At night, there are no modern tools to illuminate the black sand beach, but many Icelanders are accustomed to bringing small light sources, which Chen Xing and his family saw when they were in the parking lot, messy, shaky and bright.

"There are so many people." Chen Jiaqian wowed and said.

She had been in Iceland for a few years, and it was rare to see so many people standing in the same place, even on a scale that was even larger than the Christmas lighting ceremony in previous years.

The lighting ceremony is an indispensable and sacred ritual to welcome the arrival of Christmas.

Legend has it that in the 16th century, Martin Luther, a German missionary, lit a candle on a fir branch in the woods to make it look like the stars that led people to Bethlehem, just as the Three Wise Men of the East found Jesus according to the stars in the sky 2,000 years ago.

In Iceland, this ceremony is usually held every year under the giant Christmas tree in the square, but it may be that many young Icelanders are so familiar with it that they like to stay at home after a few visits.

After all, it's icy and snowy, if you don't go out on a date with your boyfriend and girlfriend, isn't it fragrant to enjoy heating at home?

But this new activity that the Icelandic people have come up spontaneously has attracted the attention of many young people.

After all, I haven't seen it.

Judging from these light sources, the black sand beach is already full of people, comparable to the shore of the Jialing River in the mountain city on the 11th National Day.

There are not many small traders, and Chen Xing has not seen anyone here to do business.

However, at the entrance, there is a place where the organizers of this event sell Kong Ming lanterns, which cost 1,000 Icelandic kronor, and Chen Jiaqian can convert the price into Huaxia coins at a glance.

"Sixty dollars a piece?"

This thing is only five yuan a piece in Huaxia, a great ten yuan, and now it has multiplied so many times abroad.

There are many people who buy, and there is a long queue at the purchase point.

Today's Kong Ming lantern activity started at six o'clock, but at this moment many people have lit lanterns, and the sky is not lonely in the night now, in addition to the distant starlight, there are more lights floating towards the ocean in the sky.

The beautiful Chinese red is particularly eye-catching in the sky.

Many things in China are now banned, such as fireworks, such as Kong Ming lanterns.

In fact, there is a reason why Kong Ming lanterns are banned, because if the Kong Ming lantern encounters strong wind in the sky, or a little accident, the lantern is very likely to be ignited by the open flame under the lampshade, once it falls into the grass, forest, gas station and other places, the consequences of illumination are very serious.

And this kind of accident is not as controllable as setting off fireworks in an open place.

However, there are no such concerns in Iceland today.

First, the wind blows overseas in the sky over Iceland today, and the Kong Ming lanterns in the sky will start to fly towards the island, and when they fly high, they will fly overseas, and then they will land anywhere and cause a fire.

A small amount of fuel could not support them across the ocean to Europe.

And today's materials are not as simple as the ancient Kong Ming lanterns, degradable materials make them degrade quickly even if they fall on the sea, and even the degradation rate of the lamp bone part is very fast, which is why their lamp can be sold so expensive now.

The key Icelanders are just that.

One of the same things, one side is non-degradable, and the other is degradable, then the second one they will buy and use even if it costs ten times more.

Chen Xing also saw a promotional photo of the event written in English next to the sale of Kong Ming lanterns, with a hand-painted image of ancient Chinese people, and the meaning of the text was probably as follows:

'Putting Kong Ming lanterns' is a way of prayer for Chinese people at night, and every time there is a major day or a grand festival, Chinese people light Kong Ming lanterns to express their good wishes. Before lighting the Kong Ming lantern, people should write their wishes on the lamp, and rise to the sky with the Kong Ming lantern to pray that their wishes will be fulfilled.

Reykjavík people have a long history of praying habits, and now it seems that this is a small place, but it used to be smaller, but far away from the mainland, it is also far away from wars and rebellions, and the local people's favorite thing is to go to Reykjavík Cathedral to worship and pray for prayer and other activities.

I've prayed for thousands of years, but I don't know if it's working.

Now a new way of praying has suddenly arisen in the country, which has given young men and women who have 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 her when she went back for a while, so she walked alone among these young men and women in Iceland, and took her mobile phone to record a video of more than ten seconds and sent it to Hedwig.

