长城导游词英语简短(汇总20篇)

Today, we are going to visit the Aoyuan scenic spot in Jimei. The Aoyuanwas built by our patriotic overseas Chinese leader, Mr. Tan Kah kee. It startedin 1951 and was not completed until 1961. It took ten years. It covers an areaof about 9000 square meters and costs 650000 yuan. It is mainly composed of aporch, a Liberation Monument in Jimei, a tomb of Chen Kah Kee and stone carvingssurrounding the wall, Facing the sea on three sides and the land on the west, itis called Ao garden because it is shaped like a big Ao, which is a symbol ofgood luck and longevity in Southern Fujian. Now lets take a look at the Aoyuanthat Mr. Tan Kah Kee spent ten years to complete! The time we will visit will beone and a half hours.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is a big disc set at the gate of Aoyuan. Everytime the astronomical spring tide occurs in September of the lunar calendar, thesea water will pour into the hole and quickly fill all around the disc. At thistime, Aoyuan is like a big aoxizhu, and the whole Aoyuan is like a white waterlily lying on the sea, full of fun. This implicit design shows Mr. Tan Jiagengsgood intentions.

Ladies and gentlemen, on the screen wall directly opposite the monument,there are 12 relief sculptures on the left and right of the museum view in themiddle. Most of the contents are public health and sports. There are five mapsin the middle, one of which is the complete picture of Baodao province. Thiskind of sculpture form is called flat sculpture or line sculpture. It expressesMr. Tan Kah Kees good wishes for realizing the great cause of peacefulreunification across the Chinese Taiwan Strait We firmly believe that with the return ofHong Kong and Macao, the implementation of "one country, two systems" andpeaceful reunification on the treasure island will not be far away, and the dayof great reunion of the Chinese people will come. This is the wish of Mr. TanKah Kee and that of all the Chinese people! When Tan Kah Kee was alive, he oncesaid that after the completion of Aoyuan, a park would be built in the northwestof Aoyuan. In order to fulfill his last wish, Jimei School Committee startedconstruction of Jiageng Park in September 1992 and opened it to tourists on the120th anniversary of Tan Kah Kees birth in 1994. In the park, there are alsoaoting and Mingshi Pavilion completed at the same time as Aoyuan.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of our tour today. Aoyuan is like anencyclopedia, which integrates politics, economy, history, society, culture,education and art. It is also a monument built by Mr. Tan Kah Kee in his lastten years, which is imbued with his strong patriotic feelings. What impressiondo you have? Then we are about to separate. There is no banquet that will neverend. Welcome to bring your friends and relatives next time. Lets get togetheragain in Xiamen and have a bright future! Thank you for your support and trustin my work! thank you! bye.

大家好，我是长城旅行社的刘远航，你们可以叫我小刘。非常荣幸能为大家介绍长城。但是，请不要在城墙上乱涂乱画、乱扔垃圾等不文明的行为。

我们快到长城了，远看长城，它像一条长龙在崇山峻岭之间蜿蜒盘旋，东起山海关，西至嘉峪关，有一万三千多里。有宇航员说：“在太空唯一能看见的就是长城。”可见长城是多么长，多么雄伟呀!

各位游客我们到长城了，这一段长城修筑在八达岭的军都山山上，是用巨大的条石和城砖筑成的。你们猜那些方形的口子是干什么用的?对!这位叔叔说的对了，这就是瞭望口和射口，供瞭望和射击用的。大家往远处看，每隔三百多米就有一座方形的城台，是屯兵的堡垒，打仗的时候，城台之间可以互相呼应。俗说话“不到长城非好汉”，今天我们一起来做个好汉!你们站在长城上踏着脚下的方砖，扶着墙上的条石，会不会很自然地想起古代修筑长城的劳动人民来，单看这数不清的条石，你们猜一块有几斤重，四五百斤?那就大错特错了，一块可是有两三千斤重!那时候没有火车、汽车，没有起重机。就靠着无数的肩膀无数的手，一步一步地抬上着陡峭的山岭，多少劳动人民的血汗和智慧才凝结成这前不见头，后不见尾的万里长城。

时间过的真快，长城一日游结束了。希望大家再来细细游赏!

各位游客：

大家好!欢迎来到八达岭长城观光，我是你们的导游黄巧倩，很高兴认识各位!今天我将带领大家游览长城，希望大家在八达岭度过一段美好的时光。

朋友们，再过十多分钟我们就会到达目的地，趁这些时光，让我为大家介绍一下长城吧：长城东起山海关，西至嘉峪关，全长一万三千多里，被称为“万里长城”。早在春秋战国时期，古人为了防御外族侵略，就开始修建长城。后来，共出现了三次修筑长城的高峰，我们把它们叫做秦长城、汉长城和明长城。今天带大家游玩的八达岭长城就是明长城的一部分，是保存得特别完好的一段。

朋友们，我们现在已经来到八达岭长城，这一段长城高大坚固，请大家低头看看脚下的方砖，平平整整，宽宽大大，古时候可以让五六匹马肩并肩在上面奔跑。大家再看看左右两边的垛子，上面都留着方孔，用来瞭望和射击。大家可别小看这四周的条石，一块有两三千斤重呢!古时候可没有汽车和起重机，这一块块条石全都是千千万万老百姓一步一步地搬运到山上的。年复一年地修造长城，不知道多少人累倒累死在这里!大家一定知道孟姜女哭长城的故事吧?她的丈夫范喜良就活活累死在长城脚下。从这个故事我们可以想象古代劳动人民修筑长城的艰辛。

现在，大家爬上了城台就可以休息一下，喘口气喝口水，我们脚下和远处的方形城台就是烽火台了，它是那时屯兵的堡垒。烽火台还可以传递信息!只要第一个发现敌情的烽火台点起狼烟，邻近巡逻的士兵看见了，就立刻通知下一个烽火台点火，就这样一个个地传下去，后方很快会得到消息。大家积极备战，为保卫国家誓死拼搏。故事“烽火戏诸侯”，用的就是长城烽火台。

关于长城不仅有民间故事，还有许多古诗词呢!陆游就曾写下“长城高际天，三十万人守。一日诏书来，扶苏先授首。”毛泽东也曾写下“不到长城非好汉”的名句。

现在，长城已被列为世界遗产，它是我们中华民族的骄傲。让我们再感受一下长城的雄伟壮观，为它自豪吧!一天的行程就要结束了，衷心祝愿各位游客的长城之行顺利愉快，希望我的服务大家可以满意，谢谢!

La région autonome zhuang du guangxi, la mer du nord, dans la province du guangxi, au large du nord-est de l’atoll situé le plus au sud, la mer du nord du golfe beibu, est un paysage Urbain et le climat, avec, intense. Mais un paysage littoral subtropical, la belle ville de la ville touristique.

La mer du nord au sud de la Chine est un beau rivage, le jardin de la ville se situe, quartiers résidentiels arborés de rectitude, mers, de l’île, les cîtes particulières et le beau soleil du nom de l’eau, des plages nette, XiGe HuaYang parois latérales, prévoyant la construction dans des zones urbaines, des zones résidentielles gracieux, un style vertes, la nature des dons généreux à accrocher un beau dessin. Population urbaine naturel, culturel, KeGu culturels des communes, des œufs culturelles contrastent fortement avec la culture locale.

La mer du nord, la lumière du soleil se subtropicales, précipitations, la végétation luxuriant. YeLu tout au long de l’année, quatre saisons GuaGuo consacré beaucoup compliqué. Le milieu naturel sont bien protégés dans de nombreux pays du continent et les îles côtières naturels, bonne température des plages, Vincent paronnaud nette à flot souple, comme la capacité nette de tapis. La qualité de l’eau au niveau national. L’air est la plus fraîche national dans différentes villes du pays, dans le niveau excellent. La Chine villes vivables est un «trois» (c’est -à-dire en mer du nord, zhuhai, weihai, xiamen). Un YangBa prévale est gratuit.

