Chapter 435-436 The Great Golden Pagoda, Down

As if he saw Zhuang Rui's idea, Peng Fei smiled and said, "Brother Zhuang, most of the taxis here in Yangon are Japanese cars in the 1980s. Even if they have air conditioning, they have broken down for a long time. "The hotel is not low grade, but there should be a car, but there are so many people living here Here it is..."

The hotel booked by Song Jun is called ed towel L&qu;, which is a five-star hotel. Most of the buyers from the mainland of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Bay and many foreign countries stay in this hotel, which is also the state hotel of Myanmar.

Every year, when it comes to the jade market, it is difficult to keep a room here, but the price here is not cheap. It is about 300 dollars a night, which is much higher than that of domestic five-star hotels.

There are thousands of wool merchants from various countries living in the hotel. The car of their hotel itself is not enough at all. Although the cost of the hotel car will be higher, who cares about the money of the people here? It's hotter in winter than Hainan, brother, let's go, why are you standing here..."

While Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei were talking, Song Jun and others also came down from the taxi respectively. Fatty Ma took a towel and wiped it back and forth on his face vigorously. The white cultural shirt on his body had long been soaked by sweat and wet on his body, showing his fat.

Entering the lobby of the hotel, a huge oil painting attracted Zhuang Rui's attention. This is an oil painting with a sky-blue background. On the picture stands a girl in traditional Burmese clothes, holding a white jar in her hand.

After the girl, there are Burmese jade merchants, bargaining with wool buyers from other places, as well as the pictures of choosing wool and concluding a deal, raising their glasses to celebrate, which can clearly distinguish their identities from the clothes, and draw their facial expressions vividly.

Businessmen from all over the world stood under the oil painting and took a group photo at this time. Zhuang Rui found the digital camera from his bag, gave it to Qifei, and asked him to take a picture for himself. Well, isn't this Boss Zhuang? Boss Zhuang, let's take a picture together..."

As soon as Zhuang Rui stood over, he heard the greeting. He turned his face and said, hey, he was really an acquaintance. He saw Mr. Han, the person at the helm of Han's jewelry, on the Pingzhou Jadeite Public Market, and he would sell him a piece of wool.

Fatty Han was not polite. He came over and put on Zhuang Jiao's shoulder and shouted to ask his people to take a group photo. Boss Zhuang, I live in one, two or eight rooms. If I'm free in the evening, let's have a drink. Ouch, Mr. Song and Boss Ma are also here. What a coincidence..."

Seeing Fatty Han facing Song Jun, Zhuang Rui wiped his cold sweat. Mr. Han was also a little enthusiastic. He was not a woman, so he grabbed his hand and didn't let go.

It's just that Boss Han just left, and a group of people gathered around him and greeted Zhuang Rui. Some people wanted to take a photo, some shook hands, and even someone wanted to sign, which made Zhuang Rui dumbfounded. He was not a star. Are these people sick or something?

However, there are really a lot of familiar people in this group. They must have been seen in Pingzhou. Zhuang Rui's face could not be stiff, and he dealt with it with a fake smile. After everyone shook hands and took a photo, Zhuang Rui was sweating all over and hurriedly greeted Peng Fei and got into the elevator. Hey, Zhuang, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one,

As soon as Zhuang Rui entered the elevator, someone inside stretched out his hand to Zhuang Rui and patted him on the shoulder, but Peng Fei, who was closely behind Zhuang Rui, grabbed the hand. With a little force, the other party shouted pain. Peng Fei, my friend..."

When Zhuang Rui saw this man, he couldn't help laughing. He and he were really predestined. The first time he came into contact with the gambling stone, he met this boy, the second time he was primitive! The accumulation of $ gold also met him. I didn't expect to see him when I came to a foreign country.

Looking at Yang Hao rubbing his hands there, Zhuang Rui asked with a smile, "I don't know what's going on with those people outside just now. They all work on me. It's really strange. Don't care. My friend didn't mean it one by one by one."

"You don't know yet. Your name is very famous in the gambling stone circle now. It's called... What a good luck boy. Others want to stain your wealth..."

