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Pagoda and the Buddhist monks
Zhang Weikang Zhang Yan2013
The Sand Museum
Fukube-cho, Yuyama 2083-17, Japan
A pagoda is the principal term for a Buddhist tiered tower and it is said that a Buddha was reincarnated there. Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, is believed to have been built about 2500 years ago. Its golden shape has an overwhelming presence and its original form was reconstructed in the 15th Century. Such pagodas are a symbol of the faith and an integral part of the lives of the people of Myanmar, a pious, mainly Theravada Buddhist country since old times.
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- Title: Pagoda and the Buddhist monks
- Creator: Zhang Weikang Zhang Yan
- Creator Nationality: China
- Creator Gender: male female
- Date: 2013
- Physical Location: Tottori City, Japan
- Provenance: THE SAND MUSEUM
- Type: Sand Sculpture
- External Link: http://www.sand-museum.jp/
- 作品解説 / Object Note (Japanese): 主に仏塔を表す言葉として知られるパゴダは、お釈迦様の化身といわれている。ミャンマーのヤンゴンにあるシュエダゴン・パゴダは約2500年前に建造されたと伝えられ、その圧倒的な存在感を放つ黄金色の姿は、15世紀頃に再建されたものが原型である。これらパゴダは、古くより上座部仏教を中心とした敬虔な仏教国であるミャンマーの人々信仰と崇拝の対象であり、今も人々の生活に深く息づいている。
- 作品タイトル / Object Title (Japanese): パコダと僧侶たち
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