Sixth grade Chinese "This land is sacred" information

The lesson "This Land is Sacred" was selected into the first volume of the sixth grade of primary school by People's Education Press (Unit 4, lesson 15). The writer is Seattle Eixindel Wulezi Hork (chief Seattle,1786-1866 June 7th), Indian, red. He is the leader of the Indian tribe in Washington state, USA, and he believes in Catholicism. He is willing to establish personal friendship with white immigrants and one of Seattle's founders, David Swainson Maynard. Love nature and advocate the protection of the earth's ecological environment.

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Writing background

In the 1950s, white leaders in Washington, D.C., wanted to buy Indian territory in the northwestern United States. This passage is a letter from the local chief in Seattle to the white people. Let them treat this land well. Later, in memory of him, the land was named Seattle. Chief Seattle (1786-1June 7, 866) is an Indian, yellow race and the oldest resident in the United States. He is a leader of Indian tribes in Washington State, USA, who believes in Catholicism and is willing to establish personal friendship with David Swainson Maynard, a white immigrant and one of the founders of Seattle. According to Maynard's suggestion, Seattle was named after Seattle Chief. Seattle wrote "This Land is Sacred", which was compiled according to the reply of Indian Chief Seattle at that time. Seattle is very friendly to whites, and white residents built a monument on his grave. After the Indian territory in Seattle was forcibly acquired by white people, in order to commemorate this great Indian chief, this land was named after him, which is now Seattle, USA. When the chief of Seattle was forced to leave the land named after him, he said to the white man who drove him to the "reservation": "I will go. But before I go, I have a request to the big leaders in Washington. I ask you to be as kind to the creatures in this land as we are. " Chief Seattle knows very well that how human beings treat the environment and the life in the environment will eventually become their own destiny. He is pleading for all mankind. But before the laws of nature came into effect, the words of Chief Seattle were ignored.

Indian

Indians believe in animism. They respect nature and are in awe of everything in nature. They think Dashan

Is alive, and called these mountains "father". Indians are relatively closed, and even today they don't want strangers to disturb their lives.

Seattle, known as the evergreen city, was built in 1869, which is an incredible city. It has the lowest altitude, but it has ancient glaciers, active volcanoes and peaks covered with snow all year round. Seattle is also a unique city with four distinct seasons: green hills, lakes, harbors and rivers. It is almost impossible to find a second city with mountains and plains like Seattle, whether in the United States or in other parts of the world.

Covered with dense virgin forest. Quiet harbors, rivers, green trees and colorful markets are arranged inside and outside the city. There are dozens of lakes of different sizes in the green hills around the city. The trees are lush, the grass is lush, and even the rain floating around and the wind blowing gently are green. Seattle metropolitan area, with a population of 3.4 million, is located on the Pacific coast in the northwest of the United States. It is located in Jinxian County between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Washington. Seattle is only 174 kilometers north of the US-Canada border, and Vancouver is 240 kilometers. Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific northwest of the United States, the commercial, cultural and high-tech center in the Pacific northwest of the United States, and the main tourist and trade port city that runs through the Pacific Ocean and Scandinavia in Europe. Seattle is surrounded by green mountains and green waters all year round, and not far from the south is the famous Mount Rainier in the United States.

Brief introduction of the author

Indian chief Seattle, (Seattle chief, 1786 turn1866 June 7) Indian, yellow race, the oldest resident in the United States. He is a leader of Indian tribes in Washington State, USA, believes in Catholicism, and is willing to establish personal friendship with David Swainson Maynard, a white immigrant and one of Seattle's founders. According to Maynard's suggestion, Seattle was named after Seattle Chief.

In the 1950s, white leaders in Washington, D.C., wanted to buy Indian territory in the northwestern United States. Seattle wrote "This Land is Sacred", which was compiled according to the reply of Indian Chief Seattle at that time. Seattle is very friendly to whites, and white residents built a monument on his grave. After the Indian territory in Seattle was forcibly acquired by white people, in order to commemorate this great Indian chief, this land was named after him, which is now Seattle (also known as Evergreen City) in the United States.

When the chief of Seattle was forced to leave the land named after him, he said to the white man who drove him to the "reservation": "I will go. But before I go, I have a request to the big leaders in Washington. I ask you to be as kind to the creatures in this land as we are. " Chief Seattle knows very well that how human beings treat the environment and the life in the environment will eventually become their own destiny.