Experience France

Reached France after the fourth day, the evening on May 5, bath, sitting on the bed, would like to take a few days in France, in Paris, is the exact feeling down, and began to write this article "feelings of the French". Articles most complete in Paris between Arthur train.

This is not a running tally as travels, but thoughts of summary. Mainly divided into religious, political, artistic, cultural, and other sections.

First thing to say is religion. France is a Christian-oriented countries. The Christian God Jesus (status similar to Buddhism in shijia Muni, this easy-to-understand explanation of some), another is the Virgin Mary (corresponds to the Buddhist bodhisattva)-throughout the whole law, but the most famous Notre Dame is of the same name by Hugo novel and famous of Notre Dame. The front and took nearly two hundred years to build the Cathedral is typical of Gothic architecture, holds the Bell Tower, the Tower, each door and side is covered with fine sculpture. Although after 700 years of wind and rain erosion, still magnificent splendor.

At eight o'clock in the morning to church bells ringing, I arrived at the Notre Dame de Paris. Get door to go quietly into, a red priest was preaching. NOK large Chapel, it is estimated that can hold hundreds of people, but only a spatter of dozens, or sitting or kneeling, devoutly followed Bishop at. Although they do not understand what the bishop told, just think of rhythmic patterns, was good. Listen to a little while, stand up and go in a circle, surrounded by paintings and statues that are relevant to the Virgin Mary, former candlestick, tourists or believers spend two euros you can pick up a candle lit, dedicated to the Virgin. So how do you see how the Virgin as Guanyin bodhisattva.

The Church is a major event held in monks, such as marriage, the emperor was crowned, funerals, etc. Archbishop status respectable. It is said that Louis XIV ascended the throne when young, then Archbishop by the red, visible on behalf of the ruling religious forces. For me, and other non-Christians, most worth viewing is the superb building technology, exquisite exquisite sculpture, painting and painted glass. Each Church above the Central Gate has a diameter of several meters of large round window, known as "the rose window". There is a painted glass, painted biblical story, color photography. The most famous is referred to as the "Paris jewel" of the Church of St. Charles Belle color glass. Dangyang off through the glass radiation came in, red, yellow, green, bursting out various light, colorful, Mellon décor.

Visit the Loire area after the medieval castle and found within each Castle will have a small church, and every city will have a grand style, carved Church, visible religious people living in it is an integral part of. Remember the beginning of the year in Malaysia, wherever, there must be a magnificent mosque Church, in accordance with the Sharia, five times a day, the voice of the chant, going out on time.

Thus think of what is the State religion in China? Buddhism, Taoism, Muslim religion, Christianity? Are the believers, but none can dominate. Thus, the entire people of faith, belief in the absence of the vacuum, perhaps this is also a great journey, such as Falun Gong road can be one of the reasons. People always need spiritual sustenance. When Mao Zedong's cultural revolution of the cult of personality as the end, but the disintegration of the whole nation in up to 20 to 30 years in addition to the "money", you will no longer unified integration belief, sad, alas.

Secondly, you want to talk about France's regime and democracy. The history of the rule of the French era, the longest is the Bourbon dynasty, before and after going through more than ten kings, subversion in the Louis XVI period, i.e. the 17 th century. The ultimate symbol of Royal power domination is located in the Paris suburb of Versailles. It was Louis XIII riding hunting palace, after Louis XIV collection national architects, architect, painter, sculptor and skilled artisans, lasted for fifty years, built into the largest, most luxurious palaces. Until today, Versailles is still one of the world's largest and most luxurious palaces.

Out of the subway, we see this very far to magnificent architecture, the gate stands for the Sun King Louis XIV on horseback statue, a pair of Chi-satisfaction, confident look. According to the record, he ascended the throne only five years old at the time of year, Archbishop by red skin for ruling. After the Bishop's death, Louis XIV young will chikamasa. Initially, the Kings and Ministers who didn't put the young monarch haughty, but he soon demonstrated strong wrist, consolidated the kingship. He is member of 54 years, 30 years of hard work, expanding the territory. Intrauterine has a Hall hanging a dozen paintings, exhibited in the largest is the battle scene.

At the same time, Chinese history also has an experience similar to the Emperor-Kangxi.

(He ascended the throne, in bits, 60 years). The same is juvenile chikamasa, likewise is ambitious, similarly to rule the kingship to free-for-all. Quite a coincidence, I went to Versailles in a unilateral is held and the exhibition of the Kangxi Emperor, known as "the forbidden city in Versailles". (Perhaps because in 2004 is the year for the culture of France's sake). Exhibits, but are quite rare. A Louis XIV's Chinese collections, has been Chair of the Kangxi Emperor, the most interesting is a closure easy 14 letter to Emperor Kangxi, estimates have fretted means. Visible, then the two countries have established the ambassadorial level contacts.

