Dear Fan? Gao, beloved arles.

On February 2 1888 and February 2 1 day, Van Gogh came to arles, a small town in the south of France, and stayed there for one year and three months, during which he created more than 200 great paintings. This was a blowout creative process and a veritable golden age in his creative career.

Van Gogh once said, "We may have a big fire in our hearts, but no one uses it to warm ourselves. Passers-by only see a wisp of smoke coming out of the chimney and ignore it ... People must guard the inner fire and wait patiently. Who will sit next to it-it will probably stop? "

It was in arles that Van Gogh finally found the brightest, brightest and warmest color he loved, and entered an almost crazy and selfless creative career, thus creating impressionist masterpieces such as arles's Country, Sunflower, Sower and Yuan Ye with Iris Blossom. It seems that for Van Gogh, maybe he found such a bright, bright and warm fire and used it to warm himself. The name of this fire is arles. Some people say that through unparalleled experience, you will eventually achieve unparalleled yourself. Rather than saying that arles witnessed Van Gogh's "golden age", it is better to say that arles made Van Gogh and Van Gogh discovered arles.

Arles is located on the blue coast in the southeast of France, at the top of the Rhone River Delta. It is as famous as Provence, Cannes and Nice. The plain is connected with rolling hills, and the weather is hot and dry in summer. There are almost no high-rise buildings in the inner city, no wide motor vehicle lanes, only a sensitive vein composed of countless streets and lanes, a typical small town in southern France, and a sense of sight in ancient Greece and Rome. It still maintains the original style of19th century and looks quaint and quiet. Because there are many ancient Roman relics, it has now become a world cultural heritage. Known as "the little Rome of Gaul" and "the ancient city of art and history".

There is a thick stone pillar-like cavalry gate and an ancient city wall at the entrance to the town. Walking into the town is like crossing just visiting and being in an art gallery. You can feel the breath of history and art. When you stand on the Rhone River and the pier, you can get a panoramic view of arles. Looking down, the Rhone River is still drifting with time.

Arles has ancient Roman tunnels, ancient Roman theatres, Saint Tofim Abbey, steps of Dinkettel Bridge, Dominican Church, Saint Mary's Beach, Republic Square, Fallom Square, arles Station, Rhone River, Roman cemetery relics-Alistair, Van Gogh Cultural Center, suburban sunflower fields, vineyards and olive groves, Langlu Bridge, Lamartin Square, Colosseum and Saint Tofim.

Although the town is small, arles is very lively in July and August because the French have the habit of going to the south for holidays in summer, and many tourists come here every year. Bullfighting, flamenco dance, Paglia's famous Easter celebration and rice harvest festival all have local characteristics. In July, a parade in colorful Provence costumes and a large-scale international photo exhibition brought a lively atmosphere to this town. There are also southern French dishes baked with olive oil, reminiscent of Spain or Italy, which can satisfy your fun and fill your stomach.

Most visitors to arles have heard of a guidebook, "Van Gogh on the left, Caesar on the right", which means starting from the city center and national mall, looking for Van Gogh on the left and seeing the remains of ancient Rome on the right. Not only can you meet Van Gogh in this small town, but you can also trace it back to ancient Rome.

Walking in the streets of arles, you can feel the unique French romanticism and strong humanistic feelings at will. There are many places of interest and cultural landscapes in arles, but the most representative is Van Gogh's series of famous paintings with arles as the background. Both the cultural landscape of the town and the natural landscape of the countryside are vividly reflected under Van Gogh's brush. Next, let's "turn left", follow in the footsteps of the impressionist master Van Gogh, and visit arles, a small town in the south of France, feel his spiritual world, rediscover the beauty of arles, and walk into the golden color in Van Gogh's mind.

The artificial light of the Rhone River is reflected in the water, forming a unique aesthetic feeling with the shining stars in the night sky, which is simple and natural. Since coming to arles, the description of the "night effect" has been a long-term concern of Van Gogh. 1in April, 888, he wrote to his younger brother, Theo, saying, "I need a starry sky dotted with some cypresses, or Maihai is looking up at the starry sky in the field."

