印加的独创性(Incan ingenuity)

秘鲁美丽的库斯科地区有许多印加奇观等待重新发现。举个例子，这些古老的盐池坐落在神圣的印加山谷中，沿着马拉斯的山坡往下走。在马拉斯附近，你会发现6000多个小盐田，其中许多是由当地家庭拥有和开采的。盐仍然是通过蒸发从池塘中获取的，就像14世纪印加人创造池塘时一样。生产是季节性的——双关语的意思。从5月到10月，产量更大，质量更高，你会看到结晶盐带有淡淡的粉色色调。玛拉盐因其风味和粗糙的质地而备受赞誉，人们也对其健康特性深信不疑。食盐在市场上出售，当然，我们鼓励游客带着食盐回家。
原文：
Peru’s spectacularly beautiful Cuzco region has plenty of Incan wonders waiting to be rediscovered. Take, for example, these ancient salt ponds, stepping their way down the mountainside in Maras, nestled in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. You’ll find more than 6,000 little salt pans near Maras, many of them owned and mined by local families. Salt is still harvested from the ponds through evaporation, just as it was in the 1400s when the Inca created the pools. Production is – pun sort of intended – seasonal. From May to October output is greater and of higher quality, and you’ll see crystallised salt with its subtle pink hue. Maras salt is prized for its flavour and rough texture, and people swear by its healthy properties, too. The salt is sold in markets, and of course, visitors are encouraged to take samples back home with them.
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