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Yang Hao also smiled. When Zhuang Rui gambled on stones in Nanjing, he still had no reputation. After all, the gambling rose by ten thousand and eight million yuan, which is normal in the gambling stone circle, but in Pingzhou, it is a brilliant number, and the best jade is solved from two pieces of wastes one after I'm surprised.

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

Most of the people who like to gamble are superstitious, especially Hong Kong people. Before those people come to Myanmar, they probably have to bathe in the second master Guan. They are also convinced that if they have more contact with lucky people, they will also be stained with good luck. Shit, buddy is a boy..."

Zhuang Rui has some Yuanyu. We are old men now, but this 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 in the family are also here. I've been here for a day. I just went down for lunch. I said, Brother Zhuang, your friend's hands are too strong..."

Yang Hao just felt that his right hand was caught by dumpling pliers. He had no doubt that the thin young man next to Zhuang Rui could break his arm. Ha ha, you don't exercise. Looking at your figure, you will soon be compared with Ma Yi. Well, I'm here. I'll take a shower first. Let's call later..."

When Zhuang Rui saw the elevator parked on the floor where he lived, he quickly made a phone call to Yang Hao and went out with Peng Fei. Brother Zhuang, I was impulsive just now..."

After walking out of the elevator, Peng Fei said to Zhuang Rui with embarrassment that what he had learned before was the skills of killing people to keep him alive. It was really impossible to protect people. In addition, when he just entered the elevator, his vision was not very clear. When he saw someone suddenly stretched out his hand like Zhuang Rui, he subconscious It's okay, hehe, they're all old friends. It doesn't matter. Let's take a shower and have a rest first. The jade market won't start until tomorrow. Let's refresh ourselves today..."

Zhuang Rui smiled and said that he didn't care. He opened the room with the house number in his hand. Song Jun ordered all of them were suites with one bedroom and two living rooms. Each room had a shower room, such as Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Rui, who happened to be one room per person, while Song Jun and Fatty Ma both brought two bodyguards I went to bed in a room.

After taking a shower, Zhuang Rui changed his clean clothes, went to the living room, turned on the TV and saw that there was a satellite channel. He could see Kunming and other local stations. He couldn't help but watch it with interest. Previously, he heard from Peng Fei that Myanmar was very chaotic, and he was not in the Yes, it is said that compared with China, Myanmar's history is simply an uncivilized savage small country, and there is nothing to go around.

It's just that Zhuang Rui was doomed to be idle. As soon as he watched the TV, his mobile phone rang. After connecting, his mother-in-law and Lord Taishan arrived. Zhuang Jiao did not dare to neglect him. He quickly greeted Peng Fei and took him to the restaurant.

"You child, why don't you call when you come? I just calculated with your uncle Qin that your flight should have landed..."

Qin Haoran came two days early, and Qin's jewelry also attaches great importance to the jade public market, which is related to the company's raw material reserves next year, which can be said to be the top priority. In addition to the couple, there are also four famous gambling masters in the gambling stone industry.

Due to the restrictions of the Myanmar military on the export of jadeite, at least in the next two years, it will be basically difficult to smuggle raw stone directly from Myanmar's jade mines. The big-headed soldiers in Myanmar do not tell you about human rights. If they catch the smugglers, they will be shot directly, so that you don't

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

"Hehe, I'm about to finish washing; $! \} Call your uncle and aunt..."

Zhuang Rui is like a good baby at this time. Whoever asks someone else's woman to give it to that, it is natural to be more respectful when he sees the elders.

"Well, let your mother have time to go to Hong Kong. By the way, your sister and others, come and play. When Xiaobing finishes this work, she won't be in charge of the company's design. At that time, you two can spend more time together..."

Although Fang Yi looks like a person of about 30 people, she can enter menopause. She sat there chatted to Zhuang Rui. Qin Haoran took out an English newspaper and read it pretendingly. It is rare for his wife not to bother herself. In the future, the son-in-law will help himself suffer. . " Auntie, I'll answer the phone. Who is so boring? Call me now..."

Zhuang Rui was drowsy, but he had to nod his attention from time to time. When his heart was unspeakable, his mobile phone rang and he scolded others for not interesting, but he couldn't wait to pull the other person out of the phone and kiss him. Hey, Yang Hao, I'm in the restaurant downstairs. What's the matter?

