After crossing the river, crossing the street, and walking into the city gate, the openness and joy of capturing the beautiful scenery on the bridge over the river immediately turned into a child's surprise. In an instant, you are in a crowded and narrow ancient street, where pedestrians are rubbing shoulders with each other. The shops on both sides are antique, with various facades, various signboards, and various exquisite accessories, food, or other products in the windows. Whether you have seen it or not, there are so many of them that make your eyes overwhelmed and dazzled. You feel as if you are in a street market in a fairy tale world. In addition to the bustling city, there is also an indescribable comfort. Go back in time, time travel? Standing on the food street, the rush and indifference of the Salzach River disappeared.

5. Food Street

Salzburg’s Food Street is world-famous. Although the streets are narrow, they are neat and clean. The shops are not big but have a dazzling variety. The facades are not grand, but the decorations are very elaborate. The most exciting thing is their signboards: they are all exquisite artistic designs, with tradition and culture complementing each other. The shapes are straight and clear, either elegant or humorous. No more words are needed. No matter where you are from or what language you speak, you are looking for them. For any product, you can find your favorite store here.

The high-rise buildings on both sides that look like dilapidated buildings are hundreds of years old. Some of them are really leaning. They are dilapidated buildings and have been heavily reinforced. It is not easy to demolish them, but sooner or later they will be demolished. However, it is said that here, the old houses are all cultural relics and can only be repaired and not demolished. No matter what happens in the end, it can be regarded as a convenient method for now. However, although it "shows some scenes of the next life," it looks subtle and solemn, and it is painted colorfully, showing the new and trendy in the old. It is early summer, and on the narrow streets, there are large pots and pots, flowers and plants beside the front windows of each house, just like tourists chasing the prosperity, adding a bit of enchantment to the ancient market.

When walking on Food Street, you cannot miss one person: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the middle of the always bustling Liangliang Street, Building No. 9, a medium-yellow classical residential building, pulled out several big red banners from the fifth-floor window, announcing to the world: Mozart's former residence is here. Mozart was so spiritual that he would probably laugh at this scene.

From the 16th century onwards, throughout the era of Baroque autocracy, every citizen of Salzburg relied on the archbishop's "great grace" to live their lives. Until the mid-eighteenth century, when the musical genius Mozart was born, this remained the case. It's tradition. His father, Mozart Sr., came from Augustburg, Germany. He was a poor college student, but he played the violin very well, so he joined the bishop's orchestra and started to have a successful career. Then he got married and started a family in Salzburg. By 1756, his youngest son The birth of Mozart kicked off a myth in the history of music, which still brings endless musical enjoyment to mankind. But at that time, although this musical prodigy repeatedly brought surprises to the world - he learned piano at the age of four, composed music at the age of five, and was already a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Society (the most authoritative music organization in the 18th century) at the age of 13. At the age of sixteen, he became the principal pianist of the Archbishop Orchestra. He composed twenty operas, more than sixty symphonies, thirty-two concertos, and forty-one piano sonatas in his lifetime... ***More than six hundred works, but still Unable to escape the autocratic power of the bishop, he had to leave Salzburg, go to Vienna, and finally die in a foreign country.

Fifty years after Mozart’s death, Salzburg people who were good at business realized that this musical genius had potential unlimited business opportunities. First, they erected a monument to this great son, which stands today Above the old square. By the way, back then, in the Tomaselli Cafe in the Old Square, the young Mozart, who had just finished playing music, put his newly paid salary in his pocket and plunged in, not for coffee, but for gambling. Half of my salary was gambled away that day. Little things like this once troubled old Mozart, Wolfgang's father.

The infinite potential of the name Mozart has become countless trademarks in the capitalist era, such as Mozart chocolate balls, Mozart chocolate wine, Mozart coffee, Mozart... At the same time, the cultural effect brought by Mozart's name It has become a golden mountain that can never be dug out. The discovery of cultural resources by Salzburg people began with Mozart. Today, there are Mozart Art Festival, Mozart Music Festival, etc. It is a joy to have.

