点评:Admission is free and the monastery itself is just glorious. But I’m rating this for overall experience. I would have wanted to know more about the history of the place and was waiting patiently for it, but it didn’t happen. That, however, is not the issue. While I was inside, tagging with the group being entertained by the guy who works there and giving the tour of the place, i touched a wall. I did so because I didn’t see anywhere that says you cannot and i’ve seen others do it. Some religious (it seemed) were even kissing the frescos with lipstick on. I was immediately reprimanded by said guy when he saw me do it. A moment later as he was very animatedly explaining to the others, he “slapped” the wall. I felt such an outsider and I know I am, and I can understand if the privilege is reserved to those practicing the belief, but his reason for reprimanding me was that i might have something in my skin that could corrode the structure. Meanwhile he is tapping the walls way much harder than i did that the entire experience just didn’t sit well with me.
I also came armed with some preparation and came with the acceptable dress code to show respect. I was also prepared to pay for the guide as I was really interested in learning more. i was also encouraged and intended to give some donations as one other reviewer suggested as the admission in itself was free. But after the rude experience, any intention went down the drain for me. I was really confused about this and confided to some friends why this might be, and they all suggested the same thing i suspected. I truly felt that the unreasonable rudeness was fuelled more by racism than anything else. I didn’t want to jump into this myself even if that’s how i already truly felt at that time. Maybe it would have been avoided if i was in a group instead of being alone. The monastery is worth seeing, but not enough to be treated so poorly.
翻译:入场免费,修道院本身也美得令人赞叹。不过我这次评分是基于整体体验。我原本希望能多了解一些这个地方的历史,也耐心地等待着相关介绍,但始终没有实现。不过这倒不是问题所在。我在里面时,跟着团队一起,听着负责讲解的工作人员讲述历史,就在这时我伸手碰了碰墙壁。我这么做是因为没看到任何禁止触摸的提示,而且我也看到其他人也这么做了。有些教徒(看起来是这样)甚至用口红去亲吻壁画。当我这么做时,那个人立刻训斥了我。过了一会儿,他正兴致勃勃地向其他人讲解着什么,突然“拍”了一下墙壁。我顿时觉得自己格格不入——其实我本来就是个局外人。我能理解这种特权是否只授予那些信奉该宗教的人,但他训斥我的理由却是:我的皮肤上可能有某种物质会腐蚀壁画结构。与此同时,他敲打墙壁的力度比我大得多,这整个经历让我心里很不舒服。
我也做了些准备工作,还穿着符合要求的着装以示尊重。由于对这次参观内容很感兴趣,我也做好了付费请导游的准备。此外,正如另一位评论者所建议的那样,由于入场本身是免费的,我也本想慷慨捐款。然而,经历了那种无礼的对待之后……对我来说,所有的打算都落空了。我对此感到十分困惑,便向几位朋友倾诉了疑惑,他们给出的答案和我自己猜测的完全一致。我真切地觉得,那种毫无道理的粗鲁行为更多是由种族主义所驱使的,而非其他原因。即便当时我心里确实是这么想的,但我也不想主动去挑起此事。或许如果我不是独自一人而是和一群人在一起,这种情况就能避免吧。那座修道院倒值得一看。虽然如此,但也还不至于遭到如此恶劣的对待。