| 词条 | May Morning |
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May Morning is an annual event in Oxford, United Kingdom, on May Day (1st May). EventThe event starts early at 6 a.m. with the Magdalen College Choir singing a hymn, the Hymnus Eucharisticus, from the top of Magdalen Tower, a tradition of over 500 years.[1] Large crowds normally gather under the tower along the High Street and on Magdalen Bridge. This is then followed by general revelry and festivities including Morris dancing in Radcliffe Square between the University Church and the Radcliffe Camera, impromptu music, etc., for a couple of hours from around 6.15am onwards.[2] There is a party atmosphere, despite the early hour. In fact, there are normally all-night balls the night before, so some people (especially students) are in formal attire (e.g. black tie/white tie or ball gown). There is a modern tradition of students jumping from Magdalen Bridge. This occurred sporadically in the 1960s, becoming an annual event by the ?1980s. However the river is sometimes shallow, which has on occasion caused serious injury, notably in 1997 when one person was left paralyzed, and 2005 when ten were hospitalised[3]. Hence the bridge was closed every May Morning 1998-2001 and 2006-2009. In the 19th century, the young townsmen blew horns and ran riot, after the singing.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} Activities have varied over the previous centuries. Vera Brittain wrote a poem with the title May Morning in 1916. The first ten lines depict the actual event.[4] One fictional description of the Tudor May Morning is in "Towers in the Mist" by Elizabeth Goudge.[5] Another description is found in the film Shadowlands directed by Richard Attenborough, on an episode in the life of the English scholar, writer and fellow of Magdalen's C. S. Lewis, starring Anthony Hopkins as C. S. Lewis and Debra Winger as Joy Davidman. See also
References1. ^May Morning {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101040109/http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/history/cc_hymnus.shtml |date=1 January 2006 }}, Magdalen College, Oxford. 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/mayday |title=May Eve & May Day |author=| website=Daily Info |access-date=27 April 2017}} 3. ^{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4785758.stm| location=Oxford, UK | title=Jumpers' bridge closes on May Day | date=8 March 2006 | accessdate=1 May 2013 | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC }} 4. ^Vera Brittain, May Morning'. 5. ^Elizabeth Goudge, Towers in the Mist. External links
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