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Easter Island is an island in the South Pacific, called Rapa Nui in the local language, located 3,000 kilometers west of Chile. Easter Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world, more than 2,000 kilometers away from the nearest inhabited Pitcairn Islands. The island is approximately triangular in shape and consists of three volcanoes. It is two of Chile's territories in the South Pacific along with the Juan Fernandez Islands. Easter Island is famous for its hundreds of mysterious giant stone statues.

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The mystery of the stone statues on Easter Island? The legendary beauty of the statues Archaeologists say the Easter Island civilization was destroyed by the giant stoneEdit The hilly island in this section of the terrain is not part of the sunken continent, but a typical high island in the ocean formed by some volcanoes rising from the sea floor.

Three extinct volcanoes, composed mainly of tuff (a porous rock formed from solid volcanic fragments) and their lava flows, give the island its unique triangular shape. There are some parasitic tuff craters and volcanic cones (that is, craters and volcanic cones formed on or near the side of a volcano after the earliest craters were blocked) scattered throughout the territory. In other areas, there are many eroded lava fields scattered throughout the area. Obsidian. The rockless surface soil is infertile; areas suitable for large-scale farming are mainly located in the southwest areas of Hangaroa and Mataveri, Vaihu, Rano? Raraku ) plain southwest of the volcano and the prehistoric cultivated Poike peninsula on the eastern corner of the island. Rainwater is stored in crater lakes partially covered by swamps at volcanoes such as Rano Kao, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi. An intermittent stream fed by the Ranu Aloy volcanic lake flows down the slopes of Trewaka and feeds permeable soil. Hangaroa is supplied with water from the deep crater lake of the Ranu?co volcano, which is approximately 914 meters (3,000 feet) wide. The coast is formed by soft, eroded gray cliffs, with a vertical drop of approximately 152 to 305 meters (500 to 1,000 feet); the cliffs are occasionally interrupted by long, low, hard and rugged lava structures. Lack of natural harbors, but at Hangaroa on the west coast, Vinapu and Hotu-Iti on the south coast, at sea near Anakena, and at La Pérouse on the north coast There are anchorages in Bahia?la?Perouse Bay, and there are some small islands near the coast. The main small islands are Motu-Nui Island, Motu-Iti Atoll and the Southwest Sea. Motu-Kaokao (image of the local bird god) near the corner. The only real beach is in Anaconna, most of the other beaches are gravel. There are many caves.

Edit this paragraph Hydrology and climate: Tropical marine climate, no streams on the surface, and crater lake water as the source of drinking water. The diameter of Rano Kao crater lake is 1.6 kilometers. The climate is warm and humid, with an average annual temperature of 22°C, rain all year round, and an annual precipitation of 1,300 mm. The wettest month is May, with rainfall reaching 159 mm. Heavy rain cannot change the way of life of the people on the island, but fishing and agriculture are affected by the moon and wind. The climate is of the subtropical type, meaning it is sunny and dry. January to March are the hottest, with an average temperature of 23℃ (73℉); June to August are the coolest, with an average temperature of 18℃ (64℉). The average annual rainfall is about 1,250 mm (49 inches), but it varies greatly from year to year. September is the driest month, with the most rainfall in June and July, coinciding with the passage of winter fronts in the south. The wind blows irregularly in June and August, and at other times is dominated by trade winds from the east and southeast. From September to March of the following year, the Peruvian Current (also known as the Humboldt Current) flows through the island, and the average water temperature is about 21℃ (70℉).

Edit this section’s geology and landforms. There are many volcanic hills on the island, with the highest point being 601 meters above sea level. The ground is rugged and covered with deep tuff. The island's landscape is mostly smooth hills, grasslands and volcanoes. The island's beaches are rocky and dotted with cliffs, and the bays are unguarded. There are only three beaches on the island and the sand is very clean. The northeast is elevated, facing a group of small Polynesian islands. The terrain in the southwest is gentle, and it is 3,700 kilometers away from the west coast of Chile. There is a volcano at each corner of the triangle. In the left corner is Rano Kau volcano. On the right is the Rano Laraco volcano, which has the largest group of giant stone statues on the island on its slopes. On the northern corner is the Rano Alu volcano, which borders Trehuaca Mountain.

