Sydney is located in the southeast coast of Australia, where the climate is pleasant, the environment is beautiful, the scenery ripples Ni, beautiful scenery, summer is not hot, winter is not cold, sunshine is sufficient, abundant rainfall. Sydney's annual precipitation is about 1,200 millimeters, and the average temperature in summer (December-February) is 21 degrees Celsius, and the average temperature in winter (June-August) is 12 degrees Celsius.
Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia's largest and oldest city, and an increasingly cosmopolitan metropolis, with the 2000 Sydney Olympics having given Sydney unprecedented international prestige and visibility.
Broadly speaking, Sydney is the so-called Greater Sydney, which includes the city of Sydney and 44 smaller cities nearby, covering an area of more than 12,000 square kilometers, with a population of about 4.2 million. The City of Sydney, as an administrative division, has a jurisdiction of only 6 square kilometers and a population of less than 20,000 people.
Sydney's history as a city began in 1788 with the landing of the first British settlers in Sydney under Captain Phillip. On July 20, 1842, Sydney was officially founded as a city. After World War II, there was an influx of immigrants from Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia to Australia, and their first choice of residence was often in Sydney. The majority of immigrants to Sydney by population size are Italian, followed by Lebanese, Turkish, Greek, Chinese and Vietnamese. In the last 20 years, there has been a large increase in the Chinese population, which is now around 400,000 in the Sydney area.
Sydney is Australia's largest city and a center for business, trade, finance, tourism and culture. Sydney plays a pivotal role in Australia's national economy, with its GDP accounting for about 30% of the country's total. The service industry is the mainstay of Sydney's economy, with the finance and insurance industry accounting for 44% of Australia's industrial output, real estate accounting for 41%, wholesale trade accounting for 38%, catering and entertainment accounting for 36%, manufacturing accounting for 35%, construction accounting for 34% and retail trade accounting for 32%. The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Stock Exchange are both located in Sydney, 39 of Australia's 53 banks are headquartered in Sydney, and three-quarters of the largest 100 companies have their corporate headquarters or branches in Sydney. International business people visiting Australia almost always visit Sydney, while most of the world's leading multinational corporations also have branches or offices in Sydney.
Sydney is a cosmopolitan city with a well-developed infrastructure and excellent transportation links. Sydney Airport is one of Australia's major airports, with 37 international routes, 420 departing flights and 230 returning flights per week. Sydney not only has railroads to all parts of the country, but also has metro and light rail trains as well as ferry boats in the city, which can ease the traffic pressure as well as city sightseeing. Public ****transportation is not very expensive, but cabs in Sydney are expensive, costing around $10 for a journey of less than 10 kilometers from the airport to the central train station. Sydney is an important site for national and regional communications services in Australia. The National Satellite System Management Center is located in Sydney. Australia's coaxial and fiber-optic cables connecting Tasmania and Southeast Asia begin in Sydney. The headquarters of the country's 3 largest commercial television stations (Channel 7, Channel 9 and Channel 10) were built in Sydney, and the 2 state-run television stations, ABC and SBS, are also located in Sydney.
The country formally established diplomatic relations with Australia in 1972, followed in March 1979 by the opening of a Consulate General in Sydney. The state of New South Wales is now twinned with the Guangdong province, which has built a Chinese garden in Sydney's Lover's Harbour to commemorate the occasion.
There are many places to visit in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House, Harbor Bridge, The Rocks, Circular Quay, Macquarie Square, Lover's Harbor, museums, art galleries, and national parks of all sizes. However, the best thing about Sydney is the beaches. Sydney's beaches are scattered all over the city, and each has its own style. Some of the most famous beaches include Bondi beach, Manly Beach, Watson Bay, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Nielsen Park, Balmoral and many more.
Introduction to Hong Kong
Since the opening of Hong Kong in 1841, Hong Kong has developed from a small fishing village into an international financial and commercial center, and one of the world's largest metropolises.
Hong Kong has no natural resources other than the world's finest harbor. The population of Hong Kong is about 6.8 million, of which about 3.5 million are working people. Hong Kong's success is due to the hard work and pioneering efforts of its people. This, coupled with the rule of law, the protection of freedom of speech and association, the free flow of information, the openness of society and the development of diversity in Hong Kong society, has made Hong Kong a highly productive and endlessly creative city.
