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Since he was a child, his life experiences have been different, but he is really strong, tenacious, and can even be said to be strong.

It was the appearance of the little magic lamp that changed him, and it was the magic of the heart that changed him.

If there is no chance that it is not good to say that it is good or bad, Ye Chao's life is a life that is not even as good as a dog.

Instead of this, he might as well choose a life like this.

Therefore, even now, there is a demon in his heart and he is not controlled by his own heart, but Ye Chao has never thought of regretting it.

Really, never thought about it......

Besides, what's the use of regretting it?

Besides, Ye Chao has nothing to regret, this is his choice, if he chooses, he has to bear, he has to bear, and he has to accept it...... Everything is good or bad.

In life, if you choose, you can't regret it.

He has a demon in his heart and likes to do whatever he wants, but Ye Chao is also kind-hearted, so he seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, and he is doing his best not to cause harm to this world......

He's leading......

It's not so much about guiding the demons in your heart as it is about guiding yourself......

No regrets.

There is a demon in the heart, and you can be at peace with what happens.

The city of Lucerne is truly beautiful with its lakes and mountains.

The Latin word for Lucerne means "lamp". Located in the central plateau of Switzerland, the town was an obscure fishing village back in Roman times, named after the construction of a lighthouse to guide passing ships.

In addition to looking at the covered bridge, Ye Chao, who was like an idle cloud and a wild crane, went to Lucerne's famous dying lion statue.

The sculpture is located in a remote location near the famous Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, in a small street park.

Many visitors to Lucerne may not be able to find it without guidance. This is one of the famous monumental sculptures in the world. The sculpture was built to commemorate the Swiss mercenaries who died in 1792 in the battle to defend the Tuileries Palace in France.

Before Switzerland became a developed country, one of the occupations of the Swiss was to go out and work as mercenaries.

The brave Swiss mercenaries still serve as Vatican guards.

The famous American writer Mark Twain traveled to countless places in his life, but he praised the monumental sculpture as "the saddest and most emotional stone in the world." ”

Ye Chao was more interested in the form in which the sculpture of this monument was built.

It is said that this hole in the rock wall was left in the early years when the stone was taken for the construction of the church. And the builder of the monument sculpture skillfully used this hole to re-carve it into a monumental sculpture.

This way reminded Ye Chao of the ancient Chinese cliff niches.

In ancient Chinese Buddhist statues, the cliff niche is also a place on the cliff wall, a niche is dug out, and then the Buddha statue is carved. In Buddhist statues, the main difference between a cave and a shrine is that the cave is something that people can enter to worship or practice, while a shrine is smaller and generally cannot be entered.

Like a Chinese cliff niche, "The Dying Lion of Lucerne" inadvertently had a magical encounter between Eastern and Western artists, despite the fact that the lion is shaped in a Western realistic language, in terms of skillfully using the remaining niche holes for carving and pictographic environmental treatment.

Whether Eastern or Western, good art has something in common, because good things are often the same.

The statue of the dying lion is a statue of a wounded lion in the Swiss city of Lucerne. The statue was designed by the Danish sculptor Battle Thorvaldsen to commemorate the approximately 1,100 Swiss mercenaries who fought in 1792 to defend the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

Of these 1,100 soldiers, about 760 died in battle and 350 survived. ON THE TOP OF THE STATUE IS ENGRAVED THE LATIN "HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI", WHICH MEANS "DEDICATED TO LOYAL AND BRAVE SWITZERLAND".

THE FIRST LINE OF THE INSCRIPTION BELOW READS "DIE X AUGUSTI II ET III SEPTEMBRIS MDCCXCII", WHICH INDICATES THE TIME OF THE TRAGEDY: THE LION MONUMENT ON AUGUST 10 AND SEPTEMBER 1792, COMMEMORATING THE 786 SWISS MERCENARIES WHO DIED DEFENDING THE FRENCH KINGS LOUIS XVI AND MARY ANTON VANETTE IN PARIS DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

The stone lion in the center of the mountain wall is vividly carved into the appearance of falling to the ground and dying, which symbolizes the heroism of the warriors who are desperate for themselves and regard death as home.

Swiss mercenaries are known for their loyalty, and until now, they have been the best choice to guard the Vatican Basilica.

