旅游景点英文介绍 内乡县衙旅游词

第一篇：旅游景点英文介绍 内乡县衙旅游词

Introduction to the Neixiang Ancient County Government Office

The Neixiang Ancient County Government Office is the most intact one at present among the ancient government offices in feudal China.It was built in the 8th year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty(1304).The existing buildings were built in the 20th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty(1894).Since the opening to the world in 1984, it has attracted many visitors from home and abroad with its special history, science, art value and charm.And it wins the honor in the saying:“The head of the dragon is in Beijing and the tail in Neixiang.”The State Council proclaimed it to be a national specially-protected important relic in Nov.1996.The screen Wall is the first building of the office complex;it is composed of blue brick sculptures.The strange kylin-like beast at the center of the Screen Wall is a legendary greedy animal.It could eat many treasures.In the picture, it does not seem to be satisfied with treasures under its feet and around it, and still opens its mouth to swallow the sun.As a result of punishment, it falls down a cliff and broke to pieces.The Screen Wall was made to warn the officials against bribery and breaking the law by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.Facing the wall, there is an honorific arch called “Xuanhua Archway”.On the lunar 1st and 15th day of every month, the country magistrate propagated the imperial words and taught the countrymen here.The gate has three rooms with a passway in the middle.A drum for voicing grievances stands in the east room.This gate is the first gate for doorkeeper to announce the night watch and guard the comers and goers.Entering the gate, we can see the Yinbin House, the Yashen Hall and Sanban Yard on the east;on the west are the board house and prison built in the Qing Dynasty, which is only one remaining in China.The Ceremony Gate, the second gate, stands in the middle of the 100-meter passway from the gate to the hall.The middle door was only opened on the first day when new officials assumed their office or the higher officials came.People would

come and go through the small door on the east side, the“living gate”.The west one, called the “death gate”, was for the criminals sentenced to death.Through the Ceremony Gate, the grand building before us is the governmental hall.And Li, Hu, Li houses are on the east side of the west side.These six houses are administrative offices at that time.The county magistrate’s office stands in the east of the hall, Zhubu’s in the west.The county magistrate issued orders, held some important ceremonies and heard cases in this hall.The doorkeeper’s room stands behind the hall.In fact, He was the only person between the government and the common people.Whatever the common people have problems with law, they firstly asked the doorkeeper for help.Some doorkeepers often asked for money for their service, so the doorkeeper means the short way to success.There is a screen door behind the doorkeeper’s room from which we can enter the second hall.The second hall is also the Qinzhi Hall.It says that Qin Zijian often played the strings, but he governed Shanfu County well with ease.Some local officials named the second hall as Qinzhi hall in order to match their own talents and abilities with those of Qin Zijian.Here is the Fuzi Yard, a place for the head’s private advisers.They helped to govern the county and kept a close and equal relationship with the head.People including the head called them Laofuzi respectfully.So their office was called Fuzi Yard.The third hall is the office for the head, and secret affairs also took place here.The hall has two side yards.The left one is the Donghuating Yard, and the right one is the Xinhuating Yard.They were the living places for the head and his families.The garden behind the hall was for the head to have fun or escape from some boring affairs.All horizontal inscribed boards and post-couplets of the buildings are famous with their conciseness and deep meaning.The most famous one is “no honor for being an official, no disgrace for losing the position;don’t say an official useless, the local depends on him;food from the common, clothes by the common, don't think the common can be cheated, you are also a common”.It was written by Gao Yiyong, the

head of the county, in the 19th year of the Emperor Kangxi.As a local official, the writer regarded himself as an equal to the common and took the common as the parents of food and clothing.Once Jiang Zemin noticed the couplets in a report from the Nan Yang city and asked the General Office of the Central Committee to trace their origin.In the new century, the Neixiang Ancient Official Residence has won great fame outside Henan Province.Together with the Imperial Palace in Beijing, the Governor Bureau of Zhili in Baoding, and Huozhou bureau in Shanxi Province, the international route of the Four Ancient Government Offices of China will be introduced to the world.We believe that the world will know Neixiang County better.

第二篇：西安旅游景点英文介绍

西安旅游景点英文介绍

大雁塔 Great Wild Goose Pagoda

小雁塔 Small Wild Goose Pagoda

秦始皇兵马俑博物馆

Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang’s Tomb Figures of Soldiers and Horses

秦始皇陵 The Tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang

黄帝陵 The Huangdi Tomb

鼓 楼 The Drum Tower

钟 楼 The Bell Tower

西安城墙 The Xi’an Circumvallation

华清池 The Huaqing Pond

乾 陵 The Qian Tomb

法门寺 The Famen Temple

黄河壶口瀑布 The Huanghe Hukou Waterfall

大唐芙蓉园 Lotus palace of Tang Dynasty

秦始皇陵兵马俑英文导游辞

Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum and the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum Emperor Qin Shihuang(259-210B.C.)had Ying as his surname and Zheng as his given name.He name to the throne of the Qin at age 13, and took the helm of the state at age of 22.By 221 B.C., he had annexed the six rival principalities of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei, and established the first feudal empire in China's history.In the year 221 B.C., when he unified the whole country, Ying Zheng styled himself emperor.He named himself Shihuang Di, the first emperor in the hope that his later generations be the second, the third even the one hundredth and thousandth emperors in proper order to carry on the hereditary system.Since then, the supreme feudal rulers of China's dynasties had continued to call themselves Huang Di, the emperor.After he had annexed the other six states, Emperor Qin Shihuang abolished the enfeoffment system and adopted the prefecture and county system.He standardized legal codes, written language, track, currencies, weights and measures.To protect against harassment by the Hun aristocrats.Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the Great Wall be built.All these measures played an active role in eliminating the cause of the state of separation and division and strengthening the unification of the whole country as well as promotion the development of economy and culture.They had a great and deep influence upon China's 2,000 year old feudal society.Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the books of various schools burned except those of the Qin dynasty's history and culture, divination and medicines in an attempt to push his feudal autocracy in the ideological field.As a result, China's ancient classics had been devastated and destroy.Moreover, he once ordered 460 scholars be buried alive.Those events were later called in history “the burning of books and the burying of Confucian scholars.”