La mer du nord du pays qui YinTan villégiature du tourisme et propositions XingDaoHu deux continents, le tourisme dans une optique de vacances, et le parc forestier national flots ridge national de protection des mangroves, porte les réserves naturelles, les zones naturelles protégées, BaiLong sirène pays ZhenZhuCheng, zones protégées, GePu HanDai la sépulture, trincomalee, li belvédère versants des consulats européens ciea, un grand nombre de sites, Haïti, lac, comme l’agriculture, la sylviculture, les montagnes, les monuments, culturel». L’état du YinTan shelco cinq plus sur la liste. Guangxi «paysage du nord, la mer guilin est fière YinTan».

Hefei City, with a long history, was called Luzhou in ancient times, alsoknown as Luyang. It is located in the middle of Anhui Province, between theYangtze River and Huaihe River, and on the North Bank of Chaohu Lake. It governsfour districts of East City, West City, middle city and suburb, and threecounties of Changfeng, Feidong and Feixi. It has a total area of 7266 squarekilometers (458 square kilometers in the urban area) and a population of 4.259million (1.2794 million in the urban area). The city is an old and young citywith wide roads, green trees and beautiful scenery. It has many modern buildingsand places of interest.

As the capital of Anhui Province, Hefei is the center of politics, economy,science and education, culture, information, finance, commerce andtransportation in Anhui Province. It is also a first-class open city in Chinaand an important scientific research and education base in China. It has morethan 30 institutions of higher learning including University of science andtechnology of China. High tech Industrial Park and Synchrotron RadiationLaboratory of University of science and technology are famous at home andabroad. There are different opinions on the origin of the name "Hefei". LiDaoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote "notes to the classic of water", whichstates: "the water in summer rises sharply, and Shi He is in Fei, so it iscalled He Fei." Generally speaking, Shi Shui is called Nanfei River and Fei Shuiis called Dongfei river. In the Tang Dynasty, someone put forward anothertheory: Feishui flows out of Jiming mountain and flows 20 Li to the north, whichis divided into two parts: one flows southeast (Nanfeihe River) and entersChaohu Lake; the other flows Northwest (Dongfeihe River) and flows 200 Li fromShouchun to Huaihe River. In Erya, it is pointed out that "returning to thedifferent is the same as being fat". The two rivers are all called Fei. Theycome from one source and are divided into two, so they are called Hefei. Hefeiis known as "the old land of the Three Kingdoms and the hometown of Bao Zheng"in the world. It has a strategic position of "the right throat of Huaihe Riverand the lips and teeth of Jiangnan". It is often a place for militarystrategists. In the Three Kingdoms period, the battle of Xiaoyaojin, in whichZhang Liao defeated Sun Quans 100000 troops, took place. More than 20__ yearsago, a commercial metropolis began to form here. In the Qin and Han Dynasties,prefectures and counties were set up here. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, itwas governed by Luzhou Prefecture. In the Republic of China, it was the capitalof Anhui Province. Now it is a commercial city with thousands of scales andmerchants.

Hefei is known as "green city" and "garden city". Its park around the cityis built on the basis of the ancient city wall of Hefei, along the undulatinghills, plus the original green belt and moat. The total length of the park isabout 9 km, which is divided into six scenic spots, among which the more famousare the Milky Way scenic spot with luxuriant forests and bamboo trees and thesummer river facing the dew; the Xishan Scenic Spot with lakes and mountains andclear water; and the Huanbei scenic spot with verdant trees and evergreen grass.Such a park around the city has no barrier of the city wall and stands facingthe water, which is a charming and beautiful Jiangnan scenery.

In recent years, Hefeis economy has made rapid progress, urbanconstruction is changing with each passing day, the five mile rainbow flies fromeast to west, and the lights of Luzhou are shining. High tech Development Zone,economic and Technological Development Zone, Longgang Industrial Zone and othersurrounding areas. Feishui passes through the city, and the park around the citylooks like a jade necklace; Xiaoyao Gujin, Baohe Xiuse, Yaohai Park and so onare scattered among them like pearls; Chunxiao in Shushan, Baogong cemetery,jiaonu Fanzhong, and the remains of King Wu are wandering among them, which makepeople nostalgic and forget to return.

There are many places of interest in Hefei. Once upon a time, there wereZhenhuai Jiao rhyme, Fancha bell, Cangzhou grass color, jiaonu pine shade,Shushan snow Ji, huaipu Chunrong, Chaohu night moon, four top Chaoxia eightplaces, collectively referred to as "eight scenes of Luyang". Among them, thenight moon of Chaohu Lake and the four peaks of morning glow are no longer partof Hefei city; the scenery of Zhenhuai Jiaoyun has disappeared and become ahistorical relic because of the long time and the change of things. Now the mostfamous places of interest are jiaoluotai, Mingjiao temple, Xiaoyaojin andBaogong temple.

The reform and opening up has brought a new era to Hefei. Now, Hefei istaking a brand-new attitude of Science City, industrial city, garden city andhealth city to welcome the worlds guests and make friends all over theworld.

黄崖关长城由正关、水关、东西稍城和墩台组成。正关即关城是黄崖关城主体，在洵河西岸，呈不规则刀把形。城墙周长890米,面积3.8万平方米，内有子城，城内有一村，街道呈八卦形。南门上方嵌楷书“黄崖关”汉白玉额匾一方。其南有一结构片楼,匾文阳面为“蓟北雄关”，阴面为“金汤巩固”。北场面墙往东延伸即水关。水关是一座桥洞式建筑，上置雉堞，下修拱形水洞，是万里长城中唯一水关。1996年残存关城再次遭到破坏，只剩北城墙卵石。现黄崖关已辟为旅游胜地，中外旅游者每年有几十万。

黄崖关长城在蓟县城北30公里。东起半拉缸山，西迄王冒顶山，全线总长3025米。关城为官衙、仓储重地，东临讵河，河谷间建五孔桥式水关。西侧的长城边墙，因地制宜筑有砖墙、石墙以及险山墙、劈山墙等多种形式城墙。沿线敌楼、烟墩有方形、圆形、砖筑、石砌诸多类型,共计20座。其中雄踞关北1公里孤峰上的凤凰楼，砖砌圆形，底径16.1米，高18.3米,上、下两层,顶建砖构楼橹铺房，为外地罕见。因年久失修，加之“_”中被破坏，墙垣颓圮。1984～1987年，天津市人民政府和各界人士集资修复，修筑盘山公路，辟建长城博物馆、长城碑林和度假村。

长城衙署、仓储所在。东临讵河，西倚王冒井山。随山形地势修建，呈不规则刀把形,从东至西由瓮城、外城和内城三部分组成。城墙东、西、南三面设通衢城门和城楼,北城墙因防御需要不设城门，而在城台上建北极阁。内、外城地面高差4米，南、北两端各设阵眼门一座,以通内外。城内街道不作棋盘式布局,由数十条死巷、活巷、丁头错位构成，称“八卦街”。漫步其间,给人以扑朔迷离之感,极富神秘色彩。1987年修复,以乾、艮、震、巽、离、坤、兑的图形和方位分布。城中心的“黄崖口提调公署”辟为长城博物馆。乾卦区创建百将、百家墨迹碑林和_诗词墨迹碑林。瓮城内修建竹刻名联堂，其余房舍辟作黄崖山庄宾馆，是国内旅游设施完备的长城风景游览胜地。

Nanao Island is the only island county in Guangdong Province. It iscomposed of 37 large and small islands, with a land area of 130.90 squarekilometers (including the main island area of 128.35 square kilometers), a seaarea of 4600 square kilometers, and a permanent population of more than70000.