The third floor of this 18th-century five-story residence at No. 9 Liangliang Street has been turned into a museum. There are many things to see inside, but the most touching thing is the bouquet of flax belonging to Mozart. His hair was soft and delicate; there were also the clothes he wore and the musical instruments he used. The cradle where Mozart is said to have slept is also an original. He was baptized in Salzburg Cathedral, the largest and most beautiful Baroque church in northern Europe. In the church hall, on the baptismal font topped by a bronze lion, this unprecedented musical genius received the baptism. The world's first gaze. He must also have loved this solemn and solemn building that gave people unlimited musical inspiration. However, because the freedom that the artist longed for was restricted by the rules of the bishop, he chose to leave and went to Vienna, where he lived indulgently and created vigorously. Ten years later, he left the world he loved so passionately.

Today, Mozartplatz, Mozart Steps, Mozart Music Week, Mozart Festival, Mozart chocolate, Mozart liqueur, etc., can be found all over Austria, not just in Salzburg.

To talk about Salzburg today, I have to talk about one person. It was the man of great influence in Salzburg in the second half of the sixteenth century, Cardinal Wolf Dietrich von Attenau. This man is a great aristocrat, smart and decisive, daring to think and act. He has become the head of state in Salzburg at the age of 28. He is a typical Renaissance figure - knowledgeable, quick-thinking, advocating the spirit of humanism, and more than ordinary people. He has multiple ambitions and will for power, and practices it personally. When he has the power, he will act arbitrarily to realize his ideals. This will last until death. Today's Old Town of Salzburg can be said to have been conceived by him. He built the cathedral, expanded the cathedral square, renovated the archbishop's palace and the streets and squares around the cathedral, and finally, on the other side of the Salzach River, he built the Lovers' Salzburg. Luo Mei built a garden palace, Mirabell Palace, and put a beautiful and exquisite brooch on the chest of the old city of Salzburg.

It is the dream and ambition of Bishop Attenau to transform Salzburg, a crowded and narrow city in the Middle Ages, into "Germany's Rome" and even "the Vatican north of the Alps"! There was little flat land and no room in the city, so he tried every means to demolish residential houses - more than sixty residential houses! There was no money to build a church, so he used the separation of the old and new religions as an excuse to drive away the citizens with Protestant leanings, and then embezzled their property - more than once! The renovation of the cathedral resulted in a new cathedral, church square and bishop's palace, strictly following the artistic style of the Baroque spirit, and finally achieved the characteristics of the city of Salzburg today. A typical small city is grand and popular, and it is becoming more and more popular. prosperous.

Salzburg Cathedral, the most splendid Baroque building north of the Alps, seems like a piece of heavenly music solidified in the world. Its structural shape, internal and external decoration, all the Baroque solutions; majestic and solemn , magnificent and magnificent, embodying the superiority of religion beyond measure. The central wall of the front is divided into three parts, symbolizing the Catholic Trinity. At the same time, the wall is supported by three types of ancient Greek columns, Dorian, Ionian and Corinthian. The bell towers on both sides stand like two diamonds, majestically guarding the Saint. temple. The bell tower is divided into four floors, with two bronze bells on the top and two clocks in the middle, which correspond to the four apostles in front of the gate, calling the lambs of the world and warning of the shortness of life. The most exquisite thing is the large bronze door of the church. The two middle doors have reliefs full of mysterious meanings, which are a summary of life: first, surrounded by angels, the soul will be born into a human body, and God’s big hand holds the sun to become a human being. Injecting the soul, then the mother's care for the new life, and finally the human being grows up and enters the human society... Westerners' religious explanation of life coincides with the ancient Chinese theory of soul. The essence comes from the sky and the body comes from the earth.

Today, whenever the Salzburg Art Festival opens, the front of the cathedral serves as the background, and the square in front serves as the stage and auditorium. During the summer festival, there are dramas, songs and dances, crowds of people, and a shocking atmosphere. .

Salzburg, as a city, is a classic representative of the Baroque art style; Bishop Attenau, as a representative of the Baroque spirit, is a typical example. The cultural and artistic industry invented by the bishops has formed a glorious tradition. Today, Salzburg enjoys both culture and commerce, as well as fame and fortune. History is full of contradictions, wonderful and helpless facts.