Emperor Qin Shihuang, for his own pleasure, conscribed several hundred thousand convicts and went in for large-scale construction and had over seven hundred palaces built in the Guanzhong Plain.These palaces stretched several hundred li and he sought pleasure from one palace to the other.Often nobody knew where he ranging treasures inside the tomb, were enclosed alive.Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum has not yet been excavated.What looks like inside could only be known when it is opened.However, the three pits of the terra-cotta warrior excavated outside the east gate of the outer enclosure of the necropolis can make one imagine how magnificent and luxurious the structure of Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum was.No.1 Pit was stumbled upon in March 1974 when villagers of Xiyang Village of Yanzhai township, Lintong County, sank a well 1.5km east of the mausoleum.In 1976, No.2 and 3 Pits were found 20m north of No.1 Pit respectively after the drilling survey.The terra-cotta warriors and horses are arrayed according to the Qin dynasty battle formation, symbolizing the troops keeping vigil beside the mausoleum.This discovery aroused much interest both at home and abroad.In 1975, a museum, housing the site of No.1 and covering an area of 16,300 square meters was built with the permission of the State Council.The museum was formally opened to public on Oct.1, the National Day, 1979.No.1 Pit is 230 meters long from east to west, 62m wide from north to south and 5m deep, covering a total area of 14,260 square meters.It is an earth-and-wood structure in the shape of a tunnel.There are five sloping entrances on the eastern and western sides of the pit respectively.The pit is divided into eleven corridors by ten earthen partition walls, and the floors are paved with bricks.Thick rafters were placed onto the walls(but now one can only see their remains), which were covered with mats and then fine soil and earth.The battle formation of the Qin dynasty, facing east.In the east end are arrayed three lines of terra-cotta warriors, 70 pieces in each, totaling 210 pieces.They are supposed to be the van of the formation.Immediately behind them are 38 columns of infantrymen alternating with war chariots in the corridors, each being 180m long.They are probably the main body of the formation.There is one line of warriors in the left, right and west ends respectively, facing outwards.They are probably the flanks and the rear.There are altogether 27 trial trench, it is assumed that more than 6,000 clay warriors and horses could be unearthed from No.1 Pit.No.2 Pit sis about half the size of No.1 Pit, covering about 6,000 square meters Trail diggings show this is a composite formation of infantry, cavalry and chariot soldiers, from which roughly over 1,000 clay warriors, and 500 chariots and saddled horses could be unearthed.The 2,000-year-old wooden chariots are already rotten.But their shafts, cross yokes, and wheels, etc.left clear impressions on the earth bed.The copper parts of the chariots still remain.Each chariot is pulled by four horses which are one and half meters high and two metres long.According to textual research, these clay horses were sculptures after the breed in the area of Hexi Corridor.The horses for the cavalrymen were already saddled, but with no stirrups.No.3 Pit covers an area of 520m2 with only four horses, one chariot and 68 warriors, supposed to be the command post of the battle formation.Now, No.2 and 3 Pits have been refilled, but visitors can see some clay figures and weapons displayed in the exhibition halls in the museum that had been unearthed from these two pits.The floors of both No.1 and 2 Pits were covered with a layer of silt of 15 to 20cm thick.In these pits, one can see traces of burnt beams everywhere, some relics which were mostly broken.Analysis shows that the pits were burned down by Xiang Yu, leader of a peasant army.All of the clay warriors in the three pits held real weapons in their hands and face east, showing Emperor Qin Shihuang's strong determination of wiping out the six states and unifying the whole country.The height of the terra-cotta warriors varies from 1.78m, the shortest, to 1.97m, the tallest.They look healthy and strong and have different facial expressions.Probably they were sculpted by craftsmen according to real soldiers of the Qin dynasty.They organically combined the skills of round engraving, bas-relief and linear engraving, and utilized the six traditional folk crafts of sculpturing, such as hand-moulding, sticking, cutting, painting and so on.The clay models were then put in kilns, baked and colour-painted.As the terra-cotta figures have been burnt and have gone through the natural process of decay, we can't see their original gorgeous colours.However, most of the terra-cotta figures bear the trace of the original colours, and few of them are still as bright as new.They are found to be painted by mineral dyestuffs of vermilion, bright red, pink dark green, powder green, purple, blue, orange, black and white colours.Thousands of real weapons were unearthed from these terra-cotta army pits, including broad knives, swords, spears, dagger-axes, halberds, bows, crossbows and arrowheads.These weapons were exquisitely made.Some of themes are still very sharp;analyses show that they are made of alloys of copper and tin, containing more than ten kinds of other metals.Since their surfaces were treated with chromium, they are as bright as new, though buried underground for more than 2,000 years.This indicates that Qin dynasty's metallurgical technology and weapon-manufacturing technique already reached quite a high level.In December 1980, two teams of large painted bronze chariots and horses were unearthed 20 metres west of the mound of Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.These single shaft four-horse chariots each comprises 3,462 spare parts, and has a body with two compartments, one behind the other, and an elliptical umbrella like canopy.The four horses harnessed to the chariot are 65-67 centimeters tall.The restored bronze chariots and horses are exact imitations of true chariot, horse and driver in half life-size.The chariots and horses are decorated with coloured drawings against white background.They have been fitted with more than 1,500 pieces of gold and silvers and decorations, looking luxurious, splendid and graceful.Probably they were meant for the use of Emperor Qin Shihuang's soul to go on inspection.The bronze chariots and horses were made by lost wax casting, which shows a high level of technology.For instance, the tortoise-shell-like canopy is about 4mm thick, and the window is only 1mm thick on which are many small holes for ventilation.According to a preliminary study, the technology of manufacturing the bronze chariots and horses has involved casting, welding, reveting, inlaying embedding and chiseling.The excavation of the bronze chariots and horses provides extremely valuable material and data for the textual research of the metallurgical technique, the mechanism of the chariot and technological modeling of the Qin dynasty.No.2 bronze chariot and horses now on display were found broken into 1,555 pieces when excavated.After two-and-half years' careful and painstaking restoration by archaeologists and various specialists, they were formally exhibited in the museum on October 1, 1983.No.1 bronze chariot hand horses are on display from 1988.大雁塔英文导游词

