拙政园英文导游词(通用20篇)

沂蒙山是泰沂山脉的两个支系，指的是以沂山、蒙山为地质坐标的地理区域，这里不仅是革命老区，还是一个相对独立的文化圈，历史上属于东夷文明。

沂蒙山同时也是一个旅游概念，沂蒙山旅游区位于山东省中南部，包含沂山景区、蒙山云蒙景区、龟蒙景区、天蒙景区四个景区，核心景区面积148平方公里，是世界文化遗产齐长城所在地、世界著名养生长寿圣地，现为国家5A级旅游景区、国家森林公园、国家地质公园、国家水利风景区。

巍巍八百里沂蒙，主要由沂山、蒙山、北大山、芦山、孟良崮等高山携带无数丘陵组成。沂山、蒙山、鲁山都在海拔千米以上，山高坡陡，崮险岭峻，峰峦连绵，山崮层叠，悬崖峭壁，巨石嶙峋，古木参天，飞瀑流泉，涧深溪清，沂河、沭河萦绕如带。文峰山、浮来山、羽山、马髻山以及七十二崮，雄奇秀幽，风光旖旎。

沂山东部的日照市面靠黄海，碧海与山色相映成趣。

沂源县的鲁山溶洞群，由大小数十个溶洞组成，洞内怪石林立，千姿百态。另外，沂源燕崖山织女洞、平邑县赵庄溶洞和蒙山顶溶洞、费县小梁庄溶洞等也各具特色。

临沂、沂南等地有温泉喷涌，既可观赏，又能疗养。兰山区的汤头温泉属全国甲等温泉，现已成为著名的疗养胜地。

沂蒙大地上多古树名木。浮来山上的一棵银杏树，树龄近4000年，乃春秋时期鲁国国君与莒子会盟处，有“天下第一银杏树”之称。日照城北李家庄子的一棵大金桂树，距今340余年，被誉为“北方桂花王”。日照、郯城、沂源等市县的厚壳树、雪萝树、五角枫树、白果树、黑弹树等稀有古树名木，树龄均在300年以上。平邑县现有国家级森林公园。

Hello, everyone. Welcome to our travel agency. My name is Zhang Chengxuan.Please call me Zhang Daohao. We are about to arrive at our destination. Let meintroduce our terminal, Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes, located in LuoyangCity, Henan Province, is a milestone of grotto art in China. There are two hugeGrottoes: Dongshan grottoes and Xishan grottoes.

The most spectacular one is Xishan grottoes Here we are. Tourists, pleasefollow me. Dont lose me. Look, thats Xishan grottoes. Its very beautiful.Lets go this way first. Its called Qianxi temple. Why is it called thisstrange name? Qianxi temple is named for its continuous stream of water. Themain Buddha in this one is Bodhisattva, with two disciples, two Bodhisattvas,two heavenly kings and so on. Lets go further Now, our place is called Binyangcave, also known as Binyang three caves, which are North cave and middle cave.South hole, three holes.

Next, we went to Fengxian Temple, the most famous place in LongmenGrottoes. Lushenafo is the most famous. He is more than ten feet tall. He isreally the best.

Finally, I would like to remind you not to damage cultural relics. Litter,goodbye!

Dear tourists

Hello everyone! Welcome to Xian.

Xian, a famous historical and cultural city, is located in the middle ofWeishui plain on the West Bank of the Yellow River. There is fertile land, avast expanse of eight hundred Li Qinchuan, natural treasures, outstandingpeople. On the land of China, this dazzling pearl inlaid in the southern end ofthe Loess Plateau, once had a world-famous, extremely brilliant history andculture, but also had green waters and mountains, extremely beautiful naturallandscape.

In the East and west of Xian, the Qinling Mountains, known as the"Oriental Alps", are crisscrossed and meandering. On this beautiful scenic line,there are Huashan Mountain, which is known as the first of the five mountains,Lishan Mountain in Lintong, which is famous for its hot spring soup pools,Zhongnan mountain, which is green in all seasons and rare in its interior, andTaibai Mountain, which is called a wonder for its snow cover in June. They forma natural and unique scenery group. In ancient Changan, there were eightrivers, Wei River, Chan River, Ba River, Lao river, Feng River, Mao River, ZaoRiver and Yu River, which were surrounded by blue waves.

This thousand year old capital at the foot of the Qinling Mountains and onthe Bank of the Weihe River has Tongguan in the East and Sanguan in the West. Inthe north, the chidao, which was built in the Qin Dynasty, is a thoroughfare forfighting against Xiongnu and supplying supplies. In the south, Ziwu Road,TangLuo Road, Baoxie road and Chencang road can cross Hanzhong to Bashu. In thesoutheast, Wuguan road in Shangluo Mountain is the throat leading to Chu. Inancient times, Changan had convenient transportation, both land and water,dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been aplace for military strategists and emperors to make contributions.

Xian is an important birthplace of Chinese history and culture, and alsoone of the earliest developed areas of human civilization. In the thousands ofyears of history of the Chinese nation, perhaps no city can enjoy such a loftystatus and incomparable brilliance as Xian: it is the capital of 13 dynastiessince the Western Zhou Dynasty and the epitome of the first half of Chinesefeudal society.

Since Zhou and Qin Dynasties, Xian has been in the center of politics,economy and culture for a long time with its unique historical position. In the11th century B.C., the Zhou people grew stronger and stronger in Qishan andFufeng areas in the western part of Guanzhong, and finally established theircountry after destroying the Shang Dynasty, and established their capitals inFengjing and Haojing. Qin people successively established capitals in Yongcheng,Liyang and Xianyang, and went out of Hangu in the east to destroy the six statesand establish an unprecedented unified Qin Empire. The capital of Qin Dynasty isstill Xianyang, which is near the water on the tableland. After the destructionof Qin Dynasty by Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, he took a fancy to theeight hundred Li Qinchuan River, which is a vast expanse of fertile land, andchose to establish the capital on the South Bank of Weihe River, which is justacross from qinxianyang. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mangusurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty, inheriting the capitaland system of the Han family. When the Huangjin army rose, Dong Zhuo burned allthe palaces in Luoyang, and the princes of the 18th route begged for Zhuo.Therefore, Dong Zhuo forced Emperor Xian to move westward to Changan. TheEastern Han Dynasty had six years here.

The scenic Fenghe river is full of a large number of cultural treasuresfrom the Western Zhou Dynasty 3000 years ago. It is a magical and attractiveplace. Emperor min of the Western Jin Dynasty was the emperor in Changan, andhe was destroyed in only three years. The former Zhao, the former Qin, the laterQin, the Western Wei and the Northern Zhou established their capitals here.Changan city experienced a long period of war and shortage of soldiers afterthe Han Dynasty. In 581 ad, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, unifiedChina again. Later, in the southeast of Changan City in the Han Dynasty, YuWenkai, a famous architect, designed and supervised the construction of DaxingCity, the capital of the Sui Dynasty. The scale, layout and scientificfacilities of Daxing City obviously exceeded that of Changan City in HanDynasty, which laid the foundation of Changan City in Tang Dynasty. TangDynasty is the heyday of Chinese history, and Changan city is also anincomparable brilliant model in the history of Chinese capital. Changan is notonly the political, economic and cultural center of the Tang Empire, but alsothe largest international city in the east of the world.

"The ancient imperial state in the middle of Qin Dynasty". History choseXian and Xian enriched history. Today, whenever people talk about the formerChangan in Xian, they are full of national pride and admiration for the richand incomparable ancient courtesy of China for thousands of years.

