The secret of Machu Picchu Inca mummy cloud Empire

In the vast central Lake Titicaca, Peru on the remote island tower Kiel, hundreds of people stood in silence, square in Rome, to listen to the local Catholic priest precent prayer. Residents of the island is 500 years ago was stationed at this point of the Inca colonists descended, the retention of the ancient way of life. They weave cloth color gorgeous, said that the traditional Inca, with the continuation of the cultivation method for centuries care field. Whenever the festival day, they gather in the square, dancing in the wooden flutes and drums accompaniment. Today, a fine summer afternoon, I stood on the side of the square to celebrate the festival of Santiago to see them.

Lake Titicaca to sell crafts vendors were an Inca had consecrated island for tourists.

Santiago Festival is also called the St. James day, equivalent to the Inca era of the Yiyapa Festival, the latter is to worship the God of lightning in indigenous culture. Along with the prayers ended, four dressed in black man raised his carrying rough wooden car painted sculptures in Santiago. The bearers marched in the back, let the whole square, people can see the icon, just like the original Inca carrying their supreme king mummy.

Five centuries ago, these mummies were wrapped into a parcel. The postural distortions. It is easy to transport.

Even if their body had ashes to ashes for hundreds of years, the Inca rulers name sounds still echoing with authoritarian and ambition: Bela available Inca (meaning "creation of God"), Huw Askar Inca (chain king), Pachakateke Inca You Panqi (King of reengineering the world). They are rebuilding the world. An obscure village Inca Dynasty in AD thirteenth Century rise in Peru valley of Cuzco, against the move, buy, intimidation or conquer rival, creating a new continent Kolumb arrived in the empire.

Over the years, scholars have little of the Inca King living poorly, reference only when the Inca noble in the Spanish conquerors arrived after the blow one's own horn. The Inca and Mayan people are not the same, they are not hieroglyphic writing system, the artist may have to draw portraits of rulers, but a also didn't stay. The Inca capital Cuzco palace in the European conquerors soon collapsed under the iron heel, was built on the remains of Spanish colonial city new, buried the Inca Empire of the past. Modern catastrophe is civil war in the early nineteen eighties in the Andes, the 10 years Li Han heartland archaeologists have dared enter the ancient inca.

The Incas Seiko secret agents with every piece of farmland in the vast territory, in the more than 3600 meters above sea level, they planted potato tuber crops, grazing domesticated alpaca.

Now they are working, make up for the lost time. They searched the rugged hillside near Cuzco, discovered the remains of thousands of previously unknown, uncovers some answers as the origin of the Inca empire. They also collect clues from the Spanish colonial documents, reposition the Inca ruler manor site, complex life of royal family, and the main class. In the former imperial borders, they split the splendid evidence, reveal the Inca King war and psychological warfare, it is those who have a hard time dozens of enemy tribes formed the unified territory. University of North Carolina American archaeologist Dennis Ogburn, extraordinary ability invincible and Inca King brick building civilization clearly conveyed a message, "I think they are saying: we are the world's most powerful people, who don't also want to find fault."

Islands golden gate without war old folk interpretation of a new line of Taiwan

The golden gate, the old name, delta. WithXiamenConjugateFujianSoutheastHaikou, "as strong as iron, in Haimen", named "the golden gate". The history of the golden gate, was the "island", said to be "the Chinese unit of area most scholars, Juren, and to the Nanyang Business developed the largest number of places."

The golden gate characteristics

The Japanese occupation era,JapanOnce the cultivation of opium in the island, building the airport. In 1949, the military stationed in Kinmen, Kinmen turned military front, entered a "period of military control", has experienced "guningtou battle", "big two", nine three bile campaign "artillery", "eight two three incident", hundreds of thousands of shells landed in kinmen.

TravelingOn the map, the Golden Gate like a dumbbell, like a butterfly, and Xiamen island are only a few meters. Kinmen Island about 19 kilometers east-west, north-south width of about 15 km, Manaka O narrowest point only 3.5 km. The island with a total area of only 134 square kilometers, west south is little Kinmen (Lieyu island).

