Plain of Jars is an area with many jars in China Laos. Phonsavan is the focal point to visit the Plain of Jars.
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Archaeologists believe the jars, which are between 1500 and 2000 years old, were made by people of the Mon-Khmer group whose culture is not fully understood today. Most of the excavated artifacts date back to 500 BC - 800 AD. Anthropologists and archaeologists suggest that the jars may have been used to store remains or food. Lao legends claim that giants once settled in the area. this. According to another legend, an ancient king named Khun Cheung - waged a successful war against the enemy. He created a field of jars to ferment and store a large amount of lao lao rice wine to celebrate his victory. The first Westerners conducted surveys, research and recorded listings of the field's artifacts. jars is a French archaeologist named Madeleine Colani of the Institute of the Far East (École Française d'Extrême Orient in the 1930s. She and her research team excavated the area of the field of jars and discovered the jars.) a nearby cave with human remains, including burned bones and ashes, her excavations are the most comprehensive, although other excavations have been made.