位于菲律宾最大的岛屿吕宋岛中部的马尼拉市是菲律宾的首都,是一座城市格局新旧交错,东西方文化并存、交融的城市,它的名字据说源自一种生长在帕西河畔的长着白色花朵的湿地树尼拉特。当那些白色的花朵盛开时,它们就像一只只亮晶晶的眼睛,于是有人说得名于此的马尼拉市就是一只美丽少女的明眸。最早来到这片土地的欧洲人是西班牙人麦哲伦及 Manila, the largest island in the Philippines and the capital of central Luzon, is the capital of the Philippines. It is a city with old and new urban patterns and a mixture of East and West cultures. Its name is said to have originated from a white-colored The flower of the wet tree Nilat. When the white flowers bloom, they are like a sparkling eye, so some people say that the city of Manila is the name of a beautiful girl’s bright eyes. The earliest Europeans to come to this land are Spanish Magellan and