Nanao Island is located in the sea of eastern Guangdong, the center of thethree major ports of Kaohsiung, Xiamen and Hong Kong, and is close to the maininternational route of the Western Pacific Ocean. The coastline of Nanao Islandis 77 km, and there are 66 harbors, including Yandun Bay, Changshan Bay andzhuqidu. It has the advantages of building deep-water ports and 10000 tonwharves to develop ocean transportation. Qingao Bay on Nanao Island is a gentleslope beach with fine sand, clear water and moderate salinity. It is one of thetwo grade a bathing beaches in Guangdong Province. There are more than 50cultural relics and more than 30 temples on Nanao Island.

Nanao Island is located in the subtropical zone, which is crossed byTropic of cancer. Warm in winter and cool in summer, the marine climate is verypleasant. The annual average temperature is only 21.5 ℃, and the air is freshwithout all kinds of polluting industries. The air contains 4000 negative ionsper cubic centimeter, which is 10 to 20 times higher than that of ordinarycities. Midsummer season, the sea breeze, cool climate, is a good place tosummer. Every summer, tourists from home and abroad come here one after anotherfor summer, rest, sightseeing and summer.

Nanao Island is known as the "Pearl of the sea in East Guangdong". It isrich in tourism resources and has the characteristics of "sea, mountain, historyand temple".

Blue sky, blue sea, green island, Jinsha and white waves are the maincolors of Nanaos eco-tourism. Landing on the island, living on the seashore,bathing in the sea breeze, bathing in the sea and tasting seafood are the happychoices for friends from all walks of life to travel on the island. There areqingaowan provincial tourist resort known as "Oriental Hawaii", HuanghuashanNational Forest Park known as "South China Sea natural botanical garden", Wuyunature reserve known as "migratory bird paradise", the largest island wind farmin Asia, the headquarters with a long history of 158 years, and legendary Gujingand Taizi of Southern Song Dynasty As well as many influential cultural andhistorical sites, historic sites, temples and so on, all of which are likeclusters of exotic flowers competing for water, constitute a beautiful islandlandscape.

各位游客：

大家好，

我是卢导游，今天我带大家去八达岭长城，你们不能在上面雕刻字、乱丢垃圾。

不远处，就可以看到八达岭长城，从东头山海关到西头的嘉峪关，有一万三千多里。

游客们，你们现在所在的位置就是八达岭长城，毛泽东说过一句话：“不到长城非好汉!”我们现在是好汉，让我们一起走完长城吧!

你们可以看到自己的脚下是用巨大的条石修筑成的。城墙顶上铺着方砖，十分平整，像一条很宽的的马路，五六匹马可以并行。城墙外沿有两米多高的成排的垛子有方形的了望口和射口。城墙顶上，每隔三百多米就有一座方形的城台，是屯兵的堡垒。古代的时候没有火车、汽车、没有起重机，劳动人民就靠着无书的肩膀、无数的手，一步一步地台上这陡峭的山岭，才凝结成这前不见头，后不见尾的万里长城。

关于长城，还有个传说，相传孟姜女和丈夫成亲的当晚，官兵就把他的丈夫抓去修筑长城。孟姜女在家苦苦地等他回来。日复一日，年复一年，丈夫始终没有回来。可是，孟姜女万里寻夫，来到了长城边。不料，夫君已变成了一堆白骨。孟姜女悲伤之下，日月不停的哭泣，哭到了长城，最终，孟姜女跳海自尽。

回头看看那雄伟的长城，这么快我们就要说再见了，真有点依依不舍!如果有机会再来游览，我一定在当你们的导游。

Wuyishan in Fujian Province was listed in the World Biosphere ReserveNetwork in 1988. It was listed in the world heritage list in December 1999.Wuyishan Scenic Spot is located in Wuyishan City, northwest of Fujian Province,about 15 kilometers south of the urban area and at the southeast foot of thenorthern section of Wuyishan mountains, with an area of about 70 squarekilometers. There is a typical Danxia landform. With hundreds of millions ofyears of natures uncanny workmanship, it has formed a beautiful scenery withsteep peaks, beautiful waters, clear water and Danfeng. The ancients said thatit has three or three wins in water and six or six odd peaks, so it is known asQixiu a. There are 36 peaks, 72 caves, 99 rocks and 108 scenic spots in WuyishanScenic Area. Not only has the scenery throughout the year, the four seasons aredifferent, and the weather is cloudy and sunny, the scenery of the mountains andrivers is also unpredictable and magnificent. Now it is divided into sevenscenic spots: Wuyi palace, Jiuqu River, Taoyuan cave, yunwo Tianyou, yixiantianhuxiaoyan, tianxinyan and shuilian cave. It has the wonders of Huangshan, thebeauty of Guilin, the power of taidai, the danger of Huayue and the beauty ofWest Lake.

The essence of Wuyishan scenery is in the nine bend brook. Jiuqu Riveroriginates from Sanbao mountain. Its water is blue and clear. It turns aroundthe mountain, forming the victory of Jiuqu mountain. Some of the most famouspeaks in Wuyi Mountain and the mysterious hanging coffin on the cliff are listedbeside Jiuqu River. There are also Yulin Pavilion, porcelain kiln site of SongDynasty, Wuyi palace and other tourist attractions in the scenic area, which areof great humanistic value. Wuyishan also has many places of interest, such asChongyou Wannian palace, Hongqiao and Jiagou boat coffin, as well as rareanimals and plants in the world. It is a national key nature reserve. There isalso a Wuyishan Nature Museum. Wuyi Mountain is also a famous historical andcultural mountain. The ancients said: Confucius and Qiu in the Eastern ZhouDynasty, Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, Taiyue in the north and Wuyi inthe south. Zhu Xi, a neo Confucianist of the Southern Song Dynasty, lived herefor more than 40 years. He set up an account to teach disciples and wrote booksand theories, making it the cultural center of Southeast China and known asDaonan Li cave. Taoism also calls it the 16th cave. There are no less than 20__hymns written by literati and scholars in the past dynasties. There are morethan 400 inscriptions on the cliffs. These rich cultural and historical relicsalso add to the style of the famous mountains. The ancient Yue peoples boatcoffins, the ancient city ruins of the Han Dynasty, the ancient porcelain kilnruins of the Song Dynasty and the imperial tea garden of the Yuan Dynasty makeWuyishan a place for people to visit and explore ancient times.

Wuyishan Nature Reserve is the largest and most complete forest ecosystemin Southeast China. It has many peaks, dense primeval forest, magnificent,simple and beautiful scenery, and rich biological resources. It is included inthe United Nations human and nature reserve.

Ladies and gentlemen,

hello everyone! Im very glad to meet you in Nanping, the "North Gate" ofFujian Province. First of all, on behalf of Fujian longxingtianxia travelagency, I welcome you all. Im the general manager of the travel agency My nameis Chen. You can call me Xiao Chen. Sitting in front of us is our driver masterLiu. Although Master Liu is young, his driving skills are first-class. I believethat with his escort, our journey will be more comfortable and safe. Today, ouritinerary is Wuyishan, the beautiful blue water and Danxia. If you need any helpin this trip, you can tell Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen also wishes you a happy and fulljourney.

