北京箭扣长城英文导游词

第一篇：北京箭扣长城英文导游词

北京箭扣长城英文导游词

Each visitor:How are you, welcome you to Peking to travel, I am your guide DAVID.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall to be located in to keep in mind soft area, the Great Wall here depends on mountain power, the low slow place lies Ju to hover around, if the Ultrasaurus falls to jump to rise and fall with the mountain, very sublime.The enemy building depends on mountain power hazardous but set up, its trend rich at the variety and the metre.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall is under the supporting strongly of government and got better protection and displayed an its male strange steep ancient looks to the visitor.At the Mu farmland Yu the Great Wall the west is 10 kilometers, the arrows buttons up of the trend ratio take charge of Ma Tai to enrich more in change and metre;The mountain power compares strange Jun Qiao of the Mu farmland Yu male;What to construct a wall body is the white cloud rock of big piece, very refreshing.Arrows' buttonning up the Great Wall is one of Ming Dynasty the Great Wall's most famous insurance segments, is a last mirror to lead in various Great Wall album of paintings a tallest, have been the heat that the Great Wall photographs to order.The Great Wall is nearly fixed to Feng to break a precipice here on, male strange Jun Qiao, the vehemence is generous, the trend enriches variety and metre very much.Be located in to keep in mind a soft pearl spring village northwest in county Bohai Sea town.Is a district with extremely steep mountain power here, the trend of the Great Wall rich at the variety and the metre, there is“cow Ji Cape side” to set up in the elevation more than 1000 rices summit of hill, set up in the knife to pare “the eagle flies to pour Yang” and“the arrows buttons up” of general mountain peak the Great Wall.From the dam mountain brook of Long Tan Da Dun to left, can go directly to famous arrows to button up to fly to pour Yang with eagle, fore enter medium can realize to visit the Great Wall of breathtaking!The Yu follows the Great Wall to walk over there from the Mu farmland, the in the interval beautiful scenery there is also famous“haft building”(one of the Great Wall is small to diverge, ups set up a form system of special and large-scale enemy's building)rather good, and“cow Ji Cape side”(the Great Wall at a mountain point under go for the obtuse and forget the obvious, Dou a greatly bend to make by occupying Gao Dian), but the words walking so wait you to arrive arrows to button up affirmation is already utterly exhausted.If from the pearl spring village dam of Long Tan Da Dun follow mountain brook upward, in addition to directly arrive famous arrows to button up(is local to also call “brook”, image's pouring is an image and just had no poetry)and“the eagle flies to pour Yang”(description mountain power steep, the eagle flies to here also have to the Yang get up), can also appreciate Long Tan and thou ruins in the Great Wall kiln for making bricks.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall to is located in eight stream countries that the city suburb keeps in mind a soft county northwest inshore, the elevation is 1141 meters, be apart from to keep in mind soft county city about 30 kilometers, the mountain power is more very rich than variety, insurance the Feng break precipice on of the Great Wall's also seeming to be more male is strange hazardous.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall because of the whole Great Wall wind around to present a W form, the form,such as full bow, buttons up arrows but get.Arrows' buttonning up the Great Wall is one of Ming Dynasty the Great Wall's most famous insurance segments, is the last mirror in various Great Wall album of paintings to lead in recent years a tallest, have been the heat that the Great Wall photographs to order.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall to be located in Peking City, China to keep in mind soft black Tuo mountain natural scenic area, east and the Mu farmland Yu the Great Wall of area city north 28 kilometers to connect, can with ancient northern, Shanhaiguan link up, west and Huang Hua Ling's the Great Wall connect, can with eight reach Ling to link up to easily guard difficult offend but become famous.It is a Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty the Great Wall that more than 20 kilometers grow.Because the mountain power is steep, city wall the natural morals and custom is serious, the arrows buttons up the Great Wall the visitor who hasn't outward open, but come to make sight-seeing trip exploration have been forming a continuous stream and often have the visitor surrounds death and harm even of trouble occurrence.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall to depend on mountain power, enemy building depend on mountain power hazardous but set up, its trend rich in variety.From cow Ji Cape the side, southern mansion, jaws of death and arrows button up beam, thing to shrink the Bo building, thing oil hamper crest, general to guard the pass, sky the steps, eagle fly to pour Yang, nine eye buildings and Peking to knot to hope city building continuing.What arrows buttons up the Great Wall structure wall body is the white cloud rock of big piece, very refreshing.The arrows buttons up the steps in the sky, eagle of the Great Wall to fly to pour Yang, nine eye buildings and Peking to knot a road most nearly and run about toward the east from the west very difficult.Steps in the sky is the Great Wall that a 70 degrees steep slope, 70-80 meters grow, the most narrow place 60 Li rices breadth, the step is 40-50 Li rices high, set noodles 15 Li rices;The eagle flies to pour Yang to have one department chief city erection to tumble down and want the steep slope of 70-80 degrees of walking while descending mountain;Peking's knotting to hope city building an eastern side is a city wall, the west side is a bush, have no step.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall the south the line and north the line for cent, south line mountain power very and steep, is almost perpendicular, The arrows buttons up the Great Wall a sea of clouds Ascending the Great Wall from here will associate the Lu fast Sir's words“the in this world originally has no road ……”, and come in person its territory rock climb to exercise of struck with fright or horror.Can not go up next not come of the taste isn't pleasurable, suggest that everyone cooperates at the team of the height under common completion.The one way is 2-3 hours while climbing to use.Blue and beautiful Nuo oil painting Great Wall 《the Mo city wall in the sky 》

The arrows buttons up the north line mountain power even slow, after walking mountain north the advantage of the road is to need not be difficult to trudge and then can ascend enemy's building of Wei Wei, the green mountain Cui valley to the utmost accepts eye bottom, similar realize the felling of impressive-looking grand view.Along Lin Jian's path of the Yu Yu spring onion spring onion climbs mountain still more comfortable of, after ascending eagle to fly to pour a Yang haft building, the northwest can go to Peking to knot and turn head to would be toward southeast arrows to button up.The one way is 30 minutes while climbing to use.Choice north the road can also while on the way arrive an absolute being hall Yu canyon to get fingerling!River water is very shallow, the fingerling chicken lobster comes together of the place is a lot of, after coming in until turn a corner the valley small river of place in, harvest a little bit greatly, turn inside surface more and more small, if the person is many, difficulty big.Insolate the sun to sleep on the megalith in the river, think necessarily is climb over an empress' most beautiful matter of the Great Wall.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall the south line, north the line for cent, south line mountain power very and steep, is almost perpendicular, ascending the Great Wall from here will associate the Lu fast Sir's words“the in this world originally has no road ……”, and come in person its territory rock climb sport of struck with fright or horror.Is a the Great Wall with the steepest and strange male in Peking, natural morals and custom severity, there is no artificial modifier, from cow Ji Cape the side, southern mansion, jaws of death and thing shrink a Bo building, thing oil hamper crest, the arrows buttons up beam, , the general guard the pass, sky the steps, eagle fly to pour Yang and Peking to knot to nine eye building(hope city building)s to continue long more than 20 kilometers and well made a show of the Great Wall of surprised, insurance, strange, especially, unique, can grasp the ancient Great Wall view of juice original favor.The steps in the sky, eagle flies to pour Yang and Peking to knot, nine eye buildings, a roads most nearly, from the east go west slightly like 1:00, go east from the west more difficult.Meeting the road segment tumbling down has to round a Great Wall and sew in the stone of city wall in put on tree branch to do a ladder, climb a wall into again;Steps in the sky is the Great Wall that a 70 degrees steep slope, 70-80 meters grow, the most narrow place is 60 cm wide, the step is 40-50 cms high, 15 cm set noodles, the arms and legs counteracts ground to climb;The eagle flies to pour Yang to have one department chief the city erection tumble down and oppositely make a detour twists about past, descend the mountain 70-80 degrees steep slope, don't hold tight tree branch, can hardly stop;Peking knots to hope city building an in the Great Wall, the east side is a city wall, the west side is a bush, there is no step, very difficult walk.Can not go up next not come of the taste isn't pleasurable, suggest that everyone cooperates at the team of the height under common completion.The one way is 2-3 hours while climbing to use.The arrows buttons up the north line mountain the power is slowly even, after walking mountain north the advantage of the road is to need not be difficult to trudge then Can ascend enemy's building of Wei Wei, the green mountain Cui valley to the utmost accepts eye bottom, similar realize the felling of impressive-looking grand view.Along Lin Jian's path of the Yu Yu spring onion spring onion climbs mountain still more comfortable of, after ascending eagle to fly to pour a Yang haft building, the northwest can go to Peking to knot and turn head to would be toward southeast arrows to button up.The one way is 30 minutes while climbing to use.Choice north the road can also while on the way arrive an absolute being hall Yu canyon to get fingerling!River water is very shallow, the fingerling chicken lobster comes together of the place is a lot of, after coming in until turn a corner the valley small river of place in, harvest a little bit greatly, turn inside surface more and more small, if the person is many, difficulty big.Insolate the sun to sleep on the megalith in the river, think necessarily is climb over an empress' most beautiful matter of the Great Wall.The arrows buttons up the Great Wall as AAA class tourist spot

第二篇：北京长城英文导游词

北京长城英文导游词应该怎么写？一篇完整的导游词，其结构一般包括习惯用语、概括介绍、重点讲解三个部分。下面小编给大家带来北京长城英文导游词，欢迎大家阅读。

北京长城英文导游词1

Dear visitors,It seems that everyone is very energetic.Today we are going to visit the Great Wall.Please be prepared.The Great Wall is the longest building in our country and the most famous building in our country.It has a length of over 13,000 miles.We often call it the Great Wall

