Chapter 435-436: Shwedagon Pagoda Up and down

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As if seeing Zhuang Rui's thoughts, Peng Fei smiled and said: "Brother Zhuang, most of the taxis here in Yangon are Japanese cars from the eighties, even if they are air-conditioned, they have long been broken, and the grade of this hotel is not low, but there should be a car, but there are so many people living here, and if you want to use a car when the time comes, you may not be able to grab it......"

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Seeing Yang Hao rubbing his hands there, Zhuang Rui asked with a smile: "Those people outside just now don't know what's going on, they all pull me along, it's really strange, don't care, my friend didn't mean to do it one by one."

"You don't know it yet, your name is very famous in the gambling stone fence now, it's called ...... What a good luck boy, others are trying to taint your wealth......"

After Yang Hao heard Zhuang Rui's words, he also smiled, Zhuang Rui was still not famous when he gambled on stones in Nanjing, after all, gambling up to eight million is normal in the gambling stone circle, but in Pingzhou, it is a big shine, and the best jade was released from two pieces of waste one after another, which made many people surprised.

Not to mention the sky-high price of 2-, but it brought Zhuang Rui a net worth of hundreds of millions, and the story of Zhuang Rui's gambling stone and getting rich is now widely spread in the gambling stone circle at home and abroad.

People who like to gamble, most of them are more superstitious, especially Hong Kong people, those people before coming to Myanmar, it is estimated that they have to bathe in incense to worship Guan Erye, they are also convinced, and good luck people more contact, they will also be contaminated with good luck. "Damn, buddy is a boy......"

Zhuang Rui has some yuan language, we are old men now, but this word can't be preached all over the world, looking at Yang Hao, Zhuang Rui asked: "Why did you come to Myanmar alone?" "No, the elders of the family are also here, I have been here for a day, I just went down for lunch, I said Brother Zhuang, your friend's hand strength is too great......"

Yang Hao only felt that his right hand was clamped by dumpling tongs just now, and he had no doubt that the thin young man beside Zhuang Rui could break his arm alive. "Hehe, it's you who don't exercise, look at your figure, you're going to have a comparison with Ma Yi soon, okay, I'm here, I'll take a shower first, and we'll call later......"

Zhuang Rui saw that the elevator stopped on the floor where he lived, and hurriedly made a call to Yang Hao, and walked out with Peng Fei. "Brother Zhuang, I was impulsive just now......"

After getting out of the elevator, Peng Fei said to Zhuang Rui embarrassedly, all he learned before was the skills of killing people to survive, and it was really not good to protect people, plus he had just entered the elevator, and his vision was not very clear, and when he saw that someone suddenly stretched out his hand like Zhuang Rui, he subconsciously subdued Yang Hao. "It's okay, hehe, they're all old friends, it's okay, let's take a shower and rest first, the Jade Public Market will start tomorrow, let's recharge our energy today......"

Zhuang Rui smiled and showed that he didn't care, and opened the room with the door number in his hand, Song Jun booked all the suites with one bedroom and two living rooms, and each room had a shower room, like Zhuang Rui and the two of them, just one person, and Song Jun and Ma Fatzi both brought two bodyguards, so the two of them were going to be wronged and squeezed into a room to sleep.

After taking a bath, Zhuang Rui changed into clean clothes, walked to the living room, turned on the TV to see, there were satellite channels, you can see Kunming and other local stations, I couldn't help but look at it with interest, I heard Peng Fei say that Myanmar is very chaotic, and he didn't have the heart to go out to play, saying that the history of Myanmar is compared with China, it is simply an uncivilized and small country, and there is nothing better to do.

It's just that Zhuang Rui is destined to be idle, just watched the TV, the mobile phone rang, after connecting, it was the mother-in-law and Lord Taishan who arrived, Zhuang Jiao did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted Peng Fei and rushed to the restaurant with him.

"You kid, why don't you make a phone call when you come? I was calculating with your Uncle Qin just now that your flight should land......

Qin Haoran came two days early, Qin's jewelry is also very important to the jade market, which is related to the company's raw material reserves next year, which can be described as the top priority, in addition to the two of them, there are also four gambling stone masters who are famous in the gambling stone industry.

Due to the restrictions on the export of jadeite rough by the Myanmar military, at least in the next two years, it will be more difficult to smuggle rough stones directly from the Myanmar jadeite mines.

Therefore, many large jewelry companies also hope to make some gains in this jadeite public market to ensure the supply of jadeite raw materials.

Hehe, just as he was saying that he had finished washing, although his Chinese was a little blunt, the meaning was still expressed, and when he spoke, his face was even more proud.

Zhuang Rui originally wanted to refute the driver with the Great Wall of China, but at this time, the car had already arrived at the periphery of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and Zhuang Rui, who saw the whole Shwedagon Pagoda, was stunned, and he couldn't say anything anymore.