Its about 10 minutes drive from your hotel to JIUQUXI scenic spot. NowId like to introduce the general situation of Wuyishan and JIUQUXI: Wuyishan isone of the first batch of key scenic spots announced by the state in 1982, andit was listed in the world cultural and natural heritage list by UNESCO inDecember 1999. Wuyi Mountain belongs to Danxia landform. In the past tens ofthousands of years, due to the crustal movement, the landform has beenconstantly changing, forming the unique "three three", "six six", "seventy-two"and "ninety-nine". Three three three "refers to the Jiuqu River we will visitnext," six six "refers to thirty-six peaks, seventy-two caves and ninety-ninemountains, Wuyi Mountain, blue water and Danshan, Wuyi Mountain is known as"qixiujia Southeast". There is no intense heat in summer and no severe cold inwinter. The warm and humid climate provides superior water and heat conditionsfor the plants in Wuyi Mountain. Therefore, Wuyi Mountain has dense forests,flourishing flowers and fragrant flowers. It is suitable for tourism all theyear round. Wuyi Mountain is the most important landscape in central Fujian. Thesoul of Wuyi mountain lies in Jiuqu stream, which originates from Huanggangmountain in Wuyi Mountains. The stream twists and turns around the mountain,forming nine curves. Each curve has its own unique style. Visitors can not onlyenjoy the thrill without danger by riding bamboo rafts and rushing down thestream, but also see the mountain scenery when they look up and enjoy the watercolor when they look down You can listen to the sound of the stream and reachfor the clear stream. I believe the journey will be very pleasant.

OK, members, now we have arrived at the wharf of Jiuqu River. Beforegetting off the bus, Id like to introduce the precautions for taking a bambooraft: first, six people should take a bamboo raft, please assemble freely;second, they should be modest and give way to each other to avoid falling intothe water; third, they should follow the instructions of the rafters and dontwalk on the bamboo raft.

Well, friends, just now we have visited nine to three of the Jiuqu streams.Now we are in the second of the Jiuqu stream. The tall and straight mountain infront of us is Yunv peak. Yunv peak is the most famous landscape in WuyishanScenic Area and also the symbol of Fujian tourism. The jade girl peak and themajestic King peak face each other across the river, like a pair of loyallovers. The peak on the left is called "tiebanzhang", which lies between the twopeaks. It may be a scene of emotion. There is a moving folk story here. It issaid that long ago, Wuyishan was a place full of floods and wild animals. Thecommon people suffered a lot. One day, a young man came from afar to witness thedisaster. He led the people to cut the mountain, cut the stone and dredge theriver. After unremitting efforts, the flood was finally cured, and the dredgedriver course is todays Jiuqu River. The excavated sand and stones are stackedto form thirty-six peaks and ninety-nine rocks. Once upon a time, the jade girlin the sky was fascinated by the beautiful scenery of Wuyi Mountain when she wastraveling. So she secretly stayed in the world and fell in love with thishardworking and brave young man who was called the king. Unfortunately, the ironghost knew about this. He told the jade emperor about it. The Jade Emperor wasso angry that he ordered to arrest the jade girl and return to the heaven, TheJade Emperor had no choice but to turn them into stones and separate them on thetwo banks of the Jiuqu River. In order to please the Jade Emperor, the ironghost turned into a big stone and watched their actions day and night. Theycould only look at each other with tears in their eyes.

Under the jade girl peak is a clear and green bath pool. It is said that itis the place where the jade girl bathes. There is a huge stone in the pool. Itis said that it is a token of love given by the king to the jade girl. The rockon the right side of the jade girl peak is engraved with the word "Jingtai",which is five feet square. The font is neat and handsome. You can see it severalmiles away. It is the largest cliff stone carving in Wuyishan Scenic Area.

Rafting over tiebanzhang, you will arrive at a bend of Jiuqu River. Undertiebanzhang, there is a huge stone, which is called "shuiguangshi". It is aboutseveral feet high. Every sunny evening, the setting sun is reflected on the rockwall, and its reflection will be reflected on the clear and green stream. Thereare many inscriptions on the rock, especially the inscription of Qi Jiguang, afamous Anti Japanese general in Ming Dynasty. The peak behind shuiguangshi isDawang peak, while the lion like peak on the right is lion peak.

Well, dear friends, todays tour has come to an end. Thank you very muchfor your support and cooperation. I hope my service can satisfy you. If there isanything not thoughtful in the service, please forgive me. You are also welcometo put forward more valuable opinions and suggestions. Thank you and welcome tocome again.

The ancient lotus pond is located in the ancient city of Baoding. It hasattracted many tourists with its unique antique color and various classicbuildings.

Walking into the ancient lotus pond, the first thing you see is a rockery,which is surrounded by the East Canal connecting the north and South ponds.There are many strange rocks on the mountain. From a distance, some are likeexquisite pagodas, some are like cranes neck, some are like apes ears, andsome run with horses. Im intoxicated with all kinds of strange shapes.

Around the rockery, I came to the beautiful lotus pool. The lotus pool islarge, accounting for almost a quarter of the park. The lotus leaves aresqueezed like big jade plates. The lotus in the pool is even more colorful: somejust have buds, green and green; some have pink flowers, ready to bloom; somehave one or two petals, like a shy little girl, shy to speak; some stretchpetals, reveal yellow stamens, like a beautiful girl, graceful. It can be saidthat the lotus in the sun is so red!

The ancient lotus pond not only has beautiful scenery, but also has alegend: "lotus leaves supporting peach". It is the unique shape of the paviliontop in the garden. In the middle of the green rolled lotus leaf is a big redpeach. This structure is novel and natural. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixidisguised herself as a village woman and fled overnight when the eight nationallied forces entered Beijing. An old craftsman designed the pavilion top styleof "lotus leaf supporting peach" in Lianchi, which is harmonious with the soundof "escape in the night". The purpose is to expose Empress Dowager Cixisdisgraceful behavior. Empress Dowager Cixi passed by Baoding when she returnedto Beijing. When she saw "lotus leaves supporting peach", she became angry andimmediately sent a decree to kill the old craftsman.

There are also world-famous stele corridor, Lianchi academy and somebuildings in the ancient lotus pond. The ancient lotus pond is rich in historyand culture, contributing to the ancient city of Baoding.

各位朋友：

早上好!我叫陈映雪，是悠然旅行社的导游，今天很荣幸能为大家服务，你们就叫我雪儿好了!今天我们要游览的景观是享誉世界的长城。长城是世界珍贵的历史文物，希望大家爱护长城，可不要乱扔垃圾、乱写乱画哦!

长城历史悠久，有2019多年的历史，春秋战国时期，各诸侯国为了互相防御，都在地势险要的地方修筑长城。据《左传》记载：公元前656年，“楚国方城”是关于长城的最早记载。秦始皇灭六国统一中国后，为了防御北方匈奴的南侵，于公元前224年，将原秦、赵、燕三国的北边长城，加以修缮，连贯起来。故址西起临洮(今甘肃泯县)北傍阴山，东到辽东，这就是俗称的“万里长城”，至今还有遗迹残存。此后，汉、北魏、北周、北齐、隋历代都修筑过长城。

明代为了防御异族的入侵，前后修筑长城达18次，全长6700公里，东起山海关，西至嘉峪关，我们今天游览的这一段长城就是明代修筑的，位于八达岭。

现在我们已经到达了八达岭脚下。游客朋友，请大家抬头看长城：它像一条巨龙，在崇山峻岭之间蜿蜒盘旋。请大家跟我走上长城，看：长城的城墙上每隔三百多米就有一座方形城台，是古代用来屯兵的堡垒。据说打仗的时候，城台之间可以互相呼应。城墙顶上还铺着十分平整的方砖，像很宽的马路，大概二三台汽车可以并行。城墙外沿有许多两米多高的、成排的垛口，供?望和射击用。

朋友们，看看你的脚下是什么?猜猜有多重?告诉你们吧!这是条石，一块有两三千斤重呢!那时候，没有火车、汽车，也没有起重机，就靠着无数的肩膀无数的双手，一步一步抬上那陡峭的山岭。这是多少劳动人民的血汗和智慧，才凝结成这前不见头、后不见尾的万里长城啊!