As the symbol of the old-line Xian, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.It is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers(2.49 miles)from the downtown of the city.Standing in the Da Ci'en Temple complex, it attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in front of the temple.It is rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve as well as an AAAA Tourist Attraction.This attraction can be divided into three parts: the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Da Ci'en Temple, and the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Originally built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty(618-907), it functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang.Xuanzang started off from Chang'an(the ancient Xian), along the Silk Road and through deserts, finally arriving in India, the cradle of Buddhism.Enduring 17 years and traversing 100 countries, he obtained Buddha figures, 657 kinds of sutras, and several Buddha relics.Having gotten the permission of Emperor Gaozong(628-683), Xuanzang, as the first abbot of Da Ci'en Temple, supervised the building of a pagoda inside it.With the support of royalty, he asked 50 hierarchs into the temple to translate Sanskrit in sutras into Chinese, totaling 1,335 volumes, which heralded a new era in the history of translation.Based on the journey to India, he also wrote a book entitled 'Pilgrimage to the West' in the Tang Dynasty, to which scholars attached great importance.First built to a height of 60 meters(197 feet)with five stories, it is now 64.5 meters(211.6 feet)high with an additional two stories.It was said that after that addition came the saying-'Saving a life exceeds building a seven-storied pagoda'.Externally it looks like a square cone, simple but grand and it is a masterpiece of Buddhist construction.Built of brick, its structure is very firm.Inside the pagoda, stairs twist up so that visitors can climb and overlook the panorama of Xian City from the arch-shaped doors on four sides of each storey.On the walls are engraved fine statues of Buddha by the renowned artist Yan Liben of the Tang Dynasty.Steles by noted calligraphers also grace the pagoda.As for the reason why it is called Big Wild Goose Pagoda, there is a legend.According to ancient stories of Buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a taboo.One day, they couldn't find meat to buy.Upon seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: 'Today we have no meat.I hope the merciful Bodhisattva will give us some.' At that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the ground.All the monks were startled and believed that Bodhisattva showed his spirit to order them to be more pious.They established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopped eating meat.Hence it got the name 'Big Wild Goose Pagoda'.Da Ci'en Temple

Da Ci'en Temple is the home of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.In 648, to commemorate the dead virtuous queen, royalty ordered the building of a temple named 'Ci'en'(Mercy and Kindness), for which the status and scale far exceeded all others.Today, with an area of 32,314 square meters(38,648.5 square yards), one seventh of the original area, it still retains its grandeur.Before the temple, there stands a statue of hierarch Xuanzang, the meritorious hierarch.Walking on and across a small bridge, visitors will see the gates of the temple.With guarding lions, the temple seems stately for lions were said to function as talismans.Entering the temple you will see two buildings-Bell Tower in the east and Drum Tower in the west.Inside the Bell Tower hangs an iron bell 15 tons(14.76 gross tons)in weight.It was molded in 1548 in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).Along the central axis are arranged the Hall of Mahavira, Sermon Hall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the Hall of Xuanzang Sanzang.In the Hall of Mahavira are three carved statues of Sakyamuni, and 18 arhats as well as Xuanzang.The Sermon Hall is where Buddhist disciples would listen to a sermon.A bronze statue of Amitabha is dedicated and a Buddha statue is collected by Xuanzang as oblation.The Hall of Xuanzang Sanzang is north of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.In this hall are Xuanzang's relic and a bronze statue of a seated Xuanzang.The inner wall is chiseled with murals depicting this hierarch's story.Renowned as the contemporary Dunhuang Buddhist storehouse praised by UNESCO, it is the biggest memorial of Xuanzang.North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Surrounding Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the scenery is also quite charming, especially the square north of the Da Ci'en Temple.Covering about 110,000 square meters(131563 square yards)plus 20,000 square meters(23920.6 square yards)of water area, it holds many records: in Asia, it is the biggest Tang-culture square, the biggest fountain and waterscape square, and the largest-scale sculptures area.In the world, it has the most benches, the longest light-belt, and the largest-scale acoustic complex.The entire square is composed of waterscape fountains, a cultural square, gardens and tourist paths.There you can taste real Chinese culture and traditions and fully enjoy the truly attractive views.With reliefs on the theme of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, 200-meter-long(656-foot-long)sculpture groups, 8 groups of sculpted figures, 40 relievos on the land, and 22 styles of musical fountains, it has become a must-see when you visit Big Wild Goose

第三篇：中国著名旅游景点英文介绍

中国著名旅游景点英文介绍

1.The Great wall

The Great Wall, located in northern China, is 6,700 kilometers long and thus known as the “10,000-li Great Wall”.Construction of the wall went on for more than 2,000 years, from 7 th century to 14 th century AD.The wall has become a symbol of both China’s proud historyand its present strength.2.The Palace Museum

The Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing.The imperial palace used by emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the largest and most complete ancient wooden-structure building complex in the world.Construction of the Forbidden City started in 1406 and lasted 14 years.24 emperors were enthroned there.3.Zhoukoudian: Home of the Peking Man

Remains of the Peking Man(homo erectus)are located on the Dragon Bone Hill at Zhoukoudian Village, Fangshan District, Beijing.In the 1920s, archaeologists discovered the complete skull of Peking Man.Later, more skull bones as well as stone and bone instruments were unearthed.Peking Man lived 690,000 years ago, during Paleolithic times.Findings indicate that Peking Man knew how to make fires.4.Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum and Terra-cotta Army

Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum is located in Lintong District, 35 kilometers east of Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province.Construction ofthe mausoleum lasted 38 years and involved over 700,000 workers.Over the years, a total of 50,000 important cultural relics have been unearthed.In 1980, two bronze painted horse-drawn chariots were unearthed.They are the largest and most complete bronze chariots and horses discovered so far.In 1974, farmers who were digging a well about 1.5 kilometers east of Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum discovered three vaults containing Qinshihuang’s Buried Legion.The largest of the three vaults contains 6,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses.The collection of warriors is

often dubbed the“eighthwonder of the world”.5.The Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang

Dunhuang Grottoes comprise of the Mogao grottoes, West 1,000-Buddha Cave, and Yulin Cave.The Mogao Grottoes, representative of the three sites, are located 25 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province.Construction of the grottoes began in 366 AD.The well-designed grottoes are a treasure house containing painting, sculptures, documents, and cultural relics.6.The Huangshan Mountain

Located in Huangshan City in southern Anhui Province, the scenic area of the Huangshan Mountain covers 154 square kilometers and is famous for its four wonders: strangely-shaped pines, grotesque rock formations, seas of clouds and hot springs.It also features a natural zoo and botanical garden.7.Huanglong

