German holiday customs and life etiquette

German festival

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Germans showed a lively and enthusiastic side during the festival, which was completely contrary to the image at work and left a deep impression on people. The main part of Germany

It is Christianity. About 55 million people in this country believe in two.

Among them, about 27.6 million people believe in evangelical Protestantism, 27.5 million people believe in Roman Catholicism, and a few people belong to other Christian groups. Therefore, religious festivals, especially Christian festivals, such as

Christmas,

Waiting is still the most grand holiday project. In addition, with the development of society, the number of religious believers is decreasing, and new cultural projects are born. Some festivals with German characteristics and bringing international reputation to Germany are also very lively and wonderful. For example:

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This festival. One legend is that ...

On the third day after his death, he ascended to heaven. Later, the church stipulated that the first Sunday after the full moon of the vernal equinox (between March and April 25th of 2 1 year) was the anniversary. The German government stipulates that Easter will be closed for two days. In festivals, families get together to taste various traditional foods, and relatives and friends should congratulate each other when they meet. Eggs, fire, water and rabbits symbolizing life have become Easter mascots. In the west, eggs and rabbits are symbols of new life and prosperity. The true color of eggs symbolizes the sun, and dyeing eggs red symbolizes happiness in life. On Easter, parents should prepare eggs and rabbits specially for their children.

. Friends and relatives should give each other gifts.

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Some towns in the east have retained "

The ancient custom of "tree". People painted hundreds of eggshells.

String them into egg chains and hang them on pine trees on Easter day.

Trees, adults and children sing and dance around the egg tree to celebrate Easter. but

The girls gave up.

To show their love. On Easter, if a girl gives a young man three dollars,

It means that the girl is paying attention to the young man. Fire not only brought light to mankind, but also gave birth to the earth. As a symbol of the rebirth of Jesus, many Easter activities are related to fire. On Easter, people light candles in front of the church to show their holiness and welcome sacred candles into thousands of households. On this day, the happiest thing for children is to let go.

Send it to all families. They use it in front of the church.

Lit branches, and then run to send to every household, full of cheerful holiday atmosphere. In Germany

In this area, every Easter, residents will hold a torch race to celebrate the rebirth of Jesus. On the North Rhine River

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Taiwan Province's Easter Drum is more famous. Six huge wooden wheels were lit by fire and rolled down the valley like six fireballs falling from the sky. The dark valley was brightly lit by steam wheels and mixed with colorful fireworks.

It once again shows that fire has brought new life to mankind. As the only ethnic minority in Germany, the Sorbian people celebrated in the form of a hundred-riding chorus.

. One by one wearing a black coat, wearing black.

Sobu people rode horses decorated with ribbons, flowers and white shells and marched on the forest path in a mighty way. As they walked, they spoke in a rough and powerful voice.

The scene is spectacular.

It is an ancient traditional festival in Germany, and there are different opinions about the origin of this festival. There is a saying that Carnival is the Spring Festival for German farmers, and farmers express their joy in resisting demons, expelling the harsh winter, welcoming spring and celebrating the harvest through various activities. Another way of saying this is that according to Catholic custom, Jesus was resurrected on the third day after being crucified, that is, Easter. The 40 days before Easter is the 40 days and nights when Jesus fasted and prayed in the wilderness before he began to preach, which is called by Catholicism.

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During the 40-day festival, Catholics are forbidden to eat meat, have fun, get married and other festive activities. For this reason, people use

Enjoy yourself before the festival.

