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Country of Windmills:
Windmills were originally invented by the Dutch and adapted to the needs of water power utilization and mill industry. Although it is still a "national trademark" of the Netherlands, it is rarely used in practice. Of course we can’t bring back the big windmills from the Netherlands, but small souvenirs of the windmill models are ok and should be considered as souvenirs of your visit to the Netherlands.
People often call the Netherlands the "country of windmills". The Netherlands is a country in western Europe with a population of just over 10 million. Its real country name is "Netherlands". "Ned" means low, and "Lan" means land. Together they are called the "low-lying country". One-third of the Netherlands is only one meter above the North Sea, and nearly one-quarter is below sea level. It is truly the "Netherlands".
The Netherlands is located in the prevailing westerly belt of the earth, with westerly winds blowing throughout the year. At the same time, it is close to the Atlantic Ocean and is a typical country with a maritime climate. The sea and land breezes are constant all year round. This provides generous compensation for the use of wind power to the Netherlands, which lacks water and power resources.
The Dutch windmills were first introduced from Germany. In the beginning, windmills were only used for grinding flour and the like. By the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, windmills were of particularly great significance to the Dutch economy. It has: papermaking and other functions, and is known as the "Land of Windmills". The Netherlands has always been famous for its windmills. The place with the most preserved windmills is "Children's Difang".
Did you read this story when you were a child? A little boy saw a crack in the embankment and seawater seeping in. He was worried that the village would be submerged by seawater, so he blocked the embankment with his fingers and saved the whole village...
Today, there are still There are 19 windmills, and you can also see Dutch women wearing traditional clothes.
Until August 26, it is the "Windmill Day" in the Netherlands this year. Every Saturday, the windmills in Kinderdijf will rotate together, and some even open their interiors for visitors to visit.
At that time, the Netherlands occupied a leading position in the world's commerce. Various raw materials were transported to windmills from various waterways for processing, including: wood from the Nordic countries and the countries along the Baltic Sea, and hemp seeds and linseeds from Germany. , cinnamon and pepper from India and Southeast Asia. In the suburbs of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the great ports of the Netherlands, there are many windmills, sawmills and paper mills.
As the Dutch people carried out large-scale land reclamation projects from the sea, windmills played a huge role in this arduous project. According to the local climate characteristics of humid, rainy and changeable wind directions, they reformed the windmill. The first step is to equip the windmill with a movable roof. In addition, in order to be able to face the wind from all sides, they installed the top of the windmill on rollers. This kind of windmill is called a Dutch windmill.
The largest Dutch windmills are several stories high, with wind wings up to 20 meters long. Some windmills are made of a single piece of large oak wood. At the end of the 18th century, there were approximately 12,000 windmills in the Netherlands, each with 6,000 horsepower. These windmills were used to grind grain, coarse salt, tobacco leaves, press oil, roll woolen cloth, felt, make paper, and drain stagnant water from swamps. It is these windmills that continuously absorb and drain water, protecting two-thirds of the country's land from sinking and man-made threats from fish and turtles.
Since the 20th century, due to the development of steam engines, internal combustion engines, and turbines, the ancient windmills that relied on wind power once became dim and almost forgotten. However, because windmills utilize natural wind power and do not suffer from pollution or exhaustion, they have not only been used by the Dutch people to this day, but have also become a new form of energy today, deeply attracting people.
Currently, there are about two thousand windmills of various types in the Netherlands. The Dutch love their windmills and often praise them in folk songs and proverbs. Windmill buildings are always decorated as beautifully as possible. During major festivals, the windmill is decorated with garlands and hung with national flags and cardboard suns and stars.
The Country of Flowers:
At the turn of spring and summer, the land of the Netherlands is covered with colorful "floral clothes", and there are clusters of flowers everywhere. Especially along the coast from The Hague to Amsterdam, the flowers and water complement each other and the scenery is picturesque, with red, yellow, orange and purple flowers in full bloom. People call the Netherlands the "Land of Flowers", which is no exaggeration.
The Dutch are particularly fond of flowers. Flowers have become an indispensable part of their economic activities and family life.
In the Netherlands, whether in the countryside or in the city, it can be said that flowers are everywhere and the fragrance is everywhere.
There are many varieties of flowers, the most famous ones are tulips, hyacinths and iris flowers. The Dutch especially love tulips and regard them as the king of flowers. Today, tulips have become a symbol of the Netherlands and are respected as the "national flower". Therefore, the Netherlands is also known as the "Land of Tulips".
