11月16日，埃文·凱爾抵達北京首都國際機場， 在向中國捐贈二戰(zhàn)相冊兩周年之際，開啟他的首次中國之旅 。

Two years after donating a World War II photo album, Evan Kail arrived in Beijing on Saturday to begin his first trip to China.

此次旅程受到了中國人民的廣泛關注。線下，有不少人前去接機；線上，有超過千萬網(wǎng)友涌入直播間表示：熱烈歡迎！ 埃文·凱爾稱：一落地就被中國人的熱情打動了。

His visit drew huge online and offline crowds. Tens of millions joined live streams to welcome him, while many greeted him at the airport.

Evan said, "I received the warmest welcome when l got off the plane. I still can't believe all the people that were waiting to say hello. It really warmed my heart and l'm so excited to be here."

埃文·凱爾稱，這次他是一個人來中國的，將在這里待一個月時間，去往北京、天津、上海、南京，并且對此次中國之行充滿期待。

Evan plans to spend a month in China, visiting Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Nanjing and he eagerly anticipates his journey.

另外，他還表示不方便透露國禮瓷現(xiàn)在放在哪里?！八侨绱苏滟F的禮物，我不想冒任何風險，我想給它找個好歸宿?！?/span>

圖源：齊魯壹點

17日凌晨，在天安門廣場外側，埃文·凱爾身著西裝排在隊伍中。盡管經過20多個小時的顛簸飛抵北京已經十分疲憊，埃文·凱爾顧不上倒時差，只睡了一個多小時就早早地起床了。他告訴記者，“很激動，也很興奮。”

人群中，很多粉絲認出了埃文·凱爾，大家對他表示歡迎，并且上前與他合影。游客胡先生說，自己是在網(wǎng)上關注到埃文·凱爾的，“非常感謝他捐贈出讓我們了解歷史的照片?！币娝┲鴨伪。壬€把軍大衣送給他。埃文·凱爾表示：“這是我穿過的最酷的外套?！?/p>

Recognized by numerous fans, Evan received a warm welcome and requests for photos. A visitor thanked him for the album donation and gifted him a military coat after n oticing Evan's thinly attire . Pleased, Evan said, "This is the coolest coat I've ever had."

圖源：抖音@EvanKail埃文凱爾

談起為什么會來中國，埃文·凱爾表示：

"I donated the World War II photobook album to China two years ago, and I received this national porcelain gift for my efforts in return. This incident has had a profound influence on me. I've received profound positivity from so many of you in China and all over the world, and that's really what matters the most."

“兩年前我把一本二戰(zhàn)相冊捐贈給了中國，然后收到了這份回贈的國禮瓷，這件事對我產生了深遠的影響。我從中國和世界各地的許多人那里收獲了滿滿的正能量，這才是最重要的?！?/span>

"I plan to arrive on China on Nov 16. This marks the second anniversary since donating the World War II photobook album to China. And on this anniversary, I'm excited to experience China — China's culture, its history, its people. I also want to see how China, which was recorded in the photo album, has changed over the last 100 years."

“我計劃在11月16日到達中國，這也剛好是我向中國無償捐贈二戰(zhàn)相冊兩周年的日子。在這個紀念日，我很期待能夠體驗中國的文化， 感受中國歷史，結識中國人民。我也想看看，相比相冊中記錄的那個中國，它在過去100年里發(fā)生了哪些變化?！?/span>

2023年，在捐贈相冊一周年之際，埃文·凱爾將他保留的相冊電子文檔制作成了一條7分鐘的視頻，并發(fā)布了一篇記錄他過去一年心路歷程的文字《穿越風暴》。 后來，埃文·凱爾接受了《中國日報》的專訪，詳細描述了他所遭遇的網(wǎng)絡暴力、死亡威脅和陰謀論。有人甚至提出高價購買他的相冊，然而來自中國人民的支持、相冊所記錄的中國歷史，以及作為人類良知的呼喚，均使他堅定決心無償將相冊捐贈給中國。

"It is important to preserve that. You can't throw that away, you can't erase that, because then we're doomed to repeat it."

“保護歷史是很重要的，你不能拋棄它，你不能抹除它，因為那樣我們就注定會重蹈覆轍?！?/span>

"So when I looked at these photos and I saw what was going on in the photos, I thought this is a war crime, this belongs to a museum, this does not belong to a private collection. And I had to do whatever I could. It's my integrity . My integrity says that that is blood money and you can't profit off that."

“所以當我看到這些照片，看到照片里發(fā)生的事情時，我認為這是戰(zhàn)爭罪。這應該屬于博物館而非私人收藏。我必須盡我所能。這是我的操守。我的操守告訴我那是沾血的錢，你不能以此牟利?！?/span>

"And I hope everybody on earth carries that virtue.  I did this because doing the right thing knows no borders."

“我這么做是因為做正確的事不分國界 ，我希望地球上所有人都有這樣的品質。”

責編：田夢瑤

一審：田夢瑤

二審：唐煜斯

三審：秦慧英

來源：中國日報雙語新聞