More than 100 meters high Shwedagon Pagoda, standing upright in front of Zhuang Rui, this feeling is like standing under a high-rise building of more than 30 floors, people are so small, around the huge Shwedagon Pagoda, there are dozens of golden small towers, arching the Shwedagon Pagoda, into the eye, everywhere is golden color, strong impact on the visual senses of Zhuang Rui and others, giving people a sense of grandeur and magnificence,

After getting out of the car, Zhuang Rui saw that after Yang Hao paid the fare, the driver did not leave immediately, but pushed the car door and walked down, respectfully clasped his hands in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and chanted Buddhist scriptures in his mouth, and after almost a minute, he drove away again.

After the taxi left, Yang Hao said with a smile: "This driver is a little interesting, he is like a monk...... "It is estimated that the driver has really been a monk, you don't know the history of Myanmar......

Before Zhuang Rui came to Myanmar, he made up for the relevant knowledge of Myanmar, he knew that Myanmar, like Thailand, is a famous Buddhist country, Buddhism has been introduced to Myanmar for more than 25oo years, and more than 85 people in Myanmar believe in Buddhism.

There are many pagodas, many temples, and many monks are the three major characteristics of Myanmar Buddhist culture, and Myanmar men must be cut to monks at least once in their lives, which is considered to be the practice of accumulating virtue, Zhuang Rui just said that the driver may have been a monk, because of this.

Burmese Buddhists believe that building a stupa can benefit a lifetime and bring blessings to the next. According to statistics, there are more than 10,000 large and small pagodas in the country. Therefore, Myanmar is also known as the "Land of Pagodas".

The Shwedagon Pagoda, which was built more than 25oo years ago, is a representative work of Myanmar pagoda, a masterpiece of Buddhist architectural art in the world, and the oldest and most expensive pagoda in the world.

Shwedagon Pagoda is as high as 100 meters, there are 64 small towers around it, the body of the tower is covered with gold leaf, only the main tower has nearly 30,000 pieces of gold sheets, weighs more than 7 tons, the top of the tower is cast by gold, and is also inlaid with 17 rubies of the diamonds and tired '17 grains, the whole Shwedagon Pagoda is brilliant, the gold is brilliant, magnificent. "This is the most expensive antique in the world......

Zhuang Rui was amazed, the price of those diamonds and gemstones cannot be estimated by money at all, not to mention that there are more than 7 tons of gold, you know, this gold pagoda is equivalent to one thousandth of the gold reserves of the United States in the World Bank.

As the saying goes: hearing is false, seeing is believing, Zhuang Rui saw a description of Shwedagon Pagoda in the Burmese gazetteer, he was still a little disdainful in his heart, to say that man-made architecture, China's Forbidden City represents the highest level of ancient architecture, so when he arrived in Myanmar, he did not have the intention of playing.

However, after seeing this big golden pagoda, Zhuang Rui knew that he was a little arrogant before, and this big golden network is indeed worthy of the pride and pride of the Burmese people.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is built on a mountain, and Zhuang Rui spent three dollars in his ear to buy a color page about the Shwedagon Pagoda, which has three languages in Chinese, English and Burmese, and introduces the history of the Shwedagon Pagoda in detail, as well as many mythological stories.

Legend has it that it was started by a pair of merchant brothers who met the Buddha, who received the Buddha's eight heads and prepared to send them to Myanmar for worship. The brothers traveled to Burma and, with the help of the local king, found a sacred mountain where many of the Buddha's treasures were enshrined.

When the eight Buddha hairs were taken out from the golden box of the two of them for worship, something incredible happened: the light that emanated from the silk penetrated the heavens and hells, making the blind see, the deaf and the dumb to speak clearly, and the sky was thundering, the earth was shaking, and even Mount Meru was affected, and the gems rained down from the sky to a depth of knees, and the trees in the Himalayas blossomed and bore fruit even when they were not in the flowering season.

Of course, these are all legends, but in the Shwedagon Pagoda, there are indeed enshrined the four Buddhas' relics, including the crutch that detains Sun Buddha, the water purifier of the Buddha Zhengjuejin, the robe of the Buddha Kasya, and the eight heads of the Buddha Shakyamuni.

Walk into the mountain gate to see the huge tower base, the tower base perimeter is Huang set meters, there are 64 small towers and 4 middle towers built of wood and stone, different styles around, the tower has four entrances are guarded by stone lions, and after the entrance, there is a series of steps to the platform on the mountain. There are more than 150,000 gold and silver bells hanging around the tower, and the wind blows the bells, which is crisp and pleasant, and the sound spreads in all directions.

There are gates in the south, east, and west of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and there are a pair of tall stone lions in front of the door, just like the gatekeeper lions that are often seen in front of Chinese temples. There are stone steps of the promenade to the top of the tower, and there are stalls on both sides of the stairs, with carved Buddha statues and human figures such as wood, bamboo, bone, ivory, etc., incense, candles, flowers, and various Burmese snacks for Buddha.

