"All right, sir."

The familiar folk accent sounded in Char's ears.

Char is sitting on the second floor of a clothing store at the moment, which should be a relatively high-end clothing store, decorated in a very stylish style, with new Chinese reliefs everywhere, and there are even wooden figures wearing some clothes as a gallery in the middle exhibition hall.

With the waiter's reminder, Char looked at the changing room with expectant eyes, and an ancient princess of Shenzhou walked out of the changing room.

Char's breathing also stalled slightly.

Although the traditions of the country are well preserved, in fact, the clothing of the public has undergone a modern reform, but today is a festival, and there are many girls who wear traditional clothes.

Beichen inherited the Ming Dynasty, so the traditional clothing is also very similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, with a longer hem of the blouse, covering the upper part of the horse-faced skirt, and the trousers are longer than the skirt, revealing the embroidered lace of the trousers.

The clothes are made of hard fabrics that look very smooth and linear, such as this gold makeup suit, which consists of a stand-up collar with lute sleeves and a horse-faced skirt.

The upper jacket is white, the lower body is a green horse face, with woven gold makeup, low-key luxury, the white crane skimmed by while walking, showing gorgeous and rich, and the artistic conception is also very elegant.

Alicia's appearance itself is biased towards East Asia, her hair has been dyed back to its original black, and although her white hair looks dusty, it has to be black to be attractive.

The long hair is coiled up, inserted with exquisite hairpins, and some of the ends hang down on the back, dignified and elegant, with this costume, there is a feeling of the queen of the East.

Char felt that among all the Hanfu of all dynasties, the Hanfu of the Ming Dynasty was the most luxurious and elegant.

Alicia happily spun around in front of Char, the skirt floating with her turning, and the pleats of the horse-faced skirt spread slightly, adding a little fairy aura.

"Is it pretty?"

Char was a little hard to describe in words, his eyes couldn't move away from her, and he didn't even notice that the waiter beside him kept calling him.

"Sir!" The waiter shouted helplessly.

Char came back to his senses, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's a little bit of a little bit of a bad size, but you can wear it, and if you want to be a little more comfortable, you can make a custom one in our store." She said.

"No need." Char said, "Check out." ”

"Okay." The waiter had a skillful smile on his face and motioned for him to come with him.

After a while, they came to the street from the clothing store, and Char also changed into a costume with a bit of bright style, which was a robe.

However, this is different from the style of the dark blue Taoist robe with leggings seen in modern times, and is closer to the daily clothing of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism was the state religion, so the Taoist robe was the outer garment of Han men at home in the Ming Dynasty, and it could also be used as a shirt or a civilian man's wedding dress, which later spread to North Korea and Vietnam.

However, in this era, North Korea has been incorporated into Beichen, mainly to incorporate the Yellow Sea into the inland sea.

It is characterized by a straight collar with slits on both sides, a concealed hem, and a tie knot, and a white or plain collar that is often embellished at the neckline. Large or straight sleeves are closed. It can be worn with silk, a thin cloth belt or a large belt.

The wide sleeves give people a chic and flowing feeling, Char's long hair is very suitable for wearing ancient costumes, especially his hair is white, and when he is tied up, he has a childish face, and there is a feeling of fairy wind and bones.

They just walked down the street holding hands, and even if they were disguised, they attracted a lot of attention.

I don't know if it's because of the lantern festival or other reasons, but on both sides of the street are all kinds of vendors, some selling food and some handicrafts.

The flow of people here is also very strong, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a crowd of people, and the ten-mile long street is brilliantly lit and full of people.

They stroll in the world of lanterns, carefully watch, lifelike goldfish lanterns, vivid lotus lanterns, simple and elegant official lanterns - all kinds of lanterns are beautiful, elegantly decorated, fine workmanship, really dazzling, beautiful.

"Sugar gourd! Sell sugar gourds! ”

Alicia looked for prestige.

The red hawthorn berries are arranged in large and small rows on bamboo skewers, wrapped in crystal clear syrup, and the people who sell them stick sugar gourds on special wooden sticks, like a small tree full of fruits, which is very tempting.

"Want to eat?" Char said.

Alicia came back to her senses and looked around, basically no adults were eating it, it was all children eating, she shook her head.

"Forget it."

