Han Qi rarely visits museums when traveling abroad because he is not very interested in cultural relics. What he cherishes is the present and the scenery that exists at this moment.

But when I come to London and know that a large number of national treasures are preserved in this museum, few Chinese people can resist not visiting here once.

This is a constant reminder not to forget the history of your country.

After spending money to rent an audio guide, Han Qi walked into the atrium of the museum. The British Museum is divided into several venues, including the Egyptian Museum, the Greek and Roman Museum, the West Asian Museum, the European Medieval Museum and the Oriental Art Museum.

It is divided into Chinese Pavilion, Island Country Pavilion, Korean Pavilion, etc.

Of course Han Qi went to the Huaxia Pavilion first.

Like Han Qi, most of the people who went straight to the Chinese Pavilion when entering the British Museum were Chinese. For people from European and American countries, they didn’t have anything in particular they expected to see when traveling here, so they just followed the direction and looked slowly.

Putting aside any external factors, the largest number of people go to the Egyptian Pavilion.

There were six or seven Chinese people who entered the museum in the same group as Han Qi. They all went straight to the Chinese Museum. Someone on the way said: "Finally we can go and see the cultural relics we lost. Damn it, it was closed the last time I came to the UK."

Museum maintenance."

"Damn those two devils."

This group of people are all from China. Although Han Qi is wearing a mask, his facial features can be recognized.

A slightly older person said: "Actually, most of the cultural relics on display here were not snatched back by them, but sold by the prodigal old lady."

Before arriving at the Huaxia Pavilion, he shared some knowledge with everyone.

In fact, everyone feels that the Eight-Nation Allied Forces robbed a lot of things back then, but what was more important was the corruption of the Qing government. In order to celebrate her birthday, the prodigal old lady began to sell valuable treasures because the national treasury had no money...

Han Qi is not good at history and cannot tell whether what the uncle said is true or just rumors.

He just felt that this old lady was a little too outrageous. How come all the disasters were caused by her birthday celebrations?

In the TV series, it is said that people are in dire straits because of her birthday wishes. There are also stories about this in movies. There are also popular science videos that I occasionally see on Bilibili but don’t watch seriously... How can a person have so many birthdays to wish for?

Anyway, no matter who Han Qi hears mentioning the old lady's name now, he will think of birthday wishes.

If only I had been able to associate like this when I was learning English. Maybe I could choose other languages ​​from the language treasure box provided by the system.

As soon as they entered the Huaxia Pavilion, everyone was shocked by the things displayed inside.

Oh my gosh, there are so many large collections.

Han Qi doesn't like visiting museums very much, but that's not to say that he has never been there once. On the contrary, sometimes when he is bored in a place while traveling, he will go shopping on the street, buy clothes, or look at museums.

So he knows what a typical museum looks like.

Most of them are various small cultural relics, which are slightly more exquisite or larger and have great historical significance. They are the treasures of a museum.

When you enter the Chinese Pavilion of the British Museum, everything you see can be regarded as a treasure.

Before Han Qi entered the Huaxia Pavilion, he had the impression that China only had a history of about five thousand years, which is already very long. Just these five thousand years would make it one of the four ancient countries. But after entering, he found that China’s

The history is more than five thousand years.

There are even jade artifacts from more than 4,000 BC here.

There aren’t many of these in the country, right?

Listening to the explanation and walking slowly forward, Han Qi saw a marble statue from 1,400 years ago at the corner of the stairs.

There is a very famous marble statue in the world, which is the Venus de Milo. It is collected in the Louvre Museum in France. The marble statue Han Qi saw here also has a broken arm. Her carving craftsmanship is not as wide as that of the Greek statues.

Large amount, beautify the figure's body, pay attention to perfection.

This Buddha statue looks more natural, and the close-fitting Buddha clothes have a natural feeling.

And it is very huge, about five or six meters high.

How did they transport this thing out to sea in the first place?

Is it convenient?

There are also huge Ming Dynasty colored porcelain Maitreya Buddha statues, and a large number of Tang Sancai figures and mythical animals. These are the most perfectly preserved ones, flawless at first glance, unlike the ones we preserve now, many of which have been repaired.

display.