If history chose Xian as the capital of emperors, making it the centralstage of Chinas politics, economy and culture for more than a thousand years,then the emperors who once made great achievements in Xian chose Guanzhongsprofound and extensive loess land as their final destination. As a result, thedense and grand mausoleums of emperors spread all over Guanzhong with thearrogance of the past and the present, becoming one of the most unique culturallandscapes in Xian.

The imperial mausoleum in Shaanxi can be traced back to the mausoleum ofthe Yellow Emperor more than 5000 years ago. It is the mausoleum of XuanyuanYellow Emperor, the forefather of the Chinese nation. It is on the top ofQiaoshan mountain in Huangling County, north of Xian. Ever since ancient timesand every year, countless Chinese and Miao descendants have come here to payhomage to the mausoleum, find their roots, ask their ancestors, and remembertheir saints. In addition to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, more than 70emperors were also buried in Guanzhong during the 20__ years from the WesternZhou Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Ancient Changan was not only the political and economic center of Chinafor a long time, but also the center of religious culture. In the Tang Dynasty,with political stability and economic development, the religious culture ofChangan reached its peak. At this time, not only the native Taoist culture inChina was widely spread, but also the foreign Buddhist culture was in aprominent position in social life.

Since the introduction of Buddhism into China in the Han Dynasty, it hasbecome the ideology of the gentry through the southern and Northern Dynasties.In the Tang Dynasty, it became a common practice to respect and worshipBuddhism. As the eastern end of the "Silk Road" and a cosmopolitan metropolis,Changan has gathered eminent monks and missionaries from all over the world.Inside and outside the city of Changan in the Tang Dynasty, there are manypagodas and temples, and there are many people who preach and listen to theDharma. According to historical records, there are 122 monasteries and 31nunnery monasteries in Changan city. Emperors and court dignitaries are proudto build monasteries and spend time with monks. The scale of these monasteriesis also amazing. For example, Cien Temple, which is called "Chonglou Fudian,Yunge Dongfang, more than ten monasteries, has a total of 1896, covering 342mu.". In the enlightened and open Tang Dynasty, not only the various sects ofBuddhist temples and Taoism as the national religion were very active, butNestorianism, Manichaeism and Islam also spread to China one after another,making an indelible contribution to the prosperity of Chinese and foreigncultures.

Today, there are still many religious and cultural relics inside andoutside Changan city. The towering big wild goose pagoda of Cien Temple andthe beautiful small wild goose pagoda of Jianfu temple have become the symbol ofXian, a famous historical and cultural city. Famen Temple has become a Buddhistholy land again because of the excavation of four Buddhist finger relicscollected in the Tang Dynasty. Daxingshan temple, Qinglong temple, Xiangjitemple and other famous temples have also become symbols of friendly exchangesand tourist attractions between China and foreign countries. The famous TaoistLouguantai, Baxian palace and Huajue Lane Muslim temple in the city areimportant places for the spread of Taoist and Islamic culture.

In history, the ancient city of Xian provided a broad and bright stage forChina to show its great and brilliant posture to the world, and made immortalcontributions to the survival, improvement and development of the Chinesenation. Perhaps it is just out of the reward for Xian that history generouslypresented this magical land with numerous historical relics and cultural relics.It is an invaluable treasure. It not only makes every Chinese proud and feel theresponsibility of history, but also as one of the cream of human culturalheritage, let people from all over the world comprehend the clear trajectory ofsocial courtesy development and the endless creativity of human beings.

The historical relics in Xian and Guanzhong area have the integrity ofrare historical sequence. This outstanding advantage is determined by thelong-span characteristics of Xians long history, which is difficult for manyhistorical cities to match. There, the Paleolithic artifacts of the Lantian apeman 1.15 million years ago and the painted pottery basin of the mud illusion ofthe matriarchal clan settlement in Banpo 6000 years ago jointly outline thecontext and footprints of the survival, reproduction and development of theprimitive ancestors; the deep, dignified, mysterious and treacherous bronzes ofthe Shang and Zhou dynasties represent the living atmosphere of the aristocratsin the slave society; The magnificent terracotta warriors and horses andexquisite stone portraits of the Qin and Han Dynasties are wrapped with thepolitical situation and flames of war in the early feudal society; the gorgeousmurals and colorful gold and silver wares of the Sui and Tang Dynasties recordthe glorious chapter of the golden age; and the steles, porcelain products,calligraphy and paintings of the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are thewitness of the continued development of politeness in Xian after the loss ofthe prosperity of the imperial capital It is no exaggeration to say that it isno different to read a condensed general history of China to search the culturalrelics of Xian in chronological order.

Xian and its surrounding areas are rich in cultural heritage materials andcomplete categories, which is another major advantage. Not to mention thelarge-scale sites such as FengHao of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Xianyang palaceof the Qin Dynasty, Changan city of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the ancientbuildings, temples, and grottoes of Meilun and meimian, the number of movablecultural relics alone has reached more than 600000 pieces (groups) according topreliminary statistics. Including ceramics, bronzes, jade, gold and silver,murals, stone and brick carvings, inscribed steles, seals and other categories.In this sense, the ancient city of Xian itself is a natural history museum, apalace of cultural art.

The natural landscape of Xian is also unique. In and around Xian, thereare Xiyue Huashan, which is known as "the most dangerous place in the world",Zhongnan mountain, which is cultivated by Wang Chongyang, the founder ofQuanzhen school, Taibai Mountain, which is known as "natural geological museum",Lishan Mountain, which is known as "Nuwa Butian", Louguantai, which is the mostblessed place in Dongtian, and Wangchuan, the hometown of Chinese landscape "Thehometown of ape man" -- Lantian cave and other scenic spots. The gardens inXian are full of royal style. Huaqing Palace tells the story of "song ofeverlasting regret" with its first hot spring in the world, warm and romanticlove story; Xingqing palace describes the eternal story of "Li Bai drunk"; asong "the sunset is infinite, just near dusk" makes leyouyuans dusk a charminglandscape. "Last year and today in this gate, peoples faces and peach blossomswere red. People do not know where to go, peach blossom still smile springbreeze If you have a chance to go to Weiqu, you must be able to feel true loveunder the peach tree with the dream of "human face peach blossom". There are 11forest parks in Xian, which constitute the natural oxygen bar of the ancientcity.

The combination of humanity and landscape constitutes the unique charm ofancient Xian.

As the first ancient capital of China, Xian, after more than 3000 years ofdevelopment, shoulders numerous glorious and glorious dreams of the Chinesenation, and is firmly marching towards the future.

In 1949, after the founding of the peoples Republic of China, the ancientcity of Xian opened a new chapter in its own development history. Since the1980s, with the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, 6.18 millionpeople in Xian have seized the opportunity of the times, guided by science andtechnology, tourism, commerce and trade, and made great efforts to build Xianinto a socialist export-oriented city. A thriving and dynamic Xian city isstanding in the world. Today, Xian is an important base for scientific andtechnological research and development in contemporary China. There are morethan 3000 scientific research institutions in the city, including not only thescientific research institutions of machinery, electric power, electronics,aviation, aerospace, geology, chemical industry, textile, instruments, metersand nuclear industry, but also the only watch industry research institute inChina and the satellite measurement and control center, the central nerve ofaerospace measurement and control network.

Today, Xian is an important base of Chinas higher education. There are 42institutions of higher learning, more than 10 mobile stations for postdoctoralresearch, about 100 doctoral degree awarding points and more than 300 mastersdegree awarding points in the city. Every year, the city trains a large numberof modern talents for the country, becoming a veritable "cradle of talents".