Salzburg’s hilltop castle is the best-preserved medieval fortified castle in Central Europe. It was built in the 11th century AD and was finally completed in the 17th century. During this period, it was expanded several times, and consolidating and repairing it was almost the task of every archbishop. From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, there were frequent wars in Europe, and Central Europe was like a big battlefield. Emperors fought with popes, nobles fought with peasants, and nobles fought with nobles. They fought for nothing more than two things: power, influence, and land resources. The most common form of war fought by Westerners in the Middle Ages was the siege of a city. A war was over when the city ran out of ammunition and food and surrendered, or when the invaders outside the city ran out of ammunition and food and retreated. The function of the castle was to provide a refuge for the inhabitants in times of war. Salzburg's hilltop castle can provide food and accommodation for 10,000 people for half a year when its equipment reserves are sufficient. The invading enemy will lose confidence in the victory of the siege because of the emptiness in its belly, and will retreat after plundering the belongings left in the city. .

There are many rooms in the castle, but the only ones worth seeing are the few rooms of the bishop, luxury in scarcity, the secular embodiment of the medieval Gothic spirit. The church is also a work of art. The most precious thing is the pipe organ, known as the "Salzburg Bull". It has a loud sound and is said to be related to a cow. The story goes like this: One time, when a foreign attack occurred, the castle ran out of ammunition and food, and there was only one cow left. Killing the cow naturally could no longer solve the problem of survival. Some citizens came up with a quick idea and painted the cow one color a day and took it for a walk on the city wall. Show the enemy that one day they were black and white oxen, another day they were yellow oxen, and the next day they were yellow and white oxen. This was actually more effective than defensive artillery. When the enemy saw so many cows walking around on the castle, they needed food and grass. Absolutely enough, I withdrew my troops and went home.

The Magic Fountain Palace, transliterated as Helbrunn Palace, and translated as Mingquan Palace, is located in a scenic corner of the south of Salzburg. It is a pleasure palace built by the archbishop in the 17th century to imitate an Italian villa. , just for a day of fun, not for living. When the weather is nice in summer, the bishop invites his male and female friends to ride on horseback or in a car. The group comes from the city to enjoy themselves. After playing in the water, they may be wet all over, and then return to enjoy the palace. This is the whole purpose of this palace. .

The entire magic fountain system was a project nearly four hundred years ago. It is complex and wonderful, marvelous and exquisite. It is still in good operation today. It cannot be said that it is not a miracle, and it is all powered by natural water. , building houses and building walls, acting and dancing, as well as various magic and illusion scenes, there are all kinds of things. After the guests appreciate the mystery of hydraulics, they are either feasting their eyes or becoming drowned, but in the end they are all very happy. A bishop is a bishop, with a slightly superior mind!

The "Adult Table" in the Fountain Palace is a rectangular table carved from a single piece of stone, with a slender square groove carved in the middle, filled with clear springs, for the purpose of cooling wine bottles in summer; There are ten sturdy rectangular benches around the square table, also carved from stone. The scene looked very warm, as if the bishop was inviting all the guests to sit down as soon as possible so that they could drink from the cold wine in the sink. But the guests had just sat down. Suddenly, they felt a cool pool of water under their buttocks, and the water was still strong. Before they could say "Ah!", the silk and brocade skirts and trousers were suddenly wet, and laughter followed. There was a large area, but the bishop present was as cool as ever, and said in a leisurely manner: "It's not that important, let's have a drink first. Then we can go home."

"Isn't it an out-and-out prank to make fun of the guests, such an informal joke? But it is undeniable that the bishop's game is exquisite, sophisticated, complicated and expensive. The luxurious game is accompanied by complex science and technology, which is a bit like China. The ancients have been playing with the invention of gunpowder, fireworks and firecrackers for many years, but they never imagined how much tax money the Lord Bishop spent on the invention of artillery just for fun in the summer, leaving behind history and technology for future generations. But it is human wisdom that cannot be measured by money.

Western adults have money and are grand in style. They always try to find ways to make themselves appear grand, either using science or relying on art to show off their superior spirit. The cultural level is just like the Bishop of Salzburg. Although he has been gone for hundreds of years, the silver has turned into a magic fountain. To this day, just like then, the guests of the Fountain Palace will laugh when they are refreshed. Laughing is not enough to relieve ridicule, and onlookers also laugh. Not laughing is not enough to cover up the embarrassment of schadenfreude. Who said that science and technology can also bring laughter, and it will last forever.

Take a trip. Of course, there is much more to see in Salzburg, but being able to take a tour of Salzburg in just one day has undoubtedly left a deep impression on people and left them with endless aftertaste. Wurzburg is truly a wonder of the Alps.