There are gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, and there are a pair of tall stone lions in front of the door, which is the same as the gatekeeper lions that are often found in front of temples in our country. There are promenade-like stone steps to the top of the tower, and the stairs are lined with stalls with carved Buddha statues and human figures of wood, bamboo, bone, ivory, etc., incense, candles, flowers, and various Burmese snacks for Buddha.

Zhang Tianyuan rushed to Yangon from Naypyidaw this time, one of the purposes was to come here to see the carvings, and if the things were good, he could buy a few and take them back as gifts or collectibles. Even if it doesn't catch the eye, it can be regarded as coming here to play, anyway, if you come, you will be safe, just this Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon makes Zhang Tianyuan's trip completely worthwhile, not to mention anything else.

If you want to enter the Shwedagon Pagoda, you must take off your shoes, this is to show respect for the Buddha, not to mention Zhang Tianyuan, even if it is a foreign leader, it is no exception, otherwise maybe the Buddha will not be angry, but the monks will definitely be angry.

Zhang Tianyuan was quite disdainful of this kind of thing, after all, since the Buddha was so great, didn't he let people wear shoes? Besides, if this person had smelly feet, wouldn't he have smoked the Buddha instead.

Of course, disdain is disdainful, now that he has come to someone else's territory, he should follow the customs, according to other people's traditions, he Zhang Tianyuan is not the kind of unreasonable person.

Walking on the stairs, you can feel the coolness coming from your feet, and it is comfortable to step on the marble floor on this hot day. The staircase is topped by a platform paved with marble, and in the center of the platform is the main tower. Inside the tower is enshrined a jade carved statue of a seated Buddha and a rakshasa statue, which is delicately carved. Dignified and beautiful. The tower is surrounded by sixty-four small towers of different shapes, some of which resemble bells. Some are like sails, and some are made of stone. There are also wooden ones. The niches of these small towers have jade Buddhas of different shapes and sizes. There is a large torii and a large Buddha hall at all four corners of the tower, and there are Burmese sphinxes at all four corners of the tower.

When going up the stairs, Zhang Tianyuan noticed that there were many people chanting sutras in front of the pagoda, meditating and worshipping, and there were also people worshipping the Buddha in the main hall.

Zhang Tianyuan didn't go to the places that sold carvings first, he planned to take a walk around the Shwedagon Pagoda before going, so that he could buy things with peace of mind, otherwise he would have been worrying about what was in the Shwedagon Pagoda. There must be no way to concentrate on it. Along the way, you can see the statue of the Buddha, and if you look closely at the bottom of the tower, you will find that these are made of bricks, and covered with gold nuggets, and they are all real gold bricks made of pure gold, which are donated by Buddhists from all walks of life in Myanmar, and the niches on the foreshadowing of the tower are enshrined with jade Buddha statues of different forms.

After entering the Shwedagon Pagoda. Zhang Tianyuan's impression is a little worse, because people are barefoot and have no shoes, so they can smell some strange smells, which makes people not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all. In addition, it is the last day of the year, and a large number of devotees and tourists gather here, and there are crowds everywhere. The noise is as loud as that of the vegetable market.

Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Aren't these people afraid of disturbing the tranquility of the Buddha, and they have to come here for the New Year. What a picture?

On the way, Zhang Tianyuan met a few little nuns, the pink robe is their symbol, Zhang Tianyuan now knows that the nuns and monks here are together, not like the Shaolin Temple in martial arts novels.

When visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda, Zhang Tianyuan also met a lot of compatriots, and heard them say that when they first came to the old city of Yangon, they really wanted to go home immediately, because here is dirty everywhere, which makes people look uncomfortable, but after seeing the Shwedagon Pagoda, they are not in a hurry to go back, although this place is now crowded, but the scenery is not bad, and it makes up for a lot of defects.

After visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda, Zhang Tianyuan felt that his earthly atmosphere seemed to be much more mellow, although he still did not reach the Cheng dù of the word-making formula, but this matter came slowly, and he was not in a hurry. Especially the solemn atmosphere here, his heart has quieted down a lot, forgetting the complicated trivial things in the world, and his heart is just open.

You can hear some people in Chinese, some people use Burmese, some people shout in English, the stalls are not only all kinds of carvings, there are many souvenirs, all of which are related to Buddhism and Myanmar, in addition, there are some ancient coins that I don't know where to get them, they should be from ancient Myanmar, and there are things that are said to be passed down from Persia and China, whether they are true or false, I don't know how to do it for a while.

"Snake team, it's not easy to come to Myanmar, just buy what you want to buy, and send it to Sister Xu Yue, no matter whether the things are expensive or not, at least it's a heart, right?"

Now the relationship between Snake Lin and Xu Yue is developing very smoothly, although they can't see each other for a long time, the two of them almost have to make porridge on the phone every night, as if they don't need money on the phone, or they are online video chats, kissing me and my appearance Although Zhang Tianyuan has not seen it, he also wants to get it, and it is estimated that it is similar to himself and Liu Mengxun.

