Merlion (Merlion) is not an actual animal, but an imaginary animal with the body of a fish and the head of a lion. It is designed by Lin langxin, a Singaporean Chinese, as a tourist symbol. It is a famous water sculpture in the center of Singapore.
Designed by van cleef aquarium curator brenner in 1964, the Singapore tourism board registered the merlion as its trademark in 1966, and in 1971 commissioned the famous sculptor Lin langxin to shape a lion head, fish body, tail sculpture. Like eight point four meters high, the head of the lion is two point three meters long, a little seven meters wide, the body weight of 40 tons. The sculpture is located in merlion park in Singapore.
The design of the merlion lion head was inspired by the Malay chronicle, which records that a prince from the \"trifochi kingdom\" named saint Nero udama came to Singapore in the 14th century on his way to malacca. As soon as he landed, he saw a magical beast. The squire told him it was a lion. So he named the island \"Singapore\", in
SanskritIn the\"
Lion city\"And the tail of the fish symbolizes that the sea is very beautiful.
Singapore's sentosa development authority announced at a press conference on September 20, 2019 that it will redevelop the tourist resort of sentosa island and the nearby island of belani, and will demolish the island's iconic merlion to make way for the new plan.
The last Open Day for the island's merlion will be on October 20 this year, after which it will be demolished to make way for new projects, the sentosa development authority has also announced.