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108 0894ac Such a Comfortable Bed!
What a surprise at the base of our flat staircase in our garden! Our little neighbour was there in a bag! By chance I had my camera with me going to take some pictures at Clichy market! Her mum was gone to pick up the buggy in the entry corridor and Miss… -
IM000769ac The Burmese Recumbent Jade Buddha
Jade Buddhas Temple was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues ""imported"" to Shanghai from Burma by sea, a seated Buddha (1.95 metres tall, 3 tonnes), and a smaller recumbent Buddha (96cm); The temple now also contains a much larger recumbent Jade… -
DSCN0007ac Weighing 3 Tons The Fabulous Burmese Jade Sitting Buddha
This very fine statue in jade incrusted of precious stones as agates and emeralds has been imported by two monks in China in 1882; This magnificent statue is 1,95 meters high and its weigh is of 3 tons!!! The temple enshrines also a recumbent Jade Buddha… -
20010112-0127ac Side Shrine in a Typical Burmese Style
Myanmar (Burma) Bago Schwe Maw Daw Pagoda. -
20010112-0124ac Temple Energized Birds
I can't read Burmese and wonder to know what is the use of these two birds in the temple with a kind of battery in the beak! Perhaps to sing in case of donation!Typical lovely Burmese Earth Touching Buddha very similar for the face with the marvelous and… -
20010112-0121ac Earth Touching Precious Buddha
Typical lovely Burmese Earth Touching Buddha very similar for the face with the marvelous and famous jade Buddha theft in Burma by the Chinese and now in a dedidated shrine of Shanghai; Myanmar (Burma) Bago Schwe Maw Daw Pagoda. -
20010112-0115ac Precious Golden Buddha
Myanmar (Burma) Bago Schwe Maw Daw Pagoda. -
20010112-0122ac Bago Schwe Maw Daw Pagoda (90 meters high)
One of the most venerated pagoda in Burma as enshrining 2 of Buddha 's sacred hairs and one of the highest stupa of Burma (90 meters high) rebuilt during 19 th after an earthquake; Burma Bago Schwe Maw Daw Pagoda. -
20010112-0112ac Young Monks and Lion at Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda
They are claiming food, specially rice; The pagoda and its golden stupa behind is one of the most venerated of Burma as it enshrines 2 hairs of the Buddha; Myanmar (Burma) Bago (Pegu) Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda. -
China Hebei Chengde Imperial Town
TO SEE ENLARGED FOR MORE DETAILS! One of the top ten destinations of China; During a period of hunting in the mountains, emperor Kangsi was seduced by the site and decided to built here a summer palace to escape from the heat 250 km North of Beijing; Duri… -
20010114-0201ac Ruined Mingun Pahtodawgyi Unfinished World's Largest Stupa
The most remarkable structure to be built during the Konbaung period was certainly the temple at Mingun, located across the river and approximately ten miles north of Amarapura; When King Bodawpaya began construction in 1790, he intended it to be the tall… -
200101VPFJCBirmanie Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Old Wooden Monastery
Coming from the turbulent capital of France, we needed this period of calm and contemplation! Burma Inle Lake Nyaungshwe Taungyi area. -
20010112-0100ac One Buddha by Direction
Bago (ex Pegu ex Hintawady founded in 573 A.D and 80 km North of Yangon on road to Toungoo and Mandalay) has been the capital of the Mon empire; Myanmar (Burma) Bago (Pegu) Kyaik Pun Pagoda. -
20010112-0102ac Great Reclining Buddha 's Foot
Burma Bago Schwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda. -
20010112-0103ac Great Reclining Buddha 's Pillows
Burma Bago Schwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda. -
20010112-0106ac Bago Great Lying Buddha
This recent Buddha 55 meters long and 16 meters high has been built by students after a won challenge with a monk project; Myanmar (Burma) Bago (Pegu) Shwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda.
