Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 538 Museums

Because of the eating and drinking of the previous guests, the restaurant is naturally a bit messy now. Fortunately, everyone has eaten almost the same in the first round, and each put the tableware next to the plate in front of them.

After seeing this scene, the waiters began to enter the arena to collect the messy things such as the plates left after everyone finished eating, and prepare for the next event.

Indian banquets have their own characteristics, especially this kind of banquet that is not very formal, which reflects a lot of traditional Indian customs. For example, this period of time is a performance session.

Soon, a group of performers came to the stage and started singing and dancing. These people performed a group dance, which looked very lively, noisy, and had a unique attraction.

It also has to be said that Indian dance is indeed very distinctive.The performers are actually Bollywood backup dancers. According to Huaxia, they are "playing tricks", but what is certain is that the dance skills of the performers are absolutely professional!
While watching the performance, Liang En and the others felt as if they were in a grand song and dance scene of an Indian musical.

So from a certain point of view, the large number of singing and dancing interspersed in Indian movies is not purely written by screenwriters, but a true portrayal based on real situations and slightly exaggerated.

Songs and dances came one after another, and many happy guests went up to show off their dance moves: there are not many Indians who can't dance, so it can be said that it is normal for everyone to sing and dance at this kind of informal banquet.

In the end, everyone enjoyed the reception until 12 o'clock. There were only two rounds of food and drink changes in the middle. After all, this kind of dance party with a long battle line and occasional singing and dancing really needs to eat more to not be hungry.

At ten o'clock the next morning, after eating the breakfast served in the guest room, they headed straight to the King Shivaji Museum, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum.

Because according to the previous plan, the next thing they have to do is to do a good job in the final handover of cultural relics, which can be regarded as completing the work entrusted to him by Golden Dawn.

"To be honest, you danced very well last night." Liang En said to Joan of Arc in French that the driver could not understand because Fan Meng went to escort the car carrying those cultural relics. "Have you ever learned this?"

"No, of course not." Jeanne shook her head and said. "It's just that there were very few entertainments in my day, so dancing like this is one of the very few entertainments we have."

Of course, there was a huge difference between French country dances and Indian dances at that time, but for Joan whose body had been repeatedly strengthened, it was not too difficult to learn temporarily by watching other people's movements.

After all, apart from the professional dances at the beginning, the ordinary Indian dances are not too difficult to learn, even Liang En has learned it after watching it a few times.

This road seems very smooth, probably because it is only driving in the rich area. If you change to other areas, there will be various small vendors on both sides of the road at this time.

For those who have traveled in India, those small vendors that stick like nougat can definitely be regarded as one of the worst memories of traveling in India.

What's worse is that not all of these small vendors who come to sell things intend to sell things, and many guys use these people to attract attention and then steal money from those victims.

But the area that Liang En and the others passed through was not like this. Compared with the chaotic situation in most areas, this place looked more like a high-end community in a certain city in Europe and America.

It might even look like an English city if it weren't for the palm-like tropical plants along the roadside and the hot sun overhead.

As the most important British colony at that time, India left too many traces of Britain on this land. Even the area where the museum is located is called Wellington Ring, a name full of British flavor.

This museum is also a century-old building, built between 1904 and 1914, named after the Prince of Wales who came to India in 1905 to lay the foundation stone for it.

The museum was officially opened in 1921, and it will be a full 100 years this year.In this sense, the building itself is a heritage as well as a part of Indian history.

Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the entire museum was designed by British architect George Witt, designer of the famous India Gate.The main structure is made of basalt stone to build a three-story dome, and the huge marble dome is particularly magnificent.

The museum has a rich collection, mainly containing precious cultural relics from different regions and historical periods in India. The museum is divided into three parts: fine arts, archeology and natural history, among which the paintings of the Mughal Empire are the most exquisite.

The cultural relics that Liang En and the others brought this time will be placed in the fine arts and archeology sections respectively. Of course, now these cultural relics will be put into the warehouse for classification, protection and screening.

Because all the cultural relics add up to more than 20 pieces, it took the two parties less than half an hour to sort and put them away smoothly, and then they started to stroll around under the guidance of the accompanying staff.

The Indian cultural relics in the museum are arranged according to the types of these things, such as the sculpture hall, and the Indian bronze and decorative arts hall.

If it comes from cultural relics from other countries, the cultural relics will be placed according to the location of those cultural relics, such as the East Asia Museum with Chinese and Japanese cultural relics, and the Himalayan Foothills Art Museum with Nepalese and Bhutanese cultural relics.

"I feel that the cultural relics on the Indian side look very joyful." Joan of Arc looked at these cultural relics and said, "But to be honest, it's hard for me to understand why they can still feel joy?"

"This is because the world Indians live in does not coincide with the world they think about. You can see it in their movies. Contrary to the tendency of certain aspects of Korean movies, Indian movies are more like making up fairy tales. .”

After thinking for a while, Liang En explained to Joan the content related to Indian customs. Of course, the example he gave was the part of India that people in other countries know best, that is, Indian movies.

Indian movies are called divine dramas in China, because there are too many exaggerated parts in them. It's not that Indians don't know that it's unreal, but what they like is the feeling of self-entertainment.

This may also be related to traditional culture and religious teachings. Simply put, the world is a dream, and life is a dream of practice. The real secular life is actually the biggest illusion and illusion in the eyes of Indians.

Therefore, for Indians, sometimes they can maintain a sunny attitude to enjoy life even if they have no clothes or food to eat. This is what is special about this nation.

But from the other side, it can also explain how terrible the caste system and class solidification of Indians have reached, so that no matter how hard they try, they can't see the future, so they can only seek relief from illusion.

And these things are also reflected in the cultural relics, which made Liang En and the others feel a lot of emotion after reading it.

(End of this chapter)