There is no modern lighting on the black beach at night, but many Icelanders habitually bring small light sources. When Chen Xing and the others were in the parking lot, they saw that these light sources were like starlight, messy, shaking and bright.
"There are so many people." Chen Jiaqian said with a wow.
She has been in Iceland for a few years and has rarely seen so many people standing in the same place. This scale even exceeds the Christmas light-lighting ceremony in previous years.
The lighting ceremony is an indispensable sacred ceremony to welcome the coming of Christmas.
This custom has been around for a long time. According to legend, the German missionary Martin Luther in the 16th century lit a candle on a fir branch in the woods, making it look like the starlight guiding people to Bethlehem, just like the three Magi from the East two thousand years ago.
Follow the stars in the sky to find Jesus.
In Iceland, this ceremony is usually held under the giant Christmas tree in the square every year, but maybe many young people in Iceland are too familiar with it, so after participating a few times, they like to stay at home.
After all, it’s freezing and snowy. If you don’t go out on a date with your boyfriend or girlfriend, wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy the heating at home?
But this new activity spontaneously initiated by the people of Iceland has attracted the attention of many young people.
After all, I’ve never seen it before.
Judging from these light sources, the black sand beach is already full of people, comparable to the shores of the Jialing River in the mountain city during the National Day.
There are not many small vendors, and Chen Xing has not seen anyone doing business here.
However, at the entrance, there was a place selling Kongming lanterns set up by the organizer of this event. The price was 1,000 Icelandic krona. Chen Jiaqian calculated the price in exchange for Chinese coins at a glance.
"Sixty yuan each?"
This thing only costs five yuan a piece in China, which is a staggering ten yuan, but now it costs so many times abroad.
There were many people buying, and there was a long queue at the purchasing point.
Today's Kongming Lantern activity started at six o'clock, but many people have already lit their lanterns at this moment. The sky is no longer lonely in the night. In addition to the distant stars, there are more lanterns in the sky floating towards the ocean.
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The beautiful Chinese red is particularly eye-catching in the sky.
Many things are now banned in China, such as fireworks and Kongming lanterns.
In fact, there is a reason why the Kongming Lantern is banned, because if the Kongming Lantern encounters strong winds in the sky, or is slightly unexpected, there is a high probability that the lantern will be ignited by the open flame under the lampshade. Once it falls into a haystack, forest, come on.
Standing and other places, the consequences of taking photos are very serious.
And this kind of accident is not controllable like setting off fireworks in an open place.
However, Iceland now has no such worries.
First, there is an overseas wind blowing over Iceland today. The sky lanterns that take off will fly a little towards the island at first. When they fly high, they will turn and fly overseas. After that, they will not cause any fire when they land anywhere.
Fire.
Even a small amount of fuel cannot support them from crossing the ocean to Europe.
And today's materials are not as simple as the ancient Kongming lanterns. Biodegradable materials allow them to be quickly degraded even if they fall on the sea. Even the lantern bones degrade very quickly. This is why their lanterns can now sell so much.
The reason why it’s expensive.
The key is that Icelanders are good at this.
If the same thing is non-biodegradable and biodegradable, they will buy and use the second one even if they spend ten times more money.
Chen Xing also saw an event promotional photo written in English next to the Kongming lanterns. There were hand-drawn images of ancient Chinese people on it. The text probably meant:
"Lighting up Kongming lanterns" is a way of praying at night for Chinese people. On every important day or grand festival, Chinese people light up Kongming lanterns to express their good wishes. Before lighting Kongming lanterns, people have to write their own words on the lanterns.
wishes, rising up to the sky together with the Kongming Lantern, in order to pray that the wish will come true.
Reykjavik people's habit of praying has a long history. Now it seems like a small place. It used to be even smaller. It is just far away from the mainland and away from wars and rebellions. The local people like it the most.
I just have nothing to do and go to Reykjavik Cathedral for worship, praying and other activities.
I have been praying for thousands of years, but I don’t know if it has any effect.
Nowadays, a new way of praying has suddenly emerged in China, which allows young men and women with nothing to do in the polar night to find a new way to express their love.
