My travels can open treasure chests

Chapter 251 The Old Library
There are lawns on both sides of the entrance of the college, and there is a tree in the center. The one on the left is lush, and the one on the right is sparse, but it seems that they haven’t been planted for too long. It’s summer, and both the lawn and the small trees are green. Some people are in the grass. Sitting on it, someone raised his head and took pictures of the tree.

The buildings on the left and right sides are also symmetrical. The gate has four long colonnades, and above the pillars is a triangular spire, but there are stone guardrails around the roof of the entire building, which seems to be a balcony.

A little forward is the bluestone-paved square, which is very empty, and there is a beautiful bell tower in the middle of the square.

Han Qi found it unbelievable that there were such a large area of ​​cobblestone roads on the university campus. He remembered the Dublin Castle he had seen this morning. Could it be that the Irish like to put such a square inside large buildings?

Han Qi was still thinking wildly, when suddenly a sweet voice came from his ear:
"The building on the right is our exam building, which is also a theater." She changed her gesture and pointed to the left, "This is a chapel, these two buildings were built in 1775, and the square in front of us is called Congress square."

"Congress Square?" Han Qi asked.

This is just a university, why is it involved with Congress.

"Yes, Congress Square." The girl nodded affirmatively, and then smiled, "I said you will never regret hiring me as a tour guide, right? How do ordinary people know this when they come to our school?"

Han Qi shrugged and said, "I'm even more curious about why this place is called Congress Square."

"Because the Capitol was built on this area before." She waved her hand gestures, indicating the slate in front of her.

"The Houses of Parliament was built in 1729, but after the United Kingdom promulgated the "Union Act" in 1800, the Irish Parliament was dismantled." She glanced at her aunt from the United Kingdom and continued, "But when we became independent in 1922, we restored it. Parliament, now in the former Duke of Leinster's mansion, not far south of the school."

Continue to move forward until you reach the bell tower that you can see when you enter the school.

"This clock tower was only built in 1853. It is 30 meters high, and the national emblem of the British royal family is still preserved in the middle."

Han Qi nodded silently.

"There is a statue at each of the four corners. The one I am pointing to is the legendary poet Homer, the philosopher Socrates, and his student Plato, and the last one is the orator Demosthenes. Representing theology, science, medicine and jurisprudence."

"About this clock tower, our college has another gossip."

"What news?" Auntie asked.

She likes this kind of gossip, so she can introduce it to her friends when she goes back.

girl said:
"If any student walks under the arch of the bell tower and just happens to ring the bell, then his exam must fail. Therefore, students in our school are not willing to walk under this, in case they don't pay attention to the time when they pass, then That’s bad luck. That’s why we call this bell tower, the Impassable Arch…”

She draws her tone deliberately to show the mystery of the matter.

Arriving here, the sightlines on the left and right sides are broadened. Of course, the teaching building is directly in front of it. This is where tourists are not allowed to visit. After all, it is the place where students attend classes, and the impact of noise is not very good.

The place where knowledge is imparted should be solemn and serious, and this unspoken rule is followed by most countries.

With the bell tower as the center, the building on the left is the Graduate Memorial Building. Behind the building is the tennis court, and then the male dormitory of the university.On the right side of the clock tower is the old library square, and the building in front of the square is the famous old library.

However, no matter how famous he is in the West, Han Qi has never heard of him.

The girl introduced passionately:
"This is designed by the famous Irish architect Thomas Baihe. It is the largest library in Ireland, which houses the treasures of the world, the Book of Kells! This is where we are going next."

"Okay!" Auntie was very excited.

The tour guide suddenly said: "But tourists need to buy tickets if they want to go in, [-] Euros."

"..."

Han Qi hates attractions with built-in charging items the most.

But now that it's here, and the library is so shockingly boasted by others, the money should still be spent.

The outside of the library is also the place where Han Qi saw the most tourists after entering the school. The students must have their own place to walk into this library. Currently, all the people queuing up with Han Qi outside are tourists.

Yes, line up.

If you want to enter this library, you can't just buy a ticket, you have to wait in line, and you have to wait until the people inside have come out before they can enter.

But fortunately, the flow of people is still very fast. Han Qi saw tourists pouring out from the exit of the library.

Even so, half an hour had passed by the time Han Qi and the others entered.

As soon as Han Qi entered the door, he felt that the design of this library was very domineering!The books on the shelf were full of traces of history, and the ancient and exquisite packaging made him almost suspect that they were just decorations.

Picking up a book at random, he found that all the books in the gold-edged cover package were real and real.

The whole library is very big. The little tour guide who came in and met again said: "There are more than 600 million books in the whole library, of which 20 are the oldest books in the long hall on the second floor, and I will come to you later. The Book of Kells is protected by glass, every day someone turns a page, you can go and have a look.”

The first floor is very beautiful, but there are not many people. There are a little more people on the side of the Book of Kells, but it is also limited. I don’t know where everyone has gone.

An employee stood in front of the glass cover protecting the Book of Kells, maintaining order among the onlookers.

But there is no need for him to do anything. Most of the tourists are very qualified and watch from a distance.

It can be visited, but in order to protect the Book of Kells, photography is not allowed on the entire first floor.

The book was written in Latin. Although he knew what it was, he couldn't understand it. He just thought the picture on the left page was very beautiful. The ribbons formed the head, limbs, and there were small "people" under the big "person".

Numerous tapes have been merged into this picture, which is somewhat similar in style to thangka.

Han Qi looked at it for a while, then withdrew, and took a look at other corners of the library along the way.

There are indeed few people on the first floor. Those tourists who came in stood next to the Book of Kells for a while, and ran upstairs after finding that they could not take pictures.

Han Qi finally knew where everyone had gone.

But he felt that the first floor of the library was also very beautiful. There were books everywhere, and the smell from the pages didn't look corrupt, but it wasn't fresh either. Anyway, it was a very memorable smell.

More than 600 million books are placed in this library, and the bookshelves must be very high. Therefore, there are wooden ladders that can slide in front of the bookshelves that pass through the top, so that people can climb up and consult them.

Suddenly, a bookshelf was turned around, behind which there was a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.

No wonder I didn't see a staircase leading to the second floor. It turned out that they used this spiral staircase.

The British aunt also visited the first floor, and the tour guide took her to find Han Qi.

(End of this chapter)