The Huanglong Scenic Area is located in Songpan County, Sichuan Province.Calcified ponds, beaches, waterfalls and embankments characterize Huanglong scenery.8.Chengde Summer Resorts and Surrounding Temples

Chengde Summer Resort, known as “The Mountain Hamlet for Escaping the Heat”, is located in northern Chengde, Hebei Province.Qing Emperors used to spend their summer days handling state affairs at the resort.Construction of the resort lasted from 1703 to 1792.It is the largest and best-preserved imperial palace outside the capital.Many of the scenic spots around the resort’s lake area mimic famous landscaped gardens in southern China, and the buildings of the Outer Eight Temples feature architectural style of minority ethnic groups such as Mongolian, Tibetan and Uygur.9.Qufu, Confusius’Mansion, Temple and Cemetery

Qufu, in southwestern Shandong Province, was the capital of the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period(770-476 BC)and the hometown of Confusius, a great thinker and educator.Confucius’Mansion was the residence of Confucius’ eldest male descendants for generation.The mansion holds more than 9,000 volumes of archives dating from 1534 to 1948 and many cultural relics, ancient costumes, and utensils.Confucius’ Temple is famous for its 2,000 stone steles and more than 100 portrait stones from the Han Dynasty.Confucius’Cemetery houses tombs for Confucius and his

descendants.10.Ancient Buildings on the Wudang Mountain

The Wudang Mountain, located in northwestern Hubei Province, is a sacred Taoist mountain that is best known as the birthplace of Wudang martial arts.The Gold Hall built on the mountain in 1416 represents advanced architectural styleand building techniques of that period.11.Potala Palace Potala

Palace in Lhasa is situated on Red Hill 3,700 meters above the sea level.The palace was built by Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo in the 7 th century for Tang Princess Wencheng.Potala features the essence of ancient Tibetan architectural art and houses many artifacts of the Tubo Kingdom.12.The Lushan Mountain

The Lushan Mountain, located south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is one of the most famous mountains in China.The mountain features beautiful peaks, seas of clouds, waterfalls and historical sites.Bailu Academy is one of Chinese first schools of higher learning.13.The Emei Mountain and Leshan Giant Buddha The Emei Mountain is one of China’s four famous Buddhist Mountains.It is located 7 kilometers southwest of Emeishan City, Sichuan Province.There are 150 temples on the mountain.The mountain features more than 3,000 plant species and 2,000 varieties of animals.Leshan Giant Buddha is located on the east bank of the Minjiang River in Leshan city, Sichuan Province.The Buddha is carved out of a cliff and, being 70.7 meters tall, is the largest sitting Buddha in China.Carving of the Buddha

started in 713 and was completed in 803.The body of Buddha has a water drainage system to prevent erosion.14.Lijiang Ancient City

Lijiang ancient city, located in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is an ancient town inhabited mainly by the Naxi minority people.The town was founded in 1127.The roads in the town are paved with colored pebbles produced in Lijiang, and there are many stone bridges and memorial archways built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Most of the residences are made of earth and wood.Palace murals depicting religious themes were painted during the Ming Dynasty.The traditional Dongba Culture of the Naxi ethnic group

has been preserved in Lijiang.15.Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao of Shanxi Province was built 2,000 years ago during the Zhou Dynasty.The city wall was renovated in 1370.It is one of China’s earliest and largest county-level city walls.Ancient streets, government offices, markets, stores and residences have been preserved, providing invaluable resources for research on China’s ancient Ming Dynasty county seat.16.Suzhou Gardens

Suzhou in Jiangsu Province is a famous historic and cultural city that is more than 2,500 years old.Suzhou features more than 200 ancient gardens.The small private gardens are especially famous nationwide and reflect architectural styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.17.The Summer Palace of Beijing

The Summer Palace, featuring the best of China’s ancient gardens, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing.The palace was built in 1153 as a temporary imperial palace.It was rebuilt in 1888.The Summer Palace consists of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake.The Long Corridor, painted with exquisite paintings, was included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992 as the longest corridor in the world.The corridor links the area where Empress Dowager Cixi handled state affairs with the residential

and sightseeing areas.18.The Temple of Heaven of Beijing

The Temple of Heaven, built in 1420, is located in southern Beijing.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors came to the temple to worship the God of Heavenand pray for a good harvest.

第四篇：中国著名旅游景点英文介绍

中国著名旅游景点英文介绍

1.The Great wall

The Great Wall, located in northern China, is 6,700 kilometers long and thus known as the “10,000-li Great Wall”.Construction of the wall went on for more than 2,000 years, from 7th century to 14th century AD.The wall has become a symbol of both China’s proud history and its present strength.2.The Palace Museum

The Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing.The imperial palace used by emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the largest and most complete ancient wooden-structure building in the world.Construction of the Forbidden City started in 1406 and lasted 14 years.24 emperors were enthroned there.3.Zhoukoudian: Home of the Peking Man

Remains of the Peking Man(homo erectus)are located on the Dragon Bone Hill at Zhoukoudian Village, Fangshan District, Beijing.In the 1920s, archaeologists discovered the complete skull of Peking Man.Later, more skull bones as well as stone and bone instruments were unearthed.Peking Man lived 690,000 years ago, during Paleolithic times.Findings indicate that Peking Man knew how to make fires.4.Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum and Terra-cotta Army

Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum is located in Lintong District, 35 kilometers east of Xi’an, capital of Shanxi Province.Construction of the mausoleum lasted 38 years and involved over 700,000 workers.Over the years, a total of 50,000 important cultural relics have been unearthed.In 1980, two bronze painted horse-drawn chariots were unearthed.They are the largest and most complete bronze chariots and horses discovered so far.In 1974, farmers who were digging a well about 1.5 kilometers east of Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum discovered three vaults containing Qinshihuang’s Buried Legion.The largest of the three vaults contains 6,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses.The collection of warriors is often dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world”.5.Chengde Summer Resorts and Surrounding Temples

Chengde Summer Resort, known as “The Mountain Hamlet for Escaping the Heat”, is located in northern Chengde, Hebei Province.Qing Emperors used to spend their summer days handling state affairs at the resort.Construction of the resort lasted from 1703 to 1792.It is the largest and best-preserved imperial palace outside the capital.6.Qufu, Confucius’ Mansion, Temple and Cemetery

