Life is like an invisible maze. Even if your predecessors tell you that this is a dead end, you are determined not to hit the wall and never look back. There may be more than one way to the exit, but there are also people who are stuck in it and can't find their way. Many people want to explore real mazes in order to exercise themselves. So, let us follow Urban Culture to take stock of the top ten mazes in the world, the Ashcombe Maze in Australia.
Australia has a territory of 7,692,024 square kilometers and is surrounded by sea. It is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent, so it is also called "Australia". Australia, which has many unique flora, fauna and natural landscapes, is a country of immigrants that pursues multiculturalism. The word Australia originally means "southern continent" and is derived from the Latin terraaustralis (southern land). When Europeans discovered this continent in the 17th century, they mistakenly thought it was a piece of land leading directly to Antarctica, so they named it "Australia".
Ashcombe Maze is Australia's largest and oldest traditional hedge maze, located on the Mornington Peninsula east of Shoreham. What makes it attractive is that there are many special activities and themed challenges, from searching for the land god to guessing puzzles for children.
In ancient Greek mythology, the labyrinth was designed by Daedalus, a great artist, architect, and sculptor in Athens, to imprison the Minotaur, a famous half-man, half-bull monster in Greek mythology. . The labyrinth reveals the dual qualities manifested in the human spirit, complexity and simplicity. Mystery and knowability, sensibility and reason, they symbolize the eternal philosophical contradiction between free will and real destiny, and also represent the meaning of religion and freedom.
Visitors can do many things inside when challenging the maze. The nearby garden also provides an additional rose maze for visitors to play. There are more than 1,000 cypress trees planted in the hedge maze and there are thousands of square meters of paths. 217 varieties of roses and more than 1,200 shrubs were used to form a wall 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. Now, Maze cuts the hedges three times a year, keeping the curves graceful and conveying joy and inspiration.
In 1950, Salles, the parish priest of Wickressington, a small village in southern England, had a very strange dream. In the dream, he looked out the window of his home and saw many people walking around in the maze of the garden below. Go, there is a vague shadow behind him telling him the scene in front of him.
After he woke up, the dream was still vivid in his mind, and he felt that he had to build the maze in the dream. The labyrinth is modeled after a group of religious sculptures in the village church. It has a very symbolic meaning. The winding paths represent the journey of life, and the dead ends represent the sins committed before death, which are roadblocks to heaven.
Labyrinths have been built all over the world throughout history, some are real buildings, some are symbolic works of art. Ancient humans also used labyrinth-like patterns, for example on a Sumerian seal, a Babylonian tablet, an Etruscan wine bottle, a Roman gravel road, a Pompeii column, and even These patterns can be seen on the spectacular stone door carvings at Newgrange Tomb in Ireland. The Newland Chi Tomb has a history of 5,000 years and is the oldest building in the world.
Although labyrinths have been discovered from time to time, little is known about their true meaning and the reasons for their construction. Many people think that mazes are for entertainment. Some people think that they are a puzzle or a nerve-wracking problem. Some people think that mazes are symbols with special meanings.
The most famous labyrinth in ancient times is said to have been built in Nosus, Crete on the order of King Minos. It was designed by the famous architect and sculptor Daedalus. According to legend, the innermost secret room is home to a terrifying bull-headed man. The monster Minotaur. Because his son died at the hands of the Athenians, King Minos forced them to sacrifice seven pairs of young men and women to him every year as compensation for the Minotaur to devour. Later, Theseus got the help of Minos' beautiful daughter Aliene to kill the monster and escape from the intricate maze.
Despite the popular legend, the actual shape of the Cretan Labyrinth is unknown. The labyrinth may have been simply a decorated walkway for dancing during ancestral rituals, or it may have been a network of caves known today as the Gotina Cave, located near the Royal Palace of Mezus in the city of Nosus, by a circuitous route Interlaced tunnels connect each other.
Some experts believe that there was no labyrinth in the Minoan palace at all, because the English word "labyrinth" comes from a Greek word, meaning "double-headed axe". Bulls were worshiped in Crete in ancient times, and this was especially popular in Nosus. very. The locals used double-headed axes to kill the bulls for ancestor worship. The Minoan palace may be the "place of the double-headed axes" and was later mistakenly called the Labyrinth. As for the labyrinth described in the legend, archaeologists have so far found no trace of it in Nosus.
