The Origin and Legend of Sinhalese Language

According to legend, the King of Vanga (now Bangladesh) was very happy and named Susima. The fortune teller said that the future spouse of the little princess must be a lion. The king couldn't bear to let his daughter suffer such bad luck, so he shut her up in the attic of the palace. Time urges Susima to grow up day by day. She is determined to break through this endless loneliness. One night, in the moonlight, she slipped out of the palace and went to a place called Lazar. At dawn, she met a caravan and walked together. Suddenly, a lion appeared in the forest to block the way, and the businessmen saw that the situation was not good and fled. Su Sima has never seen the outside world, and she seems unusually calm at this time. With some curiosity, he approached it slowly and stroked it gently. The lion relented, moved and carefully carried Susima back to his cave. The princess fell in love with the lion and gave birth to twins. The son is named Sinhabahu, which means the arm of a lion, and the daughter is named Sinhasivali, which means the beauty of a lion.

After Simbahu was sensible, he was ashamed of having a lion father and begged his mother to leave him many times, but he was flatly rejected. In desperation, Simba Hu shouldered his mother and dragged his sister back to the Vatican.

The lion was very worried when he saw his wife and children. He was so confused that he became bestial and disturbed the quiet village nearby. When the king heard the news, he ordered the pest to be caught. Despite his mother's repeated discouragement, Simbahu went directly to the palace to volunteer. The king promised, "If you get rid of this savage lion, I will give it to you.".

Simbahu walked to the Lion Cave. The grieving father lion was surprised to see his son who had not seen him for many days. Just as he was about to embrace with open arms, Simbahu's sharp arrow hit his throat, and the lion fell to the ground and died. When the good news came, Van Gogh's city was full of joy. At this time, Brahma also died. The subjects elected Simbahu as the new king. However, Simba Hu understands that killing his biological father has violated the law and can never take up this position. So he returned to Laha with his sister, established his own independent kingdom, named his sister Queen, and took Sinha as its capital. They gave birth to 32 children and made their eldest son Vijaya a prince. However, the prince was bossy and evil, which aroused public anger. The king repeatedly warned to no avail, so he had to order him and his 700 followers to be put on a big ship and exiled overseas.

After many days of drifting, they landed on Sri Lanka Island on the night of Sakyamuni's death. Because the island is red soil, their hands were covered with red mud when they landed. That's why I call this island Tambapannni, which is copper land.

Vijaya married Kuvini, the daughter of the leader of the indigenous hag tribe on the island. With the help of Kuvini, she defeated the hag tribe and the Naga tribe, occupied the whole island and became the king of this country. Due to racial prejudice, Vijaya's subjects refused to recognize Cuvini's status as queen. Vijaya abandoned Kuvini and their children and sent envoys to India's Moduro country to get married. King Moduro readily agreed to send a princess and 700 maids to Lanka to marry Vijaya and his 700 followers. Their descendants are the Sinhalese, the main ethnic group in Sri Lanka. Sinha means lion, and la means killing. Sinhala is a lion killer. Sinhale is the Chinese transliteration of Sinhale, but it has been translated into Sinhale since the Tang Dynasty in our country, and it has become a convention over time.