一場大火，造成巴黎聖母院塔尖倒塌，建築損毀嚴重，無數人為之惋惜。（戳這裡回顧）
而在微博上，中國網民對巴黎聖母院的事故表達了深深的惋惜之情，#巴黎聖母院大火#的熱搜話題閱讀超過18億，討論超過67萬。
Many Chinese expressed their deep grief online over the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, as the incident has received more than 1.8 billion views and 670,000 discussions on Sina Weibo. Many Chinese mourned the tragedy, and the hashtag #NotreDamefire topped the hot topic list.
同樣，還有不少網友po出自己與巴黎聖母院的合影，回憶自己與這座地標建築的緣分。
Tens of thousands of Chinese netizens mourned the loss with a hashtag “Me and the Notre Dame in Paris.” Many reminisced about their first time seeing the landmark in the French capital and grieved over the damage done to large parts of the historic monument.
而沒去過的人就只好遺憾一番，恐怕再也沒有機會親眼見到巴黎聖母院原本的模樣。
Those who haven't been there also expressed their sadness and regrets since they miss the chance to visit the original cathedral.
在一眾網友留言中，圓明園的名字也一再被提起。
Some Chinese people associated the fire to the Old Summer Palace incident.
1860年第二次鴉片戰爭期間，英法聯軍繞經北京城東北郊直撲圓明園，縱火焚燒3天3夜。這一場大火，讓藏有無數藝術歷史珍寶的“萬園之園”——圓明園付之一炬。
The Old Summer Palace in Beijing, a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty, was known for its extensive collection of architecture and numerous art and historical treasures. But it was burned and ransacked by British and French troops while the Anglo-French expedition force invaded China during the Second Opium War in 1860.
所以，就在社交媒體一連串惋惜、哀嘆的表達聲中，有一些不一樣的聲音卻多了起來。有網友表示，法國巴黎聖母院火災讓人聯想到被英法聯軍焚燬的圓明園，還有人對巴黎聖母院的焚燬幸災樂禍。
However, a small group of Chinese netizens gloated over the Notre Dame tragedy and they believe France is paying for what it did to the Old Summer Palace.
對此，圓明園官方微博則在16日下午發佈文章《文明 不能承受之殤》，衷心祈願文物都能夠遠離災難，代代傳承。
央視新聞評論認為，圓明園和巴黎聖母院，兩起事件並不相同：
“圓明園毀於戰亂和野蠻，是歷史的傷痕；而巴黎聖母院此次火災事故是和平時期由消防安全造成的遺憾。兩者的相同之處恐怕只因為它們都是世界人類文明的重要組成部分，是人類文明史上的奇蹟，它們的消失同樣是全人類的損失。”
而網絡上“那些拿因果報應來說事的人，其實不過是狹隘的民族主義在作怪……文明需要人們銘記，歷史也需要人們銘記，不能用某些幌子來遮蓋歷史，但也不應該打著歷史的名義發洩自己的情緒。牢記歷史並不等於延續仇恨，而是為了更好前行。愛國沒有錯，但請保持理智。”
巴黎聖母院的大火，對於我們而言又有哪些實際意義？
中國文物學會會員劉徵就認為，希望這樣的悲劇能給社會敲響警鐘，更加珍惜愛護我們自己的珍貴文物遺產。
"Hopefully this tragedy will also ring a bell for Chinese society to better cherish our own treasures and heritage," said Liu Zheng, a member of the China Cultural Relics Academy.
綜合來源：央視網，環球時報英文版，澎湃新聞，Sixth Tone，新華視點
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