这就是长城!这就是西起嘉峪关，东到山海关，朝朝暮暮，迎大海日出，送戈壁落照，或翘首于峰巅之上，或俯身于峡谷之中，跌宕起伏，绵延千万里的万里长城。长城它是这样的气魄雄伟，在世界历史上是一个伟大的奇迹!

各位游客，今天的游览到这里就结束了，非常感谢大家对我的支持与合作。雄伟的万里长城永远恭候您的光临!

2019年北京奥运会再见!

尊贵的游客，你们好!我姓胡，大家可以叫我小胡。我们这次旅游的目的地是被称为世界建筑史上一大奇迹的建筑——长城。

长城越群山，经绝壁，穿草原，跨沙漠，起伏在崇山峻岭之巅，跨过黄河彼岸和渤海之滨。有句话大家一定知道，“不到长城非好汉!”今天，咱们也去做一回好汉。

进登门口前，我要提一个问题：“长城有多长?”告诉你们，长城整整有一万三千多里呢!从这儿看，长城多像一条巨大的长龙，蜿蜒盘旋于八达岭上啊!现在，我们已经站在了登门口，这儿的南侧东边是不是有一大炮台?这台大炮口径长105毫米，长2.85米，叫，“这时威大将军。”可为什么叫“这时威大将军”呢?游客朋友们，你们 猜猜看!对了，它是因为炮身上铸有“敕赐神威大将”而得名的。

敬爱的游客，我们往前走，大家应该看见烽火台了吧!烽火台，又名烽燧，狼烟台，一旦敌人来犯，就点燃烽火通报敌情：百余人燃一烟一炮，五百余人燃两烟两炮……以此类推。古人将白天点燃的火叫烽，晚上的叫燧。长城两边的景色很美，各位游客你们看，苍松翠柏，云遮雾障，禽鸟齐名，溪流淙淙，处处充满诗情画意。

孙中山也曾评价过长城：“中华最有名之工程者，万里长城也。……工程之大，古无其匹，为世界独一之奇观。”游客们，我希望你们细细游赏，注意不要乱丢果皮纸屑等垃圾，最后祝大家旅行愉快，再见!

各位尊敬的游客：

大家好!我是旅行社的导游，我姓马，大家叫我小马就行了。今天就由我带着大家去长城游玩。

请大家抬头看，我们已经来到了八达岭长城。长城东起山海关，西至嘉峪关，全长一万三千多里，仿佛一条长龙，在崇山峻岭之间蜿蜒盘旋，无比壮丽雄伟。长城始建于春秋战国，当时各诸侯为了相互防御，在自己境内地势险要的地方修筑长城。秦始皇统一中国后，为了防御北方匈奴的入侵，将各个诸侯国的长城连接起来并将其延长，号称万里长城。以后各个朝代都对长城进行了修固。1981年，联合国教科组织将万里长城列入《世界遗产名录》。

长城高大坚固，是用巨大的条石和城砖筑成的。城墙顶上铺着方砖，十分平整，在上面，五六匹马可以并行。城墙外沿有两米多高成排的垛子，垛子上有方形的一个小口子，供瞭望和射击用。城墙顶上，每隔三百多米就有一座方形的城台，又叫烽火台，是屯兵的堡垒。打仗时，敌人一来，城台上的烽火台就点起火，接连着继续点，就这样，一而再，再而三，情报马上就传到了皇帝的耳边，然后皇帝再派军队去对抗。

长城的建成极不容易，当时极其落后，没有火车、汽车，没有起重机，人们靠着自己的双手，把万里长城这个伟大的奇迹创造了出来。多少劳动人民的血汗与智慧，才凝结成这前不见头、后不见尾的万里长城。关于长城还有一个传说故事，就是《孟姜女哭长城》。在秦始皇修建长城时，劳役繁重，青年男女范喜良、孟姜女才新婚三天，新郎就被迫去修建长城，不久因饥寒劳累而死，尸骨被埋在长城脚下。孟姜女披麻戴孝，在长城脚下哭了三天三夜，城墙为之崩裂，露出了范喜良的尸体，孟姜女最后绝望跳海而死。

下面，就让我们带着“不到长城非好汉”的雄心壮志去登临长城吧。不过，大家一定要做到以下几点：

1、不要在城墙上乱涂乱画;

2、吃完的零食袋不要乱扔乱丢;

3、有些地方比较陡，一定要注意安全，抓好扶手。

The famous tourist spot of Tianzhu Mountain is SANZU temple. Enter theSouth Gate of Tianzhu Mountain, yerenzhai, not far up to the SANZU temple.According to legend, the temple was first built in the Southern Dynasty, and nowthere are only a few Sutra collection buildings, side rooms and jueji towerstanding in front of the temple. In the west of SANZU temple, there is a valleyfull of boulders. The steep rocks on the side of the valley stand upright. Thewater in the valley is gurgling and the pine and bamboo block out the sun. It iscalled "Valley flowing spring". There is a stone cave at the gate of the valley.In front of the cave, there is a huge stone shaped like a crouching cow, whichis called "ancient stone cow cave". It is said that Huang Tingjian, a native ofthe Northern Song Dynasty, once studied on this stone and called himself "Taoistof the valley". A huge stone here is engraved with a poem by Huang Tingjian anda portrait of Huang Tingjian sitting on a stone ox painted by Li Gonglin, agreat contemporary painter. This precious stone carving of ancient poetry andpainting is still clearly visible.

Tianzhu peak is as magnificent as Qingtian giant pillar, with extraordinarymomentum. On the cliff in front of Tianzhu peak, there are eight charactersengraved on it: "isolated Jingxiao, Zhongtian Yizhu". "Indomitable" fourcharacters written directly under it, magnificent and amazing. On the left andright sides of Tianzhu peak are Feilai, Santai and Liangfeng, which are evenmore majestic.

The Mysterious Valley under the Feilai peak of Tianzhu Mountain is called"Tianzhu Yijue" by tourists. The mysterious valley is about five or six li long.The bottom of the valley is composed of 54 caves of different shapes. The cavesare connected with each other, and the caves cover each other. In the caves,there are bamboos, courtyards, doors, stone ladders and stone railings. Walkingthrough the dark cave, its difficult to distinguish things, I dont knowwhether its cloudy or sunny, and its depressing; but as soon as I get out ofthe cave, I can see the light, which is exciting and joyful.

Dear tourist friends, welcome to Wuyi Mountain with beautiful scenery. Imthe guide of sunshine travel group. My name is Xiao Wang. This morning, we wentto Tianyou peak scenic spot, and at noon we went to Jiuqu River to take bamboorafting. Before you go, please pay attention to some things: 1. Dont stand onthe bamboo rafts when you are rafting; 2. When climbing mountains, women dontwear high heels, try to wear flat shoes.

Well, take the environmental protection battery car, we come to the firststop "Tianyou peak".

Tianyou peak is in the north of Jiuqu River and Liuqu River, in the centerof the scenic spot. When its sunny after rain or the first morning dew,climbing the peak and looking at the sea of clouds are like the waves of thesea, which are changeable. Its like Ive come to a fairyland and roam in thesky, so its called "Tianyou". "Tianyou peak" can be divided into upper andlower parts. The view Pavilion is located on the left and near the upperreaches. Along the lake Majian, it is the lower reaches. The view Pavilion onthe upper reaches of Tianyou peak is close to the cliff. It is a very goodviewing platform of Wuyi Mountain. You can have a panoramic view of thelandscape of Wuyi Mountain when you look around. Let people open-minded,intoxicated in it, everyone will leave a figure there.

After touring "Tianyou peak", we take a bus to the next station, JiuquRiver.