In the past, there was a saying in the Netherlands: You are not rich without tulips. In the early 17th century, a Dutch businessman paid 8,000 pounds of wheat, 1,600 pounds of rye, 8 fat pigs, 4 beef cattle, 12 fat sheep, and 1,000 pounds of cheese in order to obtain a rare tulip seed. , two large barrels of wine, a bed and a silver goblet. To us, this seems like a fantasy, but at that time many people did lose their money for flowers.
More than 300 years ago, tulips were introduced to Europe from Turkey, and soon became popular throughout Western Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where they were extremely valuable and worth hundreds of times. At that time, a tulip bulb was equivalent to the same weight of gold, and a beautiful house on an Amsterdam street could be purchased with only three tulips. After several generations of careful cultivation, there are now more than 2,000 varieties of tulips in the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, the courtyard windowsills of every household are filled with flowers, and many precious tulips have nice and interesting names. There is an orange tulip, whose flowers are so large that they bend the stems, and resemble the brooding British Prime Minister Churchill, and are honored as "Churchill"; a tulip, which is as bright as the moonlight, is called "Mingyue"; and a white and elegant tulip. , known as "Chinese women", is really very appropriate and interesting.
When friends usually meet, they always send each other a bouquet of tulips to express their best wishes. Whenever guests are greeted and sent off, Dutch friends always give them bouquets of bright tulips. Every year on the last Saturday of April, the Netherlands holds a large-scale "Flower Festival" with flower exhibitions and float parades, attracting countless tourists.
The Dutch love flowers, grow and sell them. The Netherlands has more than 10,000 hectares of land planted with flowers, with an annual output of 6 billion flowers. It exports a large number of flowers every year and is the world's leading flower producer and exporter. The Asmail Flower Market near Amsterdam is the world's largest flower market, selling an average of more than 6 million potted flowers and cut flowers every day, 80% of which are sold abroad. From April to June every year, planes and refrigerated trucks carrying tulips and other flowers arrive every day in big cities such as London, Paris, and Berlin, and are exported to 125 countries and regions. Flowers have brought huge economic benefits to the Netherlands.
Answer: 117.42.92.* 2010-5-12 20:10
.Sunflower
There are many kinds of flowers in the world, such as: Magnolia, rose, rose, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, clivia, camellia and so on. However, the flowers that bloom the most and are the most colorful are sunflowers. As the saying goes: "Good flowers don't bloom often." Sunflowers are also good flowers, including red, yellow, white, purple, crimson, and orange... The petals of sunflowers are single-layered, shaped like plum blossoms, with red and black filaments on the core. With yellow dots. The stems of sunflowers are long, thin, soft, and curved. Its branches are very thin, its leaves are dense, and it has many flowers. Sunflowers bloom only when they see the sun. Every day when the sun rises slowly from the east, sunflowers rush to open their smiling faces. When the breeze blows away, the sunflowers "shake their heads and shake their heads" as if they are reciting poetry, and they seem to nod to pedestrians. The flower buds of sunflowers are red and about the size of a soybean. Different from other flower bones, they are short and round. The flower seeds of sunflowers are surrounded by several small leaves. The flower seeds are as big as sesame seeds. When the small flower seeds are ripe, they are scattered in the arms of Grandpa Earth. After being moistened by the sun and rain, they will grow and bloom into more beautiful sunflowers in the second year. The vitality of the sunflower is very strong. She sucks the nectar given to her by Grandma Lantian to her heart's content. She greedily absorbs the nutrients from Grandpa Earth. Sunflowers thrive under the care of Grandpa Earth and Grandma Blue Sky, making the motherland more beautiful and adding to the beauty of nature. At night, the sunflowers are like children who have been playing all day, falling into a sweet dream tiredly and happily.
The morning glory is also a good flower. It blooms early and fades late. It and the sunflower seem to be a pair of good sisters. They have agreed to bloom together and enter sweet dreams together. They never bloom early or fail early, and together they decorate this beautiful landscape. nature. They selflessly dedicate themselves and never ask for rewards from the motherland or people's appreciation. Although sunflowers do not have the nobility of roses, the fragrance of chrysanthemums, the purity and elegance of magnolias, and the fragrance of plum blossoms, sunflowers have the spirit of selfless dedication. I love sunflowers. I feel its tenacious and vigorous vitality and its spirit of selfless dedication.