Before the snake Lin came to Myanmar, he also exchanged some dollars on his body, about more than 10,000, and he didn't sell jadeite, just bought some souvenirs, more than enough, you must know that just entered the Shwedagon Pagoda, it is only a five-dollar ticket, which is much more valuable than many attractions in China, and Burmese people are free to enter it.

Zhang Tianyuan took a look at it casually, many stalls were full of carvings, with bones, ivory, wood and other materials, and the carvings were quite exquisite, but for Zhang Tianyuan, a master carver, these things were inevitably a little worse, just look at it, he didn't want to buy it, but if there were raw materials, he could buy some, and then go back to carve it himself.

"Hey, Brother Mao, why do you have time to come here to play, you're a busy man. These two are your friends, right? Come on, look at me. It's definitely a high-end goodie. ”

A few people were walking, and suddenly someone came to speak authentic Mandarin. And it seems that he is still an old acquaintance with Mao Shifa, and I guess I knew each other before. Although most people in Myanmar speak Chinese, there are really not many who are fluent in Mandarin, and this friend of Mao Shifa looks less than thirty years old, and his appearance is slightly immature, which is commonly known as a baby face.

This benevolent brother's stall can be said to be a treasure stall, because there are many things on display, in addition to the carving of various materials. There are also some goods that obviously came in from Huaxia, Zhang Tianyuan even noticed that there were small commodities produced by his HRE Group, and there were signs on them, but he didn't expect this business to come to Myanmar, although it was just such a stall, but his brother-in-law's ability was really not small.

"Xiao Shi, didn't you kid say last month that he would go back to the mainland to save his relatives during the New Year, why are you still doing business here, this tomorrow is the New Year?" Mao Shifa obviously recognized this person and asked in surprise.

"Brother Mao. You're too ignorant, I'm talking about the Chinese New Year, not the Gregorian New Year, it's still early. No hurry, no hurry. Xiao Shi waved his hand.

"Boss Zhang, Snake Team, let me introduce you. This is Xiaoshi, just like me. They are all descendants of the expeditionary force who stayed in Burma, and we all have a good relationship. And it's very united, Xiaoshi and I are old friends, so if you have anything you like, you can pick it, even if you take care of my brother's business. Xiao Shi, Boss Zhang is a big boss, this time he came to Myanmar to participate in the jade market, by the way, look at the jade mine, you have some things in it that are still produced by his group, that is, the HRE Group. Mao Shifa pointed to something on the stall and said with a smile.

"Hello Boss Zhang, good Snake Team!" Xiao Shi quickly wiped his hand on his clothes, and then stretched out his hands and shook hands with Zhang Tianyuan and Snake Lin respectively.

"You are also Chinese, we are all the bloodline of a land, no matter what happens now, everyone meeting is fate, you are welcome. "This relationship is the first step to making friends, besides, Zhang Tianyuan also thinks so in his heart.

Xiao Shi said with a smile: "Boss Zhang is right, although our family is now considered Burmese, but I have many relatives in the mainland, and I will often go back to see it in the future, besides, I don't want to buy goods, I didn't expect you to be the big boss of the HRE Group, then I have to tell you." ”

Zhang Tianyuan has a good impression of being a soldier, and he also has a good impression of the descendants of the expeditionary force who fought bloodily back then, so there are more words.

There are quite a few people living in Myanmar, and they are all soldiers.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China sent two expeditionary forces with a total strength of 260,000 troops to fight in Burma, but due to the failure of the Allied forces in command 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 in the rout reached as many as 70,000.

The first time the expeditionary force entered Burma to fight, it can be said that it was the most "oolong" and the most unworthy battle. Tens of thousands of the most elite Chinese soldiers, under the blind command of the incompetent general Stilwell, shameless British friendly troops repeatedly escaped from the battle, and became a lone army for no apparent reason, and tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers lost their lives in foreign lands for this. Since then, Yungui has become the southwest front, and only the heroic Chinese people can withstand such a predicament and still insist on resisting the invaders.

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, at that time also set off a wave of activities to welcome the bones of the fallen heroes, many veterans, also returned to the mainland to ask their ancestors.

The second type of people who stayed in Burma to live were basically arranged by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Burma to respond during the founding war, saying that they were preparing to recover the mainland, but later due to various circumstances, this plan was never realized, so these people were thrown there, and now most of them went to Thailand, and a small part stayed in Burma, and the ancestors of Mao Shifa and Xiaoshi were left in Burma on the first expedition.

Zhang Tianyuan himself is a person without party affiliation, he has great respect for these soldiers who put their lives on the line to fight the Japanese devils, Xiaoshi is the descendant of these people, Zhang Tianyuan is particularly concerned about his words, so he asked: "Oh? What else do you have to say about my company?" (To be continued......)