, drinking,

Dancing, parades in costumes and various celebrations. Nowadays, Carnival has become a worldwide festival in countries and regions dominated by Catholicism. As far as its content is concerned, it is probably not only a farmer's festival or a religious festival, but also contains rich historical connotations and national characteristics. In Germany, starting every year,

Carnival begins at 1 1 and lasts for two or three months until 40 days before Easter the following year. But its climax is in the last week, especially this week's Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. In these "crazy" three days, the carnival in Germany reached its peak. In Germany, different regions celebrate carnival in different forms, but there are several activities in the same form, that is, the election of "prince" and "princess" and "Thursday"

",masquerade parades and large carnival gatherings and dances. At the beginning of the carnival, many cities and villages have to set up various organizations to plan the activities in the climax of the carnival. The first is to elect the "prince" and "princess", because the main activities of the carnival should be presided over by them. Being elected "Prince" and "Princess" is a wonderful thing. For this reason,

Election is ultimately determined by economic strength. The Thursday before carnival is called ""

",this is the symbol of carnival climax. In "

",often want to play the comedy of women's power. they

rush

, broke into the mayor's office, sitting in the mayor.

Announced the takeover of the city government and staged this comedy.

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, full of romance. This day is the most exciting day for men.

Just afraid.

Cut off your own tie, and the cut tie was nailed to the wall as a trophy by the ladies.

. The day before the end of the carnival is Monday, which is the climax of the whole carnival and is called "Crazy Monday" or "Rose Monday". There are two activities on this day: one is a costume parade, and the other is a big carnival and dance. When the parade began, people flocked to the streets to watch it. be dressed

The costume band walked at the front of the parade, followed closely on a large scale.

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Gorgeous prince and princess

Particularly eye-catching.

be rigged out in one's best

Clowns and costume teams representing people from all walks of life and historical periods followed closely.

Full of candy,

Small toys rained down on people along the way, naive children.

They took their hats, lifted their skirts and ran to get holiday presents. Carnival is the most popular festival for candy merchants. The last project of "Crazy Monday" is the carnival dance in the evening. People wear clothes.

Wearing an exaggerated mask on his face, he went to the streets dressed as a clown and a madman and had a good time. Accompanied by carnival songs, I saw everywhere. "

",a jubilation, lasted until midnight. On the night of "Crazy Monday", every family opens the window to welcome the arrival of angels. On this night, everyone should have fun before lent.

Celebrate the autumn season.

. It is not difficult to sum up the three elements of carnival, namely, eating and drinking, making noise and making up. People try their best to create a festive atmosphere, especially in western and southern Germany. In Germany, the carnival in each region also has its own characteristics.

It is the most lively carnival in Germany, with clowns and lunatics as the main characters. Their grotesque costumes and reckless behavior amazed everyone.

Christmas Christmas is held every year.

, this is

The day of birth. There is no way to prove the exact date of birth of Jesus.

This day is Rome.

This was stipulated in 354 AD. Christmas is the biggest and most lively festival in Germany every year, and it is also the biggest festival in Christian countries in Europe and America. Germans celebrate Christmas just like people in China celebrate the Spring Festival. They begin to prepare for it weeks before the festival. There are all kinds of Christmas gifts in the market.

, everything. Christmas markets in many cities in Germany have a history of hundreds of years. The Christmas market not only enables people to buy all kinds of gifts needed for Christmas here, but also brings many romantic holiday sentiments to modern cities and people. (The picture on the left is

Christmas night market)

This is a necessity for Christmas Eve, and 95% families with children in Germany should prepare it.

. Christmas decorations

This is an ancient Christmas custom, which was used by ancient Germans in the dead of winter.

The custom of decorating houses and barns with branches and leaves to drive away winter and welcome spring. However, there is another saying about the Christmas tree in religious circles. It is said that Germany

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Once, he came home from a small town on Christmas Eve. In order to let people enjoy the beautiful night view of the mountain village, he is on a tree.

There are some candles representing stars on the table. Since then, every believer on Christmas Eve will imitate him and decorate the Christmas tree in the house. Later, this custom spread from Germany to European and American countries, and the Christmas tree became the most extensive Christmas necessity in European and American Christian countries. Just like China people eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve, carp and fat goose are essential dishes on the German Christmas table. Carp and fat goose are Christmas delicacies because of their symbolic meanings. Germans believe that water is the source of life, carp lives in water, and its reproductive capacity is the highest among fish. A female carp can lay millions of eggs.

