Chapter 7: The City of Vantaa
Bagan is a historical ancient city in Myanmar, a Buddhist cultural site, and a famous tourist attraction, located in the middle of the border, on the left bank of the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River.
It is located in the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River, which flows through central Myanmar, and is the center of the Burmese ethnic group.
The urban area retains many pagodas and temples built in various historical periods of Myanmar, and the architectural art of urban stupas and temples is the epitome of ancient architectural art in Myanmar and is a precious historical and cultural heritage of Myanmar.
Bagan has survived more than 900 years of vicissitudes, and historical changes and earthquake disasters have made its former glory no longer exist, but about 2,000 large and small stupas and Buddhist relics are still preserved today.
After the changes of the times, many pagodas are close to destruction, and in order to protect the pagodas of the old city, the Bagan authorities decided to move the economic center to Nyaung U, about 5 kilometers north of the old city, and call it Bagan New Town.
In addition to the development of tourism, the economic focus of Bagan New Town is handicrafts.
Bagan has a thriving handicraft industry and is home to breathtaking traditional arts such as lacquerware, reliefs, and traditional cloth art.
Coming to a stall, Zheng Jing picked up a stone Buddha statue and asked, "How much is this Buddha statue?"
The stall owner was a middle-aged woman, she was dark-skinned, and she had a tenaka on her face, and she should have been a very gentle woman from her countenance.
From her skin, it could be seen that she should be Lao Myanmar, and beside her, there was a little girl of four or five years old snuggled up to her, looking at him timidly.
"This Buddha statue is 60,000 kyats."
60,000 kyats is 200 yuan.
It's not expensive, it's just that this stone Buddha statue is not worth the price.
He put the Buddha statue down, picked up a turquoise necklace and asked, "What about this?"
The stall owner took a look, and then said, "This necklace is not expensive, you can give me 3,000 yuan."
After looking at the color of the necklace, Zheng Jing nodded, took out three thousand kyats and handed it to her.
This price is very cheap, only ten yuan in RMB.
This turquoise necklace is good, the condition is okay, and it is worth ten yuan to buy it.
The stall owner took the money and couldn't help but smile on his face.
Seeing the smiles on the faces of the mother and daughter, he took out his mobile phone and filmed this picture.
Seeing Zheng Jing taking pictures of the two of them, the stall owner was not angry, and looked at him with a smile.
Only the little girl beside him looked at him with a frightened expression.
Seeing this, he gave her a kind smile and left the stall with a turquoise necklace.
After walking a short distance, he came to the door of a temple.
This temple is the Ananda Temple, one of the four major temples in Myanmar.
Ananda Temple, is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar.
It was built in 1105 A.D. by King Gangheta of the Kingdom of Bagan, Burma, and the name of the temple comes from Ananda, one of the ten disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, and is one of the four existing Buddhist temples in Bagan.
Ananda Temple has gone through ups and downs since its construction, and was destroyed by an earthquake in 1975, and now he sees the temple after it has been rebuilt.
Seeing the closed door, he was a little puzzled.
How do you close the door? Isn't it time to go in yet?
To figure out how to get in.
He came to the stall and asked the stall owner, "Can't you go in at this time?"
He pointed to Ananda Temple and said.
"You're not Burmese, are you?"
"It's not."
"I thought you were Burmese, you speak Burmese so well.
In this way, Ananda Monastery will only be allowed to enter at certain times, and the most recent opening time will not be until two months later. ”
Hearing that the temple would not be opened until two months later, Zheng Jing felt very regretful.
Looking at the beige courtyard wall of the temple and the golden stupa inside the temple, he came to the entrance of the temple, looked in through the iron bar, and found not a single monk, only a stupa and a corridor.
It's a pity.
Since he couldn't go in, he decided to take a few photos outside as a souvenir.
You can't come for nothing.
After taking a video and a few photos, Zheng Jing left.
Leaving Ananda Temple, he took a carriage to Talinn, Bagan.
Bagan is best known for its popularity in Tallinn.
There are thousands of pagodas here, and there is a special sense of tranquility in the heart of the horse-drawn carriage that shuttles through the towers.
Because he came at the wrong time, the best time was in the morning when the sun did not come out, and in the afternoon when the sun set.
At that time, you will see unforgettable views when you stand in Tallinn.
After a horse-drawn carriage ride around Tallinn, he shot a lot of footage and was ready to go back and edit it.
After having lunch at a restaurant near Tallinn, he walked back to a nearby hotel.
Because he found a treasure worth 400 million yuan, this time he specially found a high-end hotel to stay in.
Back in the room, he lay on the bed, took out his mobile phone and began to edit the footage he had shot in the past few days.
In order to make himself serious, Zheng Jing changed the name of the account on his hand.
Changed to [Zheng Jing takes you to see the world]
He thought about it, and he was going to post three to six videos in a country.
He plans to edit out six videos about Myanmar.
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I was busy from noon until more than seven o'clock in the evening.
If it weren't for the hotel restaurant calling him to ask if he was eating, he would still be editing.
Rubbing his eyes, he picked up the menu and looked at it, and found that the food was very rich today.
He ordered three dishes and asked them to bring them to his room.
I didn't let him wait long, and I hung up the phone and delivered it five minutes later.
The three types of food are grilled fish, chicken curry, and vegetable salad.
In addition to these three foods, he also took out a bag of pickles from the space.
Add a serving of rice and two bottles of beer, and you're ready for dinner in the evening.
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Eat and drink to your heart's content, and call the waiter to clean up your things.
When the waiter left, he lay on the bed and continued to edit the video.
By eleven o'clock, he had finally finished four.
It was too late, and he decided to edit the two videos under him tomorrow.
Following.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Zheng Jing left the hotel and drove towards Mandalay.
Today is the fifth day of my arrival in Myanmar, June 31.
Tomorrow is July, and it's also the day when the number of treasure map inspections is refreshed.
He returned to Mandalay this time to catch a flight home.
He made an appointment with the head of Sotheby's Asia to meet tomorrow in Ocean City.
Discuss the commission of the two Buddha statues.
Thinking of the shocked appearance of Sotheby's appraisers after seeing the photos of the two Buddha statues, Zheng Jing couldn't help but laugh.
The appraiser's eyes were about to pop out in shock when he saw the pictures and videos he had sent.
After reading it, I said that I had to ask the company to take these two Buddha statues in.
As the head of the Asian region, it was the first time Roman had seen his appraiser's expression.
After hearing the appraiser tell him the material and origin of the two Buddha statues, he immediately paid attention to it.
If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Jing would be back tomorrow, they would all want to come to Myanmar to find him.
It was still his bad talk that convinced them that he would return home tomorrow.
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Back in Mandalay, the first thing he did was to go back to the hotel and return the car.
After quickly checking through the formalities, he walked out of the hotel and reached for a taxi to the airport.
"Go to the airport."
As the taxi started, he was not idle, took out his phone and continued to edit the video.
There are still two last videos to be edited.
A video about the town of Jiaoshi, he had uploaded to Shaking Hands when he got up in the morning.
He hasn't watched the video yet.
A little more than an hour later, he arrived at the airport.
After picking up the ticket, he looked at the time, and found that there was still a while, so he found a place at the ticket gate and sat down and waited.