Harry Potter at Durham Cathedral

Durham University’s prestige and reputation intrigue my interest to explore this city. 

I know how to use google map to get to a new place, while I prefer interacting with locals. And interestingly, when I asked about the direction to Durham university from the train station or the main street, people reply to me with another question: WHICH COLLEGE DO YOU WANT TO GO?

Then after their explanation, I realize that Durham University has many colleges which ‘separated in different places’. As one local said, ‘It is like Oxford University’. Then an elder man suggested me to go to the ‘CASTLE’ college and muse see Durham Cathedral. The way to the city centre is going up and down as if you walk on a small hill.

To the castle one, I mean the college, I walked through the city centre. There were not so many student-like people walking around the street, I do wonder whether it is the right way to there.

After just a few minutes after walking from the train station, a beautiful square with well-designed blooming flowers unfold into my eyes.

insider the market hall

 

3D Floral Display: BISHOPS MITRE

City of Durham is the name of the civil parish and the county town of County Durham in North East England. 

It was a bit cloudy, alongside the bridge, I have seen a magnificent castle standing in the sky, reminding me of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

This reminds me The Two Towers which represents Sauron's evil. 

This iconic building: Durham Castle is Durham university’s property since 1840 and is home to over 100 students.

Yes, when I stepped into the backyard garden where has accommodations for students, which means 'students ‘live in the castle’!🏰

Norman cathedral became a centre of pilgrimage in medieval England.

More surprisingly, the museum guide told me that ‘Durham Cathedral’s ancient cloisters was as a film location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter!’.

So after exploring Castle, I headed for Cathedral to experience such a connection. 

Seats for senior staffs/students 

I started to feel what is so-called prestige in terms of its historical buildings and nostalgic atmosphere. As Durham World Heritage Site comprises Durham Cathedral and Castle and the buildings between them, which are one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe. And I also found that 'palatinate purple' as a noble image is a colour that represents Durham University. 

Harry Potter's classrooms

Inside the Cathedral, the guide told me Durham students have to wear formal gowns at their levels to attend dinner twice a week in this dining hall.

During the meal time, all the doors are closed and students cannot allow to go to toilets. Being part of educational training, I think this is a good way to learn self-discipline and courtesy. 

Gowns are offered on site for you to experience Harry Potter's plots

Should we conclude that studying is a kind of belief, and within this process students are monastics? However, accidentally, this week I experienced another Horry Potter’s story-trip. 

Durham大學的聲望和聲譽激起了我對探索Druham的關注。

我知道如何使用谷歌地圖來到一個新的地方，然而我喜歡與當地人互動。有趣的是，當我在火車站或街道上詢問到達勒姆大學的方向時，人們總是以另1個問題來回答我的問題：你想去哪一個學院？

然後在他們解釋之後，我意識到Durham大學有許多“在不同的地方分散開”的學院。正如一位當地人所說，“它就像牛津大學”。然後一位年老者建議我去'CASTLE'那個，然後去參觀Durham大教堂。一直到市中心都是上下山, 好像走在一座小山丘上。

到城堡這個學院，我必須走過市中心。街上沒有那麼多像學生一樣的人，我不知道這是不是正確的方向?但是從火車站走了幾分鐘後，一個美麗的廣場上擺滿了盛開的鮮花，展現在我的眼前。

Durham市是英格蘭東北部民用教區和Durham郡縣城的名稱。它的羅馬大教堂成為中世紀英格蘭的朝聖中心。

天氣有點陰雲,沿著一座橋，我看到一座壯觀的城堡矗立在天空中, 讓我想起魔戒-雙塔傳奇。

這座標誌性建築 - Durham城堡 - 自1840年以來一直是Durham大學的財產，擁有100多名學生。是的，當我走進後院，這有學生住宿，這意味著學生住在城堡裡!!!

更令人驚訝的是，博物館導覽人員告訴我，“Durham大教堂的古老修道院是哈利波特霍格沃茨的電影場所！”。所以經過探索城堡我前往大教堂體驗這個連結。

以歷史建築和懷舊氣氛來說，我開始感受到所謂的聲望。因為Durham世界遺產包括Durham大教堂和城堡以及它們之間的建築物，它們是歐洲諾曼建築的最佳典範之一。我還發現，作為高貴形象的'palatinate purple'是代表Durham大學的顏色。

在大教堂內，導覽告訴我，Durham學生必須依他們的階層穿著正式禮服，每週兩次在這個餐廳吃飯。在用餐期間，所有門都關閉，學生不能上廁所。作為教育培訓的一部分，我認為這是學習自律和禮貌的好方法。

我們是否應該得出結論認為學習是一種信仰，在這個過程中，學生是僧侶？不管如何，意外地，我這星期經歷了另一個Harry Potter故事之旅。