The French Mo Nai Garden: forget the time Lily still blooms

Are you thereParisSouthwest Tuileries garden angle, is the Orangerie Museum, there is the treasure of Impressionist master Mo NaI (Claude Monet, 1840-1926) of the "lily" series, they are displayed in a very concise oval hall. Surrounded by works, lacking beginning and end. The sunlight after two filter glass roof and white gauze, softly spread to every corner of the hall. This is a bright and no shadow space, I sat in the centre of the hall, bench, quietly appreciate with water lilies from morning to drop subtle changes between sunlight and shadow, heart just sink, sink, sink to the bottom of the pond has been.

Mo Nai garden brilliant purples and reds, Zhengyan Doo-Yan, elegant lily is always the main

The town Giverny: French garden.

The village is so beautiful, I can not help but to write to you, to check it out at the beautiful garden.

-- Mo Nai wrote to his friend Gifru's letter

To better understand the artist, we decided to go to is located 76 kilometers northwest of Paris town Giverny (Giverny). Middle-aged, losing his wife Mo Nai sick of Paris wine social life, he moved to Giverny in 1883, until his death. He has built up in Giverny Mo Nai garden, and the garden water lily is modeled to create "lily" series. Whether it is "lily", or garden, but now has become Mo Nai legacy gift.

To Giverny, first of all to the Paris 40 minutes by train to the vernal (Vernon). Are you thereFranceThe train, it is a battle of wits, but is more narrowly, to near is no exception. Ask the station staff platform where, due to the French "I" and "E" sound in English, we had to go wrong. In order to prevent the error, we later every time on the train, the other passengers are not confident to ask: "is to go to Amsterdam?" "Went to Avignon?" "Go to Marseille?" "Back to Paris?" "No, go to lyon." A final, we still planted......

That was, as tourists dressed crowd, will soon be able to see the train station two parked the bus -- pick up "pilgrims" to Mo Nai garden. "A large number of pilgrims."JapanThe girl, they in groups of three and four, fashion beautiful, but also gentle and polite, soft-spoken. Thought of Mo Nai by Japanese Ukiyo-e style influence, even the garden Hongqiao to Japanese wooden bridge is modeled, it is no wonder that Japanese so love him. SaidThe United States of AmericaPeople also like Mo Nai garden, was still in Florida after a.

We see the Giverny town is full of idyllic, shabby chic house, quiet and narrow streets, estimation and Mo Nai 1883 saw no two. Givini is located in the intersection of apt River and Seine River, the river formed a seemingly barren but full of vitality of the swamp near the village. Swamp area of wetland covered with irises, lilies and other aquatic plants, dry land is opening times of poppies, next to the river bank is the rows of poplars. Is this the swamp, bring Mo Nai inspiration.

France is the first in the worldTravelingCountry, where to line up for tickets, in Versailles for two hours, I already be accustomed to that when visiting the expo. Unexpectedly, not a popular Mo Nai garden also have to queue up, this is not the lotus blooming season. In front of us is an elderly couple, maybe is the line too stuffy, back to chat with us.

"Japanese?"

"No, Chinese."

When they know we are like Mo Nai, the old man nodded: "Very nice."

This remained the Anglo-Saxon old-fashioned style of British couples. After meeting a few times in the garden, all with a smile. I said to his girlfriend: "youngBritainPeople have this style."