Qufu, in southwestern Shandong Province, was the capital of the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period(770-476 BC)and the hometown of Confucius, a great thinker and educator.Confucius’ Mansion was the residence of Confucius’ eldest male descendants for generation.The mansion holds more than 9,000 volumes of archives dating from 1534 to 1948 and many cultural relics, ancient and costumes.Confucius’ Temple is famous for its 2,000 stone steles and more than 100 portrait stones from the Han Dynasty.Confucius’ Cemetery houses tombs for Confucius and his descendants.7.Ancient Buildings on the Wudang Mountain

The Wudang Mountain, located in northwestern Hubei Province, is a sacred Taoist mountain that is best known as the birthplace of Wudang martial arts.The Gold Hall built on the mountain in 1416 represents advanced architectural style and building techniques of that period.8.The Lushan Mountain The Lushan Mountain, located south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is one of the most famous mountains in China.The mountain features beautiful peaks, seas of clouds, waterfalls and historical sites.Bailu Academy is one of Chinese first schools of higher learning.9.The Emei Mountain and Leshan Giant Buddha

The Emei Mountain is one of China’s four famous Buddhist Mountains.It is located 7 kilometers southwest of Emeishan City, Sichuan Province.There are 150 temples on the mountain.The mountain features more than 3,000 plant species and 2,000 varieties of animals.Leshan Giant Buddha is located on the east bank of the Minjiang River in Leshan city, Sichuan Province.The Buddha is carved out of a cliff and, being 70.7 meters tall, is the largest sitting Buddha in China.Carving of the Buddha started in 713 and was completed in 803.The body of Buddha has a water drainage system to prevent erosion.10.Lijiang Ancient City

Lijiang ancient city, located in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is an ancient town inhabited mainly by the Naxi minority people.The town was founded in 1127.The roads in the town are paved with colored pebbles produced in Lijiang, and there are many stone bridges and memorial archways built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Most of the residences are made of earth and wood.Palace murals depicting religious themes were painted during the Ming Dynasty.The traditional Dongba Culture of the Naxi ethnic group has been preserved in Lijiang.11.Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao of Shanxi Province was built 2,000 years ago during the Zhou Dynasty.The city wall was renovated in 1370.It is one of China’s earliest and largest county-level city walls.Ancient streets, government offices, markets, stores and residences have been preserved, providing invaluable resources for research on China’s ancient Ming Dynasty county seat.12.Suzhou Gardens

Suzhou in Jiangsu Province is a famous historic and cultural city that is more than 2,500 years old.Suzhou features more than 200 ancient gardens.The small private gardens are especially famous nationwide and reflect architectural styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.13.The Summer Palace of Beijing

The Summer Palace, featuring the best of China’s ancient gardens, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing.The palace was built in 1153 as a temporary imperial palace.It was rebuilt in 1888.The Summer Palace consists of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake.The Long Corridor, painted with exquisite paintings, was included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992 as the longest corridor in the world.The corridor links the area where Empress Dowager Cixi handled state affairs with the residential and sightseeing areas.14.The Temple of Heaven of Beijing

The Temple of Heaven, built in 1420, is located in southern Beijing.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors came to the temple to worship the God of Heaven and pray for a good harvest.15.Jiuzhaigou Ravine(九寨沟)Located in Nanping County, Jiuzhaigou Ravine stretches 80 kilometers.The Shuzheng Scenic Spot is one of the central point of Jiuzhaigou’s landscape.With 40 lakes which extend five kilometers along a valley, the spot covers an area of three square kilometers.The lakes vary in color according to their depths, residues and scenery around them.Among which, Reed Lake is an ideal habitat of birds;Spark Lake appears to move while the jade-like Rhinoceros Lake is a good place for rowing, swimming and rafting.There are also the Shuzheng Waterfalls which have a backdrop of trees.The Sword-Shaped Rock Scenic Area consists of Goose Lake, Suspended Springs, Sword Rock, snow-covered Mountains and primeval forests.Sometimes you can see giant pandas.There is also the 17.8-kilometer Zechawa Ravine, the longest and highest in Jiuzhaigou.At the end of it is the eight-kilometer-long Changhai Lake, the largest in the area.In Haizi there is a Five-Color Pond, the brightest lake in Jiuzhaigou.Undoubtedly, the magnificent view in Jiuzhaigou will make you reluctant to leave, and don’t forget that the autumn is the best season to visit it.16.Yellow Crane Tower（黄鹤楼）

Bordering on the Yangtze River and crouching on the top of the Snake Hill, the Yellow Crane Tower is one of the three most famous towers on the south bank of the Yangtze River.(the other two are Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi)First built in 223 AD, the tower has a history of over 1700 years.It is not only an important scenic spot, but also a symbol of “piping times of peace”(太平盛世)in people's minds.Scholars in the past dynasties wrote hundreds of poems and scores of writings in praise of the magnificent Yellow Crane Tower.The legend about the tower has become a bright pearl of the Chinese literature.Rebuilt in 1985, the Yellow Crane Tower Park occupies a hilly area and consists of towers, pavilions and corridors, forming an architecture complex and a garden complex of man-made and natural scenery.It has become the symbol of Wuhan for its long history, its magnificent outlook and its imposing architectural style.17.Guiyuan Temple（归元寺）

Guiyuan Temple, situated on Cuiwei Street, is one of the four biggest temples for Buddhist meditation in Hubei as well as an important Buddhist temple in China.It was first built in the early Qing dynasty(1644-1911)by two monks-Baiguang and Zhufeng.Guiyuan Temple has survived more than 300 hundred years of repeated cycles of prosperity and decline, and is the leading temple in Wuhan with prosperous public worship, flourishing Buddhist ceremony and many pilgrims.The temple was destroyed and rebuilt many times during the course of its history.Covering an area of 46,900 square meters with a floor space of 20,000 square meters, the temple mainly consists of Daxiongbaodian Hall, Arhat Hall, Sutra Collection Pavilion, etc.Guiyuan Temple is famous not only for spreading Buddhism throughout the whole country, but also for its perfect architecture, excellent sculpture and rich collection of Buddhist doctrine among the Buddhist temples.In 1956 Guiyuan Temple was listed as a preserved antiques unit of Hubei province and in 1983, it was appointed as one of the key Buddhist temple of Han nationality district in China by the State Council.18.East Lake（东湖）

