INFO:The Merlion [simplified Chinese: 鱼尾狮; pinyin: Yúwěishī; Tamil: கடல்சிங்கம்] is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temasek — meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" in Sanskrit and Malay.

The original Merlion statue used to stand at the mouth of the Singapore River, at the tip of the current The Fullerton Waterboat House Garden with Anderson Bridge as its background. The completion of the Esplanade Bridge, in 1997, blocked the views of the Merlion from the Marina Bay waterfront. By then, the original Merlion location was also no longer the entrance of Singapore River. So, in 2002, the statue and its cub were relocated 120 metres to the current Merlion Park that fronts Marina Bay where it stands on a newly-reclaimed promontory in front of The Fullerton Hotel.

There are three renditions of the Merlion; one seen here at the Merlion Park, one in Sentosa used for laser lightshows and finally one located at the peak of Mount Faber.

**Shot alongside Lance Lee
and fellow photographers from Objectifs

*Under copyright laws similar to the one for the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; this image of the Merlion is prohibited to be sold unless
granted by the Singapore Tourism Board. Therefore I will NOT be adding
this image to my Prints Gallery.


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