Ireland is a magical place that has both breathtaking natural beauty and the bustle of modern cities; it has a tortuous history with ups and downs, and a long and legendary culture. Known as the "Emerald Green Island", the natural scenery of Ireland is naturally beautiful. The entire island has a total area of ??84,421 square kilometers. It shows different green colors as the four seasons change, and each season has its own festival.

Clover Spring

There are many descendants of Irish immigrants, and wherever there are Irish people, there is Clover Spring. That is the Irish National Day on March 17 every year? St. Patrick's Day.

In recent years, St. Patrick's Day has become the biggest festival in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The festival stretches from its first day to more than a week and attracts more than a million spectators from all over the world.

On this week every year, people can not only satisfy their appetites, but also indulge in carnival. Playing the role of Saint Patrick, a man wearing a wheat-colored robe and holding a wooden stick leads the carnival crowd. People wear clothes decorated with clovers, and huge floats follow behind them; 12 of Ireland's best march bands play at the same time. The grandeur makes you feel like you are in the Middle Ages; the historic street theater company performs plays with unique Irish humor? Concerts, lectures, horse racing, fun runs or parades, during the carnival days, Ireland's best Food and the finest wine have become a moveable feast? St. Patrick's Day, which has gradually developed into Ireland's most important holiday since 1903, blooms in spring.

Summer of Literature

Summer in Ireland, from Bloomsday in Dublin to the Lismore Festival of Travel Writing; from Galway Art Galway Arts Festival to Waterford Spraoi. Various literary and artistic gatherings converged. Among them, Bloomsday and Galway Arts Festival are the most famous.

The origin of the word "Bloom" is the name of Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Joyce's "Ulysses", a Jewish-Irish man. If you happen to be traveling in Dublin on June 16th, you must not miss the sight of thousands of people walking the Broome Road again. People continued his style, dressed in ancient costumes, and went to Sandycove before going to the city center. Eating breakfast, etc., reappears on June 16, 1904, the 24-hour daily experience of the protagonist Bloom in the novel. Bloomsday lasts for several days. In addition to various readings and literary collections, people can also enjoy music, participate in parades, and go to street theaters to watch plays.

In July, of course, we have to go to Ireland’s cultural center, Galway, Ireland’s fourth largest city on the west coast, to see the Galway Arts Festival. Galway Arts Festival has become Ireland's largest international arts festival. Every year, more than 100,000 people attend this festival that brings together traditional and modern art forms. For about two weeks, drama, music, street installations, exhibitions, and literature each have their own unique style. In County Galway, the traditional Connemara Pony Races are an annual festival that locals talk about. Ireland hosts the "Three Days International" every year. This event requires dressage and show jumping combined with cross-country competition, making it an exciting and entertaining event. Irish horse racing meetings are lively and passionate, with a tense atmosphere and warm cheers. The horse racing meeting is also an important social occasion for Irish people. People come in groups to enjoy their vacations and find like-minded friends while watching the intense competition.

Harvest in golden autumn

Autumn is the season of harvest. Ireland harvests food and music in autumn, providing cultural feasts for locals and people traveling there.

When it comes to food, Ireland has no shortage of food all year round; when it comes to food festivals, you have to mention the Kinsale Food Festival. Kinsale is located in County Cork. It is a famous fishing port town in Ireland. The clean and narrow streets wind up and the colorful houses are scattered on the hillside. The scenery is very moving. It is also where many restaurants gather, from From oysters to lobsters to steaks, typical Irish delicacies can usually be enjoyed in various restaurants in Kinsale. The annual Kinsale Food Festival usually kicks off around October 6th, coinciding with the weekend's "One-Day Gourmet Tour", where gourmets taste the city's top delicacies street by street, and in the evening There is a swing band performing. Everyone is high at the Kinsale Food Festival.

After harvesting delicious food, let’s taste the beauty of music.

From October 25th to November 5th, come to the city of Wexford. As long as the annual Wexford Festival Opera (Wexford Festival Opera) sounds its notes, the whole city will be filled with the fragrance of music.

There are many food festivals in Ireland. People who love food can also go to the Galway Oyster Festival from September 28 to October 1. This international first-class festival has interesting Guinness Cup? World Oyster Opening Championship?, you can also taste delicious Galway Bay oysters.

A fantasy in winter

Londonderry is the only city in the British Isles that is completely surrounded by walls and has a history of more than 1,450 years. This is also the origin of Halloween.

Today, Londonderry has the largest Halloween celebration in the world. More than 300,000 people come here every year to celebrate this ancient Celtic New Year. On that day, people will wear a variety of masks and transform into Put on Halloween makeup, put on fancy costumes, and parade on the streets. At night, there are traditional programs such as jack-o'-lanterns, fireworks, and children knocking on neighbors' doors to ask for candy, etc., which is full of lively atmosphere.

Winter is not deserted and lonely. Christmas comes immediately after Halloween. If you can catch up with the Kilkenny Carnival (Christmas in Killarney Festival) for Christmas, it will be called a truly magical trip. This month-long celebration brings endless smiles and joy to the Irish winter.

A major Halloween tradition? The story of carving pumpkins as lanterns originated in ancient Ireland. In ancient Ireland, a small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish. Soon after the Irish arrived in the United States, they discovered that pumpkins were better than radishes in terms of origin and carving shape, so pumpkin lanterns became Halloween pets.