2. Plum blossoms
I have never understood why among all flowers, Chinese people prefer plum blossoms and plum blossoms? Is it because of its beauty? Yes, it is indeed beautiful: the flowers are cold and beautiful, the fragrance is delicate, the fragrance is solitary, pure and flawless. Like a proud swan standing among the ice and snow. "A little red among a thousand white bushes." It opens dazzlingly and proudly; is it because of its unique beauty? Yes, its beauty is truly extraordinary. Its beauty has a different flavor compared to the delicate peonies, gorgeous roses and delicate lotuses. Yes, even though it is not as fragrant as jasmine, not as beautiful as chrysanthemums, and not as gorgeous as peach blossoms, it is indeed beautiful. Its beauty blooms in the wind and snow, and in the wind and rain. Open where no one can see. So when people enjoy the beauty of the flowers, go out and see this red plum standing proudly in the wind and snow, who can not fall in love with it? Who can not be conquered by it? Who can not be attracted by its unique beauty? Is it because of its beautiful spirit? Yes, Chinese people love plum blossoms because they love plum blossoms with the spirit of being proud of snow and frost, and they love plum blossoms with the spirit of humility. What I love is that "the cliff is already covered with hundreds of feet of ice, but there are still pretty flowers and branches." What I love is that "when the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she will laugh in the bush." ??Love it is not afraid of difficulties, standing proudly in the silent place. I love the heart that is willing to work selflessly behind the scenes. What I love is the soul, backbone and character of plum blossoms. The reason why plum blossoms rank first among the "Four Gentlemen" is precisely because of this proud, humble and optimistic spirit! Chinese people prefer plum blossoms because red plums have the same spirit as Chinese people. It has the spirit of "You don't fight for spring, you just repay spring when it comes". The bloody plum blossoms bloomed so beautifully. It dares to fight with the wind and snow, and it dares to fight with the wind and rain. She is the messenger of the spring girl. She is not afraid of the intimidation of the winter girl. She stands proudly in the world, spreading the fragrance of spring and sowing the seeds of spring. When the earth finally welcomed the belated spring girl, she quietly disappeared and turned into mud under her feet, leaving only a lingering fragrance lingering between heaven and earth. Seeing all the flowers blooming, listening to the chirping of all the birds, seeing spring filling the earth, I walked away happily. So "Luohong is a heartless thing. We will see you again next winter." Its life is like a piece of music full of joy and sorrow, from the dancing snowflakes to the colorful flowers. The plum blossoms are beautiful, but they leave their beauty to the pure white heaven and earth; the plum blossoms are fragrant, but who knows the hardship of "the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold"; the plum blossoms are pretty, but "the beauty does not compete for spring, but only repays the coming of spring." Plum blossoms, Be proud of snow and frost, not afraid of difficulties, modest and optimistic. It devotes itself to death.
With a touch of red, spring fills the world!
3. Narcissus
I love flowers, and there are indeed many flowers I love, but the one I love the most is narcissus. I love narcissus because it is elegant and fresh. The fragrance is intoxicating and has tenacious vitality. There is a pot of narcissus on my desk at home. During the severe cold weather, I always give it a pot of clear water every day to keep it moist, otherwise it will die. Will wither. This is the advantage of narcissus. It is not like those noble peonies, peach blossoms and other exotic flowers and plants, which require careful care and will die if you are not careful. But narcissus only needs to be soaked in water. , no need to bother, let alone pruning, this is my way to grow flowers. Narcissus has always been called "the fairy of scales". Indeed, its charming appearance makes people fall in love at first sight. Isn't narcissus not scales? The incarnation of a fairy? Several tender green branches and leaves were pulled out from the white and tender stems of the narcissus. Among the green leaves, there were several small white flowers as white as jade, with heavy snow-like stamens embedded in the flowers. A breeze. As they brushed by, the little flowers nodded repeatedly, seemingly dancing on the water in crystal skirts against the background of the water. Under the sunlight, they became more crystal clear and mesmerizing. I rarely touch the water in the cold winter. But the narcissus was a kind of training. He lay quietly in the cold water, enduring the severe cold, but its body became stronger and stronger. Looking at the beautiful expression of the narcissus and smelling the happy fragrance, I really want to be a narcissus and bring happiness to people. Narcissus, such a beautiful name. You are still full of vitality in the cold winter. You are immersed in cold water, as if you are fighting against the cold. You are so persevering. It's so cute. Narcissus, such a beautiful name!