Versailles palace luxury dream screened here since you do not have to, whether it be wonderful sculptures, paintings, beautiful atmosphere of the furniture, the monarchy and the Queen are vivid portraits, worked in a post-war treaty concluded "Versailles" mirror Hall, or the famous Le valve design for geometry Garden, the Seine river water pumping height of 150 meters built fountains, etc., are so amazing.

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EPIC's works often become a fuse of the doom dynasty, as qinshi King wall, excavation of sui yangguang, artificial Canal Angkor Empire exhaustive nationwide manpower, material resources, building 400 year calendar, Angkor Wat, led to the off State, and so on. The Versailles France eventually led to the revolution.

Revolution by Bastille riots started, a single spark instant start a prairie fire. Angry crowd surrounded the Versailles, the King and Queen he fled. But in the end, including Louis XVI, Queen Anne Antoinette, hundreds of nobility was executed. Execution location i.e. Lu captives Palace not far from the Concorde (also known as the Revolution Square). Now walk in the spacious square, but see two big fountain in the Shui ducks play, people just sitting on the floor reading gossip, entertaining, horseriding's guards to patrol a symbolic, a serene, long lost those bloody past of King.

This is a kind of ethnic, dare to send his Emperor Guillotine? The French national spirit can concentrate in three words: Liberte freedom, equality, Fraternite Eqalite fraternity. The first time I saw them at the door of the Sorbonne University law school, and later on in the Town Hall, hospitals, and other government agencies on the door again and again to see the three words. They initially were made in France after the publication of "the great free declaration", after the introduction of independent United States of America. Straight to become modern Western society, the cornerstone of the human spirit. New York statue of liberty is independent of the centennial of the United States, France gave the gift of the people of the United States, has now become a New York and the symbol of the United States, Paris has a similarly of the statue of liberty, just because small and unobtrusive.

It was this three words declares the national pride of the bone marrow in depth, romance and unyielding. Also it is free and the relentless pursuit of democracy, the only time of the revolution and restoration until the General de Gaulle to establish the Fifth Republic. In many European countries such as United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, etc. also retaining the monarchy today, France is the most radical Republicanism.

France revolution, established the first Republic soon will come to an end, after the restoration of the Republic and to the cycle, during which it is for an awesome reputation of Napoleon, his restoration success crowned Emperor (a bit like China's Yuan Shi-kai). Napoleon I and Louis XIV as aggression and dilated, and started a new round of East-West seminars. Arc de Triomphe is winning the return in order to meet the army built, standing at the top of the door wall, close your eyes and imagine that inundated the victorious, Horn players, amid cheers of pageantry, eyes, and saw a radial spread of 12 Street, Arc de Triomphe has become the best ornamental Paris attractions tourists.

No, the Arc de Triomphe built, Napoleon had died in exile in Helena, thirty years after his death, his remains from the Arc de Triomphe, and was buried in the Invalides. Military manned Galeries solemn, buried Napoleon and he lives on the brothers. But because of the war dead and more than thousands. To mangled mageguoshi is regarded as a soldier's honour. More then died of disease, hunger, cold, captives, and so on. According to the record, Napoleon wanted to cross the Italian border of the Alps to enter the territory of Italy, but hundreds of thousands of troops then disappear from the Alps of the boundless mountains, died of cholera, cold or hunger, for various reasons have divergent views. One of the famous Caesar, true million!

Invalides also houses the reception and then in the first world war, World War II killed the generals. It now has turned into a military museum. In a Memorial Hall, I saw the banner of the world, there are a few faces belong to ancient China, says traditional word of Zhang and Zhao, side order flag (don't know where to get them to the baby). This thought, whether he is brilliant and glory, died but dust. As in the "species" Yue Fei write: 8 February yunhe Rd., 30 years of success and dust and soil.

However, a nation needs a hero, heroes, history need all my life, historians such as ye not unemployment?

French history, another famous national hero is Joan of arc. England and France during the hundred years ' war, the legendary maiden, who was only who play at the age of up to save the nation's responsibility. Rate of the British army in Orleans, and instigate fights off was weak and incompetent road hospital seven crowned (the Louvre has a painting showing the scene). Joan of arc was sentenced to death. Today, Joan has become the patron saint of Paris, the Pantheon (the ancestral Foundation pioneer martyrs) has her statue, for posterity, Revere. Can be described as the "great health, died a glorious".

Next, you want to say that culture and art. France people's talent and achievements of amazing. Of course, Paris has much more than France's artistic achievement, more European writers, thinkers, artists and the brilliant results. We all know, the Renaissance (XV, XVI century) in the Centre of Europe, then in Rome, in the 17th century 18 gradually shifted to Paris. On the left bank of the Seine, in which the gathering of it's nose main Existentialism and his lover, Sartre, Beauvoir, they often in several Cafe and colleagues in the contend on. Unfortunately the Cafe hidden in a terraced house, I had a half-gods didn't find.

Today, Paris and Rome, in Cologne, Germany together are known as the largest cultural art. To understand its culture and art, will visit the three museums: the Louvre, Orsay Museum, Centre Pompidou, on behalf of the former, respectively, after three periods of artistic achievements. I'm three days respectively to the three places, so the feeling is different every day.