The East Lake is the pride and joy of the people of Wuhan.Millions of residents here get a lot of fun out of going for a walk along the lakeside in spring, swimming in summer, appreciating sweet laurel in autumn and admiring plum in winter.The lake covers 33 square kilometers and stretches far into the distance.Ancient pagodas and temples scattered in 34 hills around the lake make the scenic spot more historic and imposing.All the six areas of the East Lake have in common green hills, clear waters, an abundance of woods and typical style of Chu Culture.Perhaps you'll enjoy yourself most in two of them----Tingtao Pavilion and Moshan Hill.Willows dance gracefully and water lily sleeps deeply around Tingtao Pavilion, a three-storey palace building, in front of which the grand and lifelike statue of Qu Yuan is looking up at the sky and sighing sadly at the subjugation of Chu.Among all kinds of flowers, plum, lotus and cassia are of great reputation.The National Plum and Lotus Research Centre is set up here.The East Lake used to be a private farm several decades ago.In 1950 the farm was turned into a scenic spot.In 1982 the East Lake was rated by the State Council as one of the first group of national key resorts.It receives more than two millions tourists a year.19.First Bridge over the Yangtze River（长江一桥）

For hundreds of years, it had been a dream to cross the natural moat of the Yangtze River.After the founding of New China, the central government decided to build the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan in 1950.Five years later, news came that the construction would soon begin and it became the focus of world attention.However, more overseas people were half believing and half doubting.Within two years, the Chinese engineers, technicians and workers, with the help of the Soviet experts, completed a double-deck bridge for the dual use of automobiles and trains.The wish of “turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare” was fulfilled.On October 15, 1957, thousands of people in Wuhan were overexcited.Cheering sound could be heard on and under the bridge.Trains, automobiles and pedestrians safely crossed the bridge.More than 30 years have passed.The Wuhan Bridge Bureau of the Railway Ministry has built other ten bridges over the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Chongqing, Zhijiang and Jiujiang.

第五篇：同安旅游景点英文介绍 Tong

同安旅游景点英文介绍 Tong’ an Tourist Area

Tong’an was an old-line county with a history of 1,700 years before it became an administrative district of Xiamen in 1997.Tongan is endowed with natural beauty and productive of outstanding people, with a lot of places of interests and historical sites.Tong'an Tourist Area is generally divided into three parts:

I.Dalun Culture Tourist Area.The main tourist spots include: Brahma Temple, Brahman Pagoda, Su Song's former residence, Tong'an Confucian Temple, Zhu Xi's Epigraph and Stone Inscription, Twelve-Dragon Pool, Wuxian Holiday Recreation Place, etc.II.Tingxi Hotspring Holiday Recreation Place.The main tourist spots include: Tingxi Reservoir, Hotspring Swimming Pool, Song's Porcelain Kiln.III.Dadeng Tri-islet Tourist Area where one can fully enjoy the landscape of the island fishing village and overlook the Quemoy or Jinmen Island of Taiwan not far away, or just have a fun swimming on the beach.The Former Residence of Su Song

By visiting the former residence of Su Song, one can be acquainted with historic sites and cultural relics relating to Su Song.Acting as an upright and hardworking prime minister for nearly 60 years for the Song Dynasty, Su Song had made many contributions and left behind a lot of scientific writings.Lu Shan Hall, the former residence of Su Song, lies in Yongfen Village in the northwest corner of Tong'an and covers an area of 1,700 square metres.Today, many Song families' offsprings in Taiwan, Hongkong, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand still find their roots here.The existent Lu Shan Hall was rebuilt in the first year of the Republic of China.The hall houses the sitting stature of Su Song, Song family tree book and the portraits of eight celebrities of the Song family.The new-built Su Song Science and Technology Exhibition Hall shows more achievement made by Su Song as a politician, diplomat, astronomer, pharmacologist, litterateur and historian.A model of the world's first astronomical clock tower invented by Su Song is also exhibited here.Tong'an Confucian Temple

The temple is located by a stream in the eastern suburb of Tong'an.It was first set up in the Five Dynasties.Dacheng Hall, the existent construction, was rebuilt during Emperor Qianlong's reign of Qing Dynasty.Today, the Confucian Temple has been turned into Tong'an Musuem in which historical records and cultural relics of Tong'an dated back to as early as the Western Han Dynasty were exhibited.On the north side of the temple, there is a ground setting in order over 200 pieces of stone carvings and steles collected from different areas of Tong'an.With different bearings and so true to life, these sculptures are called “terracotta warriors and horses of Tong'an”.Tingxi Reservoir

Rebuilt in 1956 at the foot of Tingxi Mountain of Tong'an, Tingxi Reservoir has a water capacity of 48 million square metres.Depending on the mountain terrain, the vast water winds its way to the far.The lake is so clear and water and mountain seem to blend into each other.Boating on the green water and among the green mountains is really carefree and joyous.Twelve-Dragon Pool

The pool is among stones and rocks on the north hill of Tong'an.A current of spring water falls from a hundred-metre high rocky cliff.Passing by many steps and holes on different height, the water fall creats 12 water ponds holding limpid water.Thus the sight is names “Twelve-Dragon Pool”.集美旅游景点英文介绍 Jimei Tourist Area

Jimei is a suburb of Xiamen City connected to xiamen Island by a 2,212-metre long granite causeway.Jimei is also the residence of Mr.Tan Kah-kee, a famous overseas Chinese philanthropist.Encircled by the sea on three sides, the town is known for its magnificent buildings combining western and oriental styles and picture-postcard sceneries.As a tourist site, Jimei has the following attractions to offer: Jimei School Village, Aoyuan(Turtle Garden), Returnees' Hall, Xiamen Bridge and Wanbao Hill Sightseeing Farms.Jimei School Village

