The lyre was a famous harpist in Greece. It was rumored that the sound of her harp could restore calm to the furious Poseidon; it was rumored that the sound of her harp could make the cynical Hera's heart forgiving; and it was rumored that the sound of her harp could make the gloomy Hades get a happy smile.
In her honor, the young king sent a messenger. But the qin refused his invitation unceremoniously. She said she would not play for a king who had nothing better to do than to enjoy himself.
The messenger told the king exactly what she had said, but he laughed. The next morning, the ladies of the palace realized that the king had disappeared, but they all laughed and walked away as if nothing had happened.
Just as they thought and expected, the king came to where the lyre was.
Led by the beautiful sound of the lyre, he met the girl he had fallen in love with by the olives Athena had planted. A gentle breeze was blowing on her delicate face, a nightingale stood on her shoulder and sang with her, and the scent of flowers twined around her fingertips as she plucked the notes and drifted off into the distance.
Qin suddenly felt a blazing light burning hot all around her. She looked up and met a gaze that was more beautiful than the sky and more dazzling than the deep sea. For a moment, they had only each other in their eyes, while ignoring all sides.
From that day on the king would always leave the palace quietly every morning, and Chin would take his beloved harp to a mysterious place every morning.
Things turned out to be even more beautiful than the story, and the love between Qin and the king was not hindered by the royal family. With the blessing of the people and all the princes and nobles, the harp was received into the court.
When everyone thought they would be as perfect as a fairy tale, the darkest curse from hell befell them.
The originally friendly country of Lin suddenly started a terrible war, and for the safety of his people the king had to run to the battlefield immediately. He left his beloved girl on their wedding night.
Qin went to the place where she had dated him every day to dial the qin to the distant king, but waited for his death in battle. She was so strong that the tears never had a chance to spill over her eyes. The lyre took on the king's bloodstained robes that very day, and commanded the cruel battlefield with fingers that plucked the strings.
At the moment when the nation celebrated its victory, under a cloudless sky, the king's robe rested on Qin's lap, but it was soaked through by one crystal droplet after another.
Every night the qin strummed into the night sky, hoping that the king in heaven could hear her. And every morning she went around collecting the scattered dewdrops, knowing that they were the king's response to her love.
Finally, after many years, until the day she slept forever and never woke up again, people poured the lyre's collection of dew on the spot where she had fallen asleep.
Just as the last drop hit the ground, a miracle happened. A clear spring gushed out from the side of Qin's grave and embraced her body. From spring to stream, from stream to river, from river to sea.
Since then there has been a clear sea in Greece. People call it the Aegean Sea.
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Introduction:The Aegean Sea is a blue-lined sea in the eastern part of the Greek Peninsula, south to the island of Crete, and part of the Mediterranean Sea. The Aegean Sea is the Black Sea coastal countries to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean must pass through the waters, in shipping and strategic importance.
Sea north-south length of 610 kilometers, east-west width of 300 kilometers, the coastline is very twisted, many harbors and bays, islands scattered, so the Aegean Sea is also known as "multi-island sea". The largest island in the sea called Crete, an area of about 8300km?, east and west narrow, is the barrier of the southern Aegean Sea.
There are various explanations for the origin of the name of the Aegean Sea, one of the possible etymologies is Αιγ-, which means wave, and therefore Αιγα?ο Π?λαγο? which means a sea of undulating waves. It is not only the cradle of Western European civilization, but also a symbol of a romantic mood journey for travelers from all over the world.
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