One theory of the legend of the statue making is that these stone statues were carved by the islanders. They are the gods worshiped by the island's indigenous people or the dead chiefs or ancestors deified by the islanders. Agree There are many people who say this. However, some experts believe that the high nose and thin lips of the stone statue are typical of Caucasian appearance, while the residents of the island are Polynesians, and their appearance does not have these characteristics. Long ears don't look like anyone else. Sculpture is an art that always contains the characteristics of that nation, but the shapes of these stone statues have no Polynesian characteristics.

Then, they would not be the ancestors of the Polynesians who live on the island today, and these statues could not be made by them. In addition, people analyzed in detail from another angle that it was difficult for the people on the island to use the primitive stone tools at that time to complete such a large carving project. Someone has calculated that 2,000 years ago, the food available on this island could only feed 2,000 people at most. In the Stone Age, when productivity was very low, they had to work diligently to find food every day to barely feed themselves. Where did they have time? How about doing these carvings? Moreover, this kind of stone sculptures are very artistic, and experts are amazed by these "ingenious craftsmanship". Even modern people, not everyone can do it. Who can believe that all the Polynesians in the Stone Age were artists who were good at carving? Another theory is that the stone statues were not carved by the people on the island, but by the people on the island. Made by aliens who are more civilized than those on Earth. For certain purposes and requirements, they chose this isolated island in the Pacific and built these stone statues. This statement is even more bizarre. In order to carve these stone statues, many blunted stone tools were discarded on the island. Who would believe that aliens who are more civilized than earthlings would use these primitive stone tools to complete these statues. As for why there are hundreds of unfinished stone statues on the mountain that were not finished and abandoned there, experts analyzed and said that this may be because they encountered hard rock during the carving and could not continue carving and gave up. Because stone tools were used to carve stones at that time, when making stone tools, the hardest stones were used as much as possible. However, during the carving, some very hard rocks could not be carved and the carving could not be carried out, so they had to give up. Therefore, these unfinished stone statues did not suddenly stop when encountering some catastrophic event, but were gradually abandoned during the carving process. One of the largest stone statues, more than 20 meters high, is the largest stone statue seen on Easter Island. Because it is unfinished, it is still lying on the rocks on the mountain. But petrologists don't entirely agree with this view. They explained that it is also possible that the person who carved the stone statue spent a lot of labor and time to carve and erect the stone statue, but was knocked down by the earthquake, and then erected the new statue, only to be knocked down again. The carvers thought this was a punishment from God and would not allow them to continue working, so they all stopped. Now, these mysteries have a tentative answer. Based on the language characteristics of the Easter Island residents, archaeologists believe that the Easter Islanders originally migrated from an archipelago in Polynesia. Where did the Polynesians come from? It was once thought to come from South America. More scientists now believe that Polynesians came from southeastern Asia. The ancient Asians set out from Southeast Asia and passed through Irian Island, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands and other islands over a long period of time, and finally arrived at Easter Island around the fourth or fifth century AD. After the Polynesians arrived on Easter Island, they also brought the custom of carving stone statues to Easter Island, and the practice of carving stone statues became more and more popular due to various reasons. According to research by scientists, the stone statues on Easter Island do not represent gods but deceased chiefs or religious leaders. In the minds of the ancient Polynesians, these people had extremely powerful divine power and could bless their descendants. Based on the analysis of transportation remains left at the carving site, scientists believe that the ancient Polynesians transported stone statues in this way: they covered the dug roads with thatch and reeds, and then used crowbars and ropes to move the lying stone statues. Go to the "big sled" and use the rope to pull the "big sled". After arriving at the destination, ropes and crowbars were also used to erect the stone statues in the pits dug in advance. In 1960, American archaeologist Muro led the island residents to use this method and successfully erected seven 16-ton stone statues. Scientists also believe that around 1650, a fierce battle broke out between two major groups on Easter Island - the Fat People and the Thin People. The thin men who were forced to work on carving stone statues rebelled and adopted roundabout tactics to suddenly attack the fat men and eliminate them all. As a result, the work of carving the stone statues stopped midway. Of course, the mystery of the stone statues on Easter Island cannot be said to have been completely and completely solved, and there are still many questions that need to be further studied by scientists. In short, there are many opinions about the stone figures on Easter Island. To this day, no scientific and satisfactory explanation has been reached that convinces everyone.

