A tear of the India Peninsula Sri Lanka A tear of the India Peninsula

Geography The Island of Sri Lanka lies 3 degrees north of the equator, 82 degrees east of Greenwich and 32 KM southeast of India. She occupies 65,610 sq Km (approximately 25,000 sq miles). She possesses tropical beaches, ancient monuments, rain forests, gorgeous waterfalls and many places to delight any person. The typically tropical climate with an average temperature of 27‘C fluctuates between 15‘C in the highlands to 35‘C in certain areas of the lowlands.

Generalization Chinese name: 斯里兰卡民主社会主义共和国 English name: The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The political system: presidential republic system The official language: Sinhalese,Tamil The population: 21,316,597(2013年) The main ethnic groups: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism The main religion: Sinhalese, Tamil, Moor The capital: Colombo

The nature of the state and the national flag Sri Lanka is also known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan flag was rectangular, length and width ratio is 2 ∶ 1. Each of the four corners of a rectangular piece of banyan leaves. Coffee color represents the majority Sinhalese, accounting for 72% of the population; orange, green represents the yellow border minority; symbol of the pursuit of light and happiness. Bodhi leaf said the Buddhist faith, in which the shape and the country's contour similarity; the lion pattern marks the country's ancient say "old lion country", but also a symbol of strength and courage Dare.

National Emblem Emblem of Sri Lanka has the typical national style. The Golden Lotus around the lion, a symbol of integrity of high standing on the Falun Gong, said power boundless forever protect Sri lanka. Pattern in the center of red ochre on behalf of Sri Lanka's rich mineral resources. Two rice sub hanging altar on both sides, they represent a bumper grain harvest in Sri lanka. The altar round the sun and the moon around the long period of stability that Sri Lanka, thriving and prosperous.

Colombo

Colombo Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city and capital, is a jumbled mix of modern business blocks, colonial buildings, temples, and tumble down flats and houses. The city's urban pursuits of shopping, fine dining, and buzzing nightlife contrast with the rest of rural, slow-paced Sri Lanka. Travelers who make time in their beach vacation for a visit to the capital can keep busy touring Buddhist centers, pretty parks, and fascinating museums.

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications

Old Town of Galle Old town of Galle in Sri Lanka southwest, is located in the southern part of the capital Colombo approximately 100 kilometers, is the India ocean shores. Old town of Galle and castles in the rock on the peninsula, the peninsula is a natural harbor, because of the emergence of a large number of coral reefs, the entrance to the harbor has become extremely perplexing. Old town of Galle has fully demonstrated the interaction between seventeenth Century and nineteenth Century European architecture and traditional architecture in South asia. Local architects have changed the initial construction of the European model, making these buildings good adaptation to Sri Lanka in geography, climate, history and culture conditions.

Translation 加勒老城位于斯里兰卡西南，坐落在首都科伦坡南部大约100公里处，处于印度洋的海滨上。加勒老城及其城堡建筑在岩石半岛上，这个半岛是个天然的港口，由于大量珊瑚礁的出现，港口的入口处变得极其错综复杂。加勒老城的存在充分展现了17世纪与19世纪期间欧洲建筑与南亚传统建筑之间的相互影响。当地的建筑师们已经改变了欧洲最初的建筑模型，使这些建筑物良好的适应了斯里兰卡地理、气候、历史及文化条件。

Sri Lanka's attractions Temple of the Tooth Relic Elephant Orphanage Polonnaruwa National Museum

The Pera Dunea Arboretum 佩拉德尼亚植物园

Gems of Sri Lanka

Gems of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most important sources of precious stones, and its gems have long been famous – indeed one of the island’s early names was Ratnadipa, “Island of Gems”. According to legend, it was a Sri Lankan ruby which was given by King Solomon to the Queen of Sheba, while Marco Polo described a fabulous ruby – “about a palm in length and of the thickness of a man’s arm” – set in the spire of the Ruvenveliseya dagoba at Anuradhapura. The island also provided the “Blue Belle” sapphire which now adorns the crown of the British queen, while in 2003 a 478-carat Sri Lankan sapphire – larger than a hen’s egg – fetched $1.5m at auction.

斯里兰卡是世界上最重要的宝石的来源之一，它的宝石一直是著名的 - 确实是岛上的早期的名字之一是Ratnadipa，“岛宝石”。据传说，这是这是由所罗门王给示巴女王斯里兰卡红宝石，而马可·波罗描述的一个神话般的红宝石 - “讲述了一个男人的手臂粗细的长的手掌” - 在塔尖设置的Ruvenveliseya舍利塔在阿努拉德普勒。岛上还提供了“蓝贝儿”蓝宝石现在装饰在英国女王的王冠，而在2003年478克拉的斯里兰卡蓝宝石 - 比鸡蛋大 - 获取150万美元拍卖。

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