Kaunghmudaw Pagoda
Kaunghmudaw Pagoda
康穆德塔
緬甸曼德勒
譯名為Kaunghmudaw Pagoda。位於緬甸曼德勒（Mandalay）外實皆山（Sagaing Hill）麓。一六三六年他隆王（Thalun，1629～1648在位）為慶祝首都重建而捐資修建，工程歷時十餘年，一六四九年落成。
該塔通高46公尺，塔身覆鉢式，乳白色，周長220公尺，由一百一十八萬六千五百五十二塊磚建成。正面延伸出一佛殿，紅壁描金，與潔白的塔身形成鮮明對比；旁立一石碑，鐫刻建塔緣起。塔剎為金黃寶傘，高6.7公尺，上刻一百二十尊護法天神。
塔前塑有一對緬式獅子守護，外環八百零二根石柱，均高約1.5公尺，柱頭設放置油燈的凹槽，皆面向塔，入夜則光明徹照。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 596.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kaunghmudaw Pagoda." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 596.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kaunghmudaw Pagoda" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:596.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kaunghmudaw Pagoda. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 596).
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