The White House, literally translated as "White House", is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. For the first family member to live in, so the Chinese translation is "White House". Located at No.0/600, Pennsylvania Avenue, downtown Washington, USA. It is a white two-story building with Galeries Lafayette Square in the north and Alice Park in the south, facing the towering Washington Monument.
At present, the part of the White House for tourists to visit is mainly the East Wing of the White House. On the first floor, there are reception rooms for foreign guests, porcelain rooms, treasure rooms and libraries. On the first floor, there are banquet rooms, red rooms, blue rooms, green rooms and east rooms. It is the only official residence of a head of state in the world that is regularly open to the public.
2. The Statue of Liberty (located in new york, USA)
The world-famous Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in new york Harbor, symbolizing the lofty ideal of the American people for freedom.
The Statue of Liberty weighed 450,000 pounds, was 46 meters high and its base was 45 meters high. It was the tallest memorial building in the world at that time. Its full name is "Statue of Liberty National Monument", and its official name is "Statue of Liberty that shines the world". The whole bronze statue takes 120 steel as the skeleton, 80 copper sheets as the outer skin, and 300,000 rivets are assembled and fixed on the bracket, with a total weight of 225. The steel bracket inside the bronze statue was designed and manufactured by architect Jovi Reboduk and French engineer Eiffel, who is famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The goddess, with her lips closed, wearing a radiant crown and an ancient Roman robe, held a torch 12 meters high in her right hand and a stone tablet symbolizing the American Declaration of Independence in her left hand, engraved with the words "1776. 7. 4" as the date of the declaration. The broken chain on the foot symbolizes the overthrow of tyranny. On the pedestal of the granite statue, a famous poem by American poetess Hermana Saroqi is engraved.
3.niagara falls
Indian means "water of Raytheon", which is considered as one of the most spectacular scenery in the world, especially popular with honeymooners. Located on the Niagara River at the junction of Canada and the United States, it is known as one of the seven wonders of the world, and its rich and vast water vapor shocked all tourists.
Niagara river is only 56 kilometers long, connecting Lake Erie at an altitude of 174 meters, and betting on Lake Ontario at an altitude of 75 meters. This drop of 99 meters makes the water flow very fast. In addition, there is a limestone cliff between the two lakes, and niagara river, who is rich in water, passes through it, and suddenly drops sharply, and the water is surging like thunder. Water from the waterfall flows into Lake Ontario from Lake Erie in the high place. The water flows through the sheep island on the cliff of the river bed and is divided into two parts, which flow into the United States and Canada respectively.
4.pearl harbor
Hawaiian aborigines call Pearl Harbor Wai Momi, which means water rich in pearls. Many pearl mussels once lived here. Indigenous people fish and dive here. They believe that Pearl Harbor is a sacred paradise protected by their shark god.
Pearl Harbor is a seaport located in Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in the west of Honolulu, the capital of the state. It is located about 10 km east of Honour Lu Lu badminton. It covers an area of 89 square kilometers. It consists of three bays that go deep into the land like birds' feet, and only one narrow mouth is connected with the ocean; The water depth in the bay is 10-20m, and the navigable waters are 26 square kilometers. The port area is a world-famous natural harbor with good shelter from the wind and great room for manoeuvre. It is named after the waters that once teemed with pearls. 1887, the United States obtained the privilege of establishing coal gas stations and ship repair stations here. 1898 After the United States annexed Hawaii, it began to build a large naval and air base.
1908 began to be used as a deep-water military port, and it is also the headquarters of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet. 194 1 65438+On February 7th, 2008, Pearl Harbor was attacked and bombed by the Japanese army, with heavy casualties, which was called "Pearl Harbor Incident" or "sneak attack on Pearl Harbor" in history. This incident directly led the United States to declare war on Japan and formally joined the Pacific battlefield of World War II. After World War II, large-scale reconstruction and expansion were carried out. There are many deep-water docks in the port area, which can berth giant ships. The nearby naval shipyard has a large dry dock, which can manufacture and repair all kinds of warships. It is the headquarters of the U.S. fleet and the munitions supplier of the Seventh Fleet. Lu Lu badminton International Airport and a military airport are located in the east. There is a highway between Lu Lu badminton and Honu. The film Pearl Harbor was shot in this background.
5. battleship Missouri memorial hall
1945 On September 2nd, General MacArthur accepted Japan's unconditional surrender on the surrender deck of the battleship Missouri Memorial Hall, ending the Second World War. Now, this huge warship ("Mo") is located among the historic warships in Pearl Harbor. As a real and vivid living museum, the exhibits cover three world wars and fifty years of service. The warship deck, weighing 60,000 tons, is equivalent to three football fields in length and * * * 20 stories high. Standing on the surrender deck, I saw the document that ended the war with my own eyes. Walk around and explore special restricted areas. You don't want to miss the most amazing feature of this warship: the towering 16-inch (about 40 cm) caliber cannon can fire 2700 pounds of shells 23 miles (about 37 kilometers).
6. friel Art Museum
Freer Art Museum is famous for its rare East Asian cultural relics, among which China and Japan have the largest collections. Flier, the founder of the Art Museum, was fascinated by the charming and distant culture of China, so he obtained many ancient treasures of China through various channels. There are nearly 30,000 cultural relics here, and the number of ancient paintings in China has reached 1200, which is the highest in the United States.
The most worth seeing in the museum are the bronzes of Shang and Zhou Dynasties in China and the peerless jades of Liangzhu culture. Shang and Zhou bronzes and Liangzhu jades are one of the most influential cultural heritages in China's ancient civilization. In addition, there is a fairly complete sketch of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Luo Shen Fu Tu", which is one of the nine volumes of "Luo Shen Fu Tu". Others are scattered in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the British Museum and the Liaoning Museum. These Millennium treasures are now properly placed in the friel Art Museum, waiting for the kind tourists from China to visit.