The world's more distinctive countries have their own national landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Statue of Liberty in the United States, and Big Ben in the United Kingdom.
Big Ben is a typical Gothic building, with beautiful columnar structures and extremely carved towers that set off Big Ben's grace and magnificence. Each clock face is inlaid with more than three hundred pieces of translucent white glass. If you get close enough, you can also see the metal components of the clock behind the glass, which is a bit like the popular skeleton mechanical watch now, except that Big Ben is much larger.
Big Ben is part of the Capitol, and the white face of Big Ben glows brightly during major congressional events. Visiting Big Ben in London is a must-visit place, Big Ben is not only a symbol of London, but also a symbol of the whole Of England, with a photo with Big Ben can show that you have set foot on this land far from the European continent. However, there is an unwritten rule that visitors entering the tower must have British citizenship, and foreigners can only feast their eyes outside the tower.
Big Ben dates back to the 1830s, when a fire caused a fire to burn down the Houses of Parliament in Britain. By the early 1840s, the Houses of Parliament were rebuilt and produced by Benjamin, then Minister of Industry of England, so Big Ben was named Big Ben after the first sound of Benjamin's name.
However, later it may be that the parts of Big Ben itself are too heavy, and a year later, the wall of Big Ben has cracks and becomes a dangerous house. Such a dangerous house nearly 100 meters high in a bustling area naturally had to be renovated.
This time, Big Ben took three years to completely complete, and this time the producer is also called Benjamin, or in recognition of this Benjamin's merits, he also took the first sound of this person's name, also called Big Ben, but people know that this Big Ben is no longer the original one.
The entire bell tower is 97.5 meters high, the minute hand is more than 4 meters long, and the hour hand is close to 3 meters. It is the second largest clock in the world with a clock plate in all four directions. The base of each plate is inscribed with a line in Latin: My God, please bless our Queen Victoria. Therefore, the bell is also called Victoria Tower.
Since Big Ben was built, like most machine parts, Big Ben hasn't stopped maintaining for a moment. Professional maintenance professionals regularly clean and lubricate Big Ben's transmission components. Such a huge clock, under the careful maintenance of the maintenance division, the weekly error can be controlled within a few seconds.
Interestingly, every time you give Big Ben time, you only need to add or subtract a few coins on its huge pendulum, and the small coin has a big use here, which also confirms the familiar saying: time is money.