Myanmar - Yangon (Shwedagon Pagoda)
缅甸 － 仰光（雪德宫大金塔）
缅甸 － 仰光（雪德宫大金塔）
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw, is also known as The Great Dagon Pagoda or The Golden Pagoda.
The 99 metres tall pagoda is situated on Singuttara Hill, to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, and dominates the Yangon skyline.
雪德宫大金塔，又称仰光大金塔或瑞光大金塔。
塔高为99米，表面贴满了一层金箔，位于皇家园林西的圣山之上，所以此塔也就在仰光市天际线中独占鳌头了。
Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.
It is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa.
Kalpa is a Sanskrit word meaning an aeon, or a relatively long period of time by human calculation in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.
These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.
据说这塔里面藏有释迦牟尼的八根头发而成为缅甸人心中最神圣的宝塔，是缅甸佛教徒一生必去朝拜的圣地。
The Shwedagon Pagoda is a symbolic icon of Myanmar and Yangon, just like Cambodia's Angkor Wat and the Borobudur of Indonesia's Java island which are known as the "Three Monuments in Southeast Asia".
这座塔是缅甸和仰光的象征，与柬埔寨的吴哥窟、印尼爪哇岛的婆罗浮屠被誉为“东南亚三大古迹”。
The base of the stupa is made of bricks covered with gold plates.
Stupa is a Sanskrit word meaning hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.
Above the base are terraces that only monks and other males can access.
Next is the bell-shaped part of the stupa and above that is the turban.
Then the inverted almsbowl, inverted and upright lotus petals, the banana bud and then the umbrella crown.
The crown is tipped with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies.
Immediately before the diamond bud is a flag-shaped vane.
The very top, the diamond bud, is tipped with a 76 carat diamond.
据说塔底座周长427米，塔顶有做工精细的金属罩檐， 檐上挂有金铃1065个，银铃420个，并镶嵌有7000颗各种罕见的红、蓝宝石钻球，其中有一块重76克拉的著名金钢钻。
塔身经过多次贴金，上面的黄金已有7000公斤重。
塔顶全部用黄金铸成，上有1260公斤重的金属宝伞，周围嵌有红宝石66 颗，翡翠551颗，金刚石443颗。
Operating hour: 4am - 10pm
Entry fee: 8000Kyat or US$8
P/S: Starting December 1, 2016, Singaporeans can visit Myanmar without visa.
开放时间：早上4点 － 晚上10点
入门票：8000基亚 或 8美元
注：2016年12月1日开始，新加坡人到缅甸可免签证。
