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.
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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.
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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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To be continued...