First we came to the foot of the Great Wall, and you see that the Great Wall is so big and strong that it is made of huge stones and bricks.The top of the wall was paved with square bricks, very flat, like a wide road, and five or six horses in parallel.Did you see a hole like a tooth, a small square, a fortress? Let me tell you what these three things are for? That hole like a tooth!It's called the eye opening, and I think you'll see why it's called a “guard”.I'll tell you, in the war, the eighth route army uncle came to see the situation, that little square called the shot and it was used to shoot arrows.The fort was used to match the city.Everyone is tired, are they also hungry? Can eat the food, I send you a bag for garbage, remember not to litter, let me tell you a story, is the story about the Great Wall, qin shihuang before is just fight a lot, and then he thought of the built the Great Wall, and he put all men are caught to build the Great Wall of qin, qin shi huang is afraid of the men ran away, so give tied up in the men's feet.The blood and sweat of the labouring people is the Great Wall of the Great Wall, which is not in sight until the end.北京长城英文导游词2

Dear visitors,Our car is driving on the badaling expressway, will soon enter the visit badaling scenic spot.In front of the mountain is JunDouShan, badaling Great Wall are gathered in this mountain.In the spring and autumn period and the warring states period, our country began to build the Great Wall, ancient people at that time, hegemony between feudal lords to protect their territory is not violated, so at the boundaries of the respective have built the Great Wall, the Great Wall is called mutual defense.Badaling Great Wall is a prominent representative of the Ming Great Wall, because it is convenient, therefore, become the badaling.You might ask, why want to speak to the Great Wall built in here? In fact this is mainly because the badaling area important geographical location.It not only guarding the Ming tomb, and was the capital of the northwest gate.Badaling Great Wall is the testimony of many important events in history, and the queen mother XunXing shaw, for example, yuan MAO immigration, empress dowager cixi fled, and so on, the badaling is after all.Here, have a story to tell everyone: located in the east side of the road GuanCheng, a boulder, legend has it that in 1900 the g8 forces invaded Beijing, empress dowager cixi fled en route in the west after here, the city once stood looking back on the stone, so the stone is also called wangjing stone.But now the stone has a less prominent.There's a phrase we must know: not a true man unless he comes to the Great Wall.Just so many landscape are introduced, and you must be eager to come to visit, don't try so hard, you will immediately become a hero.Well, here is the famous badaling Great Wall in the distance is the magnificent scenery, and look down is the important component of the Great Wall WengCheng, he usually built on terrain dangerous traffic arteries.WengCheng are 63.9 meters between the two door, Simon plaque: the key to the north gate, I have spoken in front.The east gate of the plaques is: the house outside the town, mean another town outside juyongguan.Now we look to the right down, it's on the south side of deng where displays a cannon, called: compared to general.Is made in chongzhen years.北京长城英文导游词3

Dear ladies and gentlemen.Good morning, everyone:

Very honored to be your tour guide, my name is xu, you can call me Mr.Xu guide, if you have any questions, you can ask me.We went to the attractions is the Great Wall.You see, today we go to one of the world famous heritage of the Great Wall like a dragon? He winding between mountains, we now stand at the foot of the mountain, look, you may be more than only a few thousand miles, in fact, he has more than thirteen thousand.We are now on to take a look!Everyone to see, how magnificent Great Wall spirit show in front of our eyes, look!Our feet stepping is square brick, now let's hold the stone on the wall, a walk, you feel? Right, before how hard working people, they put their own wisdom and sweat to the Great Wall, we must cherish now the Great Wall, the Great Wall is built against the huge stone and ChengZhuan.Outside walls along the rows of buttress has two meters high, there are square lookout on buttress and the nozzle mouth, for observation and shooting, and on the top of the wall, there is a square more than three hundred miles every ChengTai, is the bulwark of station troops.As we all know the story about the badaling and the legend of the Great Wall? Badaling the title of the story is called “must play leud” : the zhou dynasty had a king named zhou you king, he has a beauty called praised si, her temper is very strange, always don't smile, you think of some way to the king.So he lit up a distress signal(fire), as a result, drew leud come white, but praised si ha ha laugh, you king is also very happy.But, really have an enemy to attack, you king lit the fire, but no one come, and he was killed by the enemy.The legend of the Great Wall is also very good to listen, named “meng jiangnu cry the Great Wall” : the story of meng jiangnu cry the Great Wall, is China's famous ancient folklore, it in the form of drama, songs, poems, rap, etc, widely circulated, household can stomach.Mouth hard heavy when qin shihuang, young men and women Fan Xiliang, meng jiangnu just married three days, the groom was forced to start to build the Great Wall, soon died of cold and tired, bones buried under the long wall.Meng jiangnu with woolies, through hardships, wanli predicament came to the Great Wall, got the news of her husband.More than three days and three nights, she cry at the gate, the city of cleft, revealing Fan Xiliang corpses, meng jiangnu sea died in despair.From then on, shanhaiguan is considered by later generations as “meng jiangnu cry the Great Wall”, and cover the meng jiangnu temple, there are often stationed here with one of the leaders of tears.Now, stories and legends to listen to, we can free to play, remember after 1 hour, we set here, pay attention to, don't litter.北京长城英文导游词4

Dear visitors:

Everybody is good!Welcome to badaling scenic area tourism.Accompany you visit together, today I am very happy, hope all can spend a good time in badaling.The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world famous, it is like a dragon entrenched in the vast land of northern China.It is the crystallization of labor people's blood law in ancient China, is also a symbol of ancient Chinese culture and the pride of the Chinese nation.In the spring and autumn period and the warring states period, our country began to build the Great Wall, ancient people at that time, hegemony between feudal lords to protect their territory is not violated, so at the boundaries of the respective have built the Great Wall, the Great Wall is called mutual defense.China has appeared three peaks to build the Great Wall, qin wall, han Great Wall, Ming Great Wall.Qin in 221 BC unified the central plains, established the qin dynasty, in order to defense the invasion of the northern nomadic people, the original north of yan, zhao, qin wall up, and to expand, 9 years built a west about east to liaodong thousands of miles of the Great Wall, which is the first line of the Great Wall in Chinese history.Emperor is in order to strengthen the defense, “don't call ma degrees yinshan hu”, built a nearly two miles of the Great Wall and the massive construction of the Ming dynasty Great Wall hit 18 times, total length of 6350 km.Ming Great Wall have three characteristics, building structure is complete, well-managed, layout strict.And the badaling Great Wall we see today is part of the Ming Great Wall.Famous folklore: play leud and meng jiangnu cry the Great Wall is also happened on the Great Wall.Today, the Great Wall after several dressing, basically restore the face of the past, in 1987 by the UNESCO world cultural heritage list.Visitors, we have arrived at the famous badaling Great Wall, you to the distance, it is like a long dragon winds hovering between the mountains, the scenery is very spectacular.All of us to climb the Great Wall together!You see, this is tall and strong city wall, built against the huge stone and ChengZhuan, there have a two or three one thousand catties.Outside the wall along the rows of buttress, have more than two meters high, is this square lookout on buttress mouth and nozzle, for outlook and shooting.Past the square in front of the building is ChengTai, at intervals of more than three hundred meters, is the bulwark of the station troops.War, between the ChengTai can mutual echo.These buildings is the ancient working people by the shoulder of countless countless of hand, it embodies the how much the sweat and wisdom of the working people.China's first generation of leader MAO zedong in the qingping le LiuPanShan “is a word wrote:” the clear sky, looked away south sintex.Not a true man unless he comes to the Great Wall, one stroke twenty thousand....“ The world friends also come to visit to browse, to highly praise the Great Wall.Former US President Ronald Reagan: ”the Great Wall is one of the greatest wonders in the world, is really encouraging.Difficulty all feel people climb on it, as you can imagine that what was needed to build the Great Wall when the wisdom and strength.Today the Great Wall, already lose military value, and by its unique charm, attracting the broad masses of Chinese and foreign tourists, become the world famous tourist resort.With the development of the tourism industry, the Great Wall is the symbol of the Chinese nation, the world's important cultural heritage, coruscate gives new vitality.With more high quality tourism services, more beautiful environment to meet the arrival of you!

第三篇：北京长城英文导游词

The Great Wall, like the pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal(1)in India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon(2), is one of the great wonders of the world.Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu River in Liaoning province, the Wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to Jiayuguan in the Gobi desert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China.The Wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the Yanshan and Yinshan Mountain Chains through five provinces-Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu--and two autonomous regions--Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, binding the northern China together.Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 B.C.during the reign of King Cheng of the States of Chu.Its construction continued throughout the Warring States period in the fifth Century B.C.when ducal states Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Qin were frequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the Yinshan and Yanshan mountain ranges.Walls, then, were built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments.Later in 221 B.C., when Qin conquered the other states and unified China, Emperor Qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the present great wall.As a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north of the Yinshan range in the Han Dynasty(206 BC--1644 BC.), which went to ruin through years of neglect.In the many intervening centuries, succeeding dynasties rebuilt parts of the Wall.The most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the Ming Dynasty(1368--1644)when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks.it is mostly the Ming Dynasty Wall that visitors see today.The Great Wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with Shanxi province as the dividing line.The west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average.In the eastern part, the core of the Wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks.The most imposing and best preserved sections of the Great Wall are at Badaling and Mutianyu, not far from Beijing and both are open to visitors.The Wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast.There are ramparts, embrasures, peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoyles to drain rain-water off the parapet walk.Two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals.The top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers.The highest watch-tower at Badaling standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like “climbing a ladder to heaven”.The view from the top is rewarding, hoverer.The Wall follows the contour of mountains that rise one behind the other until they finally fade and merge with distant haze.A signal system formerly existed that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital.This consisted of beacon towers on the Wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the Wall.At the approach of enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfire did this at night.Emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant places within a few hour long before the invention of anything like modern communications.There stand 14 major passes(Guan, in Chinese)at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan.Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing.Known as “Tian Xia Di YI Guan”(The First pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast.It had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here.It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to the Manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and so surrendered the whole Ming empire to the Manchus, leading to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.(1644-1911)Jiayuguan pass was not so much as the “Strategic pass Under the Heaven” as an important communication center in Chinese history.Cleft between the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the rolling Mazong Mountains, it was on the ancient Silk Road.Zhang Qian, the first envoy of Emperor Wu Di of the Western Han dynasty(206 B.C-24 A.D), crossed it on his journey to the western regions.Later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too.The gate-tower of Jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship.It has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference.It has two gates, an eastern one and a western one.On each gate sits a tower facing each other.the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each.Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains.The cavalrymen of Genghis Khan swept through it in the 13th century.At the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the Cloud terrace, which was called the Crossing-Street Dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the Yuan Daynasty(1206-1368).At the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of Buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls.The vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship.such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient Chinese carving.The gate jambs bear a multi-lingual Buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in Sanskrit(3), Tibetan, Mongolian, Uigur(4), Han Chinese and the language of Western Xia.Undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of Buddhism and ancient languages.As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world.The Venice charter says: “Historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events.” The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world.In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.Notes:1.the Taj Mahal in India 印度的泰姬陵2.the Hanging Garden of Babylon 巴比伦的空中花园3.Sanskrit 梵语4.Uigur 维吾尔语

