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What might seem like just a cluster of small temples surrounding Myanmar's Kuthodaw Pagoda is actually the world's largest book.
环绕缅甸固多陶塔四周的那一座座小殿其实是世界上最大的书卷。
The Kuthodaw Pagoda is a golden temple built in 1857,
金碧辉煌的固多陶塔修建于1857年，
but it's what lays around the surrounding shrines that draws people near.
然而，吸引人们前去参观的却是该塔四周的神龛。
In each of the 730 white stupas, stands a marble tablet.
730座白色舍利塔，每一座里都立着一块大理石碑。
Combined, these tablets make up the entirety of Buddha's teachings, written in the ancient Pali language.
这些石碑上书巴利文，镌刻着完整的佛教经文。
Each tablet, or page from the book, stands five feet tall and five inches thick.
这些高五英尺厚五英寸的石碑一座即一页经书。
The tablets were once covered in precious jewels and gold ink.
石碑曾饰有珍宝金墨。
However, after the British invasion in the 1880s, the site was looted and the gold ink and gems were stolen.
然而，十九世纪八十年代英国入侵以后，这里被洗劫一空，石碑上的金墨和宝石悉数被盗。
Today, the book is still accessible.
今天，这本巨书依旧可观，
The dense writing has since been filled with black ink so the scripture can be read for many years to come.
只是，为了经文能够世代流传，石碑上密密麻麻的书写已经改用了黑墨。