Zhuang Rui casually said the phone, and he kept talking in his heart. Dude, tell me something, so that I can find an excuse to run away. Let's go out for a walk. I heard that the Great Golden Pagoda in Yangon is world-famous. It's a pity not to have a look here. Do you have time?

The amplification effect on Zhuang Rui's mobile phone was quite good. Fang Yi and Qin Haoran, who were sitting opposite him, heard the sound from the phone.

"This... It may not work today. I still have something important to do here. Why don't we go tomorrow?" Zhuang Rui's reply made Fang Yiluo satisfied. Of course, it was much more important to chat with him than to go shopping.

"The jade market will start tomorrow. There is no time to go shopping. If you don't go, I'll call someone else to go..." Yang Hao just went back and begged his elders for a long time before asking for leave. However, among the people he knows, Zhuang Rui is the same age as him, and he An old man is going to visit 0ba?

"Zhuang Rui, go ahead. Some places of interest in Myanmar are still very good. It's good to have fun when you come. 11 eleven eleven eleven

Qin Haoran's voice was heard in Zhuang She's ears at this time. It was really like the sound of nature, but he still pretended to be reluctant and promised Yang Hao on the phone. Then he said goodbye to Fang Yi, and the courtesy was full. Peng Fei, is it okay to go out for a walk in Yangon?

After coming out of the restaurant, Zhuang Rui remembered the safety issue, but at this time, even if there was a gunfight outside, he did not want to go back and continue to listen to his mother-in-law's nagging.

Peng Fei was a little embarrassed to hear this and said, "Brother Zhuang, it's okay. It's my fault that I was too nervous before. This is the capital of Myanmar, controlled by the government, not as chaotic as remote areas. One, ten" Brother Zhuang, here, I heard that there is an ancient goods market next to the big golden pa Turn ▲r, eleven one"

As soon as Zhuang Rui walked to the door of the hotel, he saw Yang Hao. This guy was really impatient and had stopped a taxi and waited there.

Just now, the bath was washed in vain. When I entered a steamer-like taxi, the sweat immediately dripped down his forehead. The hot Zhuang Ruiji opened the window and stretched half of his head out of the car. It was a little more comfortable. On the contrary, the short taxi driver seemed to be used to this temperature, and his face was silky There is no sweat at all.

Fortunately, the hotel is not very far from the Grand Golden Pagoda. It is only a five or six-minute drive away. After turning the building in front of him, the vision in front of him opened up, and a towering golden spire appeared in front of Zhuang Rui. This...is this the Great Golden Pagoda?!" Looking at the slender spire with dazzling golden light in the sun, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but be shocked.

The big golden pagoda in the distance is like a golden mystery rising from the horizon, and a breathtaking temple shines in the sun. Its shape is neither an Islamic dome nor a Hindu spire, but like an upright gourd,

"Yes, this is our Snow Palace Grand Pagoda. The World Cultural Heritage Protection Organization once said that our Grand Pagoda, together with the Borobudur Pagoda in Indonesia and the Angkor Wat in Cambodia, is known as the treasure of oriental art. It is the most famous pagoda in the world and the symbol of Myanmar. One, one, one"

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the black and thin driver unexpectedly spoke $ to Zhuang Rui in Chinese. Although his Chinese was a little stiff, his meaning was still expressed. When he spoke, his face was even more proud.

Zhuang Rui originally wanted to refute the driver at the Great Wall of China, but at this time, the car had reached the periphery of the Great Golden Pagoda. Zhuang Rui, who saw the whole picture of the Great Golden Pagoda, was stunned. When it came to his mouth, he could no longer say it.

The big golden pagoda, more than 100 meters high, stands upright in front of Zhuang Rui. This feeling is like standing under a tall building of more than 30 floors. People are so small. Around the huge golden pagoda, there are dozens of small golden towers, arching the big golden pagoda. In the eyes, there are golden colors everywhere, strong The visual senses of Zhuang Rui and others give people a sense of grandeur and magnificence,

When Zhuang Rui saw that Yang Hao paid the fare, the driver did not leave immediately, but pushed the door and walked down. He respectfully put his hands to the big golden pagoda and chanted the Buddhist scriptures in his mouth. It took almost a minute before driving again. Leave.

