"Copycat version? What does this mean? I am originally from Suzhou, but I have never been there. It is said that this is Suzhou Garden, so I came here to have a look and take some photos."
Indeed, when Sun Dahai came to visit the Metropolitan Museum in his previous life, many people in the same group were reluctant to come here for various reasons.
Of course, great talent lies among the people. At that time, there was a big brother in the group, who was dressed in a Tang suit, spoke and behaved calmly, and looked like a master.
In his words, who in China has not seen enough of these things? Can’t they see it in the Forbidden City? They have to go to the other side of the ocean to see it?
As for the exhibits such as antique calligraphy and paintings, Big Brother said in one sentence: It hurts to see our national treasures displayed here, so I won’t look at them!
Although Big Brother is a bit angry, his words are really to the point. I believe many people will have this mentality when they come here.
The same was true for Sun Dahai in his previous life. However, after his rebirth, Sun Dahai's attitude towards things was much more open-minded than before.
Being weak is the original sin, and falling behind will be beaten. The humiliation suffered by the country and the nation in the past can only be washed away by constantly becoming stronger.
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"Copycat means imitation. It turns out you are from Suzhou. Let me tell you, if you have time and want to know more about Suzhou, you'd better go and see it in person.
What is imitated here is just a courtyard. No matter how similar it is, it cannot imitate the cultural environment, customs and customs of Suzhou.
How can the misty Jiangnan water town charm of Suzhou be presented in just a small yard?"
Gao Ren was stunned by what Sun Dahai said. He didn't expect that this man who was several years younger than him could actually say such a thing.
"Have you been to Suzhou?" Gao Ren asked.
Sun Dahai nodded and added silently in his heart, "I haven't seen it in this life, so it should count as having been there in my previous life, right?"
Gao Ren thought for a while and said: "You are right. If I have the chance, I should go back to my hometown and see it by myself. I just hear people say it, or see it on TV or in pictures, and I don't feel anything about it."
The two of them walked out of exhibition hall 217 while talking.
The two of them had a good conversation, and they didn't pay any particular attention to it, so they just walked along the corridor and visited.
Bronze wares from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, painted stone pagodas and Buddhist tomb carvings from the Northern Qi Dynasty, three-color female sitting figurines from the Tang Dynasty, pottery turtle inkstones from the early Tang Dynasty... and many other treasures.
The last exhibition hall in the Asian area exhibits two treasures of the Metropolitan Museum: the giant mural "The Medicine Master's Sutra" from the Yuan Dynasty and the stone relief "Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Paying Respect to the Buddha" 1,500 years ago.
These two art treasures, which can be called national treasures, were both lost from the mainland during the Republic of China in the 1920s and 1930s. The warlords were fighting and the people were in dire straits. I don’t know how many national quintessences were destroyed or lost abroad during that period.
A three-and-a-half-meter-tall, slightly dilapidated painted stone statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva was placed between the two national treasures, as if silently guarding them.
Sun Dahai and Gao Ren, who had been joking all the way, felt their hearts heavy at this moment. They sighed and left the Asian area silently.
Sun Dahai and the others went downstairs, wandered around the weapons and armor area for a while, and met Alaya and Battle who were chatting with each other, and finally felt better.
This is an exhibition hall of European medieval armor and weapons. On display are mainly old-fashioned cold weapons and gunpowder guns from the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as full-body armor used by kings and nobles, and even armor used by their war horses.
Before coming here, Sun Dahai told Battelle and Hu Cheng what he remembered about the Metropolitan Museum.
Hu Cheng didn't care. Battelle said at the time that he liked the weapons and armor exhibits very much. So when I visited here today, Hu Cheng was following Sun Dahai, and Battelle could move freely.
Battle is a Mongolian who grew up on horseback. Therefore, he was very interested in what Sun Dahai said about Western cavalry and the so-called knights.
After visiting here, Battelle was a little disappointed. The exhibits here were very different from what he imagined.
But think about it, there is still a big difference between Mongolian cavalry and Western cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry is closer to the light cavalry or rangers. It focuses on blitz tactics. Through organization and cooperation, it continuously outflanks, intersperses and divides to form a local advantage to attack the enemy.
Western cavalry basically uses heavy cavalry tactics. They go straight and fight based on personal strength. They even often form fighting situations on the battlefield. This is one of the foundations of the formation of Western knight culture.
Battle thought there would be many weapons he liked in the exhibition hall. But it turned out that there were very few weapons such as bows, arrows and scimitars that he liked. There were more knight guns, fixed knives and full-body armor.
Most of these armors are not used for combat, but are collections of royal nobles. Therefore, these exhibits can no longer be called weapons, but ritual objects.
As for the full-body armor for war horses, Battle even scorned it.
In the eyes of the Mongols, who advocated taking off with one blow and consuming their opponents in constant movement, a heavily armored war horse wearing full armor and capable of sprinting up to 500 meters in a battle was not as useful as an ordinary pack horse.
There were also several sets of strange-looking armors in the exhibition hall. Sun Dahai thought they were for sacrificial purposes, but after reading the description, he found that they were armors from the Japanese Warring States Period, and they were really ugly.
However, in general, this exhibition hall is quite beautiful. Most of the exhibits are exquisitely crafted and well-preserved. They have great origins and have high artistic and historical value.
Gao Ren was not a good student in the traditional sense when he was in school. His view was that passing grades was enough. Because he had the conditions, his future development would not be affected by his grades.
Therefore, when he was in school, he focused mainly on extracurricular activities. He read a lot of non-exam-related books, covering a wide range of topics.
This is especially true for Sun Dahai, who has lived in two generations. Exam scores have no meaning to him. Even going to school is to take care of his family's emotions.
In his previous life, he had already tried to study hard and dominate the school. In this life, he had already decided that he would give the opportunity to be a top student to the students around him.
That's why Sun Dahai went to Teacher Lin and Principal Wang in a high-profile manner and asked for special treatment in the school. Because of this, he had enough time and energy to improve himself by reading various extracurricular books.
Sun Dahai and Gao Ren, two people who usually did not do their jobs and read idle books all day long, were walking in the exhibition hall representing the history of the European Middle Ages, exchanging words with each other and exchanging knowledge about each other.
The two of them had a lively chat, and there was a feeling that it was too late for them to meet each other.