Jiuqu River originates in the west of Wuyi Mountain with dense forest. Itswater quality is very clear, with a total length of 62.8 km. It flows throughthe ecological area in the middle of the mountain. Jiuqu river meanders inDanxia state, distributed among the mountains and rocks, forming a deep meander.The straight-line distance is 5 km. Sitting on the bamboo raft, you can enjoythe beautiful natural scenery. The water under the bamboo raft is clear, andfrom time to time there are small fish swimming by. The scenery is sobeautiful.

There is also a legend of water turtles in Wuyi Mountain

One year, a tortoise, who had been practising for thousands of years,originally wanted to seek an official position in the sky, but the mercilessJade Emperor asked him to water the tea tree. At first, he felt very relaxed,but after a long time, he felt very bored. One day, he suddenly heard a voicefrom the world: "tea sprouts, tea sprouts." he couldnt help running to thesouth gate and looking down, he saw that people were sacrificing tea gods in thetea garden beside the Jiuqu River. Golden tortoise cant help praising peoplesrespect for tea. As soon as I thought of pouring tea there all the year round,but no one asked me about it, I decided that I might as well make a tea in theworld.

Well, thats the end of todays tour. I hope you can have a pleasant trip.The beautiful nature welcomes you. I also hope the beautiful Wuyi Mountain willleave you a perfect memory.

Everybody is good! My name is zhang, you can call me a guide. Today I bring you to visit verve magnificent Great Wall.

MAO zedong once said: "not a true man unless he comes to the Great Wall". Why dont we go on a tour today? Good! We can eat when men now! On the former see head, after the end of the Great Wall.

About the Great Wall, there is a moving story, legend meng jiangnus husband was caught to build the Great Wall, the meng jiangnu then struggling to find her husband, however, meng jiangnu I get to know and her husband were dead tired at the foot of the Great Wall. After hearing the news, meng jiangnu cry for three days and three nights at the foot of the Great Wall, just listen to "bang" a loud walls down, to see the bodies of her husband!

Now that we have stood on the badaling, stepping at the foot of the square brick, holding the stone on the wall, naturally think of the Great Wall is built. Tourists, look at these countless stone alone, with 2 - one thousand catties a enough at that time, there was also no crane, crane, forklift, rely on the shoulder, countless hands, step by step, carry on the steep mountains.

Well, the beauty of the Great Wall I said also said not over, now please enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Great Wall!

长城是中华民族精神的缩影，也是中华民族文明的象征。万里长城是世界建筑奇迹之一。它东、西、南、北纵横交错绵延起伏于中国辽阔的土地上。东西相距长达5000多公里，因此被称之为万里长城，是月球上“ 唯一能看得见的人工工程”，也是中国第一名胜和中国旅游点的代表，被联合国科教文组织列入《世界文化遗产名录》。

自燕国开始修长城起，长城已经有20xx多年的历史了。人们今天见到的是明长城，它西起甘肃嘉峪关，东至鸭绿江边。八达岭是代表性的一段，是长城的高峰，海拔1000多米，是旅游胜地之一。长城城墙高平均7.8米，顶宽7.8米，可以五马并骑，十列并行。 访问中国的旅游者，莫不想前往登临，一睹长城的雄姿。游览长城，公认最理想的地方是北京郊区的八达岭。出北京往西北方向，汽车行驶约1小时多，便到达海拔1000多米的八达岭。万里长城的居庸关雄扼八达岭的山口。

万里长城是公元前7世纪开始修建的。当时，中国北方诸侯割据，他们为了防御邻近诸侯的侵袭，在各自的领土上先后筑起了一段段防卫墙。与此同时，燕、赵、秦三个诸侯国的北方，又与少数民族中以游牧为主的匈奴族为邻，为了防御匈奴奴隶主的骚扰，三国各自都在他们的弱方修筑了长城。到了公元前3世纪秦始皇统一了中国，把一段段的长城连结起来，成了现在万里长城的基础。后来经过历代增建，及到明朝，就修成了现在的这个样子。它东起渤海湾的山海关，经河北、北京、山西、陕西、内蒙古、宁夏到甘肃的嘉峪关，穿过崇山峻岭，山涧峡谷，绵延起伏，长约120xx多华里，因而名为万里长城。

在古代交通运输工具极其落后的情况下，修建如此巨大的工程，实在是一件了不起的事。特别是它不是一般的土墙，而是整齐的条石和结实的青砖砌筑的。有人计算，如果把明长城所用的砖、石和土方，筑成一道2米厚、4米高的围墙，可以绕地球一周。不用说烧制这些砖石，就是把它们通过崎岖的山间小路送达修建工地，已经是一项十分宠大的工程。因此，游览长城的人莫不为先民的伟大气魄和坚毅精神所感动。

长城由关隘、城墙、城台和烽火台四部分组成。关隘一般都建在形势险要之处，居庸关就是一个突出的代表。居庸关和八达岭附近的长城，城墙平均高7.8米，最高达14米，城墙的外侧一般都选建在陡峭的山崖上，以增加攻城的困难。每隔不远，有一座拱门，称“券门”。守城士兵由此上下。城墙顶宽达5.8米，可容五马并骑。城台是每隔300至500米的一组高出墙顶的方形建筑，是巡逻放唢的地方。烽火台专门传递军情。规定举一烟鸣一炮表示来敌100人左右;举二烟鸣二炮，来敌500人左右;1000人以上举三烟鸣三炮....如此传递，千里之外的敌情可以在几个小时之内使朝廷了解。

居庸关长城建筑在一条长达15公里的山谷中间，两旁山峦重叠，树木葱郁，山花烂漫，景色瑰丽，远在820xx年前的金代，就被列为燕京八景之一，称为“居庸叠翠”。居庸关是从北面进入北京的门户，有“一夫当关，万夫莫开”的气势。居庸关的中心，现在还保存着一个雕刻精美的汉白玉石台，叫“云台”。在元朝时，这台上建有三座石塔，于元末明初被毁。三塔毁后，在此台上又建一院，名“泰安寺”，此寺于清康熙年间被火焚毁，只剩下这个基座------云台。云台的券门内，石壁上雕刻有四大天王像，刻工精巧，姿态传神;还有梵文、藏文、蒙文、维吾尔文、西夏文、汉文六种文字刻成的佛经。

各位游客：

大家好!欢迎大家到八达岭景区观光旅游。今天有幸陪同大家一起参观，我很高兴，望各位能在八达岭度过愉快的一天。

长城是世界七大奇迹之一。它像一条巨龙盘踞在中国北方的辽阔的土地上。它是中国古代劳动人民的血汗，也是中国古代文化的象征和中华民族的骄傲。游客们，我们已经来到了着名的八达岭长城，两旁的山上，是苍松翠柏好像云遮雾障，禽鸟和鸣，溪流淙淙，处处充满了诗情画意。您向远处看，可以发现这里的长城分为南、北两峰，蜿蜒于山脊之上，龙腾虎跃、气象万千，景色十分壮观。长城依山而建，高低起伏，曲折绵延。这段长城的墙体是用整齐巨大的条石铺成，有的条石长达2米，重数百斤。内部填满泥土和石块，墙上顶地面的地方铺满方砖，十分平整。墙顶外侧筑有高2米的垛口，上有了望孔，下有射击洞，内侧建有宇墙。城墙每隔一段，筑有一个堡垒式的方形城台。城台有高有低，高的叫敌搂，是守望和军士住宿的地方;低的叫墙台，高度与城墙相差不多但突出墙外，四周有垛口，是巡逻放哨的地方。

八达岭海拔1000米，绵延曲折的长城如巨龙腾飞于崇山峻岭之上。它不仅是中华民族勤劳、智慧的结晶，也是古代建筑工程的杰出代表。登上八达岭长城，极目远望，山峦起伏，雄沉刚劲的北方山势，尽收眼底。长城因山势而雄伟，山势因长城更加险峻。

