Then, they went to Burma. At the "home for the elderly" at the last stop, Shen Du donated a check to improve the indoor facilities.

Shen Du said: "I hope the elderly can know that the world has not forgotten them."

…………

After the "charity trip" ended, several teams said goodbye to the organizer and went for a walk.

Because the nursing home is located in Bagan, the most famous pagoda and sunrise are naturally inevitable.

This is a big Buddhist country, 85% of the people are Buddhists. There are pagodas everywhere, known as the "country of pagodas". It is said that the number of large and small pagodas across the country is about 100,000, while Bagan is the "city of ten thousand pagodas".

Jiang Yuan Shendu followed the recommendation to find a tower that can be climbed to watch the sunrise.

Before going up to the tower, Jiang Yuan saw a little girl selling the famous Pasheng umbrella. The Pathein umbrella is handmade, its surface is made of pure cotton, which can provide shade but not weatherproof. Therefore, there are various patterns on the umbrella cover, which are very beautiful and beautiful. It is an important specialty of Myanmar and is very suitable as a gift.

Jiang Yuan picked it up and bought a red umbrella. The background color is red with black patterns, which is very delicate.

After waiting for a while, the sun rose slowly.

The Bagan Sunrise lives up to its reputation.

Above, clouds are reflected in orange and red. In mid-air, the light spreads straight to both sides, adding color to the city. Below, clusters of tall shrubs are like fans of gold leaf screens. Bagan is a huge plain, with green plants all over the loess, and among these shrubs, the red brick pagodas that are stacked on top of each other show their spires, which are magnificent and solemn, and the sound of the Buddha seems to be buzzing here. Between the sky and the earth, countless colorful hot air balloons are taking off. In the farthest distance, the Irrawaddy River flows.

"Ah..." Jiang Yuan's two elbows gently supported the brick wall of the pagoda. Because he was very active, he also opened the Pasheng umbrella in his hand. The umbrella cover just covered his head.

Jiang Yuan was watching the sunrise, and Shen Du was watching Jiang Yuan, from behind him.

So, in Shen Du's eyes, there is such a scene: In the distance, the sun is shooting golden light from the orange-red clouds, the flat and broad land is full of greenery, and the high tops of the Buddhist pagodas have also passed through. Time and space are scattered in rows and rows, and countless hot air balloons are decorating the picture, and in front of him, a red Bosheng umbrella circled in front of him, and a few seconds later, another one. Circle, and a few seconds later, it's still a circle. Under the umbrella, Jiang Yuan was wearing a white shirt, his shirt was puffed up in the morning breeze, Jiang Yuan's waist was slender, making people want to hold it on top. And his subordinates are the ruins of thousands of years.

Shen Du felt that he would never forget the situation in his eyes in this life.

"Shen Du," Jiang Yuan turned back, tilted his umbrella, smiled, and said, "so beautiful."

"...Well." Shen Du looked at his face and said, "It's so beautiful."

In the following day, they walked several pagodas according to local recommendations, for example, Ananda pagoda, known as the "first pagoda".

Bagan temples need to take off your shoes. Jiang Yuan's feet were white, stepping on the ancient bricks and stones, making Shen Du's heart beat.

The monastery is square and covers an area of ​​100 acres. The form of the monastery is completely symmetrical, with a corridor on each side leading to the courtyard in the middle. The center of the temple is the "national treasure" Ananda Pagoda. The white pagoda is exquisite and delicate, countless reliefs are interpreting the stories of the characters in the Buddhist scriptures, and there are two Buddhist caves. The tip of the Indian-style pagoda in the shape of an ear of corn is covered with gold foil, and countless blood rubies are inlaid in it, which is dazzling, especially in the sun. The interior of the pagoda is full of statues, layer by layer, solemn and solemn.

There is the largest Damayangji Pagoda and the tallest Ta Bingyu Pagoda in the back... Compared with the Pagoda, Jiang Yuan seems to prefer to come and go in the courtyard - to walk casually among the broken walls , to see the monks passing by occasionally, wearing monk robes and bowing their eyebrows.

At the last temple, they caught up with a wedding.

Because it is a Buddhist country, many couples in Myanmar hold weddings in temples.

