😆😆 Rubio was full of praise! Don’t laugh at Rubio for being inexperienced; anyone who first stands beneath the dome of the Great Hall of the People would be stunned!

The dome is 33 meters high, with a span of 60 meters, and the entire space has no columns at all, relying solely on the ancient wisdom of wooden architecture and modern engineering support, hard support that sustains this “column-free sky.”

Looking up, in the center is a red five-pointed star lamp with a diameter of 5 meters, radiating 70 gilded rays outward, surrounding 40 sunflower petal lamps, and the outermost layer has a full 500 “starry sky” lamps, arranged in a staggered pattern. When lit, it’s like the entire galaxy has been brought into the dome—this isn’t just lighting.

This embeds the word “People” into the very bones of the building: the center is the core of the nation, the sunflower petals represent the people's support for the Party, the starry sky symbolizes the gathering of people from all ethnic groups like stars, and even the arrangement of the lights hides the Chinese romanticism of “a multitude of stars encircling the moon.”

What’s even more remarkable is Premier Zhou’s “water and sky in harmony” design, with the dome and walls connected by pale blue arcs, without harsh corners. Looking up, the ceiling resembles an endless, gentle sky curtain, complemented by three layers of water-wave-shaped dark light troughs. When the lights turn on, it’s like blending the night sky into flowing light and shadow, and even the sense of emptiness becomes a kind of expansive comfort.

Western parliament halls often pile up religious symbols and heroic sculptures, carving power into reliefs; but here, from the “Imperial Red” of the Forbidden City to the “White of Han White Jade,” from the carved winter jasmine pattern to the starry sky on the dome, every detail tells the story of “harmony between heaven, earth, and people,” and the people's support.

This design, which combines the aesthetic of five thousand years of civilization with the warmth of the system and the dignity of the nation, is not showy at all—it’s rooted in deep confidence.

Rubio, having traveled through many countries and seen the coldness and rigidity of Western parliamentary halls, was suddenly struck by this structure and detail that are full of cultural confidence. That ingrained cultural impact, a blow to the bones, he simply couldn’t hide his amazement.