Uncharted: Turkey kills 4 in 25 days50,000, the mysterious island of the three mysteries.
What kind of island is that?Is it a forbidden island, a heavily guarded military base, a pirate called "Treasure Island"?
However, in the eyes of Europeans, this is not enough, and the most puzzling is the Greek island of Chios, which has nearly 100,000 inhabitants and three unknown mysteries.
There are more than 2,000 islands in Greece, of which Chios covers an area of 831 square kilometers, but its economic and strategic importance far exceeds that of Crete, one of the world's most precious crops, can affect the fate of Greece, and it is only eight kilometers away from Turkey.
Located in the heart of the Aegean Sea, the island of Chios began wars as early as the 11th century BC, and the first race to occupy it was one of the four major Greek races, the Ionians. But from the sixth century BC onwards, there were Persian, Sami, Spartan, Byzantine and Ottoman.
In modern times, Chios has played an important role in almost every European war, and in 200 years, the Roman Empire has launched a total of nine crusades, and Chios has participated in seven, and their territorial division is very chaotic, from the leader of Rome to the king, from the Grand Duke of Turkey to the lords of the Latins, and even the Jews.
But the most serious damage to the people of the island was Turkey, which, in order to take revenge on Greece, launched a campaign against the island of Chios, in which more than 45,000 people were tortured to death, more than 50,000 were sold into slavery, and more than 23,000 were deported to Arab countries. When Greek reinforcements arrived 25 days later, only a little more than 2,000 of the island's 120,000 inhabitants had survived.
So, how can just one island of Chios attract the attention of so many people?
This is because it is not only of great strategic value, but it is also a precious yellow-edged wood that grows only on the island of Chios, known in Greek as the "Tears of God", and its high-quality resin can sell for more mg than jewelry.
Since frankincense cream is produced after 6 years of cultivation and only produces 60-400g after 15 years, the composition and purity of frankincense cream are affected due to human interference, therefore, it is necessary to place the mastic cream on the tree and let it air dry on the tree. Therefore, pure milk is very precious and is revered by Greece as a national treasure.
The selection and refining of the cream of Chios is very strict, the whiter the better, and the darker the color, the easier it is to burn to ashes. Now, the inhabitants of the island place the milk fat powder they have collected in front of the house and in front of the house, filter it and chat, and the milk is blown hundreds of meters away by the wind.
The effectiveness of frankincense has always been controversial, and in antiquity, princes and ministers used it as "chewing gum" to clean teeth, until the Ottoman Empire gained the upper hand, and the American "New England Medicine" and the British "Lancet" proved that it has a good effect on human health.
The people of Chios are well aware of the principle of "guilt", so the production and processing of frankincense are absolutely secret, and only before death, the farmer will pass on this frankincense to his children, and if he dies, then his descendants will never have the opportunity to get frankincense again. As a result, the islanders who cultivated this plant lived in isolation.
The other mystery on the island of Chios is meaningless than the mystery of frankincense, the walls of the houses are covered with black and white lines, which seem to have no pattern or pattern, but if you compare them, you will see that there is a connection between them, and most importantly, the islanders who painted them were not educated in art.
Before this "craft" was listed as an intangible heritage, UNESCO sent many professionals to do research and found that 90 percent of the architectural styles on Chios Island were the same as the totems and sacred relics of more than 500 tribes around the world, but less than 3 percent of the people had visited more than three places. 」
The third mystery is about Chinese porcelain, a story about a Chinese merchant who was on the Aegean Sea when one of his ships was wrecked and stranded on the island of Chios, and the crew was grateful for the help of the island and taught them how to make pottery. Second, some people from the island followed the Persian caravans to ancient China, where they learned Xi and passed them on.
Whether this rumor is true or not, the porcelain craftsmen on the island of Chios believed that the process came from China, and it was not until modern times that they mixed milk with milk to become an instant hit, because milk products were regarded as "Greek national treasures" by the aristocracy because of their "fragrant fragrance" when heated, and even Victoria of England had to queue up for a long time.
As the production of mastic paste became less and less, and the ** of milk balm became higher and higher, craftsmen were forced to cut the amount of milk balm, and both production and ** became more and more popular. But the artisans of the village of Mesta, 90 percent of whom are potters, say that there are no new products to be developed on the island due to the influx of tourists, which has doubled the price of the product.