There stand 14 major passes(Guan, in Chinese)at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan.Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing.Known as “Tian Xia Di YI Guan”(The First pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast.It had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here.It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to the Manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and so surrendered the whole Ming empire to theManchus, leading to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.(1644-1911)

Jiayuguan pass was not so much as the “Strategic pass Under the Heaven” as an important communication center in Chinese history.Cleft between the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the rolling Mazong Mountains, it was on the ancient Silk Road.Zhang Qian, the first envoy of Emperor Wu Di of the Western Han dynasty(206 B.C-24 A.D), crossed it on his journey to the western regions.Later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too.The gate-tower of Jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship.It has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference.It has two gates, an eastern one and a western one.On each gate sits a tower facing each other.the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each.Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains.The cavalrymen of Genghis Khan swept through it in the 13th century.At the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the Cloud terrace, which was called the Crossing-Street Dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the Yuan Daynasty(1206-1368).At the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of Buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls.The vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship.such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient Chinese carving.The gate jambs bear a multi-lingual Buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in Sanskrit(3), Tibetan, Mongolian, Uigur(4), Han Chinese and the language of Western Xia.Undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of Buddhism and ancient languages.As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world.The Venice charter says: “Historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events.” The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world.In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.

第四篇：北京司马台长城英文导游词[范文模版]

北京司马台长城英文导游词

Each visitor:How are you, welcome you to Peking to travel, I am your guide DAVID.The department Ma Tai's the Great Wall that calls by“is surprised, insurance, strange” Zhao, is located in airtight cloud county northeast of Peking City of ancient north the town is inshore, all grow 19 kilometers, there being total of enemy the building is 35, the ancient Great Wall of the our country only a reservation Ming Dynasty original, a Qi after light when this Du set up establish.This Great Wall has already been taught the section text the organization assurance by United Nations for“original Great Wall”.Take charge of Ma Tai the Great Wall with department Ma Tai reservoir for the boundary is divided into thing two pieces and across Suo bridge in the valley long the Hong intersect thing.Western segment mountain power more even slow, 20 enemy's buildings keep up to now intact;The eastern segment the Great Wall winds around to rise and fall, vehemence pound Bo, spread densely 15 enemy's buildings in the Dian of mountain peak.“Fairy maiden building” constructs elegant, man white jade arched door up engrave combine Di lotus ectype, lead“fairy maiden building” is long not over 100 meters, two sides break wide“overpass” of precipice cliff, but only one brick, can lead this bridge to in really ascend city good brave fellow.“Hoping city building” is Peking City to Gao Dian, the elevation is 986 meters, ascends

Up hope city building, the visitors east can see “fog works properly accumulated snow”, the west hopes the Great Wall magnificent posture, the north view beyond the frontier romantic feeling, southern lights in the Tiao capital city.The taking charge of Ma Tai still provides to ascend an invisible cableway of city for visitor and sight-see to go boating, swim, angle for fish, stop for the night in the canyon Suo bridge, mandarin duck lake, small scaled meeting, mountain Zhai game etc.serve.Hold to take charge of Ma Tai the Great Wall nations to glide stanza in June, hold cultural stanza in August and hold to ascend a city game in September.Various characteristics that takes charge of Ma Tai's the Great Wall to gather the great wall is a whole body.Take city wall to say, this has the one side wall, two-sided wall and trapezoid the stone wall;The style of enemy's building to say, have 2 F, 3 F, flat form, circular and turn Cape form, two eyes, three eyes, four eyes, six eyes, 24 eyes;But coping style, taking charge of Ma Tai's the Great Wall to possess singly is many......Take charge of Ma Tai the Great Wall the eastern segment still lie in “insurance” most marvellously, the Great Wall Ultrasaurus Pan the Fu is at the unique precipice crag on, horizontal Gen thing, thousand meters inside, spread densely 14 enemy's buildings.Especially at abrupt the mountain peak signing is one side, shoot high up a day steps, the steps inclination degree in sky is 85 degrees, under face an overhanging cliff, the breadth only permits feet, several near erection, and have no arm-rest, long about 100 meters, breadth only one brick, all of or so two sideses are the abysses of 900 meters, here can the arms and legs crawl along but lead and make person's afraid!

Take charge of Ma Tai's the Great Wall to contain two building sons that have a special feature most.One is “fairy maiden building”, legend is become to°from an antelope, because the lotus fairy maiden resides this but get, its body is high, regularly in the white cloud faintly discernable, just like don't wish to go out of young girl, man white jade arched door up engrave combine Di lotus ectype, have for the great wall ascending only.The second building BE“hoping city building”, the elevation is 986 meters, cultural object apogee in Peking, standing on this building hand can connect a sky, far mountain near water, to the utmost accept eye bottom.Have more than 20 family traditions space special tour guest house inside the county can stop over.If live at folk village farmer, again cheap, and then clean, also have much of wit and humour.Take charge of Ma Tai's the Great Wall to start replying to fix after 1987 and have already outward opened.Its back leans on blue sky, horizontal Gen thing, wild cloud is long, very Gao Ji Xian.Its mountain power as if the person's finger combine Long, present a double to stairs-like in shape.If the noodles ascends the Great Wall from the west, side to see go, only one Feng at up.But once enemy's building that ascends the first apex turns round east to hope, the but again has a Feng to force noodles.When ascend the building of the enemy of the second hilltop, face upward the east hope and also have higher one Feng at up;But lower the head next hope, sees the first hilltop up of all of enemy's building be covered, true BE“ex-disappear the ancients, behind disappear the future.”Ascend the fourth enemy's building, at present spacious.Ascend the sixth enemy's building, cent of building top and bottom 2 F:The upper level is a to hope Taiwan;The bottom layer is to become the side officers and men housing, three side contains window, and the north shoots arrow bore.The whole building is carved with the generous piece of stone and seem to be Dun solid and hard, the tallest place of generosity of spirit extraordinary Great Wall BE“fairy maiden building”, need to ascend “steps in the sky” but up.“Steps in the sky” is up to 100 meters, the slope is 85 degrees, several near perpendicular, gutless of cut off difficult conquest.Face upward to up hope, that brick carves of the step only can permit feet, two side overhanging cliff abrupt wall, in the center this a step is thin like line, thin like blade, abrupt if sign.The tallest place that takes charge of Ma Tai's the Great Wall is “fairy maiden building”, need to ascend “steps in the sky” but up.Steps in the sky is up to 100 meters, the slope is 85 degrees, several near perpendicular, gutless of cut off difficult conquest.Face upward to up hope, that brick carves of the step only can permit feet, two side overhanging cliff abrupt wall, in the center this a step is thin like line, thin like blade, abrupt if sign, is not sighed by good repute steps interest, pour to take a suck at cool spirit.Climb fairy maiden building, landscape indeed as expected more strong beautiful beautiful, bend the head the overhanging cliff of seeing the foot, the knife pares ax to split generally, a few fog Lans hang in the cliff and seem to be steep and breathtaking more.Northwest side gold mountain range the Great Wall and department Ma Tai the Great Wall Hun however integral whole, living elephant one will soon the Teng fly of Cang dragon.Size of the Great Wall different, enemy's building of each difference of appearance, in ordering Gao each one system, just right ground establishment's imposing Lin however, the cold Jun is outstanding.The whole Great Wall, perfect and harmonious, vehemence pound Bo, the everywhere displays its handiness, unusual and impressive-looking with magnificent.See continues Yan mountain mountain range again to rush to flow out but rise, roll in an innumerable of peculiar;It is limitless and boundless, has been spreading to see broadly and north China a plain toward the eyes not and of the horizon , in the landscape of this great oddity, make people not from float to want to unite Pian.Before climbing the Great Wall, the beard crosses Tahu first.The western side of lake there is one hot springs, sever winter season spring surroundings also full with green grass, as if spring.Spring temperature often in 37 ℃ , year's sees steaming hot, the cluster fish travels extensively.The another side of lake, but the mountain spring is to the bone ice-cold.Native son calls this lake as mandarin duck lake, it from mutually Be an apart from ten few rices cold spring and a hot springs to mutually remit but become.Take charge of Ma Tai Ming Dynasty the Great Wall side to fill to militarily is divided into nine town magistracies.Airtight cloud belongs to magistracy in the thistle town, the area's east rise Shanhaiguan, west to reside the ash Ling of Yong pass, all grow 1200 many inside.This thistle town mayor the city segment was subjected to Mongolia intertribal serious threat at that time, the Mongolia intertribal An answered to often go into a pass and outside hit to city in Peking and even usually kept into Chang even, the county etc.grounds to loot wealth and properties, the common people of Sao Nao, got close to city in Peking directly and quickly, so the thistle town mayor's city had to close an important defense function.All of airtight cloud segment Great Wall grows 425 inside, the clear thistle town built up the wall son road in the road, Cao house, ancient north and stone pond road and the four army camps and important pass that regards the stone box as the center, each road cent takes some pass Ai and enemy's buildings of the Great walls.Train soldiers at ordinary times, the wartime fights and forms the war preparedness defences of system.The thistle town is what Ming Dynasty famous general's Liu in response to stanza, Tan Lun and anti-Wo famous general total soldier Qi after light wait direct design and build.This Great Wall has a wall Gao, characteristics with generous wall, and constructs Zi wall, enemy's building in the important district, Feng fire the set is intensive, various shapes, various uses, gather the characteristics of national Great Wall.Reside Yong to close eight to reach the Ling the Great Wall tour to develop early, here become watch the famous tourist spot of the thistle town mayor's city.Henceforth, for alleviating eight to reach Ling the person is full of suffer from, and then have the Mu farmland the Yu, gold mountain range the Great Wall be opened wall sightseeing.However, the department started repairing in 1986 Ma Tai the Great Wall, the visitor has been empty up to now.Reason BE, department airtight cloud northeast Cape of mesa horse and boundary place in handing over of Hebei, set out from Peking, arrive to take charge of the road that Ma Tai needs, compare to eight reach Ling slightly far some.Some repairs of ancient cultural object ruins in Peking once was subjected to domestic and international expert's critique and thought the original shape that didn't notice to support ruins, also the art appearance of not enough attention environment.Take charge of Ma Tai the Great Wall because of development compare a night, absorb precept, so then have “being whole is old as before, the whole remnants such as remnants” from the first it to say.The maintenance of essential to have reinforces a work, whole with reservation cripple Sun Tui old outward appearance for principle, slice to hate a fresh integrity.The whole environment also pretty much pays attention to and raise eyes four hope, there is no lately-set up building hall building.Sees a group of mountain Cang Mang magnificent, the Great Wall trails the body of that damaged site spot spot and imitates a Buddha and then walked from the winds and clouds of history likes this, can give people with the realistic history feeling.Its repair work is taught by United Nations the organization of section text of great fame.The Tan state is past county, lean on Yan mountain but strong United States;Take charge of Ma Gu Tai, Chu soul of nation but power and prestige.The Great Wall most, China of Jiao;Cloud water Man traces and flies Long Yu Teng.Two mountains, the myth overflows with the breeze colourful;Resist Kou after the light, good name bequeath to posterity to stay Fang.Moderate breezes Chang dance, the morning sun slowly rises;Mountain Ying auspicious atmosphere, city Huan Long Xing.The visitor is great but the breeze inebriate, the refined scholar comes but the poem become.The taking charge of Ma Tai the Great Wall is an AAAA class tourist spot

