Mandalay
Division
Mandalay ( Burmese: မန္တလေးမြို့, pronunciation: [ màndəlé mjo ] ) is a city in central Myanmar ( Burma) at a bend of the Irrawaddy River. With nearly 1.6 million residents Mandalay to Yangon is the second largest city in the country. Mandalay has an international airport, the Mandalay International Airport. Connections are made to Rangoon by road, rail and ship.
Geography
Mandalay is located on the Irrawaddy River about 716 km north of Yangon. Mandalay was built by King Mindon in 1857 in an open area on the banks of the Irrawaddy and that an ancient prophecy follow -performing, that at this point for 2400. Anniversary of the Buddhist faith a city would arise.
History
From 1857 to 1885 Mandalay served as the last capital of the Burmese kingdom. Based on astrological calculations Amarapura Mandalay had replaced as the political center of Burma. After the capture of Mandalay on November 1885 and the looting of the royal palace by British troops 28 King Thibaw Min was deported to India into exile and moved the capital to Yangon. During World War II Mandalay was largely destroyed in fighting between the Japanese army and the British, laid the royal palace in ruins. End of the 1990s caused the military government set up including through the use of forced labor, the old royal palace grounds again.
Today Mandalay is the capital of the administrative unit Mandalay Division.
Economy
Due to its strategic location on the transit traffic corridor between South China and the Indian Ocean, the city's importance has been further strengthened as an important commercial center of Burma. The opening of the Yangon- Mandalay Expressway in December 2010, in a convenient position was further improved. The influx of Chinese traders has changed the demographic structure of the city 's population in recent years significantly.
Besides the cultivation of rice in the fertile plains around Mandalay characterize different craft (including production of gold leaf, marionette puppets, paper parasols, silk weaving ) and the tourism economic life of the city.
The rebuilt "MS Nederland " or " Elbresidenz " perverse previously for the Cologne - Düsseldorf on the Rhine and the Elbe, is used as a floating luxury hostel under the name Road to Mandalay Mandalay and Yangon between. Mandalay is still regarded as the true center of Burmese culture.
Attractions
Pagodas:
- Eindawya Pagoda
- Mahamuni Pagoda
- Kuthodaw Pagoda
- Kyauktawgyi Pagoda
- Sandamuni Pagoda
- Set Kya Thiha Pagoda
- Shwe Myint Kyi Pagoda
Buddhist Monasteries:
- Atumashi kyaung
- Shwe In Bin kyaung
- Shwenandaw kyaung
More attractions:
- Craft ( for example, gold-beater )
- Royal Palace (reconstruction )
- Mandalay Hill
- The performances of the Moustache Brothers Par Par Lay, Lu Zaw, and Lu Maw
- The puppet theater ( puppets, accompanied by live traditional music)
Musical about Mandalay
- Kurt Weill - The Song of Mandalay
- Daniel Lavoie - High road to Mandalay
- Blackmore 's Night - Way to Mandalay.
- Robbie Williams - Road to Mandalay.
- Frank Sinatra - The road to Mandalay
- Colin Hay - Road to Mandalay
- Electric Light Orchestra - Mandalay
- Erdmöbel - The Road to Mandalay
- The Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
- Midnight Oil - Mountains of Burma
- Elton John & Leon Russell - Mandalay Again