For this reason, people like to buy a female carp during the festival, and by

Taste the first bite of carp

It symbolizes the prosperity of the family. At the same time, Germans also believe that carp is also a symbol of wealth.

For example, in the gold market, people are used to putting carp before the festival.

Putting it in people's wallets indicates that the coming year will be rich in money. Germans regard geese as

Goose has a strong talent for human beings.

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Fat, grain

And has the function of treating diseases. When Germans make Christmas geese, they are used to putting apples and

Fill it in the fat goose's stomach. Germans believe that round apples herald a bumper harvest.

It means god's favor. Nande people are used to putting

Leaves and flowers are stuffed into the stomach of geese, which is said to be beneficial to treatment.

This disease has a significant impact. At midnight on Christmas Eve, the church will hold a grand and solemn "midnight"

",in the dawn and early morning of Christmas held two grand.

People sing.

Celebrate the birth of Jesus and the arrival of Christmas. Christmas from

Christmas Eve, lasting 65438+ next year10.6, is one of the longest, most extensive and grand festivals in the world. All public places in Germany have arrangements.

Every household has also prepared rich holiday gifts. Christmas Eve is a night for family reunion. The whole family sat around the Christmas tree for Christmas dinner. There is often an extra seat on the dining table. It is said that this is for "the messenger of the Lord" or passers-by who need help. After dinner, the whole family sang and danced in front of the Christmas tree. exist

There are also various artistic performances. The next day, people visit relatives and friends and make friends. The whole festival is full of festive and peaceful atmosphere.

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Originated from 18 10 to celebrate.

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Princess Darius of Hausen, Helden, held a series of celebrations to celebrate her centenary birthday. Germany 10 coincides with barley and

In the harvest season, people get together happily, drinking, singing and dancing to express their inner joy after hard work. This traditional festival has continued to this day. In recent years, with the rapid development of German economy,

The scale of the music festival is also expanding.

municipal government

Also attaches great importance to it. The influence of this festival has gone far beyond.

And become a world-famous festival.

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It is famous not only because it is the largest folk carnival in the world, but also because it is well preserved.

Folk customs. People transport beer in gorgeous carriages, drink in huge beer tents and enjoy Bavaria.

The folk songs and intoxicating love songs played are very elegant. People taste it at Oktoberfest.

At the same time, a series of colorful entertainment activities, such as horse racing, shooting,

, all kinds

Activities and theatrical performances,

Will wait. People not only add a festive atmosphere to the festival, but also fully show their national enthusiasm, boldness and vitality. On the first morning of the festival, parades from Bavaria, other German states, Austria, Switzerland and France gathered together, and people wore colorful clothes.

Traditional clothes were taken away by the mayor of Munich and the owner of the winery.

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Under the guidance of the carriage, it is vast,

Slowly flock to Darius meadow. Noon 12, with

12 rings, and immediately the drums and music are played together.

Flying, the sound is boiling. The mayor is making a short speech.

After opening the first barrel of beer, Oktoberfest kicked off with boiling cheers. Wear at this time

Beer girl will be the new one-ear goblet.

Keep giving it to people who are eager to drink. Many people wear it

Shorts, vests, etc

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Walking in the street, they shouted "cheers" to everyone, and the atmosphere was very lively. Munich 10 has been omitted at the beginning.

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The lights are beautifully decorated. Festival Square, hundreds of tents of different sizes.

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Sit together, drink to the fullest, sing and dance impromptu to the accompaniment of music, and even jump on the table to congratulate each other. During the festival, beer is served every night until 10: 30, and the band plays pop music at 10: 45 to urge people to leave. At this time, thousands of drunken tourists will protest in unison and clean up.

The chairs should be put upside down on the table. For those tourists who refuse to leave for a long time, the security guards should push them to the exit and force them to leave. On weekdays, the outstanding impression of the Germans is

Serious, rigorous, obedient, disciplined and principled, but it seems to lack humor and enthusiasm. However, in

On festivals, people can find the other side of German vitality and enthusiasm. In particular, Bavarians' persistence and pride in their own culture and traditions have left a deep impression on people all over the world.