After a century and a half of British rule, Hong Kong's sovereignty was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and on July 1, 1997, it became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) under the jurisdiction of the PRC. Under the Basic Law, the economic, legal and social systems of Hong Kong shall remain unchanged for at least 50 years before the reunification. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region enjoys a high degree of autonomy except in defence and foreign affairs.
Introduction to Beijing
The ancient oriental culture has always been a topic of interest. The rise and fall of civilizations have caused countless prosperous metropolises to vanish with the passing of time, leaving no trace of them for posterity. In northern China, there is an ancient city that has been fortunate enough to survive, leaving behind the world's most extensive palace architecture and a complete cultural heritage. This is Beijing, "among the world's major cities up and down the 40th parallel, only Beijing is a capital city that has survived for 3,000 years."
Beijing "shape wins the world ...... sincerity of ancient emperors and kings of the capital". As the capital of a great country, the beauty of Beijing, the first in her atmosphere: the majestic Forbidden City, the magnificent Tiananmen Square shows her solemnity; Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven has a royal grace and splendor; the Great Wall is the spine of this ancient oriental nation.
Beijing's beauty also lies in her avant-garde. Here you can feel the hot rhythms of the very modern and truly international techno; Beijing is also the center of high technology and the new economy, where countless international exhibitions are held every year. Whether you're looking for a taste of oriental culture or a place to talk business, the vibrant city of Beijing is the place to be.
Today's Beijing is a place where the city and its people, tradition and modernity, courtyard houses and skyscrapers, contemporary models and Peking opera singers ...... blend together in a serene elegance and boisterous hustle and bustle.
Vienna
414 square kilometers, 1.7 million people. It is the center of Austrian **** and national politics, economy and culture. Vienna is also the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the past, the former luxury still exists. She is one of Europe's oldest and most important cities for culture, art and tourism. Nowadays, all the historical buildings in Vienna have been renovated, and for tourists, Vienna has a thousand faces. Music admirers can travel thousands of miles for a concert and come to visit the temple of music. For many travelers, not being able to see the stunning Danube River will be a lifelong regret.
Capital of the Empire
Vienna, capital of a 2,000-year-old empire, has left behind a myriad of cultural legacies. From Roman monuments to the palaces left by the last Habsburg emperors, it is tempting to make a visit to this ancient capital. In Vienna, two of the most luxurious palaces left by the emperors are the Hofburg Palace, the palace of the only two dynasties in Austrian history, the Babenberg and the Habsburg, and the Sch?nbrunn Palace, the summer residence of the Habsburgs. Prince Eugen, a great man of Austria's history, built the Belvedere Palace for himself, which rivals the Royal Palace in its luxurious grandeur and artistic charm.
Belvedere (Belvedere);
Schoebrunn (Schoebrunn);
Green City
Vienna may be the smallest state in all of Austria, but she is covered by fifty percent parks and forests. Among the world's capitals, Vienna has the most vineyard acreage. Vienna forest as a green lungs, for Vienna to bring fresh air. Inside the city, gardens are located next to each other, providing Viennese people with a good place for recreation and entertainment after work.
City Park
Address: Parkring 1, 1010 Wien
Vienna Prater
Address: Prater, 1020 Wien
Music Temple
Austria's history as a cradle of musicians is well known around the world. In the 18th century, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven lived and composed in Vienna. These three musical saints are known as the Viennese classical musicians. Their achievements pioneered European classical music, and Vienna became the home of music.
Vienna is known as the temple of world music, which is really appropriate. She is like a huge magnet, not only to the many musicians attracted to this place, but also cultivated a generation after generation of outstanding conductors and performers. Vienna State Opera, Vienna Music Friends Association, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, a series of brilliant names to make the world of music lovers for it. The whole city of Vienna, like a giant music temple, where the spiritual exchange experienced here is not necessary to communicate with words.
State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper)
Address: Opernring 2, 1010 Wien
Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper)
Address: Opernring 2, 1010 Wien
The Blue The Danube
Two thousand eight hundred and fifty kilometers long, the Danube is the second largest river in Europe after the Volga, and the only one that flows from west to east. The Danube originates in Germany and flows through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania. Since the opening of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, she is an important transportation water connecting Rotterdam and the Black Sea. The total length of the Danube in Austria is three hundred and sixty kilometers, which is one eighth of the total length of the Danube. Vienna was the first metropolis through which the Danube flowed, and the Danube flows from due north of the city of Vienna and out from due east for a total length of twenty-four kilometers.