Edit this paragraph American archaeologists say that the Easter Island civilization was destroyed by giant stone statues. The late Easter Islanders lived in boat-shaped houses or caves built with poles and thatch. This period was characterized by civil war, great destruction, and cultural decadence. The mass-produced "mataa" (a spearhead made of obsidian) is the representative of the handicrafts of this period. Wood carvings and small natural stone statuettes replaced the art of monumental statues. Wooden slips (called "rongo-rongo") engraved with cattle-style calligraphy (the characters are arranged in staggered rows from right to left, and then from left to right) were originally used for ritual purposes only. Plagiarized from specimens; their correct pronunciation has been forgotten, and modern attempts to decipher it have failed many times, despite various versions. During this period, artistic treasures were hidden in the caves of family secrets, and the erected stone statues had been torn down. Silt from the abandoned quarry fell onto the breasts of the unfinished eyeless busts that stood at the foot of the volcano, unable to topple them, leaving for posterity these eyeless stone carved heads that made the island famous.

Legend has it that after a period of peaceful coexistence between two peoples with different cultures and languages, sabotage activities began. The Short-eared people worked hard for the Long-eared people. In a big firewood pile, almost all the Long-eared people were wiped out. Carbon dating and genealogical research both place this event and the beginning of the later period around 1680. According to carbon dating, the man-made Poike Canal was built around AD 380. The first International Scientific Congress held on Easter Island in 1984 unanimously adopted a resolution designating the island as the seat of former European cultures. Recent excavations have shown that the earliest immigrants had architectural concepts and mastered specialized masonry construction skills when they came to the island, thus confirming the island's traditional legend: the earliest ancestors came to the island in an organized manner immigrants, not just fishermen who were accidentally blown over by the wind. In 1995, Easter Island was listed as a World Heritage Area by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). These navigators soon spread what they saw and heard about Easter Island throughout Europe and the world, thus attracting some experts and scholars to the island for investigation and research. Experts came to the island and made detailed observations of the stone statues. They found that Easter Island is triangular in shape, 24 kilometers long, 17.7 kilometers wide at its widest point, and has an area of ??117 square kilometers. There are many extinct volcanoes on the island, and there are three taller volcanoes dominating the tops of the three corners of the island. The cliffs along the coast are steep and extremely difficult to climb. There are about 440 stone statues on Easter Island, not including the hundreds that have been carved on the rocks of the mountain but have not yet been completed and peeled off. The height of the stone statues is generally 5-6 meters, the smaller ones are 3-4 meters, and the tallest one is 21.8 meters high. There are about 30 stone statues wearing stone hats on their heads. The stone hats are not integrated with the body of the stone statues. They are carved separately and put on. Some of the stone hats are painted red. None of the stone statues have feet carved out of their lower bodies. The carved stone statues have different shapes, but they all have long ears, tall noses and thin lips. The stone statues are also engraved with patterns and patterns, and the carved stone statues are erected on a platform 60 meters