The boy nodded. He knows what this place is: the birthplace of their country. He knew that this bronze statue belonged to William Tell, and he started the activities of centurion series with a crossbow, turning the isolated settlements of some poor and backward medieval climbers into prosperous modern Switzerland. He has heard stories told by William at the bedside and in the classroom. He has seen it on TV and ic books, and also performed in country fairs and school theaters. He knows that here, hundreds of years ago, A.D. 1307, according to the inscription on the statue, a local farmer and famous hunter Tyre and his son strode through the market square in Ortoff, the only town of different sizes in Uri. Many years ago, in the center of the town square, there was a
Geissler, the agent of the Austrian Duke of Habsburg, hung Habsburg's hat on a pole and blew a horn, announcing that all passers-by must take off their hats in front of them. But William Tell put Yuri's hat on his head. He was quickly dragged to geissler. Geissler ordered an apple to be placed on Thiel's son's head, and told the farmer that if he could not hit the apple with an arrow within 120, he and the boy would be put to death.
Thiel paced in the distance, took aim with a crossbow, shot an arrow, and the apple fell. "Your life is safe now," geissler said to him, "but please tell me, why did I see you insert a second arrow in your jacket?
"If my first arrow kills my son," Thiel replied, "I will shoot the second arrow at you, and I won't miss it."
Geissler angrily ordered Thiel to be tied up, taken to the lake and thrown into a ship, which would take him to the dungeon of the harsh Quinak Castle. There, he declared, "You will never see the sun and the moon again."
Today, what happened in Altdorf Square is the first stop of the pilgrimage of contemporary Swiss fathers and sons, not to mention thousands of tourists from different countries. They went to the small church where the Thiel family was located in Berglin village, and then went to the place where geissler and his prisoners set off on the dangerous Lake Lucerne. Next, a few miles to the east, the tourists came to a place on the shore of Hunan, and a steep path went down to a flat rock by the lake. This is the famous Tellsplatte Tell's ledge. It was here that Thiel broke free when the wind came. He is the only person on board who has the power to ensure the safety of the ship. He approached the rock, jumped ashore, kicked hard and kicked geissler and his crew back into the waves.
Counting these people who somehow got to the shore, Thiel walked 20 miles, through the dark forest, over the mountain pass, and came to Horegas (a narrow mountain pass), a concave road leading to Kusner Hutt. He hid behind a tree, waited for geissler, and shot him with his famous second arrow. Finally, the modern pilgrims returned to the lake and came to the shore opposite Tyre Cliff. Here, after killing geissler, Thiel met three other people from neighboring states in a forest meadow (today called Rutley), who were wronged by the judicial police or other employees in Habsburg. The four men swore an oath, and the Swiss boys knew it clearly: "Help each other, persuade each other, help each other, help each other, help each other, help each other, help each other, help each other, help each other. Therefore, people ordered a bonfire to be lit at the top of the mountain, marking the beginning of the war, the liberation of the nation and the destruction of geissler Castle built by the Austrian people in awe of the local people.
Searle's story is cherished by the Swiss, and it is the most important testimony of their sense of origin. Every export commodity that passes through the Swiss border is printed with the image of Selcrossbow, which proves that it is really made in Switzerland. The popular celebration of this story is still going on: for example, this summer, a special festival in Altdorf and its surrounding areas marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of the German playwright Friedrich von Schiller's William Tell, which was a box office blockbuster (directed by Schiller's friend johann wolfgang von goethe, released in March 1804 and released on the opening night) and spread Tell's inspirational story all over the world.
There is only one small problem: many historians doubt whether Thiel photographed these two famous arrows in 1307. Many people think that there is no such thing as William Tell.
On the one hand, his story was not completely recorded until 1569- 1970. About 250 years after this incident, the historian Guidice Trudy got the date wrong. 1758, nearly two centuries after Chadi's death, people found a forgotten original Lutely oath, which was made by representatives of three forest countries, none of whom was named Thiel. Its date is "12965438+early August 0", so the whole episode has to be moved back to 16 years ago (only Wu Li is still stubbornly loyal to the old days of 1307). Swiss Independence Day was formally established in 189 1 and is now celebrated with bonfires in August 1.