Throughout history, the Danube has been a chronicle of human civilization. Two thousand years ago, the Romans used the Danube as a natural barrier against the encroachment of northern peoples. During the long Middle Ages, the grasshoppers of central Europe occupied the mountains and built a castle on the banks of the Danube. During the French Revolution, Napoleon's armies also marched east along the Danube.
On the left bank of the Danube, a floodway, 21.5 kilometers long and 200 meters wide, was cut parallel to the Danube. Dredged earth was placed between the floodway and the main channel of the Danube to become the "Danube Island," a seven-hundred-hectare oasis with forty kilometers of riverbanks that served as a place of recreation for the Viennese. Today, the New Danube is the center of Viennese summer recreation, where swimming, boating, surfing and fishing are possible. The Danube's waters irrigate the surrounding farmland, making the Danube's wines world-famous.
Introduction to Venice
Venice is shaped like a dolphin, with a city area of less than 7.8 square kilometers, but consists of 118 small islands and 177 canals densely packed in a spider's web of canals, which are connected to the city by about 350 bridges. The entire city is connected to the Italian mainland peninsula by just one long causeway.
The flavor of Venice is always inseparable from the "water", winding water lanes, flowing waves, she seems to be a floating in the blue waves on the romantic dream, poetic and picturesque for a long time to linger.
This less than 8 square kilometers of the city, but by more than a hundred spiderweb-like canals cut into more than a hundred small islands, the island and the island is connected only by a variety of bridges staggered, the first time you come to the soon to get lost in the "water city". Fortunately, the Grand Canal runs through the city in an S-shape. Along what is known as the "longest street in Venice," you can see the best of Venice
without worrying about getting lost. Along the banks of the nearly 200 palaces, mansions and seven churches, mostly built in the 14th to 16th centuries, Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, Venetian and so on, all the foundations of the buildings are submerged in the water, looks like a gallery of art rising from the water. On weekdays, the Grand Canal is really like a bustling street, with all kinds of boats traveling on it, the most chic of which is of course the gondola.
The patron saint and symbol of Venice is the winged lion in St. Mark's Square, but in people's minds, Venice will naturally think of the gondolas that weave through the waterways. This is a crescent-shaped black flat-bottomed boat, hundreds of years ago, the Venetian nobles like to ride the beautifully carved, decorated with silk gondolas to fight each other. In order to put a stop to this trend of extravagance, the Venetian government issued a decree prohibiting the gondolas painted in color, so the once colorful gondolas have become the black boats that people see today.
The cost of an hour-long gondola ride at night can be as much as 30 laps around Venice on a "water bus," but even if it's expensive, how can you give up the ultimate romance of a nighttime tour of Venice? At night the water reflecting the moon, after a day of noise, this time the river back to calm, gondolas in the silky blue waves quietly forward. Both sides of the moss-covered ancient wall roots emit a special damp odor, as if you can reach out and touch. River bubbling, boat ripples, so people can not help but imagine themselves back to hundreds of years ago, the artistic splendor of Venice, they are princes and noblemen, is riding the gondola, to a masquerade. Only the Venetian boy in the boat in the narrow water alleys around the corner of a yell, only to bring people back to the real world.
There are bridges everywhere you go. There are as many as 350 bridges in Venice, none more famous than the Bridge of Sighs. It is an enclosed, baroque-style bridge that connects the Doge's Palace to the prison. There are many stories as to why this bridge has such a hopeless name. One theory is that a death row inmate was walking across the Bridge of Sighs when he saw his girlfriend embracing her new lover in the house across the street through the window of the bridge and couldn't help but sigh y. Hence the name Bridge of Sighs. Regardless of whether the legend has its origins, at least now the Bridge of Sighs has become a place for lovers to witness their love countless couples here to play a deep love scene, is also considered a scene of Venice.
The romance of Venice is more or less mixed with some poignant, too much groundwater extraction, resulting in Venice's land continues to sink, coupled with cyclical tides, due to the water and the beauty of Venice is being slowly eroded by floods. How long will she remain beautiful for our world? This is no longer something we can control. All we can do is to get close to her, admire her and fill our hearts with romantic feelings before we leave.