long and 3 meters high. There are 11.4 platforms here, all made of large stones. The material used to carve the stone statues is local volcanic rock. The weight of each stone statue is generally more than 10 tons, and the smallest estimate is more than 5 tons. Another phenomenon is that among the stone statues we see now, except for the part that is erected there, there are hundreds of statues that have not yet been completed and are still on the rocks on the island. It seems that some sudden event happened and the work in progress suddenly stopped. stopped. Experts visited the islanders here. The Polynesians on the island did not know the origin of these stone statues, and their ancestors did not tell future generations who carved these stone statues. Because there are no written texts and no historical records. But they call the stone statue "Mao Ayi", the stone hat "Pukao", and the platform on which the stones are placed is called "Ahu". The population at that time was estimated to be only 2,000 people, who were obviously Polynesian and spoke a Polynesian dialect: when the British navigator Captain Cook visited the island in 1774, a Tahitian accompanying him was able to converse with the islanders. However, although the Polynesians are world-famous for their superb navigation skills, and even the Western colonists could not help but admire them, Logavin found that there were only three or four simple small boats on Easter Island, only 3 meters long, and they could carry two people at most. , simply tied together with small wooden boards, leaked badly, and it was necessary to drain the water out of the boat while rowing. Such a small boat can only travel on the shore, and it is impossible to go to the deep sea. However, it is in this barren and backward land that a large number of huge stone statues called moai by the locals were born. There are 887 Moai that have been discovered so far. Most of them were carved in a quarry. After being carved, 288 of them were successfully transported to a seaside altar called Ahu to stand on it. The transportation distance was as far as 10 kilometers. 397 of them were thrown into the quarry before they were finished, and the remaining 92 were abandoned in transit. Most of them are carved from tuff (formed by the solidification of volcanic ash), which is relatively soft and easy to carve, and a small number are carved from other volcanic rocks. The average height of the moai is about 4 meters, and the average weight is about 12.5 tons. The largest one was 21.6 meters high and weighed 160-182 tons, but it was left unfinished and abandoned in the quarry. The largest of the completed moai is 9.8 meters tall and weighs about 74 tons. No two moai are exactly the same, but most of them are carved according to the same style. The bottom only reaches the hips, the arms hang at the sides, and the fingers of both hands are stretched to protect the abdomen. The moai's head is also elongated and always looks forward. Most moai have long ears, big noses, thin lips, and deep eye sockets. Some eye sockets are inlaid with eye whites made of coral and eyeballs made of dark stones. About 50-75 moai also have a stone cap made of red volcanic rock called pukao, which may also represent hair. Clearly, the moai are the most striking and puzzling sights on Easter Island. Luo Gavin wrote: "These stone statues shocked us because we couldn't understand how these people could erect these stone statues without big wood to make any machines and strong ropes?" Luo Gavin's questions still continue to this day. The question has been raised, and people are constantly trying to give various answers. Especially those propagandists of mysterious phenomena, extraterrestrial visitors, and "prehistoric civilization" even use the Moira on Easter Island as evidence.

