The front of the church combines a variety of different architectural art styles, and the gray walls are reflected on white marble, giving people a sense of harmony and solemnity. The central front is a group of beautiful carvings reflecting the ideal morality of Catholicism - faith, hope and mercy.

But if a group of people come to your house, turn your house off, and then build their house on the ruins of your house. Can you have confidence in them, hope for them and feel their kindness?

The chapel with a red exterior wall is quiet and tidy inside. People who come in naturally keep quiet. Even tourists will be very low-key.

There are no noisy Chinese tour groups here. People choose to sit or kneel to pray. There is usually a skylight at the top of the church, which looks like the glory of the kingdom of heaven. The doors that open to believers at any time. As mentioned earlier, most of the Mexicans currently believe in Catholicism.

Hanging from the top of the church. Where it points will tell Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi the entire building's inclination.

There is a visiting project in the church, which is to visit the bell tower at several times every day when the bell rings. It only costs more than 10 pesos, less than 10 yuan. The bell tower is divided into two east and west. There are more than one clock here, not only two clocks, but there are 25 large clocks in total! 18 of them are hung in the east tower and the rest are in the west tower.

Since there was a specific time to climb the bell tower and Nalan Shuqi had not arrived yet, so he just gave the above man money first. After that, he did not pay attention to Nalan Shuqi. Because of his language, Nalan Shuqi thought the money was paid in vain. After waiting for a while, he signaled that Nalan Shuqi was about the time, so don't worry, wait a little longer.

After a while, Yunluo and Nalan Seqi and his group went up the top along the narrow spiral staircase in the church. They saw the first bell. I don’t know if it was the largest bell. I checked online and learned that the largest bell was called Guadalupe Santa Maria Bell Santama Adeguada, which was cast in 1792. The bottom diameter is 3 meters, the height is 5 meters, and the weight is 13 tons. The bell rings and can be heard 10 kilometers away.

In addition, the main clocks are do?ama, weighing 6,900 kilograms, and laronca. These two clocks were placed in 1653. The largest clock was placed in 1793.

What does the top of the church look like? Because the top of the church is not flat, you will see such an arch shape. There are also several spires. The decoration on the top of the church has been in the history of three to four hundred years and has been gradually weathered.

Looking at the appearance of the Mexican city from the church, the dedicated staff here will also explain the situation of the bell tower in detail in Spanish that Yunluo could not understand. Looking down from the top of the church, the late autumn Piazza Socarlo is filled with a Christmas atmosphere.

The giant Christmas tree. The size of the Mexico flag is very huge. It may be related to the hard-earned reason why this country cherishes independence after being enslaved for too long. Time has come, and the bell has begun. It turns out that there are more than two people ringing at the same time.

The bell tower is a masterpiece of xalapan artist Joséda fanánortiz decastro. It is a neoclassical building with a tower of 67 meters high. It adopts the shape of a bell and uses a white stone called Chiluca as its roof. The bell tower was built in the 18th century, when the cathedral had existed for 240 years. Ortizdecastro died unexpectedly in the later stages of construction.

Taxco is a town with 50,000 people in the outskirts of Mexico City. Its terrain is very rugged. The city center is a sea surrounded by Spanish-style red tiled houses. The streets are chaotic and narrow. This makes the streets picturesque, but at the same time it is very dangerous. The bluestone paved on most streets adds charm to the town.

When Yunluo checked into the Economic Hotel in Mexico City, he met a fellow countryman from China. He introduced the place Taxco. Yunluojue sounded like a good opportunity to get to know the country in depth, so he decided to come here with him.

Take a bus from the Southern Bus Terminal to taxco, that is, the last stop at the southern end of Metro Line 2. It is called tasque?a. After arriving at the station, follow the road sign to the lower left subway platform. After passing through a dense small shop, you will find that the Southern Bus Terminal is opposite. After entering, different car companies have different ticket counters, and there are buses to taxco. However, since Yunluo did not buy tickets in advance, he could only buy tickets at 12:30 noon when he arrived at 9:00. If his fellow villagers strongly wanted to go, so Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi bought two tickets. 116 pesos.