Chen Xing didn't want to disturb Chen Jiaqian and her boyfriend too much, so she agreed to call him when he went back later, so he walked alone among these young men and women in Iceland, recording a ten-second video with his mobile phone and sending it to Hedwig. p>
Paris.
Hedwig was in the studio creating a painting customized by someone else. She didn't know why there were so many people asking her to customize it during this period, since she rarely showed up to promote it.
But it's also a good thing.
Now that I have left my family and come to France to study alone, money is still very important.
It would be fine if she was alone as before, but now there is Chen Xing. Seeing that her boyfriend has made so much money this year, as Chen Xing's girlfriend, she doesn't want to admit defeat. She doesn't say how much she makes, but at least she makes a lot of money.
You have to prove yourself.
The phone rang.
Chen Xing sent her a video.
It seems to be night, there are many people around him, and there are some red light spots in the sky. Are they the Kongming Lanterns he mentioned last time?
So beautiful.
"Look, there are all couples here. I'm embarrassed to walk here alone. Hedwig, Hedwig, when can you go out with me for a while? Otherwise, I will have to find a new girl here.
With you."
"You dare!"
Little fist emoticon warning!
Hedwig smiled, then sighed.
She was really scared when facing strangers, and Chen Xing knew this, so he didn't ask her for anything. Occasionally going out to accompany Chen Xing for a few days was her limit.
If she were a fish, then the family she lived with Chen Xing would be water. It was okay to leave this water for a short period of time, but over time, she would have to return home to catch her breath, otherwise she would be afraid of holding back her breath.
Die.
Chen Xing and Hedwig chatted for a few more words, which soon calmed Hedwig's pessimistic mood.
"It's time!"
Chen Xing suddenly heard someone say this.
He now knows more than a few words of Icelandic. After living in Iceland for a month, he has no problem using Icelandic on a daily basis. He just can't read and write. After all, he didn't really go to an Icelandic language training class. Even Chen Jiaqian is envious of Chen Xing's language skills.
She took time to study in a language class on her way to work. She worked and took classes at the same time, and was exhausted every day.
Chen Xing quickly realized that it was six o'clock.
Six o'clock is almost the time to have dinner. This is the case in China, and it's actually the same in Iceland. After dinner at six o'clock, you can still go out for a walk or something. In Paris, you eat late because there is really nothing to go shopping at night, so you finish your meal later. See
After a while, you can sleep directly with the TV on.
But since everyone is here, it means that these young people have either brought something or are prepared to eat later.
After setting off the Kongming Lanterns here, it will probably be eight or nine o'clock when we return to Reykjavik or other surrounding towns. By then, the couples will have dinner...
It seems that the organizer of this event also understands it very well.
Chen Xing smiled inexplicably.
In fact, it’s because today is Christmas Eve, people still have a lot to do, and this event is only held temporarily, so there is no better time.
Seeing how lively it is this year, if the Kongming Lantern display event is held next year, it will probably be adjusted to a better time.
At six o'clock, after a girl's excited voice rang out from the loudspeaker, many young people in Iceland who were ready lit the fuel under the Kongming lanterns at the same time. After a while, the Kongming lanterns on the entire black beach floated one after another.
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Although the fire was lit at the same time, the time when the Kongming Lantern took off was not so precise.
At first they looked like floating UFOs, but after they reached a certain height, they looked like stars.
Some of them are redder, and they should have been purchased in stores run by Chinese people in Iceland, while others are slightly lighter in color and have a more transparent light, which are the degradable material Kongming lanterns purchased here on the black beach. p>
It is precisely because of these different models and specifications of Kongming lanterns that the sky has a brilliance far beyond the stars.
At this moment, the farthest lanterns were lit sporadically before the event started. They were already flying very high, and the light they emitted was like a supernova exploding in a very far place. The sky lanterns that had just lifted off were so dense that
Like bees near a beekeeper's hive.
People can't help but wonder if the stars in the sky are Kongming lanterns rising into the sky?
Chen Xing was inspired and took photos everywhere.
This kind of collective display of Kongming lanterns is really beautiful. Is this the aesthetic value of our ancient Chinese? Is this what modern people call those ancient barren entertainment activities?
It’s amazing!
The Icelanders were also yelling. They had never seen such a beautiful scene. The little lanterns they put out by themselves were really the same as the stars, as high, as far, as bright, or even brighter.
