The Hawaiian Islands consist of 124 small islands and 8 large islands. The crescent island chain with Hawaiian beach scenery as the background is located in the central Pacific Ocean, so it is called "the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean" and "the gateway of the United States to the Asia-Pacific". Its land area is 1664 1 km2. The largest area is Hawaii Island, which consists of five volcanoes, of which Kilauea volcano is the most active volcano in the world. Mauna Loa volcano erupts every few years, and hot magma slowly flows out of the cracks, becoming a great spectacle in Hawaii. Oahu is the third largest island and the capital of Honolulu, the political and cultural center of Hawaii.
Hawaii is located in the tropics, but its climate is mild and pleasant. Its economy is dominated by agriculture, mainly producing sugarcane and pineapple. Fishery is also an important part of the local economy. In recent years, Hawaii's tourism industry has advanced by leaps and bounds, and its tourism revenue has jumped to the top of all industries.
The word "Hawaii" comes from Polynesian. Around the 4th century AD, a group of Polynesians crossed the waves in canoes and settled here. They named the island Hawaii, which means "primitive home". The first European to discover these islands was Juan Gaitano of Spain, and it was the British navigator Captain Cook who really made Hawaii famous in the world. He landed on the Hawaiian Islands in 1778.
Hawaiian Polynesian culture consists of seven different cultural regions: Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, Marquez, Tahiti and Tonga. Papa, the mother of the earth, and Wakaia, the father of the sky, gave birth to a large number of gods with different division of labor, ruling everything in the world. In Hawaii, Pei Lei, the goddess of volcanic eruption, is the most respected, because Polynesia is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, all formed by volcanic eruption, while the active volcano is in the Hawaiian Islands, and Ferrer is a god who truly belongs to the local culture of Hawaii.
Hawaii is one of the most developed tourism industries in the world. However, what attracts tourists is not places of interest, but its unique and beautiful environment and the enthusiasm, friendliness and sincerity of Hawaiians. Hawaii is sunny and the beaches are charming. Under the clear sky, beautiful wilkie beach, parasols like flowers; In the afterglow of the sunset, coconut trees in the banana forest on the shore sing softly for couples; In the moonlight, Polynesians are singing and dancing on straw mats. The sound of flowers and the rhyme of the sea in Hawaii play a beautiful romance for tourists.
Every June, Hawaiians celebrate King Kamehameha Day. There are countless wreaths on the bronze statue of King Kamehameha, which has become a unique landscape, some of which are as long as 5.5 meters.
Most modern volcanic activities in Hawaii occur in Kilauea volcano, which is the second highest auxiliary crater on the side of Mauna Loa Mountain. The crater is about 32 kilometers away from the top of the mountain at an altitude of 4 170 meters. Moku Arbeo crater is183m deep and10.4km2 in area. The most famous eruption feature is the spectacular lava fountain, which throws hot lava into the air as high as 90 meters, and the ejected rock can occasionally reach 503 meters high, which is very spectacular.
The lava leaving the crater is like a crimson river with a temperature of1100℃ ~1200℃. This heat flow flows down the hill. Lava is very mobile, and the flow rate can reach more than 32 kilometers per hour. Everything is burning where lava flows. When lava flows into the sea, it will make an explosion from time to time. Similar volcanic eruptions have brought thrilling excitement to tourists in this tropical paradise.
Hawaiians are simple and hospitable. When the sightseeing boat approached the coast of Hawaii, a large group of enthusiastic Hawaiian girls sailed close to the boat, presented a bunch of colorful wreaths to the tourists and shouted the welcome slogan "Aloha" to fully express their sincere welcome. Aloha is a local language, which is generally interpreted as "welcome, hello", meaning friendship and blessing. Aloha also means "I love you". This wreath is called "Ray". Hawaiians always hold flower rings. When acquaintances meet, they welcome or send guests away, just like when we meet and shake hands. So in Hawaii, you often see people wearing ten or twenty garlands.
When it comes to Hawaii, people think of hula dancing. Legend has it that the first hula dancer was Raqqa. She danced hula to please her Vulcan sister Pellet. Pellet likes this dance very much. She lights up the whole sky with flames. Since then, the hula dance has become a religious dance to pay tribute to God. Now, it has become an entertainment dance accompanied by Creary, and watching hula has become a reserved program for tourists visiting Hawaii.
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