Jimei School Village is a general name for all schools and cultural institutions here.It was built by Mr.Tan Kah-kee in 1913.After decades of development, the village now covers a floor space area of over 100,000 square kilometers and there are more than 10,000 students in it.The higher learning institutions are Xiamen Aquatic Products College, Jimei Navigation College, and Jimei Finance and Economy Institute and Business Administration College, etc.There are also secondary specialized schools, middle schools, primary schools, kindergartens and nurseries schools in the village.In addition to the schools metioned above, one may find here auditoriums, swimming pools, stadiums, cinemas, hospitals and navigation clubs.They are rare through out the country for their large scales and good facilitation.Jimei School Village, blending the Chinese architectural style with western one, has become a symbol of Jimei.Among the buildings of unique style are Daonan Lou in Jimen Middle School, Nanxun Lou in Overseas Chinese School and the Teaching Building of Navigation College.In front of the Daonan Lou is the Drangon Boat Pond, 800 meters long and 300 meters wide.Around it are seven pavilions of different styles, with curved eaves and carved pillars.They are called “Seven Stars Falling onto the Ground”.In the middle of the pond stand two pavilions designed by Mr.Tan Kah-kee, which are named “Lonely Star Accompanying the moon”.Every year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon boat racing is held in the pond with shining ripples and melodious Nanqu(south Fujian Opera)accompanied by drumbeats.Several international dragon boat racings have been held here and attracted groups of tourists at home and abroad.Turtle Garden Turtle Garden was constructed in 1950 by Mr.Tan Kah-Kee on the former site of “Turtle Head Palace”.In the centre of the garden is the Jimei Liberation Monument with an inscription by Mao Zedong on the front and a tablet record written by Mr.Tan Kah-Kee on the back.The stone foundation of the monument consists of two stages.The lower stage has eight steps, signifying the eight-year Anti-Japanese War;the upper stage is composed of three steps, symbolizing the three year Liberation War.They are telling the later generations that victories were hard-won and therefore should be cherished.The foundation of the monument is surrounded by gray jade carvings and relief sculptures polished with great care, embodying a concentrated reflection of exquisite workmanship and a unique style of south Fujian stone carving art.Returnees' Hall

Walled by white stones and roofed with green tiles, the Returnees' Hall covering an area of 4,000 square metres is a typical sample of south fujian constructions.As the former residence of Mr.Tan Kah-kee, the building is marked by Mr.Tan's bronze standing statue in front.At the two wings of the residence, exhibition halls were built to display Mr.Tan Kah-kee's life and achievements.The exhibition halls were in a 3-storey building with an area of 800 square meters.Articles displayed include pictures, illustrations, charts, material objects, some rare cultural relics and the only left book of “Family Tree of Tan’s in Jimei.” These exhibits vividly presenting to the audience the whole life of Mr.Tan Kah-kee as the great leader of the patriotic overseas Chinese.It has become a certain destination for visitors to Xiamen from home and abroad.Xiamen Bridge

The principal part was completed in April 1991.In May of the same year, the bridge was open to test traffic.Chinese President Jiang Zemin not only inscribed the four-character title of the bridge ”Xia Men Da Qiao“ for it, but also came in person to cut the ribbon to inaugurate the bridge to traffic.Consisting of the main bridge body, Jimei Crossroads, Gaoqi Bridge Approach and the automatic managing system, Xiamen Bridge is also the first cross-strait bridge in China.The main bridge body is 2,070 metres long and 23.5 metres wide.The non-stop Jimei Crossroads is made up of seven circuits.The 855-metre-long and 23.5-metre-wide Gaoqi Bridge Approach was built by the standard of the first class highroad.Wanbao Hill Sightseeing Farm

Located by the side of Guankouken inner road of No.324 national highway in Jimei District, the Wanbao Hill Sightseeing Farm covers an area of 500 mu.As the field is not very high, tourists can easily get into the orchard to look around.All year around fruit trees are planted in the garden for picking and tasting by the tourists in any month.There are lichee, longan, citrus fruits, carambola, persimmon, mango, strawberry, peaches, plums and more.The farm is also equipped with a fishing pound, barbecue areas, camping areas, farming areas, refreshment rooms and a restaurant for customers' convenience and to meet their special interests.Further more, a holiday villa within the farm can provide lodging and all kinds of entertainments 厦门南普陀英文介绍 Nanputuo Temple

Situated at the foot of Wulao Peak on the southern end of Xiamen is nanputuo Temple.The temple's Heavenly King Hall, the main prayer hall, the Hall of Great Compassion and the Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures are all graced with painted brackets.The temple was first built during the Tang Dynasty(618-907).And rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), it is now an imposing multi-layered trapezoidal structure that overlooks the sea.The Shrine of Buddhist Scriptures houses a huge collection of Buddhist cultural relics, including a Burmese jade carving of the Buddha and many important Buddhist literature.It is one of the sacred places of Buddhism in Southern Fujian.Inside the temple there are the Heaven King's Hall, the Daxiong Hall, the Great Compassion Hall, all of which are built in an exquisite and grand style.Enshrined in these halls are the statues of Maitreya, Sanshi Reverend Buddha, Thousand-handed Guanyin(Bodhisattva), Four Kings of Heaven, and the eighteen arhats.Although all are serious and solemn in appearance, each is distinctly different from another.The temple attracts a large number of pilgrims at home and abroad.The excellent craftsmanship of the Thousand-handed Guanyin is marked by its thousand hands and thousand eyes and glistening golden color.As to the Pavilion where Buddhist scriptures are kept, it has a rich collection of the historical articles of Buddhism.such as classics, statues of Buddhas, bronze bells from the Song Dynasty, calligraphic works and paintings from the ancient times.Among them, ”Intriguing Lotus Scripture“ written in blood in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the statue of Guanyin in white porcelain, a masterpiece of He Chaosong, are most

valuable.In the temple are preserved many inscriptions, among which the stone inscriptions written by Chen Di and Sheng Yourong in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the one on a stone stele written by Emperor of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty are most famous.Behind the temple, inscribed on the wall of a rock is a large word ”Buddha“ which is 4.66 metres in height and 3.33 metres in width.And farther behind, high up on the mountain stands a screen of five peaks coloured by green trees and bamboos and marked by serene valleys and rocks of pleasing shapes.They are called ”Five Old Gentlemen Reaching the Clouds,“ and are one of the eight grand sights of Xiamen.Coming to the top, you not only have a view of the mountain undulating in the wind, but also the view of the