Zhuang Rui and Yang Hao are now standing at the entrance of the south gate of the Golden Pagoda, on both sides of the gate, there is a sphinoid guard, Zhuang Rui does not know that this is rumored to be a building 2,500 years ago, and the pyramids of Egypt, whether there is any mysterious connection.

At the prompting of the staff, Zhuang Rui and others took off their shoes and entered the Shwedagon Pagoda, which was to show their respect for the Buddha.

On the top of a series of steps, there is a statue of the Buddha, and the bottom of the tower is made of bricks, and covered with gold nuggets, these are real gold bricks made of pure gold, donated by Buddhists from all walks of life in Myanmar, and the niche on the foreshadowing of the tower is enshrined in different forms of jade Buddha statues.

Walking in the foreign Shwedagon Pagoda, from time to time there are monks dressed barefoot walking by, although this golden pagoda is extremely luxurious, but people stand in it, Zhuang Rui only feels that the state of mind has never been more peaceful and quiet, and the troubles of the world in his heart seem to be gone.

Today is the last day of the Year of Shame, many devout Buddhists have come here to prepare for the beginning of the new year, in the tower, there are crowds everywhere, but no one is noisy here, all are orderly along the flow of people, worship every Buddha statue enshrined in the tower.

After walking around the Shwedagon Pagoda, visiting several relics of the Buddha, Zhuang Rui and Yang Hao, walked out of the Shwedagon Pagoda from the southeast corner, the sky is still shining brightly, but Zhuang Rui and Yang Hao will not feel so hot, it may be caused by the peace of mind.

In the southeast corner of the Shwedagon Pagoda, there is an ancient Bodhi tree, which is said to have been transplanted from the sacred tree garden of the throne of Shakyamuni Vajra in India.

It is much more lively here, many vendors are selling souvenirs and some antique coins on the ground, the high temple with Chinese characteristics, and the sound of small traders mixed with Chinese, giving Zhuang Rui the feeling of coming to the domestic antique market. "Peng Fei, look at what's fun, buy some for Nan Nan and Yaya and bring them back :i!:. r。。。 ”

After Ouyang Wan took Nan Nan back to the courtyard yesterday, the little guy immediately became familiar with Yaya, and the rest of her brothers and sisters were much older than her, so they couldn't play together, and now Yaya came to the house, Xiao Guogu immediately became Yaya's follower, and the relationship between the two little girls was very good.

Before coming, Zhuang Rui took 30,000 US dollars and put it on Peng Fei's body, and Peng Fei paid for the expenses along the way.

On the stalls here, most of the people or Buddha statues are carved, the materials are nothing more than ivory and wood, although the carvers are not aluminum, but Zhuang Rui is not very eye-catching, he never believes that foreign monks will chant the scriptures, nothing to come here to invite the Bodhisattva to do. "A few come to me to take a look, they are all authentic ivory, bamboo, old wood root carvings, such as fake bags: 1\{i:。。 r。。。 ”

When a few people walked to a stall, the stall owner's pure Mandarin attracted Zhuang Rui and others, many Burmese people can speak Chinese, but they can obviously hear the jerkiness in the language, and this looks like a middle-aged man in his thirties is proficient in Mandarin, showing his identity, absolutely Chinese.

The variety of items on his stall is relatively rich, in addition to the Buddha statues carved from wood, ivory bones and other things, there are also bamboo handmade vases and other things, of course, just decorations, which cannot hold water, and the production is quite exquisite, in addition to rattan products, colorful sand cages decorated with sequins, which are very Burmese characteristics.

Zhuang Rui was attracted by those sand cages, squatted down to look at it, and casually asked the stall owner: "This big brother, listen to your accent, is it Chinese?"

The stall owner replied: "Yes, it has been more than half a century since my grandfather's generation came to Myanmar, but the year before last, I returned to my motherland to recognize my relatives......

Zhuang Rui couldn't help but be in awe when he heard this, and asked: "Your grandfather stayed in Burma when he was part of the Ningguo Expeditionary Force?" There are quite a few Chinese people living in Burma, and they are all soldiers.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China sent an expeditionary force with a total strength of 10,000 people to fight in Burma, but due to the Allied forces' command mistakes and poor coordination, the first expedition ended in failure, and the number of people who were captured, blown up, starved to death and killed or missing by infectious diseases reached 70,000.

There are many surviving Chinese soldiers, who stayed in Myanmar to live, until the nineties of the last century, that dusty history was re-revealed, and at that time there was also a wave of activities to welcome the bones and souls of the fallen heroes, and many veterans also returned to the big 6 to find their roots.

The second type of people who stayed in Burma were the Kuomintang troops led by Li Mi, who were defeated from Yunnan and other places during the Liberation War, entered Burma and entrenched themselves in the Golden Triangle region. PS Free: There is one more chapter before midnight.

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