Today, Xian is a world famous tourist hot spot city. The long and vasthistorical and cultural heritages, the beautiful and magnificent natural sceneryof Northwest China, and the various and magical traditional folk customsconstitute the unique tourism resources in Xian, attracting countless touristsfrom home and abroad to explore. With the development of tourism, tourismfacilities and municipal engineering have been further improved. With Xian asthe center, high-grade highways are interwoven in all directions. The connectionof Eurasian Continental Bridge and the completion of Xian XianyangInternational Airport make the connection between Xian and other countries morefrequent and close. A large number of star hotels and modern entertainmentfacilities and places have sprung up, which not only provides a guarantee forthe development of tourism, but also adds style and charm to the appearance ofthe ancient city.

In order to enrich the cultural and entertainment life of tourists and meetthe needs of leisure and vacation, Xian has built more than 3700 cultural andentertainment facilities in various forms, such as tangle palace, gudu GrandTheater, Tanghua song and dance theater, shange Grand Theater, Ginza nightclub,Taoyuan Lake Bowling Club, etc; It has launched such artistic programs as TangChangan music and dance, imitating Tang music and dance, soul of Qin terracottawarriors, and folk music and dance in Northern Shaanxi, which have won praisefrom tourists at home and abroad.

Xians tourism commodity production has strong local characteristics.There are abundant folk arts and crafts, such as terracotta figurines, antiquebronzes, Qin embroidery, jade, silk, craft porcelain, Huxian farmers paintings,Tang Sancai, porcelain plate paintings, landscape tables, straw paintings,Guanzhong paper-cut, etc. There are 26 designated foreign tourism shops in thecity, which can meet the different levels of shopping needs of tourists. At thesame time, the catering industry in Xian can provide tourists with uniqueShaanxi cuisine, such as imitation Tang cuisine, Dumpling Banquet, muttonsteamed bun and famous local snacks.

Today, Xian is still an open international metropolis. After summing upthe rise and fall of history and understanding the perfect future, the people ofXian have deeply realized that opening the door to the world and letting Xiango to the world is the only way for the development and prosperity of todaysancient city.

History has treated Xian well in the past, and Xian will live up tohistory!

恭王府花园为位于恭王府后的一独具特色的花园，又名萃锦园，位于柳荫街甲14号，建于1777年，据考证是在明代旧园上重修的。全园占地面积2.8万平方米，有古建筑31处。恭亲王为重建花园调集百名能工巧匠，增置山石林木，彩画斑斓，融江南园林艺术与北方建筑格局为一体，汇西洋建筑及中国古典园林建筑为一园，建成后曾为京师百座王府之冠，是北京现存王府园林艺术的精华所在，堪称"什刹海的明珠"。其中园中的西洋门、御书"福"字碑、室内大戏楼并称恭王府"三绝"。某些红学家认为此园可能是曹雪芹笔下《红楼梦》中大观园的原型。

王府是北京规模最大、保存最完整的清代王府，位于什刹海西北角，前海西街17号，现为全国重点文物保护单位。恭王府始建于十八世纪末，早期为乾隆年间大学士和珅宅第，嘉庆四年(公元1799年)和珅获罪，宅第被没收赐与庆郡王，咸丰元年 (公元1851年)改赐给恭亲王爱新觉罗·奕?。

清代王府有严格的规制，规定亲王府有大门五间，正殿七间，后殿五间，后寝七间，左右有配殿，形成多进四合院，不少府邸有后花园。但许多王府经历沧桑，早已面目全非，只有恭王府是北京现存最完整、布置最精的一座清代王府。著名学者侯仁之先生称之为"一座恭王府，半部清代史"。

恭王府分为平行的东、中、西三路，是世界最大的四合院。中路的三座建筑是府邸的主体，一是大殿，二是后殿，三是延楼，延楼东西长一百六十米，有四十余间房屋。东路和西路各有三个院落，和中路建筑遥相呼应。王府的最后部分是花园，二十多个景区各不相同。

恭王府花园在造园手法上既有中轴线，也有对称手法。全园分为中路、东路、西路三路，成多个院落。中轴上依次是园门、飞来峰、蝠池、安善堂、方池、假山、邀月台、绿天小隐、蝠厅。中路建筑和山水基本对称，东、西两路只是山体对称，建筑不对称。整个园林由六条山龙围合:南面、东面、西面各有两山，中路后部有一山为中龙。

东路以建筑为主。东有两山南北奔趋，两山各在东南和东北转折成围合状。建筑分三个小院。，南面靠东院入，抬头是一精致垂花门，入内为狭长院落，院内当年种竹，正厅为大戏楼之后部，西厢为中路明道堂之后卷，东厢为一排厢房，院西为另一个狭长院落。入口月洞门，曰:吟香醉月。北面是东路的主体建筑大戏楼，戏楼自成一个小院，面积达685平方米，院内有前厅、观众厅、舞台、扮戏房等，厅内装饰豪华，是王府的观戏处。

西路以山水为主。西路的起始部分从飞来峰西走，在南端是两山之间的一个雄关。关名曰:榆关，榆关即长城的山海关，是长城的象征，素有天下第一关之美称，当年，清代皇帝就是从此入关，在园中设此关足以表示园主不忘记清祖从山海关入主中原的丰功伟绩。榆关之前是西路的中心大方池，方池东南角出细流折东与福河相连，大方池之中有一个方形小岛，岛上是观鱼台，以此来喻庄子濠上观鱼之乐的典故;池西是西山;池前有五间堂屋。东出抄手廊与中路滴翠岩的曲廊相接。

全园以福字贯穿，表明主题明显。山势围合有新意，榆关雄峙也有新意，但东部建筑较多，中部曲廊的围合也不够有机，特别是理水较差。从堆石、建筑、植物、格局上看仍有北方园林特点。

恭王府位于什刹海北岸的恭王府是世界最大的四合院，也是今日北京城里，60余座清代王府中保存最完整的一个。分为平行的东、中、西三路。中路的3座建筑是府邸的主体，一是大殿，二是后殿，三是延楼。延楼东西长160米，有40余间房屋。东路和西路各有3个院落，和中路遥相呼应。王府的最后部分是花园，20多个景区各不相同。

恭王府是清道光帝第六子恭忠亲王府第。前身为乾隆时大学士和砷的邸宅。嘉庆四年(1799年)和砷获罪，邸宅入官，嘉庆帝将其一部分赐给其弟庆僖亲王永磷，是为庆王府。以后咸丰市将庆王府收回，转赐其弟奕沂，是为恭王府。咸丰、同治年间曾整修，并在府后添建花园。

由于恭王府有着某些《红楼梦》中所描绘的景物，因此有人说恭王府花园是大观园的蓝本。但是，许多人又提出了不同的意见。

王府的主人奕诉，是一等贵族，所以他的府邸不仅宽大，而且建筑也是最高格制，显示其不可逾越的等级，明显的标志是门脸和房屋数量。亲王府有门脸5间，正殿7间，后殿5间，后寝7间，左右有配殿。低于亲王等级的王公府邸决不能多于这些数字。房屋的形式、屋瓦的颜色也是不能替越的。

恭王府以前的主人是大0相和坤，他修建的庆颐堂模仿了皇帝的宁寿宫，皇帝“加恩赐令自尽”时，这就是其中的一条罪状。

恭王府的建筑，可分为府邸和花园两部分。府邸占地46.5亩，分为中东西三路，各由多进四合院组成，后面环抱着长160余米的通脊二层后罩楼。楼后为花园，占地38.6亩，园内建筑也约略形成中东西三路，园中散置了叠石假山，曲廊亭榭，池塘花木。

