1. Marco Polo once called "Sri Lanka" the most beautiful island, and China had trade with Sri Lanka in ancient times, Sri Lanka was called "Lion Country" by the ancients in ancient times, and the monk Faxian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty once promoted cultural exchanges between the two countries.
Later, Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty also visited Sri Lanka and led to economic and cultural development and exchanges.
2. Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation belonging to the Indian Ocean.
3. If you go to Sri Lanka, remember not to say that the local nationals are "black", although some Sri Lankan nationals do look black, but they are very concerned about this, and in the Sri Lankan aesthetic, white is equal to beautiful.
So if you say that people are black, it is equivalent to scolding people for being ugly, and people are of course not happy.
4. For sri lanka's welfare system, their public hospitals do not charge any fees, and the cost of students attending school in Sri Lanka is free, and the school will also provide free lunch and uniform clothing, from school uniforms to shoes and socks are distributed free of charge by the school.
5. In Sri Lanka if you want to be sure of something and the Sri Lankans shake their heads at you, this does not mean opposition, in our country nod is ok and shaking the head is uncertain, but in Sri Lanka, shaking the head left and right means affirming what you mean, and nodding is opposing.
So if you go to Sri Lanka, you must remember this, otherwise you may have to take a lot of detours.
6. In Sri Lanka, if a person can eat three meals a day and occasionally go to a restaurant, then this person is a rich person in the eyes of others.
7. Sri Lanka is an island country, the country's land area is less than 70,000 square kilometers, and among the many island countries in the world, Sri Lanka's population can be said to be among the highest, as of the 2018 survey, Sri Lanka has a population of more than 20 million.
Every country has a capital, and the capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo, whose population has reached more than two million since 2010, almost one-tenth of the country's population.
8. The University of Colombo is the oldest university in Sri Lanka, the school was founded in 1921, and the most surprising thing is that the university was originally a place to spread cultural teachings, while the University of Colombo has established a playground and an art theater on campus.
The philosophy of the University of Colombo is to establish a "world-class urban university of appearance and taste", with a total of seven faculties and more than 40 majors, of which art, science and medicine are the ace majors of the University of Colombo.
9. Chinese is very popular in Sri Lanka, and not only are chinese people welcomed in Sri Lanka, but our country's food culture is more sought after in Sri Lanka.
In addition to our ingredients and practices that make them feel magical, the taste is also very much in line with the tastes of Sri Lankans.
And in the eyes of Sri Lankans, our country is a developed country that is very friendly to other countries, and although we are called "yellow people", in the eyes of Sri Lankans Chinese belong to white people, and white people represent beautiful and beautiful in their eyes.
10. The common currency of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan ruble, and like our country Sri Lanka is also issued by their central bank, but our country only has six amounts of banknotes, and in Sri Lanka there are nine amounts of banknotes.
The sums of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 rubles, respectively, according to the average exchange rate for the whole year of 2020, 1 Sri Lankan ruble is equal to about 0.032 yuan, in other words, 1 yuan is about equal to 31 Sri Lankan rubles.
11. The national flower of Sri Lanka is the lotus flower, there are a total of 74 different lotus flowers in the whole territory of Sri Lanka, in Sri Lankan literature the lotus represents purity and truth, basically every park and attraction in Sri Lanka is planted with lotus flowers.
12. Sri Lanka is rich in mineral resources, with which Sri Lanka is also known as the "Gem Country" by many people, because Sri Lanka is rich in all kinds of gemstones, Sri Lanka is the main supplier of sapphire, ruby, amethyst and moonstone.
The most high-profile pink-orange sapphire in recent years is also produced in Sri Lanka, and the world's largest sapphire, the "Adam Star", which weighs 1404 carats and was acquired by a wealthy merchant in 2016 for $175 million.