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第五篇：英文导游词长城

The Great Wall

The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal(1)in India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon(2), is one of the great wonders of the world.Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province, the Wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to Jiayuguan in the Gobi desert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China.The Wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the Yanshan and Yinshan Mountain Chains through five provinces--Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu--and two autonomous regions--Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, binding the northern China together.Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 B.C.during the reign of King Cheng of the States of Chu.Its construction continued throughout the Warring States period in the fifth Century B.C.when ducal states Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Qin were frequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the Yinshan and Yanshan mountain ranges.Walls, then, were built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments.Later in 221 B.C., when Qin conquered the other states and unified China, Emperor Qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the present great wall.As a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north of the Yinshan range in the Han Dynasty(206 BC--1644 BC.), which went to ruin through years of neglect.In the many intervening centuries, succeeding dynasties rebuilt parts of the Wall.The most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the Ming Dynasty(1368--1644)when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks.it is mostly the Ming Dynasty Wall that visitors see today.The Great Wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with Shanxi Province as the dividing line.The west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average.In the eastern part, the core of the Wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks.The most imposing and best preserved sections of the Great Wall are at Badaling and Mutianyu, not far from Beijing and both are open to visitors.The Wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast.There are ramparts, embrasures, peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoyles to drain rain-water off the parapet walk.Two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals.The top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers.The highest watch-tower at Badaling standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like “climbing a ladder to heaven”.The view from the top is rewarding, hoverer.The Wall follows the contour of mountains that rise one behind the other until they finally fade and merge with distant haze.A signal system formerly existed that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital.This consisted of beacon towers on the Wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the Wall.At the approach of enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfire did this at night.Emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant places within a few hour long before the invention of anything like modern communications.There stand 14 major passes(Guan, in Chinese)at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan.Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing.Known as “Tian Xia Di YI Guan”(The First Pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan Pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast.It had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here.It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to the Manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and so surrendered the whole Ming empire to the Manchus, leading to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.(1644-1911)Jiayuguan Pass was not so much as the “Strategic pass Under the Heaven” as an important communication center in Chinese history.Cleft between the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the rolling Mazong Mountains, it was on the ancient Silk Road.Zhang Qian, the first envoy of Emperor Wu Di of the Western Han dynasty(206 B.C-24 A.D), crossed it on his journey to the western regions.Later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too.The gate-tower of Jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship.It has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference.It has two gates, an eastern one and a western one.On each gate sits a tower facing each other.the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each.Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains.The cavalrymen of Genghis Khan swept through it in the 13th century.At the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the Cloud terrace, which was called the Crossing-Street Dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the Yuan Daynasty(1206-1368).At the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of Buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls.The vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship.such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient Chinese carving.The gate jambs bear a multi-lingual Buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in Sanskrit(3), Tibetan, Mongolian, Uigur(4), Han Chinese and the language of Western Xia.Undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of Buddhism and ancient languages.As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world.The Venice charter says: “Historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events.” The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world.In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.Notes:1.the Taj Mahal in India 印度的泰姬陵2.the Hanging Garden of Babylon 巴比伦的空中花园3.Sanskrit 梵语4.Uigur 维吾尔语