Best Sights:
Grand Canal, Piazza San Marco, St. Mark's Basilica, St. Mark's Bell Tower, Doge's Palace, Bridge of Sighs
Piazza San Marco: The center of Venice, the most bustling and busy place, about the size of four soccer fields, was called by Napoleon "the most beautiful living room in Europe. living room". The square is surrounded by St. Mark's Church, the Bell Tower, the New Town Hall, the Correr Museum and the Doge's Palace. The square is surrounded by several famous cafes, where Byron and Dickens used to sip their coffee in the open-air cafes. Pigeons flying around the square are another special feature of the square.
Basilica di San Marco: Built in the 9th century in honor of St. Mark, the Basilica is a blend of Byzantine, Gothic, Islamic and Renaissance architectural styles. The church is lavishly decorated and displays many of the spoils of war that the Venetian crusaders plundered from Constantinople.
Campanile: Take the elevator up to the bell tower for a stunning view of Venice. This is where Galileo showed his telescope to the Doge.
Carnival:
Venice has a carnival every February and March, where people wear exaggerated masks and flashy vintage costumes and gather along the river or take nightly boat trips. The masks hide who they really are, so people can party without fear. All night long there is music, all night long there is celebration. It's a night feast that doesn't break up. The custom of Carnival originally originated from the Venetian aristocracy who liked to hang out in casinos incognito. It has since evolved into one of the most exotic and colorful festivals in Europe.
Venice is a chic place. When you leave the train station, you immediately feel that there is no automobile here, and to get there, you either take a small train or hire a "Gondola" (Gondola). The Grand Canal runs through Venice like a reverse S; this is the main street. There are also 418 small channels, and these are the small alleyways. Boats, like public **** cars, go through the streets; the "Gondola" is a sculling boat, peculiar to Venice, which goes everywhere. Venice is not without bridges; there are three hundred and seventy-eight of them. So long as one is not afraid to go round the corner, one can get there, and need not go down to the river. But the boats are still full of people, and the trade of the Gondolas does not seem to be bad.
Venice is the "city of the sea", in the northeast corner of the Italian peninsula, is a group of small islands, outside a sandy embankment separated by the Adriatic Sea. In the bell tower of St. Mark's Square to see, like a cluster of flowers east and west in the green waves rippling. In the distance, the water and the sky meet in a vast expanse. There is no soot here, the sky is dry and clean; in the mild daylight, everything is like transparent. Chinese people feel as if they were in the water town of Jiangnan; those who come from the north of Europe at the beginning of summer can still see the backdrop of spring clearly here. The sea is so green and so strong that it will take you to your dreams.
Venice is more than just beautiful, as you can see by walking around St. Mark's Square. The square faces a canal in the south, and the bell tower is in the south-east of the square, where you can look into the distance. Venice is the most lively place is here, the most beautiful and solemn place is also here. Except for the west side, all the buildings around are more than 300 years old, and the east side is the center of St. Mark's Church, which is 800 or 900 years old - the bell tower is at the right head of it. To the right is the "New Office"; to the left of the church is the "Old Office". The lower floors of these two buildings are now full of stores. In front of the stores was a long corridor where people came and went all day long. Immediately after the church, stretching towards the canal, was the Master's House; half of this belonged to the small square, the other half to the canal.
St. Mark's Church, the master of the square, was built in the eleventh century, originally in the Bezantine style, with straight lines. In the fourteenth century, it was decorated with Gosse-style decorations, such as pointed arches; in the seventeenth century, it was decorated with Renaissance decorations, such as balustrades. So the solemnity and splendor of both; this is the Venetian beautiful energy. In the church roof and walls are full of broken glass embedded paintings, probably real gold ground, blue and red Holy Spirit statues. These statues are done in a very solemn manner. The floor of the church was paved with marble in various colors and patterns. In that kind of empty and dark atmosphere, you feel magnificent, but also feel solemn. The two buildings to the right and left of the church are different and not symmetrical; the bell tower is three hundred and twenty-two feet high and is also on one side. But these two houses are three-story, have many arches, just with the church's facade and dome; and are made of white stone, the more set off the church's splendor. The right side of the church is the road to the canal, is a small square field, would have appeared to be a bit empty, the bell tower just fill this empty space. As if our theater generals appear, behind a flag is always biased to take the momentum; this square field in the building, the rhythm is actually harmonious. Eighteenth-century Italian Canaletto (Canaletto) a school of painters specializing in painting Venice's architecture, drawn from this square field of many. There are a few of them in the German Dresden Academy, which are really