After the taxi left, Yang Hao said with a smile, "This driver is a little interesting, like a monk..." I guess the driver has really been a monk. You don't know the history of Myanmar...

Before coming to Myanmar, Zhuang Rui supplemented 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 25 years, and more than 85 people in Myanmar believe in Buddhism.

Pagodas, temples and monks are the three characteristics of Myanmar's Buddhist culture. Burmese men have to cut their hair and become monks at least once in their lives. This is considered to be the cultivation of virtue. Zhuang Rui just said that the driver may have been a monk, which is why.

Burmese Buddhists believe that building a pagoda can benefit the rest of life. According to statistics, there are more than 10,000 large and small pagodas in the country. Therefore, Myanmar is also known as the "country of pagodas

The Great Golden Pagoda in Yangon, built more than 25 years ago, is a masterpiece of the Burmese pagoda. It is a masterpiece of Buddhist architecture in the world and the oldest and most expensive pagoda in the world.

The big gold tower is as high as 100 meters, surrounded by 6 or 4 small towers. The tower is covered with gold foil. The main tower alone has nearly 30,000 pieces of gold, weighing more than 7 tons. The top of the tower is made of gold, and it is also inlaid with diamonds and 17 rubies. The whole big golden pagoda is full It is brilliant and spectacular. This is the most precious antique in the world...

Zhuang Rui was amazed. The price of those diamonds and gemstones cannot be measured by money at all, not to mention more than 7 tons of gold. You know, this golden tower is equivalent to one thousandth of the gold reserves of the United States at the World Bank.

As the saying goes, hearing is believing. When Zhuang Rui saw the description of the Great Golden Pagoda in the chronicles of Myanmar, he still disdained it. When it comes to man-made architecture, China's Forbidden City represents the highest level of ancient architecture. Therefore, when he arrived in Myanmar, he did not have the idea of playing.

However, after seeing this big golden pagoda, Zhuang Rui knew that he had a little arrogant in the past. This big golden complex is indeed worthy of the pride and pride of Burmese people.

The Great Golden Pagoda is built on the mountain. Zhuang Rui spent three dollars to buy a color page introducing the Great Golden Pagoda, which contains three languages: Chinese, English and Myanmar, a detailed introduction to the history of the Great Golden Pagoda and many myths.

Legend has it that a pair of business brothers who met the Buddha began to receive eight hairs from the Buddha and were ready to be sent to Myanmar for worship. The brothers went to Myanmar and found the holy mountain dedicated to many Buddha treasures with the help of the local king.

When the eight Buddha's hairs were taken out in the golden box of the two people, some incredible things happened: the light emitted from the hair penetrated heaven and hell, so that the blind can see, the deaf can hear, and the dumb can speak clearly, and the drought and thunder fell from the sky, the earth shook, and even the Xumi Mountain was The depth reaches to the knees, and the trees in the Himalayas bloom and bear fruit even in the blooming season.

Of course, these are legends, but in the Great Golden Pagoda, the four Buddhas' links are indeed worshipped, including the crutches to detaining Sun Buddha, the water purifier of the Golden Buddha, the robe of the Buddha, and the eight hairs of the Buddha Sakyamuni. These relics, every Received kneeling and incense from countless devout Buddhists.

When you walk into the mountain gate, you can see the huge tower base. The base of the tower is long and bright, surrounded by 64 small towers and 4 middle towers with different styles. The tower has four entrances guarded by stone lions, and behind 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. The wind blows the bells, which is crisp and pleasant, and the sound spreads everywhere.

There are gates in the southeast and northwest of the Great Golden Pagoda. In front of the door, like the gatekeeper lions in front of Chinese temples, each has a pair of tall stone lions. There are stone steps in the corridor to climb to the top of the tower. The stairs are full of commercial stalls on both sides. There are Buddha statues and portraits carved with wood, bamboo, bones, ivory, etc., as well as incense, candles and flowers for Buddha, as a variety of Burmese snacks.

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 momentary statue of a lion face guard. Zhuang Rui does not know whether there is any mysterious connection between this rumored to be a 2,500-year-old building and the Egyptian pyramids.

Under the prompt of the staff, Zhuang Rui and others took off their shoes and entered the Great Golden Pagoda, in order to show their respect for the Buddha. Even the foreign head of state and president came, they also had to remove their shoes.