The exhibits in the Chinese Museum are divided by age, from 5000 BC to the founding of China. The Chinese cultural relics on display span the entire history of the Chinese nation.

Han Qi likes some porcelain exhibits from the Song Dynasty. The patterns painted on them are very beautiful.

The Song Dynasty should be the dynasty with the highest aesthetics in ancient times.

Walking to the Ming Dynasty, Han Qi stood in front of an exhibit for a long time and did not continue walking down.

Authentic work of Tang Bohu.

"Picture of Thatched Cottage on the West Mountain"

Han Qi could only see the exquisiteness of many of the exhibits and knew that all the items here were of great significance to China, but what he really understood was sculpture and painting. Every time he passed by, he saw these paintings of his ancestors who were placed in a foreign country.

, Han Qi felt a dull pain in his heart.

I am ashamed of my ancestors.

Tang Bohu may have never imagined that his works would be placed in a museum in a foreign country.

In Chinese tradition and spirit, there is one idea that remains unchanged throughout the ages.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

He can live abroad and live in Norway with Ingrid in the future. But if he dies, he definitely does not want to be buried abroad, because the roots of the Chinese people are in the land with the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.

Of course, except for the Japanese who were brainwashed by foreigners.

Later, we also went to the Korean Pavilion and the Island Country Pavilion.

How to say...

The exhibits in the Korean Pavilion are hard to describe. Most of them are porcelain, which is not as good as the porcelain in the Chinese Pavilion.

Maybe something was brought over from China and then brought here by the British.

There are no cultural relics in North Korea.

There is a porcelain vase with pictures of city architecture, a metal commemorative medal of a leader, and two oil paintings.

The oil paintings have the feeling of our country in the 1950s and 1960s. One is a portrait of a steel worker, and the other is a portrait of several soldiers standing in their fighting positions in a combat preparation tunnel. The oil painting showing soldiers is even simple.

The picture frame doesn't even match.

Very crude.

The things in the Island Country Pavilion are very similar to our Tang Dynasty culture.

We had lunch on the first floor and continued to visit other venues, including the Chilean Easter Island stone statues; the Aztec blue skulls, etc. They even moved the stone pillars of the Greek temple back, which made Han Qi not know how to feel sad.

You should still laugh.

The Great British Booty Hall lives up to its reputation.

The Egyptian Pavilion felt like a disaster area. After entering, Han Qi found that the atmosphere here was heavier than that of the Chinese Pavilion.

Even speaking became cautious.

Han Qi heard a foreigner chatting with a friend.

"There are still many mummies here. I have been to Egypt, and their own museum only has one or two mummies, and they are very small. But look at these on display in the museum, wow, they are just like the rich, big and small.

All kinds of..."

He walked around here for a day, and when he came out, he looked back at this place where countless national treasures are preserved.

Its gate does not have a majestic square, and it is not even on a wide enough street. The appearance of the museum is the familiar Greek architectural style. The classical design has restrained its brilliance, which is far less impressive than the Baroque and Gothic buildings.

The visual impact it brings.

But at this moment, he felt that the door to history should be naked and real.

He suddenly had no desire to continue traveling in the UK. After all, he had already visited most of the places he could see. His only regret was that he could not cross the Thames River by boat. Perhaps it was the angry youth character in his heart that made Han Qi

I packed my things and left the UK that day.

Where did it go?

Next door to him, Ireland.

Han Qi was deeply impressed by the Irish step dance troupe who performed, and also by the Irish girl in gypsy clothes. He didn't remember her as a person, but as the costume and her elf-like temperament.

Of course, it would be nice if I could find someone to teach me tap dancing this time.

He envied the tap dancer's upright figure and military look.

Since getting the free fighting skills from the system, Han Qi rarely stands completely upright. If there is danger, few people can react immediately. Therefore, all his movements now look very casual.

, making an attacking stance at any time.

A soldier stands straight because he holds a steel gun in his hand and a small pistol on his waist. Han Qi does not have such conditions.

I packed my luggage and pushed away the sports car I had rented for a long time.

However, Han Qi also likes to drive by himself when traveling. This can save a lot of time, and he will not miss the scenery along the way. He can stop and take pictures at any time.

Let's rent another one when we get to Ireland.
To be continued...