For example, the notorious Daniken claimed that these stone statues were made by aliens using ultra-modern tools. They were stranded on Easter Island because of a spaceship crash. They erected these stone statues to ask for help from their kind. When the rescue ship arrived, they He left the island in a hurry. This baseless fantasy is not worth refuting. Many stone axes made of basalt can be found in the quarries on the island. The locals call them toki, which are discarded because they are blunt after use. Moai were carved out of these stone tools. In the 1950s, the famous Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl hired six local people to use this stone ax to carve a moai. They worked for three days before resigning, but according to estimates based on their progress, the six people could carve a moai in twelve to fifteen months. If you want to carve the largest moai, it only takes 20 people to work for a year. From the 1950s to the present, archaeologists have continued to organize people to use primitive methods to transport and build moai or replicas. American archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg imagined the Gu La When the Panui people moved the moai, they put it on a wooden sled, with a row of wood underneath as wheels, and sprinkled water on the ground to reduce friction. She used computer simulations and found that it took about 70 people and five days to move and erect a 10-ton Moai replica using wood and rope as tools. In April and May of 1998, the entire process was simulated on Easter Island and made into a TV film. Archaeologists are quite controversial about how the ancient Rapa Nui people moved and established the moai, but this is not important. What is important is that no matter what method the Rapa Nui people used, it was completely possible according to the conditions at the time. There is nothing mysterious about using dozens of people to carry and erect an ordinary-sized moai. The question is: where did the wood and rope come from? How could the poor island residents have the time to carve and move these huge stone statues? Why did this activity suddenly stop again? Unfortunately, before contact with Europeans, the Rapa Nui people had no written language, so there are no historical records that can clearly answer these questions. There is a strange hieroglyph on Easter Island called rongorongo, which means "talking wood", carved on wooden boards. But according to New Zealand linguist Steven Fischer, it was invented after the Spanish visited the island in 1770 and was influenced by them. He successfully deciphered them in 1996 and found that they only recorded sacrificial hymns and creation stories, not historical records. However, through archeology, we can still have a general understanding of the historical changes on Easter Island. Languages ??change slowly over time, and by comparing the differences between cognate languages, it is possible to estimate when they separated. As mentioned earlier, Rapa Nui is a dialect of Polynesian. By comparing it with other Polynesian languages, linguists speculate that this dialect was born around 400 AD. According to the radioisotope method, human activities began on the island between 400 and 700 AD. In 1994, biologists extracted DNA from the remains of 12 ancient Rapa Nui people and determined that they were indeed Polynesians. The customs and habits of the island, the plants grown (bananas, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, taro, tangerine), and the animals raised (chickens) are also the characteristics of the Polynesians (except for the original origin of sweet potatoes in South America, these animals and plants can all be traced back to to South Asia, the origin of the Polynesians). Therefore, the archaeological community now generally believes that the Rapa Nui people are descendants of a group of Polynesians who drifted to Easter Island in about 400 AD. When these Polynesians first immigrated to Easter Island, it was indeed a little paradise. We can infer ancient vegetation conditions through pollen analysis. The sediments in ponds or swamps are deposited according to time. The higher the age, the younger the age, and the lower the age, the older the age. The absolute age of each layer of sediment can be determined using radioactive isotope methods. By analyzing the pollen contained in the sediment under a microscope, identifying its type, and counting its quantity, you can know the distribution of plants at that time. From this we know that Easter Island was not a wasteland in the early days, but a dense subtropical forest. In the forest, there is a kind of hauhau plant of the genus Hauhau, whose fibers can be used to make ropes. There is also a unique tree called the toromiro tree, which has hard wood and can be used for burning fires and making wood carvings. The largest number is a large palm tree. This tree has long been extinct on Easter Island, but it is very similar to the Chilean wine palm and may be the same species. This large palm tree has a straight trunk and can grow up to 25 meters high and 2 meters in diameter. It is a good material for transportation, erecting stone statues and making large ships. Moreover, the fruits of this palm tree are edible, and the pulp can be used to produce syrup and wine, which is an important source of food. What about animals? Archaeologists can speculate by digging and comparing animal bones in ancient garbage dumps in the ground. Generally speaking, fish is the main food of Polynesians, and fish bones generally account for more than 90% of the garbage.

