This year is another special Spring Festival, because of the policy of nucleic acid testing and home isolation for 14 days, and the psychology of not adding trouble to society, many people choose to celebrate the New Year on the spot. Just now my sister said that she will definitely not come back for the New Year, and the ticket she bought is ready to be refunded.
I laughed and said that there was a subsidy for the Local New Year, and it was the same when I came back after the year.
She said that unfortunately, her city does not have it, unlike Hangzhou, all non-Hangzhou migrant workers can receive 1,000 yuan in red envelopes.
Then, the two of us expressed our envy and feelings about Hangzhou in WeChat: Hangzhou is indeed a good place.
Hangzhou is a good place, and this sentence is really not just a casual remark. Song Fan Chengda's "Wu Junzhi" wrote that "the proverb, heaven has heaven, underground Suzhou and Hangzhou", describing the beauty, prosperity and wealth of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Not only that, But Mark Polo from Italy also wrote about Hangzhou in his "Travels of Mark Polo", saying that Hangzhou was the most beautiful city in the world at that time, with prosperous business, 12 industries, each industry with 12,000 households. The same records have also been confirmed in ancient books such as the Qiandao Lin'an Zhi and the Mengliang Lu.
Regarding Marco Polo's travels and accounts of Major Cities in China, scholars specializing in Marc Polo internationally have formed two opposing schools. Some people think that he must have been to China, some people suspect that he has never been to China, and what is recorded is nothing more than hearsay.
The Global Times, published on August 11, 2011, reported that Marco Polo had not actually been to China, and that Mark Polo's Travels were most likely Marco Polo's "second-hand stories" about China, Japan, and the Mongol Empire from Persian merchants, and then compiled that information to compile Mark Polo's Travels.
In fact, I think that whether Mark Polo's trip to China is true or not, it is undeniable that he has made great contributions to the cultural exchanges between China and the West. Of course, the truth I prefer about those things reported in the West is that the developed countries in the West do not want to admit that China was once so prosperous and powerful.
Mark Polo, a 13th-century traveler and merchant from Venice, Italy, claimed to have traveled the world at the age of 17, lived in China for 17 years, and visited many ancient cities in China, including the "City of Hangzhou", which caused Europeans to yearn for the Orient, and also had a great impact on the opening of new shipping routes in the future.
It was also because of the book "The Travels of Mark Polo" that I learned that there was once such a merchant who loved adventure and exploration, who came from the romantic water city of Venice. Getting around that place required a boat, we went out to fight, and they went out to row a gondola.
I have imagined more than once that Mark Polo, from the water city of Venice, would sigh when he saw the ancient city of China, and when he saw the bustling crowds on the road, would he miss his hometown? Probably.
I have imagined countless times what a place the water city of Venice is. Nothing was known other than that they traveled by rowing. When it comes to the style of Venice, it is always inseparable from water, winding water alleys, flowing waves, like a romantic dream floating on the blue waves.
Our curiosity about Venice should be the same as Mark Polo's curiosity and yearning for China when he set out to prepare for a trip to the East.
A few days ago, I bought Xiao Xun a set of adventure series storybooks called "Pretty Mouse Reporter", which happened to have a series of adventure stories experienced by the little protagonist of the story when he traveled to Venice.
"Pretty Mouse Reporter" is a companion to the classic Italian children's book "Mouse Reporter", written by the famous Italian writer Fir Steaton.
This set of books is said to be a set of adventure story books, in fact, there are other mysteries in it, such as this "Venice Carnival", which introduces a lot of classic Venetian architecture and customs.
There is the world-famous carnival;
Specialty food - fried sweet balls;
There is pesaro palace;
There is a natural history museum;
There is St. Mark's Square;
There is venice's main canal, the Grand Canal;
There are performances, parades, masquerades;
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The adventure story begins with these quaint buildings, as well as culturally rich festivals and cuisine. When the "Pretty Mouse Brothers and Sisters" participated in the Venetian Carnival, the "Great Thief Incident" occurred.
The thief steals only a mask, he can disappear out of thin air, and every time the crime scene has a card painted with a cylindrical gift box, plus the sound of wings stirring can be heard.
As for the other news of the thief, everyone knows nothing.
The pretty rat Fei brothers and sisters later relied on their wisdom and bravery to finally let the case come to light. This is actually a very unexpected story, the protagonist through the thorns, the final success of the cliché story.
However, this kind of cliché story is deeply popular with children. Of course, more importantly, this set of books is actually more like a set of popular science books, because the plot is interspersed with popular science about the city of Venice.
As a set of books that combine popular science and adventure stories, it also ends with some mini-games and interactions, such as the theme of "Magic Reveal", visual mini-games, and even Venetian food recipes, such as the famous Venetian dessert "Bread Cookies" and The Specialty of Carano Island , "S-Shaped Cookies".
In fact, the greater feeling I have when I read this set of books is that the development of the Internet and the interconnection of multiple cultures have made it easier for us to understand the world. To understand the outside world, we don't have to walk like Mark Polo for more than a decade, we just need to click on the phone, open the book, and we can see what any city you think of.
For example, when we sit at home, we can know that Hangzhou is not only beautiful in scenery, but also its convenience measures are more beautiful.
For example, when I wrote this article, I found a lot of pictures about Venice on the Internet.
Of course, no amount of pictures you can see is certainly not as shocking and surprising as when you see them with your own eyes. So, maybe one day we can also go out like Mark Polo to see the beauty of "Suzhou and Hangzhou" and the romance of the water city of Venice.
"Mark Polo's Travels" made me yearn and look forward to Mark Polo's hometown - Venice, and "Pretty Mouse Reporter" this set of adventure books, will not let children yearn for Turkey, Venice, London and other cities? Probably.