The cafe, formerly known as Lancashire, is located on the side of the square. Because it is open all night, it is called "night cafe". Van Gogh stayed here for four months. During this period, Van Gogh created two oil paintings on canvas about night cafes. One is indoors, called "cafe at night"; One is the location, called "Night Open-air Cafe". Nowadays, many tourists come here to punch in for this painting and feel the scene in it. The shop was simply renamed "Van Gogh Cafe", and the exterior wall and ceiling of the cafe almost remained the same as in the painting. It's just that the absinthe that Van Gogh used to drown his sorrows can't be found in cafes now, but beer, wine and brandy are replaced.

The Van Gogh Cultural Center in the west of the city is the hospital where Van Gogh once lived. Van Gogh was sent here for treatment after cutting off his earlobe, and then he was trapped here because of mental illness. 1In April, 889, Van Gogh created the courtyard of arles Hospital based on the courtyard here. After Van Gogh became famous, hospitals became famous, with far more visitors than patients. Finally, the hospital moved out of here, leaving the courtyard as a tourist attraction to meet groups of tourists who came here.

1In May of 888, Van Gogh rented a hotel in arles. Because its outer wall is painted yellow, it is called "yellow house". On the right side of the building is Van Gogh's residence (the front window is painted green and yellow). Van Gogh has been longing for an "artist's paradise" for a long time, so he hopes this home will become a "future studio" in the south of France, and he hopes to pick up his poor friend Gauguin to live with him as soon as possible (Gauguin arrived in arles on 10/0/20). In this painting, from the broad prospect of khaki ground, that is, the road extending to both sides, to the sulfur color on the front of the small building and the green color of a large sky, these colors echo each other, which constitutes the transfer of hue.

This is the most striking scenic spot in arles, where Van Gogh once watched the bullfighting and painted "The Audience of Arles Arena". This is the only place in France where you can watch bullfighting, and it is often hard to get a ticket. Bullfighting activities in arles are held from Easter to September, and visits are suspended when there are bullfighting activities.

Langlu Bridge on the outskirts of arles is the prototype of Van Gogh Bridge. Van Gogh often came here to sketch, so it is also called "Van Gogh Bridge". /kloc-0 was demolished in 935. 1962 people rebuilt a bridge on the same river, but its shape was slightly different from the earliest one. There is a signboard beside the bridge to remind tourists of the extraordinary features of this bridge.

Speaking of South France, apart from the Cannes Film Festival in Starlight Glimmer and the warm and romantic Provence Manor, do you know that the sunflower fields in the sunshine of South France are more colorful? The suburb of arles is a grassy swamp, and the pastoral scenery is intoxicating. The vineyards and olive groves here are also famous. Not only that, from the end of June, you can see a continuous sunflower field everywhere, where Van Gogh's world-famous work Sunflower was completed.

1970, Picasso's good friend, the famous photographer Lv Xian Clegg, the famous writer Michel Tunier and the historian Jean Mauriz Ruggie founded the arles International Photography Festival in arles. Today, arles International Photography Festival has become one of the most influential international photography festivals in the world. Arles is very lively in July and August because of the existence of the photography festival and the French habit of going to the south for a holiday in summer. Every summer, many places in arles are used to hold photography festivals, and even some architectural monuments that are closed on weekdays are specially opened during the photography festivals. Photographers and audiences from all over the world gather here to enjoy the biggest visual carnival on summer nights.

The meaning of life lies in the improvement of dimensions. Arles is the end of Van Gogh's life. For arles, Van Gogh was the acme of art. In arles, a small town in the south of France, Van Gogh, an impressionist master, completed the transformation from low-dimensional to high-dimensional with his faithful artistic creation, achieved unparalleled self with unparalleled experience, and discovered the unparalleled beauty of arles. Today, Van Gogh is famous for his many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, and then becomes a famous wall in the world art museum. Arles has also been endowed with new artistic genes and artistic conception because of Van Gogh, and he has been constantly looking for and attracting people who can have a * * * sound with him over time.