八达岭也是历史上许多重大事件的见证，例如萧太后巡幸，元太祖入关，慈禧太后西逃等等，八达岭都是必经之路。说到这里，还有一个故事要讲给大家：位于关城东门路旁，有一块巨石，传说在1920xx年八国联军攻入北京，慈禧在西逃的途中经过这里，曾经站在这块石头上回望京城，所以这块石头也就被叫做望京石。但现在这块石头已经不那么突出了。

下面就到了烽火台，又叫烽燧，狼烟台。是不和长城相连的独立建筑。一旦敌人来犯，就点燃烽火通报军情，白天点燃的烟叫做烽，晚上的叫做燧。明朝的时候，还对烽火与敌人的关系作了严格的规定：敌人百余个，燃一烟点一炮;五白人，燃两烟点两炮;千人以上，三烟三炮;五千人以上，四烟四炮;万人以上，五烟五炮。就通过这种方式，在边关的军情能够飞速的传递到皇城大内。

看到烽火台，再给大家讲一个故事，《烽火戏诸侯》：周朝有个国君叫周幽王，他有一个美女叫褒姒，她的脾气很怪，总是不笑，幽王就想办法。于是他点燃了求救信号(烽火)，结果，引得诸侯白来一趟，可褒姒却哈哈大笑，幽王也很开心。可是，真有敌人来进攻的时候，幽王点燃了烽火，却不见人来，幽王就被敌人杀死了。游客们，这就是两个很点型的故事。游客们，现在我们已经开始顺势走下长城。游客们!踏着这脚下的方砖，扶着墙上的条石，我们会想起古代修筑长城的劳动人民来。我们单看数不清的条石，一块就有两三千斤重，时候没有火车、汽车，没有起重机，就靠着无数的肩膀无数的手，一步一步地抬上这险峻的山岭。

游客们，现在我们已经下了长城。感谢游客们支持，我们下次再见!

Mount Hua is the highest of China’s five sacred mountains. It is 120kilometers east of Xian. It has five peaks that resemble the petals of a flower.The highest peak is 2180 meters (7085 feet).

We had had discussions about going to Mount Hua with some graduate studentsfrom Computer Science. That didn’t work out due to changes in schedules on bothsides. Also, they were planning to do the climb at night to be able to reach thepeak at sunrise. That did not appeal to us. We wanted to spend a night on themountain. Fran’s department arranged a trip for us, making reservations at thesimple hotel on the North Peak. They sent two graduate students to accompany us,though they had not been to Mount Hua before. We met them at 8:00 on Saturdaymorning and took a taxi to the train station. There we asked around and locateda mini-bus. The bus made a couple of stops. One was to see a presentation aboutthe traditional medicines grown on the mountain and a chance to buy some ofthem. It probably would have been interesting if we understood Chinese. Ourguides gave us the general outline about what was said. The other stop was aquick lunch stop.

There are two approaches to Mount Hua. [Chinese proverb: “There is one roadand only one road to Mount Hua,” meaning that sometimes the hard way is the onlyway.] The west entrance involves 10 kilometers of walking on a road before youstart climbing. We went with the east entrance, where the bus brings you to thebase of a cable car that goes up to the 1500 meter North Peak. Our plan was towalk up to the North Peak, then climb to the four other peaks the next day andtake the cable car down.

We started the climb in the early afternoon. The path consists of stonesteps with rough chain link handrails in the narrowest areas (we wore ourbicycling gloves for hand protection). Physically, it is more like climbing thesteps of a skyscraper than trails at home. However, the temperature was about 95degrees and there was not much shade. We brought lots of water, including somebottles that we froze and some Gatorade that we got at the fancy departmentstore in downtown Xian. There are plenty of refreshment stands along the waywhere you can buy bottled water, the Chinese equivalent of Gatorade, and otherdrinks or snacks at a premium price.

We reached the North Peak before 4:00 PM and rested at the hotel. Our roomwas basic, but comfortable and clean enough. Because water is scarce on themountain, there were neither showers nor sinks available for washing. In thatsense the experience felt like camping, but we were sleeping in a big tent!

After dinner at the hotel restaurant, we spent some time talking with ourguides. We were a bit surprised to find that they both think of Japannegatively, but like the U.S. It seems that Japan’s WWII behavior in China hasnot been forgotten, and is emphasized in school.

We saw a beautiful sunset and watched the sky become resplendent withthousands of stars, including the Milky Way galaxy. This was the clearest skythat we have seen in China. The fresh air at Mount Hua is a treat!

Our guides had both been planning to get up at 4:00 AM to watch thesunrise. Fran and I made sleep a priority. We did happen to wake up a bit beforesunrise (our room faced east) and went outside to watch the sky become rosy.Ironically, our guides missed the sunrise because they had stayed up latewatching the European soccer championships on the television in their room

The plan for the day was to climb the other four peaks, but we reserved theright to shorten the route. The first part was a steep climb to Middle Peak.After the low North Peak, all the others are at roughly 20__ meters. There werecrowds on the way to Middle Peak – mostly Chinese hikers but we did see a fewother wai guo (foreigners) as well.

We visited two Taoist temples en route to Middle Peak. Each one had analtar with incense and offerings of fruit. The friendly monks invited us to saya prayer or to send blessings to loved ones. Fran accepted their invitation. Atthe first temple, she lit incense sticks and knelt on a cushion in front of thealtar saying a silent prayer for our safe journey to the various summits ofMount Hua (the prayer was answered). At the second temple, she knelt on acushion in front of the altar and sent silent blessings to several friends whoare experiencing challenging situations in their lives at present. After eachblessing, she leaned forward and the monk struck a drum.

After Middle Peak, the crowds got much thinner. The next was East Peak,which had a steep ladder climbing rock. Fran was dubious about this ascent, butrealized that the ladder wasn’t so bad and went for it. That was a good decisionbecause we were then able to do a loop and the trails got almost empty at thispoint. After skirting the top of a cliff with a steep dropoff on both sides, wehad a pleasant walk to South Peak and West Peak. There was even a small amountof dirt trail! The summit of South Peak was the highest point on Mount Hua, soof course we asked another hiker to take a photo of our guides and us. The viewsfrom the tops of each peak were beautiful. Mount Hua and the surroundingmountains are very rugged and remind us somewhat of hiking in the southwesternUnited States or the Sierras.

We took a route that eventually brought us to the main line returning downfrom Middle to North Peak. We were happy to have ascended each of the five peaks(petals) of Flower Mountain.

By cable car (the longest in Asia), it was just 7 minutes down to the parkentrance. We caught a shuttle bus into town, then transferred to a bus forXian.

Our guides told us that we had walked up and down a total of 4000 stairs!We were glad that we did not have this information when we started. For threedays after returning home, our sore leg muscles instructed us to take theelevator to our fifth floor apartment rather than climbing the stairs.

THE FORBIDDEN CITY(紫禁城)

(Infront of the meridian gate)

This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It isthe largest and most well reserved imperial residence inChinatoday. Under MingEmperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14 years to build theForbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi.For five centuries thereafter,it continued to be the residence of 23 successiveemperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne .In1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizationrecognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.

It is believed that the Palace Museum, orZi Jin Cheng (Purple ForbiddenCity), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided theconstellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan(North Star).The constellation containing the North Starwas called the Constellation ofHeavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperorwas supposedly the son of the heavenly gods,his central and dominant positionwould be further highlighted the use of theword purple in the name of hisresidence. In folklore, the term ”an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became ametaphor for auspicious events after apurple cloud was seen drifting eastwardimmediately before the arrival of anancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the HanghuPass. Here, purple isassociated with auspicious developments. The word jin(forbidden) isself-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded andoff-explanatoryas the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits toordinary people.

