Jingdezhen porcelain in China is famous all over the world, Germany also has a porcelain capital - Meissen, and today our cloud tour is the Albrechtsburg (Albrechtsburg), also known as Meissen Castle, in Meissen, Germany. It stands like a god on a hill, with the momentum of the King's Landing. Let's visit this old German castle and learn the story behind the country.
The walled city, the predecessor of Meissen Castle, was founded in 929 AD. It was a time of chaos, and the Germans were not strong enough. The Duke of Saxony, Heli I, who had ruled the ancient Saxon tribe, assembled in Meissen into a walled city, which can be said to be the first ancient capital of Saxony, and a very important history in the early days of the development of the Germanic people into a great empire.
At that time, the site of the walled city was now the castle hill of Meissen, looking down on the Elbe, Triebisch and Meisa rivers below.
Over the past thousand years, Meissen Castle has been built and expanded, but its layout and decoration still strive to preserve the original appearance of ancient times.
The two castle halls on the first floor are carved with beams and paintings, but they have not been overly renovated to create a tacky artificial taste, and they have condensed the breath of the precipitation of time.
The murals on the walls are also images of medieval princesses or samurai.
Immersed in the middle, visitors can't help but be deeply attracted and moved by the feelings of turning back the clock, eager to immediately change into costumes in front of the large scenery everywhere, take photos and punch cards.
The most talked about, of course, is the era of the rule of the powerful king August, because of the fear of people spying on the secrets of ceramic manufacturing invented by his craftsmen, so the original Meissen porcelain production base was hidden deep in the castle.
Meissen Castle has been converted into a museum today, and a tablet guide has been introduced, one for each person, and the language of explanation is also Chinese.
Recently, the German National Tourism Agency (GNTB) has won many awards for its promotional activities, including the Silver Award of the 2021 World Responsible Tourism Award at the World Tourism Mart (WTM) in London, the second prize in the category of the synergy effect of walking and slow tourism in the category of the Synergy between Walking Tourism and Slow Tourism at the European Cultural Tourism Network's 2021 Sustainable Cultural Tourism Destination Awards, and roaming Germany with the theme of nature and outdoor activities #WanderlustGermany活动, he won the Special Jury Prize in the National Category.
Written by: Nandu reporter Zheng Haihong intern Yang Zixin