Chapter 742 The Marriage of the Sea
On an early summer morning, light pink sunlight shone in through the gaps in the arches of the promenade. Between the pillars, light and shadow alternated constantly. The man walking through it turned his head slightly and looked at the scenery outside the promenade.
In the distance is the blue and whitening sky, and the white sails slowly appearing below the coastline. Those are merchant ships returning from a long voyage.
On the nearby pier, fishermen in small boats transport the freshly caught prey to the floating market for sale.
This is an ordinary day in Venice, and it is also an unusual day. Every year, in the 15 days before and after Ascension Day, as the governor of Venice, he will "marry" once.
Among the Christian princes and nobles, polygamy was prohibited, but the Duke of Venice was still allowed to remarry once a year. In other words, although the chief got married repeatedly, he was by no means really living a married life.
He married the Adriatic Sea, and the sea was his bride, and he was going to throw a golden ring into the sea by boat.
This tradition has been going on for centuries, and no one knows why. Ordinary civilians will set up stalls for this day, and the governor will return to the Church of San Nicolo to hold mass after the ceremony on the Lido Island.
It seems to have become a grand festival, people set up markets, put shelves, and carry out various large-scale cultural and entertainment activities.
The best part is a carnival-like celebration where masked people head out into the alleys to hide their identities and indulge in a night of fun.
This ceremony lasted until 1797, because Napoleon's army attacked the permanent neutral Republic of Venice, and he burned the pier when he entered the city. It was sunk into the bottom of the sea, and with the demise of the Republic of Venice, the custom of "marrying the sea" also disappeared. At this time, the maritime hegemony has passed to the hands of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
But in recent years, the ceremony has been revived, with the mayor instead of the "Führer" throwing the ring into the sea.
It is said that near the Venetian island of Burano there are mermaids who lure men and drag them into the sea.
In fairy tales, there is a little mermaid who is very curious about human beings, so she climbs on the edge of a passing ship and peeps at the porthole. She sees a young man, who is called him for the prince.
At this time, the weather changed suddenly, and a violent storm came. In an instant, huge waves engulfed the ship. Most of the people on board climbed into a small lifeboat, but the prince fell into the water because of a head injury. The mermaid rescued the prince and fell in love with him at the same time. She wished to have a pair of human legs, so she went to the witch at the bottom of the sea.
The witch told her that she could help the little mermaid, but there was one condition. She hoped that the mermaid would give her beautiful voice to the witch. Yes, if the prince marries someone else, she will die in bubbles.
The little mermaid agreed to her request, drank the potion, felt very sad all over her body and passed out.
When she woke up, she was rescued, and the person who rescued her was the prince she had been thinking about day and night.
But the mermaid princess couldn't answer, because she had given her voice to the witch.
The prince brought the mermaid princess back to the castle and put her in gorgeous clothes. Everyone in the castle praised the beauty of the mermaid princess, but the prince didn't care because he fell in love with the princess of the neighboring country. Saved the prince's life for the first time.
"No! No! Prince, I saved you!" the mermaid princess shouted, but the prince still couldn't hear her.
The prince finally married the girl. On the boat back home, the mermaid princess wept sadly. At this time, the voices of her sisters came from the sea: "To save you, we will ask the witch and exchange our hair for this The sword, you use it to kill the prince, put the prince's blood on your feet, and you will turn back into a mermaid."
"You have to muster up the courage to do it, or tomorrow morning, you will turn into a bubble and die."
The mermaid princess made up her mind to enter the prince's bedroom while he was asleep, but seeing Prince Anxiang's face, she couldn't do anything.
At dawn, the mermaid princess said to herself on the deck: "Prince! Goodbye." So the mermaid princess's body slowly turned into many colorful bubbles and flew to the depths of the pink clouds.
No one said whether the wedding held by the Governor was to make up for the shortcomings of the Little Mermaid. It was just a fairy tale, not to mention that the mermaid was just a legend.
However, the prince in the story is worthy of love. He did not give his loyalty to the person he saved because of the beauty of the little mermaid, but he did not realize that the princess of the neighboring country was not his savior.
Sometimes, women will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
Maybe after knowing the truth, the only thing the prince can do is to throw a wedding ring into the sea every year, like the governor, to commemorate the daughter of the sea and give her a decent wedding. The ship was sunk to the bottom of the sea by a little Corsican.
Lido Island is a slender island that runs across the southeast of Venice and is an internationally renowned health resort.
There are many private beaches on the island, and there is also a government-run beach on the east side of the island, where the "wedding" is held.
One of a long chain of islands separating the Adriatic from the lagoon, this sandy beach is arguably Venice's natural breakwater and city walls.
It was not developed at first, and it was not developed into a modern leisure center until the 19th century. The long sandy beach on the side of the Adriatic Sea has become the focus of attracting tourists. The continuous construction of large hotels, nightclubs, casinos, and theaters adorns this place. It is noisy and bustling; the Venice Film Festival is held here every year, and it is the biggest summer event on Lido Island, attracting countless tourists; however, this situation is only limited to summer, and in the off-season of sightseeing, there are no people on the island.
