Project ID: 39341

China holds a 48-day enshrinement of the Buddha tooth relic in Myanmar (linked to #39347)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

Sector

Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2011-01-01

Actual start

2011-11-06

Actual complete

2011-12-24

Geography

Description

From 6 November to 24 December 2011 China promoted a 48-days enshrinement of the Sacred Buddha tooth relic in Yangon, Myanmar. This has been declared during a press conference held immediately previous to the signing ceremony of a MoU between China and Myanmar the establishment of friendly relationship between the Beijing Lingguang Temple and the Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon on the occasion of the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Shwedagon Pagoda which took place on 22 February 2012 in Yangon.This enshrinement is the 4th in the history of China-Myanmar relations, and it has achieved remarkable success. At the invitation of successive Myanmar governments, the Chinese Buddha sacred tooth relic had been conveyed to Myanmar four times in 1955-56, 1994, 1996-97 and 2011 respectively.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Beijing’s Lingguang Temple [NGO/CSO/Foundation]

Myanmar Ministry of Religious Affairs [Government Agency]