Yangon Jinta height is 112 meters, the surface covered with a layer of gold, added at the royal garden to the west mountain, so the tower is in the Yangon city skyline on the people standing in the city -- no matter which corner, can see standing in the top of the Burma Buddhist pagoda. Burma beautiful decoration. The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, andIndia.BorobudurTower andKampucheaAngkor Wat is known as the Oriental art treasures, is the world famous pagoda, is also a symbol of the state of Burma. Burma called for "Rui Daguang Shwedagon Pagoda tower", "red" is the "gold" means in the Burmese, "light" is the ancient name of Yangon, Burma people to it as their own pride.
Shwedagon Pagoda in YangonShwedagon Pagoda was built in 588 BC, have elapsed since the whole history in 2600. Reportedly, Burma businessmen in Putuo Kejia big brothers to go to India for business, they meet Shakya Muni Buddha under the bodhi tree in a tree. Buddha gave them 8 hair. The two brothers have gone through hardships to return to Burma, they put the Buddha to the Burmese king okkalapa. They in the Burmese king okkalapa help, built 20 meters high pagoda, the Buddha treasure. It has since become the Southeast Asian Buddhist pilgrimage.
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How much is 7000 kilograms of gold? Burma to have a look Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon you will have. This may be a tower is the world's most expensive most. Everyone sees it, will not help "wow" sound amazing!
It is said that here gathered in Burma for more than half of the wealth of nations. Founded in 2600 before the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the tower is 115 square meters, 112 meters high (final height repeatedly after the repair), tower body covered with pure gold, more than a total of 1000, with more than 7 tons of gold. Tower more than 1.5 pieces hanging around bell, bell, the wind bell move, the sound of the Quartet, crisp and sweet. The top of the tower with gold, with metal Po 1260 kg weight around the umbrella, inlaid with 664 rubies, 551 emeralds, 443 diamond. The tower tip more a called Sein Bu, weighs 76 carat diamond. The entire pagoda Baoguang flicker, elegant, every night, Jinta lit, gorgeous brilliant, magnificent.
However, for Buddhists, there is more to the 8 collections of Shakya Mani's hair, dedicated to the detention of sun Buddha rod, water purifier sammasambuddha gold Silent Buddha, Kasyapa robe. This is the reason why Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon become the Holy Land in the eyes of the Burmese people.
It is shaped like an inverted clock, brick, high 100 meters of the tower foundation for cross angle shape, decorated with countless horizontal moldings, total weeks up to 435 meters. Shwedagon southeast northwest have doors, often the lion and China before the temple, the door has a pair of big stone lion. The door has long stone steps climb to the top of the tower, on both sides of the ladder is full of useful business booth, wood, bamboo, ivory, bone carving statues and portraits, for the Buddha with incense, candle, flower, there are a variety of snacks in Burma. Step above is usedDaliStone platform, the platform is the central tower. The tower where a statue of the reclining Buddha and jade carving 'like, carving delicate, beautiful and dignified.
There are 64 shapes of the turret and 44 large towers around the tower, the pagoda style is different, different shapes, is a masterpiece of architectural art. Some tower body is white, the top is golden; some tower cornices brackets, complex shape, or gold, or red, or green; some tower is square, the murals painted Buddha's life story. The pagoda, some are Stupa, some below is a temple, dedicated to the many statues of Buddha, there are numerous, seated, image. In the middle of the Shwedagon Pagoda Temple, as if in a Buddhist temple of art. The tower on the four corners of a large arch and a large hall, under the tower at all four corners of a Burmese Sphinx. People have to the Buddha body spray, the bath, pray for good luck. The Shwedagon Pagoda in the northeast and northwest corner, each with a clock, a weight of about 40 tons, a weight of about 16 tons. The ancient colorful, is in 1741 and 1778 by two in the Burmese king donated. The people of Burma as the northwest corner of the ancient auspicious, a symbol of happiness, think the combo three, will be happy, have got one's wish.
Visitors in into the temple must take their shoes off. This is in BurmaTravelingSpecial attention should be paid on the same place, shoes, into the temple, into the house shoes shoes...... I wear a pair of slippers is the most appropriate walking here. In the south of the road for the elevator visitors. Of course, you can also choose to go up more than 70 level the marble staircase, temperature is a little bit hot foot, it is estimated that more than 50 degrees.
But the people of Burma can calmly walking in the tower, they seem to have been accustomed to barefoot. This is because the vast majority of the people of Burma are Buddhist, everyone has a shrine, inside the shoe, is a special kind of Buddhist thought, and also recognized the habits, in addition to keep the indoor sanitation, was a devout worship to buddha. In Burma, shoes and other footwear seldom exercise. Even a visit to Burma by foreign heads of state, on the Shwedagon Pagoda also all to take off shoes.
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