Sunset in Kuthodaw Pagoda
For any concerns about the reason to call “the world’s largest book”, you may find an answer when entering the complex. It is because this golden temple is surrounded by 729 white stone stupas containing marble slabs that comprise this area a “really hard to read book”. Each of the stone “pages”of the huge book is a large marble tablet inscribed with text from the Tipitaka; which is some of the Buddhist scriptures that only monks can learn and read. In the past, the text was originally carved in gold but it has faded away due to weather and the invasion of the British. Nowadays, the writing are marked with black ink from the organic materials; and a few precious gems still exists over the time.
For any concerns about the reason to call “the world’s largest book”, you may find an answer when entering the complex. It is because this golden temple is surrounded by 729 white stone stupas containing marble slabs that comprise this area a “really hard to read book”. Each of the stone “pages”of the huge book is a large marble tablet inscribed with text from the Tipitaka; which is some of the Buddhist scriptures that only monks can learn and read. In the past, the text was originally carved in gold but it has faded away due to weather and the invasion of the British. Nowadays, the writing are marked with black ink from the organic materials; and a few precious gems still exists over the time.
For any concerns about the reason to call “the world’s largest book”, you may find an answer when entering the complex. It is because this golden temple is surrounded by 729 white stone stupas containing marble slabs that comprise this area a “really hard to read book”. Each of the stone “pages”of the huge book is a large marble tablet inscribed with text from the Tipitaka; which is some of the Buddhist scriptures that only monks can learn and read. In the past, the text was originally carved in gold but it has faded away due to weather and the invasion of the British. Nowadays, the writing are marked with black ink from the organic materials; and a few precious gems still exists over the time.