I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 281 A Millennium Romance

"Sir, all right."

The familiar accent sounded in Xiaya's ears.

Xia Ya is sitting on the second floor of a clothing store at the moment. This should be a relatively high-end clothing store. The decoration is very stylish. New Chinese-style reliefs can be seen everywhere. Clothes serve as a gallery.

Following the waiter's reminder, Xia looked expectantly at the changing room, and an ancient Chinese princess came out of the changing room.

Xiaya's breathing also stagnated a little.

Although the traditions of this country are well preserved, in fact, the clothes of the public have undergone modern reforms, but today is a festival, and many girls will wear traditional clothes.

Beichen inherited the Ming Dynasty, so the traditional clothing is very similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. The hem of the jacket is longer, covering the upper part of the horse-faced skirt, and the trousers are longer than the hem of the skirt, revealing the embroidered lace at the trousers.

The clothes are made of hard fabrics, which look very smooth and have a sense of lines, such as this woven gold makeup suit, which consists of a stand-up collar, double-breasted pipa sleeves and a horse-faced skirt.

The upper jacket is white, the lower body is a green horse face, with woven gold makeup flowers, low-key luxury, white cranes pass by slightly when walking, showing magnificence and wealth, and the artistic conception is also very elegant.

Alicia's appearance is biased towards East Asia. Her hair has been dyed back to the original black. Although the white hair looks dusty, it has to be black in order to look good.

The long hair was coiled up, with exquisite hairpins inserted, some hair tails hanging down on the back, dignified and elegant, with this outfit, it has the feeling of an oriental queen.

Xia Ya thinks that among all the Hanfus of all dynasties, the Hanfus of the Ming Dynasty are the most expensive and elegant.

Alicia happily spun around in front of Shaar, the hem of the skirt floated with her turning, and the folds of the horse-faced skirt were slightly spread out, adding a little fairy air.

"Does it look good?"

Xia Ya was a little hard to describe in words, it was difficult for him to move his eyes away from her body, and he didn't even notice that the waiter beside him kept calling him.

"Sir!" the waiter yelled helplessly.

Xia came back to his senses, "What's wrong?"

"The size of the clothes is a little bit inappropriate, but they can still be worn. If you want to be more comfortable, you can customize a set in our store." She said.

"No need." Xiaya said, "Check out."

"Okay." With a skilled smile on the waiter's face, he motioned for him to follow him.

After a while, they came to the street from the clothing store, Xia Ya also changed into an ancient costume with a touch of bright wind, a Taoist robe.

However, this is different from the dark blue Taoist robe with leggings seen in modern times, and is closer to the daily clothing of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism was the state religion, so Taoist robes were the outer garments worn by Han men in the Ming Dynasty, and they could also be used as lining robes or wedding dresses for civilian men. Later, they spread to Korea and Vietnam.

But in this era, North Korea has been merged into Beichen, mainly to incorporate the Yellow Sea into the inner sea.

It is characterized by a straight collar and a large placket, slits on both sides, a concealed swing, and a knot with a tie. The neckline is often decorated with a white or plain collar.Large or straight sleeves are tucked away.It can be worn with a silk sash, a thin cloth belt or a large belt.

The wide sleeves give people a chic and elegant feeling. Shaar's long hair is very suitable for wearing ancient costumes, especially his white hair. When tied up, he has white hair and a childlike face, which gives him a fairy-like feeling.

They just walked on the street arm in arm, even though they were disguised, they still attracted a lot of attention.

I don't know if it's because of the Lantern Festival or for other reasons. There are various vendors on both sides of the street, some selling food, and some selling some handicrafts.

The flow of people here is also very strong. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of ​​people. The ten-mile long street is brightly lit and full of people.

They wandered in the world of lamps, watching carefully, lifelike goldfish lamps, lifelike lotus lamps, simple and elegant official lamps - all kinds of lanterns are beautiful in shape, exquisite in decoration and fine in workmanship, which is really dazzling , too beautiful to behold.

"Candied haws! Selling candied haws!"

Alicia looked over in search of prestige.

The bright red hawthorn fruits are arranged on bamboo sticks according to their size, and the outside is covered with crystal clear syrup. The person who sells them sticks the candied haws on a special wooden stick, like a small tree full of fruit. is tempting.

"Want to eat?" Char said.