There stand 14 major passes(Guan, in Chinese)at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan.Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing.Known as “Tian Xia Di YI Guan”(The First Pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan Pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast.It had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here.It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to the Manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and so surrendered the whole Ming empire to the Manchus, leading to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.(1644-1911)Jiayuguan Pass was not so much as the “Strategic pass Under the Heaven” as an important communication center in Chinese history.Cleft between the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the rolling Mazong Mountains, it was on the ancient Silk Road.Zhang Qian, the first envoy of Emperor Wu Di of the Western Han dynasty(206 B.C-24 A.D), crossed it on his journey to the western regions.Later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too.The gate-tower of Jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship.It has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference.It has two gates, an eastern one and a western one.On each gate sits a tower facing each other.the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each.Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains.The cavalrymen of Genghis Khan swept through it in the 13th century.At the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the Cloud terrace, which was called the Crossing-Street Dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the Yuan Daynasty(1206-1368).At the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of Buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls.The vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship.such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient Chinese carving.The gate jambs bear a multi-lingual Buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in Sanskrit(3), Tibetan, Mongolian, Uigur(4), Han Chinese and the language of Western Xia.Undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of Buddhism and ancient languages.As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world.The Venice charter says: “Historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events.” The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world.In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.故宫 hello, everyone，we are now going to pay a visit to a place of special interest.this scenic spot is located at the center of beijing and is characterized by thousands of palatial architectures and purple walls as well as yellow glazed tile roofs-it is simply a sea of palaces.this is the world – famous wonder – the palace museum.the palace museum has served as the royal residence during the ming and qing dynasties.it was here that a total of 24 monarchs ascended the throne and wielded power for some 500 years.the palace museum, as the most beautiful spot of interest throughout beijing, is unique for its location: to the northwest is beihai(north sea)park, famous for its white pagoda and rippling lake;to the west is the zhongnahai(central and south sea);to the east lies the the wangfujing shopping street;and to the north id jinshan park.standing in the wanchun(everlasting spring)pavilion at the top of jingshan(charcoal hill)park, you overlook the skyline of the palace museum.at the southern end of the palace is tian` anmen(gate of heavenly peace)and the famous square named after it.this is the symbol of the people` s republic of china.a world-famous historical site, the palace museum is on the world heritage list of unesco and is an embodiment of oriental civilization.the palace museum is rectangular in shape, 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west, covering a space of 720,000 square meters of which 150,000 is building area.it has 9000-strong rooms in it.according to legend there are 9999.5 room-units in all.the whole compound is enclosed by a 10-meter-hign wall and is accessed through four entrances, namely, the meridian gate in the south ,the gate of military prowess in the north, donghua(eastern flowery)gate in the north, donghua(eastern flowery)gate in the east and xihua(western flowery)gate in the west.on each corner there is a turret consisted of 9 roof beams, 18 pillars and 72 ridge.encircling the compound there is a 3,800-meter-long and 52 meter-wide moat, making the palace museum a self-defensive city-within-a city.the palace museum was made a center of rule during the ming dynasty by zhun di, the fourth son of the founding emperor zhuyuanzhang.the whole complex straddles on an 8-kilometers-long central axis that stretches from yongding(forever stable)gate in the south to gulou(drum tower)in the north.prominence was given to the royal power by putting the ―three main front halls‖ and ―three back halls ‖on the axis while arrange other subsidiary structure around them.the construction of the palace museum involved manpower and resources across china.for example, the bricks laid in the halls ,known as ―gold brick, ‖ underwent complex, two –dozen processes.as the final touch ,the fired bricks were dipped in chinese wood oil.involving complicated processes and high cost, these brick are called ―golden bricks.‖ the palace museum serves as a living embodiment of good tradition and styles unique to china` s ancient architecture.it reflects to the full the ingenuity and creativity of the chinese working people.a carefully preserved and complete group of royal residences, the palace museum is a prominent historical and tourist site.what we are now approaching is the main entrance to the palace museum-the meridian gate, which is characterized by red walls, yellow glazed –tile roofs and upturned eaves.on top of this walls, yellow glazed-tile roofs and upturned eaves.on top of this magnificent building ,there stand five lofty halls with a main hall in the center.the main hall is roofed by multiple eaves and covers a space of 9 room-units.it is flanked by two wings on each side.the wings are square in shape ,complete with multiple and four edged eaves and pinnacles.all of these structures are connected by a colonnade.because these halls resemble a soaring bird, it was also know as wufenglou(five-phoenix tower).inside the main hall there is a throne.drums and bells were stored in the wings.whenever the emperor presided over grand ceremonies or observed rites in the hall of upreme harmony, drums, bells and gongs would be struck to mark the occasion.as the legend goes, the meridian gate used to be a place where condemned ranking officials would be executed.this not true.however, flogging was carried out here by the ming emperors ,if a courtier falls afoul of the emperor, he would be stripped of his court dress and flogging with a stick.at one point the punishment became so harsh that a total of 11 people died from fatal wound on a single occasion.on the other hand, this building was also used to observe important occasions like the traditional chinese lantern festival(15th day of the first lunar month).on these occasions, chinese lanterns would be hanged and sumptuous banquets would be given in honour of the whole court of ministers and other ranking officials.upon entering the meridian gate we began our tour of the palace museum.the river foowing in front of us is known as jin shui he(golden water river)and the five marbles bridges spanning it are known as the inner golden water bridges.the on in the middle was used exclusive by the emperor and its banisters were carved with dragon and phoenix designs.the bridges flanking the imperial one were reserved for princes and other royal members.the rest were used by palatines.aside from decoration, the golden water river was also dug as precaution against fire.most of the structures within the palace museum are made of wood.what is more ,according to ancient chinese cosmology, the south is the abode of fire, so this brook was dug on the southern tip of the palace.in this way, the palace museum reflects traditional chinese culture.this building is called the gate of supreme harmony.in the foreground stand two bronze lions.can anybody tell which is male and which is female? the one on the east playing with a ball is male, symbolizing power and universal unity.the other on the west with a cub cuddling underneath its claw is female? the one on the east playing with a ball is male, symbolizing power and universal unity.the other on the west with a cub cuddling underneath its claw is female, representing prosperity the endless succession.a layout of the palace museum is posted by the entrance.from it ,you can see that the palace museum has two main parts: the forecourt and the inner court.the three main halls constitute the mainstay of the forecourt, and it was here that the emperor announced decisions and observed rites.behind the forecourt there is the inner court, consisting of major halls and the imperial garden.it was where the emperor attended state affairs, lived and enjoyed his luxurious life.the exhibition system of the palace museum involves historical court relics and articles of ancient art and culture.the palace museum houses nearly one million articles of rare treasure, or one sixth of the total number in all of china `s museums.there are the three main halls of the palace museum, built on a triple marble terrace.since most of china `s architecture is made of wood, the buildings cannot be too tall.to gain the height of the architecture, ingenious ancient artisans built the hall on a gigantic stone terrace.it is also to this end that not a single plant was grown in the square.on stairways of triple marble terrace there are 18 bronze tripods.the verandah is flanked by bronze tortoises and cranes, which served as symbols of longevity.on the east is a sundial, an ancient timepiece.on the west there is a grain measure suggesting that the emperor was just and equitable.in the front and on each flank ,there is a pair of gilt bronze vats(caldrons)molded during the reign of emperor qianlong of the qing dynasty.each of these weights 2 tons and is filled with water as a precaution in the event of a fire.the structure in the very middle is the hall of supreme harmony ,also known as the throne hall.it is 64 meters in width and is 38 meters from entrance to rear.with terrace exclusive ,the hall is 26.92 meters in height and is 35.03 meters in all.covering and areaof 2,377 square meters, the hall of supreme harmony is china` s largest exiting wooden structure.the hall is supported by 6 thick ,round pillars carved in a design of coiling dragons.as the holiest place in the hall, the ceiling and colored patterns were made of the finest material available at that time.the throne was placed on a terrace and is flanked by statues of elephants, luduan(a unicorn which could travel 18,000 kilometers a day and understand all languages), cranes and incense barrels.over the throne there is the caisson ,or covered ceiling ,which consists of a coiling dragon playing with a ball in its mouth.this ball is known as xuanyuan mirror ,and was supposedly made by a chinese emperor of remote times to serve as a reminder that thee rulers to follow were his hereditary heirs.the throne is made of nanmu and painted in gold.magnificently built and luxuriously decorated ,this hall did not serve as a place in which the emperor attended to daily affairs.he used his hall for major events such as his birthday, conferral of title of empress or dispatch of generals to war.behind the hall of supreme harmony ,there sits the hall of complete harmony.this structure is square in shape.each side is 24.15 meters.this was the place where the emperor relaxed and greeted his courtiers before proceeding to the hall of supreme harmony to observe rites.this was also the place where the emperor prepared prayers or examined seeds and sowers before he attended ancestral sacrifices or participated in snowing ceremonies.a grand ceremony was also held here once every 10 years for the emperor to genealogize the royal blood.there are two sedan chairs on display in the hall.behind the hall of complete harmony ,you will see the hall of preserving harmony, which was used as a place where imperial examinations were held.the imperial examination was the hignest level of competing for meritorious appointment under the feudal system dating back to the sui dynasty.china` s last imperial examination was held in 1904 during the reign of emperor guangxu of the qing dynasty.to the rear of hall there is a marble ramp carved with cloud and dragon designs, the largest of its kind in the whole country.it is 16.57 meters in length, 3.07 meters in width, 1.7 meters thick and weighs 250 tons.it was quarried in fangshan county in suburban beijing.to bring this giant piece of stone to beijing people poured water onto the road and applied rolling blocks during the process.we are now standing before the square of the hall of heaven purity.it served as a divide separating the forecourt from the inner court.this building is known as the gate of heavenly purity.emperor qianlong held court here.proceeding further north ,you can find three main rear halls ,i.e.the hall of heavenly purity.the hall of union and peace and palace of earthly tranquility.the hall of heavenly purity if flanked on either side by two gates named after the sun and moon.inside the enclosure there are 12 palaces and halls symbolizing constellations.all of the other buildings are centered around the palace of heavenly purity , which was meant to suggest that the monarch` s power was endowed by heaven.the empress and concubines lived in the inner court.the hall of heavenly purity was where the emperor lived and attended to daily affairs.later the emperor moved to live in the palace of mental cultivation.looking up you can see a plaque bearing the chinese inscription ―be open and above-board,‖ a manifesto to court struggle.behind the plaque a strongbox was stored containing a will bearing the name of the would –be royal successor.this approach of secretly selecting the next emperor was adopted by emperor yongzheng of the qing dynasty.two copies of the will were prepared.one was stashed by the emperor in person ,the other was placed inside the strong box behind the plaque.after the death of the emperor, the two copies would be compared and successor would be announced.it was in this way that emperor qianglong and others have ascended the throne.behind the hall of heavenly purity you will see the hall of union and peace , which is indentical to the hall of complete harmony.it was there that the emperor received congratulations and tributes from imperial officials on major calender occasions , a total of 25 imperial seals are stored there.in the hall, you will see a plaque with the handwritten inscription of ―we wei,‖ exhorting taoist doctrines.further northward is the palace of earthly tranquillity, which once served as the living room of the empresses`.the hall was later converted into a sacrificial place.through the windowpanes on the eastern wall you can see the royal bed decorated with dragon and phoenix designs.this hall has also served as the bridal chamber of monarchs.the gate of earthly tranquilliity leads to the imperial garden(known to westerners as qianlong` s garden),which was used by the emperor ,the empress, and the concubines.a magnificent structure stands in the middle.it is called the qin `s an(imperial peace)hall.it is the only building in the palace museum that was built in taoist style.it served as a shrine to the taoist deity.the garden covers a space of 12,000 square meters ,and is 130 meters from east to the west and some 90 meters from north to the south.there are a dozen halls, verandahs, pavilions and waterside houses in the garden.on each of the fur corner there is a pavilion dedicated to the four seasons which is different in construction style and shape.the garden also features an imperial landscape.with rare trees and exotic rockery, the imperial garden served as a model for china` s imperial parks.in all ,a total of 10-strong building styles were applied.the tall building we are now passing is the gate of military prowess, the back door of the palace museum.our visit is now drawing to a conclusion but the architectures of the palace are not.on the other side of the road is the 43-meter-hign charcoal hill , providing natural protection for the forbidden city.this was also an embodiment of china` s construction style-putting a pool in the front and a hill in the rear.now let` s climb up to wanchun(everlasting springs)pavillion where we` ll have a great view of the palace museum.颐和园 the tour will take 4-6 hours.the route is as follows: out side the east gate-side the east gate –in front of the hall of benevolence and longevity-in front of garden of virtuous harmony-in front of the grand theater building-a lakeside walk from the garden of virtuous harmony to the hall o jade ripples-in front of the o jade ripples-in front of the yiyunguan(chamber of mortal being)-hall of happiness and longevity-in front of the yaoyue(chamber of mortal beings)-hall of happiness and longevity-in front of the yaoyue(inviting the moon)gate of the long corridor-strolling along the long corridor-visiting an exhibition of cultural relics-in front of the hall of dispelling clouds-inside the hall of dispelling clouds-atop the tower of buddhist incense-on a hilltop leading from the back door of the tower of buddhist incense-on a hilltop leading from the back door of the tower of buddhist incense-inside the garden of harmonious interest –outside the south gate to suzhou shopping street-atop the stone bridge inside the suzhou shopping street –on the road from the south gate of suzhou shopping street-on the road form the south gate of suzhou shopping street to the marble boat-in front of the ruins of the garden of complete spring –along the lakeside by the marble boat-boating on the kunming lake-leaving out through the east gate.(out side the east gate)