However, Easter Island is located in the subtropics. Compared with the tropics, the climate is too cold and is not suitable for the growth of coral reefs where fish gather. Its steep coastline is not suitable for shallow sea fishing. Therefore, fish was not the main focus of the Rapa Nui people from the beginning. Food, fish bones comprised less than a quarter of the Rapa Nui garbage from 900 to 1300 AD. In contrast, almost one-third of all bones are dolphin bones. Elsewhere in Polynesian garbage, dolphin bones never made up more than 1% of the garbage. Unlike other Polynesian islands, there are no large animals on Easter Island, not even domestic pigs or dogs. Therefore, dolphins are the largest animals that the Rapa Nui people can catch and have become an important source of food protein for them. But dolphins only live in the deep sea. This means that the Rapa Nui people were once able to build large boats to capture dolphins in the deep sea. The vessels were apparently made from the trunks of large palm trees. Archaeologists also found that seabirds were also an important food for the early Rapa Nui people. Before humans arrived, Easter Island had no natural predators of birds, making it the most suitable breeding ground for seabirds. At least 25 species of seabirds once nested and bred here, probably the most prosperous bird breeding ground in the entire Pacific. Land birds such as owls and parrots were also food for the early Rapa Nui people. Archaeologists have discovered the bones of at least 6 species of land birds in ancient garbage. At the same time, the Polynesian rats that immigrated with the Rapa Nui people were also a meal for the Rapa Nui people. In addition, there were some seal bones among the garbage, indicating that Easter Island may have once had seals. In short, what the early Rapa Nui people discovered was a fertile land rich in products. Their population grew rapidly, swelling to approximately 8,000 to 20,000 people around 1680. They develop and use resources without restraint. Between 1200 and 1500 AD, they built a large number of moai. However, pollen analysis shows that the destruction of the forest had begun as early as 800 AD. Since then, the large palms and other trees in the formation have had less and less pollen. Soon after entering the 15th century, the large palm trees finally became extinct on the island. The large palm tree reproduces very slowly, with seeds taking six months to three years to germinate and growth after germination is very slow. Even under the best natural conditions, the regeneration of a large palm grove takes a long time. The scurrying rats have had a destructive effect on the regeneration of the big palm trees. Dozens of big palm tree fruits found in caves on the island have been eaten by rats and cannot germinate. But there is no doubt that humans bear the greatest responsibility for the disappearance of the woods: they are cut down to make boats and houses, used to transport moai, used to burn fires for warmth, or burned for farming. Although the hawu hawu tree is not extinct, it has become so rare that it can no longer be used to make rope. As for the Tolomyro tree, when Heyerdahl visited Easter Island in 1956, there was only one solitary tree left on the island that was dying and bearing only a few pods. In 1962 the last Toromillo tree died. Fortunately, Heyerdahl brought its seeds to Sweden for botanists to cultivate. Toromero survived in the garden and returned to Easter Island in 1988. By the 15th century, the forests on Easter Island had disappeared and most of the trees were extinct. The changes in animal groups are equally shocking. All land birds and more than half of all seabird species became extinct. Around 1500, dolphin bones suddenly disappeared from the trash. The reason is simple: with the disappearance of forests, people can no longer find wood to build boats, and they can no longer go to sea to catch dolphins. They could only fish in shallow seas, causing serious damage to the ecology of the shallow seas. Even the seashells were basically eaten, and they could only eat some small conches. The Rapa Nui people changed from fishermen to farmers: they began to focus on raising chickens, which became the main source of protein; they planted sweet potatoes, taro, and sugar cane, but the yields were getting lower and lower, because the disappearance of the forest would inevitably cause soil erosion. Under the wind, rain and sun, the soil becomes increasingly poor. The people were in general hunger, eating anything they could find, which included, in addition to rats (Polynesian rats were also extinct on the island, and the rats on the island are now European), the largest animal on the island: people. Human bones became common in later garbage dumps. The most vicious curse on the island is "your mother's flesh is on my teeth." While Polynesians elsewhere had a reputation for cannibalism, this was done for religious or superstitious reasons and only occurred on special occasions. The Rapa Nui people eat people for a very practical purpose: to supplement protein. Food production could no longer sustain such a large population, and there was no surplus food to supply the workers who made and transported the moai. A large number of semi-finished moai products were abandoned. It was also difficult to provide food to the chiefs and priests. The original rather complex social structure collapsed, and the entire society was in war. The war reached its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the stone spears and knives made at that time are still abandoned on the ground today. Around 1700, after famine and war, the island's population was reduced to only about 2,000 people. Around 1770, the Rapa Nui began to push each other's enemy moai down and chop off their heads. When Captain Cook visited the island in 1774, he found many moai falling from the altar to the ground, leading him to speculate that some disaster must have occurred on the island. By 1864, when Western missionaries arrived on the island, they found that all the moai had been torn down.

