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The style of Venice is always inseparable from "water", the winding water alleys, the flowing clear waves, just like a romantic dream floating on the blue waves, the poetry and painting linger for a long time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The small city of less than 8 square kilometers is divided into more than 100 small islands by more than 100 cobweb-like canals, and the islands are connected by various bridges, forming more than 400 bridges, which is one of the reasons why Li Mobai has set the theme of his solo exhibition as "bridge".

Luckily, the Grand Canal runs through the city in an S shape, and along this known as the 'longest street in Venice', you can enjoy the best of Venice without worrying about getting lost. Nearly 200 palace mansions and seven churches along the coast, most of them built in the 14th and 16th centuries, in Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, Venetian, etc., all the building foundations are submerged in water, looking like an art gallery rising from the water.

The Grand Canal is really like a bustling street, with all kinds of boats shuttling back and forth on it, and the most chic is of course the gondola. The gondola is a crescent-shaped black flat-bottomed boat, and it is also the only means of transportation in Venice, because there is no way for cars to travel through the city of Venice, and the 'gondola' is long and narrow, with its head and tail cocked, which is most suitable for driving in narrow water alleys. Dressed in traditional black and white costumes and straw hats with red hoops, they rowed with a single oar, and a 'gondola' could carry up to six people in addition to the captain.

The 'gondola' is made with strict and meticulous care: 10.75 meters long and 1.75 meters wide, it is made of oak planks and painted seven times with black lacquer. Hundreds of years ago, the Venetian aristocracy used to compete with each other in beautifully carved gondolas decorated with silk and satin. In order to put a stop to this extravagance, the Venetian government issued a decree prohibiting the painting of gondolas in color, so that the once glamorous gondolas were transformed into the black boats that people see today.

Ride the 'gondola' through the quaint old water city to the melodious music of the old accordion and other instruments, admire the old buildings on both sides of the 'street', and the scenes of life in Venice in ancient times are vaguely in mind.

The night view of Venice is a must in Venice, at this time Li Mobai rented a gondola, and Jiang Xuhan stood on the bow of the boat to walk through the blue waves of Venice, the water surface reflected the moonlight, after a day of hustle and bustle, the river surface at this time returned to calm, and the gondola moved quietly on the silky blue waves.

The moss-covered roots of the ancient walls on both sides emit a peculiar smell of dampness, as if reaching for it. The river is bubbling and the boats are rippling, and one can't help but imagine that you are back in Venice, a hundred years ago, when you are a prince and nobleman, riding a gondola to a masquerade ball. Only the shouting of the Venetian boy holding the boat at the bend of the narrow water alley brought people back to the real world.

"Li Mobai, look at this is the Bridge of Sighs!" Seeing a baroque-style closed bridge, Jiang Suhan said loudly, excited.

Li Mobai saw the Bridge of Sighs, didn't speak, stretched out his hand to take Jiang Suhan into his arms, and sealed Jiang Suhan's lips, adding a scenery to this small city full of style.

Venice is a city of water, and there are naturally bridges everywhere where boats sail, and the most famous thing in front of you is the 'Bridge of Sighs', which is an enclosed baroque bridge connecting the Doge's Palace and the prison. As for why the bridge has such a helpless name, it is commonly said that when a death row prisoner walked across the Bridge of Sighs, he saw his girlfriend in the opposite house hugging his new lover through the window on the bridge, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply, hence the name of the Bridge of Sighs.

With the passage of time, regardless of whether this legend has a reason or not, at least the current Bridge of Sighs has become a place for lovers to witness love, and it is said that as long as you kiss under the bridge, love can last forever. Countless couples staged the scene that Li Mobai and Jiang Suhan were playing here, which can be regarded as a scene in Venice.

"Big bad, it's breathless!" Jiang Suhan finally broke free and said with a smile, as if the kiss just now was always worth remembering.

There are too many stories about Venice, and Shakespeare's famous book "The Merchant of Venice" has made people all over the world know about this ancient city. It is surprising that a small city has a big story, not only the famous biennale and film festival, but also the most famous 'carnival' in the world, and at one time it even held the most powerful human, material and powerful resources in Europe.

Venice is not only beautiful in water, but also in architecture, and most of the most beautiful scenes from the filmmaker Antonioni's films were filmed here. The most beautiful squares in the world, St. Mark's Square, St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace and other beautiful buildings are deeply enchanted, and all visitors to Venice will always leave the best memories in their hearts.

