What is Oktoberfest?

Oktoberfest is generally a grand event of food festivals, including food, performances and entertainment carnivals. Generally held in summer, it is a local symbolic festival, which plays a unique role in promoting local tourism and economy.

Oktoberfest originated in Germany and was held in 18 10 10 to celebrate the wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Hills of Saxony. Since then, Oktoberfest in Munich has been preserved as a traditional folk festival in Bavaria. Since then, the people have continued this warm atmosphere and held this activity year after year. There is also a saying that local farmers drink beer to celebrate the bumper harvest of barley and hops.

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany (also known as October Festival)

18 10 Bavarian crown prince Ludwig and princess Teresa got married in June of that year, and the official celebration lasted for 5 days. People gathered on the big lawn outside Munich, singing, dancing, watching horse races and drinking beer. Since then, this popular activity has continued and spread to this day, and it has been fixed as the Oktoberfest from the third Saturday in September to the first Sunday in 10. By 2004, except for the interruption due to war and cholera, the Oktoberfest in Munich has been held for 170.

China Oktoberfest

Since China had beer, people in China have known about Munich. Even some beer advertisements say: very Germany, very Germany!

China Oktoberfest started from 199 1 Tsingtao Oktoberfest and has been held for 20 times. Dalian "China International Beer Festival" also held 10; Harbin Oktoberfest has been held for six times, and the rest are Yanjing Oktoberfest, Snowflake Oktoberfest, Xi Oktoberfest, Tianjin Oktoberfest, Baoding Oktoberfest and so on. The domestic Oktoberfest is held in July and August, which belongs to summer and is also the peak season for beer sales, so everyone has to rush to appear, and the content of each Oktoberfest is also varied.

Denver Oktoberfest

As a multi-ethnic country, German immigrants who came to the United States naturally brought the tradition of Oktoberfest to the United States, and then people of other nationalities used it as an excuse to participate in this traditional German festival and drink beer. Three-day tickets vary from 30 yuan to 50 yuan according to different activities. The price of buying a three-day pass is $65,438+045, which is $20 cheaper than buying a single-day ticket. If you apply for membership in official website, you can get an extra discount for 20 yuan on the basis of the ordinary ticket of 65438 yuan +045 yuan.

London Oktoberfest

The London Oktoberfest started at 1978 and will be held again in the Olympia Exhibition Hall in west London in 2005. Britain is another big beer country besides Germany, and West London is the center of British beer, so it is now known as "the largest pub in the world". At that time, you will taste a wide variety of beers with different tastes, even unique, such as spiced beer with heather and flavored beer with honey and bananas. All the drinks are made by hand in small workshops, and most of them are produced in Britain. Single-day tickets are divided into 6 pounds and 7 pounds, and through tickets 17.5 pounds.