Essay on Introducing World Famous Cities. Urgently ~~~~

In the many famous cities of the world, the capital of France, Paris, with its deep culture and unique style,

enjoy the reputation of the "city of flowers".

Paris is located in the center of the French Basin, the urban area across the beautiful Seine River. It began as a boat-shaped island, the ?le de la Cité, and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The majestic Notre Dame de Paris

Institute stands in the center of the ?le de la Cité, built in the 12th century, and is the oldest and tallest Catholic church in Paris.

If Notre Dame is the symbol of old Paris, then the Eiffel Tower, standing on the left bank of the Seine, is the symbol of modern Paris. The tower, named after Eiffel, the French engineer and founder of the world's copper-iron concrete

construction, was built in 1889 and is the ancestor of the modern tower. At 320 meters tall, the tower is the equivalent of an 80-story building, and from the top you can see all of Paris.

In addition to Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower, Paris is also home to the Place de la Bastille, the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, the élysée Palace, and the Palace of Versailles, among other historical monuments and artistic buildings. The Arc de Triomphe is located in the center of Paris

Center of Paris

Place Charles de Gaulle, opposite the Place de la Concorde. It was

ordered by Napoleon to show off his victory. Construction began in 1806 and took 30 years to complete. The Arc de Triomphe is 49.54 meters high,

44.82 meters wide and 22.21 meters thick, with doors on all sides, and its inner and outer walls covered with bas-reliefs and gigantic statues, of which

particularly the monumental masterpiece "Marseillaise" by the master sculptor of the Romantics, Fran?ois Ludet, is the most famous.

The Elysee Palace, on the street in front of the Arc de Triomphe, is also a famous French building. Inside the splendid palace

the walls are hung with famous paintings and expensive tapestries, and the rooms are furnished with antique gilded and carved furniture

as well as a variety of exquisite clocks, just like a museum. Since 1873, the Elysée has been

the residence of the President of France.

Paris has more than 60 museums, 70 libraries, 60 theaters, 200 cinemas, and

15 concert halls. The Louvre is the most prestigious of the museums. It was once the king of the French dynasties

Palace, has now become the French Museum of Fine Arts. The Louvre has a collection of 400,000 items, including famous paintings and statues such as "The Goddess of Victory" and

"Our Lady of the Rocks". Paris also has an enduring "street art" scene. There are open-air galleries, which are known around the world, and street concerts, which are popular with the crowds. Many young students and

citizens often bring their own instruments and perform on the streets.

Paris is famous for its clothing and leads the world in fashion. There are thousands of clothing stores in the city,

and wealthy people from all over the world come to get their clothes customized. On the streets of Paris, it's hard to find women in the same clothes, and they

also add to the elegance of the "flower capital".

Symmetry of the ancient capital - Beijing

In the helicopter bird's-eye view of Beijing, people are surprised to find that the Jingshan Mountain is like a statue of a man, five senses

all, left and right symmetry.

The ancient city of Beijing is a symmetrical city. It is centered on the Forbidden City and forms a

central axis from Yongdingmen, Qianmen,

Tian'anmen, Wumen, Shenwumen, and Jingshan to Di'anmen, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, and Andingmen. The north-south parallel streets of Dongsi and Xisi, and the same east-west hutongs crisscross the central axis on both sides. Because of the symmetry, Beijing's roads are recognizable. Many of the important buildings that symbolized

the power of the emperors in feudal times were also neatly and symmetrically distributed around the central axis.

such as the Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed to heaven and earth altar of heaven and earth, built in the axis of the north and south ends of the east side;

Tiananmen east, with the imperial family of the Imperial Temple (now converted into the Palace of Cultural Affairs of the Working People), its west,

are the altar of the gods and pray for grain altar of the gods of the Jikji altar (now opened for the Sun Yat-sen Park). This symmetrical pattern in the Forbidden City Palace

The Palace building is particularly obvious. Inside the Forbidden City, not only the temple buildings one after another, each other

responding, and even the stone beasts next to the road stone fences, the city side of the corner of the tower, the ridge on the carvings, also into a pair of pairs,

corresponding to each other. Neat symmetry, constituting the unique style and grandeur of Beijing's urban architecture,

gives a person a feeling of stability, grandeur and dignity.

