關於 second half of the 20th century ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

🇲🇲 Kanbawzathadi Palace is a palace in Bago, Myanmar. The original palace, built for King Bayinnaung in 1556, consisted of 76 apartments and halls. It was burned down in 1599. It was reconstructed in 1990 and finished in 1992.

Kanbawzathadi Golden Palace in Bago is a reconstruction of the original Royal palace from the second half of the 16th century.

The very ornate golden palace gives a good impression of the splendor and wealth of the second Burmese empire. It was rebuilt following the original design, based on knowledge gained from excavations and the original drawings of the building. The huge palace consisted of 76 apartments and halls.

The reconstructed palace does not contain much of the original furniture and personal items used by the Royals, as most of it was lost when the palace was looted and destroyed in 1599. There are several reproductions on display, like a replica of the King’s golden coach, decorated with two peacocks and a Pyatthat style roof.

The palace dates from a very prosperous time in Burmese history. It was built by King Bayinnaung of the Taungoo dynasty, a vast empire that included much of present-day Burma, Thailand and parts of China.

Bayinnaung was one of Burma’s greatest rulers, a mighty King who possessed many white elephants, a sign of wealth and power at that time. The King even obtained a sacred Buddha tooth relic from Sri Lanka, which he had installed in the Mahazedi Pagoda. Bayinnaung built the new capital of the second Burmese empire, a large city called Hanthawadi (present day Bago) surrounded by walls with 20 gates. The palace was built on a 70 acres plot located at the center of the city. Construction started in 1553.

Records written by European visitors to the city tell about the magnificence and splendor of the richly gilded palace. Some of its buildings like the Great Audience Hall were roofed with gold plates.

The palace was looted and burnt down in 1599 during armed conflict. Its remains were abandoned, and the palace was not rebuild until the late 20th century. Excavation works started in 1990. Six mounds were excavated, revealing the brick foundations of several of the palace buildings. Several hundred of the original teak pillars used for the construction of the palace in the 16th century were found, many of them inscribed with Mon texts, as well as nearly 2,000 Buddha images.

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Why I decide not to pursue my Master’s at Oxford

Don't get me wrong - I’m not saying that the entire system of higher education is fraudulent. In fact, I completely agree that there are still no other better places capable of carrying out certain functions of an university – for instances, promotion of critical thinking and contribution to the betterment of humanity.

But there are more precious lessons that university doesn’t teach you, and it took me years to figure out why higher education isn’t always an investment that always pays off.

Walk your own, different path

The training of higher education equips you with the tools to study a problem. But unis never teach you how to seize the opportunity and monetize it, turning vision into action. The atmosphere in universities globally give you an impression that all you have to worry for throughout your degree is how to get good marks and land on a perfect job, that is, high-paying while maintaining a work-life balance that has been everyone’s dream life. In short, they want you to follow the crowd.

But life is too short for one to succeed by climbing a crowded ladder. The biggest fear of 21st century human beings isn’t anything material – poverty is greatly reduced from the second half of 20th century, full-scale war becomes unlikely given the complexity of our global political structure and interdependency among countries. Our biggest fear, is irrelevance. That million of jobs will be replaced by automated robots and computer programs means job security (so as certainty about one’s future) is pretty much a vanishing delusion. You either take risk to become the game-changer, or you stay comfortable and let the game changes you. #alvinchiu_insurance

🎥Taipei exhibition celebrates the long-lost art of love letters
迪化207博物館 「給你一封小情書」特展

Now before dating apps and emoticons, there were love letters. A new exhibition in Museum207 in Taipei is celebrating the long-lost art of communicating heartfelt sentiments on paper. It showcases about 100 love letters written in the second half of the 20th century. Some of the authors are famous, and others not. These letters recreate a world in which life was slower, connections were less easy, and nobody broke up using text message.

在交友軟體和表情符號出現之前，人們以書信傳情達意。迪化207博物館在情人節前夕推出「給你一封小情書」特展，讓走過情意綿長時代的人回味，更讓沒有經歷過的人更瞭解曾經的情書歷史。

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