nice. There are several frescoes and roof-paintings of celebrities in the House of the Lords, and the great painting "Paradise" by TinDtoretto (sixteenth century) is the most celebrated; but what is more important is the value of its architecture. The presence of the house on the canal adds a great deal of color. It is all in the Goschian style; the work was begun early in the ninth century, and has since been repeatedly burned and rebuilt, and the present one is said to be in the original form. The best part of it is the south-west side; the west side slopes down to St. Mark's Square, and the south side is on the canal. Looking in the canal, it really looks like being in a painting. It is also three-tiered: the lower two tiers are pointed arches with innumerable columns as far as the eye can see. The arches of the lowest tier are simple and sparse, and are of a loaded appearance; the upper tier is much more elaborate, for decorative purposes; the uppermost tier, however, is simpler, with not a single column in sight, and a whole wall, except for a sparse number of windows and doors. The walls are covered with plain squares of white and rose-red marble, as vivid as a maiden's in the daylight. The Venetians were truly masters of coloring. The house, when viewed from the canal, seems to be in the water. The lower two floors are luscious shelves, and the upper floor is the house; this is a very ingenious structure, and with the brilliant and elegant colors, it gives one a feeling of bewilderment. Behind the mansion is the Bridge of Rest; once upon a time there was a prison on one side and a courthouse on the other, and the prisoners had to cross it for their arraignments, hence the name. Byron's poems have been singing this, and thus it is popular, but in fact, it is only a recent thing.
Venice's nocturne is very famous. Nocturne is a kind of lyrical tune, which is sung under people's windows at night. But there are also canals: at night on the river in St. Mark's Square, see the river with red and green balloon lights, is the singing of nocturne boat. I hired a "gondola" to swing over to the boat and stop it against the boat, which was in the middle of the water, with "gondolas" lined up one after another on both sides of the boat, swinging in the microwave, like two wings. The singers, both men and women, sat around a table, and when it was their turn, they stood up and sang, accompanied by music. The lyrics are in Italian, naturally, and Italian speech is said to be the purest and clearest. It does seem to be a bit chopped up, especially for women - Italian songstresses are famous for that. The music is rhythmically dense and passionate, and I think it is the most popular "jazz". Underneath the swaying traffic light bulbs, the singing voices were so strong that the hazy night on the canal seemed to turn rosy red. After a few songs, someone from the boat would come over and collect money from you with a hat in his hand, and you could pay as much as you wanted. Do not want to listen to, can also swing to the second place to go. This is slightly like the year of the Qinhuai River scene, but the Qinhuai River is much more lively.
From St. Mark's Square to the northwest, there are two churches in art is very important. One is St. Rocco's Church, next to a house, the walls and roofs are full of paintings; upstairs and down the size of three rooms, **** sixty-two paintings, is the handiwork of Tintau Laituo. The house was dark and could only be seen clearly in the morning. Ting Tao Laituo painting, according to the local conditions, most of them are only rough hooks, the use of shadows, teach people to see that it is a few times to think like. The Crucifixion is in the upstairs hut and is the most powerful. Ferrari Hall, near St. Rocco, has monuments to the great painter Titian (sixteenth century) and the modern sculptor Canova (Canova). Canova's, dexterous, is in the form of a self-strike; Titian's, magnificent, was not completed until the middle of the nineteenth century. His "Assumption of the Virgin" hangs behind the altar, with its vivid colors of vermilion and bright blue, and the flow of the whole, like the wind on the water. The Madonna by Giovanni Bellini (fifteenth century) is also a masterpiece of his. They both have other paintings in this church.
From St. Mark's Square, straight east along the river, there is a park; since 1895, an international art exhibition has been held here every two years. This year is the eighteenth; join the exhibition, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, France, Britain, Austria, Soviet Russia, the United States, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland and other thirteen countries, Italy is naturally the most things, a huge variety; futuristic Cubist drawings and sculptures can be seen, as well as many other novelties, to say the least. The colors are probably vivid, which makes people's eyes shine; the architecture is also new, simple and not wordy, and it is very pleasant. There are not many works in Soviet Russia, which are probably representations of the life of workers and peasants, with a mixture of stoic and happy tones. They also use bright colors, but apparently not very much effort in the art, the style of honesty, and not to the horns of the bull looking for novelties.
The glassware of Venice, the carved leatherwork, is a famous product, and wins by its elegance and splendor, and the woof is also good. Marble carvings
It is a miniature of the famous big works, out of the famous hand and taste.
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