11月16日，埃文·凱爾抵達(dá)北京首都國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)，在向中國(guó)捐贈(zèng)二戰(zhàn)相冊(cè)兩周年之際，開啟他的首次中國(guó)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(guó)人民的廣泛關(guān)注。線下，有不少人前去接機(jī)；線上，有超過(guò)千萬(wàn)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(guó)人的熱情打動(dòng)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(gè)人來(lái)中國(guó)的，將在這里待一個(gè)月時(shí)間，去往北京、天津、上海、南京，并且對(duì)此次中國(guó)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(guó)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(fēng)險(xiǎn)，我想給它找個(gè)好歸宿。”

圖源：齊魯壹點(diǎn)

17日凌晨，在天安門廣場(chǎng)外側(cè)，埃文·凱爾身著西裝排在隊(duì)伍中。盡管經(jīng)過(guò)20多個(gè)小時(shí)的顛簸飛抵北京已經(jīng)十分疲憊，埃文·凱爾顧不上倒時(shí)差，只睡了一個(gè)多小時(shí)就早早地起床了。他告訴記者，“很激動(dòng)，也很興奮?！?/p>

人群中，很多粉絲認(rèn)出了埃文·凱爾，大家對(duì)他表示歡迎，并且上前與他合影。游客胡先生說(shuō)，自己是在網(wǎng)上關(guān)注到埃文·凱爾的，“非常感謝他捐贈(zèng)出讓我們了解歷史的照片?！币娝┲鴨伪?，胡先生還把軍大衣送給他。埃文·凱爾表示：“這是我穿過(guò)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 noticing 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(huì)來(lái)中國(guó)，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(cè)捐贈(zèng)給了中國(guó)，然后收到了這份回贈(zèng)的國(guó)禮瓷，這件事對(duì)我產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。我從中國(guó)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。”

"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 alsowant to see how China, which was recorded in the photo album, has changed over the last 100 years."

“我計(jì)劃在11月16日到達(dá)中國(guó)，這也剛好是我向中國(guó)無(wú)償捐贈(zèng)二戰(zhàn)相冊(cè)兩周年的日子。在這個(gè)紀(jì)念日，我很期待能夠體驗(yàn)中國(guó)的文化，感受中國(guó)歷史，結(jié)識(shí)中國(guó)人民。我也想看看，相比相冊(cè)中記錄的那個(gè)中國(guó)，它在過(guò)去100年里發(fā)生了哪些變化?！?/span>

2023年，在捐贈(zèng)相冊(cè)一周年之際，埃文·凱爾將他保留的相冊(cè)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(guò)去一年心路歷程的文字《穿越風(fēng)暴》。后來(lái)，埃文·凱爾接受了《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》的專訪，詳細(xì)描述了他所遭遇的網(wǎng)絡(luò)暴力、死亡威脅和陰謀論。有人甚至提出高價(jià)購(gòu)買他的相冊(cè)，然而來(lái)自中國(guó)人民的支持、相冊(cè)所記錄的中國(guó)歷史，以及作為人類良知的呼喚，均使他堅(jiān)定決心無(wú)償將相冊(cè)捐贈(zèng)給中國(guó)。

"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(hù)歷史是很重要的，你不能拋棄它，你不能抹除它，因?yàn)槟菢游覀兙妥⒍〞?huì)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(dāng)我看到這些照片，看到照片里發(fā)生的事情時(shí)，我認(rèn)為這是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)罪。這應(yīng)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?yàn)?span style="line-height: 1.8;">做正確的事不分國(guó)界，我希望地球上所有人都有這樣的品質(zhì)?！?/span>

責(zé)編：田夢(mèng)瑤

一審：田夢(mèng)瑤

二審：唐煜斯

三審：秦慧英

來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)雙語(yǔ)新聞