That peeing kid, as far as Ye Chao knows, there are imitations all over the world, at least, there are many cities in China that have imitated them.

Many people don't know what the child's name is, they don't know where he comes from, they don't even know that he is Belgian, and they don't know that this allusion to Julien urinating to save the city comes from Brussels, Belgium.

However, they knew this mischievous child.

Not for anything else, it's because his posture of exposing the chick's machine peeing is so handsome, hehe.

Ye Chao saw it when he was a child, and he was puzzled at that time, but later, he knew the name of the child through books, and he also knew that this was a sad story.

Xiaolian was short-lived, and he exchanged his life for the name of a martyr.

The bronze statue of the Manneken Piens is a landmark of Brussels, and the Manneken Piens is known as the "First Citizen of Brussels".

The bronze statue is located at the turn of the central square, about half a meter high, and is a little boy who pees naked on his waist. The image is realistic. The statue of this five-year-old child is small (about 53 centimeters tall), but it is almost 400 years old.

The current bronze statue was built in 1619 by the Belgian sculptor Jerome ? Created by Duquesnoy.

According to the records of the municipality of Brussels, before 1691, there was a stone fountain of "Little Eros Peeing" on the site of the current "peeing" of Xiaolian.

The earliest record of "peeing children" dates back to 1452.

After more than 500 years of ups and downs, witnessing the destruction of Brussels by foreign enemies and the looting of two modern world wars, the statue itself has been stolen and destroyed many times, but the "little guy" is still naked, doing what should be done as if no one is around, leaving unlimited imagination space and countless legendary stories for future generations.

Like many open-air artworks, Xiaolian has faced various "existential crises" since its "birth".

In 1695, King Louis XIV of France bombarded Brussels for three consecutive days, drowning the entire city in flames.

In 1747, the French army stationed in Brussels demolished and sealed the statue, which was the first disaster recorded in historical records.

In 1871, the French tramp Antoine? Lucas "smashed" the statue and was sentenced to life hard labor. The recovered pieces of copper were re-forged to give new life to the young man, and this history was carved on the pedestal.

One day in 1965, people woke up in the morning to find that Xiao Lian had been "killed" - only Xiao Lian's feet were left on the base of the statue, and his body was gone.

After many searches, the body of Xiaolian was found in the Ring Canal of Brussels the following year, and the restoration work was carried out for the second time in history.

In view of the repeated theft and destruction of the statues, the municipality of Brussels decided to send the statues to the collection of the Municipal Museum. One can now see two smaller bronze statues of "past lives" in the Municipal Museum, one of which was forged in 1630.

Because of the different eras and aesthetics, the craftsman's forging techniques are different, and the height and form of the two existing smaller than Lian in the museum are not completely identical.

The replica that is now seen is forged in the style of 1630.

The statue was erected in 1619, and legend has it that the Spanish occupiers planned to blow up the city with explosives when they evacuated Brussels, but fortunately the little boy went out to pee at night and extinguished the fuse to save the city. This statue was carved in honor of the little hero.

The story of is derived from Belgian folklore, and there are several versions, the main plot is similar, but the historical background of the occurrence is different.

Myth 1: In 1142, Duke Duke Gottfried III. led the army against a foreign enemy, and when the army was defeated, the duke put his youngest son in a cradle and hung it under a tree to boost the morale of the army, and finally defeated the enemy army and triumphantly.

Claim 2: Xiao Lian got up in the middle of the night to pee, saw the neighbor's house on fire, Xiao Lian couldn't find a water source to extinguish it, and the inspiration used to sprinkle urine to extinguish the fire and rescue the trapped people.

Myth 3: The most widely circulated is that the ancient Spanish invaders wanted to blow up the city with explosives when they evacuated Brussels. Fortunately, it was less than a night out of the pee, which extinguished the fuse.

Myth 4: In order to subdue the Brussels, the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire intended to blow up the area with explosives.

In the silence of the night, the Germanic soldiers planted a lot of explosives in a secluded street called Eduver, when Xiao Lian found the Germanic soldiers, hid to the side, and waited for them to light the fuse, sprinkled a soak of urine on the side, extinguished the fuse, exposed his whereabouts, and was killed by an arrow.

Claim 5: At the end of the 17th century, France tried to bring Brussels under its rule, and attacked Brussels frantically, but was repulsed and angry, and one night the French army sneaked to the edge of the city, planted explosives, lit the fuse, and wanted to blow up the city walls.

At this critical moment, a little boy named Yu Lian who ran out of the house and was about to pee was found out, extinguished the fuse with urine, and woke up the sleeping adults to enter the battle and defeat the French army.

The mayor personally awarded the little boy the medal and, as the first citizen of Brussels, put a laurel crown on him. To commemorate the boy's act of saving the city, this bronze statue was made and erected on the street where the fuse was extinguished.

Claim 6: Xiao Lian Zhuanai stood on the roof of the building and peed on the funeral crowd, which angered the goddess of the passing and punished him for peeing forever.

Claim 7: Godofer III. Goldenfoir III died shortly after his father's death. Gaudier, the two generals who once assisted his father? Bertu and Zhilar? Greenbergen took the opportunity to raise troops against the infant new owner.

Rucald, the mother of Godford III, asked the Grand Duke of Alsace, Flender? Diri came to the rescue. Reinforcements asked for an infant Godovois III to be brought to the battlefield of Langsbeck.

To defeat the rebels, Rukaard hoisted Godforis III's cradle like a battle flag on the battlefield. Seeing the cradle, the morale of the reinforcements was greatly boosted and they defeated the opponent completely.

The story of Godifer III's retreat from the enemy "without a word" is said to be a classic. To commemorate the victory, oak trees were planted on Lonsbeck Street and a fountain statue of the "peeing child" was erected.

Claim 8: A boy trapped by wizard magic. Around 1450, a malevolent sorcerer and a beloved old man lived in the same alley near the Grand Place in Brussels.

One day, a little boy was in a hurry to urinate and poured a soak of urine on the wizard's door. The wizard was very angry and cast a spell to make the little boy pee constantly. The old man came up with a way to break the spell: he quietly built a statue of a peeing child and successfully lifted the spell on the little boy.

The smaller than Lian in the statue is naked, with a crossed waist and a bright belly, and he is unrestrained in sprinkling "urine" in front of people, with a vivid posture and a realistic image. The statue is about half a meter high, sitting on a marble pedestal about two meters high, with slightly curly hair, a small nose, and a mischievous smile, looking very innocent, lively and cute.