ladies and gentlemen: welcome to the summer palace.(after the self-introduction of the guide-interpreter)i hope this will be an interesting and enjoyable day for you.during our tour, you will be introduced to time honored historical and cultural traditions, as well as picturesque views and landscapes.the construction of the summer palace first started in 1750.at that time, the qing dynasty was in its heyday and china was a powerful asian country with vast territories.the monarch in power then was emperor qianlong.with supreme power and large sums of money, he summoned skillful and ingenious artisans from all over the country to carry out this construction work in honor of his mother `s birthday.after 15 years and one seventh of the nation` s annual revenue spent, the garden of clear ripples was completed and served as a testimony to china` s scientific and technological achievements.in 1860, this vast royal garden was burnt down along with the yuanming yuan(garden of perfection and brightness)by angol-french allied forces.in 1888, empress dowager cixi reconstructed the garden on the same site and renamed it the garden of nurtured harmony(summer palace).characterized by its vast scope and rich cultural embodiments, the summer palace has become one of the most famous tourist sites in the world.this is the main entrance to the summer palace-the east gate on top of the eaves of the door there is a plaque bearing a chinese inscription which means ―garden of nurtured harmony‖ , whose calligrapher was emperor guangxu.the gate that you are now entering was used exclusively by the emperor, the empress and the queer mother.all others used the side doors.(inside the east gate)

the summer palace can be divided into two parts: longevity hill and kunming lake.the whole garden covers an area of 290 hectares, of whih three-fourths consists of a lake and rivers.this imperial garden features 3,000 room-units and covers an expanse of 70,000 square meters with more than 100 picturesque spots of interest.the layout of the summer palace includes three groups of architectures: palaces where the emperor attended to state affairs, resting palaces of the emperor and empress, and sightseeing areas.entering the east gate we will come the the office quarters.entering the east gate we will come to the office quarters.the annex halls on both sides were used for officials on duty.this is the gate of benevolence and longevity.above the door there is a plaque bearing the same name in both chinese and manchurian characters.the gigantic rock in the foreground is known as taihu rock, or eroded limestone, quarried in jiangsu province and placed here to decorated the garden.on the marble terrace sits a bronze mythical beast, known as qilin or xuanni.it was said to the one of the nine sons of dragon king.a point of peculiar interest is that it has the head of a dragon, antlers of a deer, the tail of a lion and hooves of a ox, and is covered with a unique skin.it was considered an auspicious creature that brought peace and prosperity.this grand hall is the hall of benevolence and longevity.it was built in 1750 , and was known as the hall of industrious government.emperor qianlong ruled that the halls where monarchs attended to state affairs would be named after them.after the rebuilding of the summer palace, the hall was renamed, suggesting that benevolent rulers would enjoy long lives.the arrangement of the hall has been left untouched.in the middle of the hall stands a throne made of sandalwood and carved with beautiful designs.in the background there is a screen carved with nine frolicking dragons.on either side of the throne there are two big fans made of peacock feathers, two column-shaped incense burners, crane-shaped lanterns and an incense burner assuming the form of luduan, a mythological animal which was suppose to have the power to prevent fire.the small chambers on eight side were where the emperor qianlong and empress dowager cixi rested and met officials on formal occasions.on the verandah in the foreground of the hall there are bronze statues of dragon and phoenixes which served as incense burners on major occasions.they are hollow and smoke comes through holes on their backs.also on the veranda are tai ping(peace)bronze water vats made during the reign of emperor qianlong.as a precaution in case of fire, a fire was lit underneath the vats in the winter to keep the water in them from freezing.(at the entrance of garden of virtuous harmony)

we are now visiting the garden of virtuous harmony, where emperor qianlong and empress dowager cixi were entertained with beijing opera performances.it mainly consists of the dressing house, the grand theater building and the hall of pleasure smiles.the grand theater building known as the ―cradle of beijing opera‖ was uniquely laid out and magnificently decorated.on september 10, 1984, the garden of virtuous harmony opened its doors to visitors.there are also 7 exhibition halls with articles of daily use on display here.the staff here put up court dresses of qing dynasty in order to give the visitor a more vivid impression.(in front of the grand theater building)

this building is 21 meters in height and 17 meters in width and features three tiers of tilted eaves and stages.all of the stages are connected to a raise ,and a winch is installed at the top.a well and 5 ponds were sunk under the ground stage.there are trapdoors in the ceiling for fairies to descend, as well as on the floor for demons to surface.the underground passages also served as a means of improving resonance and making the performers` voices more audible.of the three main theater building of the qing dynasty, the grand theater building is the tallest and the largest.the other two are changyin(fluent voice)pavilion in chengde, an imperial summer resort.the building played a major part in fostering the birth and development of beijing opera: since the completion of the grand theater building, many performances were held in it in honor of the empress dowager cixi.(a lakeside walk from the garden of virtuous harmony to the hall of jade ripples)

we are now standing in the middle of a rockery behind the hall of benevolent and longevity.it appears that there` s nothing special ahead.however, after we clear the rockery, we will reach kunming lake.this is a application of a specific style of chinese gardening.not far away in the lake there is a islet.it is filled with peach and weeping willow trees and serves as a ideal place to appreciate the scenery.the pavilion on the islet is called zhichun(understanding spring)pavilion and is chardcterized by four-edged, multiple eaved roofs.(in front of the hall of jade ripples)

this group of special and quiet courtyard dwelling is the hall of jade ripples.it was first used by emperor qianlong to attend to state affairs.it was also where emperor guangxu of the late qing dynasty was kept under house arrest.this hall is a hallmark of the reform movement of 1898, emperor guanxu was empress dowager cixi` s nephew.after emperor tongzhi died, empress dowager cixi made her nephew, who was at that time four years old a successor in order to continue her wielding of power behind the scenes.when emperor guanxu was 19 years old ,empress dowager cixi relinquished power to him but continued to exert considerable influence.in 1898, the reform movement took place with the aim of sustaining the corn principles of the qing dynasty while reforming outdated laws.the movement lasted for 103 days until it was suppressed by empress dowager cixi.the emperor` s six earnest reformists were beheaded and emperor guangxu was placed under house arrest which lasted for 10 years.all the back doors were sealed and a brick was was put up behind the wooden partition on each side of the two annexes of the courtyard.emperor guangxu was closely watched by eunuchs.the wall remains intact for tourists to see..dynasty while reforming outdated laws.the movement lasted for 103 days until it was suppressed by empress dowager cixi.the emperor` s six earnest reformists were beheaded and emperor guangxu was placed under house arrest which lasted for 10 years.all the back doors were sealed and a brick was was put up behind the wooden partition on each side of the two annexes of the courtyard.emperor guangxu was closely watched by eunuchs.the wall remains intact for tourists to see.(in front of yiyunguan(chamber of mortal beings)

this was where empress and empress dowager of china` s feudal system.however, emperor guanxu was not the last emperor of the qing dynasty.the last in the line was emperor puyi, who ascended the throne in 1908 at the age of three, too young to be married.in 1912, he was forced to abdicate.during the short reign of emperor puyi.empress longyu handled state affairs on his behalf in the name of empress dowager.in 1911, a revolution led by dr.sun yat-sun succeeded, and the year after, empress longyu announced the abdication of the last emperor of china.(in the hall of happiness and longevity)the aged empress dowager cixi was so fond of the summer palace that she decided to live here from april through october of every year.this group of buildings served as her residence.this group of courtyard dwellings consists of a forecourt and a backyard with annex courts on each side.the whole compound was basically made of wood, which is ideal for ventilation and lighting.with its quiet and tasteful layout, the hall of happiness and longevity made life very easy and convenient.no wonder one of empress dowager cixi` s pleasure boat.on the pier there is a tall lantern post.flanking the staircase leading to the main entrance of the hall, there are bronze cranes, deer and vases, symbolizing universal peace.the interior layout is the same as the imperial court, with throne, a large table and incense burners placed in the middle.at mealtime, eunuchs-in –waiting would make a gigantic table out of this table and empress dowager cixi would dine on 128 courses.because of this more than 1,800 tales of silver would be spent each month on meals.on the east side of the living room is the cloak room.the bedroom in on its west.in front of the yaoyue(inviting the moon)gate of the long corridor

the famed long corridor is ahead.facing kunming lake and in the foreground of longevity hill, the long corridor stretches from yaoyue(inviting the moon)gate to shizhang(stony old man)pavilion.it is 728 meters in length and consist of 273 sections and connects four octagonal pavilions.in 1990 ,it was listed in guinness book of world records.(strolling along the long corridor)

the long corridor is one of the major structures of the summer palace.since the corridor was designed to follow the physical features of the southern slope of longevity hill , four multiple-eaved, octagonal pavilions(beauty-retaining pavilion, enjoy-the ripples pavilion, autumn water pavilion and clarity distance pavilion)were placed at bends and undulation.thus sightseers will hardly notice the rise and fall of the terrain.as a major part of the architectural style of the summer palace, the long corridor serves as an ingenious connector between the lake and the hill.scattered buildings on the southern slope were linked to creat a unified complex.this corridor can also be called a ―corridor of paintings ‖: there are more than 14,000 paintings on its beams.some of them are of birds, flowers and landscapes of the west lake in hangzhou, zhejian province.others present scenes from literary classics.the majority of the landscape painting were done under the order of emperor qianlong, who preperred the scenery of south china.(by the door leading to the exhibition of cultural relics)this group of temple-shaped structures are known as qinghua(clarified china)hall ,also known as arhat hall during the reign of emperor qianlong.the original hall burned down in 1860.after it was reconstructed, it was renamed.qinghua hall is now used as a exhibition hall displaying rare cultural relics collected in the summer palace.the hall consists of 6 exhibition rooms with tens of thousands of articles of treasure on display in turn.among the exhibits there are bronze ware, porcelain, jade assemblages from the ming and qing dynasties, and rare and paintings.there is also a gigantic stone slab, which is more than 3 meters in height and width.it bears the handwritten inscriptions of emperor qianlong is commemoration of the suppression of a rebellion in the xinjiang region.only this slab survived when the angle-french allied forces set fire to the summer palace.(in front of the gate of dispelling clouds)

