March 23, 2008 is the Olympic flame to make fire the day before the ceremony. Green Olympics in order to help the holy city of Athens and the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing, more than 100 volunteers from China in the Olympic mountains planted 2008 olive trees.
Olive (oil) and Magical Legend (Part One)
text / Westwood Dr.
Do not ask me came from my hometown in the distance Why go wandering stray far away dream for my olive … …
This is very much like to hear before I went to the United States a song – “Olive Tree.” Abroad, after I found that in the minds of Westerners, is a sacred olive tree, symbolizing peace, victory and wisdom.
“Bible” chapter of Genesis, said the third from Adam to Noah’s Ark, the dove of peace to take off the title back to an olive branch to the surviving creatures Report: Floods have already started to recede, happiness, peace and coming.
Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. According to records, in ancient Olympic Games, the only prize winner was an olive branch. Be held in Greece in 2004 Olympic Games logo and the prize winners are the olive branch when the top of the head with a wreath.
In the legend, the olive tree by the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena bestowed:
Athena is not only beautiful and smart, but also has superhuman intelligence. She invented the tools, tame the cattle and sheep, who taught weaving and spinning in the door, the system vehicle to construct the building so that people had a happy life. She received the respect and affection. It is precisely because people are so loved by Athena, but attracted the jealousy of the sea god Poseidon, who compete against one with Athena, the gods come to dissuade can be proud of sticking than Poseidon. Helpless, the gods agreed to: Who can provide the same to human beings the most useful thing, who is the winner.
Poseidon with his trident beat the ground, the result hammer out a robust Red Horse, it is an air to say that “it that is beautiful, but also quick; that is able to pull heavy vehicles, but also in the war to win. “and Athena use their guns knocked softly about the castle, after a while children, castle grow an olive tree,” it can provide flames illuminate the night; able to eliminate the trauma; to be fine food, that taste is a rich source of energy. but also a symbol of peace. “It is believed that olive trees have more useful to mankind, therefore, Athena won, and used her name to give the city name, also won the the right to rule in this region.
Tree growth of the ancient Greek city of olive trees Wei was walled up and used by the dedication and commitment to the guardians of their olive trees guarded. When the enemies are close, all citizens would gather in these walls, the tightly around the olive tree, until the danger in the past. Miti Ya Later, in the war, in the sacred tree of the Acropolis and the tree was burnt Xerxes I, after the return of the city of Athens to find these relics were destroyed, while the tree planted by Athena, goddess of the olive trees are already gives rise to new root, it finally defeated the destruction itself has become a symbol of immortality.
Initially estimated the distribution of olive trees in the Mediterranean coast, especially in the sunny Greek islands, and later spread to North Africa, Egypt and the Middle East and other regions. In the 15 century, the sailing yacht power in Spain, with the light, the olive tree of civilization to the Americas contains the New World, South Africa, Australia and the East China and Japan.
Greek poet described the olive tree:
Our grandmother Olive tree-lined film growth, childhood began in the oil press the side just out to enjoy the fragrance of the olive oil. In the olive groves where we listened to the birds singing, Chaner silver bell and a stick as the olive branch of contention rhythmic sound. This is almost our understanding of the world! Autumn olive fruit maturity and harvest season, we understand people’s hard work. Every person holding tree branches hitting the sticks, bent over to collect the olive fruit off the ground. Light olive oil shengdeng grandfather in the church, our olive oil under the weak light sweet sleep. This is the thousands of Greek life: his grandfather has just been unearthed blessed olive seedlings, grandmother to mention the olive oil to the church. The worker opened the pocket, took out bread and olive fruit meals; the vessel filled with liquid gold siren sounding, ready to sail voyage.
From the brilliant Minoan world’s first paintings, from mythological times to the magic tree of Athena gave Athens time, the olive and Greece, the land will be closely linked together. Greece will be inseparable from the olive oil diet. 120 million olive trees make up the vast olive groves, Crete, Peloponnese, Roumet Lane, Yipiluosi, Harki Sharqi, Miti Li Nepal, in which abundant sunshine island, olive trees and rock from the sun to draw life. It is said that Ismail Haniya, in the Wuwei the existence of the world’s most ancient olive trees. Another one of the oldest olive trees in the frame-wu West, in the Kalamada olive tree and history of the famous Tombstone par.
Our olive groves, as many ancient temples of Greece, like standing on the earth, so people put olive branch as a ritual gift, so legend says Archbishop Paul missionary work under the olive tree shade. In Cyprus, the newlyweds head is the olive branch wreath compiled.
Today, almost half a million families in the Greek olive groves by hard living, Greece is the world’s third largest olive oil producing countries, while per capita consumption of olive oil ranks first in the world.
Immeasurable wealth. This culture
In addition to our daily lives, the already deep into religion, worship and food inside. This is Greece’s olive trees, olive fruit and olive oil!
It includes the island of Crete, including olive oil diet, affect the world created the ancient Greek civilization. Ancient Greek philosophy is the pinnacle of human wisdom, which illuminates our path of scientific development. The traditional diet of Crete can be traced back 4,000 years BC, after more than 400 years BC, the era of Hippocrates, has been maintained until today, did not change much. The 20th century, 60 years of a seven-nation diet and health survey shows that the health status of inhabitants of the island of Crete, much better than the United States, Japan and Italy and other countries residents. Crete’s cancer death rate is only half of Americans, heart disease death rate of Americans is only 1 / 20. The overall mortality rate is only half of the Japanese and Italian. This makes it well-known longevity of Japanese cuisine meals in Crete before the dwarfs.
Crete diet mainly by olive oil, canola oil, deep-sea fish and seafood, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and a small amount of red meat so on. Crete, people like to eat raw, such as raw fish, raw vegetables and fruit. They also like to eat wild plants, such as purslane. The study found that for every 100 grams of purslane contains 400 mg of linolenic acid, which is 15 times the normal lettuce. Crete diet is high fat diet, fat provides about 40% of calories. Among them, Omega-3 fats (linolenic acid) content is abundant with Omega-6 fats (linoleic acid) near.
Omega-3 fats and omega-6 fats are polyunsaturated fats are essential fats; the human body can not synthesis, can only be absorbed from food. If the ratio has the right, the right partner can not only reduce blood lipids, protect the heart, and can Bunao puzzle. In particular, deep-sea fish, animals and plants such as purslane, and flaxseed (or derivative) of Omega-3 fat DHA, constitute the main component of the brain, be called the wisdom of flowers of life. Among them, flaxseed oil is the most Bunao food on land that can help less cardio-cerebral vascular diseases and arthritis, and several dozens of degenerative diseases. my recent play Sina micro-Bo, cool, very trendy. In a word, a picture, at any time so that you know the most fresh I am. click on the following link to register, and I work together to Wan Ba! http://t.sina.com.cn/reg.php?inviteCode=1236930591
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