The Chinese Buddha sacred tooth relic, after being placed in Nay Pyi Taw for 16-day public obeisance, was conveyed to Yangon's Maha Pasana Cave in Kaba Aye PagodaTuesday for continued public obeisance by Yangon residents.

Yangon Region authorities held a grand religious ceremony at the Yangon International Airportto greet the arriving tooth relic, attended by Yangon Chief Minister U Myint Swe, ChineseAmbassador Li Junhua, representatives of Buddhist circle and followers totaling more than2,500.

Nearly 50,000 people filled the two sides of the 7-kilometer motor road leading from the airportto the Kaba Aye Pagoda in greeting the tooth relic.

The Chinese tooth relic was brought from Beijing's Lingguang Temple to Nay Pyi Taw'sUppatasanti Pagoda as the first leg of the conveyance on November 6 and will be kept inYangon for another 16 days until December 7 for the second leg and then the relic will betaken to Mandalay's Maha Atulawaiyan Pagoda for 16 more days as the final leg of theconveyance from December 8 until December 23 totaling 48 days.

It is the fourth time that the Chinese Buddha sacred tooth relic was brought to the country forobeisance 15 years after the last conveyance.

Of Myanmar's 60-million population, over 80 percent believe in Buddhism. The conveyance ofthe Chinese sacred tooth relic to Myanmar represents not only a major event of the Buddhistbelievers but also a fine story of China-Myanmar friendship.

Linked by mountains and rivers, China and Myanmar exchanged closely with Buddhist cultureexchange playing an important part of China-Myanmar friendly exchange which enhanced theunderstanding and mutual trust between peoples of the two countries and playing an activerole in pushing the two countries' friendly exchange.

At the invitation of successive Myanmar governments, the Chinese Buddha sacred tooth relichad been conveyed to Myanmar three times in 1955-56, 1994 and 1996-97 respectively.