During the Middle Ages, labyrinths were painted on the floors and walls of some famous churches in Europe. Some were called Routes to Jerusalem. They seemed to be designed to allow people who could not make pilgrimages to the Holy City to draw their fingers along the maze routes on the walls, or to run down them. Make a symbolic pilgrimage by walking on your knees along the path of the labyrinth on the ground. As for the other labyrinths, some people think they represent the last section of the road that Jesus walked from Pilate's office to Calvary.
In England, mazes designed for play by non-Christians were laid out in fields with turf. There may have been hundreds of such turf mazes in ancient times, and they had various local names, such as the Shepherd's Competition, Julian's Bedroom, etc. The villagers played various games in the maze. To this day, the turf maze is only There are 9 left, and the rules of the game have been forgotten much earlier.
After the fourteenth century, it became popular to build hedge mazes in the gardens of mansions for entertaining guests. French King Louis XIV once built a spectacular hedge maze in the Palace of Versailles, which was destroyed in 1775. The hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace in London, built in 1690, is perhaps the most famous.
In areas with less lush vegetation in Europe, such as the coast of Scandinavia, there are a lot of stones, including gravel and large rocks. Builders used local materials to build mazes with stones. There are different opinions on the purpose of the construction. For example, a historian in the 19th century investigated the maze built in Visbe on the island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden. Locals said it was built for children's games, but other evidence showed that the maze might have been used by sailors at sea. It is a place where people dance in front of the temple to pray for God’s blessing.
In modern times, the trend of building labyrinths has begun to rise again, including Värmland in Sweden, Boleyburg in Belgium, and Frostburg in Scotland. In 1968, sculptor Elton used 200,000 bricks and countless stones to build the 504-meter-long "Crete Maze" in Arkville, New York.
New mazes will be built gradually. Whether used as a symbol, for ancestor worship, or even just for entertainment, all mazes show human creativity and the innate love of thinking about difficult problems.
In ancient Greek mythology, the labyrinth was designed by Daedalus to imprison the Minotaur. The labyrinth reveals the dual characteristics manifested in the human spirit: complexity and simplicity; mystery and knowability; sensibility and rationality. They symbolize the eternal philosophical contradiction between free will and real destiny.
1. The world’s largest plant maze
The world's largest plant maze was built in Heine Andel on the banks of the Andel River. Sunflowers are planted in it. Every winter, farmers redesign and sow seeds, and a new maze pattern grows in spring. When the park opened in 1996, more than 85,000 people tried to escape the 10-acre maze.
2. Britain’s oldest hedge maze
It is the oldest hedge maze in the UK. The labyrinth was built in 1689 and has been described in many novels and poems. It was visited by thousands of tourists during the time of William III.
3. Imprint
The Garden Maze of Villa Pissar in Italy was created in the early 18th century and is known as the most complex maze in the world. It is located in Villa Pissar on the outskirts of Venice. According to legend, Napoleon I was lost here in 1807.
4. The most famous traditional hedge maze
Ashcombe Maze is Australia's oldest and most famous traditional hedge maze, located on the Mornington Peninsula east of Shoreham. You can do a lot of things in the maze when you challenge it. The nearby garden also comes with an additional rose maze for you to play. There are more than 1,000 cypress trees planted in the hedge maze and there are thousands of square meters of paths. 217 varieties of roses and more than 1,200 shrubs were used to form a wall 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. Now, the hedges are cut three times a year to keep the curves graceful and convey joy and inspiration.
5. Pineapple Garden Maze
The world's longest maze is located at Dole's Pineapple Park in Oahu, Hawaii. It consists of 11,400 tropical plants and is about 3.11 miles long. Doerr not only created this maze, the company also moved it online, and you can go directly to its website to experience it virtually.
