Sagaing

Division

Sagaing ( Burmese: ) is the capital of the Sagaing Division in Myanmar ( Burma). It is one of Myanmar's Buddhist centers and groups around the Sagaing Hill. More than 600 stupas and monasteries and 100 meditation centers can be found here, more than 6,000 monks and nuns live here and attract tourists from all over the world. The population is approximately 300,000.

Sagaing is located about 20 km southwest of Mandalay near the former royal city of Ava at the Irrawaddy. The 700 m long, was built by the British Ava Bridge with 16 large arches crossed the Irrawaddy and connects Mandalay Sagaing. The bridge was until 1998 the only bridge that crossed the 2170 km long Ayeyarwady.

History

Sagaing is named after a tree that hangs over the river. Around 1315, it became the capital of an independent Shan kingdom after the fall of Bagan, central Burma had plunged into chaos. A short time later, in 1364 but moved Thado Minbya, grandson of the founder of the city, the capital to Ava. For four years, from 1760 to 1764, Sagaing was once the capital of a Burmese Empire.

Culture and sights

  • Htupayon Pagoda
  • Aungmyelawka ( Eindawya ) Pagoda, built in 1783 by the future King Bodawpaya, mimicking the Shwezigon Pagoda of Nyaung U ( Bagan ).
  • Tilawkaguru Cave: a cave temple with beautiful old wall paintings from 1672 that were true 80 years ago damaged by a large fire, but are still worth seeing Mural in the Tilawkaguru Cave
  • Ngadatkyi Pagoda
  • Kaunghmudaw Pagoda ( also known by the Pali name Rajamanicula ), about 10 km west outside of Sagaing. It is the largest of the pagoda, 46 meters high, and is modeled after the Mahaceti - Stipa in Sri Lanka in 1636 in honor of the appointment to the capital of Sagaing. Around the pagoda are 812 stone columns, where oil lamps were stored. In niches there are 120 pictures of Nats. On a three -meter-high marble stone the history of the building of the temple was described
  • Datpaungzu Pagoda
  • U Min Thonze Pagoda, the pagoda of 30 caves. Forty-five golden -robed than-life Buddha statues in a colonnade, which has the outline of a crescent moon. The walls are decorated with glass mosaics, the floor is covered with geometric tile patterns.
  • U Min Pagoda Kyaukse
  • Lawkakmankin Pagoda
  • Mipaukkyi Pagoda
  • Tupayon Pagoda, built in 1444, was partially destroyed by the earthquake of 1838
  • Hsinmyashin Pagoda, Pagoda of Many Elephants, named after the elephant statues at the entrances, built in 1429
  • Built Sun Ponnya U - Shin Paya, 1312. Rabbits and frogs made ​​of bronze symbolize earlier incarnations of Buddha and serve as collection boxes.
  • Pa -Ba- kyaung Monastery
  • Asehkan Fort ( Fort Savage )
  • Thabyedan ​​-Fort
  • Singyone -Fort

Pictures

Stupa on the Sagaing Hill

Detail stupa on the Sagaing Hill

Stupa on the Sagaing Hill

Vmin Thonze Pagoda, Sagaing Hill

Monastery and stupa on the Sagaing Hill

Sagaing Hill

Detail of a stupa on the Sagaing Hill

Buddha figure on the Sagaing Hill

Nunnery Zhaya Theingyi: large hall

Burmese language Buddhism Inwa Shan people Nat (spirit)
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