Swiss Travels (7) Lucerne: The saddest lion in the world

Coming to Lucerne, Switzerland, is like walking into an unreal world. It has beautiful scenery and sad stories.

Lucerne, Switzerland, is known as the most attractive city in Switzerland. Kyle Twain, lev tolstoy? Hugo Dumas? World celebrities such as Wagner, including Queen Elizabeth I, have left footprints here. Audrey Hepburn, who plays Princess Anne in Roman Holiday, chose this place as her wedding place. Beethoven's sonata "Moonlight Song" tells the story of the moonlight on the Lake Lucerne. Beethoven wants to tell you that one night, the boat on Lake Lucerne swayed in the lazy moonlight. Wagner said that the beauty of Lake Lucerne made me forget music.

The saddest lion in the world (Lucerne, Switzerland)

Walking in the streets of Lucerne, I stopped when I met the lion called the saddest in the world.

? I cry when I am sentimental!

? After crying, a question mark appeared in my heart: Why?

? Switzerland was originally a country lacking in resources, once a poor household in Europe, and a country repeatedly ravaged by neighboring countries.

? Why? A poor Switzerland will become the richest man in the world! Swiss watch industry, Swiss banking, Swiss tourism, Swiss chocolate, Swiss hotel management system, Swiss army knife. Why is it made in Switzerland? It must be a fine product.

The history of Switzerland is a history of being trampled on, defeated and bullied. Switzerland has beautiful mountains and rivers, but from the perspective of agricultural civilization, ordinary people also have to eat. Food is the most important thing for people. How can people eat without land? In order to make a living, Swiss men went around as mercenaries and worked for people in the war. People will die in the war, people will go out alive and come back dead. People who have experienced the war will never guess.

Let's get back to the topic and have a look at the saddest lion in the world.

Lion Monument: An arrow stuck deep in the back of a dying lion. The lion looks miserable, with a shield and spear on his front paws, and the Swiss national emblem on the shield. This monument commemorates 786 Swiss officers and guards who died to protect French King Louis XVI and Queen Mary during the French Revolution in 1792. It is intended to pray for world peace (the story is told under the monument).

? The lion in the sculpture has a kind of dying pain of the king, as if he had just experienced a war. The pike and shield are close at hand, but the sharp arrow has gone deep into the back and the tail of the arrow is left outside, indicating that the wound has reached the end of its tether; The huge body collapsed in the cave of the stone wall, frowning, bloodshot and helpless. What a pain, helplessness and despair it is! Looking at the lion, I suddenly had a feeling. Li Bai said: I threw away my food sticks and cups. I couldn't eat or drink. I pulled out my dagger and I peeped in four directions in vain.

I pulled out my dagger, and I peeped in four directions in vain. How could the king spit out the sword in his heart? Give me back my mountains and rivers. I want to ask the lion, whose mountains and rivers do you want to return? The Lion Monument was originally built for Swiss mercenaries as a memorial to those who gave their lives for other people's wars. The lion fell down, but his pain, his helplessness, is the eternal pain of a nation, and the spiritual injury of the lion is the soul of a nation.

"The saddest lion in the world" comes from the words of American novelist Mark Twain when he saw a lion. He said, "The stone lion in Lucerne is the saddest and most touching stone carving in the world".

Seeing the lion tablet made me think a lot and meditate for a long time. Be brave after knowing shame, always remember the pain of history, peace is hard-won. After the war, Switzerland began to dig holes through mountains and invested in green tourism. After the war, the Swiss banking industry developed rapidly, and Swiss watches ranked first in the world. Are these changes related to this sad lion soul?

? Look at others, think about yourself, and swallow what you want to say.

? Lions don't need to wake up or roar. Put down the king's domineering spirit in your heart and throw away your spear. This world doesn't need the king of beasts, just need to live and work in peace and contentment, live simply and keep a living environment suitable for every living thing on the earth.

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