Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 919 The Golden Palace
It takes eight hours to fly from Paris to Seattle by plane, but because of the time difference, it was only 10 noon when they arrived at Tacoma International Airport after taking off at 20:12.

"I think we need to rest for a few hours first." After walking out of the airport, Joan opened her umbrella and looked at the drizzle that kept falling. "The legs of people who sit on the plane for eight hours are numb."

"You're right, this kind of long-term travel is really terrible." Liang En said with a nod of approval. "I just can't figure out how anyone can still hang out after a long trip."

Seattle was founded on December 1869, 12 and was named after the Chief Seattle (now gone, of course).It is located on the Pacific coast of Northwest Washington State, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington.

The city faces the Olympic Mountains in the west and Lake Washington in the east. The city is about 174 kilometers from the border between Canada and the United States.The total area is 369.2 square kilometers.

Under the jurisdiction of Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Bellevue, Auburn five areas.The city has extensive rivers, forests and lakes, and has a temperate maritime climate, so it tends to have more rain this season.

Many Chinese people, including Liang En in his previous life, got to know this city through the movie "The Capital Meets Seattle", but they were actually deceived because the scenes in Seattle in the movie were all filmed in Vancouver, Canada.

On the way to the hotel, a towering building that looks like a flying saucer flying in the sky has been standing in sight.

This building is one of Seattle's landmark buildings, the Space Needle. It was built in 1961 for the World Expo held in 1962. It is of the same nature as the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palace in Paris, France.

The Space Needle is 184 meters high, and the top floor is 158 meters above the ground. It was one of the tallest buildings in the western United States when it was completed.The observation deck and revolving restaurant at 520 feet above the ground provide a 360-degree panoramic view of Seattle.

According to Liang En's plan, after a short break in the afternoon, they went directly to enjoy a dinner in the evening, and took this opportunity to enjoy the night view of the city.

The reason for choosing the night scene is because of the famous movie "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in 1993. The night scene in that movie naturally gave Liang En a good impression.

Liang En and the others stayed at the State Hotel in downtown Seattle, which is located in the core area of ​​the city. The overall facilities include a restaurant with a 24-hour front desk, room service and free WiFi.

Considering the labor costs in the United States, these hotel services that are more common in China are not common in the United States.The hotels that can do this are relatively high-grade hotels.

What's more, this hotel is a 6-minute walk from Pike Place Market and 1.7 kilometers from the Space Needle.Local landmarks like Seattle Center and Seattle Giant Wheel are 2.1 km and a 14-minute walk from the property, respectively.

But Liang En and the others didn't come here for travel after all, so after they went to the Space Needle Tower for dinner and enjoyed the night view of the city that afternoon, they started working the next day.

"Is this the Buddha statue?" When he came to a parking lot not far away, a van with a closed rear was waiting there.And the Buddha statue was placed behind the car like this.

"Yes, we just bought it this morning." The middle-aged man who was the driver nodded and said.

"We asked the antique store owner about the origin of this item again, and he assured us that it was absolutely legal, and the person who sold it did not know what it was."

"Well, it's normal. It's very difficult for a group of amateurs to know about antiques from countries across the Pacific Ocean, let alone this item is relatively unpopular." Liang En looked at the bronze statue carefully and said .

"For example, the price they sold the statue was actually prepared according to the normal high-quality Buddha statues, but I think this statue belongs to one of the royally elaborate Buddha statues at that time."

"So under normal circumstances, the price of this Buddha statue should be more than three times the current price. The other party sold it at the current price. It can only be said that as antique dealers, their understanding of this aspect is still somewhat insufficient."

"The Buddha statue made by the royal family sounds very precious, but your goal should not be limited to this." After looking at the Buddha statue for a while, Joan of Arc approached his ear and asked in a low voice.

"This thing may be very important to other people, but it is definitely not so important to you. At least in your current situation, a Buddha statue alone is not enough to make you come to the United States."

In Joan's view, these things should at least be broadcast in the mainstream media after they are announced, otherwise it is not worth Liang En's dispatch for it.

"You are right, but I have to look at the specific situation before I can make a decision." Liang En said while examining the Buddha statue in front of him.

"At least in terms of shape, it can be confirmed that this is a Han Buddhist Buddha statue cast by the imperial family during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but whether this thing is what I'm looking for needs further inspection."

Liang Liangen studied the Buddha statue while talking, and soon he found the four characters engraved there on the lotus seat on the side of the Buddha statue: "Hai Zang Holding Wheel".

This is a Buddhist word, which means that the Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist classics are as broad and profound as the sea, which can always hold all the Buddhist teachings, and spread like a wheel in all worlds, heavens and human worlds without hindrance, without staying in one place or one person.

"It should be right, at least the direction of our search is right." Liang En was relieved after seeing clearly what this line of text was, because the appearance of this Buddha statue proved that one of the two legends was real.

The target he was looking for this time was Zongjing Pavilion, which was originally a Buddhist building in a palace standing on a long and narrow land on the west bank of Wulie River in Rehe.

Under normal circumstances, the buildings of the rich in ancient Chinese architecture are mainly brick and wood structures, while the buildings of the poor are made of mud and grass, and they are not very inclined to use stone buildings commonly used by Europeans.

Of course, this is not because of technical problems. After all, it can be seen from a series of brick buildings that the Chinese people have no technical problems at all.

It's just that according to the tradition of the Chinese people, it is best for people to live in wooden houses, so that they can be full of vitality. Therefore, in the history of China, only a large number of stones were used when building facilities such as tombs and bridges.

But in addition to these, Huaxia also has a raw material for building such buildings, that is, various metals, but considering the price and durability, copper is often used as a building material.

Of course, this kind of copper building is not affordable for ordinary people, but for thousands of years, imperial power, aristocrats, temples and Taoist temples have left a lot of copper buildings all over the country.

For example, the Golden Palace by the Dianchi Lake, the Baoyun Pavilion in the Summer Palace, the Copper Palace in Wutai Mountain, the Golden Palace in Wudang Mountain, and the Golden Palace in Emei Mountain are a series of buildings called the Golden Palace.

Each of these buildings can leave a deep impression on people, and even become a landmark of a region, and Liang En's goal is one of them.

(End of this chapter)