travel starts with photography

There are no modern tools for lighting the black sand 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 several years, and she rarely sees so many people standing in the same place, which even exceeds the Christmas lighting ceremony in previous years.

The lighting ceremony is an indispensable sacred ceremony to welcome Christmas.

This custom has been around for a long time. According to legend, in the 16th century, German missionary Martin Luther lit candles on fir branches in the woods, making it look like the starlight leading people to Bethlehem, just like the three magi 2000 years ago according to The stars in the sky are like finding Jesus.

In Iceland, this ceremony is usually held under the giant Christmas tree in the square, every year, but it may be that many young Icelanders are too familiar with it, so after participating in it a few times, they prefer to stay at home.

After all, it's cold and snowy. If you don't go out to date your boyfriend or girlfriend, wouldn't it be nice to enjoy the heating at home?
However, this new activity spontaneously created by the Icelandic people has attracted the attention of many young people.

After all, I have never seen it.

Judging from these illuminated light sources, the black sand beach is already full of people, comparable to the banks of the Jialing River, a mountain city on the National Day of the [-]th National Day.

There were not many small vendors, and Chen Xing hadn't seen anyone coming here to do business.

However, at the entrance, there is a place where the organizer of this event sells Kongming lanterns. The price is 1000 Icelandic Krona. Chen Jiaqian converted it into Huaxia currency at a glance.

"60 yuan each?"

This thing is only five yuan a piece in China, which is a lot of ten yuan, and now it is so many times abroad.

There are quite a few people buying, and there is a long queue at the point of purchase.

Today's Kongming Lantern activity started at six o'clock, but many people have already lit the lanterns at this moment. The sky is not lonely in the night now. Except for the distant starlight, there are more lights in the sky floating towards the ocean. .

The beautiful Huaxia red is particularly eye-catching in the sky.

Many things in China are now banned, such as fireworks, such as Kongming lanterns.

In fact, there is a reason why Kongming lanterns are banned, because if Kongming lanterns encounter strong winds in the sky, or if there is a slight accident, the lanterns have a high probability of being ignited by the open flame under the lampshade. Once they fall into the haystack, forest, come on Stations and other places, according to the consequences are very serious.

And this kind of accident is not as controllable as setting off fireworks in an open area.

However, Iceland now has no such concerns.

First, the wind blowing towards the sea is blowing over Iceland today, and the Kongming lanterns that take off will start to fly a little towards the island, and after flying high, they will turn to fly overseas, and then it is impossible to land anywhere. fire.

A small amount of fuel is also impossible to support them to cross the ocean and cross to Europe.

And today's materials are not as simple as the ancient Kongming lanterns. The degradable materials allow them to be quickly degraded even if they fall on the sea. Even the lamp bone part degrades very quickly. This is why their lamps can be sold so much now. expensive reason.

The key is that the Icelanders are good at this.

For the same thing, one side is non-degradable and the other side is biodegradable, then they will buy and use the second one even if they spend ten times more money.

Chen Xing also saw a promotional photo of the event written in English next to the Kongming lanterns. There were hand-painted images of ancient Chinese people on it. The meaning of the text was probably:

"Lighting Kongming Lanterns" is a way of Chinese people praying at night. On important days or festivals, Chinese people light Kongming Lanterns to express their good wishes.Before lighting the Kongming lanterns, people have to write their wishes on the lanterns, and rise to the sky with the Kongming lanterns to pray for their wishes to come true.

The habit of praying in Reykjavik has a long history. Now it seems that this is a small place. It used to be smaller, but it is far away from the mainland, and it is also far away from wars and rebellions. The favorite place of the local people It’s just that it’s okay to go to Reykjavik Cathedral to pray next week, pray for prayers and other activities.

I have prayed for thousands of years, but I don't know if it has come true.

Now suddenly a new way of prayer has emerged in the country, which allows young men and women who have nothing to do in the polar night to find a new way to express their love.

Chen Xing didn't want to bother Chen Jiaqian and her boyfriend too much, so she made an appointment to make a phone call when she got back, and then walked alone among these Icelandic young men and women, recorded a ten-second video with her mobile phone and sent it to Hedwig.

Paris.

Hedwig was creating a custom-made painting in the studio, and she didn't know why more people came to her to order it during this period of time, obviously she rarely showed up to promote it.

But it's also a good thing.

Now that I have left my family and came 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, not to mention how much she earns, but at least she can 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 kind of Kongming lanterns he mentioned last time?
it's beautiful.

"Look, there are all lovers here. I'm embarrassed to walk here alone. Hedwig, Hedwig, when will you come out with me for a stroll? Otherwise, I will find a new girl here. with."

"you dare!"

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Hedwig smiled, then sighed again.

She was really afraid of strangers, and Chen Xing knew this, so she didn't ask her anything. Going out with Chen Xing for a few days was already her limit.

If she is a fish, then the family she lived with Chen Xing is water. It is okay to leave this water for a short time, but after a long time, she has to go back home to catch her breath, otherwise she is afraid of suffocating herself. die past.

Chen Xing chatted with Hedwig for a few more words, and quickly calmed down Hedwig's pessimistic mood.

"It's time!"

Chen Xing suddenly heard someone say that.

He doesn't know a few words of Icelandic now. He has lived in Iceland for a month. He has no problem with daily use of Icelandic, but he can't read and write. After all, he didn't really go to Icelandic training class.

Chen Jiaqian was very envious of Chen Xing's language ability.

At the beginning, she took time to go to the language class on the way to work, and went to work and class, and she was exhausted every day.

Chen Xing quickly realized that it was six o'clock.