In Kinmen County Li Woshi administration report, Kinmen's future development is to build into an international tourism island, high-quality health health Island, senior tax boutique shopping Island, a cross-strait University University Island, liquor culture island, become cross-strait win-win peace island.

"Shell steel" and "blacksmith" Wu Zengdong

"Battlefield Quemoy" legend, "shell steel" this section is the most popular. Xiamen on the other side of the golden land, "million" shells ", all mines and military restricted zone", this is not to Kinmen Kinmen limited impression on. A little more understanding, may also be people of Kinmen artillery shells and shell built out of the kitchen knife, knives, quality first-class, very good use. There are even stories, Xiamen girl married, all want to send the Golden Gate chopper do dowry.

Gate knife industry

We are attracted to a company called "jinheli steel" "spots". Said the attractions, is the actual jinheli steel production workshop and Exhibition hall. A modest three or four layer similar to home of the ceramic tile wall building on the first floor, it is famous for the two sides of the Taiwan Straits "jinheli steel" flagship store. Near a building behind the house, 200 square meters of places are filled with a rusty artillery shells.

"Mr. Wu to." Someone sent a message. Because before, no appointment, jinheli sword master "Mr. Wu" specially from the outside and come back. We go in front of the exhibition hall. A tall, angular, a cowboy clothing workers of Mr. Wu hand "zhenguanzhibao" -- with "steel billet shell base", and we talked.

Mr Wu Zengdong, is "blacksmith Wu" third generation of family, twelve years in primary school, but in their own blacksmith shop to help pull the blast furnace, sharpener, sharpener, also has a special hammer, childhood was spent in the light of the fire, high temperature and iron. Wu Zengdong has forty years of experience in iron. Wu Zengdong's grandfather Wu Zongshan, known as the "golden knife industry ancestor", the Qing Dynasty had Xiyi in Xiamen, after the Golden Gate franchise follow and implement forging; to his son Wu Zhaoxi inherited the family business, on 1937 in Jincheng Wu Wu create jinheli knife factory. "Fervent" brand has been handed down more than 70 years.

"Here not only attracted the wholeTaiwanTourists, but also to receive one after another to mainland tourists sightseeing attractions." Wu Zengdong said: "our tool has entered the European and American market, many foreign guests even come to Kinmen blade." In particular, the mistress, mainland China since the end of 2004 open people in Fujian province tour of Kinmen, visit the Wu Zengdong factory is almost be run.

Someone says, the knife industry golden gate is the war profiteers. Wu Zengdong's view is, "shell knives" is not only the goods, culture and heritage is. "We bought in the island, half also according to a count, six hundred to one thousand new Taiwan dollars a, each can create forty to sixty knife range." The knife, knife to artistic requirements shells, refinement, and at the same time, "we developed a knife, antique sword and commemorative merchandise, also set up a sword Museum exhibition, some of the past and instruments to do the sword, and all kinds of knives."

Wine source of Japanese Sasebo drunk fragrant

The alcohol content in general about 15%, containing a variety of amino acids, vitamins, slightly drink can relax, have certain health care function. Wine is the autumn harvest of rice, in the winter after fermentation brewing. Can say, wine is rice, water and Ma Ko's art.

Great winter Xiongqi inventory ten best view snow Resort

Washington, Mount Rainier

Heaven roaming station. Oh, heaven will also have annual snowfall of 17 meters.

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Every year, the snowfall Ali pass card is about 16 meters, but two years ago, the amount of snow here a staggering 22 meters.

California, Kirk Wu Deshan

California, Kirk Wu Deshan

Kirkwood mountain resort is located in South Lake Tahoe 35 kilometers southwest, according to local residents said, snowfall of up to 15.2 meters.

Japan, Niseko

Japan, Niseko

Niseko literally means "a cliff stands in the depths of the mountains along the river bank". This description sounds very scary, isn't it? Affected by the cold air in Siberia, where annual snowfall of up to 15.2 meters.

Surrounded by the sea nine city: popular movie star portrait photography.

Nine, from the name will make people feel very interesting, not even a place names. According to "Taipei county" records, in the early Qing Dynasty, here is a small village, there were only 9 households, whenever I go out to the market shopping is everything to "Nine", then the nine will become the village name, has been in use ever since.