中路前部是面阔3间的大门和面阔5间的二门，门里原有正殿银安殿，已毁，现存后殿，即嘉乐堂;东路由三进四合院组成，是恭亲王奕折的起居生活用房;西路正房为锡晋斋，院宇宏大，廊点周接，气派非凡。在三路院落之后，环抱东西长160米的40余间两层后楼，东边名瞻雾楼，西边名宝约楼。楼后即花园--苹锦园，俗称恭王府花园，占地2.8万平方米。园内建筑分中东酉三路，也有约略的轴线，散置叠石假山、曲廊亭榭、水池花木。主要建筑有蝎殿、邀月台、大戏台、沁秋亭等。

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now we come to shanghai huangpu river bank bund, first, i tour to everybodyvisit bund to express the welcome, and wishes in advance each traveling to behappy.

new bund altogether has five traveling routes, nearby yours left hand is bythe reputation is wan guo constructs reads extensively the magnificentarchitectural complex and spacious zhongshan road, nearby your right hand is thewave light clear huangpu river as well as the future resembles the brocade thepudong land to embellish the financial trade area, at present for is noveluniquely goes sightseeing the tour area. this architectural complex, zhongshanroad, go sightseeing the area, the huangpu river, lu jiazui in the as if musicfive spectra, the industrious shanghai people seem between the string string thesymbol, is composing most newly the most gorgeous music movement, is welcomefellow guests presence.

the powder can call bund? simple saying, it passed once was the desolatebeach place which outside the shanghai old city the reed grew thicklytogether.

in 1840 after first opium war, the tight lock entrance to a country hasbeen driven out by the colonizing ocean artillery, shanghai also is compelled toward off for the commercial port. since then, all kinds of west foreign styleconstruction hastens to ground along with colonizing but towers in abundance, tothis century the beginning of 30s, shanghai as soon as leapt into the far eastbiggest metropolis from seashore small yi.

at present these have the europe renaissance time style the construction,although stems from hand of the identical design, also is not constructs at anage, but their construction style is such harmonious unification, the daybecomes. from jinling east road bund to outside white temporary bridge long only1.5 kilometer arcs in, height scattered about, is standing erect row after row52 styles each different construction, has england -like, france -like, ancientgreece -like and so on. same year many foreign banks, the general meeting, theconsulate and so on converged to this, some east wall street the name, formedthe old shanghai semicolonial and semifeudal society a historical miniature.

everybody please looked that, the new bund 2 east winds hotels, in the pastonce were the english general meetings which extremely is well-known, it is amodel english ancient canonical expression constructs. the building high has 6(continually basement), the roof north and south beginnings and endsrespectively suppose □t look pavilion, the interior decoration are extremelymagnificent. inside a yet higher goal bar same year once because of has 110.7foot eastern longest bar cabinet but to be arrogant for a while, now usskentuckey quick dining room is located in.

new bund 12 before are famous the hongkong and shanghai bank, this buildingconstructed in 1923, was in the style of antiquity greece -like domeconstruction. the building for approaches the square the rectangularconstruction, high 5, a crown hemispheroid level goes against the vegetable tohave 7 in addition, the steel portal frame construction. in the buildingdecorates extremely is fastidious, is equipped with country each kind ofreception room and so on america, england and france, russia, date. this placeconstructed the english once to brag for from the suez canal to far east beringstrait most was fastidious construction.

nearby close neighbor hongkong and shanghai bank that building is theshanghai customs building, is 19th century restores the old the principleconstruction, constructed in 1927, is now the world institute rarely is ominous.above the building bell all around worthy of looking at arrives is in luck, each15 minutes play sound section of short tunes, melodious are deep, reputation 10miles.

after the hongkong and shanghai bank building and the customs building allstem from english designer wilson, shanghai kindly called they are the sistersbuilding, at present was still one of shanghais important symbols.

east nanjing the street intersection two buildings are called the peacefulhotel. sat north the southern dynasty this lou jianyu in 1906, at that time thename collected the hotel, was a shanghai extant earliest hotel. it may take ahistorical construction, is the english chinese world renaissance. this buildingmost major characteristic is sets up the surface color red brick to make thewaist line, bai qiangzhuan makes the cover, looks by far both gravely iselegant, and other style, the reality is a rare excellent work.

bunds these constructions, all are the china working people industriouswisdom crystallization, simultaneously has also reflected western colonizing toshanghais plundering and the aggression. now in order to let the peopleunderstand these constructions the history, in front of each big front doorhangs has the data plate which the chinese and english compares.

regarding bund, the shanghai person also passes for hers name along withthe time changes. shanghai persons is called old bund, after the liberationliberation before bund to be called as bund, now the people approve her are newbund. in the history occurs has seized bund many times the scene, but each timeall has the completely different historical significance. since partys 11sessions of three ccp plenary conferences, the china reform and open policystrategic center of gravity also from the south but north, pudongs developmentand the promotion enable shanghai to walk the nation reform and open policy mostfront. the spring breeze blew awakes the deep sleep many year shanghai bund, thechinese and foreign financial organ in abundance has also seized bund. shanghaihas made the clear nest directs the phoenix the significant action, the bundfinance street house big replacement, will attract everywhere the old customerreto come to settle down, again will reveal the far east wall street elegantdemeanour.

bund is shanghais symbol, also is the chinese and foreign tourists mustarrive place. but in before because the path narrow, the pedestrian vehicles arepacked like sardines, seriously has affected the bund overall image. for thechange place beach appearance, the shanghai peoples government performs bund asthe key point to transform. at present this street called, also is bund whichzhongshan a group, is for commemorate pioneer mr. sun yat-sen which chinademocratic revolution names synthesizes the transformation a part. this groupspan 826 meters, the width 45 meters, suppose 6 to 10 traffic lanes. this broadline of communication not merely is restricted in area bund, it follows thereform and open policy step unceasingly to extend, north the jiangwan five jiaofields, south arrive at the nampo bridge. to the next the beginning of century,this north and south corridor long amounts to 15 kilometers, will become thesign landscape which the shanghai traveling will go sightseeing.

we now walk this bin jiang main road quite has the characteristic. it notonly collection culture, afforestation to a body, moreover the morning is thepeople practices the good place which the article practices martial arts,daytime is domestic and foreign goes sightseeing the tour world, evening is theideal place which talks love to the lover, heard has many foreign friends all inadmiration of somebodys fame to come to experience the life.

fellow guests, stroll in new bund to go sightseeing the area, whether youdo feel, new bund not only appearance changed beyond recognition, moreover inlively is lively passes the rich artistic breath. everybody please looked that,in the yenan east road bund establishment subject will be for tomorrow theartistic landscape, will hug by 6 columns, with will have more than 80 yearshistorical meteorological signal to become a group to the scenery. the customsbuilding and the electronic waterfall clock also is quite has the fresh idea tothe scenery. the electronic waterfall clock assumes the steps and ladders type,the length 27 meters, the height 3.5 meters, supposes 10 entire stairs. theentire operating process by the computer control, approximately some more than1,000 nozzles water column is composed each kind of color the arabic numeral,causes world each place since such remoteness, double is how being intimatewith. went sightseeing the area worthily to become to hold hundred sichuan, iscompatible shanghai school characteristic culture scenery line which andgathered.

