Notre Dame Cathedral (Part 2) Paris 05

After I finished writing the last article, I searched the Internet for follow-up news about the Notre Dame de Paris fire. I saw that some foreign media estimated that the restoration period may take up to ten years, indicating that the internal damage may be quite serious.

On the day of the fire, many netizens who had been to Notre Dame before posted photos. They were fortunate to have visited this great church when it was still intact. Although I didn't post it, I felt the same way, only when it suffered such bad luck. This little bit of fortunate emotion is a bit embarrassing to export.

Looking at buildings and churches, this is the most important purpose for many people to travel to Europe, and so do we.

In China, the Imperial Palace is probably the most magnificent building in our impression, but even if you visit the Forbidden City, "the largest, most majestic and best-preserved ancient palace and ancient building complex in the world", you will be very impressed. It's hard to feel shocked, shocked. As for buildings related to religion, there are many historical temples, pagodas, and grottoes in China. When I visited Yungang Grottoes in Datong for the first time, I was also very shocked, but these are different from the first time I just arrived in Europe. One stop, the difference between the feeling at the moment of walking into St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is still too great.

I still remember the moment when I walked into St. Peter's Basilica and looked up at the dome, and I almost completely surrendered to this building without believing in anything. Many churches in Europe, you will be completely conquered just by seeing this magnificent building, and the feeling of entering the church is that you want to worship. A single building will make people worship, not to mention the supreme god worshipped in this building.

The absolute domination of European religions over people's spiritual realm makes people willing to spend hundreds or even hundreds of years building a church. Notre Dame Cathedral was built in 1163 and completed in 1345. It took 182 years. It was the first Gothic building in Paris and one of the most brilliant buildings in history.