British Study Travel Notes (21) Bourton on the Water & Shakespeare Town

During my stay in the UK, I could always feel the strong Shakespearean atmosphere permeating the British cultural world. Shakespeare has been integrated into the blood of British culture like nourishment, and has not only become the pride of the British , has also become a symbol of British culture. Shakespeare's hometown - Stratford-Upon-Avon (Stratford-Upon-Avon) on the upper reaches of the Avon River, also known as "Shakespeare's Town", not only nurtured Shakespeare, the "soul of England", but its beautiful scenery was also selected. Top ten small towns in England.

On the way to Shakespeare’s town, we passed Bourton-on-the-Water, an ancient town known as the Venetian Water Town in England. The entire town is surrounded by a clear river. The submersible windrush river (Windrush River) runs across the bottom. Six ancient stone bridges with a history of more than 200 years span it. The pear blossoms on the riverside are pale white and willows are dark green. Together with the ancient buildings with British rural characteristics, they form a beautiful picture of "small bridges and flowing water with people" "Scroll.

When you want to find a bit of the ancient tranquility of the pastoral, you might as well come to a well-preserved small village like this. After all, you will have a sense of comfort that has been preserved beyond time. Here, everything exists and grows quietly and peacefully, just as it has for hundreds of years. Tourists may disturb their tranquility, but in the end it is they who conquer them. Without any effort, just their own quiet existence is enough.

After leaving the town of Bolton, after an hour's drive we arrived at the long-awaited town of Shakespeare, where Shakespeare was born! Not only that, it is also the hometown of John Harvard’s mother, the founder of Harvard University. History is fair or unfair, because of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Town became so famous; and because of Shakespeare, other things and things in Shakespeare's Town were submerged, as if this place existed only for Shakespeare. Even luminaries like John Harvard were ignored.

We first came to the square of Shakespeare's Town, and the first thing we saw was Shakespeare's sculpture. Shakespeare stands high above, and the circle below is full of characters he created in his works.

He was buried in the town's Holy Trinity Church. In England, it is normal for local and famous people to be buried in churches. However, only Shakespeare's family is buried in this church, and the others are buried in the cemetery outside the church. This can be called Shakespeare's church. Celebrities always have privileges...

We still go there The cottage of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife, is about 1.5 kilometers away from Shakespeare's former residence. It is a very typical British classical farmhouse. This thatched house is very famous and is often featured in magazines and newspapers. It still maintains its original appearance. The biggest feature of the house is that its roof is entirely made of wheat straw.

Below is a view of the surroundings of the cabin.

Time has flowed quietly like this for four hundred years, and people have long forgotten that Shakespeare, who married Anne Fengzi, who was eight years older than him, at the age of 18, was an avant-garde Renaissance man in his time. , what his works want to get rid of is the burden that is unreasonably placed on people.

He reminded the world not to praise or resent others easily. We share the same humanity and are equal in pain and difficulties. This has been true for generations.