What is the origin of Oktoberfest?

The origin of the earliest Oktoberfest

181012 On this day, the wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (later King Ludwig I) and Princess Teresa of Saxony was held in Munich, and the residents of the whole city were invited to attend the royal ceremony in front of the city gate. After the ceremony, the horse racing activities attended by members of the royal family pushed the celebration to a climax. With the retention of horse racing in the future, it gradually evolved into the tradition of German Oktoberfest.

18 1 1 Oktoberfest continuation

18 1 1 After horse racing, another new hot spot, the agricultural exhibition, appeared at the Oktoberfest for the first time, aiming at promoting agriculture in Bavaria. Horse racing, as the oldest and most popular activity at that time, is no longer held, but the agricultural exhibition still exists and is held every three years on the south side of the whole venue.

More content appeared one after another.

At first, there was almost no garden activity at Oktoberfest. 18 18 held the first carnival reception, and set up two swings, where guests could drink in front of a small beer stall to quench their thirst. With more and more beer stalls, at 1896, tents instead of stalls appeared on the playground for the first time, and the other side of the venue became a fun-filled garden party. By 1870, with the continuous expansion of open-air trade in Germany, the scale of Oktoberfest also expanded rapidly.