strolls bund, we unconsciously entered the whangpoo river park. inmentioned this park, each chinese all could not forget the former days foreigncountry big powers to hang the chinese people and the dog did not have to enterin park entrance that block the sign, that notorious sign, let then chinesepeople suffer the enormous shame! now, looked at present that 60 meter highshanghai people outstandingly talented monument, stands erect is facing thewater place. the military might magnificent sight three columns yellow hillocksbody in has told the people as if, the people forever cherishes the memory ofsince the opium war, 54 movements and the war of liberation, is the scrubbingnationality shame, devotes the heroes for shanghais revolutionary business.

the whangpoo river park faces is well-known everywhere huangpu river. onmonth huanglong waters edge water yellow, extremely vividly described thewhangpoo river river water color. improves pujiang is shanghais mother river,it originates to the wuxi tai lake, is within the boundaries of shanghailongest, is widest, deepest rivers, the span 114 kilometers; the mean breadth400 meters, are deep 7 to 9 meters. its original name calls dong jiang, also hasthe spring shenjiang river, alternate name and so on huang xiejiang. hands downbefore more than 2,000 years, shanghai was chu at that time, at that time chucountry has a senior general yellow to call to rest, he had very much rules anation ability, is appointed by chu king as prime minister, and sealed forpresents mr. shen, had jurisdiction over shanghai this land. at that timebecause upstream dong jiangs clogged with silt, he led the shanghai people tocarry on scours, and revised the route, caused shanghai the aquatictransportation and the agriculture obtains the very big development, theposterity for commemorate huang xie the merit, renamed dong jiang as the springshenjiang river and yellow , only then officially chose a name until thesouthern song dynasty time as the huangpu river.

the huangpu river has two the child, calls pudong, another calls puxi.before new china is born, their whole family deeply three mountains oppressions,on the mother river body is anchoring is the outside warship and themerchantman, two children also are pressed have not gasped for breath. jumpswhangpoo river my sentence shanghai persons pet phrase, refers to the commonpeople which the old society really is unable to live, throws the river to hereto commit suicide.

looks out into the distance the opposite shore, pudong lu jiazui thefinance trade area and puxi bund distantly faces one another, its function forthe finance, the trade and foreign serves, it will be the new shanghais coreand the symbol. east bund the bin jiang main road, the total length 2,500meters, the collection traveling, go sightseeing with the entertainment and soon are a body, is equipped with 6 multi-faceted squares along the road. althoughthe present only rumble cuts in line the sound, but the sound sound , is in fivespectra the most magnificent music movement, will be forecasting a bund moreglorious future.

Hello everyone! We are visiting Mount Tai today. Im your guide, Wu Ying.Now please follow me to see Mount Tai!

First of all, let me introduce Mount Tai to you. Mount Tai is the first ofthe "Five Mountains" in China. It has the reputation of "the first in theworld", also known as Dongyue. It is one of the most beautiful and shocking tenfamous mountains in China. Mount Tai is located in the central part of ShandongProvince. Its natural landscape is majestic and tall. It has thousands of yearsof spiritual and cultural penetration and rendering, as well as the contrast ofhuman landscape. Famous landscapes include: Nantianmen, Yuhuangding,tianzhufeng, Shibapan, etc.

Now we come to Nantianmen first. South Tianmen is located in the lowdepression between feilongyan and xiangfengling, with two peaks, as if Tianmenhad opened itself. Looking up from below, it is like a palace in the sky, whichis the gateway to Mount Tai. There is a small courtyard inside the gate. Themain hall is the hall of Sanling marquis. It was built when Emperor Zhenzong ofSong Dynasty granted Mount Tai in the winter. It was dedicated to Tang Chen, GeYong and Zhou Wu, the admonishment officials of Zhou Dynasty. Later it waschanged into Guandi temple.

Then we came to Yuhuangding. Yuhuangding is the top of the main peak ofMount Tai, which is named after the Yuhuangmiao temple. Yuhuang temple was firstbuilt in the Ming Dynasty. The main buildings are Jade Emperor hall, YingxuPavilion, Wanghe Pavilion, dongxipeidian and so on.

Well, now please go and play by yourself, and gather at Tianzhu peak inthree hours. Please pay attention to: 1. Dont litter everywhere; 2. Dont spiteverywhere; 3. Protect the trees.

Hello, my name is Lin, you can call me rain eu. I will take you to visit hangzhou west lake, please dont litter, keep your valuables, I wish you all a pleasant journey!

Before to the west lake, I believe many people have heard "above there is heaven, there are suzhou and hangzhou", this sentence. In fact, to compare hangzhou to heaven on earth, and the west lake has a lot to do. Hangzhou west lake scenery beautiful, let many poets. Bai juyis "failed to have to go to hangzhou, stay half is the lake". He proves this point. Please follow team, ready to witness of the hangzhou west lake!

Hangzhou west lake is located in the center of hangzhou, the song dynasty according to the west lake. The west lake, north and south 3.2 kilometers long, about 2.8 km wide, covers an area of about 5.68 square kilometers. The most distinctive is the "west lake ten scene". In which the foundation is located in the western end of bai causeway quietly elegant simplicity. Moons floor overlooking, feel the vast west lake, in the quiet state of mind of washing irritation, make person times feeling is king in neutral city, water wave in the scene, in the middle. Whatever stands in which Angle, see is a picture of a simple but elegant ink jiangnan landscape, pinghu moon looks more hopefully, shore will be, water is expected to building. The southern song dynasty Sun Rui poems have "cold cold spring condensate flow, vivit song where white water rafting" words; HongZhan progenitor of Ming dynasty also wrote in a poem: "autumn Ge peoples unique wave wrinkle, a castle in the town of dust in the mirror" etc are all praise pinghu the beauty of autumn. Pinghu harvest moon said to lake reflected the surrounding landscape, trees, played exceptionally quiet. Like a beautiful painting. Let we have to admire nature guifushengong, occasionally a boat, we couldnt help complained: "ship our painting cut!"

The west lake is a poem, a picture, a lovely girl. "Yi jiangnan, most have is hangzhou. Find out the laurel blossoms filled the air. Yamadera months, county kiosk pillow watching tide. When more revisit?" Bai juyis poem is to praise the song of the west lake. Dear visitors, pleasant west lake day trip is over, thank you for your cooperation to me. You have fun? Hope that the west lake in the mountains and rivers, the fond memories of you forever.

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

Jimei School Village is a general name for all schools and cultural institutions here. It was built by Mr.Tan Kah-kee in 1913. After decades of development, the village now covers a floor space area of over 100,000 square kilometers and there are more than 10,000 students in it. The higher learning institutions are Xiamen Aquatic Products College, Jimei Navigation College, and Jimei Finance and Economy Institute and Business Administration College, etc. There are also secondary specialized schools, middle schools, primary schools, kindergartens and nurseries schools in the village. In addition to the schools metioned above, one may find here auditoriums, swimming pools, stadiums, cinemas, hospitals and navigation clubs. They are rare through out the country for their large scales and good facilitation.

Jimei School Village, blending the Chinese architectural style with western one, has become a symbol of Jimei. Among the buildings of unique style are Daonan Lou in Jimen Middle School, Nanxun Lou in Overseas Chinese School and the Teaching Building of Navigation College. In front of the Daonan Lou is the Drangon Boat Pond, 800 meters long and 300 meters wide. Around it are seven pavilions of different styles, with curved eaves and carved pillars. They are called "Seven Stars Falling onto the Ground". In the middle of the pond stand two pavilions designed by Mr.Tan Kah-kee, which are named "Lonely Star Accompanying the moon". Every year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon boat racing is held in the pond with shining ripples and melodious Nanqu (south Fujian Opera) accompanied by drumbeats. Several international dragon boat racings have been held here and attracted groups of tourists at home and abroad.

