If not personally seen, you can hardly believe that a 2500 years old ancient olive trees, but also the fruits of the earth. October 12, when the more than 150 delegates participated in the the "Crete earth International Olive Oil Conference came to the tree is called a" natural monument "before the ancient olive trees, small portable basket, 5 pairs picking covered old trees fruit, all that excitement Jin loneliness. Ancient olive tree picked soon be sent to the pressing plant near. If you want to get on a good olive oil, preferably within 24 hours, put olives pressed into olive oil.
The tree magic of olive trees in Crete Chania Wuwei Si village, about 300 kilometers from the Greek capital Athens. This is a small village of a resident population of less than 20 people, villagers surnamed kalapata all. The olive tree original owner is Kadilinuo · kalapata couple. 2004 Athens Olympic Games, not long ago, the couple decided to put the tree does not know the tradition of many generations of ancient olive trees, together with the tree of a piece of land donated to the State.
The olive tree need three or four adults to encircle the center section is empty trunk on a tree holes tolerating dig into his head. This with different long-law of the vast majority of solid tree trunks, seemed to tell the thousands of years of vicissitudes. Even if not the oldest, it is also one of the oldest tree in the world.
Greeks love olives, Crete region began the commercial cultivation of olives in the third millennium BC.
Participate in the ancient olive trees, picking Crete earth company shareholders Ioannis Gerry Lowes says his childhood play and grow up in the olive groves. Gerry Lowes said: "For the Greeks, the olive is not only on the table an essential food, baptisms, weddings and other important life ceremony sacred and ancient times, Greeks are a panacea recipe. "
Olive tree in Greek culture, a symbol is peace. When striving to Athens patron saint, the legend of the ancient goddess of wisdom, Athena and Poseidon, Poseidon with the hands of the the Trident Wangdishangyi pestle, ground immediately ran out of a horse on behalf of the war; while Athena with spear Wangdishangyi bar, the ground long out of the olive tree is a symbol of peace. Gods vote, that the olive tree is more in line with the interests of the people of Athens, so Athena became the patron saint of Athens.
The olive peace mission, heritage to today. Games in ancient Greece, the victor's crown, is to use olive branches woven. Olive branch from the tree trees collected down in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was brought to Beijing, a special award as a marathon champion. Olive branch on the tree trees With the Olympic torch in this year's London Olympics with the Greek people to the world the message of peace, transferred to London.
Olive tree hard, resistant to drought and pests, have great vitality, which is probably the secret of longevity of the tree trees. Deep debt crisis in Greece today, maybe olive trees give the Greeks a lot of confidence and strength to overcome the crisis. The information revealed by the International Olive Oil Conference Since the outbreak of the debt crisis, the Greek economy has been for five consecutive years of recession, but olive oil exports in has been on the increase.
The meeting was attended by the Chinese Embassy in Greece Commercial Counsellor Sun Liwei, Greek olive oil exports to China in the last two years, the annual increase in more than 40%. The guardian of the olive tree of Greeks thousands of years, should weather will bless the Greeks after World War II the most serious a crisis.