Uphi iSingapore - "umuzi wethempeli nengonyama"

Iqiniso lokuthi leli dolobha lombuso lizwe elithuthukile kakhulu ngokwezomnotho ikakhulu ngenxa yendawo lapho iSingapore ikhona khona. Itholakala eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Asia eziqhingini ezihlukaniswe ne-southern tip of the Malacca Peninsula, lapho kuhamba khona imigwaqo yase-Asia, lapho izinkulungwane zemikhumbi zihamba khona eNdiya, eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseYurophu. Abantu baseSingapore banabantu abaningi: abantu abayizigidi ezinhlanu bahlala endaweni encane yeziqhingi ezingu-63, indawo yonke engamakhilomitha angu-714.3 kuphela. I-Km. Kulezi ziqhingi ezisuka ogwini oluseningizimu ye-Asia, lapho kuhlala khona iSingapore, isimo sezulu sokulinganisa nesimo sokushisa emoyeni (kusho izinga lokushisa lonyaka +27,27 degrees) futhi inani elikhulu lokushisa liyisici.

Njengoba ifanele izwe elinesimo se "dolobha-dolobha", inhloko-dolobha yaseSingapore iyona kuphela idolobha eziqhingini, enye yezinganekwane okuthiwa iNkosana Sang Nila Utama ngokuhlonipha ibhubesi elinobungane elihlangana naye ehlathini. "Singa" ne "pura" ngamagama aseSanskrit ahunyushwe ngokuthi "ingonyama" nelithi "idolobha". Ngokomunye umlando, ukuhlala kuqala lapha kwakhiwe yinkosi evela eSomatra. Wahlatshwa umxhwele yindlovu eyayiphila kulezi zindawo, eyayinhloko yengonyama nomsila wenhlanzi, eyayiyala ngokuhlonipha isidalwa okuthiwa uMerlion sokwakha ithempeli. Izakhamuzi ezihloniphayo iziqhingi zesiqhingi, yingakho zibiza ngokuthi "umuzi wengonyama nethempeli". I-Merlion, ebonisa ubunye bamandla nokungesabi kwengonyama nokuxhuma eduze nolwandle lwezinhlanzi, yaba uphawu lweSingapore. Ngo-1972, isithombe sesidalwa esingengqungquthela , amamitha angu-8 ubude, amasentimitha angu-60 aphezulu, okwakungenye yezinto ezikhangayo ezivela eSingapore , wasungulwa kusuka okhoneni .

Indawo encane lapho iSingapore itholakala khona idonsela izigidi zezivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke. Izivakashi zigijimela ukubona izinto eziningi zendawo yedolobha elidumile: zibeka izakhiwo zamakoloni, amasonto, amakhredithera, iminyuziyamu, izithombe, i-Orchard Road edumile, umgwaqo wezakhiwo, lapho amahhotela aphezulu, amakhonsathi ekhonsathini, izikhungo zokuthenga, ama-nightclub, imigoqo yokudlela nezitolo zokudlela. Nansi ipaki elidala kunazo zonke ezweni - i-Garden Botanical enepaki enhle kakhulu yama-orchids.

Esiqhingini lapho kuhlala khona iSingapore, kukhona abamele abantu abahlukahlukene, yingakho i-ethnic quarters ("i-Little India", "i-Arab Street", i-Chinatown), inesithakazelo esikhulu kubakhenkethi, igcwele zonke izinhlobo zezimangaliso. Ingxenye eyaziwa kakhulu yesithombe sezokuvakasha yedolobha kunezindawo eziningi ezihamba phambili ezinamasiko nezokuzijabulisa, ezemidlalo nezinye izikhungo. Abahambi abawunaki ukunakekelwa kanye nendawo yeJurong ngezinto zayo kanye nechweba elingenalutho, ngaphandle kwalokho okungenakwenzeka ukucabanga eSingapore.

Ukuphumula esiqhingini saseSentosa yiyo yonke imboni, emele inombolo enkulu yamapaki, ezikhangayo nokunye ukuzijabulisa kwabantwana nabantu abadala. Izivakashi eziningi zaseSingapore, zikhathele yizinto ezivezwe yi-capital and Sentosa, zikhetha ukuchitha isikhathi esiqhingini saseBubin. Kulesi sikhala se-oasis, izakhamuzi zilinde amabhishi asezindaweni ezilahlwe ngamasundu nezindawo zokudoba nezindawo zokudlela zokungenisa izihambi, ukukhonza izitsha zokudla zasolwandle.