Also in the middle of18th century, a Berne scholar named gottlieb de Haller read a story in Ancient Danish History, which involved King harald Bluetooth who ruled Denmark from 936 to 987 and a Viking chief named Toko. One drunken night, Dong Zi boasted that he could do anything with a bow and arrow. He can even shoot apples with a spear at the other end of the hall. "Very well," said the king. "I put an apple on your son's head now, and you shoot it down." No one quarreled with the king, so Toko picked up his weapon and told the boy to look the other way and shoot down the apple. When the king asked him why he still had two arrows on his back, Tok replied, "I want to kill you, Your Majesty. Did I kill my son? "
Bluetooth took this answer as a normal answer of pirates and completely forgot it. But Toko is not a person who can be forgotten or forgiven. He finally joined the ranks of the young Crown Prince Swing Fokbeard and betrayed his father. In the battle, he happened to find Bluetooth behind the bush and an arrow hit his heart.
De Haller's subsequent publication of William Tell: The Fable of Denmark caused anger in Switzerland. There was once a court case in which a book was publicly burned in Oldoff Square, once ruled by a tyrant's hat. If the author hadn't made a despicable apology, saying that this was just a literary exercise and shouldn't be taken seriously, he might have been ignited himself.
But now the door is open to skeptics, and other scholars flock to it. They found that there was no uprising in Forest State after Ratley took the oath, and the castle was looted before or after 129 1. In fact, there is no document to prove that a man named William Tell ever existed, let alone shoot an apple from anyone's head. They concluded that Thiel was a fictional character, based on chaotic memories or ancient legends. The latest prehistory of Switzerland-1000 pages, published in French, Italian and German in 1988, only takes 20 lines to illustrate the problem. Even so, a bronze statue of a heroic story adds luster to the cover of this book. )
Jean Franois Bakir, a former history professor at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the author of william tell, which many people think is the best story, admits that Apple's story probably came from Scandinavia. But he insisted that something very important did happen on Mount Uri, Mount Schweitz and Mount unt. Erbal Deng (the latter is now divided into Oval Deng and Nywad Deng) was about1at the beginning of the 4th century. There, obviously different from the past, a principle was established that a nation can resist a big country and form an autonomous entity. 129 1 (or 1307) The Swiss Confederation, which was established in Luteli or Luteli, is still going strong after 700 years.
There is no doubt that our history has taken a turning point in those unknown canyons, although how to do this is still a question of speculation and debate. The ancestors of these forest residents, including Celtic, Teutonic, Hervetian and Burgundy, have searched for more fertile land to cultivate or plunder in the east or west on the plateau north of the Alps in the distant centuries, or hoped to escape legal sanctions. They walked along the narrow Alps valley until they met a steep rock wall.
They live a beautiful lonely life. They were forced to cooperate with each other and elect officials at the landlord meeting. Just like in mountain communities everywhere, they are bound by the loyalty of Mongols to their long-term settlement, and they show the United front to foreigners on the other side of the mountain.
Although the trend of climate warming began to change around 1000. As the snow line recedes, there are more pastures and more cows for sale. Mountain people began to look for a broader market and found it in the Italian Alps. The San Gothard Pass in the south is easy to pass, but an impassable canyon blocks access from the north. Sometime in the middle of13rd century, someone may be a Uri. He learned to build a strong house on an impossibly steep hillside. He built a bridge over the canyon and changed the economic map of Europe. Saint Gothard now offers the most convenient route between Northern Europe and Italy. All people who take this route must walk through Wuli for three days and pay for food, shelter and mules for Guangzhou people.
But even if Wuli is becoming more and more prosperous, it is also torn by civil strife. In desperation, the city appealed to Rudolph von Habsburg (1257), a neighboring aristocratic count, to settle the dispute between the warring tribes. Count Rudolph came with a dazzling entourage and happily agreed. He solved the problem between two disputed tribes and began to interfere in everyone's affairs. As his men were armed with Habsburg weapons and supported by soldiers, they soon felt that they owned the place. People resisted, first sullenly, and then violently.
Today, more than 20 years after the oath of Lutry, the Habsburg people have painstakingly sent a real army to make the arrogant peasants change their minds. Sixty years later, they sent a second army. Every time, they were menacing, and every time, they devoted themselves to unfavorable terrain, where their knights in gorgeous armor were cut down by cold and fierce climbers who threw huge stones and waved spears, tomahawks and crossbows.
Enough to shock the world: a handful of hicks are crushing a big country in Europe. As time goes by, more and more states, including those around prosperous cities such as Zurich, Bern and Basel, have joined this confederation (the name comes from a small Swiss state). No wonder the Swiss are proud of their achievements, and they are eager to listen to songs and stories about the heroic deeds of their ancestors' first freedom.
First, they heard the story of a man named Thiel, who was also called Tal or Searle or Trent, and then William, who bravely wore a hat in Oldoff Square. Bakeer speculated that the story might turn into this: A group of Danish pilgrims might be on their way to Rome one night, in an inn, listening to old stories like Bluetooth and Tokyo. Yuri may have drunk.