The end of the year means that Christmas, the most important holiday in the entire Western world, is getting closer.
In order to let the non-European and American students in the class learn more about European and German culture, the politics teacher devoted a class to introducing the history of Christmas, and especially shared the background of the Hannover Christmas Market.
According to historical research, the Christmas market in Hannover can be traced back to 1813. The original Christmas market was only held near the church in the center of Hannover, with a limited area. From today's perspective, the activities were simple or even crude, and it was held on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But Christmas is an important festival for Westerners, so as time goes by, the content of the Christmas market has become more varied, the area has become larger and larger, and the length of the Christmas market has also changed from the earliest two days. Gradually expanding and celebrating since mid-December, it can be called version 1.0 of the German street stall economy.
After the turn of the millennium, the Christmas market took its form to a new level and developed into a main market plus several sub-markets. The main market is usually located in the most prosperous area of a city, that is, the city center, while the sub-markets are distributed around the main market in a satellite shape, echoing the main market.
At the same time, brand promotion related to the Christmas market will also be in full swing. There will be large-format posters related to the Christmas market in every corner of the city. Coupled with word-of-mouth passed down from generation to generation, no matter how young the children are, You will also slowly learn a concept: the most important Christmas season of the year is coming soon!
In addition to traditional items such as eating and drinking, the Christmas market will also have activities such as poetry readings, musicals, choirs, acrobatics, magic and even circuses. It feels further and further away from the solemnity at the beginning, and more like a large-scale entertainment carnival. , of course, this is understandable, after all, for Germans, this month is the most unique and unforgettable pastime of the year.
For Dong Qiangqiang, this is his first Christmas after coming to Germany. Although Lao Bai's incident has made this new year extremely heavy, Dong Qiangqiang believes that he has done his best. Although the ending is disappointing, many things in the world are like this. He can only accept it helplessly and let time heal it. All regrets and sentimentality.
The preparatory school announced the holiday time early, from December 24th to January 2nd. Dong Qiangqiang originally planned to use this time to go to Munich to find Du Lan. It happened that Du Lan had just finished a tour group whose destination was Paris. In addition, she had spent many Christmases in Munich, so she wanted to change the taste and experience this time. Visit the Christmas market in Hannover, North Germany.
The time soon came to the afternoon of December 24th. Dong Qiangqiang successfully received Dulan at Hannover Airport, who had returned triumphantly from the fashion capital Paris. After driving home and having a quick bite, the two went straight to the city center.
Because of their long-distance relationship, the two have not had any long-term contact since they established their relationship. They usually keep in touch by making phone calls. Therefore, they both plan to take advantage of the rare holiday to get to know each other better, visit the Christmas market, and check out the shopping malls. Are there any heavily discounted products? It has snowed in Hannover on and off for the past two days. Many free attractions have good snow scenes. Dong Qiangqiang wants to take more photos of Dulan and scenic spots while the scenery is good, and then put the photos of the scenic spots on his travel website. On the one hand, it increases the content of the website to promote it, on the other hand, it also deepens one's understanding of the scenic spots and accumulates experience for future business.
This is indeed a warm and beautiful plan.
Generally, the city center of German cities is relatively close to the local train station. The city center is directly in front of Hannover Main Station. Considering that he might drink alcoholic beverages while visiting the market, Dong Qiangqiang did not drive. The two got off the bus at the train station and walked hand in hand along the bustling crowd towards the Christmas market in the city center.
Unexpectedly, before they had walked 10 meters, a melodious chorus of Christmas songs sounded behind them. They both heard that the other person was singing neither German nor English. They turned around and discovered that there was actually a song hidden near the historic train station. A Christmas sub-market.
With its unique Nordic Christmas style, the Finnish Christmas Village was included in the Hannover Christmas Market for the first time and was placed outside the main market in the city center, trying to catch all the tourists who transfer at Hannover Railway Station. In the Christmas Village, there is not only a real-life cosplay of Rapunzel Rapunzel, but also Finnish special Christmas food and a large number of Christmas handicrafts. People can relive the medieval Nordic Christmas life through those exquisite glassware, ceramics, candles and ornaments.
However, the two were quickly attracted by the more than 300 unique, beautiful and well-decorated Christmas stalls in the city center. After all, the main market is more exciting than any other sub-market.
Every street in the city center is specially decorated with different colored lights. There are sparkling lights everywhere above people's heads, on the tops of Christmas trees, and under the windowsills facing the street.
Tourists from all over Europe are wandering in the ocean of Christmas. People can choose to listen to peaceful Christmas concerts in the courtyard of the old town castle, or watch up close various craftsmen making baskets, ropes, and candles at different stalls. , felt products and carvings. Young couples especially like to throw coins in the fountain pool in the Wishing Forest surrounded by firs to make New Year's wishes.
The oldest local post office in Hannover randomly distributes Christmas greeting letters to those who are destined, and the inconspicuous postmark on the envelope has carried hundreds of years of history.
Ancient silk tailors, blacksmiths and pen makers are waiting to bring their art to visitors, while magicians and mysterious figures in shimmering robes with golden wings lure gold coins from people's pockets with breathtaking close-up tricks.
Puppet performances, painters and costumed storytellers amazed children's eyes and ears with their skillful techniques, turning art into an enjoyment of beauty. Children become little bakers in the Christmas bakery and become little masters as they bake, draw and do crafts.
Snowflakes were flying in the sky intermittently, and the air was filled with the mixed smell of Christmas pancakes, roasted almonds, fresh oil cakes, flaming salmon, roasted wine and wine with various aromas. In this rare and wonderful place, the Germans bring their families to support the old and the young. Everyone is smiling, and the glory of Christmas is sprinkled on everyone's face.
Dong Qiangqiang even saw a Christmas tree covered with pink lights in a remote corner. The people under the tree were all in pairs, but none of them were the same. He was just waiting to take a closer look when he was dragged away by Du Lan. .
Familiar faces flashed through the crowd from time to time, and everyone's face was filled with happy and contented smiles. Wang Shunan looked a lot thinner, and he didn't even recognize Dong Qiangqiang when he greeted her. In addition to these acquaintances, Dong Qiangqiang also saw in the crowd the brothers who had poached in Fleischer's range forest.
While shopping, Du Lan was drawn into the store by the "70% off" billboard put up by a roadside department store.
The heating in the mall was too sufficient, so Dong Qiangqiang would rather stand outside the mall and wait. He was holding a cup of coffee and was thinking about how to have a good time together on the night of the 31st when he saw a tourist passing by who kindly reminded him that his cell phone was ringing.
He thought it was Du Lan urging him to come in or Duanmu calling him asking about his registration results, but what he didn't expect was a long series of numbers without any pattern displayed on the screen.
Dong Qiangqiang's heart clicked unconsciously. He knew that this situation would only occur if he made an Internet call.
"Hello? Who are you looking for?" Dong Qiangqiang asked in Chinese.
Snow fell silently from his head.
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