Alicia came back to her senses and looked around. Basically, no adults were eating that thing, but children were eating it. She shook her head.

"never mind."

But under her astonished eyes, Xiaya walked over directly, bought a candied haws from the vendor and handed it to Alicia.

Alicia took the candied haws and said helplessly, "This is for children."

"Adults can eat what children eat." Xia Ya said.

Seeing that Alicia didn't move, Xia went to the mask booth on one side and bought two masks, a fox mask and a tiger mask, which only covered the upper half of the face, and the workmanship was quite exquisite.

There are quite a few people wearing masks on the street. I don't know if it's a custom or the masks at this mask stand are really good.

He picked up the white fox mask in his hand and put it on Alicia's face, laughing softly.

"That's fine, no one will know you, eat it."

Alicia looked down at the candied haws in her hand, and then at Xia who was looking at him with a smile. Her eyelids were slightly closed, and she was full of laughter.

Then, she opened her white teeth lightly, and took a bite out of a hawthorn, biting through the hard syrup on the outside, and then bit into the sour hawthorn inside. The hawthorn is very fresh, and the core should be removed in advance. The sweet flavors bloom together in the mouth.

Alicia's eyes lit up, obviously liking the thing.

She was just about to tell Shaar about the delicious food, when the crowds around suddenly started to flow, gathering towards a certain place, they seemed very excited.

"It seems to be starting over there!"

"Go and see."

Alicia looked at Shaar with some doubts.

"There seems to be a juggling show over there." Shaar stared not far away.

He took Alicia's plain hand, pulled her and ran along with the crowd, successfully squeezed into the crowd.

About 20 to [-] meters away from the crowd, there were two men with bare upper bodies, their muscles were obvious, and some special oil was obviously applied on them, and their bronze skin showed a sense of strength under the light.

There is a large furnace beside them, which is molten iron.

On one side of the two are two street performers playing folk instruments.

As the relaxed and melodious music sounded, under the expectant eyes of the people, one of them scooped up molten iron.

Before Alicia could figure out what they were going to do, the man slammed on the container with a long board.

"Peng!"

With the crisp sound of bamboo and wood colliding, at that moment, the molten iron bloomed towards the surroundings, and suddenly turned into a sky full of stars, scattered in all directions, like a celestial maiden scattered flowers, gorgeous and dazzling.

The people around shouted excitedly, making the surrounding atmosphere very hot.

The voices of the girls were especially loud. I don't know if it was because of fear, because they thought they were beautiful, or both.

Alicia asked curiously, "What is that?"

"Iron flower." Xiaya said, "It's molten iron."

"Molten iron?" Alicia opened her eyes slightly, "Then they won't be hot?"

"It depends on the technique." Xia Ya replied patiently in the noisy environment, sticking to her earlobe, "They have to beat hard to let the high-temperature molten iron hit the sky. The molten iron can be scattered in the air like a goddess, turning into tiny iron filings that burn, cool, and fall in the air."

"This was discovered by ancient Chinese craftsmen in the process of casting vessels, and finally evolved into a folk cultural performance skill, which began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years."

"More than a thousand years." Alicia exclaimed, "Isn't that longer than Britannia?"

"Yes." Xia Ya sighed with deep eyes, "This is exactly where the romance of it lies."

"Peng!"

Another knock, countless sparks scattered in the sky, lighting up the whole scene like a colorful curtain.

The brilliant fireworks flow in the night sky, depicting the beautiful scenery wonderfully, forming countless lights and shadows.

Accompanied by loud cheers and persistent screams, they dotted the night sky, falling like a sea of ​​stars.

Alicia's eyes were also a little absent-minded. Apart from the gorgeous sparks, she seemed to be able to see the scene when the ancients invented this stunt thousands of years ago.

Their psychology of seeking truth and exploring everything, their curiosity and eagerness to learn, gave them the courage to face the fire.

They shared this courage, shot high, and turned into a shower of stars all over the sky, sprinkled on the world thousands of years later.

She might be able to understand what Shaar said, this kind of thousand-year-old romance, anyone will be moved by the atmosphere in it.

Until the end of the performance, Alicia was immersed in the beautiful scenery and the shock brought by history.

Alicia didn't speak until they reached the port and walked by the river.

"Char, I like this place."

Char's eyelids slightly closed, "Me too"

"Next, let's go to the new school, shall we?"

Alicia nodded.

(End of this chapter)