Farewell to the green with carnival!Watching "Red Sail" on the banks of the Newa River in St. Petersburg

[Global Times reporter Li Linjia in Russia] It is another year of graduation, and the graduation ceremony of major universities has been held one after another. In St. Petersburg, Russia, the annual graduation feast "Red Sail Festival" opened a grand opening in this city near the Arctic Circle. The city held a romantic adult gift for the middle school graduates. The "Red Sail" symbolizing the dream and hope is passing by, bid farewell to the greenness in a carnival, or enter the university or go to work to welcome a new beginning of life. This year's "Red Failure Festival", my friends as photography enthusiasts squatted on the banks of the Neva and captured the picture of Red Fan's driving, which excited him.

On the 23rd, St. Petersburg, Russia held a "Red Failure Festival" rehearsal event.

See the style of "Boat of Dreams"

The "Red Sail Festival" is a festival for graduates of Russian middle schools. It is celebrated in St. Petersburg each year. It is usually held on the last Saturday before the summer solstice. This year's holding time is from the evening of June 24 to the early morning of 25. The author's friend Dong Daoming attended the National University of St. Petersburg. As a photography enthusiast, he and a Chinese photography hobby on the night on the "long gun and short cannon". The picture of Hongfan drove. He told the author that the scene was very lively. On both sides of the Neva River, it was full of people. The "Red Sail Festival" is the most romantic and most lively festival in St. Petersburg every year. Not only is it a middle school graduate, many urban residents and foreign tourists are also eager to see the style of "dream ship". "Red Fan" has long been one of the business cards of this "capital of the north."

Indeed, the "Red Sail Festival" is no longer a simple graduation celebration. A total of more than 1.2 million people participated in the event this year, of which 65,000 were school graduates. On the evening of the same day, a water drama show with the theme of "time, freedom, labor, love and friendship" was launched on the bank of the Nava River. At 22, the land celebration officially started. On the open -air stage of the Winter Palace Square, the Russian rock band combination and many pop singers presented singing to graduates. The graduates in the audience put on beautiful clothing, raised their arms, swaying with the rhythm of music, screaming and cheering endlessly.

On the other side, the "Russia" bisium hanging with red sails sailed on the Nava River. The scope of navigation is the Neva River waters opposite the Peter Paul Fortress. St. Petersburg is known as "Northern Venice". There are more than 20 opening and closing bridges. Many tourists will come to enjoy the spectacular "disconnection" of the bridge. At 23:30, the brightly opened Winter Palace Bridge slowly opened the huge "arms" of nearly 28 meters wide to open a bridge for the upcoming Hongfan. The embankment, bridge body, and hull were arranged with colorful visual lights. After the red sail passed through the Winter Palace Bridge, the fireworks bloomed, and the whole event was pushed to a climax. The huge red reflection of the sailing on the water surface is intertwined with the lights.

Friends told the author that about 40 TV cameras on the scene followed the Red Sail to move, and the live broadcast of the holiday. In order to reflect the festive atmosphere, the center of Rachta, the tallest building in St. Petersburg, was also red. Different from previous years, this year's "Red Sail Festival" also invited graduates from the Basan area of ​​Ukrandon to come to participate, 40 of which were graduates from Ukraine Mali Ubol. In Mary Ubol, another small "Red Sail" passed on the Sea of ​​Asia for the first time.

Hongfan comes from fairy tales

The slogan of "Red Sailing Festival" is: "with Russia", which reflects the essence of this festival, that is, Russia has hoped to be talented and promising teenagers. The "Red Sail Festival" was held for the first time on June 27, 1968. For the first time, Leningrad's middle school graduates saw a red sailing boat on the Nava River, and then the "Red Sail" became a symbol of the festival. In 1979, the festival was canceled due to public safety issues, and it was forgotten for more than 20 years since then. In 2005, under multiple calls, this event was restored.

The "Red Sailing Festival" was named by Russian writer Alexander Green's work "Red Sail" in 1923. This is a well -known novel in Russia. It is also called the story of the Russian Cinderella. It was also made into a movie and moved to the stage. The story is full of people's love of life and the belief of ideals. It tells people: Miracles are created with their own hands, with sincerity and belief. From this, "Red Sail" has become a symbol of all good things in Russia. In modern Russian, it is also a synonym for happiness and hope.

In order to create a red sailing boat in such a fairy tale, in 2019, the "Russia" twin -mast boat was born. The craftsman used ancient shipbuilding technology to imitate the shape of the ship in the last century. , Make it look more retro.

The symbol of dreams and freedom

Writer Shao Luohof has been invited to write a message to the graduates of St. Petersburg. He wrote: "During his youth, everyone would board a bivalent boat ... People who go to the sea will inevitably find themselves falling into the roaring west band . Here, the sailors' will and skills are severely tested. It is important that no matter what, the sails and sailors must persist to the end! "In the Red Sail Festival in 1973, nearly 2,000 graduates received this printed with this. Card of paragraph.

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