Xia Yuxiang took everyone to Notre Dame Cathedral, Qu Lihua had heard of Notre Dame Cathedral for a long time, she remembered that when she was in middle school, she had read the book "Notre Dame de Paris", which was written by the French writer Victor Hugo.

tells a story that takes place in the 15th century, the vicar of Notre Dame de Paris, Claude, is sanctimonious and femme fatale, loves first and then hates, persecuting the Gisai girl Esmeralda, and the ugly-faced and kind-hearted bell ringer Quasimodo sacrifices his life to save the girl. It exposes the hypocrisy of religion, praises the kindness, fraternity, and self-sacrifice of the lower working people, and shows Hugo's humanist ideas.

When Qu Lihua read this book at the time, she was deeply moved, and it was later made into a movie by the director, and it achieved a good box office after the release, and Qu Lihua and her classmates went to the cinema to see this movie.

Quasimodo, the bell-ringer in Notre Dame Cathedral, is ugly, but kind-hearted, the Quisai girl Esmeralda once saved him and gave him water, he also remembered her kindness, and when the Quisai girl Esmeralda was framed by Claude and was killed by Furbis, he stepped forward and saved the poor girl.

Esmeralda pleaded with Quasimodo several times to find Phobis, who abandoned her, but was refused, and Phobis, who only wanted to play with her and never wanted to marry her, and had her framed as the witch who killed him.

Qu Lihua was deeply moved by this story and moved by Quasimodo's kindness, in that society, the sanctimonious vicar Claude, the cold and ruthless officer Furbis, and the simple and kind Gisai girl Esmeralda formed a stark contrast.

Although it is a tragic ending, Esmera and Quasimodo are both dead, but their characters remain deeply in the hearts of readers and viewers.

Notre-Dame Cathedral is located on the banks of the Seine, in the center of Paris, France, on the Île de la Cité, a Gothic Christian church building, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris, its status and historical value are incomparable, and it is one of the most glorious buildings in history.

Watching Notre Dame Cathedral on TV is not the same as standing in front of it, immersive, field-finding, or the scenery you see on the screen.

Speaking of the history of Notre Dame Cathedral, Professor Abner is still very emotional.

"Notre Dame Cathedral was built in 1163, was decided to build by Maurice de Sully, the archbishop of Paris, the whole church was completed in 1345, lasted more than 180 years, the front twin towers are about 69 meters high, the back spire is about 90 meters, it is a Gothic church complex in the Île-de-France region, a very key representative of the one. ”

Notre-Dame Cathedral is not the first religious building on its site, and according to some of the artifacts excavated from the ground of the church, the history of the site for religious use dates back to the time of Tiberius the Great in Rome, and there may have been a temple dedicated to Roman and Gallic gods on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité. ”

"The site of Notre-Dame has a tortuous history, from a Christian church dedicated to St. Stephen in the 4th century to a Romanesque church in the 6th century, with 12 foundation stones taken from the ruins of the original Roman temple. ”

"I am not going to tell you about the twists and turns of history, but in the construction plan of Notre-Dame, the new building was to be moved east than the original building, so as to make room for a square in front of the church that could be used for procession. ”

"Notre-Dame was built through generations of French craftsmen, stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, carvers, glass carvers, etc. ”

"So we say that any historical site has experienced the wind and frost of history, and the buildings we see now have their history and stories, and the history is far away, and we are here to see its style. ”

Walking into this church, you can see pious believers everywhere with their hands crossed against their chins, closing their eyes and contemplating pious prayers, which highlights the solemnity and solemnity of Notre Dame Cathedral, Qu Lihua does not understand Western religion, whether it is Russia or France, there are churches, they have a belief in God.

There are believers who come here to worship, there are also curious tourists, today's Notre-Dame Cathedral has both religious, artistic and tourist value in one, is a must-visit place in Paris, Xia Yuxiang told everyone, he has been to France several times before, every time he comes here, climb to the top of Notre-Dame Cathedral to overlook the whole of Paris, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Seine River is indeed pleasant.

Approaching Notre Dame Cathedral, most of the tourists are curious, want to see what history has left, carved with the three peach-shaped gates of the Christian classic "Bible", the Gate of Our Lady, the Entrance Gate of the Inquisition and Santa Anna are arranged in sequence, the carvings are lifelike, Qu Lihua is amazed that the French craftsmen carve the skills are really exquisite, they strive to be vivid.

The interior of the church is very austere, solemn and solemn, with few exaggerated decorations, and the main nave is surrounded by a corridor with double windows above the arcades, above which are large windows, and at both ends of the wings of the main hall are large round windows in the shape of rosettes, which are covered with magnificent stained glass made in the 13th century, through which beams of sunlight shine peacefully into the nave, and in the side naves where the wings of the main hall are connected, there are several chapels filled with works of art from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Qu Lihua especially likes the stained glass windows here, the colors are brilliant and the glass inlay is fine, giving people the impression that a brilliant star is twinkling, and the colorful light shines into every corner of the room, which has a very solemn and magical feeling.

The interior of the church, the novel design is that countless vertical lines attract people to look up, and the vault dozens of meters high is faintly and shimmering in the dim light, coupled with religious reverie, it seems that heaven is above.

"Come here to pray, it is said that it is the closest place to God!" said Xia Yuxiang, the head of the group, "This Notre-Dame Cathedral is very famous, it is an epoch-making symbol in the history of European architecture, and everyone knows about Notre-Dame Cathedral. ”

Rows of candlesticks are placed on the right side of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and dozens of white candles shine to fill the courtyard with a soft atmosphere.

Listening to the choir as if singing from the sky, people also feel that their hearts are a lot purer, Xia Yuxiang took everyone to sit down, first let the heart calm down, listen to the choir singing softly, that feeling is really good, people are not impatient, will be quiet.

There is also time to think about what you really want, and like Chinese Buddhism, the Bible also teaches people to be good, to reduce their desires, not to be affected by external material desires, and to come here to repent of their past mistakes.

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