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In Saint Adolphe, Manitoba, Canada, locals walk through the world's largest snow maze. It is reported that the maze was rated as the largest snow maze in the world by Guinness World Records, setting a new record when the snow maze was built here in 20 19. ?

The development history of maze

Humans have built mazes for 5000 years. In the development of different cultures in the world, these strange buildings always attract people to look for the truth along the tortuous and difficult road.

About 1600 BC, the earliest maze was built in Mycenae period, in a palace in the capital of Crete. It is very similar to the maze painted on the clay board found in Pyros, Greece in BC 12.

During the Trojan War in BC12nd century, many nationalities invaded Greece in Mycenae, cities and castles were destroyed, traditions were completely lost, and the magic of the maze seemed to be weakened. However, the neglect of tradition has not reduced people's interest in the maze. In the first Millennium BC, this interest spread from the Mediterranean to Syria, and then to the eastern countries-Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia today. It soon spread to the west: Spain, Britain, Scandinavia and Russia.

The first maze

The first maze in Greek mythology: In Greek mythology, it is an exquisite building, designed by the famous craftsman Daedalus for the Minoan king of Crete and built in Knossos. This maze was used to imprison Minos' son Minotaur, a monster who was half man and half cow. Daedalus built the maze so skillfully that he could hardly escape after it was finished. Theseus, the hero of Athens, got help from Ariadne. After killing Minotaur, he successfully escaped from the maze under the guidance of Ariadne.

Once upon a time, King Minos ruled Crete. One year, he didn't give Poseidon the promised sacrifice bull. Poseidon was very angry and determined to take revenge. He owned the bull and seduced the Minoan king's wife, Queen Paciface. Soon, the queen gave birth to a monster named minotaur. In order to hide this monster, so as not to expose its dirty linen to the public, King Minos ordered Daedalus, the best craftsman on the island, to build a maze: a strange underground house, with corridors farther and farther away from the light and no exit at all. Crazy Minotaur wandered between the city walls, running from here to there, and filling his hunger with boys and girls who were paid tribute by the King of Athens. Finally, one day, Prince theseus of Athens broke into the maze with a sword. He stepped down from the thread set given to him by Ariadne, the daughter of Minos King, killed Minotaur, the monster of the Tauren, and found an exit along this thread, leaving the maze alive.

This clay tablet records the story of the lost palace: a courtier sat behind the door of a palace in Troy. His task is to register the number of goats and the names of the tributes on the clay tablet. After the tribute left, he had nothing to do, so he turned over the clay tablet and drew a maze on it. It is such a clay tablet that has been lying underground for about 3200 years and miraculously preserved to this day. Became the originator of today's popular maze.