now we are approaching the central part of the structures on the lakeside slope, the tower of buddhist incense within the hall of dispelling clouds.the hall of dispelling clouds was where numerous palatines kowtowed to empress dowager cixi.it was surrounded by galleries and flanked by annex halls.in the forecourt there is a pool and marble bridges.starting from the lakeside, there lies in succession a memorial archway, the gate of dispelling clouds, the hall of dispelling clouds and the tower of buddhist incense.all of these structures are built on a central axis and each is taller than its predecessor.this was designed to give prominence to the last structure, the tower of buddhist incense, which was a symbol of imperial power.the layout of this group of architectures was based on scenes described in buddhist sutras.this group of structure are among the most magnificently constructed here in the summer palace.(inside the hall of dispelling clouds)the original buildings on this site were burned down by the anglo-french allied forces in 1860.a new set of structures was built during the reign of emperor guanxu, and was called the hall of dispelling clouds, suggesting that it was a fairyland.the hall was built on a high terrace, and has 21 room.inside the hall are a throne, screens, tripods and mandarin fans.on a platform you will see bronze dragons, phoenixes and tripods.at the foot of the platform there are four bronze water vats, the ancient form of fire extinguishers.the 10th day of lunar october was ,empress dowager cixi` s birthday.on that day ,she sat on the throne here to receive congratulations and gifts.now we are going to pay a visit to the highlight of the summer palace-the tower of buddhist incense.what we are now standing on is a stone terrace which is 20 meters in height.it has a semi housed stairway of 100 steps, you will live for 100 years.so, let` s go!(in the front of the tower of buddhist incense)an octagonal structure with three storeys and quadruple eaves, the tower of buddhist incense is the very center of the summer palace, and is one of the masterpieces of ancient chinese architecture.the tower is 41 meters in height, and is buttressed by 8 solid pillars made of lignumvitae logs.with its complex structure, ingenious layout, towering terrace and convincing grandeur, the tower of buddhist incense was artfully set out by the imperial gardens and beautiful scenery surrounding it.the tower overlooks kunming lake and other picturesque spots within an area of tens of kilometers.on the west side of the tower stands baoyunge(precious cloud pavilion).it is made of bronze and is7.5 meters in height and 270 tons in weight.it resembles its wooden counterparts in every detail.it is one of the largest and most exquisite bronze pavilions still on existence in china.lamas prayed here during the reign of emperor qianlong in honor of the monarchs and their families.at the turn of the century 10 bronze windows were spirited abroad.in 1992 an american company bought the windows and returned them intact to china.(on a hilltop leading from the back door of tower of buddhist incense)

now we can see the long and snaking western causeway and a shorter dike that divides kunming lake into three areas that contain south lake island, seaweed-viewing island and circle city island.the three island represent three mountain in ancient chinese mythology, i.e.penglai, fangzhang and yingzhou.this peculiar method of incorporating a lake a three mountains within a single garden was a brainchild of emperor wudi of the han dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, bearing testimony to feudal monarchs` s longing for longevity.as the legend goes many heavenly elixirs grew on the three mythical islands.using artificial building techniques, the ancient chinese built this masterpiece based on the myth to make the mythical on appear to be accessible to humans.(inside the garden of harmonious interest)setting a garden within a larger garden has been one of china traditional architectural styles.the garden of harmonious interest serves as a fine example of this.this garden was built under the order of emperor qianlong and modeled after the jichang garden(garden of ease of mind)at the foot of mount huishan, jiansu province.it was renamed by his son emperor jiaqing in 1811.the existing garden was rebuilt by emperor or guangxu.empress dowager cixi used to go fishing here.the garden features 10 waterfront platforms, pavilions and halls as well as hundreds of galleries with all of its structures facing the lake and pools, the garden of harmonious interest is basically a garden of waterscape.spanning the vast expanse of the lake and pools are five bridges, each quite different from the others.the most famous of them is the bridge known as ―knowing –the fishing-bridge.‖ it is said that more than 2,500 years ago during the warring states period, two philosophere named zhuang zi had an interesting argument by the side of a pond.zhang said, ‖fish swim to and fro in the water.what happy fish!‖ hui asked , ‖you are not a fish.how do you know they are happy? ‖ zhuang replied, ―you are not me.how do you know i don’t know? ‖ hui signed, ―i am not you ,therefore, i don’t know you.and you are not a fish ,so how

do you know that fish are happy? ‖ zhang said, ―you ask me how i know fish are happy, why do you keeping me the same question?‖ although the garden of harmonious interest was designed after jichang garden, it not only absorbed the original designs, but exceeded it.(outside the south entrance to suzhou shopping street)now lets have a look at longevity hill.on the back slope of the hill stands a group of architectures.the centerpiece of structures there are known as the four continents and are dedicated to buddhism.this group was laid out and arranged in accordance with buddhist cosmology.aside from a main shrine and structures embodying the four continents, there are eight towers representing minor continents.the shrine is surrounded by four lamaist pagodas and between the major and minor continents, there two platforms representing the sun and the moon.the qing authority attached great importance to buddhism.to further strengthen ties with the ethnic minorities who practiced buddhism, the monarchs incorporated both han and tibetan styles of architecture into this group of temples.further north at the foot of the four major continent lies the suzhou shopping street.built along the back lake of the summer palace, this street stretches about 300 meters and features more than 60 stores.it includes restaurants, teahouses, pawnshops banks, drugstores dye houses and publishing houses.in order to recreate the atmosphere of ancient times, visitors will have the chance to exchange their money to ancient style chinese coins for use here.storefronts are trimmed with traditional signboards and ornaments.the commercial culture of the mid-18th century has thus been recreated.(atop the stone bridge inside the suzhou shopping street)visitors may be surprise to see that this shopping street is almost the same as that in south china.as a matter of fact, this street was designed after the shops along the canals in suhzhou.originally known as emperor` s shopping street, it was built during the reign of emperor qianlong.after making several inspection tours to south china and being duly impressed by its commercial prosperity, emperor qianlong ordered the construction of this street.the imperial shopping street was burnt down by anglo-french allied forces in 1860.the site remained desolated until 1987, when reconstruction began.it was opened to the public in september 1990.with commercial culture as its hallmark, the suzhou shopping street is a vivid representation of china` s traditional cultures.(on the road from the south fate of the suzhou shopping street to the marble boat)this is the hall of pines.from it to the west we can walk to the marble boat.the path we aree taking stretches between longevity hill and back lake.monarchs and their cohorts used to stroll along it.hence it was named central imperial path.along this path you will see lilacs all around.hence, this road is also known as the path of lilac.(in front of the ruins of the garden of complete spring)quite a few unique structures were burnt down during the reign of emperor qianlong, among which the garden of complete spring was one of the most famous.the ruined and desolate courtyard by the roadside was its original site, it remains to be restored.this group of structures cover an area of 4,000 square meters and features a number of halls built on three different levels.all of the structures were connected with galleries and stone staircases.with its natural and ingenious combination of pavilions, a hall, galleries and rooms, the garden of complete spring serves as a fine model for other gardens.emperor qianlong frequently visited this compound.(along the lakeside by the marble boat)now we have returned from the back of longevity hill to the front.there is the famous marble boat.this structure is 36 meters in length and its body was made of marble.on top of it is a two storeyed structure.the floor was paved with colored bricks.all of the windows are inlaid with multi-colored glass and the ceiling was decorated with carved bricks.the drainage system channels rain water down through four hollow concrete pillars and into the lake through the mouth of dragon heads.according to a book written by emperor qianlong, the boat was used for enjoying the scenery and was supposed to be symbolic of the stability of the qing dynasty.halfway up the slope there stands the hall for listening to orioles.the ancient chinese liken the warble of an oriole to beautiful songs and melodies, hence the name of the hall which used to be a theater.now the hall is one of the most famous restaurants in china, featuring imperial dishes and desserts.it is a must for many foreign visitors to have lunch here when then come to beijing.more than one hundred heads of state worldwide have dined here and the late premier zhou enlai has held banquets here in honor of state guests.(sightseers who want to try the restaurant can go boating after they eat.those who do not can go abroad right away.those who do not feel like taking the boat can stoll along the long corridor to the outside of the east gate).(boating on kunmin lake)we are now going to enjoy the lakeside scenery from a pleasure boat.as a main part of the summer palace, kunming lake covers an area of 220 hectares, or three fourths of the combined space of this summer resort.this natural lake is more than 3500 years old.this lake was originally called wengshan lake.in 1749 emperor qianlong ordered the construction of qingyi garden, the predecessor of the summer palace.involving nearly 10,000 laborers, the lake was expanded and turned into a peach-shaped reservoir, the first of its kind for beijing.from 1990 to 1991, the beijing municipal government ordered the first dredging of the lake in 240 years.involving 200,000 men and hundreds of dredgers and other tools, a total of 625,600 cubic meters of sludge was dredged and 205 bombs dropped by the japanese during the anti-japanese war were removed.the summer palace set a precedent for sightseeing by boat.there used to be a large imperial flotilla, of which the ―kunming merry dragon‖ was the most famous.it was destroyed by the anglo-french allied forces in 1860.to make the tour of the summer palace a more pleasant one, a large pleasure boat ―tai he ‖(supreme harmony)was built.this double –decked boat is 37.09 meters long,8,59 meters wide and 10.49 meters high.it can travel at a speed of 9 kilometer per hour.small pleasure boats are also available to tourist.another major spot of interest on the western causeway is jingming(bright view)hall.both its front and rear face the lake.this structure also features three two-storeyed halls of varying heights.our tour is drawing to a close as we approach the shore.today we only visited the major scenic areas of the summer palace.i have left other spot of interest for your next visit.i will show you out through the east gate.i hope you enjoyed today` s tour.thank you.good-bye and good luck.天安门

