Chapter 323: Prelude to the Louvre in France!
In my impression, the historic France, the arrogant French, the elegant French accent, and the staggered cups in the candlelight, all of which once made Zhang Feng feel unattainable, after Zhang Feng arrived at the Paris train station in the early morning, took the dilapidated subway, and gradually integrated into the rush hour office workers, everything became so down-to-earth.
Who said the French were arrogant and unapproachable? When Zhang Feng tiredly dragged his suitcase and lost his way in the subway passage like a spider's web, someone immediately took the initiative to ask Zhang Feng if he needed help, when there was a language communication barrier, there were passers-by who could speak English to come forward to solve the siege, when Zhang Feng could not point out the direction, or passers-by stopped and enthusiastically participated in the direction, just like that, when Zhang Feng just set foot on the land of France, he was relayed by the enthusiastic French one baton after another, and finally in an "uncle" who did not understand English at all and relied on body language to communicate with Zhang Feng , took Zhang Feng to find Zhang Fengding's hotel, rushed into the coffee shop from time to time on the road to ask the waiter, rushed to the bus parked on the side of the road and asked the driver, "uncle" looked at his watch several times on the way, Zhang Feng knew that he must be about to go to work, but he still insisted on taking Zhang Feng to the vicinity of the hotel before saying goodbye to Zhang Feng, and trotted away, this experience moved Zhang Feng.
After settling down in the hotel, Zhang Feng walked to the Seine River, found a café where he could bask in the sun, sat down, had a French breakfast, and watched all kinds of people around him come and go, and it was like a dream for a while.
But seeing an uncle dressed very casually, the ecstasy completely defeated the image of the "arrogant Frenchman", which made Zhang Feng cry and laugh, sometimes, the pursuit of perfection is like this.
When he came to the "Lover's Bridge" on the Seine, Zhang Feng found that the bridge was full of lover's locks as rumored, and each lock had a message of love on it. After locking the Lover's Lock, the couple left the key in the Seine as a testimony of their eternal love.
The Seine, with the Louvre on the right and the left bank on the left.
Zhang Feng was amazed by the beauty of these facades alone, so Zhang Feng was very much looking forward to the next day's trip to the Louvre.
In Paris, in addition to the Louvre, you should also visit Monet's masterpiece in the collection of the Musée de l'Orangerie on the Place de la Concorde: water lilies
When he walked into the oval-shaped room, Zhang Feng was immediately shocked by the boundless pool of water and lotus leaves that filled the four walls.
Sitting on the bench and quietly watching the "water lilies", it seems that those lotus leaves ripple with the breeze, and a sense of tranquility arises spontaneously;
Watching this masterpiece of Monet's later years completed in the former residence of Giverny also made Zhang Feng look forward to the future trip to Monet's Garden, the prototype of "Water Lilies".
On the first floor of the Musée de l'Orangerie is Monet's water lilies, and on the ground floor is a collection of more than 140 works by painters from the heyday of Parisian art represented by Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso, Rousseau, Modigliani, Matisse, Laurenson, etc., if you have time, you can rent a Chinese guide at the entrance to enjoy it slowly. (It's strange that the orangery has Chinese guides, but the Louvre does not)
In Paris, in addition to the Louvre, you should also visit Monet's masterpiece in the collection of the Musée de l'Orangerie on the Place de la Concorde: water lilies
When you enter this large oval-shaped room, you are immediately shocked by the boundless pool of water and lotus leaves that cover the four walls.
At noon, the first meal in Paris, three Michelin stars, three stars were still very shocking, which made Zhang Feng a little moved.
A French lunch actually took Zhang Feng 3 and a half hours, and after eating, Zhang Feng hurried to "Galeries Lafayette".
Galeries Lafayette began in 1893, the palace-style decoration looks magnificent, but I have to say that it is too old, now Galeries Lafayette has one more purpose for sightseeing, many Chinese teams will go to this place, in fact, the real locals go to the left bank of the "Bonmarche", friends say that this is the most French shopping mall in Paris, a total of 2 buildings, one is a department store, the other is all food, Hermes's new store is also on the side.
The first day in Paris passed quickly at this time, but Zhang Feng knew that the next day he would dedicate his whole day to the great Louvre!
Before going to France, Zhang Feng made up for his knowledge of the Louvre on the train.
The world's most famous, largest and largest museum was originally built as a royal palace, and it took more than 800 years of expansion and transformation to reach the unsurpassed scale it is today.
The 370,000 items in the museum are divided into 8 categories and cannot be seen in one day, so how to plan a "day trip" to the Louvre is also a technical task.
When it comes to the Louvre, people must first think of the "Mona Lisa's smile", "Milo's Venus", and yes, together with the statue of the "goddess of victory", it is the Louvre's famous three treasures.
The Louvre is a legend, if you want to see it, you must first understand it, before you go, it is recommended to watch the documentary recorded by CCTV [Louvre Tour 1-3], you will have a certain understanding of the grand Louvre, for example, why did the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa" appear in France? Why is there an ancient stone wall under the Louvre?(If you are interested, you can also see [Louis XIV] and [Napoleon's biography] These two played a crucial role in the future glory of the Louvre (but the more you learned, the more you felt that you did not have enough time at the Louvre).
Determine the collections you want to see the most in advance, do your homework on which museum these collections are in, and then bring a book [Jiang Xun's Louvre], I believe that when you step into the Louvre and drown in the sea of artworks, you will not lose your direction all of a sudden, and you will waste time and not see the collection you want to see the most.
Zhang Feng's purpose is quite clear, the three treasures of the town hall must be seen, Zhang Feng pays attention to oil painting and Egypt Pavilion, although he has a certain goal, but the day is still very cramped, so Zhang Feng hurried to the Louvre early the next day.
In the morning in Paris, the weather was clear, and the sky was densely packed with the tracks of flights, which was spectacular, and we were also one of the air yesterday.
The Louvre is divided into three halls, the "Denon Pavilion", the "Sully Pavilion", and the "Richelieu Pavilion".
In 1983, French President François Mitterrand approved the renovation of the Grand Louvre plan, and Pei Jinming, as the person in charge of the renovation plan and the designer, designed the glass pyramid as the new entrance to the Louvre, so that the huge flow of tourists has a central point, from here to the three museums are equilateral distances, tourists can easily choose their own location, and before that, tens of thousands of visitors every day must enter and exit from the only passage of the Louvre, "Denon Pavilion", and are tired of running between the museums of various long distances. 10