Several beautifully dressed girls are welcoming guests and handing out fake flowers.

"..." Shen Du stepped up and asked, "Can we take a look?"

"Well..." One of the girls who knew a little English signaled to wait, and then ran into the temple and asked the parents of the newcomers before coming out again, smiling and nodding and sending Jiang Yuan and Shen Du a holiday roses.

So Shen Du pulled Jiang Yuan and lifted his leg in.

The hall is covered with luxurious carpets, and beautiful flowers are offered in front of the Buddha. The groom is handsome and the bride is beautiful, all dressed in traditional costumes - the groom is a tube skirt "Longji", with a collarless long-sleeved coat, and a "gangbang" hat wrapped around his head; the bride is a tube skirt "Temin" with a bun. He stood up, wearing a transparent gauze that hung straight to the ground.

Soon after, the wedding began.

A group of monks filed in, praying for the newlyweds and chanting sutras. The newlyweds maintained their kneeling postures, and a monk continued to talk, not only praying for blessings, but also reiterating the Buddha's teachings.

When the prayer was over, the husband and wife handed incense and gifts to the monks, and held fruit on a silver plate. They worshipped the Buddha, the Dharma, the monk, the parents, and the teachers. Finally, an elder called the groom's palm down and the bride's palm up, the two palms facing each other, and dipped into a silver basin sprinkled with flowers together, wishing the two of them a life as fragrant as flowers, as gentle as water, and never parted. When the ceremony was over, all relatives and friends threw flower petals on them in unison.

Jiang Yuan was quite moved.

"..." Shen Du turned his head. Jiang Yuan's face radiated light, white and bright.

"Okay, okay!" The elder said at this time, "Let's have a vegetarian meal together!"

Then there was a crackling, and a group of guests followed the newlyweds to another hall to eat fast food. "Giving fast food" is also part of the almsgiving wedding of the newlyweds. The newlyweds provide meals to the monks in the temple, and they and their guests eat the same food.

Because he didn't want to eat anymore, Jiang Yuan pulled Shen Du's wrist: "Go back?"

Shen Du nodded: "Okay."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Jiang Yuan and Shen Du arrived at the door, the bride's parents smiled and said to them, "Let's eat together?"

Shen Du asked, "Will this be too much trouble?"

"It's all right," the hospitable woman's parents replied. "It's good for foreigners who come from afar to attend the ceremony and give blessings. We have enough wedding meals here."

"Thank you then." Shen Du thought about it, still not much to say, just reached out and took out a few 10,000 kyats from his wallet, walked to the merit box in front of the Buddha, and stuffed it into it with both hands. A monk saluted, and Shen Du learned to return the salute. He knew that the newcomer would not accept the kyat.

In the dining room, everyone first carried out the ceremony of raising the table and giving alms. The monks recited the scriptures as usual, and then the newlyweds lifted the round table, put it down, and lifted seven or eight tables in a row, and the ceremony was completed.

The girls who had previously handed out fake flowers at the door filed in and put the delicate dishes on the table in order. Jiang Yuan discovered that Burmese monks eat meat, and the table is full of typical Burmese dishes.

Eating and eating, the professionals invited by the newlywed couple began to perform. They sang songs, played drums, and it was very lively.

In the end, when the guests were full and full, everyone took the food, removed the table, and sang and danced in the dining room.

Jiang Yuan smiled and looked, but when he looked at it, he heard Shen Du ask him, "Can you dance?"

"Huh?" Because the guests present were only dancing ballroom dancing, not some Burmese traditional dance, so he also looked at Shen Du and said, "Yes!"

"Come on." Shen Du walked in front of Jiang Yuan, stretched out his hand, held Jiang Yuan's, and pulled Jiang Yuan gently from the futon.

At the wedding banquet in a foreign country, Jiang Yuan didn't know anyone, so he didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed.

In the center of the dance floor in the house, the gauze covered by the bride "Temin" floated high, and with the rotation, it even surrounded the bride and groom. The surrounding hotels danced gracefully, with Jiang Yuan and Shen Du in the corner.

Once, the tip of their noses almost collided, so Jiang Yuan laughed hahaha, and then never took it back, sometimes looking into each other's eyes, looking at each other, sometimes not. Suddenly, he remembered many dances in classic movies.

