Notre Dame De Paris Is A Long Way To Life.

"Clang - clang - clank" - 8 o'clock in the evening of April 15th, the Emanuel clock in the South Tower of the Notre Dame de Paris was struck by the fire 1st anniversary. This is the only commemorative event held in Notre Dame de Paris that day. The bronze bell, cast in 1683, was used only in major religious ceremonies and a few other activities. The last time it was in September 2019, to commemorate the death of former French President Chirac. At present, due to the epidemic, the restoration of Notre Dame is stagnant. The total restoration project is expected to be delayed several months before the original plan. The bell also represents a tribute to the medical staff who are fighting the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia.

The fire in Notre Dame de Paris affects every Frenchman's heart. Fortunately, the accident did not cause casualties. The main structure of the church and a large number of valuable cultural relics were also rescued in time and preserved properly. According to the plan, the whole restoration project is mainly implemented in three steps of cleaning, strengthening and repairing. However, in fact, due to the great differences between the French people on the way to repair Notre Dame de Paris and the difficulty of the project itself, there has been no obvious progress in the restoration work.

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Listening to the bell again, Brice de Malherbe, a Notre Dame de Paris priest, sighed at NPR: "my heart is full of hope. A year ago, the flames were no longer, although the church was damaged, but now it looks so quiet. " When the time went back to April 15, 2019, the fire broke out in Notre Dame de Paris on the day of repair works. The 93 metre landmark steeple burned to collapse. Most of the wooden beams and structures between the roof and the vault of the forest were burned up, and there were scattered ashes on the square outside the church.

After the fire, French President Ma long long issued a statement that it will take five years to complete the basic restoration work of the church and will reopen the Notre Dame de Paris in 2024 when the summer Olympic Games are held in Paris. In addition, Macon suggested that "Notre Dame" should be "creatively rebuilt" to make it "more beautiful than ever" with more modern design. French Prime Minister Edward Philip also approved an international architect competition for the design of the New Gothic spire collapsed by the Notre Dame. However, this action has aroused fierce opposition from many people. Polls show that 54% of the people hope that the cathedral will be restored to its original state, while only 25% support modern repair. Another 1169 architects, curators and professors wrote an open letter to Ma Kelong, suggesting that he should carefully consider the reconstruction plan. Finally, the two houses of the French parliament passed the bill, demanding that Notre Dame de Paris should restore the original situation as accurately as possible and recreate its former glory.

The five year repair time of mark long has also been questioned because of its shortness. Fr d d ric L toff, a monument restoration expert, said at a press conference that the entire restoration of the church would take at least 10 to 15 years. General Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, the former chief of the army, who is responsible for the overall restoration project, also admitted that 2024 was only an ideal goal. He pointed out that this date is a deadline for undertaking the re opening of Notre Dame de Paris to the public for religious worship, rather than the deadline for completing the comprehensive renovation project.

The "rebirth" road

Data show that since the end of April 2019, the historical monuments research laboratory and the French Museum repair research center have begun to clean up. However, before the fire, the scaffolding of the scaffolding was built up by the repair workers of the church. Therefore, only when scaffolding is removed to ensure that the falling debris will not further damage the vulnerable main building and workers, the restoration works can start formally. This process is expected to take nearly four months. In addition, for safety reasons, experts first sent crawler robots into the field to remove a lot of debris from the fire scene, and then sent workers to classify the remaining wood and stones in the church according to their material and location.

But the twists and turns were that the project was suddenly halted until the end of July. As the top of the church was made of 300 tons of lead, the burned lead melted and scattered into the churches and surrounding areas. Therefore, although the clean-up work has been very cautious, it is found that the contaminated lead and toxic dust is serious, and the construction is suspended for one month. Then the engineering team had to take more stringent safety measures. For example, all the people entering the site need to wear protective clothing. People need to wash the whole body before leaving the site. The workers exposed to the most polluted areas of lead pollution need to rest for half an hour for every two hours of work. By October last year, the main body of the church had been cleaned up and reinforced, and the stained glass windows were all removed.

By the beginning of this year, there were serious outbreaks in Paris, like other cities in the world, including the large Paris area, including the downtown area of Paris, which is the most serious area in France. Before the national blockade began in March 17th, about 100 workers were present at the construction site every day. Today, only one security team is in charge of guarding the entry, and the relevant officials are inspected once a week to ensure that everything is safe. In April 20th, because of the fact that the global epidemic still did not improve, he extended the French national blockade to May 11th.

In terms of maintenance funds, despite the commitment of the international community to 922 million euros (over US $1 billion) after the fire, much of the money has not yet been realized. In February this year, when he visited a hospital in Paris to visit the epidemic situation, Dr. Fran OIS Salachas, a neurologist, told the president that the hospital had insufficient funds to deal with the epidemic. He said: "in those days, millions of people were touched by fire and offered to donate money to repair the Notre Dame. Now we must use our money to save our public hospitals. The hospital is facing the "burning eyebrows" epidemic spread speed, just like the Notre Dame de Paris in the fire. Considering the health care system which is also in urgent need of financial support, plus the overall downward trend of the current global economic environment, whether the funds to repair the Notre Dame can still be guaranteed in time, Maejing Naomiaro.

Disappointment and hope

At the end of June last year, the Paris procuratorate had formally placed a case to investigate the cause of the fire. However, because experts failed to enter the investigation of the core area of the fire, they still could not announce the exact cause of the fire, causing some people's dissatisfaction. Investigators speculate that there are three possible suspects: first, the cigarette butts abandoned by the repair workers are not completely extinguished; two, the short circuit of the electronic system of the bell tower struck a fire; the three is due to the poor operation of the elevator that repairs the roof scaffold. Paris prosecutor R e my Heitz said: "no new evidence has been found so far to prove criminal liability." In addition, according to "today's France", many of Notre Dame de Paris's special guides are already in their 60 years of age. If the waiting time is extended indefinitely, some of the tour guides may retire or leave, and their professional guide knowledge will be lost forever.

However, the sun always rises on the horizon, and there is hope after disappointment. On November 7, 2019, the State Administration of cultural relics of China announced that the two sides signed a cooperation document in Beijing to reach agreement on the cooperation in the restoration of Notre Dame de Paris fire and the protection of Terracotta Army. In April 16th, Germany announced that it would assist the Notre Dame to repair stained glass windows and provide financial and expert assistance. Although the $1 billion of the $two hundred million donated by the church restoration fund has only been cashed at $two hundred million, most donations are legally binding. I believe that with time, other funds will not be in place. In the next few years, if everything goes well, it will be just around the corner to reopen Notre Dame de Paris.

Although it is still impossible to visit the Notre Dame church, the connection between Notre Dame and people has never been cut off. Religious services were resettled in other nearby churches, and the Notre Dame decorated the bilingual exhibition with photographs of the two sides of the fence, showing visitors the degree of post disaster burn up and the progress of restoration works. For now, more people say they are happy to see that the cathedral is still standing tall. "Without a visit to Notre Dame de Paris, tourists will find charming shops and restaurants everywhere," says Jane Bertch, who is doing business at the Senna river near the church. "In the final analysis, we are all part of a living history. Tourists now have the opportunity to see the exciting new chapter we are making together in Notre Dame de Paris.