Venice is the pride of all Italy, Venice is the heritage of all mankind, unique in the world.
This is not a tourist slogan, but a fact. In the history of human civilization, there has never been a republic that has persisted for 1100 years, and no one has spent so much energy building a city as flashy and beautiful as the foam on the sea.
In order to protect this world cultural heritage, the "Moses Project" has been launched since 2003. The project plans to install 78 water locks at the three entrances of the Venice Lagoon to separate the lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. Protect Venice from high tides of up to 3 meters and sea level rises of 60 centimeters for the next 100 years.
The most serious flood in half a century has brought the city known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic Sea" to the brink of the abyss.
In the biblical story, Moses is the prophet who parted the sea to save the people of Israel. The Venetians, who have been "doomed", are still waiting for their own "Moses".
Facing the Venetian lagoon, there are black gondolas that shuttle across the river and the sea, as well as characteristic mansions, churches and monasteries with pointed roofs and colorful window lintels.
On the side facing the Adriatic Sea, there are thin golden sands, seagulls flying against the sea breeze, and clouds that turn pink in the setting sun.
However, none of this was as wonderful as the people who accompanied her brought her a wonderful feeling.
It wasn't a pure kiss, but a bit of lust, mixed with enthusiasm, and she found it overwhelming because she was so devoted.
She lay down slowly, like the Little Mermaid, while the Half-Blood Prince unbuttoned his black coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.
Shakespeare said: Even fallen angels are radiant, and a good villain can hardly hide his true colors no matter how he pretends.
His soul, though not pure, because he committed murder, is not incorrigible.
Like the Doge of Venice who made up the Little Mermaid for a wedding, she felt the man deserved a little reward for everything he'd done.
There are really those kind of fools and idiots in this world who will do anything for love and give "Anything".
Wise men say, only fools rush in
But I can't help, falling in love with you
Shall I stay, would it be a sin If it's a sin, should I stop there?
If I can't help, falling in love with you
Like a river flows, surely to the sea, how natural it is.
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help, falling in love with you
"Is that why you brought me to Venice?" she asked him, her voice trembling involuntarily.
"Better than you thought, right?" He smirked proudly. "You think I'm going to run away? I'm still a coward in your eyes?"
"No...you're brave, Severus, but you're not the bravest man I've ever met."
"Who else is braver than me?" he asked grumpily.
"Brave and brainless fool, you have less courage and more wisdom than them."
He was so emotional that he laughed.
"Good girl, deserves a reward." He said softly. "What pose do you want?"
"Oh!" she screamed, punching him on the shoulder hard, even if it was just the two of them on the beach, it was too embarrassing to ask.
"I love you, princess." He suddenly transformed into a saint, and said in a deep voice, "We are finally living together happily."
"Where's Lily?" she asked helplessly.
"She is always in our hearts." He touched her heart and said, "I swore to God that day, I will never let the person I love leave me again, I will not let you die, I will not, I will No..." He whispered more and more quietly, as if he was talking in sleep, "Today, I met a vampire, and he told me that he was the Austrian soldier who was killed in the legend, and his wife had become dead. , but he didn’t dare to die because he was afraid that he would not see her after death, that would be hell, she shouldn’t let him come back to life, she shouldn’t make a deal with the devil!”
"It was the witch who made the deal, and she cheated and tricked Death with the invisibility cloak," Pomona said.
"No, that's a lie, she is that witch, at all, no, a third person has appeared." Severus said word by word, "I don't want to live like him, he is a living dead, do you remember the legend Muggles who fall in love with wizards will be very loyal to them. He wants to die and dare not die. He begs me to help him, but I don’t know what to do. I don’t know whether I am dead or alive. , even you are my delusional imagination, no one can be as perfect as you..."
"I'm not perfect, Severus, you see." She took off her top, exposing her chest. "I'm not plump at all."
"Pink." He stared at her and said "I like the color."
"You're lying." She hugged the man who bit her neck and said in a daze, "You obviously hate pink."
He seemed to have no time for her.
"On Valentine's Day, Lockhart decorated the entire auditorium in pink. Your expression at that time... ah!"
He punished her a little, told her to shut up, and then continued to enjoy his newlywed wife.
How can there be so many stupid men in this world who actually think that games are more fun than women, and focus on that?
The Venetian works are bold and unrestrained, focusing on sensual enjoyment, skillful use of color, absorbing the essence of the heyday of the Renaissance, including Byzantine splendor and Arabian delicacy.
The paintings hanging in the church are all tributes. Napoleon took Cana's wedding to offend her. No wonder he was the emperor, and some people dared to sleep with his queen.
If men were really afraid of him, no one would dare to do that, unless he was crazy, or cursed by Venus, and the queen dared to touch him, I'm afraid it would be too long.