Sky City

Here called Sky City, sexy and nostalgia, she is surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, and Keelung mountains echo each other at a distance. Blue sea, blue sky and white clouds, green mountains old tile-roofed house, picture. Many film and television actress in the photo shoot, wedding photography is also like this location selection.

"Spirited away" in many streets is inspired from the nine Street

Make nine copies into the line of sight of people, because Kaneshiro Takeshi starred in the movie "city of sadness" shot here, nine copies of the old building, slope and unique style, the film attracted wide attention at home and abroad. And it is said that the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki works "spirited away" in many streets is inspired from the nine street, mysterious ghost town, there are red lanterns food street, soup lady bathhouse, leading to the boiler grandpa cliff stone...... All this made a lot of nostalgic atmosphere and the sense of mystery.

Nine characteristic shop

Take a train from Taipei to Rueifang station, then transfer to the car to sit 20 minutes nine. The early here, can use simple words to describe "once upon a time, there is a mine" the mountains, this is because the nine one is rich in gold in a long time ago, so creating a situation where villages, streets and other humanities landscape built according to mine. Here is a Gold Mine Museum, but visitors are scanty. Originally, people here are "to have ulterior motives. Also, care in the nostalgia".

South Korea sex Paradise: the world's largest "theme park"

Mysterious road is located in the edge of the road - 1100 (also known as the ghost Road) side, not far from Jeju city location, easily accessible. Built more than 12000 Ping area on the Jeju Loveland in the outdoor display the proposal, desire, foreigners love fixed work 82.

Jay Searle Mel: the India desert in the golden castle

Jay Searle Mel Castle (Jaisalmer), located inIndiaRajasthan Thar desert hinterland, distance 280 kilometers second city of Jodhpur rajasthan. Jay Searle Mel is a long history of the castle, the year 1156, the castle by the local Bateti family princes "(Rawal Jaisal) - built in terry Coot-Tha. After that, people around the castle formed a city -- Jay Searle Mel.

Golden City

As India toEgyptAndEuropeThe trade transit city, Jay Searle Mel was very prosperous in history. Unfortunately, after the opening of the Suez canal, the loss of traffic hub position of Jay Searle Mel toward the inevitable decline. Now, this once glorious city, into a is only more than 6 residents of small cities and towns.

Jay Searle Mel

Desert in the Golden City

We to Dajie Iser Mel on the same day, is already in the afternoon. At dusk is coming, we gave up immediately into the castle to, choose in the castle town tour beat.

After the castle around, turn a circle we found: the Jay Searle Mel city is very small, the streets are mostly old street. These streets are very narrow, even a small car can not pass. But the building is very distinctive -- are a golden yellow sandstone crafted, each to the sundowners, from afar, Jay Searle Mel is like a golden palace, right in the middle of the desert shining. People can not help but think of "one thousand one night" -- The Legend Legend, Jay Searle Mel was the heavenly palace, just cursed by magic, so it was moved to the desert.

The castle wall, the scenery is very charming. Its south is a lake, lake water birds fly, the shore is a thicket swamp. Full of vitality, can let a person forget myself in the desert. Because all the vegetation is very low, so here's a very broad vision, an eye hopes to go, we can see the towering in the sky castle -- people suspicious sight is it right? "Mirage" phantom.

Sha Li

Listen to local people say, Jay Searle Mel castle is a city full of suffering heavy city memory. In the 1295-1315 years, there had been no Mughal Empire's brutal aggression and plunder. In the battle field for 7 years, lived in a castle in the Bateti army finally could not resist the onslaught of the enemy. That year, on the last evening play off for the victory, Bart. People held their own unique fighting ceremony -- in Queens and princesses led, all the women wear the most beautiful sari, wearing the most precious jewelry, and comb your hair with rose water, perfume, and with his children jumped on the fire, the fire in the drumbeats and chants; men wearing Tibetan red shirt, out of the gates and the final showdown...... So, Jay Searle Mel in his own blood to defend their homes, even if the outcome is not to hesitate to proceed without hesitation, solemn and stirring.