sea surging in the distance.About Xiamen厦门英文介绍

Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history, replete with pirates, rebel leaders, and European merchants.Now linked to mainland Fujian by a causeway, Xiamen retains a strong international flavor.Known in the West as Amoy, Xiamen has a long history as a port city, and later became a center of British trade in the 19th century.Their foreign settlements, later taken over by Japanese invaders at the start of World War II, were established on the nearby small Gulangyu Island.Many of the old treaty-port and colonial buildings in Western styles survive.Xiamen was declared one of China’s first Special Economic Zones in the early 1980’s, taking advantage of the city’s heritage as a trading center and the proximity to Taiwan.Today Xiamen is one of China’s most attractive and best-maintained resort cities.Xiamen was founded in 1394 at the beginning of the Ming dynasty as a center of defense against coastal pirates.Its prosperity was due to its deepwater sheltered harbor, that supplanted nearby Quanzhou, the port that had been the center of the maritime trade with the Indies.In the mid-17th century, Xiamen and Gulangyu Island became a stronghold of Zheng Chenggong, known in the West as Koxinga, a Ming loyalist who held out against the Manchu invaders until being driven to Taiwan.Born in Japan to a Chinese pirate father and a Japanese mother, Zheng became allied with holdout Ming princes in the south who hoped for a restoration.He built up a resistance force of some 7,000 junks and a mixed force of three-quarters of a million troops and pirates.In 1661 he drove the Dutch from Taiwan and set up another base there, before his death in 1662.After the Opium Wars Xiamen became one of the first treaty ports to be opened to foreign trade and settlement following the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.Gulangyu Island was transformed into an international settlement, where many Victorian and Neoclassical style buildings still survive.The city’s prosperity was due both to trade and to wealth sent back by Xiamen’s substantial emigrant community of overseas Chinese.Prosperity returned to Xiamen in the early 1980’s when Xiamen was designated one of the four Special Economic Zones(SEZs).tour xiamen(旅游厦门，八大景八小景)

Xiamen is a well-known tourist port city in the Southeast coast of China.It is one of the Cleanest Cities of China, the Garden Cities of China, the National Environmental Protection Model Cities, and the best sightseeing cities in China.Not only being wealthy with travel resources, Xiamen has also temperate weather, fast and convenient transport and communication, and complete travel establishments.In the old times, there were ”Eight Major Landscapes“ and ”Eight Minor Landscapes“ ”Landscapes Beyond Landscapes“ in Xiamen and altogether 24 scenic spots were included in the three general terms.Some of the 24 sights, such as ”Wonderland of Gulang“, ”Five Old Gentlemen Reaching the Clouds“, ”Watching Sunrise on Hongji Summit“, ”Night Moon by Tiger Brook“, ”White Deer Spurting Smoke“, still can be traced today.By reorganizing old landscapes and developing new sceneries, Xiamen has formed five main Tourist areas--Gulangyu Island Tourist Area, Nanputuo Temple Tourist Area, Wangshi Rock Tourist Area, Huangcuo Tourist Area and Jimei Tourist Area.Beside its richful travel resources and pleasant weather, Xiamen also provides fast and convenient transportation and communication, and complete travel establishments.All makes Xiamen one of the most suitable cities for investors and tourists in China.鼓浪屿英文介绍1 GULANGYU ISLAND

A ten-minute ferry ride off the southwest side of Xiamen, the 2 square km(3/4 sq.mile)Gulangyu Island(Island of Blown Waves)was the center for foreign communities who settled here after 1842.Many built Western-style mansions, churches, warehouses, and government buildings which still survive.Sunlight Rock(Riguang Yan)dominates the island from its modest 93-meter height.The island includes a statue of Koxinga and a Koxinga Museum(Koxinga bowuguan), which documents the career of that pirate turned resistance leader.The Xiamen Museum(Xiamen Bowuguan)includes more than a thousand exhibits, including porcelain and jade collections.On the southern shore of the island is the Shuzhuang Garden, which once belonged to a Taiwanese businessman who moved to the island after the Japanese took over Taiwan in 1895

Gulangyu鼓浪屿英文介绍2

Gulangyu, separated from Xiamen by the 500-metre-wide Egret River, with an area of 1.77 square kilometres, enjoys a lauditory title ”Garden on the Sea.“ The original name of the islet was Yuan Zhou Zi.In the Ming Dynasty it was renamed Gulang, meaning ''drum waves”, because the holes in the southwestern reefs hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating.Overlapping peaks foil the blue water, white clouds, green trees and bright flowers.The air in the islet is fresh.The entire place is free from any sorts of vehicles and is particularly quiet.All these render an atmosphere of a fairyland.The roar of the waves breaks on the rocks.Impressive melodies surrounding and lingering on this island make famous for its piano-laden past.As a place of residence for Westerners during Xiamen's colonial past, Gulangyu is famous for its architecture and for being home to China's largest piano museum.It is known as the piano island because people here love the piano.As early as 1913, students in schools run by foreigners started learning the piano.The enthusiasm for music later spread to more ordinary people on the island.Many piano families have since then come into being and produced accomplished musicians.And the number of the pianos possessed is in the leading place in the nation, though there is only a population of 20,000 people.No tourist can afford to miss one attraction located on the island--the nation's largest piano museum.Divided into two exhibition halls, the museum guides visitors through a vivid history of the instrument with displays and illustrations.All different types of pianos such as miniature pianos, automatic pianos, accordion pianos and round-shaped pianos, are on display.The architecture in the islet varies greatly in style, Chinese and foreign.Thus the islet has a laudatory title “the World Architecture Museum” Covered in green all the year round, it's charming, elegant, secluded and serene.A great variety of villas stand shrouded by lush wood resembling numerous jadeites embellished upon a piece of verdant silk brocade.Hundreds of flowers grown on the Riguang Rock(Sunlight Rock)vie with one another for beauty.With the caressing sea breeze, it's a quite cool place in hot summer.At the foot of the rock, there's the Memorial Hall to honor the national Hero Zheng Chenggong.Today, Gulangyu is listed as one of the nation's major scenic spots.The main sites of interest here include the Sunlit Rock, Shuzhuang Park, Gangzihou Bathing Beach and Memorial Hall to Zheng Chenggong, which are visited annually by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world.For people living in the hustle and bustle of today's metropolis, citizens on this island seem to live in a paradise with a relaxing, healthy and placid lifestyle.Find more in our detailed introduction of the major attractions in Gulangyu Tourist Area.