Lille's Cultural Wide Angle

Lille is a strange polyhedron. Its first face belongs to France, with French elegance and taste, keen to preserve tradition, and extremely cherishing and proud of the architecture of its own city; On the other hand, it is citizens and fireworks. Lille is famous for its handicrafts and commerce in history. Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and France all fought for their sovereignty. It is still a wealthy citizen city, which is said to be richer than Paris. The grand festivals of Lille people are also related to handicrafts and commerce. The second-hand goods festival, which has lasted for hundreds of years, has become one of the most famous traditional games in Europe. Her third face is extremely young. Lille has 2 1 10,000 residents, but there are 1 10,000 college students. Many of these college students will become the best engineers in the world, but during their study, they seem to be carefree, dressed strangely and whispering in the streets of Lille. Be a "colored girl" in Lille.

All kinds of cool handsome guys and beautiful women all over the world can find the same lover in Lille. The young people in Lille are very frank and have great personality. In order to make a blockbuster, they try their best to wear them, one is cooler than the other and the other is dazzling.

When I first arrived in Lille in the evening, I met the "ice sage" who came out for activities. The city was rainy and empty. 365 days a year, the French set up 365 gods. From May 9 to 12, three ice saints often bring incredible cold weather. Unexpected bad weather makes us doubt this ancient city, which is known as the cultural capital, transportation hub and university town.

Needless to say, the beauty of the buildings in the old city, what surprises you is that the streets are full of handsome men and beautiful women, which makes people's eyes turn. A boy in the same trade ran a red light in violation of regulations in order to catch up with the beautiful woman who walked fast. Although it's very cold, the beautiful girls in Lille don't take off their beautiful skirts in summer, but put on pants with a lot of necklaces, rings and scarves. The result is harmonious and clean colors. There are plenty of cool guys. In China, just carrying one can make a little girl who loves idols scream. For example, two cool men are holding a big black dog: the one that looks very sunny is blonde, gray sweater, white cropped trousers and red sneakers; One that looks like a killer is a gray hooded cotton long-sleeved T-shirt (with a hat covering half an eye) and a little old gray jeans-not only dare to wear them, but also wear them according to their temperament.

What impressed me the most was a cool man, playing chess alone under the coffee table, with brown hair, clean black sweater and blue jeans, looking at a cigarette and moving chess pieces, looking intellectual and quiet. On the streets of Lille, although the weather is not very good and the cool guys and beautiful women walk very fast, the camera still consumes memory at a very fast speed. When we were eating, we took out the camera and compared the harvest. We found that all men took pictures of beautiful women and all women took pictures of cool men, and almost all of them used "trotting away" to describe their madness. Think about it, because Lille's cool boys and girls are so special, five steps to a beautiful woman, ten steps to a handsome, young, well-dressed, especially thoughtful. "The Living Fossil of European Architecture"

Lille is located in the north of Paris180km, which is the capital of North Calais and an important town in France. It is only a dozen kilometers away from the Belgian border and is the fourth largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon. Since the completion of 1994, the English Channel Tunnel has become a transit point connecting London, Paris and Brussels. It takes 2 hours to get to London by train and 38 minutes to get to Brussels.

Now Lille is the economic center of France, especially the retail industry: the headquarters of the internationally famous retailer Auchan is here; Decathlon, Castrama and Le Momelin are also from Lille. Famous European mail order sellers such as TorisSuisses and Redoute also made a fortune here.

Lille has a history of thousands of years, which can be traced back to the Earl of Flanders in the Middle Ages. Lille, as the gateway of northwest Europe and an important trade and industrial city, has experienced many political and economic crises and even brutal wars. History has left an immortal witness for this city: rich architectural, artistic and cultural heritage. The cultures of different countries are intertwined here. Even Europeans themselves admit that Lille is the most beautiful old city in Europe and a "living fossil of European architecture". Moreover, Lille is a university town with many universities.

That's why european capital of culture was chosen here in 2004. The concept of "european capital of culture" was first put forward by the Greek Minister of Culture 1983, aiming at promoting the sharing and exchange of European cultures, bringing people closer to Europe, and thus creating "European knowledge" with multicultural characteristics.