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Urgently seeking an introduction to the Danish traditional culture !!!!

Denmark has cultivated the famous writer Hans Christian Andersen, who is famous for his fairy tales, philosopher Kierkegaard (S?ren Kierkegaard), and physicist Niels Bohr, who, together with his student Werner Heisenberg, founded the famous school of quantum mechanics known as "Copenhagen School". To date, 13 Danes have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Denmark is a world leader in biology, environmental science, meteorology and immunology. It pursues a cultural approach that enables every member of society to have equal development in culture, and encourages local development of cultural endeavors.

Denmark is also quite famous for its silver designs, such as Georg Jensen, a classic silver artist.

Culture In 2003, there were 5,178 public **** libraries, 271 museums of all kinds and 961,500 visitors. There were 162 theaters nationwide, showing 616 domestic and foreign films throughout the year.

Education Education is well-developed. Since 1973, nine-year free compulsory education has been implemented. In 2002, there were 3,520 schools with 1,118,000 students, including 2,791 elementary school with 679,000 students, 307 high schools with 69,000 students, 164 vocational schools with 172,000 students, 5 comprehensive universities with 74,000 students, and 153 colleges and universities of pedagogical, technological, agricultural, commercial, artistic and musical sciences with 104,000 students. The most famous institutions of higher learning are the University of Columbia and the University of New York. The most famous institutions of higher education are the University of Copenhagen (founded in 1479, about 35,000 students in 2003), the University of Aarhus (founded in 1928, about 21,000 students in 2003), the Technical University of Denmark and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. The national budget for education in 2003 was 30.17 billion kroner, or about 2.2% of GDP.

Press and Publications In 2003, there were 32 daily newspapers with a circulation of 1,378,000, 10 weekly newspapers with a circulation of 1,251,000, 109 periodicals and magazines, and 278 technical and local newspapers. The circulation of the main newspapers is as follows (year of publication in parentheses): Jyllands-Posten (1871), 172,000 copies of the weekday edition, 231,000 copies of the Sunday edition; Behring Times (1749), 142,000 copies of the weekday edition, 165,000 copies of the Sunday edition; Politiken (1884), 137,000 copies of the weekday edition, 173,000 copies of the Sunday edition.

Danish news agency (Ritzaus Bureau): founded in 1866. It is the only national news agency in Denmark and is organized by the major newspapers.

Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DBC): Founded in 1925. Denmark's largest national radio and television station.

Danish Television 2: founded in 1988, started broadcasting in 1989

"Mermaid" bronze statue (Little Mermaid) is located in Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, at the entrance to the port of Lang?rini on a huge cobblestone, which is the Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksson in 1912, based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Mermaid. It was sculpted in bronze by Danish sculptor Eduard Eriksen in 1912, based on the heroine of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea". The Little Mermaid is the main character in the fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea" written by Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. She is the youngest daughter of the sea king. When she was 15 years old, she saved a prince whose ship was sinking on a reef and fell in love with him. But the prince was already engaged to another woman and left her. However, the "Little Mermaid" still sits on a rock by the sea day after day, waiting for the prince to return. Eriksson used the image of Danish Royal Theater ballerina Ellen Price as a model, but he was unable to convince the actress to go nude for the statue, forcing him to use his wife as a nude model. The 5.3-foot-tall bronze statue is life-size, with the entire mermaid up to the calves in human form, except for the feet, which have been transformed into fins. The statue was placed in Copenhagen Harbor on August 23, 1913, and has become a symbol of Denmark. However, the bronze statue of the mermaid has suffered several bad lucks: in 1961, the mermaid was painted with a bra using white paint; in 1963, the mermaid was covered with a layer of red color; in 1964, the bronze statue was "cut off" for the first time; and in 1964, the mermaid was painted with the same color as the mermaid. "cut off" the head; fortunately, the sculptor Erickson saved the mold, and recast a head; in the early morning of July 22, 1984, the "mermaid" right arm was sawed off a section of the two young men surrendered to the police that night, the police to vandalism crime The police prosecuted them for vandalism; in 1990, another unsuccessful attempt was made to steal the head; on January 5, 1998, the head of the Mermaid statue was stolen again; in September 2003, the bronze statue of the Mermaid suffered a further misfortune. in March 2006, the Municipality of Copenhagen decided to remove the Mermaid statue from the city. In March 2006, the City of Copenhagen decided to move the mermaid statue to the deep sea, because too many tourists had caused too much damage to the statue.