The red and yellow used on the palace wallsand roofs are also symbolic. Redrepresents happiness, good fortune and wealth.Yellow is the color of the earthon the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became animperial color during the Tang dynasty, whenonly members of the royal familywere allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.

The Forbidden Cityis rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from northto south and 750meter wide from east west. It has 9,900 rooms under a total roofarea 150,000square meters .A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9.9-meter―high wallwhich enclosesthe complex. Octagon ―shaped turrets rest on the four corners ofthe wall.There are four entrances into the city: the MeridianGate to the south,the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, andthe Xihua Gate(Gateof military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Western Flowery Gate )tothe west ,the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) tothe east.

Manpower and materials throughout thecountry were used to build theForbidden City.A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers wereemployed. Marble wasquarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County inHebei Province.Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province. Pavingblockswere fired in kilns in Suzhou in southernChina. Bricksand scarletpigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province.Timber was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern and southernregions.

The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entranceto the forbidden City. It is also knowsas Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Mingemperorsheld lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of theChinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .They also used this place forpunishingofficals by flogging them with sticks.

Qing emperors used this building toannounce the beginning of the new year.Qing Emperor Qianglong changed the original name of this announcement ceremonyfrom ban li(announcement ofcalendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )toavoid coincidentalassociation with another Emperor` s name, Hongli, which wasconsidered a tabooat that time. Qing Dynasty emperors also used this place tohold audience andfor other important ceremonies. For example,when the imperialarmy returnedvictoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperorpresided overthe ceremony to accept prisoners of war.

(After entering the Meridian Gate andstanding in front of the Five MarbleBridges on Golden Water River)

now we are inside the Forbidden City.Beforewe start our tour, I would liketo briefly introduce you to the architectural patterns befour us .To completethis solemn, magnificent and palatial complex,a variety of buildings werearranged on a north-south axis, and8-kilometer-long invisible line that hasbecome an inseparable part of the Cityof Beijing. The Forbidden City coversroughly one ?third of this central axis. Most of the important building in theForbidden City weree arranged along this line. The designand arrangement of thepalaces reflect the solemn dignity of the royal courtand rigidly ?stratifiedfeudal system.

The Forbidden Cityis divided into an outer and an inner count.We are nowstanding on the southern most part of the outer count. In front of us lies theGate of supreme Harmony .The gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions,symbolizing imperial power and dignity. The lions were the most exquisite andbiggest of its kind.The one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ballis said to represent state unity. The other one is a female. Underneath one ofits foreclaws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperialsuccession. The winding brook before us is the Golden Water River. It functionsbothas decoration and fire control .The five bridges spanning the riverrepresentthe five virtues preached by Confucius :benevolence, righteousness,rites,intellence and fidelity. The river takes the shape of a bow and thenorth-southaxis is its arrow. This was meant to show that the Emperors ruled thecountryon behalf of God.

(In front of the Gate of Supreme Harmony)

The Forbidden Cityconsists of an outer countyard and an inner enclosure.The out count yardcovers a vast space lying between the Meridian Gate and theGate of HeavenlyPurity. The “three big halls” of Supreme Harmony, CompleteHarmony and Preserving Harmony constitute the center of this building group.Flanking themin bilateral symmetry are two groups of palaces: Wenhua (ProminentScholars)and Wuying (Brave Warriors) . The three great halls are built on aspacious“H”-shaped, 8-meter-high, triple marble terrace, Each level of thetripleterrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marblebalustradescarved with dragon and phoenix designs. There are three carved stonestaircases linking the three architectures .The hall of supreme Harmony is alsothetallest and most exquisite ancient wooden-structured mansion in all ofChina.From thepalace of Heavenly Purith northward is what isknown as the inner court,which is also built in bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In the center are thePalaceof Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Unionand Peace and Palace of EarthlyTranquility, aplace where the Emperors lived with their families and attended tostateaffairs. Flanking these structures are palaces and halls in whichconcubinesand princes lived. There are also three botanical gardens within theinnercount, namely, the imperial Garden, Caning garden and Quailing garden. Aninner Golden Water Riverflows eastwardly within the inner court. The brook windsthrough three minorhalls or palaces and leads out of the Forbidden City.It isspanned by the White Jade Bridge.The river is lined with winding, marble ?carvedbalustrades.

Most of thestructures within the Forbidden City haveyellow glazed tileroofs.

Aside from giving prominence to thenorth-south axis, other architecturalmethods were applied to make every groupof palatial structures unique in termsof terraces, roofs, mythical monstersperching on the roofs and colored, drawingpatterns. With these, the grandcontour and different hierarchic spectrum of thecomplex were strengthened.Folklore has it that there are altogether 9,999room-units in the Forbidden City. Since Paradiseonly has 10,000 rooms, the Sonof Heaven on earth cut the number by half aroom. It is also rumoured that thishalf ?room is located to the west of the Wenyuange Pavilion (imperial library).As a matter of fact, although the Forbidden City has more than 9,000 room-units,this half-room is nonexistent.The Wenyuange Pavilion is a library where “Si KuQuan Shu”- China `s first comprehensive anthology-was stored.

(After walking past the Gate of SupremeHarmony)

Ladies and Gentlemen, the great hall we are approaching is the Hall ofSupreme Harmony, the biggest and tallest of its kingin the Forbidden City. Thisstructure covers a total building space of 2,377 square meters, and is know forits upturned,multiple counterpart eaves . The Hall of Supreme Harmony sits on atriple“H”-shaped marble terrace the is 8 meters high and linked by staircases.The staircase on the ground floor has 21 steps while the middle and upperstairways each have 9.

The construction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony began in 1406. It burneddown three times and was severely damaged onceduring a mutiny. The existingarchitecture was built during the Qing Dynasty.On the corners of the eaves aline of animal-nails were usually fastened to thetiles. These animal-nails werelater replace with mythical animals to ward offevil spirits. There arealtogether 9 such fasteners on top of this hall. The number nine was regarded bythe ancients to be the largest numeral accessibleto man and to which only theemperors were entitled.

There was a total of 24 successive emperorsduring the Ming and Qingdynasties who were enthroned here. The ball was alsoused for ceremonies whichmarked other great occasions: the Winter Solstice,The Chinese Lunar New Year,the Emperor` s birthday, conferral of the title ofempress, the announcement ofnew laws and policies, and dispatches of generalsto war .On such occasions, theEmperor would hold audience for his courtofficials and receive theirtributes.

This area is called the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, which covers atotal of 30,000 square meters, Without a single tree or plant growing here, thisplace inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and grandeur. In themiddle of thesquare there is a carriageway that was reserved for the Emperor.On both sides ofthe road the groud bricks were laid in a special way sevenlayers lengthwise andeight layers crosswise, making up fifteen layers in all.The purpose of this wasto prevent anyone from tunneling his way into thepalace. In the count yard thereare iron vats for storing water to fight fires.In the whole complex there arealtogher 308 water vats. In winter time, charcoal was burned underneath the vatsto keep the water from freezing .

Why so vast asquare? It was designed to impress people with the hall` sgrandeur andvastness. Imagine the following scene. Under the clear blue sky, theyellowglazed tiles shimmered as the cloud-like layers of terrace, coupled withthecurling veil of burning incense, transformed the hall of supreme Harmony intoafairyland. Whenever major ceremonies were held, the glazed,crane-shapedcandleholders inside the hall would be it, and incense and pinebranches burntin front of the hall. When the Emperor appeared, drums were beatenand musicalinstrument played. Civilian officials and generals would kneel knowinsubmission.

The last Qing emperor Puyi assumed the throne in 1908, at the age of three,His father carried him to the throne. At the start of the coronation, thesuddendrum-beating and loud music caught the young emperor unprepared .He wassoscared that he kept crying and shouting,"I don’t want to stay here."