On a series of steps, there are statues of Buddha, and the bottom of the tower is made of bricks and covered with gold. These are real gold bricks made of pure gold, donated by Buddhists from all walks of life in Myanmar. In the niches on the foreshadowing in the pagoda, there are jade Buddha statues of different shapes

Walking in the foreign golden pagoda, from time to time, monks pass by barefoot in monks. Although the golden pagoda is extremely luxurious, when people stand in it, Zhuang Rui only feels the peace and tranquility of his mind that has never been seen, and the troubles in the world in his heart seem to be gone.

Today is the last day of the Year. 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. They all follow the flow of people in an orderly manner, worshipping every Buddha statue dedicated to the pagoda.

After walking around the Great Golden Pagoda, they visited several relics of Buddhas. Zhuang Rui and Yang Hao walked out of the Great Golden Pagoda from the southeast corner. The sky was still sunny, but Zhuang Rui and Yang Hao did not feel so hot at this time, which may be caused by the tranquility of the soul.

In the southeast corner of the Great Golden Pagoda, there is an ancient Bodhi tree, which is said to have been transplanted from the sacred tree of the throne of Shakyamuni in India. Around the ancient Bodhi Tree, there is also a Chinese temple called "Fuhui Palace" built by overseas Chinese during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.

It will be much more lively here. Many vendors are selling souvenirs and some antique coins on the ground. The Gaotang temple with Chinese characteristics, coupled with the hawkers mixed with Chinese hawking, gives Zhuang Rui the feeling that he has come to the domestic antique market. Peng Fei, see what's interesting. Buy some for both the girl and the girl and bring it back: i!: . . . R. . . . "

Yesterday, after Ouyang Wan took her girl back to the courtyard, the little guy immediately became familiar with the girl. The rest of her brothers and sisters were much older than her, and they couldn't play together. Now that the girl came home, Xiao Guogu immediately became the girl's follower, the pass of the two It's great.

Before coming, Zhuang Rui took 30,000 US dollars and put it on Peng Fei. The expenses along the way were all paid by Peng Fei.

Most of the booths here are carved with figures or Buddha statues. The materials used are nothing more than ivory and wood. Although the sculptor is not aluminum, Zhuang Rui doesn't like it very much. He never believes that foreign monks can recite scriptures. Why do he come here to invite the Bodhisattva? Let me have a look. They are all authentic ivory, bamboo, old wood root carvings, such as fake bags: 1\{ i: . . R. . . .

When several people came to a stall, the stall owner's pure Mandarin attracted Zhuang Rui and others. Many Burmese can speak Chinese, but they can obviously hear the astringency in the language. This Mandarin, which seems to be familiar to middle-aged people in their thirties, shows his identity, which is definitely Chinese.

The variety of items on his booth is relatively richer. In addition to the Buddha statues carved with wood, ivory bones and other things, there are also bamboo handmade vases and other things. Of course, they are just decorations, which can't hold water. They are quite exquisitely made. In addition, there are rattan products and sand cages decorated with It has the characteristics of Myanmar.

Zhuang Rui was attracted by those sand cages. He squatted down and looked at it. He 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, but he returned to the motherland to recognize his relatives the year before last..."

Zhuang Rui couldn't help but be in awe when he heard the words and asked, "Your grandfather stayed in Myanmar when he was in the Ningguo Expeditionary Force?" There are many Chinese people living in Myanmar, and they are all soldiers.

During the Anti-Japanese War, China sent the L Expeditionary Force successively. The total number of troops reached: tens of thousands of people entered Burma to fight in Myanmar. Due to the failure of the Allied command and incomparity, the first expedition ended in failure. The number of people who were captured, bombed, starved to death and killed by infectious As many as 70,000 people.

There were many surviving Chinese soldiers who stayed in Myanmar. It was not until the 1990s that the dusty history was re-exposed. At that time, there was also a wave of activities to welcome the souls of the fallen heroes. Many veterans also returned to the mainland to seek their ancestors.

The second kind of person who stayed in Myanmar was the Kuomintang troops led by Li Mi, who were defeated in Yunnan and other places, entered Myanmar and were located in the Golden Triangle during the Liberation War. P Free: There is another chapter before midnight.

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