In addition to the Paris Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States and the Embankment in the UK are also on his must-see lists.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the world's most famous museums. It is located at 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York.
Covering an area of 130,000 square meters, the museum houses a collection of more than 3 million exhibits from around the world.
At the same time, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States is also known as one of the world's five largest museums, along with the Forbidden City Museum in Beijing, the Grand Parrot Museum in London, the Eiffel Tower in Berlin, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, United States.
However, ironically, among these five museums, only the Forbidden City Museum in Longxia Kingdom collects only historical relics of its own country, while the collections of the other four museums include items from other countries.
From this we can see what the other four countries have done in the past few decades or even hundreds of years. Some people in these countries even had the nerve to say in interviews that they were helping other countries preserve precious historical relics.
Xu Jianguo naturally scoffed at this. A robber is a robber. No matter when or where, they cannot change the filth and dirtiness in their bones.
Soon, the car stopped at the roadside parking lot outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Xu Jianguo led everyone out of the car and looked at the white building in front of them.
It has to be admitted that as one of the five largest museums in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Art does give a good first impression.
The neo-Gothic architectural style it adopts can indeed create a sense of classicism, solemnity and grandeur.
But in Xu Jianguo's view, this is just a fig leaf to cover up its ugly face.
Except for Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian, the children naturally had no idea about what was happening here. Although they knew that their motherland had suffered from burning, killing and looting by Western powers, those were just cold words in books.
This is also the reason why Xu Jianguo insisted on taking them to the museum. He wanted his children to experience firsthand the humiliation of seeing their own country's cultural relics in foreign museums.
In fact, as a father and brother, Xu Jianguo certainly does not want to amplify the hatred in his children's hearts, but whether it is the United States or Japan, for the Longxia Kingdom, they are all national hatred, family hatred, and even blood feuds. It is not that they do not exist if he does not mention them.
Therefore, it is better to start cultivating children's sense of honor and shame as early as possible. At least, let them know that their current life is really hard-earned.
The grand gate and magnificent architecture made the children gasp in awe.
"Dad, this museum is so big!" Wenwen said.
"This is one of the five largest museums in the world. It contains many precious cultural relics and artworks, including cultural relics from our country," said Xu Jianguo.
"Brother, are there really cultural relics from our country here?" Funiu asked.
Xu Jianguo nodded without saying anything.
"It turns out that everything in the textbooks is true!" Erya exclaimed.
It was at this moment that the expressions on Daya, Erya, Funiu and Wenwen's faces changed. The excitement they had before disappeared, replaced by a serious look.
Only the younger Lele and Xu Ping'an didn't react, but when the little girl saw the serious expressions of her brother and three aunts, she seemed to realize something and immediately tensed her face.
Xu Shiqi had already obtained the museum tickets in advance, so Xu Jianguo and his friends did not waste any more time. They walked up the stairs and entered the museum gate.
They first visited the ancient Egyptian art gallery and saw huge stone statues and exquisite murals.
Then, everyone went to the European Art Gallery and saw Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Monet's "Water Lilies".
Just when Xu Jianguo was about to lead his family to the next museum, he suddenly found that his eldest son was standing there steadily, his eyes fixed on the painting called "Starry Sky".
"Son, what's wrong?" Xu Jianguo walked over and asked.
"Dad, I'm fine. I just think this painting is beautiful." Wenwen said.
"Van Gogh is a world-class master of painting, and his works represent the highest level of painting. Not only him, but all the painters who can exhibit their paintings here are extraordinary people," Xu Jianguo replied.
He nodded steadily, and without any lingering affection for the paintings on the wall, he turned around and followed Xu Jianguo out of the art gallery and headed to the next stop, Longxia Gallery.
Just as Xu Jianguo had thought before, when the children entered Longxia Pavilion, they immediately became quiet and the smiles on their faces disappeared.
Tang Dynasty mirrors, bronze doe chariot yoke ornaments, bronze sheep statues, gilded belt hooks, dry lacquer and hemp seated Buddha statues, Yixian tri-colored arhats, Northern Song Dynasty painted wood carvings of Manjusri Bodhisattva, Ming Dynasty painted wood carvings of Sudhana, Jin Dynasty painted wood carvings of Bodhisattvas, Han Dynasty Liubo pottery figurines...
The collections in the Longxia Pavilion cover precious cultural relics from dozens of dynasties from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Any one of them would be a national treasure.
When Xu Jianguo and his family visited the collections in the Longxia Museum, there was no communication. When they walked out of the museum and came to the garden, everyone couldn't help but let out a breath of air.
Everyone found a nearby bench and sat down. Xu Jianguo looked at the children's depressed expressions, nodded, and thought that his biggest wish of coming to Magnesium this time had been fulfilled.
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