Beijing has a history of more than 4,000 years. After the Liao Dynasty, it was the capital city of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

It centrally represents the ancient culture of the Chinese nation, and there are many places of interest. Such as the Forbidden City, Jingshan, Bei

hai, Zhongnanhai, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Temple of Earth, the Great Wall - Badaling, Mutianyu Great Wall, Zhoukou

store Chinese Ape Man and Shanding Cave Man Ruins and so on. Many of the buildings have peculiar shapes and contain rich cultural

ideas. For example, the Temple of Heaven is a round mound, while the Temple of Earth is square, which is in line with the ancient Chinese saying "Heaven is round and earth is

square".

Beijing leaning against the Taihang Mountains in the west, backed by the Yanshan Mountains, east of the Bohai Sea, facing the North China Plain, belonging to the temperate continental

climate, the four seasons are clear, dry spring, summer heat, autumn cool, winter cold.

Nowadays, Beijing has 10 districts and 9 counties with an area of 1,600 square kilometers and a population of nearly 10 million.

It is the political, economic and cultural center of China. The city is full of tall buildings. The traffic is very busy.

Beijing's modern architecture, in the layout of the layout is not as in the past as to adhere to the stereotype of symmetry, but the municipal construction

Establishment or take into account the traditional style of China. For example, the Forbidden City as the center of the ring subway, the second ring

road, the third ring road, the fourth ring road, the fifth ring road, etc., are all symmetrical. The central axis of the ancient city of Beijing and

its extension are being converted into a modernized

modernized central axis road that connects to the Jing-Zheng Highway in the south, and runs through the Asian Games Village in the north, reaching the wondrous peaks of Yanshan Mountain. Beijing remains a uniquely symmetrical city

among all the cities of the world.

Bangkok, the Buddhist Capital of the World

Thailand is known as the "Land of the Yellow Robe Buddha", with more than 90 percent of the country's population practicing Buddhism. Its capital, Bangkok, has the largest number of Buddhist temples in the world, with more than 400 Buddhist temples of various sizes. Stroll through the city

in the eyes of the towering pagodas, red-roofed temples, red, green and yellow Thai fish spine

shaped roofs of temples, full of mysterious oriental colors. Every morning, incense smoke curls up all over the city, the bells

long, the chimes are clear and melodious, and the sound of chanting goes on and on. Monks and nuns from the temples walk slowly on the streets and go from house to house, making the streets of Bangkok a unique sight.

Of Bangkok's many temples, the Jade Buddha Temple, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, and the Temple of the Golden Buddha are the most famous, and are known as Thailand's

three national treasures. The Temple of the Jade Buddha is a place dedicated to the successive royal families of the Bangkok Dynasty for religious ceremonies and Buddha rituals.

The wall of the floating altar of the Jade Buddha Temple and the low wall around the temple, each embedded with a row of painted peonies, lotus flowers, birds

designs of colored porcelain. The colored porcelain is said to have been brought by Zheng He, a Chinese navigator of the Ming Dynasty, on his second voyage

. The Jade Buddha is carved from a single piece of turquoise jadeite jade, 66 centimeters high and 48 centimeters wide

meter wide, and is enshrined on a throne made of gold, which is worth a fortune. The Thai people believe that the Jade Buddha is the treasure of the country, and his divine power is boundless, even after the formation of the cabinet of the successive Thai governments, the Prime Minister and all

cabinet members also have to go to the Jade Buddha Temple to the Jade Buddha to swear allegiance to the country and the King. The people, who have important matters such as education, marriage, childbirth and employment, also go there to worship and pray. When two people make a bet, they also ask the Jade Buddha to be their witness. Whenever there is a change of season, a grand ceremony is held in which the king himself bathes, dresses and changes the headdress of the Jade Buddha.

The Jade Buddha is also a symbol of the King of China, and he is also a symbol of the King of China.

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha enshrines a huge reclining Buddha, 48.7 meters long and 12.2 meters high, which is covered in gold and

occupies an area as large as a basketball court and is taller than a four-story building. The reclining Buddha is the idol of Thailand's non-concordant and non-breeding

nurturing couples, and young couples can often be seen kneeling and praying here. The Golden Buddha

The temple enshrines a 5,500-kilogram solid gold Buddha, cast in five parts and assembled

into a single piece.

Bangkok is not only known as the "Capital of Buddhism" because of the large number of monks and nuns and the many temples, but it is also the capital of Buddhism in fact: the 32-member World Fellowship of Buddhists is headquartered here.

The Lion City - Singapore

When ships traveling between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean enter the port of Singapore, they see the lion's head and fish's body on the Anderson Bridge, perched on the waterfront, with its eyes shining and its mouth spouting water as if it were greeting the visitors.

