Is Rosslyn the way to the Grail? 

Rosslyn Chapel has been a place where people have sought to find secrets for hundreds of years amid the strange engravings and mystic symbols that cover almost every archway with numeric precision. People gather in droves looking for inspiration amid the stone and stained glass windows.

For hundreds of years people have waited in this chapel expectantly but up until the Da Vinci Code became a blockbuster hit in screens around the world nothing had been revealed.

Now the film has shone a spotlight on the chapel and flocks gather waiting again. Will the weight of expectation produce anything to remark upon or will the masses be disappointed once again when nothing fails to materialise? Do you have an opinion on the religious significance of the chapel or an opinion on what drives people to flock to symbols in this way?

Rosslyn hit by Grail diggers

FANS of The Da Vinci Code have been trying to dig their way into Rosslyn Chapel's ancient vaults to find the Holy Grail.

Visitor numbers at the Midlothian church have soared by 72 per cent since 2004 on the back of the success of Dan Brown's novel, which draws on theories linking the chapel with the holy relic.

A film version of The Da Vinci Code was released last week and quickly rocketed to the top of cinema listings nationwide.

Iain Grimstone, Rosslyn's visitor services manager, told visitors to the church recently: "We have had them inside the chapel trying to get into the vaults.

"There are people who think the Holy Grail is hidden underneath Rosslyn."

He added: "We've also caught them trying to dig their way in from outside."

几百年来，来罗斯林教堂探询圣杯秘密的人们，无不被教堂内多不胜数、几乎在每个拱道都能见到的精致雕刻与神秘的符号深深吸引。大批人聚集在这里，希冀在石头与锈迹斑斑的玻璃窗台中寻找灵感。

几百年来，无数人前来罗斯林教堂探秘，但在重镑炸弹般的电影《达芬奇密码》风靡全球之前，人们仍一无所获。

如今这部电影使得人们的焦点又集中到这座古老的教堂上，大批探秘者再一次蜂拥而至。人们期盼的力量能产生出人们所希冀的结果吗？还是徒劳无功的事实会再一次让他们失望？你对这所教堂所具备的宗教意义有何看法吗？你知道是什么力量驱使人们以这种方式在这里探询符号的含义呢？

罗斯林教堂深受探秘者的困扰

《达芬奇密码》迷们一直希望通过罗斯林教堂的古老地下室而找到圣杯。

丹布朗所著的《达芬奇密码》揭示最关键的圣杯秘密，是藏于苏格兰爱丁堡附近的罗斯林教堂(Rosslyn Chapel)。这本书的面世，使得中洛锡安教堂的游客自2004年来急剧上升了72个百分点。

由《达芬奇密码》改编的电影上周正式上映，并且很快跃至全国各大影院的排行榜首。

Iain Grimstone，罗斯林教堂游客服务部经理，近期告诉游客：“我们发现有些游客试图在教堂内找到去往地下室的通道”，“有人认为圣杯藏于罗斯林教堂的地下室。”他还说，“我们已经抓住一些游客，他们试图从教堂外部挖出一条通往地下室的通道。”