Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Contents [hide]
1 Construction
2 History
3 Gallery
4 References
5 See also
Construction[edit]
The pyatthat is made of successive gabled rectangular roofs in an exaggerated
pyramidal shape, with an intervening box-like structure called the lebaw (???????)
between each roof.[1] The pyatthat is crowned with a wooden spire called the taing
bu (????????) or kun bu (????????) depending on its shape, similar to the hti, an
umbrella ornament that crowns Burmese pagodas. The edges of each tier are gold-
gilded decorative designs made of metal sheet, with decorative ornaments called du
yin (?????) at the corners (analogous to the Thai chofah). There are three primary
kinds of pyatthat, with the variation being the number of tiers called boun (???,
from Pali bhumi). Three-tiered, five-tiered and seven-tiered roofs are called
yahma, thooba, and thooyahma, respectively.[2]
History[edit]
In pre-colonial Burma, the pyatthat was a prominent feature in the royal buildings,
which itself symbolized Tavatimsa, a Buddhist heaven. Above the main throne in the
king's primary audience hall was a nine-tiered pyatthat, with the tip representing
Mount Meru (??????????) and the lower six tiers representing the six adobes of the
devas and of humans.[4] Furthermore, the 12 city gates of Burmese royal capitals
were crowned with pyatthats, with the main ones used by royalty possessing five
tiers, and the others possessing five tiers.[5]
Gallery[edit]
King Mindon's Tomb, Mandalay.jpg
Search Wikipedia
Go
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Printexport
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
Wikimedia Commons
Languages
Franais
??????????
Edit links
This page was last edited on 8 May 2017, at 0323.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and
Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registe