I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

"Sir, all right."

The familiar local accent sounded in Xia Ya's ears.

Xia Ya is sitting on the second floor of a clothing store at the moment. This should be a relatively high-end clothing store. The decoration is very stylish. New Chinese-style reliefs can be seen everywhere. There are even wooden figures wearing some clothes in the middle exhibition hall. Clothing as a gallery.

Following the waiter's reminder, Xia Ya looked at the changing room with expectant eyes, and an ancient Chinese princess walked out of the changing room.

Char's breathing also stagnated slightly.

Although the country's traditions are well preserved, in fact, most of the people's clothes have undergone modern reforms, but today is a festival, and many girls will wear traditional clothes.

Beichen inherited the Ming Dynasty, so the traditional clothing is very similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. The hem of the top is longer, covering the upper part of the horse skirt, and the trousers are longer than the hem of the skirt, exposing the embroidered lace on the trousers.

The clothes are made of hard fabrics and look very smooth and linear. For example, this woven gold suit is composed of a stand-up collar, double breasted pipa sleeves and a horse skirt.

The upper coat is white, and the lower body is green horse-faced, with embroidered gold flowers. It is low-key and luxurious. The white cranes slightly pass by when walking, showing gorgeousness and wealth, and the artistic conception is also very elegant.

Alicia's appearance itself leans toward East Asia. Her hair has been dyed back to its original black color. Although her white hair looks dusty, it still needs to be black to be attractive.

Her long hair was tied up with exquisite hairpins, and some of the hair tails hung down her back. She was dignified and elegant. When paired with this outfit, she felt like an oriental queen.

Xia Ya feels that among the Hanfu of all dynasties, the Hanfu of the Ming Dynasty is the most noble and elegant.

Alicia happily spun around in front of Xia Ya, the hem of her skirt floated as she turned, and the pleats of her horse-faced skirt spread out slightly, adding a bit of fairy air.

"Does it look good?"

Xia Ya was a little hard to describe in words. It was difficult for him to move his eyes away from her body. He didn't even notice that the waiter beside him kept calling him.

"Sir!" the waiter shouted helplessly.

Xia Ya came back to her senses, "What's wrong?"

"The size of the clothing is a little bit inappropriate, but it can still be worn. If you want to be more comfortable, you can customize a set in our store," she said.

"No need." Xia Ya said, "Let's pay."

"Okay." The waiter had a very skilled smile on his face and motioned for him to follow him.

After a while, they came to the street from the clothing store, and Xia Ya also changed into an ancient costume with a bright style, a Taoist robe.

However, this style is different from the dark blue Taoist robe with leggings seen in modern times, and is closer to the daily clothing of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taoism was the state religion, so the Taoist robe was the outer garment worn by Han men at home in the Ming Dynasty. It could also be used as a lining robe or as a wedding dress for civilian men. Later, it was spread to North Korea and Vietnam.

However, in this era, North Korea has been merged into Beichen, mainly to incorporate the Yellow Sea into the inland sea.

It is characterized by a straight collar and a large placket, slits on both sides, a hidden hem, and a tie. The neckline is often decorated with a white or plain collar. Large or straight sleeves can be removed. It can be worn with silk sash, thin cloth belt or large belt.

The wide sleeves give people a chic and elegant feeling. Xia Ya's long hair is very suitable for wearing ancient costumes, especially his hair is white, and when tied up, he has a childlike appearance and a fairylike air.

They just walked arm in arm on the street. Even though they were disguised, they attracted a lot of attention.

I don’t know if it’s because of the lantern festival or other reasons, but there are various vendors selling food on both sides of the street, and some selling some handicrafts.

The flow of people here is also very strong. It is no exaggeration to describe it as a huge crowd. The ten-mile long street is brightly lit and bustling with people.

They strolled through this world of lanterns and watched carefully, the lifelike goldfish lanterns, realistic lotus lanterns, simple and elegant official lanterns - all kinds of lanterns with beautiful shapes, exquisite decoration and fine workmanship are really dazzling. , so beautiful.

"Candied haws on a stick! Selling candied haws on a stick!"

Alicia looked for her voice and walked over.

The red hawthorn fruits are arranged on bamboo sticks according to their sizes, and are wrapped in crystal clear sugar syrup. The seller inserts the candied haws skewers on special wooden sticks, like a small tree full of fruits. It's tempting.

"Want to eat?" Xia Ya said.

