governor of Nakhon Sawan, presided over the daytime parade (Chiu Si) as part of the Pak Nam Pho Lord and Lady festival. She was accompanied by Mr. Rewat Surit, chairman of the Pak Nam Pho Lord and Lady Festival Committee for 2025–2026 (the 110th year), Police General Somsak Chantaping, Nakhon Sawan Provincial Administrative Organization chief, government officials, and devoted citizens attending the ceremony.
Ms. Chutiporn Setchang, the governor, presided over the ceremony, and participants joined in the Pak Nam Pho Lord and Lady daytime parade, known as Chiu Si, which is among the most important days of the annual festival and a long-standing tradition of the event.
This year’s slogan was “The Colorful Chinese New Year, Heaven’s City in Five Languages.” A longstanding practice continues with shops, companies, and homes along both sides of Pak Nam Pho Market street setting up offering tables to welcome the gods and invite blessings for prosperity and happiness for families and clans.
Setting up these offering tables is a tradition passed down through generations from the past to the present, intended to bring good fortune and success in business. It also serves as a form of respect and worship, symbolically inviting the deities to bless various shops and workplaces—key sources of livelihood for the community.
This parade is also the longest in Thailand, featuring royal tribute floats, angelic figures from schools and universities, golden dragon performances, lion dances representing five ethnic groups, Hainan cup dances, Engko-Pabu performances, and the symbolic Guan Yin goddess portrayed by 16-year-old Ms. Sakuntala Praenam, or Nong Pakbung, seated on a lotus platform, much anticipated by tourists. The procession also included disciples Kim Tong and Ngek Nueng, as well as the golden dragon float.