Paris.

Hedwig created a painting customized by others in the studio, and she didn't know why there were more people looking for her own customization during this time, obviously she rarely showed up to publicize 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 okay 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, not to mention how much she earns, but at least she has to prove herself.

The phone rang.

Chen Xing sent her a video.

It seems that it is night, there are a lot of people around him, and there are still some red points of light in the sky, is it the kind of Kong Ming lantern he said last time?

It's beautiful.

"You see it's all couples here, I'm embarrassed to walk here alone, Hedwig, Hedwig, when will you be able to go out with me for more shopping? Otherwise, I'll have to find a new female companion here. ”

"You dare!"

Little Fist Emoji Warning!

Hedwig smiled, then sighed again.

She was really scared in the face of strangers, Chen Xing also knew this and didn't ask her anything, and occasionally going out to go shopping with Chen Xing for a few days was already her limit.

If she is a fish, then the family that has lived with Chen Xing is water, and it is okay to leave this water for a short time, but after a long time, she must return home to catch her breath, otherwise she is afraid that she will suffocate to death.

Chen Xing and Hedwig chatted a few more words, and soon calmed Hedwig's pessimistic mood again.

"It's time!"

Chen Xing suddenly heard someone say this.

He doesn't know a few words of Icelandic now, he has lived in Iceland for a month, and he has no problem using Icelandic now, but he can't read and write, after all, he didn't really go to an Icelandic language training class.

Chen Jiaqian was envious of Chen Xing's language ability.

She took time to go to a language class on the way to work, and she went to work and classes, and she was tired and half dead every day.

Chen Xing quickly reacted to six o'clock.

Six o'clock is almost the time for dinner, this is the case in China, Iceland is actually similar, you can go out for a walk or something after dinner at six o'clock, Paris eats late because there is really nothing to go to go at night, eat later, watch TV for a while and go to bed directly.

But since everyone is here, it means that these young people have either brought something with them, or they are ready to eat later.

After putting the lanterns here, it may be eight or nine o'clock when you return to Reykjavik or other surrounding towns, and then the couples can have dinner and ......

It seems that the organizers of this event also know it.

Chen Xing smiled inexplicably.

In fact, because today is Christmas Eve, there is still a lot of work to do, and this event is only held temporarily, and there is no better time.

Looking at how lively this year is, if this event is going to be held next year, it is estimated that it will be adjusted to a better time.

At six o'clock, after a girl's excited voice sounded in the loudspeaker, many young Icelanders who were ready to prepare for it lit the fuel under the Kong Ming lantern at the same time, and after a while, the Kong Ming lantern on the entire black sand beach floated one after another.

Although the fire was lit at the same time, the timing of the Kong Ming lantern's liftoff was not so precise.

At first, they looked like floating UFOs, but when they reached a certain height, they resembled stars.

Some of them are a little redder, which should be bought in shops owned by Chinese people in Iceland, while others are a little lighter and more transparent, and they are the biodegradable material Kong Ming lanterns bought here at the black sand beach.

It is precisely because of these different models and specifications of Kong Ming lanterns that this sky has a brilliance far beyond the stars.

At this moment, the farthest lanterns, which were sporadically lit before the start of the event, had already flown very high, emitting light like a supernova erupting in the extreme distance, and these Kong Ming lanterns that had just risen into the sky were as dense as bees near the beekeeper's hive.

People can't help but wonder if the stars in the sky are Kong Ming lanterns that rise into the sky?

Chen Xing burst out of inspiration and took photos everywhere.

This kind of collective display of Kong Ming lanterns is really beautiful, is this the aesthetics of our ancient Chinese people? Is this what modern people say, those ancient barren entertainments?

It's amazing!

The Icelanders were also shouting, they had never seen such a beautiful picture, and the little lanterns they put out with their own hands were really the same as the stars, the same height, the same distance, the same brightness, and even brighter.

"Oh God! I definitely want to study abroad in Huaxia next year! ”

"Honey, I believe in you!"