Alicia came back to her senses and looked around. Basically no adults were eating that food, only children. She shook her head.

"never mind."

But under her astonished eyes, Xia Ya walked over, bought a candied haws directly from the vendor and handed it to Alicia.

Alicia took the candied haws and said helplessly, "This is for children."

"What children eat can be eaten by adults," Xia Ya said.

Seeing that Alicia didn't move, Xia went to the mask stall on one side and bought two masks, a fox mask and a tiger mask, which only covered the upper half of her face. The workmanship was quite exquisite.

There are quite a few people wearing masks on the street. I don’t know if it’s custom or if the masks at this mask stall are really well made.

He picked up the white fox mask in his hand and put it on Alicia's face, laughing softly.

"That's enough, no one knows about you, just eat."

Alicia lowered her eyes and looked at the candied haws in her hand, and then at Xia Ya, who was looking at him with a slight smile. Her eyelids were slightly closed, and she was smiling.

Then, she opened her teeth slightly and bit down a hawthorn, biting through the hard sugary outside, and then biting into the sour hawthorn inside. The hawthorn was very fresh, and the core should have been removed in advance, so it was sour. The sweet taste blooms together in the mouth.

Alicia's eyes lit up, and she obviously liked this thing.

Just when she was about to tell Xia Ya that it was delicious, the crowd around her suddenly began to flow, gathering towards a certain place. They seemed very excited.

"It seems like it's about to start over there!"

"Go and see."

Alicia looked at Char with some confusion.

"There seems to be a juggling show over there." Xia Ya said, staring not far away.

He took Alicia's hand, pulled her and ran with the crowd, successfully squeezing into the crowd.

About ten or twenty meters away from the crowd, there were two men with naked upper bodies. Their muscles were obviously smeared with some special oil. Their bronze skin looked powerful under the light.

Next to them was a large furnace filled with molten iron.

On one side of them were two street performers playing folk instruments.

As the relaxing and melodious music played, under the expectant eyes of the people, one of them scooped up the molten iron.

Before Alicia could figure out what they were going to do, the man slammed a long board on the container.

"Peng!"

With the crisp sound of bamboo and wood clashing, at that moment, the molten iron bloomed in all directions, and suddenly turned into stars all over the sky, spreading out in all directions, like a goddess scattering flowers, gorgeous and dazzling.

People around them shouted excitedly, making the atmosphere around them very hot.

The girls screamed especially loudly, not sure if it was because they were scared or because they felt beautiful, or maybe both.

Alicia asked curiously, "What is that?"

"Iron flower," said Xia Ya, "is molten iron."

"Molten iron?" Alicia opened her eyes slightly, "Then won't they be hot?"

"It all depends on technique." Xia Ya answered patiently in the noisy environment, leaning against her earlobe. "They have to hit hard enough to make the high-temperature molten iron hit the sky. The higher they hit, the more scattered they will be. Only then can molten iron float in the air like a goddess scattering flowers, turning into tiny iron filings that burn, cool, and fall in the air.”

"This was discovered by ancient craftsmen in China during the process of casting utensils. It eventually evolved into a folk cultural performance technique that began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years."

"More than a thousand years." Alicia exclaimed, "Isn't that longer than Britannia?"

"Yes." Xia Ya sighed with deep eyes, "This is exactly what makes it romantic."

"Peng!"

Another knock, and countless sparks scattered in the sky, lighting up the entire scene like a colorful curtain.

Brilliant fireworks flow in the night sky, depicting the beautiful scenery incomparably, forming countless lights and shadows.

Accompanied by loud cheers and long-lasting screams, they dotted the night sky like stars falling from a sea of ​​stars.

Alicia's eyes were also a little dazed. Apart from the gorgeous sparks, she seemed to be able to see the scene when the ancients invented this unique skill thousands of years ago.

Their mentality of seeking truth and exploration in everything, their curiosity and eagerness to learn, gave them the courage to face the fire.

They shared this courage, raised it high, and turned it into a shower of stars in the sky and sprinkled it on the world a thousand years later.

She might be able to understand what Xia Ya said, that anyone would be moved by the atmosphere of this millennium romance.

Until the end of the performance, Alicia was immersed in the beautiful scenery and the shock brought by the history.

Only when they reached the port and strolled along the river did Alicia speak.

"Char, I like it here."

Xia Ya's eyelids closed slightly, "Me too"

"Next, let's go check out the new school?"

Alicia nodded.