这一年,年仅11岁的牧师的儿子约翰·洛克伍德·吉卜林恐怕还没有想过自己的大半辈子会与这个东方国家牢牢地绑在一起。有“日不落帝国”之称的英国在1851年顺理成章地举办了万国工业博览会(也是全世界第一次世界博览会)。这场为了庆祝现代工业科技与设计新兴潮流的盛会成为了吉卜林艺术与设计事业的启蒙。 That year, John Lockwood Kipling, the son of an 11-year-old pastor, was afraid he had not thought much of his life would be firmly tied to the East. In 1851, Britain, known as the “Empire of the Day”, organized the All-China Industrial Fair (also the first World Exposition in the world). The event, which celebrated the new trend of modern industrial technology and design, has enlightened Kipling’s art and design career.