Buka saja pintu masuk, pasti kita akan terpegun. Terpegun boleh dalam beberapa keadaan. Merasai hebat akan keunggulan seni rekabentuknya ataupun terpegun keseraman.
Tiket $8 saja.
Ruang foyer.
"Once you get past the sphinxes, you enter the Grand Foyer. It runs the full length of the building from the entrance gate to the huge bronze doors of the Benjamin Franklin Room. It is decorated with Doric columns, the oldest, strongest and simplest of the Orders of Grecian architecture.
"Oil portraits of some of the Right Worshipful Past Grand Masters are hung on these walls. The Grand Master is the elected leader of our fraternity, and he serves a two-year term. Before you get the wrong impression-- we don't worship the Grand Master. He is called Right Worshipful, meaning, he is "full of worship" which is a good quality for any leader...
"Once you get past the sphinxes, you enter the Grand Foyer. It runs the full length of the building from the entrance gate to the huge bronze doors of the Benjamin Franklin Room. It is decorated with Doric columns, the oldest, strongest and simplest of the Orders of Grecian architecture.
"Oil portraits of some of the Right Worshipful Past Grand Masters are hung on these walls. The Grand Master is the elected leader of our fraternity, and he serves a two-year term. Before you get the wrong impression-- we don't worship the Grand Master. He is called Right Worshipful, meaning, he is "full of worship" which is a good quality for any leader...
Pintu masuk.
Bangunan ini dipenuhi dengan patung-patung yang tinggi hasil seninya. Anjing berkepala manusia. Seperti pernah dilihat sebelum ini.
Bukan saja di bahagian lantai, silingnya juga dipenuhi dengan corak dan lukisan.
Apa simbolik patung ini?
Antara mason paling terkenal - George Washington, presiden USA yang pertama. Saya tak larat nak membaca sejarah beliau tetapi kalau berminat boleh baca di sini (kemudian boleh komen balik di ruangan komen).
Setelah membayar $8 dan pelawat dikumpulkan, kami disuruh untuk menuruti sebuah lorong yang panjang menuju ke sebuah bilik. Bilik apakah itu?
Bersambung...
ha~~bilik apakah? bilik yang ada replika solomon temple kah? he~~
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