- Adilesi: 21 Esplanade Dr, Singapore 038980
- Kutsegulidwa: 1972
Anthu nthawi zonse ankabwera ndi zizindikiro, zizindikiro, mabungwe komanso ankakhala pakati pawo. Masiku ano zikuluzikulu zikuluzikulu zimakhalanso ndi zochitika zawo zokhazokha: pa kutchulidwa kwa Coliseum ife timaganiza za Rome, ngati Kremlin ikukhudza Moscow, Statue ya Liberty ndi New York chabe. Chisumbu, dziko ndi mzinda wa Singapore chikuyimiridwa ndi Merlion, mwinamwake imatchedwanso Merlion.
Nthano ya Merlion
Pali nthano yokongola monga momwe chilumbacho chili ndi alonda m'nyanja - chirombo chachikulu chokhala ndi mutu ngati mkango, ndi thupi ngati nsomba. Ndipo ngati gombe liri pangozi, chilombochi chimachoka m'madzi ndipo maso ake akuyaka amawononga chilichonse. Kale, malinga ndi mbiriyi, akukhulupirira kuti wolamulira woyamba wa Malaysia pa gombe losadziwika la chilumbachi Tumasek anakumana ndi mkango waukulu. Akumenyana kale, okondana ankayang'anizana ndikuyamba mwamtendere. Kuchokera apo, chilumbacho chinamangidwa mzinda woyamba, umene unatchedwa "Mzinda wa Mikango". Izi ndizoyamba kutchulidwa kwa Merlion ndi Singapore. Chilankhulo, mawu oti "Merlion" akuphatikizapo mawu akuti "mermaid" - mermaid ndi "mkango" - mkango, womwe ukuphatikizapo chizindikiro cha mphamvu zazikuru ndi kugwirizana kwakukulu kwa mzindawu ndi chigawo cha nyanja.
Mu 1964, bungwe la Singapore Tourism Board linalamula kuti Fraser Brunner, yemwe anali katswiri wa zomangamanga, adziwe chizindikiro cha mzindawo. Pambuyo pa zaka 8, malinga ndi zojambula zake, wojambula zithunzi wotchedwa Lim Nan Sen anapanga chifaniziro cha Merlion, anachiika pamphepete mwa mtsinje wa Singapore pafupi ndi malo a hotela a Fullerton. Malingana ndi akuluakulu a boma, mzindawu uyenera kukhala ndi chidwi choyambirira. Merlion amawonetsedwa ngati cholengedwa chodabwitsa chomwe chili ndi mutu wa mkango ndi thupi la nsomba, ndipo madzi ambiri akuphulika kuchokera mkamwa mwake. Chifanizo cha konkire chinali pafupifupi mamita asanu ndi anayi pamwamba ndipo chikulemera matani 70. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 1972, phwando loyamba la Merlion Park linachitikira . Mwa njira, kutali ndi chifaniziro chachikulu kenaka adaika "cub" ya mamita atatu.
Mu 1997, Bridge ya Esplanade kudutsa ku strait inamangidwa ku Singapore, ndipo Merlion sichidawonekanso kuchokera m'nyanja. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake chizindikiro cha Singapore chinasunthika pansi ndi mamita 120. Mu 2009 Merlion inawonongedwa pang'ono ndi mphezi, koma posakhalitsa inabwezeretsedwa. Kenaka, pa chilumba cha zosangalatsa cha Sentosa anamanga chikwangwani chachikulu cha chizindikirocho ndi kutalika kwa mamita 60. Mu fanoli ndi elevali pali masitolo, cinema, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi nsanja ziwiri zowonera: pa galasi la 9 mu nsagwada za mkango ndi pa 12 pa mutu wake.
Pomwe chiwonetsero cha Singapore chikufika, anthu odzaona malo pachilumbachi amafika mamiliyoni ambiri. Chaka chilichonse, chiwerengero cha mapulogalamu apamwamba kwambiri akukula pano, monga malo otchedwa diamond otchedwa Marina Bay Sands omwe ali ndi dziwe lalikulu padenga .
Kodi mungapeze bwanji?
Chizindikiro cha "mudzi wa mikango" chiri pafupi ndi mlatho wa Esplanade. Mukhoza kufika pamsewu, poyendetsa mabasi 10, 10, 57, 70, 100, 107, 128, 130, 131, 162 ndi 167. Bwino ndi OUE Bayfront. Mukhoza kusunga pafupifupi 15% ya ndalamazo pogwiritsa ntchito mapepala apadera a Singapore Tourist Pass ndi Ez-Link .
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