The most attractive place in Venice is the Doge's Palace, which was formerly the official residence of the Doge's highest administrator in Venice. The palace was first built in the ninth century AD, and the current palace is an outstanding Gothic work of the 14th-15th centuries. Passing through the Carmen Gate, which is connected to the church, it is also known as the 'Paper Gate', and entering the inner courtyard of the Doge's Palace, you will see the Giant's Staircase, built in the 15th century, with huge statues of the god of the sea and the god of war, where the Doge was crowned since 1485.

There is also a 'golden staircase' leading to the governor's apartments, named for the gold-painted walls on both sides. The palace includes the committee room, the waiting room, the four-door hall, the council room, the ten-person hall and the large conference hall, etc., each hall is decorated with oil paintings, frescoes and marble carvings, making the entire Doge's Palace complex and luxurious, splendid and brilliant. It has one of the world's largest oil paintings, based on Dante's "Divine Comedy" called "Paradiso", 22 meters long, 7 meters wide, with more than 700 figures, extremely grandiose, occupying the entire wall of the east side of the Grand Council Chamber.

As early as a few years ago, Li Mobai came to see this painting, at that time Li Mobai was eager to draw Dante's "Divine Comedy" in the form of a long scroll of Chinese painting, but Li Mobai has always thought that the pen is not enough, this time to Venice, Li Mobai naturally lingered in front of this mural for a long time again.

Li Mobai is deeply fascinated by such a city, it is so beautiful, so beautiful that it is dizzying, even if you look at these beautiful buildings every day, you will not have visual fatigue, every eye is full of freshness, it is no wonder that Venice can give birth to the most famous oil painting of the Renaissance - the Venetian School, and now important cultural events such as biennials, film festivals, and carnivals.

But in such a beautiful city, the fewer locals are willing to live here, the population of hundreds of thousands, now less than 60,000, has completely turned into a tourist city, and even the locals hold a festival for the city every year. On the one hand, the funeral will face floods and sinking foundations every year, so that the city of Venice will completely disappear below the sea one day in the future, and on the other hand, because Venice receives 20 million tourists every year, the locals cannot afford to live in the house, and a large number of supply stores have also switched to selling masks, glass products and other souvenirs, resulting in an unbearable rate of price increases, and people have to flee this beautiful city, which makes people feel a touch of nostalgia.

The world is as black as a crow, as a developed country with a clear and free boil, its ruling class only knows how to collect taxes, and does not care about the people's livelihood, not to mention that the land in the East that they love is making every effort to build the economy, and the people's livelihood is not a problem that the ruling class considers, as long as it can develop the economy and save political achievements, who cares about the life and death of the people?

Shaking his head, Li Mobai smiled bitterly in his heart, such a beautiful day, how can such an idea come up, just try to do what you should do, as for the success or failure, let the descendants comment, at this time, it is better to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of you and the beauties around you first.

Originally, Li Mobai wanted to take the three babies to see the beautiful scenery of Venice, and began to cultivate the artistic feelings of the three little ones, but the three little ones slept sweetly since the afternoon, so they had to leave the young men in the room to be taken care of by the nanny.

"Big villain, this city is really beautiful, I always feel that I can't see enough." Back at the hotel, the three little guys were still sleeping, Jiang Suhan poured two glasses of red wine, handed Li Mobai a glass and said.

"Jingmei is more beautiful, I feel that I can never see enough when I look at you." Li Mobai turned his wine glass and said with a smile on his mouth, although they are married, the two still maintain this passion like love.

"Big bad, have you ever said this to anyone?" Jiang Xuhan grinned, "I'm guessing you said the same thing to which of you Snow White." ”

Li Mobai heard a series of exclamation marks and question marks in his heart, but he still said with a hippie smile on his face, "Baby, am I a dwarf?" Besides, even if you want to say it, you have to ask for your consent! ”

"Big villain, how about we buy a house here, we can come here every year for a vacation." Jiang Suhan didn't pursue Li Mobai's meaning, just passing by, but he changed the topic, men can't control it, especially a man like Li Mobai, let him go, as long as his heart doesn't fly, since ancient times, literati have been merry, and it didn't start with Li Mobai.

"No problem, you can start looking for a real estate agent tomorrow to see if you can find a house you like, as long as you can find it, we will buy it." Li Mobai agreed with Jiang Suhan's idea very much, and after taking a sip of the red wine in the glass, he said, "But now, ......."

As he spoke, Li Mobai hugged Jiang Suhan in his arms, and his lips had been attached to Jiang Suhan's lips and kissed them tightly, but at this time, Xiaobao's cry came, and the two separated as if they were electrocuted, and they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

(To be continued)