1, rubber country
Malaysia, referred to as Malaysia for short, is a country located in Southeast Asia, and is called the rubber country because of its abundant rubber.
The word rubber comes from the Indian cau-uchihu, which means "weeping tree". Natural rubber is formed by condensation and drying of latex of rubber tree with three leaves. 1770, British chemist J. priestley discovered that rubber can be used to erase pencil handwriting. At that time, the material used for this purpose was called rubber, which has been used ever since.
2. The Country of Thousand Islands
Indonesia consists of 17508 islands, of which more than 6000 are inhabited, so it has the reputation of "the country of thousands of islands".
Judging from the total number and total area of islands, Indonesia's "country of thousands of islands" is worthy of the name. As far as its name is concerned, the word "India" means "sea" in Sanskrit, "Indonesia" means "island" in Greek, and Indonesia is a combination of "sea" and "island".
3. Hometown of Clocks and Watches
The country of clocks and watches is Switzerland. Watch manufacturing is a traditional industry in Switzerland. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, the Swiss watch industry first appeared in Geneva. By the end of16th century, the watch industry in Geneva was famous for its quality. Geneva Watch Association was founded in 160 1, which is the first watch industry association in the world.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Switzerland was already a leader in the world watch industry. At this time, watches began to gradually replace pocket watches. The Swiss further improved their watches, miniaturized the chronograph, calendar, tourbillon and automatic clockwork of pocket watches, and installed them on watches.
4. Cherry Blossom Country
Sakura is a symbol of love and hope and one of the representatives of Japan. In Japan, it is said that a long time ago, there was a fairy named "Mu Hua Ye Zhi" (meaning cherry blossom) in Japan. On June 5438+065438+ 10, the fairy set off from Okinawa, passing through Kyushu, Kansai and Kanto, and arrived in Hokkaido in May of the following year. Along the way, she planted a flower symbolizing love and hope in every corner.
In memory of this fairy, the local people named this flower "Sakura", and Japan became "the country of Sakura".
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Japanese cherry blossom festival
Cherry blossoms have a history of 1000 years in Japan. In Nara period (7 10-794), when it comes to flowers, it means plum blossom. In Heian period (794- 1 192), cherry blossoms became the leading role. In the 7th century, Emperor Zhi Zhi was particularly fond of cherry blossoms and visited yoshinoyama in Nara many times. The first cherry blossom viewing conference in Japanese history was hosted by Emperor Jiangxi in the 9th century.
In the third year of Qing Dynasty (1598), Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a flower viewing party at Daiguo Temple in Kyoto on March 15, which was unprecedented and famous in history. At first, cherry blossom viewing was only popular among dignitaries, but gradually spread to ordinary people in the Edo period (1603- 1867), forming a traditional folk custom.
In modern times, the Japanese government has designated March1May-April 15 every year as the "Cherry Blossom Festival". In this flower viewing season, Japanese people gather in various cherry blossom viewing places, sit under the cherry trees, raise glasses and sing, talk and laugh, and talk about spring. The word "Huajian" is even accepted as an English proper noun, which means that the Japanese enjoy the feast of cherry blossoms. Japanese love cherry blossoms, which symbolizes the gorgeous and short-lived aesthetic of Japanese Bushido.
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