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The Louvre is a treasure trove of art scale, one went in feed in the vast expanses of collection and disoriented. Of course the name of the tree shadow, the most famous or its town Palace Sambo: Brokeback------Venus, broken person-victory goddess, smiling people-Mona Lisa. Juxtaposition tours, finally found the Triple Gem. Surrounding teeming, praise is not absolute. In particular, marvel at the Michelangelo's statue-----Miro Venus, during the Millennium still texture and delicate, vivid. Mona Lisa's original smaller, due to the age old, somewhat fading, but mysterious smile remains unforgettable. I finally found a gap at the portrait of five seconds, then be turbulent flow of people packed a box with a portrait is not seen.

Orsay Museum was once a railway station, the second station later into a Museum, collection of 19th century to the early 20th century works, painting and sculpture to primary. The door, I'll go straight to the fifth floor and go for it's Impressionist and the base camp after Impressionism, collection of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Mona, and many other works of the Impressionist representative figures. As a painting of layman, I can only approximate guess is somewhere between realism and Impressionism abstract painting, still between has physical shape, just add the art of imagination and exaggeration.

(Ladies painters such as springs have know, I am afraid I am ignorant.)

Pompidou Centre is a grotesque steel structure construction, external pipeline bare. I went to the National Art Museum, divided into two parts in the early and late stage, exhibition of the works of the twentieth century. Everywhere is a heap of scrap copper scraps, some rags, extremely distorted shape, not color blurred, not extreme. Besides introducing building showroom is able to read, the rest will be unreadable. Also, if I can see no, what the artist level? There is also a performance art, there is a strange body painting, next to the video projection is painting process. Volunteer body covered with paints, and then lay out on the canvas. Now this site chest and thigh paintings hung on the wall.

Paris is known as the capital of culture and art, because the city's streets are full of art. Potions are hawking painting, sculpture, crafts shops. In the Montmartre of a small hill, I find the artist village, a hundred square meters of open spaces, small bar, surrounded by dozens of artists or attract tourists sketches, or touting his paintings, drawings, oil paintings, watercolors, people, landscapes, buildings are being used, just carry a strong ' taste.

Writer in me more familiar with the Balzac and Hugo. The former is said to avoid debt and settled, and Victor Hugo's Tomb in the previously introduced by Pantheon, he lived at the corner of the floating, Plaza, has now become a museum that is open to visitors free of charge. Inside Hugo autograph letters, manuscripts, the Quill Pen writing, and he made paintings and hand-made furniture, is versatile. It was here, Hugo finished his immortal masterpieces "Notre Dame de Paris" and "Les Miserables", posted on staircase with huge posters of novels.

Another genius Leonardo da Vinci, visiting his home by accident. Because enrolment in tours, tours to visit the medieval castles. In a corner of the castle called Amboire, was a former residence of the Leonardo da Vinci. According to the record, when his Holiness the sixteenth century Flamenco Sova Italy, a visit to the Renaissance of prosperity deep envy, and invited the Leonardo da Vinci at fame spreads to settle in France. Warm hard but, Mr. big racks to Leonardo da Vinci. His Holiness, a quiet, room for living, Leonardo da Vinci in this live three years until his death. Always thought of Leonardo da Vinci is a painter, I didn't think he was a highly talented designers and artisans. In a booth, there are a lot of his hand-drawn design drawings and IBM company according to the drawings produced model, a glider, pontoon, tanks, submarines, prototype, realms.

Finally, in any event to tell France. Earlier said, in the heart of France who was complemented by a proud, romance and unyielding. Tourism in France, a French-style arrogant everywhere. Both Metro and bus station, or shopping malls, banks, extremely rare to English. The vast majority of France who do not speak English (I bet that most of France's never spoken second language). Regardless of who to ask, answer your flat is French. I had to repeatedly declared "Je ne parlie Francais".

(I can't speak French). But because I'm French speaking, someone always stare at me, then shook his head saying "no Englise". (Do not speak English).

Eiffel Tower top viewing platform, a ropeway mouth, see flags of various countries and city name. Among them, China Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Guangzhou, callout at the Eiffel Tower, the distance from the city, standing here, you seem to stand in the center of the world.

(Of course, outstanding people, wuhua pride of France with sufficient reasons.)

France's men are gentle, polite, compared to the ladies take care of my deep feeling, in France is a woman is really good. As for why, although many women face her well, slim beauty, but most feel proud, and cigarette in hand. Comparison of passion is the old aunt, the aunt, both the tavern of the hotel, or to guard the doors of the Museum, are relatively warm. The old guard "hot Mai" Museum doors aunt eyes were Dim, but thought I was a student, mixed student tickets.

(Usually the adult's 1967 fold).

Just a few days yet, it is not possible in all of France. Have time to do a lonely planet (Lonely Planet), walking on the Earth, my thoughts free wind.

Zhangying (Carol) May 2004

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