Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1258: Peeing child
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Ye Tian and the others took a few steps forward, and then through the gap between the crowd, they saw the bronze statue of a little boy standing on the street, naked and peeing!
This is the world-famous **** child sculpture. The protagonist of the sculpture is Xiaolian, the first citizen of Brussels, Belgium, and the symbol of Brussels.
As they approached the sculpture, Ye Tian and Betty found a suitable place to stop and began to admire this world-famous sculpture.
Tyler and Lisa stood behind, on high alert, protecting the safety of Ye Tian and Betty.
A little further behind, Walker and the others also stopped and stood on the roadside, pretending to be tourists smoking and chatting on the street. They were secretly paying attention to the situation here and could come to support at any time.
Although the sculpture of the Manneken Child is world-famous, it is very small, about 53 centimeters tall. Compared with its huge fame, it can be said to be inconspicuous.
If you are not here for this sculpture, or do not know that this sculpture is here, you will easily pass by it and miss this famous sculpture.
Tourists who don’t know much about this sculpture and see it for the first time will inevitably be a little disappointed and feel that it is not worthy of its name.
But when you take a closer look at this Manneken Pis sculpture, your eyes will shine.
This Belgian child with curly hair, arms akimbo and belly exposed, peeing in front of people without restraint, has a vivid and lifelike posture, and his serious and happy look is indeed very cute.
Looking at such a Renaissance-style sculpture full of childlike innocence, many people will feel happier. Perhaps this is why people like Yu Lian.
Lezu Lian's sculpture stands on a fountain. Below is a semicircular pool, which is surrounded by a black iron fence to separate tourists and pedestrians.
After standing in front of the sculpture and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian began to whisper the story about the sculpture to Betty and Anderson.
"You must have heard the story about Julien the Manneken Pis. There are various versions of the story, as many as seven or eight in total, and each version is very interesting.
The most widely spread theory is that the ancient Spanish invaders prepared to use explosives to blow up the city when they evacuated Brussels. Fortunately, Xiao Lian came out to pee in the middle of the night and extinguished the fuse.
In order to thank Yu Lian for saving the whole of Brussels with a piece of his own urine, people erected this statue to commemorate him and gave him the reputation of "the first citizen of Brussels".
After hundreds of years, this sculpture of a peeing child has become the city symbol of Brussels. Whenever people mention Brussels, they will almost think of this famous statue.
Every tourist who comes to Brussels will come here to see Xiaolian's sculptures and feel the innocence and happiness. This has become a must-visit attraction in Brussels.
This childlike statue has also brought considerable profits to Brussels. It has not only attracted a large number of tourists, but its related tourist souvenirs can also be seen everywhere in Brussels.
Of course, not everyone likes this statue of the Manneken Pis. Julien can be regarded as an ill-fated little guy who has been damaged and even stolen many times in history.
The Renaissance-style Manneken Pis sculpture we see now is not the original work cast in 1619 by the famous Belgian sculptor Jérôme Duquesnot.
As early as 1871, the original work was smashed into pieces by a French drunkard. People reforged the recovered pieces, gave them new life, and engraved this history on the base.
One day in 1965, people woke up in the morning and found that Yu Lian had been killed. Only two feet were left on the pedestal, and his innocent body was missing.
After more than a year of searching, the Belgians found Yu Lian's body from the Brussels Ring Canal, and carried out the second restoration in history to return it to its original position.
In view of the repeated vandalism of this statue, the Brussels municipal authorities decided to send the statue to the Municipal Museum for collection. The statue in front of you is a replica from the 1970s..."
While explaining, Ye Tian also secretly turned on the perspective, looking at the Manneken Pis sculpture in front of him, the base of the sculpture, and the underground situation.
This small Renaissance-style sculpture does not have any secrets worth exploring. It is just a hollow pure copper statue with nothing inside.
However, under the base of this sculpture, Ye Tian discovered a hidden secret.
It is a deep and moist secret passage, about one and a half meters high and less than one meter wide, sloping all the way down to the depths of Hengwen Street where the Manneken Pis statue is located.
In this perhaps unknown secret passage, Ye Tian saw several stone holes for inserting torches and four or five fat rats. Apart from these, he found nothing else.
Through the ancient stone holes on the wall of the secret passage, Ye Tian made a judgment instantly.
This is a secret passage built at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. It is older and has more history than the **** child statue!
According to legend, before 1619, where the statue of the Manneken Child was located, there was a fountain sculpture of a 'little cupid peeing', which dates back to the mid-fifteenth century.
Ye Tian was not surprised to find a secret passage here, it was perfectly normal.
You know, the location of the Manneken Pis Statue is in the center of the Old Town of Brussels, just a few dozen meters away from the Grand Place.
Historically, Belgium has been a country that has been invaded many times, especially the city of Brussels. I don’t know how many invaders it has welcomed and sent, and how many times it has been ravaged!
During the Middle Ages, it was even darker here. Everyone lived a precarious life and could face disaster at any time.
Faced with this situation, people living in this city will inevitably dig tunnels to protect themselves and avoid natural and man-made disasters.
Not only are there secret passages under the Manneken Pis pedestal, Ye Tian is certain that there must be countless secret passages underground in the Grand Place of Brussels and even the entire Old City of Brussels.
In medieval Europe shrouded in darkness, this was a common thing, and there were countless legends related to secret passages spread throughout history.
Some of these secret passages are used to protect oneself and avoid enemy attacks, and some are used for assassinations, and are even used by some famous historical figures to have affairs, which is quite sexy!
It is estimated that most of these secret passages under the Old City of Brussels have been discovered by people, and there should be some that have not yet been discovered.
The secret passage under Yu Lian's feet has probably never been discovered.
In Ye Tian's eyes, this secret passage still maintained its original appearance, and there was no sign of anyone entering.
Unfortunately, he did not find any valuable antique artwork in this secret passage.
As for the situation deep in the secret passage and outside the scope of perspective, it is temporarily unknown! Only by looking for an opportunity to go in and explore can we know the specific situation.
After thoroughly looking through the surroundings of the Manneken Pis sculpture, Ye Tian withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
But his professional and precise explanation did not stop.
"..., what Xiao Lian 'pees' now is tap water, but during the Brussels Carnival, what this little guy peed was beer.
As you can imagine, thousands of people participating in the carnival rushed here to drink Yu Lian's urine. The scene must be very interesting! "
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter around the statue, and Betty and Anderson, as well as other tourists at the scene, all laughed.
After admiring the statue for a while and taking a few photos with their mobile phones and cameras, Ye Tian and the others just turned and left, walking along Hengwen Street towards the Grand Place in Brussels, talking and laughing.
Following this, the Belgian plainclothes police also took action and followed again.
The same goes for Walker and the others, still following the Belgians.