"Mysterious Oriental!"

"Photos, photos! Why didn't I bring my camera and not my card? Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck! ”

The sound is as lively as the New Year.

Well, these two days are the New Year for them.

At about eight o'clock, Chen Xing received a call from Sister Jia Qian, and they were about to go back to Reykjavík.

In fact, the Kong Ming lantern is almost invisible in half an hour, and the solid fuel released by these Kong Ming lanterns can only be burned for half an hour to an hour, and some of them have not burned for so long, perhaps because they were accidentally blown out by the wind, burned, or flew too high without oxygen, and self-extinguished.

Anyway, almost 99 percent of it went into the ocean.

After a few days, there is a high probability that there will be nothing left.

They have been playing for so long because today's Icelanders are really enthusiastic, and this event of ten thousand lights in the sky has given them a little more knowledge, and many Icelanders have taken the initiative to talk when they see a Chinese person around them, just to learn more about Chinese things.

For example, there is still a question of whether there are such fun and beautiful activities in Huaxia.

Chen Xing was pulled and asked several times.

In the middle of the way, he also saw a girl who ran over to play alone and was surrounded by several Icelandic couples, this girl spoke English well, and when most Chinese people are not fluent in English, or can only communicate with mobile phone translation software, more Icelanders choose to ask her.

In fact, this is also a more introverted girl, and her face is red to the root of her ears.

After that, he was successfully rescued by Chen Xing.

Those who come here to travel are either couples, lovers, or girls' girlfriend groups, or even girls who travel alone, and it is relatively rare for men to run so far alone.

As for why, Chen Xing can't say clearly, maybe the boys don't like to travel?

Chen Xing discovered this problem when he was in Paris, but he didn't expect it to be more serious in Iceland.

It's a pity, if there are single Chinese young people traveling to Iceland today, maybe you can meet many Icelandic girls, and they may not even be able to see how you look, for them handsome and clowns are almost the same.

As long as the facial features are normal and the height is appropriate, there is no problem.

Chen Xing himself has never seen such enthusiastic Nordic people, these Nordic brothers are all the kind of characters that are cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and they can only chat happily after they are familiar. Walking down the street at normal times, few Nordic people would be so hospitable to tourists.

When he brought this girl to Chen Jiaqian, Chen Jiaqian showed an expression of 'I recognize you for the first time'.

As far as she knows, Chen Xing has a girlfriend, and she and Chen Xing have chatted often this month, knowing that Chen Xing's girlfriend is an artist and is very beautiful.

But why did you bring another one today?

Chen Xing helped to introduce: "Her name is Zhou Siyu, and she came alone, I thought that since there was a vacant seat in our car, I would take her back to Reykjavik on the way, is it okay?" Sister Jia Qian. ”

"You call me sister, what else can I do? Okay, okay. ”

In fact, she really blamed Chen Xing, Chen Xing literally, and sent this compatriot from China back to Reykjavik by the way. He himself doesn't have the mind of his sister now, and the whole person is still in the beautiful scenery he just saw.

Sometimes the scenery is not necessarily the scenery of nature, those mountains and rivers, icebergs and snowfields.

As a miracle of nature, human beings have created many landscapes since ancient times.

Aren't the so-called Chinese-style works that Chen Xing is shooting now just artificially created landscapes?

Seeing the things of his own country appear thousands of miles away, almost Iceland at the end of the world, every Chinese person at the scene felt excited, so Chen Xing just wanted to go back to the hotel now and edit out the picture he saw today.

Be sure to use true 4K!

The system can choose the resolution when exporting, but it rarely uses the highest resolution.

Now I don't have to seem to be sorry for this event.

Chen Jiaqian has a very good personality, and she got Zhou Siyu's trust in a few minutes in the car, and the two are chatting now, they are also Chinese, and their excitement in their hearts is not lower than that of Chen Xing.

In this foreign country, a meal of rice balls and dumplings can make them miss it so much.

A traditional prayer lamp ceremony took place.

This feeling may be unforgettable for any Chinese person watching the scene. (End of chapter)