The Road of German Fairy Tales: Following in the footsteps of Brothers Grimm

The Road of German Fairy Tales: Following in the footsteps of Brothers Grimm

The real society involves too much, which often makes us exhausted. And simple, pure, and sometimes even a little dreamy scenery can point directly at your most authentic heart. At this moment, the sweet story of the prince and princess who accompanied us in childhood landed on us again. Don't forget that your initiative may require such a journey.

This journey is the road of German fairy tales. 1975, the German government planned a tourist route to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of the fairy tale master Brothers Grimm. It starts from Hanao, the hometown of the brothers Grimm, and winds more than 600 kilometers to the north to reach the famous? A musician in Bremen? The story happened in Bremen. More than 70 towns closely related to Grimm's fairy tales are connected in series like pearls, passing through picturesque natural scenic spots, countless artistic and cultural treasures, and villages and towns dotted with exquisite and romantic houses in wood truss, bringing us into a vivid fairy tale dream of childhood.

Break into the forest

Driving on the rugged mountain road, the steering wheel in my hand turns one after another, and a vibrant picture scroll flows out of the window. Clouds rolled on the horizon and were thrown into the fields, changing thousands of gestures. On this 150 km road from Kassel to Hammingden and then to Harmen, I just drove quietly, and endless rural fields, rugged winding paths and towering forest avenues appeared alternately, without feeling lonely or bored at all.

The story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf seems to have happened in a hut in the forest around me. Those good and evil, beauty and ugliness reappear in my mind with the ups and downs in fairy tales, and I seem to have touched the simplicity that is deeply rooted in my heart but has not visited for a long time. When you open the window, you can obviously feel the negative oxygen ions in the air jumping happily. The forest is silent, but it has a quiet power, which always makes people meditate quietly, and seems to have the magic power to stimulate inner peace and lofty feelings. I really want to stop the car and be in a daze about this situation. This idea became stronger and stronger, so after driving over a hillside, I turned around and drove into a path surrounded by large wheat fields, got off the bus and watched the light green wheat waves roll with the wind. The distant farm appears at the junction of the field and the sky, and the detachment here is enough to make people forget the world. It suddenly dawned on me that this is a land of fairy tales without any language.

Follow in the footsteps of the brothers grimm.

The calendar went back four days. /kloc-in the early morning of June, we stood in the square of Hanao, a small town on the Main River. It is drizzling in the sky, and the sculpture of Brothers Grimm stands in the center of the square, which is the starting point of the fairy tale road. Our trip began with Children's Day, which is a very suitable day. 1785 1.4 and 1.786 were born in hanau on February 24th, respectively. More than 200 years later, the former residence of the Grimm family in Hanau has been destroyed by the war and no longer exists, but the monument of the Grimm brothers standing opposite the former residence still attracts many tourists to commemorate it, including many Hollywood blockbusters adapted from Grimm's fairy tales.

We continue to follow in the footsteps of the brothers grimm. 179 1 year, Brothers Grimm followed their father to Steinau, 50 kilometers away from Hanau, where they spent five years as children. This quiet town is surrounded by mountains, and the Kinzig River flows quietly here. The former residence where the Brothers Grimm lived is now open as a museum to show people the life and works of the Brothers Grimm and their extensive influence on society. Walking quietly in the alley after the rain, the houses on both sides keep the traditional style of the central Hesse, while the houses built by wood truss structure have their own charm, and they are layered in the distance. Isn't this the background of the colorful illustrations in the fairy tale book? There are not many pedestrians in the town, but it won't make us feel strange and lonely. The young man who happened to meet at the corner saw me staring at the wooden house outside his house? Balance? , and then take the initiative to introduce the story of wood truss house, although the house has columns, braces, etc. It's all exposed from the wall, but it is made of durable German oak? Bones? The bones and muscles form various geometric patterns, which are pleasing to the eye, warm in winter and cool in summer, and very environmentally friendly. Other houses are decorated with colored sawdust and covered with walls. Roughly speaking, there are thousands. The young man can't hide his pride here. These sawdust were decorated one mark at a time! ? The brief acquaintance has made me integrate into this city and begin to enter a fairy tale world.

Dreams fall into the fairy tale world.

The real fairy tale world really began when Michael appeared in front of us. He was a bagpiper wearing a pointed hat with feathers and colorful clothes. This is Harman, a small town on the Weser River. It is 480 kilometers away from the starting point of the fairy tale road, like a symphony, and officially welcomes * * *. From Grimm's fairy tales? Mouse aspirator? The story happened here. Michael's rat catcher drove away the rats in the town, but he was cheated by the city people and didn't get a reward. Then he took away the children in the whole city with his flute. Michael was born in America, but he has lived in Germany for more than 20 years. He has a witty American accent and melodious flute, and we follow him like children in the city? Piper? I traveled all over the streets of Hamern, completely lost in the colorful houses of Weixi Renaissance style. When two hours passed and Michael waved goodbye with a flute, I was as wronged as my mother was with a fairy tale book. I couldn't bear to say goodbye to the characters in this fairy tale with tears and leave here? Good will eventually overcome evil? Simple world.

Weixi River flows quietly, and we go all the way down to Bremen, 70km from Beihai. Where is the road to fairy tales? A musician in Bremen? My hometown has come to an end. There are all kinds of restaurants on the long bank of Wesee River. Bremen who just got off work chatted loudly, and the baker's beer in his hand was bubbling. The setting sun shines the brightest golden light on the Weixi River. I squeezed into the crowd, found a seat and ordered a beer. Looking back on the journey, the place full of childhood dreams fell at every stop of the journey, so at every stop, we also picked up a childhood dream.

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I also learned that in the market of Beijing, it is the peak season of summer tourist routes, and the tourist products of Fairy Tales Road have also become a popular choice for summer parent-child tours. Launched in Zhongxin Tourism? Fairy tale tour in Germany and Denmark 10 days? Among these products, there is Alsfield, the hometown of Little Red Riding Hood. Sleeping beauty? Castle and Harmon, the city of rat catchers. Wang Zhenyu, deputy director of Zhongxin Travel Direct Marketing Center, said: After years of promotion in the summer market, what can be seen in the outbound travel market now is that parents pay more attention to emotional communication with their children instead of simply giving them material gifts. At the same time, among the summer products launched by Caesars Travel, China Travel Agency and Ctrip Travel, there are also routes involving the German Fairy Tale Road.