6. Georgeson Botanical Garden
Construction of the Georgeson Plant Maze at Banks is underway and nearing completion. The photo above shows 3 completed petals, the fourth petal in this picture has been planted and the fifth petal will be completed this summer.
georgeson botanical park
7. The spiral labyrinth in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres
There is a spiral labyrinth on the floor of the nave of Chartres Cathedral. It divides the nave into 3/4 bays and is circular in shape, with a total of 12 circles inside and outside, and finally reaches the rose-like end point in the center. There used to be a copper plate embedded in the center. The relief on it is the scene of Theseus defeating the Minotaur, a monster with a head and a body, from Greek mythology. This copper plate inherits the tradition of the ancient labyrinths of Knossos and Egypt, which often depict the same story in the center.
The spiral labyrinth in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres
8. Dixon’s Cool Patch Pumpkin Maze
Located in California, Dixon's Cool Patch Pumpkin Maze broke its own Guinness World Record in 2007, officially becoming the largest cornfield maze in the world. In 2000, brothers Matt and Mark collaborated on their first cornfield maze, which already spanned 15 acres. This year, they expanded the project to 53 acres. There are even some car checkpoints in the maze, which you can find in the maze via a positioning system.
9. Cornfield Maze
The Queens County Farm Museum in Floral Park, New York, is a cornfield maze covering an area of 3 acres. The palace-shaped maze is equipped with 9 mailboxes with exit clues, even if you fail to find the exit in the end. , you can also contact the staff through the communication tools in the maze. Although this maze is small, it will take you 45 minutes to complete it.
10. Happy Farm Maze
In New Jersey, there is a 10-acre cornfield maze called the "Pride of New Jersey" at Happy Farm in Nalapan. The designer designed and built this maze based on the faces of four celebrities who grew up in New Jersey, and added different levels of difficulty to the details.
11. FARMSTEAD corn farm maze
In Meridian, Idaho, FARMSTEAD is located on an 18-acre corn farm maze. The farmer deliberately designed the maze to look like the two protagonists of this year’s US election—Obama and Romney. This calls on people to follow their feelings and vote freely. He also said that this maze is actually composed of two separate mazes representing the two politicians. However, your chances of going either way are the same.
12. Strawberry Farm Maze
Near Houston, there is a farm maze at Brookshire's Strawberry Farm for players of all ages. After entering the maze from the path with the words "You CAN Vote", you will find many cans of soybeans or corn along the way. Every November, the farmer counts the player who successfully exited the maze with the most cans and gives the winner a reward.
13. Long and Scott Farm
For most mazes, autumn is definitely a good time to play, but at the Long & Scott Farm, which has been open for ten years at the foot of Mount Dora in Florida, you will still feel the residual heat of summer. While Florida's summer sun promotes the growth of corn and adds many challenges to navigating the maze, the long growing cycle here also extends the opening hours of the corn maze.
14. Krai Family Farm
Farmers usually incorporate some elements of rural life into the design of corn mazes. The 309,000-square-meter cornfield maze located on the Kray Family Farm in Lacombe gives people a strong sense of modernity. Today, this huge QR code maze image has successfully broken the Guinness World Record, becoming the world’s largest QR code image.
15. Connors Farm
People often classify the level of fear in a maze based on the amount of panic elements it contains. There is one in Connors Farm in Danforth, Massachusetts. Its own creepy cornfield maze has attracted many adventurers. This year, the shape of the "Witch of Salem" maze adds a spooky color to it.
