The Yaw Min Gyi Brick Monastery

Growing need to conserve Monastery of Yaw Min Gyi U Pho Hlaing

THE Yaw Min Gyi Brick Monastery, donated by Yaw Min Gyi U Pho Hlaing in 1866, in 1228 on the Myanmar Calendar requires conservation because of destruction caused by rain and wind.    

The monastery was burned down losing all its original wooden infrastructure and concrete rinceaux, there remained only the brick structure during the World War II as the Allied bombed in Mandalay in March 1945.

The wooden beams and floor of the monastery were replaced with concrete beams and concrete floor, and roofed with zinc sheets under the supervision of the Department of Archeology under the Ministry of Culture in December 1998. Myanmar artists created a rinceaux to match the original. In 2013, according to the instructions of the Ministry of Culture, the Department of Archeology carried out the work of installing a ceiling, a drainage around the monastery, the installation of doors and windows, Myanmar concrete rinceaux and wiring. The Ministry of Culture has designated the monastery as an ancient heritage building.

The Monastery should be renovated and have a garden to persuade tourists from abroad and home to come and visit, said a tourist guide.--Maung Pyi Thu (Mandalay)