Play the world in 80 days: The Great Golden Sacred Monument... Shwedagon Pagoda

We all have problems in our life, some says life is a journey, some says life is like a roller coaster ride. They say, there are ups and downs in life. Ups in life is normally fruits of the hard works while downs in life can just happened without warning... 

Sometimes people treat us coldly while we tried to be friendly:

Sometimes our precious things just get snatched away by douche bags on the society:

Sometimes even animal take advantages on us:

We don't need to learn how to spend the happy times of our life, but learning how to get through tough times of our life certainly is important.Rarely, a human walks alone on the surface on earth. We need friends, family, and faith in life to keeps us go on on undesired circumstances in life...

To have faith in life, sometimes we need religion...

In Myanmar, the main religion is Buddhism. There are 2 major branches of Buddhism namely Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). While it is widely recognized that Buddhism in Myanmar is formal one, some local regard the Buddhism practiced locally follows the "original Buddhism" which differs from the mentioned 2. Either way as long as it teaches people to do good things it is a good religion.

The great symbol of Buddhism in Myanmar, or shall I say the great symbol in Myanmar... is the famous "great golden pagoda" or namely Shwedagon Pagoda . 

Located in Yangon, this beautiful and magnificent religion structure would surely wows you how people will devote to their religion.

picture extracted from google map

At night, it shine brighter than a diamond:

pic from the net

I was lucky to have a chance to visit this sacred place. It is built on elevated from the ground, need to take elevator to reach the praying ground

Shwedagon is a place of worship for the local people and an amazing site for tourists. With thousands of golden Buddha images, white marble flooring and hundreds of monks wondering around the temple, it feels a lot like in heaven and it touches heart and soul.

Monk walking around the sacred ground:

Locals praying to the Buddha:

Golden Buddha statue:

Buddhist bathing Buddha:

Prayer: 

Local woman bathing Buddha: 

Bathing sea dragon:

 

Built in the 6th century B.C. Shwedagon is said to hold eight strands of Buddha’s hair. Renovation & extension was done over the years, the main Golden pagoda is said to have accumulated 70 tons of gold. All of these was done on the donation of faithful Buddhist. 

With special permission, monk can climb up to the central pagoda, can you spot one climbing in the picture?:

Entrance to the main pagoda:

Monk climbing down the main Pagoda:

One can easily spend a few hours gazing up at the gold covered tower, as well as exploring the different and lavishly decorated buildings within the complex. Shwedagon also has a lot of history within its walls.

Same kind of three where Buddha founded Buddhism:

 History of Buddhism engraved on the wall:

Different style of Pagodas:

 

 Decoration in the temple:

 Buddhist structure and statue around the complex:

 If you happened to visit Myanmar, be sure to visit this place.