美丽的“冰雪之国”——芬兰

Beautiful "World of Ice and Snow"

芬兰东临俄罗斯,西与瑞典接壤,北端被从最西边弯过来的一块挪威领土所包围。与其他几个北欧国家一样,芬兰国土也是南北方向的长条形状。芬兰国旗是白底加蓝色十字。有关的解释是:白色底子象征白雪覆盖的国土,全国四分之一左右的面积在北极圈内,常年白雪皑皑,是一个地道的冰雪之国。而蓝色则象征遍布国土达六万之多的湖泊。关于十字,包括芬兰在内的北欧五国:芬兰、瑞典、丹麦、挪威和冰岛,国旗式样基本相同,除去颜色略有差别,都在偏左部位标着十字。国旗上的十字,与这些国家的历史、民族、信仰等等原因有关,也有着神授的传说,但说起基本原因来,就是基督教色彩的广泛影响。

Finland is close to Russia in its east and adhere to Sweden in its west and its north is surrounded by Norway’s territory. Like other countries, territory of Finland is like south-to-north strip shape. National flag of Finland is a cross in blue and white. It can be explained as: the white color means snow-covered territory, as one-fourth territory of Finland is in Arctic Circle and is covered by snow, so Finland is a true world of Ice and Snow. The blue means over 60,000 lakes spotted in whole country. And the cross: it is said that five northern European countries: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland have the similar national flag style and cross in left part of flag. All these is related to history, ethics and belief or legend of god. But if We talk about the reason, that is the wide effect of religion.