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Ask a famous story: It seems that an architect wants to build a palace. After his ingenious design, the palace does not need the support of girders or anything.
Christopher Wren

In the past two years, more and more tourists have visited the town hall in Wenze, England, because people have found that this hall is actually a "building that laughs at the ignorant". It turns out that as early as 300 years ago, the famous architect Christopher Wren was ordered to design the city hall of Wen Ze. He skillfully used his rich knowledge of engineering mechanics and years of practical experience to design the hall ceiling supported by only one pillar. After more than a year of construction, when the authoritative department of the municipal government accepted the project, they said that only one pillar supporting the ceiling could not guarantee the safety of the hall, and ordered Ryan to add more pillars. Ryan was confident that only a solid pillar was enough to ensure the safety of the hall, so he argued and cited relevant data and examples. Unexpectedly, his stubbornness angered the officials of the municipal government and was almost taken to court. In desperation, in order to cope with these ignorant "authorities", Ryan had to solemnly add four pillars to the hall. However, these four pillars did not actually touch the ceiling, and the distance between them was only 2 mm.

More than 300 years have passed, and no one has discovered this secret, and the ceiling of the hall is not in any danger. It was not until two years ago when the municipal government was preparing to repair the ceiling of the hall that Ryan was discovered to be a master of "fraud". After this "secret" was revealed by the local news media, it immediately aroused great interest from architectural experts all over the world, and many tourists also came here to witness this "building that mocks the ignorant". The most amazing thing is that the architect carved a line on the top of the central column: confidence and truth only need one column. Nowadays, it is very rare to find information about him. In the only information left, he recorded a sentence he said at that time: "I am very confident. At least 100 years later, when you face this pillar, you can only be speechless or even dumbfounded. What I want to explain is that what you see is not a miracle, but my persistence in confidence. "