Chapter 338: Organ and Cuckoo Clock
There are also many fairy tales in this black forest, which is a charming place, Robin introduced to everyone, famous for cuckoo clocks, black forest cakes, black forest ham, honey and pork knuckle, etc., and many stories from Grimm's fairy tales, such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella", take place in the Black Forest.
These fairy tales, Qu Lihua has heard such fairy tales before, "Snow White" and "Cinderella" are all familiar fairy tales, and they are also deeply loved by children, in which the characters love and hate clearly, praising the kind and beautiful girl, in order to fight for love, strive to live a happy life, and the story of the struggle with the vicious stepmother, these two fairy tales still have a very beautiful meaning in retrospect, and have a guiding role in the growth of teenagers.
Every girl has a dream of Snow White, and hopes that she can become the lucky princess, meet a prince charming who really loves her, love each other, not afraid of any obstacles, and finally live happily together.
Fairy tales are just fairy tales, and when Qu Lihua grew up, she realized that life is not as beautiful as in fairy tales, and she will still encounter all kinds of bad people in real life, and she needs to be brave and strong to overcome one difficulty after another.
Wanderers of the Black Forest also find many industries that are becoming less and less common, such as glassblowing, organ making, ironsmithing and tanning, while the watch industry in the Black Forest is still a true traditional craft art.
These are the previous industries, with the acceleration of the process of modern cities, it is difficult to see these industries in big cities, but Robin took Qu Lihua to see here, Qu Lihua is still a little surprised, like organ manufacturing, iron, tanning some need to be processed by hand, and some craftsmen with traditional skills are needed to do these jobs.
And these jobs are not very hot, not the modern kind of very popular and popular jobs, young people like that kind of work, with modern high technology, can keep up with the pace of the times, and can enter a very large company, the benefits are very good, and the salary is also high.
Looking at these craftsmen, who do not want high salaries, but still maintain their original intention to do these jobs, Qu Lihua is still full of admiration for them in her heart, not everyone can put down fame and fortune and come here to live an indifferent life.
Robin told Qu Lihua that most of these craftsmen have their fathers working in this industry, and they pass on their skills to the next generation, and the next generation inherits the craftsmanship of their parents, and has a deep affection for this craft, and a deep sense of awe.
For them, the products they make are spiritual, giving them spiritual inspiration, and doing this kind of work, although the salary is less, but the spiritual richness makes them very happy.
There are some musical instruments made by these craftsmen, the sound is mellow, very beautiful, although few young people play the organ now, many young people are chasing pop music, rock music, modern heavy metal electronic music, even more obsessed with young people, punk style is booming, young people are imitating stars, holding a lot of young people to imitate, they regard those as fashionable, but forget some traditional instruments.
Speaking of which, Robin also has a lot of regrets.
"Although these instruments are no longer popular after a long time, they still have a different charm when I calm down and listen to them again. ”
He invited an old artist to play a piece of organ, Qu Lihua and Meng Wenjie stood next to listen to the melodious music, and pop music is two completely different styles, it still sounds very good, after the performance, Qu Lihua and Meng Wenjie applauded with the old artist, the old man was also very polite, stood up and saluted.
If you praise the old man a few words, the old man will be even happier, their smile will make them look amiable, and invite everyone to his house.
Robin said: "The people here are so simple, different from the people in the city, although the big city is prosperous, but there is a reinforced concrete between people, people guard against each other, always with indifference, a kind of indifference, that has a sense of distance, after a long time, I also yearn for this kind of simplicity and kindness." ”
Qu Lihua nodded, "I can also understand the old people who come to live here, I find that this place is very suitable for the elderly, look at the scenery, play their favorite musical instruments, and the mood is also better, if there is such an environment, when I am old, I also want to find a place with beautiful scenery, a place with mountains, rivers and trees to retire." ”
"Hahaha......" everyone laughed.
The old artist told everyone that every year on cold nights, farmers in the mountains stay at home to carefully carve wooden figures and utensils, among which the fir cuckoo clock is the most famous.
This timepiece is even more characteristic because it is hand-painted, and what used to be a cottage industry in the Black Forest region has developed into factories large and small, and its products have reached the international market.
Cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest can be seen all over the world, and this is where the cuckoo comes from, and when it is on the hour, the cuckoo jumps out and makes a call.
"Cuckoo, cuckoo!" is very cute.
Qu Lihua remembered that her parents had also bought such clocks before, this is an old-fashioned Western clock, and it also has a long history, the quality of Western clocks at that time was still very good, and it was not bad after using it for so many years, and the cuckoo inside it would come out to call on the hour.
"Cuckoo, cuckoo!" This kind of voice sounds very cute, Qu Lihua's family is used to hearing it, sometimes Qu Lihua thinks that the cuckoo clock is too noisy, and wants to change a clock, Qu Lihua and her parents said either buy an electronic clock, there is no sound.
My parents said that they were used to it, and although the old-fashioned clock was a little outdated, it was still quite accurate, so I still left it in my parents' room and continued to use it.
Qu Lihua bought an electronic clock and an electronic watch for herself, and later had a smart phone, Qu Lihua bought a smart phone for herself, and there was time on the smartphone, and the clock did not need to be bought.
Later, high-tech, not only mobile phones, tablets, but also electronic watches in the wrist, but also integrated a lot of functions, not only can see the time, but also measure the heartbeat, blood oxygen, but also swipe the subway card, when taking the bus, you can also swipe the bus card, with electronic high-tech modern smart watches, you don't need to buy clocks.
Here I saw the old-fashioned cuckoo clock again, which reminded Qu Lihua again, the old Western clock at home, and heard the familiar cuckoo call again, and felt that there was still an emotion, which was a nostalgic emotion, although we already had smart phones, and high-tech watches, we no longer use such old-fashioned clocks, but it still looked like a sense of precipitation and charm of the years.
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