Introduction to the Shwedagon Pagoda: Shaped like an inverted giant bell, it was first built in 585 and has been repaired many times in the past. The height of the tower is now 112 meters, and a new golden umbrella is installed on the top of the tower. The circumference of the base of the golden pagoda is 427 meters. The top of the pagoda has a finely crafted metal eaves. There are 1,065 gold bells and 420 silver bells hung on the eaves, and are inlaid with 7,000 various rare red and sapphire diamond balls, including one. The famous diamond weighing 76 carats. The tower body has been gilded many times, and the gold on it already weighs 7,000 kilograms.

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