However, under her stunned eyes, Char walked straight over, bought a sugar gourd directly from the vendor's hand and handed it to Alicia.

Alicia took the sugar gourd and said helplessly, "This is for children." ”

"Children can eat what adults eat." Char said.

Seeing that Alicia didn't move, Char went to the mask stall on the side and bought two masks, a fox mask and a tiger mask, which only covered the upper half of her face, and the workmanship was quite exquisite.

There are still a lot of people wearing masks on the streets, and I don't know if it's a custom or if the masks of this mask stall are really good.

He picked up the fox mask on a white background and put it on Alicia's face, and chuckled under his breath.

"That's it, no one knows about you, eat."

Alicia lowered her eyes and looked at the sugar gourd in her hand, and then at Char, who was looking at him with a light smile, her eyelids slightly closed, and she was full of laughter.

Then, her teeth opened lightly, and she bit down a hawthorn, biting through some hard syrup on the outside, and then biting into the hawthorn with a sour taste inside, the hawthorn was very fresh, and the core should have been removed in advance, and the sweet and sour flavors bloomed together in the mouth.

Alicia's eyes lit up, clearly liking the thing.

She was just about to tell Char about the delicious food, when the flow of people around her suddenly began to flow, gathering towards a certain place, and they seemed to be very excited.

"Looks like it's going to start over there!"

"Let's go check it out."

Alicia looked at Char with some confusion.

"There's a juggling show over there." Char stared at the road not far away.

He took Alicia's plain hand and pulled her to run with the crowd, successfully squeezing into the crowd.

About a meter or two from the crowd, there were two men shirtless, their muscles obvious, obviously with some special oil applied to them, and their bronzed skin was very powerful in the light.

Beside them was a large furnace containing molten iron.

On one side of the two are two street performers playing with folk instruments.

As the relaxing and melodious music sounded, one of them scooped up the molten iron under the expectant gaze of the people.

Before Alicia could figure out what they were going to do, the man slammed a long board on the container.

"Peng!"

With the crisp sound of bamboo and wood, at that moment, the molten iron bloomed in all directions, and suddenly turned into stars in the sky, scattering in all directions, like a goddess scattering flowers, gorgeous and dazzling.

The people around shouted excitedly, and the atmosphere around them was very hot.

The girls screamed very loudly, and I don't know if they were scared, because they thought they were beautiful, or both.

Alicia asked curiously, "What's that?" ”

"Iron flowers." Char said, "It's molten iron." ”

"Molten iron?" Alicia opened her eyes slightly, "Then they won't be hot?" ”

"It depends on the technology." Char pressed against her earlobe and patiently replied in the noisy environment, "They have to hit the hot molten iron hard into the sky." Only by hitting higher and more scattered, the molten iron can be scattered in the air like a goddess, turning into tiny iron filings that burn, cool, and land in the air. ”

"This was discovered by the ancient craftsmen of Shenzhou in the process of casting utensils, and finally evolved into a folk cultural performance technique, which began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has a history of more than 1,000 years."

"More than a thousand years." Alicia exclaimed, "Isn't that going to be longer than Britannia?" ”

"yes." Char's eyes sighed deeply, "This is where its romance lies."

"Peng!"

Another blow, and countless sparks scattered across the sky, lighting up the whole scene like a colored curtain.

Brilliant fireworks circulate in the night sky, depicting the beautiful scenery exquisitely, forming countless lights and shadows.

Accompanied by loud cheers and prolonged screams, dotted in the night sky, like a sea of stars falling.

Alicia's eyes were a little distracted, and in addition to the gorgeous sparks, she seemed to be able to see the scene when the ancients invented this stunt thousands of years ago.

Their psychology of seeking truth and exploring everything, their curiosity and eagerness to learn, gave them the courage to face the fire.

They shared this courage, struck it high, and turned it into a rain of stars in the sky and sprinkled it on the world thousands of years later.

She may be able to understand what Char said, this kind of thousand-year-old romance, anyone will be moved by the atmosphere in it.

Until the end of the show, Alicia was immersed in the beauty of the scenery and the shock of history.

It wasn't until they reached the harbor and strolled by the river that Alicia spoke.

"Char, I love it here."

Char's eyelids closed slightly, "Me too"

"Next, shall we go to the new school?"

Alicia nodded.

(End of chapter)