厄瓜多尔是拉丁美洲的一个国家，在西班牙语中，厄瓜多尔系“赤道”之意，因而这个国家被称为“赤道之国”。相传，800多年以前，居于厄瓜多尔的印第安人，根据阳光的投影记录和研究太阳的活动规律，发现了一条阳光照射最多的路线，于是将其命名为“太阳之路”，并在那里建起了 Ecuador is a country in Latin America. In Spanish, Ecuador means “equator.” Therefore, this country is called the “equatorial country.” According to legend, more than 800 years ago, Indians living in Ecuador, according to the projection of sunlight and study the law of the sun’s activity, found a line of sunshine most exposure, so named “the sun” and built there