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October Festival is a traditional folk festival in Munich. Because the main drink during this festival is beer, and the consumption is amazing, people in China like to call this festival Oktoberfest for short. In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is called October Festival, not Oktoberfest.

181010 June 12, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Teresa Charlotte Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar of Saxony held a grand wedding. Joseph, the father of the Crown Prince, decided to hold a two-day celebration for his son's wedding. In order to show the king's kindness to his subjects, during the two-day activities, four places in Munich provided free meals and drinks to all civilians. The kingdom's cavalry guards also held horse racing and shooting competitions on a large lawn in southwest Munich for entertainment. To commemorate this festival, the officers and men asked the king to name the lawn after the bride Therese. Since then, this lawn has been called "Theresa" lawn.

Because the celebration left a deep impression on people, people suggested to hold another national event in 18 1 1 year. It will be held once a year from now on. This is the origin of October Festival. Compared with other German folk festivals, it has a short history.

The October Festival in Munich has a history of 176 since 18 10. In the meantime, it was suspended for 5 years due to World War I; World War II was suspended for seven years. Since 1946, the scale of the festival has become larger and larger, thus truly becoming a grand folk festival. Although this festival is called October Festival, it is not entirely held in October. It starts in the last week of September and ends on the first Sunday of 10, and lasts for 16 days. In order to attract domestic customers and receive foreign tourists coming to Munich, the eight major breweries in Munich set up huge beer tents in Treize Square before the festival. There are long wooden tables and benches in each tent. There is also a temporary stage at one end of the tent, where folk bands play cheerful folk music. Tents can generally accommodate three or four thousand people. The largest has 7000 seats. The square is full of vendors selling food and souvenirs and various amusement places. Every year, the organizers of the conference will arrange some new programs or amusement projects, such as hiring foreign art groups to perform, playing snakes, taming animals and other programs. In addition, many meaningful exhibitions were held, such as modern electrical appliances exhibition and excellent wheat exhibition. In short, tourists can not only eat, drink and have fun here, but also gain a lot of new knowledge.

On the opening day of October Festival, there will be a grand opening ceremony and colorful parade organized by major breweries. The opening ceremony was presided over by the mayor of Munich in a temporary tent. 12 at noon, with the sound of salute and music of 12, the mayor knocked the brass tap into a large beer barrel with a mallet, then unscrewed the tap, released the beer and put it into a special large beer cup. The mayor drank this first cup, and the famous October Festival officially began.

Drinking beer in Munich has the following characteristics: first, the beer here has good texture and pure taste, and the alcohol content is lower than that in other places, only 4.5%. Secondly, beer is usually drunk here without a small glass, but in a pottery jar that can hold half a liter or a liter or a glass of the same size. Third, in some famous beer halls, people buy beer in small wooden barrels. The barrel is placed on the table, so you can pour it while drinking. This barrel is not big enough to hold 10 liter of beer. Fourth, during the October Festival, all tents are served with wine by waitresses wearing Bavarian national costumes. Although they all look slim, they are extremely powerful. Both hands can lift 10 large glasses full of beer.

You don't have to buy tickets to visit the October Festival, but you have to buy tickets for every amusement. The price of beer is also rising year by year, but the number of tourists is increasing every year. During the October Festival, the sales of beer and broilers were amazing. 198 1 year, with 6.2 million tourists and 4.2 million liters of beer. 1984, tourists increased to 7 million, drank 5 million liters of beer and ate 660,000 chickens. Now this number is still increasing.