Ye Chao, who grew up under the dictatorship of the proletariat, was taught that he was "unkind to the rich" and was instilled with the kindness and courage of the poor, the greed and shamelessness of the rich, the children of the poor being hardworking and loyal, and the children of the rich being lazy.

A year ago, I watched the TV series "Downton Abbey" and saw the children of the aristocracy leading the charge during World War I, with the heaviest casualties; this time I went to Switzerland and saw the Lion Monument, and further learned that the Swiss people, who are rich and rich in the world, have cultivated generations of warriors who are "hired to save their lives".

People's loyalty, courage and faithfulness are not necessarily extinguished by a superior and affluent growth environment, but are more solid and reliable because of nobility and faith.

The statue of a dying lion, here, really has a sad story.

In the first part of the travelogue "First Sight? Vienna", the story of Queen Theresia's youngest daughter, Queen Mary, who married the King of France, was guillotined several times.

On August 10, 1792, when the French Revolution attacked the Tuileries in France, a guard of 786 Swiss mercenaries was killed in battle to protect King Louis XVI and Queen Marie. Knowing that there was no return, he lived to die and fulfilled his duty to defend the king without hesitation.

Prior to this, on May 6, 1527, in Rome, the Swiss Guard, hired to protect the Pope, fought to the death against several times the enemy in order to cover the Pope's withdrawal, and 147 of the 189 soldiers were killed, and the Holy See praised the Swiss mercenaries for their "absolute loyalty".

Since then, the Swiss mercenaries have earned a reputation for loyalty.

The royal families vied to hire Swiss soldiers as royal guards, the most famous of which was the Swiss detachment of the French Royal Guard, as mentioned earlier. The Dying Lion (German: L?wen Denkmal) is a statue of a wounded lion designed and carved by Danish sculptor Battle Thorvaldsen.

ON THE TOP OF THE STATUE IS ENGRAVED THE LATIN "HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI", WHICH MEANS "DEDICATED TO LOYAL AND BRAVE SWITZERLAND".

THE FIRST LINE OF THE INSCRIPTION BELOW READS "DIE X AUGUSTI II ET III SEPTEMBRIS MDCCXCII", INDICATING THE TIME OF THE TRAGEDY: AUGUST 10 AND SEPTEMBER 2 AND 3, 1792. The two shields on the lion's right front paw bear the cross emblem symbolizing Switzerland and the Vetiver Iris, which is the French royal family.

It is a monument intended to pray for world peace, and there is a text at the bottom of the monument describing the events of this event.

Looking at the painful face of the stone lion in front of him, it is no wonder that Mark Twain would say that this stone lion of Lucerne is "the saddest and most touching stone sculpture in the world".

In 1874, the Swiss constitution forbade nationals from accepting foreign military employment, and the only exception to the ban was to allow volunteers to join the guard tasked with guarding the papal palace.

Since childhood, I have heard that the Swiss are "citizens with their left foot and soldiers with their right foot", referring to the Swiss people's involvement in public affairs.

The latter, although permanently neutral, is a testament to the nature of the Swiss, who are all soldiers.

This seems to be a little different from the Japanese samurai Yuzhong. During World War II, the Swiss opened fire on both Allied and German planes that entered Swiss airspace.

Although Switzerland did not intervene in the war, it has maintained a militia army with all the people mobilized to this day. It costs $5.5 billion a year for military spending, making it one of the most expensive armies in the world.

Healthy men between the ages of 18 and 42 are required to devote three weeks to military service every two years, with the option of a one-time service.

The total length of service for men is 260 days, and women have the same rights as men to carry a gun in all military missions. It reminds me of Israel's female soldiers, but the Jewish state, which has been resource-poor and war-torn since the day it was founded, is not the same as the beautiful, eternally neutral Switzerland.

Feeling about neutrality is also a prerequisite, in addition to excellent combat readiness, the most important thing is its formidable spirit and courage!

Therefore, this lion statue is also one of Ye Chao's favorite statues.

Now that I can see the truth, I can be regarded as getting what I want in my life.

Ye Chao felt that before he got the little magic lantern, he had something in common with this lion in some kind of spirit......