Kunming is a resources together, mountains and rivers beautiful, rich ethnic customs and colorful tourist city. Here four spring-like, flowers, beautiful landscapes, enjoy the "spring city" reputation in the world. Superior geographical and climatic conditions, also attracted black-headed gull came from Siberia, every winter, people play gulls, harmonious coexistence has become a spring city landscape. Swim in kunming lake, lake, flowers tide, cloud, let a person crazy, linger.

Gold Ma Fang - - blue chicken fang - chestwood Yuan Jiagu - kunming home old street (a total of five sites)

JinMaBiJi lane is located in kunming city center street, three cities and pool jinbi road, east lane in the golden horse called gold Ma Fang mountain, west lane by brigitte chicken chicken mountain and named garden, is the symbol of kunming. JinMaBiJi fang Ming dynasty xuande emperor, has been nearly four hundred years of history. JinMaBiJi fang is unique, is a specific time, there will be a "its splendour" wonders. JinMaBiJi fang is a brand of kunming, travel to kunming friend, must come and have a look. There are many stalls sell silver, tea, price is reasonable.

Chestwood five huashan XiLu downtown, is the center of the city tourist attractions. Bamboo green because of its eight cui of flour and water, the four seasons, spring, summer, LiuCui, therefore calls "chestwood. Chestwood - black-headed gull before the yuan dynasty, dianchi lake water level is high, there are also belong to small bay, outside the paddy fields, garden, lianchi, therefore calls "haizi". The lake in a variety of camellia.

Walk along chestwood, can reach Yuan Jiagu homestead, cui hu is the first selection of kunming residents leisure, holiday tour chestwood people is more, the cruise is a good choice.

"Old street" in kunming, kunming, the famous historical and cultural city only retained a piece of the original old blocks, is the biggest area in kunming, save in the qing dynasty and the period of the republic of China characteristic for most residential buildings, shops, is of high historical value, cultural value and emotional value old kunming. The same had to buy some souvenirs here, the attention bargain.

The city of Taian, is 150 meters above sea level. Most of the principal scenic spots and historical remains are clustered along an axis extending from the city to the top of the mountain. They are the result of a long historical Process, and are ingeniously placed in order to take advantage of the surrounding topography.

Chinese mythology has it that Mt.Tai was formed from the head of PanGu, one of chinese creators.His four limbs Formed another four mountains. These five mountains are located in the East, West,South,North and the center of China. Mount Tai in the East is the one that is generally the most admired.

The Azure Cloud Temple is the best preserved old structure on Mt.Taishan, which still retains the style and appearance of the Ming an Qing dynasties. Its importance rests with its Good combination of architecture, painting, carving and forest, an illustration of ancient Cinenese culture. It has a building area of 3900 square meters. According to records,it wasFirst built in 1009 of the Song Dynasty, and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now it is a large ancient complex on the top of Mt. taishan.

The Azure Cloud Temple consists of 12 large structures, such as the Main Hall, the Annexed Hall,the joss stick Hall, the Main Gate, the imperial Stele Pavillion, the Bell Tower and The Sacred Gate. The temple is divided by the main gate into two courtyards. The front counrtyard has three gates. On the Soouth Sacred Gate stand three dancing and singing roomsOver a fire floor where pilgrims burn Joss sticks. Facing the gate is a screen wall, inscribed four Chinese characters 万代瞻仰 meaning admiration by generations. Two annexed rooms extend notyhward to connect the East Sacred Gate and the West sacred Gate.

The main gate is the bound between the front courtyard and the rear courtyard. Inside the gate is the principal part of the Azyre Cloud Temple. In the center of the courtyard is the Joss stick pavilion, where enshrined is a bronze figurine of the aupreme Lord. On either side of the pavilion stands a huge stele. Besides the Azure Cloud Tem;le itself, the Buddha’s Halo is another miraculous phenomenon. Of the 128 historical sites under preservation on Mt. Taishan, the Azure Cloud Temple is the most important one.

A common saying goes that a mountain will be intelligent if there lives an immortal, no matter how high it is. Mt. Taishan is not only high but also intelligent. Rising abruptly and imposingly1545 meters above sea level from a vast plain, Mt. Taishan became the holy land where emperors of different dynasties made their personal pilgrimages and held ssacrificiall ceremonies. StandjingOn the top of Mt. Taishan, the Azure Cloud Temple, the chief place where sacrificial ceremonies were made, is the highlight attraction on Mt.Taishan.

If you are tired you can have a rest here or take photos. mind you, in 5 minutes. who know the origin of BaoTu Spring, please think it over and I will tell you the reason after 5 minutes.

Thank you.

The lion forest is one of the four classical gardens in suzhou, has been 650 years of history, as the representative of the yuan dynasty garden. Located in suzhou city, jiangsu province city northeastern garden road no. 23, plane into something a bit width rectangle, covers an area of 1.1 hectares, open area of 0.88 hectares. In 1982 was designated as cultural relics protection unit in jiangsu province. Garden rockery throughout, gallery, number crunchers looms, winding path leading to a secluded spot, feel history generally. Are embedded in the walls of the gallerys four big famous song dynasty, su shi, huang tingjian, calligraphy Cai Xiang monuments, and the southern song dynasty wen tianxiang inscriptions of plum blossom poems.

Mountainous southeast, northwest much water, surrounded by high walls deep curtilage, corridor surrounded. Central to the pool as the center, fold mountain building, move the flowers planted wood, bridge pavilion, has dominated layout is compact, rich artistic conception "Zhi foot mountain". Lion grove both suzhou classical garden pavilion, palace, building, hall, hall, porch, gallery of humanities landscape, more to the lake mountain stone, lives deep hole and famous in the world, known as "rockery kingdom". Lion forest lake stone rockery was more and exquisite, lake Shi Linglong, hole lives flowing, twists and turns, such as the history, is regarded as "taoyuan 18 scene". Ceiling mountain peak forest, are like the lion dance. With CDH, spit on, XuanYu, Leon xia peak, lion peak and to the ZhuFeng list. Campus construction is given priority to with YanYu hall, after hall is a lion originally bodhi authentic temple garden, Lin in A.D. 1341, the monk preached day such as Jackson went to suzhou, by his disciples. The following year (the yuan dynasty last emperor shun emperor to is two years), the disciples to buy to buy house for days like phil Jackson to build monasteries. Garden was built in the yuan dynasty to two years (AD 1342), by the day, such as master but the disciple made for in the division, the early name "Lin temple", later renamed "carry authentic temple", "divine grace temple". History, yuan at the end of the monk day if phil Jackson d disciple "at capital contribution, to buy land and house, to the teacher".

Because garden "is bamboo, Lin takes * * ta peak, the more like lion (lion)", and for days such as Jackson should b d well in zhejiang lionrock tome buddhist 27, in memory of the Buddha and the mantle, inherited the relations, take a Leo in the buddhist scriptures, so the name "ShiZiLin", "Lin". Also because the Buddha books with the word "lion roar" (" lion roar "refers to Jackson taught scripture), and many rockery resembling a lion shape and name. But have poetry "lion forest emphasizes the first 14", described the landscape and the life. Park is completed, many of the poet, painter to the zen meditation, as listed in the "lion Lin Jisheng set" of poetry and painting. Day such as master xie, disciple, gradually deserted temple garden.

