Information about Singapore Lion City

Singapore is a city country, which originally meant "Lion City". According to Malay history books, around 1 150, Prince Panna of Sri Lanka, the death country of Sumatra, arrived at the island by boat and saw a black beast, which was called a lion by the locals, hence the name "Lion City". Singapore is the homonym of the Sanskrit "Lion City". Because local residents are deeply influenced by Indian culture, they like to use Sanskrit as their place names. The lion is brave and vigorous, so it is natural to use it as a place name. In the past, many overseas Chinese called it "Silla", which means "Strait" in Malay, and some people called it "Sin Chau" and "Sing Tao" because of its small area.

Nicknames: Sin Chew, Sing Tao and Lion City.

The symbol of Singapore is a merlion. It is said that the Malaysian prince found this small island in Singapore while hunting in the mountains, and went to sea the next day. During the journey, he was caught in a storm. The prince threw his crown into the sea and the storm subsided.

When they arrived at the island, a lion attacked them, but when it met the prince's eyes, it was quiet again.

The prince began to develop Singapore.

In order to commemorate the prince, later generations linked the teacher with the sea to form a Merlion. Singapore is also known as the Lion City.