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"Oh God! I must go to China to study abroad next year!"
"Dear, I believe you!"
"Mysterious Easterners!"
"Photos, photos! Why did I bring a camera but not a card! Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!"
The sound is as lively as the Chinese New Year.
Well, these two days are the Chinese New Year for them.
At almost eight o'clock, Chen Xing received a call from Sister Jiaqian, saying that they were going back to Reykjavik.
In fact, the sky lanterns are almost invisible after half an hour. The solid fuel placed under these sky lanterns can only burn for half an hour to an hour, and some of them do not burn for that long. Perhaps they were accidentally blown out by the wind, burned, or flew away.
If it is too high, there will be no oxygen and it will self-extinguish.
Anyway, almost 99% of them fell into the ocean.
In a few days, there is a high probability that nothing will be left.
They played for so long because the Icelanders today are really enthusiastic. This event of thousands of lanterns being launched into the sky gave them a little more knowledge. Many Icelanders saw a Chinese person next to them and started to take the initiative to talk, just to think about it.
Learn more about China.
For example, there is the question of whether there are such fun and beautiful activities in China.
Chen Xing was asked several times.
In the middle of the way, he also saw a girl who came to play alone and was surrounded by several Icelandic couples. This girl spoke English very well. Most Chinese people were not fluent in English or could only use mobile phone translation software to communicate.
, more Icelanders chose to ask her.
In fact, this is also a relatively introverted girl, her face turned red to her ears.
Later, he was successfully rescued by Chen Xing.
People who come here to travel are either couples, lovers, or groups of girl friends, or even girls traveling alone. It is relatively rare for men to travel such a distance alone.
As for why, Chen Xing can’t explain clearly. Maybe boys don’t like traveling?
Chen Xing discovered this problem when he was in Paris, but he didn't expect it to be more serious in Iceland.
It's such a pity. If there were single Chinese young people here traveling to Iceland today, they might be able to meet a lot of Icelandic girls. They might not even be able to tell what you look like. To them, handsome guys and clowns are nothing alike.
Almost.
As long as the facial features are normal and the height is appropriate, there will be no problem.
Chen Xing himself has never seen such enthusiastic Nordic people. In Chen Xing's opinion, these Nordic brothers are all cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Only after they get to know each other can they chat happily. Normally when walking on the street, there are almost no
Nordic people will entertain tourists so warmly.
When he brought the girl to Chen Jiaqian, Chen Jiaqian showed an expression like "I recognize you for the first time."
As far as she knew, Chen Xing had a girlfriend. She and Chen Xing had been chatting frequently this month, and she knew that Chen Xing's girlfriend was an artist and very beautiful.
But why did you bring another one today?
Chen Xing helped introduce: "Her name is Zhou Siyu. She came alone. I thought that since there is room in our car, I would take her back to Reykjavik. Is that okay? Sister Jiaqian."
"You call me sister, what else can I do? Okay, okay."
In fact, she really wrongly blamed Chen Xing. Chen Xing literally took this compatriot who came from China alone back to Reykjavik. He himself has no intention of picking up girls now, and he is still in the same state as what he just saw.
Amidst the beautiful scenery.
Sometimes the scenery is not necessarily that of nature, such as mountains, rivers, icebergs and snowfields.
As a miracle of nature, humans have created many landscapes since ancient times.
Aren’t the so-called Chinese-style works that Chen Xing is shooting now just artificially created scenery?
Seeing things from their own country appearing thousands of miles away in Iceland, which is almost at the end of the world, every Chinese person at the scene felt excited, so now Chen Xing just wants to go back to the hotel to edit the scenes he saw today.<
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Must use true 4K!
System recording can select the resolution when exporting, but it rarely uses the highest resolution.
Now don’t seem to feel sorry for this event.
Chen Jiaqian has a very good personality, and she gained Zhou Siyu's trust within a few minutes in the car. The two of them are now chatting with each other. They are also Chinese, and their excitement in their hearts is no less than that of Chen Xing.
In this foreign country, a meal of glutinous rice balls and a meal of dumplings can make them miss this place so much.
There was a traditional prayer light ceremony.
This feeling may be unforgettable for any Chinese watching it.