It took about 2 and a half hours to drive to Taxco. When I was about to arrive in the town, all the cars were blocked and I couldn't get in. Due to language barriers, I didn't know what was going on.

After a long time, I realized it was a strike. Maybe the workers inside felt that the treatment was not good, so they drove a broken car to block the road into and out of the town. Yunluo was very troubled by the democratic system for the first time.

The town is rich in silver jewelry and attracts tourists. Therefore, silver mining and tourism are the pillars of the local economy.

Because the traffic was blocked, his fellow villager was about to fly from Mexico City to the United States the next day. He was afraid that he would not be able to return to Mexico on time the next day, so he just arrived and asked to go back.

You can't buy tickets for return at the Southern Bus Terminal. When Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi arrived at Taxco town at 3:30, they could no longer buy tickets for the day. Although there were 5:00 and 7:00 shuttle buses. At this time, his companions became nervous because he returned to the United States the next afternoon. Although Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi bought the return tickets for 7:30 in the morning the next morning, he still insisted on going to the departure station to ask for a shuttle bus at 5:00 to take Yunluo and Nalan Shuqi away.

Originally, Yunluo could choose to stay because Yunluo had to leave Mexico after he had a genius. However, because the pesos were insufficient in cash - originally only 1,000 pesos, he borrowed 400 pesos by his fellow countrymen. He had US dollars, but he was reluctant to exchange because the exchange rate was not easy. Because the strategy said that Mexico was not safe, it was not recommended to carry a credit card with him, so Yunluo did not carry the credit card. He only had 600 pesos on his body, and Yunluo did not dare to stay alone for a night. He was afraid that he would not have enough money, so he had to rush back to the city with this fellow villager.

So, it took 5 hours on the road to this beautiful place. But Yunluo left in a hurry before he could play well. Although this day was a disappointment, Yunluo still summarized several useful experiences:

First of all, it is of course a good thing to walk with you after you go out, but don’t walk with you just to walk with you. It is very important to make a plan yourself first.

Second, don’t assume that everyone who comes out has experience and trusts the other party’s judgment. This fellow villager made two big mistakes. One is that he suggested going by himself instead of joining the group. Joining the group is just a few dozen RMB more expensive than going by himself. If he joining the group, there will be no situation where he cannot buy the morning tickets and the tickets he returns when he arrives. Moreover, in a place where the language is completely disconnected, it would be much more interesting to have an English tour guide on the group. Yunluo did not make sufficient plans in advance, and the peers made mistakes in judgment, and at the same time, he encountered unsuccessful situations such as local strikes, which ruined Yunluo’s itinerary for a day.

Third, you cannot travel with people who are too different from yourself when spending money, as it will greatly affect your travel mood. Because you stay in taxco for too short and there are too few photos, you can form a series with other characters you took:

An interesting old man, when he got on the subway, he started to play with his fellow villagers. This is also from the subway. Do you know what it is? The ticket price of the Mexican subway is fixed and cheap, so many small vendors came up. This one sells pirated discs, and they carry a CD on their own power supply and holds a CD to attract business. It is expensive enough. The pirated disc is about 15 yuan, which is more expensive than the genuine ones in China.

The mother and son in Sokalo Square are very interesting. They look much better than the red, blue and white in China.

The vendor found Yun Luo was taking a photo, sorry:) No matter how poor the Mexican hair is, the hair is bright and neat. Of course, this cool guy's hairstyle is a bit exaggerated, but it reflects that the Mexican cares about his hairstyle.

According to the travel notes, Yunluo decided to go and take a look. Similarly, the convenient subway can send Yunluo directly to the university. However, this inconspicuous small door called Yunluo was searched for a long time.

There are many free bus routes in the vast University of Mexico. The bus 1~5 seen above is the bus passing through the school gate of No. 5. The bus station is covered with small advertisements from classmates. It is very similar to the democratic wall of Peking University.