In ancient Greek mythology, Labyrinth was designed by Daedalus (a god I have never heard of) to imprison the Minotaur (the Minotaur. Those who have played Warcraft will definitely know it. Those who have not played it can watch Narnia , the minotaur in Narnia is the Minotaur. The tall and majestic image of one of the Minotaurs has lingered in my heart for a long time. It died so tragically, of course, this is a digression); Maze is different. Where Labyrinth focuses on making people think and find their way around easily, Maze is designed to make people get lost. No matter what kind of maze, they all reveal the dual characteristics manifested in the human spirit: complexity and simplicity; mystery and knowability; sensibility and rationality. They symbolize the eternal philosophical contradiction between free will and real destiny. Let’s take a look at these fifteen most beautiful and creative mazes in the world. It is said that the world's largest plant maze is filled with sunflowers. Every winter, farmers redesign and sow seeds, and in spring a new maze pattern grows. When the park opened in 1996, more than 85,000 people tried to escape the 10-acre maze. The Imprint is purely a commemoration of the mythical labyrinth: this huge Padfoot represents the foot of the Giant or the Minotaur (the Minotaur's foot was so big). Built in 1975, The Imprint receives thousands of visitors every year. Technically, it's just a set prop for a movie and won't last forever, but the fact that the 1986 film starred Jennifer Connelly means it should have been included. [Reposted from Jagged Community] Lands End Labyrinth is a maze on the beach. From this picture you can see the Golden Gate Bridge, the beach panorama, Angel Island and the outline of San Francisco. It is popular among maze lovers and spiritual seekers all over the world. One of the famous quiet and beautiful places is the Grace Cathedral Maze in San Francisco, which shows another form of maze. In addition to plants and trees, mazes can also be built with architectural stones and tiles. Both indoor and outdoor labyrinths are located at Grace Cathedral. Cornfield Maze (Cherry Crest Adventure Farm) [Reposted from Jagged Community] Because the cornfield maze is so challenging, two full-time "maze masters" had to be sent inside to guide the lost tourists and help them get through. This maze of passages, bridges and twists and turns is 2.5 miles long and is the oldest hedge maze in the UK. The maze was built in 1689 and has been described in many novels and poems. Thousands of visitors have visited Richardson Farm in the time of William III. There are many corn mazes on Richardson Farm, among which this fairy tale castle maze is perhaps the most charming. It also changes every year, but unfortunately it is currently closed. Capri Brick Maze [Reposted from Iron Blood Community] This impressive brick maze is not difficult to walk. The difficulty lies in its construction. The difficult part is The masonry work and careful engineering design eventually turned it into a miracle in the history of labyrinth architecture, a famous scenic tourist spot on the island of Capri. Composed of 16,000 beautiful yew trees, Longleat is located in England and covers an area of 1.48 acres with nearly 2 miles of pathways. The wooden bridge in the maze adds a distinctive new feature, it is a three-dimensional maze. Snakes and Ladders Maze [Reprinted from Jagged Community] This creatively twisted version of the standard maze was designed by Michael Blee. It is the largest Snakes and Ladders game in the world, covering an area of 6 acres, and its hedges are at least 9 feet high, giving players a Extremely high challenge difficulty
Life is like an invisible maze. Even if your predecessors tell you that this is a dead end, you are determined not to hit the wall and never look back. There may be more than one way to the exit, but there are also people who are stuck in it and can't find their way. Many people want to explore real mazes in order to exercise themselves. So, let us follow Urban Culture to take stock of the top ten mazes in the world, the Horta Maze Garden in Barcelona, Spain.
The Horta Labyrinth Garden consists of 2,460 feet of carefully pruned cypress trees. There are marble reliefs of Ariadne and Theseus from ancient Greek mythology at the entrance, and a statue of Cupid, the god of love, in the center of the labyrinth.
The Labyrinth Garden of Horta is located in the foothills of the northern suburbs of Barcelona, Spain. It was a private garden before it was opened to the public in the 1870s.
There is a carefully cut maze of trees in the middle of the garden, and it is easy to get lost while walking in it. The garden also features a pleasant man-made lake, a neoclassical pavilion and an ingenious fake cemetery. The scenery here is elegant and full of emerald green. One of the filming locations of the famous movie "Perfume".
Composed of a large number of carefully pruned cypress trees, there are marble reliefs of Ariadne and Theseus at the entrance, and a statue of Cupid, the god of love, in the center.
Horta Labyrinth Gardens Location: Barcelona
Barcelona became the capital of the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon in 1137, and in the early 15th century Barcelona and the areas under its jurisdiction were incorporated into the Spanish state.
Barcelona is a port city in Catalonia. It is a world-renowned Mediterranean tourist destination and a world-famous historical and cultural city. It is also the most important trade, industrial and financial base in Spain. The Port of Barcelona is the largest port and largest container terminal on the Mediterranean coast, as well as the largest comprehensive port in Spain. Barcelona has a pleasant climate, beautiful scenery and numerous historical sites. It is known as the "Pearl of the Iberian Peninsula" and is the most famous tourist destination in Spain.