This is the symbol of Singapore, which was founded in 1972 as a Buddhist temple. It is the symbol of Singapore, a tourist icon established in 1972.

In Sanskrit, Singapore means "Lion City". According to legend, in 1150 BC, Pannah, a prince of the Kingdom of Mullivore

died, led his troops to an unnamed desert island at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, and the first thing he encountered was a majestic lion. Later, Pannar built a walled city on the island, which was named Sinhala,

which means "Lion City", and was harmonized into Singapore.

Today, Singapore is the name of the city, the island and the country of Singapore***. The port city of Singapore

Singapore is the capital city of Singapore*** and the State of Singapore, in the southern part of the main island of Singapore*** and the State of Singapore. The port area

93 square kilometers, the channel can maintain deep water all year round, is a well-equipped excellent free port, but also

the largest port in Southeast Asia. The city center area is in the northeast of the port area, on the north and south sides of the mouth of the Singapore River, and is the seat of the

administration, and the city's major commercial, financial, communications, and shipping institutions are also concentrated

here.

Singapore is only 137 kilometers from the equator, surrounded by the ocean, all summer,

hot and rainy climate, because of the sea breeze regulation, people do not feel hot. There are no famous mountains and rivers in the country,

and there are no places of interest, but it is a pleasant climate, good municipal construction and considerate service,

was awarded the title of "Garden City", and has become a world-famous tourist center.

Singapore has no indigenous people, the existing residents are all foreign immigrants, the Chinese account for the majority of the residents,

There are also Malays, Indians, Pakistanis, British, Japanese and so on.

Water city--Venice

There are a lot of cities called "Venice" in the world, such as "Venice of the East--Suzhou",

"Venice of Asia--Bangkok", "Venice of Scandinavia--Stockholm", etc., so it can be seen that Venice

Nice is a beautiful place.

Venice is a famous water capital of northern Italy, located in the Adriatic seashore in a new

moon shaped lagoon, surrounded by the sea, only the northwest corner of the long causeway with the land connected.

"Venice" means "the most peaceful place", and the city was founded more than 1,400 years ago

In the 11th to 13th centuries, Venice possessed a powerful navy and dominated the trade between Europe and the East.

When Venice was at its peak at the end of the 14th century, it had a great expansion of wealth, and merchants, tycoons, princes, bishops, etc. competed with each other to build luxurious

churches, palaces and mansions, and the city was the only place where people could live. churches, palaces and mansions, leaving many monuments for future generations.

Venice is a city of open doors and rivers. More than 170 rivers crisscross the city, dividing the land into more than 110 large and small islands. The 3.2-kilometer-long, 37-70-meter-wide Grand Canal

river runs between the islands. A wide variety of buildings in different styles line both sides of the river. Many of the buildings seem to float on the sparkling water, and residents on some of the islands can stand in their own houses and talk to their "neighbors" on the opposite island. More than 400 bridges connect the islands. Stone bridges

come in all shapes and sizes, with the Rialto Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs in the center of town being the most famous.

The Rialto Bridge was built at the end of the 16th century as a marble one-hole bridge. The bridge is 48 meters long and 22 meters wide, with a pavilion at its heart and small stores lining both sides.

Venice is also a city where boats are used instead of cars. Cars are not needed on the island, and even heads of state

have to abandon their cars and enter the city by boat or on foot. Venice's rivers have a variety of

various kinds of boats, there is the water "public **** car" - transportation boats; there are private "car" -

small motorboats; there are a variety of "water stores" - sales boats, there are also ambulance, fireboats, garbage

boats, recreational boats ...... have a unique local small rowboats, and the city has a lot of boats, and the city has a lot of boats, and there is a variety of boats. A small, local rowing boat called a gondola, flat-bottomed, black,

with a pointed bow and tail, stood on its right side and rowed with a long oar. There were more than 10,000 of them at one point in history, and they are still

used as tourist boats. Swimming in the river is forbidden in Venice so as not to disturb traffic.

The many different kinds of boats that ply the rivers, both large and small, make up the bustle of the city of water

.

The beautiful scenery of Venice is also known for its many monuments. St. Mark's Square in the center of Venice,

99-meter-high bell tower rises. The east side of the square of the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Church, beautiful sculpture, room

Inside the furnishings of the magnificent, is an example of ancient Venetian architectural art.

In 1980, China's Jiangnan water town of Suzhou and Venice have concluded a friendship city.

Fog City--London