Brazil, located in Latin America, is one of the countries farthest from China. Some people say that drilling a hole from the center of the earth will lead to Brazil. So, the season in Brazil is just the opposite of ours. We are now in winter, and the early summer in Brazil is coming. It's 8 o'clock in the evening and 8 o'clock in the morning in Brazil. If we fly from Beijing to Brazil, it will take one day and one night. Therefore, we need to change planes halfway. Brazil's territory is also very large, more than 8.5 million square kilometers, less than China's 165438+ 10,000. However, Brazil's arable land area is three times that of China, with more than 300 million hectares. Brazil's virgin forest covers an area of 4.5 million square kilometers. Therefore, Brazil is a country with extremely rich natural resources. It is universally acknowledged that "Brazil is a big country with potential", and its national economy ranks 10th in the world, second only to the Western Group of Seven, China and Russia. Five hundred years ago, the Portuguese discovered Brazil. After 300 years of Portuguese rule, a large number of mahogany originally used by Portuguese in Brazil was transported to Europe. Therefore, the name of Brazil means "mahogany". Since then, the Portuguese have found that Brazil is very suitable for growing coffee and sugar cane. As a result, Brazil has become the world's largest producer of coffee and sugar cane, and has maintained it until now. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, the British brought football to Brazil. So Brazilian football is also world-famous. Perhaps many people still don't know that Brazil is the second country in the world to issue stamps, second only to Britain.
Racial discrimination still exists in Brazil, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects: the income of blacks and mixed-race children is lower than that of whites, their social status is lower than that of whites, and their education level is lower than that of whites; But there is no racial conflict in Brazil, and immigrants from all countries can live in harmony. There has never been a large-scale conflict against immigrants like Indonesia or Europe. Therefore, Brazil is called the national melting pot, and intermarriage between immigrants is very common.
There are about 250,000 overseas Chinese in Brazil, mainly in Sao Paulo. Overseas Chinese generally go through several processes when they immigrate to Brazil. 18 10, the first batch of China people went to Brazil to grow tea. From 1950s to 1960s, there were more immigrants from Hong Kong and Guangdong to Brazil. After 1980s, immigrants from Taiwan Province Province and Chinese mainland increased. China people are mainly engaged in catering industry.
Brazil's food representatives are mainly barbecue and boiled bean rice. Barbecue is a feature of southern cuisine. There are large pastures and many cows in the south, so it is common to eat barbecue, and there are barbecue parties every weekend. Boiled bean rice used to be eaten by slaves. It is made of pigs, cows and beans. It is said that it is the staple food of slaves because of its high calorie and hunger tolerance. Now there are all kinds of delicious meat, the taste is not what it used to be, and it tastes much better. Cooked bean rice is served in restaurants all over the country. Unmarried cohabitation is very common in Brazil because Brazilian law stipulates that a person can only get married twice in his life, and divorce is not allowed after the third marriage. Therefore, many people are separated, leading to an increase in cohabitation.
Brazilians believe that church marriage is the noblest. As long as families with status hold weddings in the church, the wedding is quite grand. When exchanging wedding rings in front of the priest, everyone should drink champagne with the guests.
The most important festival in Brazil is Christmas.
Brazilians are usually accompanied by old ladies, followed by children's care, and fewer people go to nursing homes; Most people who go to nursing homes are lonely old people without children. Brazil has paid a pension, which is generally enough.
If you travel to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is one of the top ten tourist cities in the world, where there are endless beaches, flat beaches, virgin forests and lakes. It is said that it is rare for a modern city like Rio de Janeiro to combine the sea, mountains and lakes. Followed by Black Gold City, olinda and Brasilia, which are three cities with world cultural heritage. In the past two years, the city was the representative of the ancient city of Brazil, Brasilia was a modern city with unified planning, and there were many ancient churches in El Salvador, which were worth seeing. You can also visit the Amazon River in northern Brazil. In western Brazil, there are the world's largest waterfall, Iguazu Falls, and the world's largest wetland, Pantanal. These are world-famous places.