This drama took place on the island of Corfu in Greece in the 1930s. The filming of the drama was very good. Of course, the scenery is very beautiful and the plot is also a paradise. It makes people feel good. But I couldn't help but learn about the history and why the Greeks were so revered.
Let's start with the history of Greece. Greece is located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula is the birthplace of ancient Greek civilization. After the 2nd century BC, it was occupied by Rome, Byzantine, and Ottoman Turkey successively.
In the nineteenth century, on January 1, 1822, Greece declared its independence, and its war of independence against the Ottoman Empire began. In April 1830, the Turkish government recognized the independence of Greece, officially ending Turkey's nearly 400-year-old military dictatorship over Greece.
After the assassination of the first president Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece fell into chaos. After that, after being assigned by Britain, France and Russia, the Greek president was successively ruled by Bavaria (German federal state). Prince Otto and the descendant of King George II of England - Prince William (George I) of Denmark.
It can be seen that the kings of Greece are all descendants of British kings, and Greece was pro-British at that time. This can explain why the Dreyer family received preferential treatment from the people on the island, including the driver's uncle, when they first arrived on the island. The uncle also said that as long as the British like it, the Turks don't like it.
I was also very envious when watching this drama. Like everyone else, I also wanted to live this idyllic life. It seems that I don’t have to worry about anything, I’m self-sufficient, and I feel like I’m back in the hunter-gatherer era. The surrounding products are absolutely rich, not at all. There is worry about when to finish eating. Maybe everyone will say that watching a drama should not be taken seriously, but I am really serious about watching dramas. This kind of construction is based on the conditions of absolutely sufficient resources. Of course, everything is beautiful. A life with money and leisure is the dream of everyone. The screenwriter of this play is definitely an expert in dream creation. It's okay to watch this drama occasionally, to release the pressure and relax, but it's better not to take this kind of life too seriously. I don't like the life described in these European and American TV dramas. They are always admired by many people, but this is not realistic at all. It is not China. The reality is that there are only children and elderly people in rural China, and the average age of farming is around 50 years old. Young and middle-aged people have left their homes and drifted in big cities to become northern drifters and so on. Most of them are migrant workers working in construction sites. They work hard, have high risk factors, have no insurance and provident funds, and so on. China's rural areas are similar to those in Europe and the United States in these TV series. The country's rural areas are different from this. China's rural areas have always been impoverished areas that lack the support of the state.
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