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Shrine that tells a Tale of love, loss, and legacy
The Nation Thailand
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In the city of Bhattani, where Chinese and Thai cultures come together, there is a small child with a big story.
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The Lim Gournail Child is not just a place to pray.
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It's a story about love, sadness, and family that people still talk about today.
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The legend has it that Lim Gournail was a loving sister who traveled all the way from China to Bhattani.
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She wanted to bring her brother back home to take care of their sick mother.
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But when she got there, she found out her brother had married a local woman and didn't want to leave.
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Feeling very sad and disappointed,
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the legend has it that Lim Gournail sadly took her own life by hanging herself from a tree.
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People said that before she died, she cursed the mask her brother was building.
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Since then, Lightning would strike the mask whenever someone tried to finish it.
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Her brothers later buried her near the mask,
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and a lot of people made a statue from the tree to remember her.
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