For example, in "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", the tango between Frank and Donna is extremely beautiful.

Man, you should dance.

Wedding, wedding.

Dancing together at a wedding banquet in a strange country and strangers, this should be a scene that will never be forgotten in a lifetime.

At the end of the song, Jiang Yuan and Shen Du stopped and said goodbye to their master gently. Jiang Yuan's mouth was still hooked, and he didn't know what was going on, so he intertwined his fingers with Shen Du and walked out of the hall together.

Shen Du didn't let go of Jiang Yuan's hand, he asked, "Do you want to go to Mandalay?"

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay~" Mandalay is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Myanmar.

Walking through the temple promenade all the way and out of the temple gate, Jiang Yuan Shendu just separated and took a car to take the night cruise to Mandalay.

…………

Cruise along the Ayeyarwady River.

It was pitch black on the river at night, and Jiang Yuan didn't look at anything. When woke up, was already in Mandalay.

During the day, I went to Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Palace, and finally, before sunset, the two set foot on U Bein Bridge.

The U Bein Bridge is very long, 1,200 meters long. It starts from the green grass on the bank, plunges into the river, crosses the East Taman Lake, and then reaches the opposite bank. It is the longest teak bridge in the world, and all 1086 teak trees come from the demolished Ava Palace. There are a total of 6 pavilions at the head of the bridge, in the middle of the bridge and at the end of the bridge, which symbolize the "Six Harmony Spirit" of Buddhism.

The sunset at U Bein Bridge is also one of the best places to watch the sun in the world and is very famous.

The bridge deck and piers are all made of wood. Jiang Yuan has never set foot on such a long wooden bridge. The foot felt very different, creaking and muffled. The whole bridge has no nails, only tenons.

At this time, the bridge was sparsely populated, and some late monks occasionally passed by. Wearing red monk robes, they came and went with their eyebrows lowered.

About halfway through the walk, suddenly, the sun began to set.

The whole sky is orange, and so is the lake. The sun is like a golden disc with a golden tail. The tail fell on the lake, turbulent. The surrounding water was sparkling, piece by piece, wave after wave. A flock of birds flew around, and black shadows flickered. Now is also a good season for local fishermen to catch fish and shrimps. Therefore, some fishing boats float on the water, and fishermen cast nets and work on them.

"Well..." Jiang Yuan wanted to see the sunset in Uben, so he sat down on the bridge between the two pavilions. There are only bridge pillars on the U Bein Bridge, and there is no other shelter. Therefore, Jiang Yuan found a teak, put his arms around him and forked his legs, hugged the teak, and looked at the sunset.

Behind him, some monks come and go, as well as some lovers and tourists. The children ran and jumped, like countless little balls, rolling past in an instant.

"..." Shen Du also stretched out his pants and sat down beside Jiang Yuan. He leaned back, looking at the sky, a little lazy, with one knee down and the other upright, one hand propped back, and the other hand lightly resting on the upright knee.

He said, "Jiang Yuan."

Jiang Yuan picked out a long voice: "Huh?"

Some inadvertently.

He felt that these days were really beautiful.

Go to the children's home, go to the old people's home... watch the sunrise in Bagan; visit the thousands of pagodas; go to the wedding banquet of the newlyweds in Myanmar to watch and dance; come back to this long teak bridge to watch the sunset over the long river.

Hey.

"Jiang Yuan," Shen Du said after a while, "we are going back to China."

"Well." Jiang Yuan replied, "I'm going back to work, back to the mundane world."

However, Jiang Yuan knew that Shen Du still had nothing to say. Shen Du once said to him when he was finishing his career, "We will meet again for the 'charity trip' in two weeks. Besides, I had some things at that time...I want you to know all about it."

It just so happened that Jiang Yuan also wanted to finally confirm the reason why Shen Du kissed him in his last life.

"Jiang Yuan," Shen Du said in a erratic voice, "I want to talk about my past...six years ago."

"Huh?" Jiang Yuan was a little puzzled, "Six years ago?"

"Yes," a flock of birds flew past, hula-la, like a torrential rain. Shen Du said, "I met someone six years ago..."

Then, he told a story.