Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Merlion


It is a status of an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a symbol of Singapore. The name of this satatus is Merlion. Mer means the sea. The fish body implies to sea town, which comes from the story of the story of Singapore ancient, and lion head implies to an original name of Singapore, Singapore, means lion city. Fraser Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, designed it. There are five situation of Merion in Singapore. There are two in Merlion Park near the Sinapore CBD, which is well-known for tourist. A third Merlion is located on Sentosa Island. The fourth is located at the headquarters of the Singapore Tourism Board at 1 Orchard Spring Lane, and the last one is located at Mount Faber. I have been to Singapore before with my family, and of course we did not miss out taking photos with Merlion status, but we did not visit all the fives. The Merlion at Merlion Park is very huge and beautiful. There is a water coming out of his mouth. think, to have a something like this in your country is a good idea because it could be the symbol of your country and it attracts the tourist to visit out country. Moreover, every country's symbol itself also have the story about that country a part from the look. This could be another way of letting tourist know the country's believes or history.

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