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Answer: 61.132.87.* 2010-5-13 10:05
Windmill Originally pioneered by the Dutch, it adapted to the needs of water power utilization and the mill industry. Although it is still a "national trademark" of the Netherlands, it is rarely used in practice. Of course we can’t bring back the big windmills from the Netherlands, but small souvenirs of the windmill models are ok and should be considered as souvenirs of your visit to the Netherlands.
People often call the Netherlands the "country of windmills". The Netherlands is a country in western Europe with a population of just over 10 million. Its real country name is "Netherlands". "Ned" means low, and "Lan" means land. Together they are called the "low-lying country". One-third of the Netherlands is only one meter above the North Sea, and nearly one-quarter is below sea level. It is truly the "Netherlands".
The Netherlands is located in the prevailing westerly belt of the earth, with westerly winds blowing throughout the year. At the same time, it is close to the Atlantic Ocean and is a typical country with a maritime climate. The sea and land breezes are constant all year round. This provides generous compensation for the use of wind power to the Netherlands, which lacks water and power resources.
The Dutch windmills were first introduced from Germany. In the beginning, windmills were only used for grinding flour and the like. By the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, windmills were of particularly great significance to the Dutch economy. It has: papermaking and other functions, and is known as the "Land of Windmills". The Netherlands has always been famous for its windmills. The place with the most preserved windmills is "Children's Difang".
Did you read this story when you were a child? A little boy saw a crack in the embankment and seawater seeping in. He was worried that the village would be submerged by sea water, so he blocked the embankment with his fingers and saved the whole village...
Today, there are still There are 19 windmills, and you can also see Dutch women wearing traditional clothes.
Until August 26, it is the "Windmill Day" in the Netherlands this year. Every Saturday, the windmills in Kinderdijf will rotate together, and some even open their interiors for visitors to visit.
At that time, the Netherlands played a leading role in the world's commerce. Various raw materials were transported from various waterways to windmills for processing, including: wood from the Nordic countries and the countries along the Baltic Sea, and hemp seeds and linseeds from Germany. , cinnamon and pepper from India and Southeast Asia. In the suburbs of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the great ports of the Netherlands, there are many windmills, sawmills and paper mills.
As the Dutch people carried out large-scale land reclamation projects from the sea, windmills played a huge role in this arduous project.
According to the local climate characteristics of humid, rainy and changeable wind direction, they carried out reforms on the windmill. The first step is to equip the windmill with a movable roof. In addition, in order to be able to face the wind from all sides, they installed the top of the windmill on rollers. This kind of windmill is called a Dutch windmill.
The largest Dutch windmills are several stories high, with wind wings up to 20 meters long. Some windmills are made of a single piece of large oak wood. At the end of the 18th century, there were approximately 12,000 windmills in the Netherlands, each with 6,000 horsepower. These windmills were used to grind grain, coarse salt, tobacco leaves, press oil, roll woolen cloth, felt, make paper, and drain stagnant water from swamps. It is these windmills that continuously absorb and drain water, protecting two-thirds of the country's land from sinking and man-made threats from fish and turtles.
Since the 20th century, due to the development of steam engines, internal combustion engines, and turbines, the ancient windmills that relied on wind power once became dim and almost forgotten. However, because windmills utilize natural wind power and do not suffer from pollution or exhaustion, they have not only been used by the Dutch people to this day, but have also become a new form of energy today, deeply attracting people.
Currently, there are about two thousand windmills of various types in the Netherlands. The Dutch love their windmills and often praise them in folk songs and proverbs. Windmill buildings are always decorated as beautifully as possible. On every major festival, the windmill is decorated with garlands and hung with national flags and cardboard suns and stars.
The Country of Flowers:
At the turn of spring and summer, the land of the Netherlands is covered with colorful "floral clothes", and there are clusters of flowers everywhere. Especially along the coast from The Hague to Amsterdam, the flowers and water complement each other and the scenery is picturesque, with red, yellow, orange and purple flowers in full bloom. People call the Netherlands the "Land of Flowers" and it is no exaggeration.
The Dutch especially love flowers. Flowers have become an indispensable part of their economic activities and family life. In the Netherlands, whether in the countryside or in the city, it can be said that flowers are everywhere and the fragrance is everywhere.
There are many varieties of flowers, the most famous ones are tulips, hyacinths and iris flowers. The Dutch especially love tulips and regard them as the king of flowers. Today, tulips have become a symbol of the Netherlands and are respected as the "national flower". Therefore, the Netherlands is also known as the "Land of Tulips".
