2010/11/17

Walking in York Minster Cathedral--United Kingdom's largest medieval church _ learned as the primary

When I walk in the ancient city of York, northeastern United Kingdom Street, going to obvious note, this is not a big city with a particularly large number of churches, count almost 20. One of the most famous is the Munster Cathedral (Minster), its majestic appearance came in over the city, far away look like heaven, whether in urban areas where can catch a glimpse of its magnificent sight. York City gate of ancient Munster Cathedral appearance of York Minster Cathedral, also known as St. Peter's Cathedral, is the largest United Kingdom, and also the European Alps in the North of the largest and oldest Gothic Cathedral, built in 1220, 1470 years before completion. Munster Cathedral was one of the Abbot of homestead. That was when Puritan revolution, the King Charles I fled to London, where many churches as military site was army requisition. During the war, the Munster Cathedral was the leader of the United Kingdom the Puritan revolution led by the parliamentary faction Cromwell military siege. After death, many guards the Church of the King sent soldiers died here. United Kingdom is the national Protestant dominant. As early as the 16th century, the United Kingdom is not of Christian, and the Vatican is part of the subsidiaries in the United Kingdom Christian church leadership. King Henry VIII in 1534 and Catholic break, promulgated the law establishes the Supreme United Kingdom State religion, also known as the "Church", declared United Kingdom King is head of the Church of England United Kingdom. Later, after changes even before the war of the catastrophe, establishes the Anglican Archbishop of two, namely the Archbishop of York and the Archbishop of Canterbury. North England 14 Diocese of appointments and the ceremony presided over by the Archbishop of York. Its Cathedral is Munster Cathedral. This is visible in this Cathedral extraordinary status. Munster Cathedral is the United Kingdom's largest church in the middle ages, about 160 m, width 76 meters, the architectural plan almost equivalent to the size of two football fields. It's the west facade has two Crown-like twin towers, the Center also has a seat height of 65 meters square Tower. If the visit its grand scale, deep enough to cause high exclusion, monks on God's admiration. This Cathedral is a Gothic building, with extensive use of tip for volume, flying buttress and slender flower window. In the United Kingdom, Gothic fashion style for hundreds of years, has also had the early English, accessory and vertical three changes. Munster Cathedral building period lasted 250 years, reflects Gothic three style changes, is the study of the history of the United Kingdom building a rare good example. It is the structure of wing Gallery heavy early English, Middle Temple is a finely crafted ornamental type, last built Sanctuary (altar and choir is located) is the Church of the most high exclusion within the space of the vertical. These three style combined with seamless, harmony perfect form a magnificent building of the whole. Munster the Church has a maximum of colored glass station outside the Church, I had to head to high Yang, because only then will I be able to see the appearance of the whole building; the Church of Grand light inside large windowpanes RCS, record a story and myth, it's gorgeous mosaic of coloured glass accounted for the whole of England existing medieval stained glass varieties and quantity of 1/3; for believers worship of neat candlesticks, surrounded by walls everywhere religious statues, and even curved Arch of the zenith of the wall, the embodiment and exquisite religious characteristics. However, the most fascinating thing is the solemn Church and the prayer held there. In base.more Cathedral, believers dressed in medieval Gladiator-with awesome stirring Ode to the Virgin, unparalleled devotion on throat singing. At this very moment, people's mood as the spectre of God together to distant celestial rise. In the Cathedral, the church organization has specialized in the chorus of "hymn" medieval music. Dressed in medieval Christians Saint charging people, singing hymns, revolted, its acoustic huichangdangqi, exciting. According to the record, Munster Cathedral is kept intact to the present day, the Church Foundation of sewers. In 1984, the Munster Cathedral was struck by lightning while unfortunate, because the Church fire not equipped with fire fighting water supply system, water has become a pressing need. At this point, people accidentally found in the Church and the surrounding ground hidden more medieval dig's sewers. It is these Rome left intact in the sewers, to preserve the unique in Munster Cathedral. So some joke, York City ancestor spirits in days, early on for future generations of disaster preparedness of the rescue party.

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