Ming hongwu six years (AD 1373), 73 - year - old big painter-calligrapher NiZan (yunlin) via suzhou, participated in gardening, painting and acknowledged (with the lion figure Lin), make very famous lion grove, become a buddhist lecture and literati painting chanting songs of the resort. At the beginning of the qing emperor qianlong, temple garden is a private property, from temple temple, involved in the garden, because the park has wukesong tree, so it is also called five pine garden. For pigment comprador businessman bought BeiRunSheng 1917, after nine years of building, expansion, is still a lion grove garden east (for bayesian clan academy, learn and housing).

Ming wanli seventeen years (AD 1589), Ming surname monk begging for alms chang-an yu, rebuild the lion Lin Shengen temple, Buddha hall, thriving scene. To kangxi years, temple, garden, for the father of Huang Xi, hengchow magistrate after Huang Xingzu bought, named "for garden."

On February 11, 1703 AD the qing emperor kangxi tour at this point, given the forehead "lion Lin temple", after the qing emperor qianlong six lion grove, has been given according to the mirror round, "painting of Buddha and existing" really fun "equal plaque. Qing qianlong thirty six years (AD 1771), Huang Xi examination, refinement, reforming courtyard, named "five pine garden". To the middle of the reign of qing emperor guangxu huang family decline, garden have qian Bridges, rockery is still only.

In A.D. 1917, the Shanghai pigment company BeiRunSheng (world famous architect i. m. peis uncle) from civil administration chief Li Zhongyu purchased lion grove, 800000 silver, for nearly seven years of time to repair, add some of the attractions, and dubbed "the lion forest" old name, lion forest canopy Sioux city at one time. BeiRunSheng had prepared to preparations for the opening, but due to the outbreak of the war of resistance. BeiRunSheng died in 1945 AD, the lion by its Sun Beihuan Lin chapter management. After the liberation, bayesian posterity will be donated to the country of suzhou gardens administration over after renovation, open to the public in 1954 AD.

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The Great Mosque at Huajue Lane

The Mosque is a major spot for religious activities of over 60.000 Moslems in Xi’an, likewise, an important cultural relic protected by the Provincial People’s Government. Unlike the Arabic mosques, with splendid domes, the minarets reaching into the clouds, the coulourful engraved sketches with dazzling patterns, the Mosque here in Xi’an possesses much Chinese traditional touch in both its design and artistic outlook; besides the style peculiar to Islamic mosques, this Mosque also holds characteristics of Chinese pavilions with painted beams and engraved ridgepoles.

However, any further discussion about the Mosque will be futile unless anything of the introduction of Islam into China is brought up.

Islam as a religious order was founded in the early period of the 7th century A.D. and was introduced to China in the mid-600s. At that time, Arabian merchants and travelers came to the northwest of China by way of Persia and Afghanistan and thus established diplomatic, trade, and military contacts with China. In the meantime, another route saw a batch of sea voyagers through Bangladesh Bay and the Malacca Strait to China’s Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Huangzhou, Yangzhou and other cities where many of them settled down and married the local women who later gave birth to babies who then became Moslems.

However, massive immigration of the Moslems to China did not take place until as late as the early period of the 13th century, when Genghis Khan, as a result of his expedition against the west, had conquered vast expanses of land stretching from Central Asia to Eastern Europe, including the north of Iran. Many of the Moslems in the conquered areas were thus forced to enlist and later settled in China.

Among the enlisted many were soldiers, and some were smiths and officials who were called the Hui people in the history books on the Yuan dynasty. The Hui people later followed Kublai Khan down to the south, helping him unifying China and then establish the Yuan dynasty. In the wake of the conquest, Islam spread all over China and mosques began to appear everywhere. In the Yuan dynasty, many Moslems held positions both in the military and civilian organs of the country. And a lot of the Moslems took part in Zhu Yuanzhang’s uprising in the early 14th century and made great contributions to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, all the emperors of the Dynasty issued mandates to protect Islam, and to set up mosques in praise of the Moslems for their feats. In the early 16th century, Islam predominated Qinghai on the minority nationalities including the Huis, the Uygurs, the Kazaks, the Kirgizes, the Tajiks, the Tartars, the Ozbeks, the Dong Xiangs, the Salars and the Bonans. The Moslems in Xi’an are mainly the Huis, being a small portion out of the ten million in China.

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各位游客，大家好，

我是你们今天的导游员，我叫____，我来自于___旅行社，很高兴能为大家服务，也希望我的服务能给大家带来轻松和愉快。在我右手边的是我们的司机王师傅，他已经有了多年驾龄，所以大家尽可放心，尽情欣赏窗外美丽的风景和倾听由我给你带来的热心讲解。今天我带大家游览的是最有扬州风情特色的烟花古巷。现在距离我们的目的地东关街还有一段距离，下面由我来简要介绍一下我们的历史古城扬州。

扬州是一个会让人产生自豪感的城市，它的历史可以向上追溯2500年。这座千年古城屡经风云变幻，汉代的兴盛，隋唐的繁盛，明清的鼎盛，使这座古城体现出了无限的魅力。今日的扬州更是风采依旧。它是国务院首批历史文化名城、中国优秀旅游城市，04年获得中国人居环境奖，06年获得“联合国人居奖城市”。头顶这么多美丽的光环，扬州的秀美景色一定让各位不虚此行，来了就不想走了!

扬州的好吃的好玩的好看的，不用我多说，很多早已久负盛名了。先说玩的，扬州的景点很多，如诗如画的瘦西湖、晚清第一名园“何园”、四大名园之一的个园等等。扬州还有很多特色美食，像大家所熟悉的扬州炒饭、大煮干丝、富春包子等等，这些足可以让您在扬州期间大饱口福!“早上皮包水，晚上水包皮”这是对扬州百姓生活的最生动概括，另外，扬州还有“三把刀”，分别是理发刀、修脚刀、菜刀，这不仅是指扬州的刀口好，而是还反映了扬州三大服务业的繁盛。也就是说，这三把刀背后还代表了三大服务业，分别是：理发刀代表的是理发美容业，修脚刀代表的是修脚沐浴业，厨刀代表的是餐饮服务业。“到扬州，吃得好，玩得好，还要享受剃头洗个澡”，这已经成为近三百年来到扬州享受生活的典型写照。

每个城市都有自己最美的侧面，扬州的古巷也可以算是扬州最美的侧面了，扬州人常说：“巷连巷，巷通巷，大巷里面套小巷。”东西南北，横竖曲折，在扬州十几平方公里的老城区里就有500多条巷子。而巷子的大小是不能用长短，而是要用深浅来衡量的。于是也就有了“酒香不怕巷子深”的说法。在繁华似锦的扬州历史上，巷子的深浅也是门户高低的象征，幽幽的巷子尽头必隐藏着庭院深深的富商名贾之家。

桂林灵渠景区位于漓江上源“中国十大魅力名镇”、“桂林米粉的发源地”兴安县境内，北距桂林市50余公里。在这个钟灵毓秀的神奇的土地上中国的历史曾两次被改写，其中一次则因灵渠而成就。灵渠全长37.4公里，是秦始皇于秦三十三年(公元前220xx年)为一统中国大业而建，至今已有20xx多年的历史，与都江堰、郑国渠齐名，是现存世界上保存最完整的古代水利工程，也是世界上最古老的运河之一。彰显了中华民族先人们开山引河的高度智慧，被当代著名学者郭沫若先生称之“与长城南北相呼应，同为世界之奇观。”