In the past, there was a saying in the Netherlands: You are not rich without tulips. In the early 17th century, a Dutch businessman paid 8,000 pounds of wheat, 1,600 pounds of rye, 8 fat pigs, 4 beef cattle, 12 fat sheep, and 1,000 pounds of cheese in order to obtain a rare tulip seed. , two large barrels of wine, a bed and a silver goblet. To us, this seems like a fantasy, but at that time many people did lose their money for flowers.
More than 300 years ago, tulips were introduced to Europe from Turkey and soon became popular throughout Western Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where they were extremely valuable and worth hundreds of times. At that time, a tulip bulb was equivalent to the same weight of gold, and a beautiful house on an Amsterdam street could be purchased with only three tulips. After several generations of careful cultivation, there are now more than 2,000 varieties of tulips in the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, the courtyard windowsills of every household are filled with flowers, and many precious tulips have nice and interesting names. There is an orange tulip, whose flowers are so large that they bend the stems, and resemble the brooding British Prime Minister Churchill, and are honored as "Churchill"; a tulip, which is as bright as the moonlight, is called "Mingyue"; and a white and elegant tulip. , known as "Chinese women", is really very appropriate and interesting.
When friends usually meet, they always send each other a bouquet of tulips to express their best wishes. Whenever guests are welcomed and sent off, Dutch friends always give them bouquets of bright tulips. Every year on the last Saturday of April, the Netherlands holds a large-scale "Flower Festival" with flower exhibitions and float parades, attracting countless tourists.
The Dutch love flowers, grow them, and sell them. The Netherlands has more than 10,000 hectares of land planted with flowers, with an annual output of 6 billion flowers. It exports a large number of flowers every year and is the world's leading flower producer and exporter. The Asmail Flower Market near Amsterdam is the world's largest flower market, selling an average of more than 6 million potted flowers and cut flowers every day, 80% of which are sold abroad.
From April to June every year, planes and refrigerated trucks carrying tulips and other flowers arrive every day in big cities such as London, Paris, and Berlin, and are exported to 125 countries and regions. Flowers have brought huge economic benefits to the Netherlands. I love flowers, and there are indeed many flowers that I love, but the one I love the most is narcissus. I love narcissus because it is elegant and fresh, has an intoxicating fragrance, and has tenacious vitality. There is one on my desk at home. A pot of narcissus. In the severe cold, I always change it to a basin of clear water every day to keep it moist, otherwise it will die. This is the advantage of narcissus. It is not like those noble peonies. Peach blossoms and other exotic flowers and plants require careful care, and they will die if you are not careful. As for daffodils, they only need to be soaked in water, and there is no need to worry, let alone pruning. This is my way of growing flowers. Narcissus has always been called the "Fairy of Scales". Indeed, its charming appearance makes people fall in love at first sight. Isn't narcissus the incarnation of the Fairy of Scales? Several tender green branches and leaves were pulled out from the white and tender stems of the narcissus. Among the green leaves, there were several small white flowers as white as jade, with heavy snow-like stamens embedded in the flowers. A breeze As they brushed by, the little flowers nodded repeatedly, seemingly dancing on the water in crystal skirts against the background of the water. Under the sunlight, they became more crystal clear and mesmerizing. I rarely touch the water in the cold winter. But the narcissus was a kind of training. He lay quietly in the cold water, enduring the severe cold, but its body became stronger and stronger. Looking at the beautiful expression of the narcissus and smelling the happy fragrance, I really want to be a narcissus and bring happiness to people. Narcissus, such a beautiful name. You are still full of vitality in the cold winter. You are immersed in cold water, as if you are fighting against the cold. You are so persevering. It's so cute. Narcissus, such a beautiful name!
Answer: Flash A Goddess - Level 1 2010-5-13 18:57
The Dutch use The land that is not suitable for farming has been developed according to local conditions, and now the average per capita is one cow and one pig, making the country one of the most developed countries in the world in terms of animal husbandry. They grow potatoes on sandy soil and develop potato processing. More than half of the world's seed potato trade is exported from here. Flowers are a pillar industry in the Netherlands. There are 110 million square meters of greenhouses in the country used to grow flowers and vegetables, so they enjoy the reputation of "European Garden". The Netherlands sends beauty to every corner of the world, and flower exports account for 40% to 50% of the international flower market.
Tulips are the national flower of the Netherlands. According to investigation, the hometown of tulips was actually Tibet in my country. It was spread to Central Asia and West Asia more than 2,000 years ago. Around the 16th century, Dutch navigators brought it to Helan from Turkey and Russia. The Dutch people love this famous flower so much that every family grows it and passes it on from generation to generation.