Six o'clock is about dinner time. This is the case in China. Iceland is actually similar. After dinner at six o'clock, you can go out for a walk or something. Paris eats late because there is really nothing to do at night. Finish eating later, see TV can go straight to sleep.

But since everyone is here, it means that these young people either brought something, or they are ready to eat later.

After setting off the Kongming lanterns here, it may be eight or nine o’clock when you return to Reykjavik or other surrounding towns. By then, couples will have dinner and then you can...

It seems that the organizers of this event are also very understanding.

Chen Xing smiled inexplicably.

Actually because it's Christmas Eve, there's so much to do, and the event is just a temporary one, there's no better time to do it.

Seeing how lively this year is, if we want to hold this Kongming Lantern event next year, it will probably be adjusted to a better time.

At six o'clock, after a girl's excited voice rang through the loudspeaker, many Icelandic young people who had already prepared lit the fuel under the Kongming lanterns at the same time. .

Although the fire was fired at the same time, the time when the Kongming Lantern was lifted into the sky was not so precise.

At the beginning, they looked like floating UFOs, but after they rose to a certain height, they were like stars.

Some of them are a little red, and these should be bought in stores opened by Chinese people in Iceland, while others are a little lighter in color and more transparent, that is, the degradable material Kongming lanterns bought here in the black sand beach.

It is precisely because of these Kongming lanterns of different models and specifications that the sky has a brilliance far beyond the stars.

At this moment, the farthest lanterns were sporadically lit before the event started. They had already flown very high, and the light they emitted was like a supernova erupting far away, and the Kongming lanterns that had just lifted off were densely packed. 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 picture of collectively releasing Kongming lanterns is really beautiful. Is this the aesthetic view of our ancient Chinese?Is this what modern people say, those barren entertainments in ancient times?
It's amazing!

The Icelanders are also yelling, they have never seen such a beautiful picture, the little lanterns they let out by themselves are really the same as the stars, the same height, the same distance, the same brightness, and even brighter .

"God! I must go to China to study abroad next year!"

"Honey, I believe in you!"

"Mysterious Oriental!"

"Photos, photos! Why did I bring a camera but no card! Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!"

The sound is as lively as the New Year.

Well, these two days are Chinese New Year for them.

At about eight o'clock, Chen Xing received a call from sister Jiaqian, saying that they were going back to Reykjavik.

In fact, the Kongming lanterns are almost invisible in half an hour. The solid fuel placed under these Kongming lanterns can only be burned for half an hour to an hour, and some of them can’t burn for so long. Maybe they were accidentally blown out by the wind, burned, or flew away. Too high and there is little oxygen, self-extinguishing.

Anyway, almost 90.00% of them fall into the ocean.

After 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 Wandeng Raising into the Sky has given them some insight. Many Icelanders started to talk to a Chinese when they saw a Chinese next to them, just to think about it. Learn more about China.

For example, does Huaxia still have such fun and beautiful activities?

Chen Xing was asked several times.

On the way, he also saw a girl who came to play alone was surrounded by several Icelandic couples. This girl could speak English well. Most Chinese people are not fluent in English, or they can 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 is red to the root of her ears.

Afterwards, he was successfully rescued by Chen Xing.

Those who come here to travel are either couples, lovers, or girls and girlfriends, or even girls who travel alone. It is relatively rare for a man to travel so far alone.

As for why, Chen Xing couldn't say clearly, maybe the 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.

What a pity, if there are single Chinese youths traveling to Iceland today, they might be able to meet many Icelandic girls, and they may not even be able to tell what you look like, to them, handsome and clown are both almost.

As long as the facial features are normal and the height is appropriate, there is no problem.

Chen Xing himself has never met such enthusiastic Nordic people. In Chen Xing's view, these Nordic brothers all have the kind of personality that is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and they can only chat happily after getting to know each other.Walking on the street in normal times, almost no Nordic people would entertain tourists with such enthusiasm.

When he brought this girl in front of Chen Jiaqian, Chen Jiaqian showed an expression of "recognizing you for the first time".

As far as she knew, Chen Xing had a girlfriend. She and Chen Xing had chatted frequently this month, and she knew that Chen Xing's girlfriend was an artist and she was very pretty.

But why did you bring another one today?

Chen Xing helped to introduce: "Her name is Zhou Siyu, and she came alone. I thought that since we have a seat in the car, I would take her back to Reykjavik on the way. Is that okay? Sister Jiaqian."

"You call me sister, what else can I do? Okay, okay."

In fact, she was really wrong to blame Chen Xing. Chen Xing literally meant to send this compatriot from China back to Reykjavik along the way.He himself has no intention of picking up girls right now, and he is still in the beautiful scenery he saw just now.

Sometimes the scenery is not necessarily the natural scenery, those mountains and rivers, icebergs and snowfields.

As a miracle of nature, human beings have created many landscapes since ancient times.

Aren't the so-called Huaxia-style works that Chen Xing is shooting now artificially created scenery?
Seeing things from his own country appearing thousands of miles away, almost at the end of the world in Iceland, every Chinese person at the scene felt a surge of emotion, so now Chen Xing just wants to go back to the hotel and edit the scenes he saw today.

Be sure to use true 4K!

The system's recording can choose the resolution when exporting, but he rarely uses the highest resolution.

Now there is no need to feel sorry for the 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 the excitement in their hearts is no lower than that of Chen Xing.

In this foreign country, a meal of glutinous rice balls and dumplings can make them miss the place so much.

A traditional prayer lamp ceremony took place.

This feeling, any Chinese who watched the scene, may never forget it for life. (end of this chapter)