On this day, 960 years ago, on December 28, 1065 (November 28, 1065 in the lunar calendar), Westminster Abbey in London was completed. Westminster Abbey in London was completed on December 28, 1065. When you arrive in London, you have to go to Westminster Abbey; if you want to explore British history, you have to go to Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey is located in the hustle and bustle of the River Thames, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament and the Prime Minister's Official Residence at 10 Downing Street. In 1045, King Edward of England received the imperial decree and issued an edict to build Westminster Abbey. It took 20 years to build Westminster Abbey. On December 28, 1065, Westminster Abbey was officially "ordained". From 1245 to 1517, Westminster Abbey was rebuilt again, becoming the oldest and largest church in Britain. There is no need to enter the temple, just its Gothic style that reaches the sky. The towering trees outside the temple, the mottled high walls, and the white and exquisitely carved doors and windows are enough to make people feel ancient. People waiting to enter Westminster Abbey lined up in front of the side door. Like me, many people come here with interests beyond religious pilgrimage. Compared with other cathedrals, the relationship between Westminster Abbey and the Church is not so simple. In the 16th century, Henry VIII, who had gone his own way in British history and repeatedly guillotined senior clergy, including the Archbishop, broke with the Holy See. Westminster Abbey was also controlled by the king in 1534 and closed by the king twice in 1540 and 1559. In 1579, Elizabeth I reopened Westminster Abbey, but stipulated that it should be directly managed by the royal family and converted it into a school. From then on, the person who managed Westminster Abbey was no longer a bishop, but a principal, and was appointed by the king. Until the 19th century, Westminster Abbey was the third university in the UK after Oxford and Cambridge. In my opinion, Westminster Abbey is a church, but it has also been a symbol of the British royal family for a thousand years, because since the descent of King Edward and William, the alien conqueror from the European continent, all kings of the British dynasties, including the present Queen Elizabeth, except Edward V and Edward VIII, have been crowned and seated on the throne at Westminster Abbey. Even a hundred years later, they would rest in the temple. Walking into the small side door of Westminster Abbey, the bustling and bustling world disappeared without a trace in an instant. The strangely dark and solemn arches and corridors, the continuous stone coffins and copper coffins, and the ubiquitous stone monuments of ancestors all lead to death, and all lead to the darkness. In a few steps, it seems to travel through hundreds of years of time and space, crossing the two worlds of "yin" and "yang". For hundreds of years, all the royal harem of British emperors has been buried here a hundred years later. The royal families, wealthy families and dignitaries, eminent monks and companions, civil ministers and generals, sages, masters and celebrities, and even ordinary people have all thought they could return here after another world. It is proud to be here. If you cannot be buried here, it is also a blessing to be able to erect a monument and remember it with your will. Even those who were unable to enter the temple at that time either moved their bodies into the temple many years later, or occupied a cave with their clothes and monuments, which can be regarded as a recognition of their achievements and status. They each work in their own fields according to their family history. Nowadays, there are so many tombs and coffins in the temple that they can sit shoulder to shoulder and take advantage of each other. Some of those who came later have to surrender and be buried upright in coffins. Tourists often step on a spiritual monument on the ground before their feet have stepped on another. After several inadvertent attempts, the sense of guilt for being disrespectful to the deceased faded away, and at the same time, it was inevitable to sigh that Westminster Abbey was full of trouble with almost "ghosts". The front of Westminster Abbey is a hall for prayer and sermons, surrounded by stained glass patterns of royal figures and the Holy Spirit; the center displays the throne where the king was crowned and enthroned. Today, there was a Scottish gem under the throne for the Queen's Coronation. It is said that this gem was stolen by the Scots before the coronation ceremony. London tried its best to return the gem to the throne at the time of the ceremony and place it under the throne. The meaning is self-evident. At the back is the royal mausoleum, and the flags and badges of Shizhou hang on two walls. However, what fascinates me most about Westminster Abbey and attracts people from all over the world is not these emperors and generals, but its world-famous "Poet Corner". It is the temple of English literature, a marble history of English literature. Although Poets Corner is named after poets, there are not only poets here, but also writers and even composers. From Chaucer to the peak character Shakespeare, most of the great masters in the 600-year history of British literature can be found here. They either slept here, had statues, or had stone tablets to show future generations. It is said that the first person to call this place the "Poet's Corner" was Goldsmith, who later erected a monument in it. Sleepers such as Chaucer, Spencer, Dryton, etc. Statues were erected by Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Milton, etc., and the statues either bowed their heads in silence, sat flat in the air, or were elegant and elegant. There are two types of monuments, one is a wall monument embedded on the wall, and the other is a ground monument embedded on the ground. The monument centers on the statue of Shakespeare, with Shelley and Keats on it, and the three sisters of writers Austen and Charlotte on the left and right. The monuments are arranged one by one, engraved with the names of poets such as Byron, Thomas, Eliot, Oden, James, Hopkins, Mesfield, Denison, Browning, as well as great writers such as Dickens and Hardy. The first person to settle here was Chaucer, the originator of English poetry. The poet was poor in his later years. In 1400, he died of illness in a small house beside the temple and was originally buried outside the temple. More than 150 years later, the British people gradually understood the poet, and they moved Chaucer to a new tomb visited by tourists today. A hundred years later, Chaucer's reputation as the "father of English poetry" rose. The newly deceased person was Oden. He died in Austria in 1973, and his monument entered Westminster Abbey the following year. Compared with Chaucer, he was lucky.