Venice Carnival is one of the oldest and largest carnivals in the world today, and carnival in Europe is said to have originated from the ancient Shennong Festival.
Every year when winter comes to spring, people automatically gather together, singing and dancing to celebrate the start of the New Year's farming activities.

The origin of the Venice Carnival is also said: in the 12th century AD, the ancient Venice city-state Republic became stronger and stronger, and in the early spring of 1162, it defeated the nearby feudal city-state of Aquilea and dominated one side.

Venetians took to the streets to celebrate the victory, singing and dancing, and by 1296, the Catholic city-state had officially fixed its annual festivities on a religious holiday schedule, starting the day before Lent, which falls between early February and early March, and lasting about two weeks.

The origin of the Venice Carnival dates back to 1268, and by the 18th century, carnival activities were flourishing, and princes, ministers, gentlemen and ladies from all over Europe rushed to Venice to watch wonderful chamber music and theater performances, and participate in the public carnival in the streets and squares.

Venice won the title of "Carnival City". After the 19th century, the Venetian Republic gradually declined, and Carnival gradually lost its vitality.
Until nearly 20 years ago, with the development of tourism, the carnival activities in Venice were restored, and the Venetian Carnival was able to regain its glory.

The biggest feature of the Venetian Carnival is its masks, followed by its gorgeous costumes. This tradition dates back to 1700 years ago. The rich and the poor can be fused together through masks. Behind the mask, social differences are temporarily erased. The rich became poor, and the poor became rich. They greeted each other with respect.

Behind the mask, age differences are eliminated, the old become young, and the young suddenly become old and strong. Young people and little people use the authority represented by masks to make themselves look like big people. And the old man tried to dress himself very young, even the more ignorant and stupid the better, the man can become a woman, the woman can also become a man.

Venice is always crowded with tourists. Venetians seem to be used to so many tourists wandering around their city. Their streets seemed too narrow to hold so many people. However, visitors from all over the world continue to come here.

When you enter the water alley of Venice and see the colorful masks, there is probably no one who will not be attracted by the carnival of the water city. There are countless mask shops on the streets of Venice, each with its own characteristics, some collecting fashionable capes, some specializing in high-top hard hats, and some showing the craft of mask making on the spot.

"Masks" can be as simple as directly painted on the face, can also go through complex procedures, made of pulp, cloth, porcelain, glass and even plastic, etc., their common characteristics are exaggerated, gorgeous, dramatic, see you dazzled, do not know where you are.

Venice - Handmade masks 🎭 shop

Benor Maschere (6 minutes walk from Venezia Santa Lucia), you can buy the owner's handmade mask crafts, such as refrigerator stickers, style, texture are very different!

The owner and his mother are very nice. Children especially like it, very carefully introduced the Venetian mask culture and the steps of making masks (the process is really full of pride in Venetian culture), showed a lot of molds, and invited children to participate in the experience! Full of beauty, this is the meaning of collecting travel souvenirs ah!

The price in Venice during the carnival, compared with other handmade shops, is also ok. Shops in Venice offer discounts on cash payments, and this one is no exception.