Robin took Zhou Sen to the Brandenburg Gate, located in the center of the German capital Berlin, which was originally a gate of the Berlin city wall, named after the road to Bledenburg.

Robin took head Xia Yuxiang to visit, and the members of the delegation followed head Xia Yuxiang, and everyone listened to Robin's explanation while walking.

"It's a classical Revival building, still very old, built to commemorate Prussia's victory in the Seven Years' War. ”

"We have been to several countries in Europe, France, Italy, Hungary, although the countries are different, but I found a common feature, the kings will build some iconic buildings in order to show their great achievements, and they hope that future generations will remember this history," said Xia Yuxiang. ”

Robin nodded, "Yes, people want to be recognized, and kings want to show their authority, and the palaces are all built in magnificence, and some of them are built to commemorate the victory of the war, no matter what the country, it is like this." ”

"The Blettenburg Gate is the symbol of Berlin, and when you come to Berlin, you must come here to see it, and you see, the sculpture on it is a symbol of this gate. ”

Qu Lihua raised her head and looked at this sculpture, the European sculpture role is very majestic, influenced by the Renaissance, their painting and sculpture role, are very artistic appeal, listen to Robin's introduction, this statue is a victory chariot drawn by four bronze horses is the work of Gothfield Schado in 1793.

The Brandenburg Gate is 26 meters high, 65.5 meters wide and 11 meters deep, and is supported by 12 Doric columns each 15 meters high and 1.75 meters in diameter at the base, with six Ionic column carvings on each side of the east and west.

It is really not easy to survive the sun and rain and survive until now, and without the Bletenburg Gate, people cannot imagine what Berlin is like.

Located at the intersection of the east and west sides of Atterdam's Linton Boulevard in the heart of the city, the majestic Arc de Triomphe was previously viewed only by West Berlin residents from a few metres away from the Berlin Wall, with six huge stone columns in the neoclassical style.

After World War II, the Brandenburg Gate witnessed the history of Germany along with the Berlin Wall, which became a symbol of German reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

The inner wall of the gate depicts Hercules, the greatest hero of Roman mythology, Mars, the goddess of war, and Minova, the goddess of wisdom, the patron saint of artists and craftsmen.

In order to make this door more splendid and magnificent, the famous German sculptor Gottfried Chador at that time designed a set of bronze decorative statues at the top of this door, four galloping horses pulled a two-wheeled chariot, on the chariot stood a goddess with wings on her back, she held a staff in one hand and a bridle in the other, a Prussian flying eagle eagle with wings ready to fly stood on the scepter decorated with laurel wreaths held by the goddess, the eagle vulture wore a Prussian crown, the sculpture was lifelike and vivid.

Qu Lihua found that European sculptures usually use goddesses to symbolize purity and beauty, before Xia Yuxiang took them to France, Italy, often see sculptures, their sculptures are inspired by Greek mythology, often praise the goddess of victory, this is an artistic sublimation, but also a symbol, the highest central top of the Brandenburg Gate is also a goddess of victory, Robin introduced this is a bronze sculpture.

Listen to the head of Xia Yuxiang said that this goddess sculpture symbolizes the victory of the war, is the work of the Prussian sculptor Shadov, the master of sculpture is famous all over the world, his art works have been preserved to the present, still have artistic value, and are praised by later generations.

Standing here, everyone is still very emotional, the trip to Europe, Xia Yuxiang took everyone to Hungary, France, Italy, and now to Germany, the solemnity and majesty of the Brandenburg Gate fully show the majesty of the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia in its heyday.

Although the history is gone, the preserved buildings still leave their mark, and the sight of these iconic buildings reminds people of the history of Germany in the past.

Head Xia Yuxiang said: "The history of any country is tortuous progress, to go through the experience of the years, through a lot of things, the development history of each country, is not easy, there are times of prosperity, there are times of detours, human beings have been writing history with their own actions, there are disputes, there are mistakes, there are ups and downs, there are twists and turns. ”

"During World War II, Germany also made mistakes, launched a war of aggression, displaced many innocent people, and endured the suffering of war, after the Berlin city wall was demolished, Germany also realized its past mistakes, launched a war, and could not convince the world by plundering other countries, invading other countries, and harming the people of other countries. ”

"The common destiny of mankind, everyone lives on the earth, more and more people are realizing that killing each other, hurting each other, and using improper means to plunder other countries will not work, and will also be opposed by the people of other countries, and the culprits who maliciously started wars will eventually be overthrown. ”

The north and south wings connected to the Brandenburg Gate, which were used for guards and checkpoints, were converted into open columned halls to match the style of the Brandenburg Gate, and the stone walls on the inner side of the passages are inlaid with 20 marble reliefs depicting the heroic deeds of Hercules in ancient Greek mythology.

Before going to several representative countries in Europe, Qu Lihua was impressed, the ancient Greek mythology for the creative large-scale stone wall relief, fully demonstrated the artistic skills of European sculpture artists, Qu Lihua looked at the past one by one, the characters are different, expressive and image, after seeing, it is impressive.

According to Robin, the statue of the goddess was also damaged in the war, and it was rebuilt after the war to restore the sculpture to its original appearance.

"As ordinary Germans, we don't want war, the common people just want to live and work in peace and contentment, and they are very disgusted by fighting for interests, fighting back and forth, and the war is a devastating disaster for the common people. ”

"A lot of history has proved that war hurt many innocent people in the end, and people who have experienced war know more about the preciousness of peace. ”

Hearing Robin say this, Head Xia Yuxiang nodded, agreeing with his point of view.

"Throughout the history of the world, relying on the use of force to invade and expand foreign countries will ultimately fail, this is the law of history, history tells us that in order for a country to develop and prosper, it must grasp and conform to the general trend of world development, otherwise it will inevitably be abandoned by history. ”

"Peace, development, cooperation, win-win, more and more people around the world respect, this is the way to long-term development, many countries along the route have abandoned the previous prejudice and discrimination, more and more recognition of the community of shared future for mankind, joining the 'Belt and Road' more and more countries. ”

"Yes!" Robin smiled, "Many people in Germany are still very optimistic about the Belt and Road Initiative, and when I was studying in China, whenever I communicated with Dean Zhang, I was very optimistic." The future of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Chinese are very tolerant and generous, I went to study abroad and contacted a lot of outstanding Chinese scholars, their concept is to pass on friendship to the world, and countries along the route to build the future together, this is a very good prospect, if the world works together, will create a better future, from my personal point of view, I very much agree, support this lofty dream, but also willing to promote friendly exchanges between China and Germany, make a contribution. ”

Head Xia Yuxiang nodded and praised, "Robin, you are really good!"

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