Myanmar is our neighboring country, Myanmar is a very Southeast Asian style of the country, Mandalay is the second largest city in Myanmar, located in the south-central inland of Myanmar, the history of several ancient dynasties used to build the capital here, so Mandalay's architecture is also very characteristic, come to Myanmar is essential to go to Mandalay to play, come on get detailed Mandalay travel guide it
downtown One Day TourMandalay Palace-Mandalay Hill-Gudu Tao Pagoda-Golden Monastery-Unique Monastery One Day Tour
Mandalay PalaceMandalay Palace is located in the city, is the last dynasty of Myanmar's royal palace. The original building was completely destroyed during World War II, and what you see now was rebuilt by the Myanmar government in 1989 on the same site based on historical information. The palace is a square 3.2 kilometers in length, with a moat around the perimeter as well as a city wall, four main gates and eight side gates. There are 104 small and large palaces in the palace, including the living room of the emperor and concubines, the great hall where the emperor and ministers deliberated, the room for bathing, etc. All buildings are made of teak wood, red in color, and some of the tops have scenic paint tracings.
Mandalay HillMandalay Hill, located in the northern part of Mandalay city and northwest of the Mandalay Palace, is the highest hill in Mandalay city, 236 meters high. Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, Buddha Sakyamuni preached Buddhism here, attracting countless Buddhist believers after the gradual rise to fame. The climb will take you through more than 1,700 steps with a roof, and there are also temples of various sizes along the way. One of the temples halfway up the mountain enshrines the 3 bones of Buddha. About 2/3 of the way up stands a gilded statue of Shiyata Buddha, pointing a finger at the Grand Palace.
At the top of the hill is a Hindu temple with square pillars connected to an arched roof to form a long corridor around the circle, all the walls and pillars are covered by glass glittering in the sunlight, and on the wall in the center of the temple is written "Thepersonwho
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Gudu Tao StupaThe stupa is between Mandalay Hill and the Mandalay Palace, not far from the Sandamuni Temple, and is also a cluster of white stupas, over the top of which is in the shape of a gourd. The stupa was built in 1857, the full name of the Maharaja Maro Sheng stupa, also known as the Burmese "the world's largest stupa of merit". The reason why Kuttutaw Pagoda is so famous is that when its construction was completed, King Mindon gathered 2,400 monks from all over the Central and Southern Peninsula to complete the Fifth Revision of the Buddhist Scriptures at this site. These revised scriptures were then engraved in Pali characters on 729 cloud stone monuments, and later on, small white stupas were built around each monument, which were neatly arranged in a spectacular manner. These scriptures are known as "the largest book in the world" because of their comprehensive content and grand scale (it is said that it takes one and a half years for a person to read these scriptures if he reads them for eight hours a day)
Golden MonasteryLocated directly south of the Gudu Taw pagoda, it was the bedchamber of King Mindong and also the place where he died. The entire building was originally within the palace, but because its successor shunned the death of King Mindong, the entire thing was relocated to its current location as a monastery. It is also because it used to be the bedchamber of King Mindong that the whole building is much more exquisite and complicated than a normal monastery. The whole building is three-storied, with the bottom supported by hundreds of teak pillars, forming a suspended elevated chassis, which is conducive to ventilation and moisture resistance. The first floor of the main hall, the periphery with a circle of wooden corridors; to the upward level by level convergence of the two floors, the periphery have four eaves. Hall peripheral door wall columns are equipped with exquisite carvings, dense, dazzling; and the interior walls and roofs are coated with gold wall paint, the title of the Golden Palace is also from this.
Unique MonasteryLocated on the west side of the Golden Palace, it was built in the same period as the Mandalay Palace, both by King Mindon. The original building was all teak and was known as the most beautiful building in Mandalay until it burned down in 1890. Most of what you see today was rebuilt by the Burmese government in 1966 using cement. Although not as lavish as Teakwood, they still retain the original architectural prototype. The main entrance involves ascending a dozen or so steps to the cloister outside the main hall. The entire building has mainly white walls, with golden wood carvings on the windows, doors and top, in a style similar to that of a European cathedral from a distance. The interior of the main hall is mainly a place for chanting sutras and reading Buddha's name, and there is basically nothing else except the columns, similar to an indoor basketball court, which looks empty.
Suburban Day TripMahagan Dayan Monastery - Min Koong Ancient City - Sagaing Hills - Inwa Ancient City - Ubon Bridge Day Trip
Mahagan Dayan MonasteryThe Monastery is located in the area of the Amarapura Ancient City, close to the Ubon Bridge, and it is one of Myanmar's most important Buddhist College. Every man in a Burmese practicing Buddhist family must become a monk once in his life, or more, for a period of time ranging from a few weeks to a few years, or even a lifetime as a monk. Although the Mahagandayan Monastery was not built for long, just over 50 years, the number of monks who have practiced here for a long time has reached thousands.
The most famous part of the monastery is the "thousand-people meal" that takes place every morning at 10:30 am. Myanmar is a Hinayana Buddhist country, monks strictly implement the "no lunch" and "begging for food", the first meal at 4:00, the second meal at 10:00 or so to start along the streets, and before 12:00 to return to the temple to finish eating. Thousands of monks are neatly lined up in two rows, barefoot with their bowls, keeping their eyes three feet in front of them, not looking to the right or left, their arms quietly wrapped in their robes, and moving slowly forward in a silent and orderly manner. Inside the courtyard, local devotees begin to distribute food to them, and the monks are allowed to show their right arm only when they are dragging their bowls to receive food and eat, and then walk to the dining hall or back to their dormitories to eat. All the food for the monks is provided by local devotees and the whole process is silent without any verbal communication. Nowadays, the monks in this monastery no longer have to go out to make food, and there will be devotees from all over the world who take turns to bring materials to cook for the monks as a practice.
Mingon Ancient CityMingon Ancient City is located in the upper reaches of the Ayeyarwaddy River, 11 kilometers north of Mandalay City, and it is the furthest away from the city compared to the other three ancient cities. It was built by the sixth emperor of the Kampong Prabang Dynasty, Bodo Payet, who chose the site in order to publicize his great achievements (mending relations with the Qing Dynasty, owning the real Buddha and welcoming back a number of Khmer bronze statues of the Buddha that had once belonged to his own country).
Sagaing MountainThe mountain is surrounded by forests and stupas, yet still feels peaceful, which is why many monks come here to practice, making it an important Buddhist shrine in Myanmar. The path of Sagaing Mountain is very steep and you can see various kinds of stupas all the way up. It is said that there are more than 500 pagodas and temples on the mountain, and as many as 6,000 monks are practicing Buddhism, and you can meet monks resting or chanting at any time along the way. Halfway up the mountain, there is a half-ring-shaped temple, in which more than 30 identical Buddha statues sit in a curved line, and the outside walls are carved with scriptures.
Inwa Old Town Ubon BridgeLocated in the old town of Amarapura, the Ubon Bridge was built in 1856 and is 1,200 meters long, making it one of the longest wooden bridges in the world. The entire bridge is made of teak wood, the most famous wood in Myanmar, which has survived the ages and is still in working order today. The bridge was built by King Mindon to solve the transportation difficulties as the East Taman Lake is a seasonal lake and the rising water of the lake would flood the surrounding area during the rainy season. The Burmese also refer to Ubon Bridge as the "Lover's Bridge", believing that two people in love can achieve the harmony and mutual respect required by the "Spirit of Six Harmonies" by praying here, and that their love will last longer. In the evening, you can also take a boat, on the river to watch the sunset afterglow on the century-old building, said the peaceful.