Edit this paragraph The navel of the Easter Island world. It is not known for sure whether the original inhabitants had any special name besides calling the island Tekainga, which means "earth". It is said that there is a name passed down from its ancestors called "Tepito Cura", which was once translated as "the navel of the world". This statement has aroused the imagination of many people. Surprisingly, the residents of Easter Island call the place they live “the navel of the world.” People did not understand this term at first. It was not until the astronauts on the space shuttle took a bird's-eye view of the earth from a high altitude that they realized that this term was completely correct - Easter Island hangs alone in the vast Pacific Ocean, and it is indeed similar to A small "belly button" is exactly the same. Did the ancient islanders also overlook their islands from high altitude? If this is indeed the case, then who and what aircraft used to bring them to high altitudes? But this "navel of the world" may not refer to the entire island, but may only refer to the crater on the island, so there is nothing mysterious about it. And according to the research of linguist W. Churchill, the precise meaning of this title may be "the end of the earth".

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Specialties and souvenirs: red grapes, salmon, wine, copperware, wood carvings, leather products, famous black pottery and Indian handmade carpets.

Birdman Festival The biggest traditional festival on the island is the annual "Birdman Festival". Every spring, all islanders gather on the top of Orongo volcano to elect their leader "Birdman" and worship their gods. "Birdman" comes from a myth circulated on the island: In ancient times, the creator Mako Mako taught religious rituals and sacrificial items-seabird eggs to the priests on the island, and designated two reefs on the sea as the place to collect bird eggs. place. In this way, when the seagulls fly in every August and September, the islanders will gather on the Orongo beach. Each tribe selects a player to go down the cliff into the sea and swim to a large rock 2 kilometers away in search of bird eggs. The first contestant to get the egg immediately swam back to the island and handed the egg to his chief, who became the "Birdman" of that year. Throughout the year he was worshiped as a god by the islanders. This activity has been discontinued for more than 100 years due to frequent shark attacks while swimming for eggs. However, the sacred rituals and colorful makeup performances are still preserved to this day, and the "Birdman" is still the worshiped god of the islanders. In order to meet the needs of tourism, the event time is changed to February every year, so that more tourists can witness this strange custom.

Anakai, the most charming scenic spot on the island. Anakai in the north of Easter Island is the most charming scenic spot on the island. In addition to a row of majestic "Moai" stone statues, there is a golden The beach is long and wide; the palm trees on the shore are lush and green. Climb to the top of Trevaca, the highest point on the island, with an altitude of 507 meters. You can have a panoramic view of the island's large and small volcanoes and surrounding stone statues. The vast Pacific Ocean and the blue sky are integrated into one, which is refreshing. Not far from the mountain is the famous "Seven Moai" scenic spot. According to legend, it was the place where the seven sons of a Maori wizard awaited the arrival of King Otu-Matua. "Dahai" is the best-preserved "Moai" stone statue group on the island. Every evening, people walk here to watch the sunset. The glow turns half the sky red, and the huge stone statues set off their eternal silhouettes. The people of Easter Island are hospitable, friendly and polite, and they always present garlands of flowers to guests. Young men and women are good at singing and dancing. During holidays, men wear flower garlands around their necks and bare their upper bodies, while women wear flower ornaments on their heads and feather skirts to dance graceful feather skirt dances. This dance is similar to the hula dance in Hawaii and is a "repertoire" of Chilean tourism activities.

Talking wooden boards. Wooden boards engraved with strange patterns were once found near the stone statues. They were called "talking wooden boards". However, these boards later suffered catastrophes caused by "civilized people". After explorers discovered Easter Island, European missionaries came to the island to spread God's "will." They ordered that all the boards be burned. Only one local resident snatched 25 wooden planks, nailed them into a fishing boat, and fled to the sea. Later, these 25 wooden boards were preserved and collected by famous museums around the world. These surviving "talking wooden boards" are 2 meters long, with square patterns carved on both sides using shark teeth or hard stones, such as fish, birds, vegetation, paddles, etc., as well as some geometric figures. However, are the patterns on these "talking wooden boards" actually words? What is it telling us? The mystery has not been solved yet.