Tian’anmen Rostrum

Tian’anmen(the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center of Beijing.It was first built in 1417 and named Chengtianmen(the Gate of Heavenly Succession).At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was seriously damaged by war.When it was rebuilt under the Qing in 1651, it was renamed Tian’anmen, and served as the main entrance to the Imperial City, the administrative and residential quarters for court officials and retainers.The southern sections of the Imperial City wall still stand on both sides of the Gate.The tower at the top of the gate is nine-room wide and five –room deep.According to the Book of Changes, the two numbers nine and five, when combined, symbolize the supreme status of a sovereign.During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian’anmen was the place where state ceremonies took place.The most important one of them was the issuing of imperial edicts, which followed these steps:

1)The Minister of Rites would receive the edict in Taihedian(Hall of Supreme Harmony), where the Emperor was holding his court.The minister would then carry the decree on a yunpan(tray of cloud), and withdraw from the hall via Taihemen(Gate of supreme Harmony)2)The Minister would put the tray in a miniature longting(dragon pavilion).Beneath a yellow umbrella and carry it via Wumen(Meridian Gate), to Tian’anmen Gate tower.3)A courtier would be invested to proclaim the edict.The civil and military officials lining both sides of the gateway beneath the tower would prostrate themselves in the direction of the emperor in waiting for the decree to the proclaimed.4)The courtier would then put the edict in a phoenix-shaped wooden box and lower it from the tower by means of a silk cord.The document would finally be carried in a similar tray of cloud under a yellow umbrella to the Ministry of Rites.5)The edict, copied on yellow paper, would be made known to the whole country.Such a process was historically recorded as ― Imperial Edict Issued by Golden Phoenix‖.During the Ming and Qing dynasties Tian’anmen was the most important passage.It was this gate that the Emperor and his retinue would go through on their way to the altars for ritual and religious activities.On the Westside of Tian’anmen stands ZhongshanPark(Dr.Sun Yat-sen’s Park), and on the east side, the Working People’s Cultural Palave.The Park was formerly called Shejitan(Altar of Land and Grain), built in 1420 for offering sacrificial items to the God of Land.It was opened to the public as a park in 1914 and its name was changed in 1928 to the present one in memory of the great pioneer of the Chinese Democratic Revolution.The Working People’s Cultural Palace used to be Taimiao(the Supreme Ancestral Temple), where tablets of the deceased dynastic rulers were kept.The stream in front of Tian’anmen is called Waijinshuihe(Outer Golden River),with seven marble bridges spanning over it.Of these seven bridges,historical records say the middle one was for the exclusive use of the emperor and was accordingly called Yuluqiao(Imperial Bridge).The bridges flanking it on either side were meant for the members of the royal family and were therefore called Wanggongqiao(Royal’s Bridges).Farther away on each side of the two were bridges for officials ranking above the third order and were named Pinjiqiao(ministerial Bridges).The remaining two bridges were for the use by the retinue below the third order and wre called Gongshengqiao(common Bridges).They anr the one in front of the Supreme Ancestral Temple to the east and the one in front of the Altar of land and Grain to the west.The two stone lions by the Gate of Tian’anmen, one on each side were meant as sentries.They gaze toward the middle axis, guarding the emperor’s walkway.In front of the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao.They are elaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary dragon.Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns.The story of Huabiao may be traced to a couple of sources.One of the versions accredits its invention to one of the Chinese sage kings named Yao, who was said to have set up a wooden pillar in order to allow the ordinary people to expose evil-doers, hence it was originally called a slander pillar.Later it ws reduced to a signpost, and now it serves as an ornament.The beast sitting on the top of the column is called‖ hou‖, a legendary animal, which is said to have been a watcher of an emperor’s behaviour.He was doing such duties as warning the emperor against staying too long outside the palace or indulging in pleasure and urging him to go to the people for their complaints or return in due time.Therefore, the two pairs of beasts were given the names‖ Wangjunhui‖(Expecting the emperor’s coming back)and ― wangjunchu‖(Expecting the emperor’s going out)respectinvely.In the old days, Tian’anmen, as a part of the Imperial City, was meant for important occasions.The two rows of chaofang(antechamber), on the sides behind the main gate, wre reserved for civil and military members of the government waiting for imperial audience and in front of the gate, were offices of imperial administration.On October 1, 1949, chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed on Tian’anmen Rostrum the founding of the People’s Republic of China.Since then Tian’anmen has been the symbol of New Chinea.Chairman Mao’s portrait is hung above the central entrance, flanked by two slogans:‖ Long Live the Great Unity of the Peoples of the World‖.Today , the splendour of Tian’anmen attracts million of visitors from all over the world.The Rostrum on its top was opened in 1988 to the public for the first time in its history.It offers a panoramic view of the Square and the city proper.Tian’anmen Square Situated due south of Tian’anmen, the Square has an area of 44 hectares(109 acres)that can accommodate as many as one million people for public gatherings.It has witnessed may historical events in China’s modern history and is a place for celebrations on such festive days as international Labour Day on May 1st and national Day on October 1st.Around the Square are several famous buildings: 1 The Great Hall of the People This is one of the largest congressional buildings in the world.Built in 1959, the hall consists of three parts: a 10,000-seat auditorium in the center, a banquet hall in the north wing facing Chang’an Street, with a seating capacity of 5,000, and offices for the Standing Committee of the National Peoples’ Congress of China in the south.In addition, thirty-four reception chambers are named after various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly unde the Central Government, plus Hong Kong and Macao.Each is different from the other in decoration and furnishings to stress their local features.2 The Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution These two museums were also built in 1959.the museum of Chinese History houses a permanent exhibition in four parts, covering the entire process of Chinese history spanning from 1.7 million years ago to 1919: 1)The Primitive Society(1.7 million years ago to the 21st century BC);2)The Slave Society(21st century BC to 476 BC.);3)The Feudal Society(475 BC.To 1840 AD.);4)The Semi-Colonial and Semi-Fedual Society(1840 to 1919.)The Museum of the Chinese Revolution covers the period from 1919 to 1949.3 The Monument to the People’s Heroes the monument was built in memory of thousands of martyrs who died for the revolutionary cause of the Chinese people.Its construction began on August 1, 1952 and was not completed until 1958.in the form of an obelisk, the Monument as made of more than 17,000 pieces of tranite and white marble.The purple piece inlaid in the front of the Monument was brought from Qingdao, Shandong Province.It is 38 meters(124ft 8 in)high, the loftiest of its kind ever seen in the country.Not only is it an historic memorial for immortal heroes, but also it is an artistic work of excellent architectural value.On the front side of the Monument is an engraved inscription in Chinese characters written by Chairman Mao Zedong, which reads‖ Eternal Glory to the People’s Heroes!‖.On the back of the Monument is an article written by Chairman Mao, but in Chinese calligraphy by the late Premier Zhou Enlai.At the top of the Monument are eight gigantic carved wreathes of such flowers as peony, lotus and chrysanthemum, symbolizing nobility, purity, and fortitude.At the base of the monument are eight marble reliefs depicting the Chinese historic events since 1840.They are:

1)The Burning of Opium in 1840: 2)The uprising of 1851 in Jintian, Guangxi;3)The Revolution of 1911;4)The May Fourth Movement of 1919;5)The May 30th Movement of 1925;6)The Uprising of 1927 in Nanchang, Jiangxi;7)The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression from 1937 to 1945;8)The Victorious Crossing over the Yangtze River by the Peoples’s Liberation Army in 1949.This relief is flanked by two smaller ones—― Supplying the Front‖ and ― Greeting the P.L.A.‖.Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Pepublic of China, passed away on Sepember 9, 197 6.In commemoration of this great man, a mausoleum began to be constructed in November 1976, and was completes in August the following year.The Mausoleum was officially opened on September 9, 1977.The mausoleum is surrounded by four groups of sculpture.East of the northern entrance is the sculpture depicting the period of the New Democratic Revolution(1919-1949), and west of it is the one signifying the great achievements of the Chinese people during the period of slcialist revolution and construction since 1949.The sculptures in front of the southern gate are figures of workers, peasants soldiers, intellectuals, technicians and children.Inside the Mausoleum are three main sections: A white marble statue of Chairman Mao is mounted on a platform in the front lobby.On the wall behind the statue is a 24-metre-long(79-foot-long)tapestry, a fine needlepoint work with beautiful landscapes of the country.In the main hall there is a crystal coffin, in which Chairman Mao’s body lies stately with the Communist Party’s flag covering over him.On the wall of the southern lobby, a poem by Chairman Mao and in his own calligraphy is inscribed in gold inlay.It expresses his full great expectations for the country.Tian’ anmen Square has now completed its renovation after eight months’ hard work to welcome the 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic in 1999.天坛

Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the temple of Heaven.(After self-introduction)preserved cultural heritages of China.There are basically two kinds of visitors who come here: local pensioners who do exercises here in the morning and evening and sightseers both from home and abroad.All in all ,there are 12 million visitors very year.Now we are going to go along the route that leads to the alter.It will take roughly one hour.Mind you ,the emperor also walked along this route to pay tribute to the God of Heaven.(Along the Southern Sacred Road leading to the Circular Mound Altar)The largest group of architectures ever to be dedicated to Heaven ,the Temple of Heaven served as an exclusive altar for Chinese monarchs during the Ming and Qing dynasties.It was decreed that rulers of successive dynasties would place altars in their own capitals to worship Heaven and pray for good harvest.But why ? The ancient Chinese believed that Heaven was the supreme ruler of the universe and the fate of mankind ,and thus worshiping rites dedicated to Heaven came into being.The Heaven the ancient Chinese referred to was actually the Universe, or nature.In those days, there were specfic rites of worship.This was especially true during the Ming and Qing dynasties when elaborate ceremonies were held.The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 during the reign of Emperor Youngle of the Ming Dynasty.Situated in the southern part of the city ,this grand set of structures covers an area of 273 hectares.To better symbolize heaven and earth ,the northern part of the Temple is circular while the southern part is square.The whole compound is enclosed by two walls, a square wall outside a round one.The outer area is characterized by suburban scenery, while the inner part is used for sacrifices.The