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HollandHello! Every one，today we will introduce a country named Holland.1 the complete name of Holland is The Kingdom of the Netherlands.Holland is a name in common usage(惯例）given to two regions（地区）in the western part of the Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often used to refer to the whole of the Netherlands, although this is not normally correct.. Holland is a developed country .LocationHolland is in the west of Europe. Today, the former County of Holland consists of the two Dutch provinces . The capital of Holland is Amsterdam, but the government and international court is in the Hague.Area:5,488 square kilometresPopulation:about6.1millionDensity(密度）:1105.22/km2Office Language:Dutch(mainly dialects in Holland)GeographyHolland is situated in the west of the Netherlands. A maritime(海的) water-oriented region, Holland lies on the North Sea at the mouths of the Rhine（莱茵河）. It has numerous rivers and lakes and an extensive island canal（运河）and waterway system.National flag•Color•Red: represents revolution victory .•White: signifies freedom, equality, democracy, also represent the people's honest personalities.•Blue: is a symbol of happiness of the peopleNational anthemNational anthem: The Dutch National anthem is ‘Het Wilhelmus’,. The anthem is still played at official occasions, but most Dutch people will mainly recognise it because it is played during international football competitionsNational bird:spoonbill(琵鹭）Spoonbill is a kind of migratory birds(候鸟） . Most kinds of feathers are white, and sometimes with rosy（玫红色economy• a politically stable country with a sound of financial policy•one of the world’s top 5 biggest exporters•Three quarters of the professional population work in the tertiary sector • a big exporter of agricultural and horticultural productsSome big Dutch companies•Shell(壳牌公司)•Unilever联合利华，，•Akzo Nobel阿克苏诺贝尔•Philips飞利浦•Artists•Van Gogh•Piet Cornelies Mondrian•Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn•Architectural•Van Gogh committed suicide only 37 years old, as an artist until his death shortly before he shocked the people and imaginative paintings won critical praise.•Factions: Impressionist, performance camp•Festures:Choi contrast Juezhu the audience all of a sudden heart of the strokes short and stout, the formation of a rhythm. Color on the screen like a mosaic of precious stones, glittering•Masterpieces: “People eat potato,"Night Coffee"“Sunflowers""starry night""self-portrait."The Van Gogh Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ɣɔx myˈzeɪʏm]) is an art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dedicated to the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. The museum had 1,600,300 visitors in 2011. It is the most visited museum in the Netherlands and the 23rd most visited art museum worldwide.Piet Cornelies Mondrian Works by his contemporariesVincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers (1888) by Paul GauguinThe museum also features notable art works by Van Gogh's contemporaries in the Impressionist and post-Impressionist movements and holds extensive exhibitions on various subjects from 19th Century art history.[28]The museum has sculptures by Auguste Rodin and Jules Dalou, and paintings by Émile Bernard, Maurice Denis, Kees van Dongen, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, and Henri de Toulouse-LautrecThe re was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors•Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden AgeArchitectureIn other countries, the active days of commerce are over, the merchants come no more, and the streets and waterways are quiet. But all Dutch towns having any pretension to age possess, to a wonderful degree, what may be termed an old-world atmosphere.four treasures of Neitherlands••Food•The Dutch generally eat three meals a day. Dinner (around 6 pm) is the main meal for most people, but some rural families and older people retain the tradition of eating the main mean at midday. For them, the evening meal is light and often consists of bread, cold cuts, cheese and salad.•The traditional food of HollandErwtensoepthick soup with potato, Dry Meat Sausage and beans•Stamppot (eng. "mash pot") is a traditional Dutch dish made from a combination of potatoes mashed with one or several other vegetables and meatJenever(琴酒)Gins originated in the Netherlands in the 17th century. It is a common misconception that the word gin derives from the Swiss city, Geneva. In fact, the word gin derives from the French word for juniper— genévrier — which is the fruit that flavours the drink.The animal in HollandThe guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also commonly called the Cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not pigs, nor do they come from Guinea. They originated in the AndesIn Western societies, the guinea pig has enjoyed widespread popularity as a household pet since its introduction by European traders in the 16th century. Their docile nature, their responsiveness to handling and feeding, and the relative ease of caring for them, continue to make the guinea pig a popular pet.。