The campus is very beautiful and has good greenery. It can be seen that the students are very happy together. There are some stones scattered in the woods. The paintings full of Mexican prehistoric civilization on the University School of Art Building set off the school’s rich cultural and artistic atmosphere.

689-color x, obviously. Mexico is promoting a personalized license plate. No one thinks there is anything wrong with this. The Mexican Art Museum is located in the city center. The artwork at the door is hard to remind you of this country with multiple levels of history and culture. Yunluo bought a ticket and visited the huge oil painting exhibition in the art museum.

Here, you can see the history of Mexico that has been condensed for hundreds of years. The butcher's butcher's knife and the rebellious people - the Mexican people pin their hopes on the winged man in the middle - is he a man or an angel? People expect him to change everything.

Does the statue with a broken head represent a rebellion against the past, a revolution, or a struggle? This man lies weakly at his mother's feet. Does he symbolize Mexico, which was so weak that he was washed away by the colonists?

Does she want to fly? Why are she handcuffed by heavy subway chains? Is the gray corpse below her enemy or companion? Does the lewd but scoundrel smile mean that the Mexican natives were disappointed in the face of the invasion of Spanish colonists on the one hand and enjoy it on the other hand?

In front of the invaders armed by Quanfu, the indigenous people were burned to death... The entire exhibition presented a bloody, terrifying atmosphere, and at the same time, a confusion, humiliation and rogue atmosphere, which well showed Mexico's bumpy history. It further deepened Yunluo's understanding of the culture of this nation during the past few days of travel.

The street scenes of this series were taken one morning when Yun Luo was traveling around the city. Because there were no people in the morning, this street scene was very touching. The previous episode was more garbage.

In fact, if you look closely, Mexico, a relatively ancient city, is still very interesting. It seems that everyone is lazy and doesn't open the door every day. This brother didn't sleep here all night, right? There are some photo exhibitions on the street, mainly reflecting the harmony between the police and the people. In democratic countries, government departments have to advertise to improve their image.

After walking through the museum area of ​​Mexico, the statues and introductions of ancestors here are quite unique. After playing for a long time, the number of cars on the street began, and the Mexican day began again.

In order to understand the life of Mexico, not just its tourism and history, Clouds spent half a day walking into their free markets and saw some interesting things. For example, Mexico still retains street patrols riding horses.

Mexico is a water-scarce country. The price of bottled water is quite high. Drinks like fruit oranges can be sold for 5 to 12 yuan a small bottle, and the profits are probably also considerable. Therefore, hawkers always make the piles of water beautifully to attract buyers.

Even the pool is dry, it is indeed very lack of water. This guy’s uniform is different from the first two. It seems that the two in front are policemen, and this one looks like the urban management officer.

Although there are urban management, pirated discs can be sold on street stalls. The copycat culture here is also thriving. There is a small gathering center in the free market. People gather here, as if they have some demands. Obviously, they plan to support a certain politician.

At the intersection on the other side of the city, there is a Mexican Statue of Liberty. It is said that this is a sign of Mexico's overthrow of colonial rule and independence. The golden statue shines in the sun. It is a symbol of the Mexican people's freedom and democracy.

Below the statue of the goddess, a parade happened to set off in a vast storm. There were a large number of tricycles dressed in colorful balloons in the parade, which were very beautiful. Since I didn’t understand Spanish, Yunluo didn’t understand what their demands were.

It can be felt that people are not hoarse and shouting at the sky and earth because of the parade. Everyone is moving forward lively, and there is a bit of a joyful atmosphere. In fact, the parade is sometimes just a party.

From afar, Nalan Seqi saw a statue of the legend of the founding of Mexico: an Indian tribe came to a place in Central America,

They saw an eagle standing on the cactus with a snake in her arms, and the tribe settled here. Thousands of years later, today's Mexico came into being.
Chapter completed!