[Travel Notes] Those British churches that are more beautiful than Jay Chou’s wedding chapel

There is a saying that goes like this: when traveling to China, visit temples, and when traveling to Europe, visit churches. Europe is the birthplace of Catholicism and Christianity, with a history of more than 2,000 years starting from the 1st century AD. Religion is an important part of European life, and churches are the crystallization of European culture.

The local church (especially the Catholic Church) invests almost all their money and time in building a church, believing that the church is a place that connects the two worlds, heaven and earth, and the design must be high! big! superior!

Entering the church, there is always a pious and mysterious atmosphere that makes you goose-skinned all over and dare not speak, and calms down your body and mind.

Church architecture is also very knowledgeable. There are several architectural styles. Let’s give a rough description of them: Romanesque (dome), Gothic ( bamboo shoot type spire), Baroque Style (house type + dome), Byzantine style (onion top)

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Jay Chou's marriage in North Yorkshire in 2015 made the Howard Castle Church a tourist attraction, and also created a trend of church romance.

The following is an introduction to the York Minster in the UK, which is more beautiful than Jay Chou’s wedding church. It has a thousand-year history and is the most exquisite in design and architectural art in the world. Gothic Cathedral One of the churches.

Churches pay great attention to "maintenance". Just like Chinese temples, churches are always being maintained, renovated and repaired...

Climb to the top of the church to see the scenery of Yorktown, and see that the east side of the church is also being restored.

The east side of York Minster is being maintained on this piece of the world The largest medieval stained glass window, one whole piece of stained glass is almost the size of a tennis court. Now the "glass" in the photo is actually a hanging painting.

The most complex, largest, and most expensive musical instrument in history is called Organ , and pipe organs are mostly found in churches. When the sound of the organ sounds, you feel like you are walking up the "Stairway to Heaven".

I don't understand how complicated and expensive the structure of the pipe organ is. Just seeing that this organ is three stories high and the entire basketball court is huge makes me shocked! shock! stay! bird! The sound of the organ from the "Kingdom of Heaven" coupled with the beautiful singing of the choir, this is the feeling of sublimating heaven!

In addition to climbing the main tower, York Minster also has a mysterious basement that records the development history of the church ...

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Church of England, Star Famous cathedrals require tickets (£20) and are not allowed to be photographed (e.g. St. Paul's Cathedral in London)
The one below is a small church in Edinburgh. Although it is not as grand as the cathedral, it has fewer people.

Did you notice? There is a swing on a big branch, which immediately becomes a literary and artistic place.

The church is divided into Catholic and Christian churches. The most basic way to distinguish it is that the Catholic church cross has a crucifix of Jesus Christ, and there are fourteen Stations of the Cross in the surrounding glass.

Catholicism has the sacrament of confession (with a confessional room). If a believer commits a sin in his behavior, he must go to a priest, let the priest listen to his confession on behalf of God, and then repent. Only such confession is valid. Christianity emphasizes that you just need to repent directly to the Lord in your heart. Priests are also sinners and cannot represent God.

The Catholic priest title is a lifelong celibate and cannot have a family. And Christ is called a pastor, and he can have a family.

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Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, with its unique crown spire, can be seen from Calton Hill in the distance.

There is a secret chapel in the church that you must see. Inside is the Order of the Thistle, the most important knighthood in Scotland. The sculptures and paintings are amazing.