Hti (architecture)
An Hti ( Burmese : ထီး , pronunciation: [ tʰí ], MLC transcription system: hti:) is the Burmese name of the "umbrella" or top ornament of a Burmese stupa or chedi .
An hti resembles a crown of Burmese kings.
The hti is the most important part of a stupa. A special ceremony is held to attach it ( hti-tin pwe ). It is a concentric, cone-shaped, umbrella-like pinnacle that is ubiquitous in temples in Myanmar. In northern Thailand, chedis can be assigned to Burmese builders based on the Hti.
Medieval illustrations and murals in Bagan , however, showing buildings, the tip rather massive finials in the form of a lotus are completed bud as with screens. In other areas, Htis are mostly made of filigree metal - mostly iron - which is then gilded. Finally, a Hti is decorated with golden, gold-plated or brass bells ( khaung-laung ). The tip of a hti usually consists of one or more precious stones, usually diamonds ( h sein-phu-daw ).
The Hti of the Shwedagon Pagoda from 1871 is about 10 meters high. It consists of seven gold-plated rings. He is surrounded by countless golden and silver bells. Above it rises a pole made of a silver alloy with a weather vane made of gold and a seinbu ("diamond bud" in the form of a golden ball with a diameter of 25 cm). The coronation of the stupa is set with 5451 diamonds of various sizes with a total weight of 2078 carats and around 1470 other precious stones . The total number of bells is over 1500.
literature
- Nina Oshegowa, Sergej Oshegow: Art in Burma - Title of the original Russian manuscript: Iskusstvo Birmy . VEB EASeemann Verlag Leipzig 1988. ISBN 3-363-00054-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Richard M. Cooler: The Art and Culture of Burma
- ^ The Merits of Rebuilding Bagan. (PDF; 15 kB) Archived from the original on April 1, 2013 ; accessed on March 22, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Oshegowa: Art in Burma , p. 195