The H.C Andersson's House is located in Odense, Denmark, in the center of the island of Fynn. It was built to commemorate the 100th anniversary (1905) of the birth of the great Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The museum is a red-tiled, white-walled bungalow set in a cobbled street. The old-style buildings that line the street make you feel as if you have returned to the 19th century when Hans Christian Andersen lived. The museum **** has 18 exhibition rooms. The first 12 rooms introduce the life of Hans Christian Andersen and his works of various periods in chronological order, displaying a large number of manuscripts of Hans Christian Andersen's works, letters, drawings and some famous Danish painters and artists about Hans Christian Andersen's life in oil paintings and sculptures. The utensils of Andersen's life are still arranged as they were, simple furniture, two leather boxes with patches, a bowler hat, a bag, an umbrella, a walking stick. These simple traveling clothes, which used to accompany him for a long time, reflect his simple life and interests. The 11th room is a cylindrical hall built in 1930, and its several meters high ring wall exhibits eight murals made by the famous Danish modern artist Stearns based on Hans Christian Andersen's autobiographical book My Life as a Fairy Tale, which include Andersen's childhood, leaving his hometown, traveling abroad, and interaction with world-famous artists, and finally, in 1867, the people hailed Hans Christian Andersen as an honorary citizen of the city of Odense, etc. Hans Christian Andersen's life and writing at various stages of his life. The museum includes rooms 13 to 18, which are dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen's life and writing experiences during his lifetime. Rooms 13 to 18 of the museum include a library and a video-recording room, where one can pick up an earpiece and listen to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. These showrooms, a collection of 68 countries published in 96 languages Andersen's writings, the collection of Chinese published Andersen's fairy tales and writings *** there are 27 kinds, the earliest of which was published in 1926 in the novels published in the monthly newspaper of the works of Hans Christian Andersen's Chinese translation. The museum was originally built in Hans Christian Andersen's former residence, with the expansion of Hans Christian Andersen's reputation and the influence of his writings, the increase in the number of editions of Hans Christian Andersen's writings around the world, as well as the increase in the number of museum visitors, the expansion of the museum twice: once in 1930 for the 125th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth; and the other time in 1975 for the 100th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's death.

Round Tower (Round Tower) is located near the center of the capital city of Copenhagen. It was built in 1642 during the reign of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577-1648) for the king of Denmark and Norway, like to build buildings, repeatedly built cities, there is a "king architect" called. The round tower is 36 meters high and 15 meters in diameter. It was built in connection with the Trinity Cathedral (which in Christianity refers to the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). Christian IV built this building to form a complex with the Cathedral, as well as the Library and the Astronomical Observatory. The tower has a spiral staircase to the top, where Tsar Peter the Great climbed with his empress Katarina during his visit to Copenhagen in 1716.

Tivoli Gardens (Tivoli Gardens) is located in the center of the Danish capital of Copenhagen, covers an area of 20 acres, is Denmark's famous amusement park, "Fairy Tale City". Open to the public from April 22 to September 19 every year. Tivoli Park was built by a journalist and publisher, George Carstensen, who advised King Christie VIII of Denmark that "if the people are interested in fun, they will not interfere in politics," and was authorized to build the park. From August 15, 1843, the park was open to both local residents and foreign visitors. Initially, the park was just a place for people to gather, dance, watch performances and listen to music. Later, it was transformed into a playground for young and old alike. The main gate of the park is rather like a bunker. The buildings in the park, carefully designed by experts, are staggered between the natural scenery, making the whole park both natural and artificial beauty. Flower exhibition is a major feature of the park, which attracts visitors with colorful patterns of flowers planted in the garden. The water features here are even more breathtaking, there are not only sculptures and fountains on the water, but also flower boats cruising and water birds flying. When the night falls, the garden is brilliantly lit, flickering glory. The whole tour

Paradise is like a large brushstroke sketch on the black screen, but also seems to be a world of glass. The colorful lights on the branches of the trees are of different sizes, bright and dark, setting off the secluded paths and shadows of the trees. The water's edge of the lights have different patterns, different colors, in different parts of the water after clever arrangement and art of interspersed, like a mirror, giving people a sense of hazy psychedelic. Here there are also c striking Chinese-style architecture - pagoda and theater. The pagoda is divided into 4 floors, with flying eaves and pillars, leaning on the mountain on one side and facing the water on three sides. Inside the pagoda, there is a restaurant on each floor, where visitors can enjoy Chinese cuisine and the view of the lake and mountains at the same time. The stage was built in 1874, in shape, size, color, layout, modeled on the Palace Theatre in Beijing specifications, in front of the stage under the eaves of the horizontal hanging a wooden plaque, on the inscription of the famous words of Mencius "with the people together with the joy of the" 4 big words. Tivoli Park has never had a deficit since its creation, the reason for such a good return in addition to its chic scenery, but also thanks to its long history and tradition. The park offers more than 20 adventure routes with varying degrees of thrill, as well as the opportunity to browse along the Flying Trunk Route, a popular fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.

The Great Belt Bridge (Store Baelt Bridge) was built in the Danish island of Zealand and the island of Fiennes on the 18-kilometer wide Great Belt Channel, the bridge on the suspension bridge is 1,624 meters long, is one of the world's longest suspension bridge. The bridge is a dual-purpose road and railroad bridge. The 6.6-kilometer-long West Bridge, completed in July 1996, runs from Fearing Island to Sporog Island in the strait. The East Bridge was opened in the summer of 1995 as a tunnel for the railroad from Zealand to Sporog Island. The road bridge on the East Bridge is over the water, and this part of the bridge includes a section of suspension bridge with towers that are 254 meters high; the span between the towers is 1,624 meters, second only to Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which is currently under construction; and the height of the bridge bore is 65 meters, which allows the passage of any giant ship. The suspension bridge uses 19,000 tons of steel cables, and its main steel cable is 85 centimeters in diameter.