Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 598 598. Scarlet Christmas (1) (Volume 1 Final Chapter)

The arrival of the end of the year means that Christmas, the most important festival in the entire western world, is getting closer.

In order to let the non-European and American students in the class know more about European and German culture, the political teacher devoted a class time to introduce the history of Christmas, especially sharing the background of Hannover Christmas market.

According to historical data, the Hannover Christmas Market can be traced back to 1813.The original Christmas market was only held near the church in the center of Hannover, covering a limited area. From today's point of view, the content of the event is very simple or even simple, and the holding time is Christmas Eve and Christmas.But Christmas is an important festival like the Spring Festival for Westerners after all, so as time goes by, the content of the Christmas market has become full of tricks (because the usual life is too boring?), and the area is getting bigger and bigger. Big, the duration of the event has gradually expanded from the earliest two days to the beginning of celebration in mid-December (or even the end of November in some cities), which can be called version 12 of the German street stall economy.

After the millennium, the form of the Christmas market has reached a new level, developing into a model of 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, and the sub-markets are distributed around the main market in a satellite shape, echoing the main market.

At the same time, the brand promotion related to the Christmas market will also be carried out in full swing. There will be large-format posters related to the Christmas market in every corner of the whole city. I 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 also includes poetry readings, musicals, choirs, acrobatics, magic and even circus activities. , Of course, this is also understandable, after all, for Germans, this month belongs to the most unique and unforgettable pastime of the year.

For Dong Qiangqiang, this is his first Christmas after coming to Germany.Although the matter of Lao Bai made this year extremely heavy, Dong Qiangqiang believed that he had done his best. Although the ending was sad, many things in the world were like this. He had no choice but to accept it, and then gave it to time to heal All regret and sentimentality.

The preparatory department announced the holiday time early, from December 12th to January 24nd.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 with a destination in Paris. In addition, she had spent many Christmases in Munich, so this time she wanted to change her taste and experience Check out the Christmas market in Hannover, North Germany.

The time soon came to the afternoon of December 12th. Dong Qiangqiang successfully received the large and small parcels at Hannover Airport from Du Lan, who had returned from the fashion capital Paris Kai (blood). After driving home and eating something The two headed straight to the city center.

Because of the long-distance relationship, the two have not had any long-term contact since they established a relationship. They usually keep in touch by making phone calls (the camera pixels were very low at the time). Visit the Christmas market and check out the discounted products in the mall by the way.In the past two days, there have been several snowfalls in Hannover intermittently. Many free scenic spots have good snow scenes. Dong Qiangqiang wants to take more photos of Du Lan and the scenic spots when the scenery is good, and then post the photos of the scenic spots on his travel website. On the one hand, increase the content of the website to do some publicity, on the other hand, it also deepens my understanding of the scenic spots, and accumulates experience for future business.

This is indeed a warm and beautiful plan.

Generally, the city center of a German city is relatively close to the local train station, and the city center is directly in front of the Hannover train 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 flow of people towards the Christmas market in the city center.

Unexpectedly, before they walked 10 meters, a melodious christmas chorus rang out behind the two, and they heard that the other was singing neither German nor English at the same time. Turning their heads, they found that there was a hidden ghost near the historic train station. A Christmas sub market.

With its unique Nordic Christmas style, the Finnish Christmas Village was included in the category of Hannover Christmas Market for the first time, and it was placed on the outer edge of the main market in the city center, trying to catch all the tourists who transfer at Hannover Railway Station.In the Christmas Village, there are Rapunzel Rapunzel, a real-life cosplay, as well as 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 decorations.

But the duo was quickly attracted by the more than 300 uniquely beautiful and beautifully 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 colorful lights, above people's heads, on the treetops of Christmas trees, and under the window sills facing the street, there are sparkling lights everywhere.

Tourists from all over Europe wander in the ocean of Christmas. People can choose to listen to the peaceful Christmas concert in the courtyard of the castle in the old city, or watch various craftsmen making baskets, ropes, and candles at different stalls up close. , felt and carvings.Young lovers especially like to put 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 a history of hundreds of years.

Ancient silk tailors, blacksmiths and pen makers wait to bring their art to visitors, while magicians and men in mysterious robes with shimmering gold wings lure people with gold coins in their pockets with breathtaking close-up tricks.

Puppet shows, painters and storytellers in costumes amazed the children's eyes and ears with their skillful techniques, turning art into a beautiful enjoyment.The kids turned into little bakers in the Christmas Bakery and turned into little masters as they baked, painted and crafted.

Snowflakes fell intermittently in the sky, and the air was filled with the mixed smell of Christmas flatbread, roasted almonds, whipped cream cake, flamed salmon, roast meat and wine with various aromas.On this rare and good day, the Germans brought their families to support the old and the young. Everyone was smiling, and the glory of Christmas was 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 of the opposite sex. He was dragged away by Du Lan just as he was about to take a closer look. .

Familiar faces flashed across the crowd from time to time, and everyone's faces were 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 the pair of brothers who had been poaching in Fleischer's stocking forest in the crowd.

Wandering around, Du Lan was hooked into the store by the "70% discount" billboard put up by the roadside department store.

The heating in the mall is too high, Dong Qiangqiang would rather stand outside the mall and wait.Holding hot coffee in his hand, he was thinking about how everyone would have a good (eat) meal on the night of the 31st, when a tourist passing by kindly reminded him that his cell phone was ringing.

He thought it was Duan urging him to go in or Duanmu asked him about the registration result, but what was displayed on the screen was a long series of irregular numbers.

Dong Qiangqiang unconsciously "clicked" in his heart, he knew that this would only happen if he made an Internet phone call.

"Hello? Who are you looking for?" Dong Qiangqiang asked in Chinese.

Snow fell silently from the top of his head.

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