灵渠的开凿，连接了湘、漓二江，也从而沟通了长江和珠江两大水系，从秦朝至民国两千余年来一直是中原和岭南唯一交通枢纽，促进了中原与岭南的经济文化文明的融合，目前已被列入世界文化遗产预备名单中。

桂林灵渠景区作为全国重点文物保护单位、国家4A级旅游景区，其分为渠首核心历史文化保护区与秦城水街游船休闲区。渠首核心历史文化保护区由铧嘴、大小天平、南北二渠、泄水天平和陡门组成，设计科学，结构精巧，铧嘴将湘江水三七分流，其中三分水通过南渠流入漓江源头，七分水通过北渠汇入湘江，形成著名的“湘漓分派，湘江北去，漓水南流”，为秦始皇统一中国起了决定性的作用。而陡门则是建筑在南北渠中的一种通航设施，其作用是调节水位，便于航行，类似于现代船闸，曾被世界大坝委员会的专家学者称赞为“世界船闸之父”。

秦城水街游船休闲区则是指灵渠南渠流经兴安县长约1公里的南北两岸，居民依灵渠水而成街，故名水街。整街传袭秦汉时期文化仿古建成，包括古建筑文化、古桥文化、石雕文化、渠水文化和岭南市井风俗五大部分。这里的亭台、楼阁、古桥、雕塑等载体鲜活地展现了灵渠曾经的沧桑和辉煌，再现了沿岸小桥流水人家，两岸商贾云集，中原文化与岭南文化相互融合的风貌，荡舟水街有如倘徉于一条历史文化长廊，堪比阳朔“西街”之韵味。

灵渠由铧嘴、大小天平、南渠、北渠、泄水天平和陡门组成，设计科学，建筑精巧，铧嘴将湘江水三七分流，其中三分水向南流入漓江，七分水向北汇入湘江，沟通了长江、珠江两大水系，成为秦代以来中原与岭南的交通枢纽，为秦始皇统一中国起了重要作用。

灵渠两岸风景优美，水清如镜、古树参天、文物古迹众多、尤其是水街的亭台楼榭、小桥流水、市井风情都鲜活地再现着千年历史文化。灵渠景区现已成为桂林著名的旅游胜地，是大桂林旅游圈中一颗璀璨的明珠。

世人对兴安的向往，也许是灵渠工程的盛名，也许是古老历史的沧桑，也许是淳朴民风的诱惑，也许是土特产品的吸引。总之，这一切都让人遐想联翩，憧憬无限。然而，令游人纷至沓来的另一个理由就是始皇帝的行宫——秦皇宫了。

于20xx年重建的秦皇宫，恢复了历史的本来面目。自南向北看去是一个寿字，而打东边看来则是一个囍字。游人来此，倘若想看清那些字的形状，就得在行宫中来回的穿梭。在来来回回的穿梭中不免会让人恍惚，恍惚间，就像是穿越了时空隧道，回到了久远的从前：那时，这里兵马云集、战船林立，川流不息的人群中多是精明能干、腰缠万贯的随军商贾。而今天，面对沧桑历史的，却是满街的游客，悠闲萧散中领略这浮光掠影般梦幻世界;当你投射猎奇的目光，搜寻拍摄构图的时候，即发现这里是人间仙境。

颐和园英文导游词1000字

Hello, welcome you to Beijing Summer Palace! My horse is, today I have for you is to explain Beijing Summer Palace! Please note: please dont littering, dont spit, protect the environment, with good team! Now lets go! Hope I can let you remember the interpretation of the good time, I wish you have a lot of fun!

The earliest dynasties era in the emperor had started to build in Beijing imperial garden. In todays longevity hill kunming lake area will be built here, jinshan kingsoft, called JinShanBo. To this, there was renamed aung, aung tabor. And early Ming is renamed lake and built the temple, named static good mountain park. At sixteen, wanli is also is in here has 1588 landscape scale, enjoy certain green line li, like the white jiangnan ode. But let there really become a royal garden of the qing dynasty is. In the emperor kangxi years was built in the emperor qianlong palace, came to fourteen years, namely 1749 - jehoaddan in 1764 built on the basis of the original qingyi park, lake, mountain, kunming lake, the lake is called mountain called longevity hill. And here also became famous gardens. And most of the imperial palace in ancient China, here also cant escape the invaders in 1860, be spoiled by the anglo-french allied forces and destroyed.

After some years, the empredowager cixi embezzled funds for the navy, and under the emperor guangxu reconstruction has renamed the Summer Palace here. But in 1900, the Summer Palace again by the anglo-french allied forces (Russia), meaning the serious destruction. Since then the rebuilt in here, so, because of the financial HouShan parts are not long. In 1912, QingShi according to the conditions, the Summer Palace is still in Hudson emperor puyi hands. After two years, and there was a his private property, but because once open transportation fares expensive, no one came. In 1924, after the Summer Palace, pu excommunicated beiyang government will formally to opening to the park. December 1948, the peoples government, after accepting here after comprehensive governance, still holding the royal garden style. And it also became the world, architecture, landscape on the best-preserved imperial gardens.

We will see the total covers an area of 290 hectares, including land quarter, water reached three-fourths. According to the royal garden, the garden USES and can be divided into political scenic area, the Summer Palace built residential and the scenic area three parts.

We came to visit the eastern will formally began.

In the east gate, there is a han xu yan xiu Yan, the archway. The meaning of han xu is open, beautiful scenery, all-encompassing. Yan xiu is capture the beautiful scenery. But as the main palace also. On the door of the property of the Summer Palace is the emperor guangxu board of calligraphy. Yi and two words are taken, the remaining calm mood.

Dear tourists, Hello! Im your tour guide this time. Next, you are going tovisit the beautiful scenery of Mengcheng under my guidance. I hope you can havea good time in these three days and leave a good memory. My name is ZhangXiaokang. You can call me Zhang Dao or my name. There are several things to tellyou on the way to Mengcheng. I hope you remember that you must pay attention tosafety in the scenic area, and dont walk around. If you get lost, pleaseremember to call me. Ill pick you up. I hope you have a good time.

Next, Id like to introduce Mengcheng. Mengcheng County is located in thenorthwest of Anhui Province and the middle of Huaibei plain. It is a strategicplace in the Huaihe River Basin and a must for ancient military strategists. Itcovers an area of 2091 square kilometers, with 2.3 million mu of arable land. Itgoverns 15 towns, 2 offices, 1 Industrial Park and 1 forest farm, with apopulation of 1.32 million. Mengcheng is a famous historical and cultural cityin Anhui Province, the hometown of Zhuangzi. There are many cultural relics andscenic spots in Mengcheng, such as Zhuangzi temple, Confucian temple, Wanfopagoda, Sanxing street, baiyunan, East West Huaide bridge, etc. Niu Qun, afamous crosstalk artist, once held a temporary post as deputy county magistrate.Mengcheng is the hometown of couplets in China and a famous historical andcultural city at the provincial level. It is an open county approved by theState Council, a national experimental area for rural reform, and a national top100 forestry county.

Mengcheng Confucian temple, also known as Confucius Temple, was built inthe 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty (1284 AD). It was a place for offeringsacrifices to Confucius, performing rituals and running schools in feudaltimes.

From the front to the back of the Confucian temple are lingxingmen, panchi,Panchiao (to be built above), dachengmen and dachengdian. Lingxingmen is facingqingqujie, which means "walking in the clouds". There is a well in the southwestof lingxingmen, named Shengjing "Shengjing Ganquan", which is one of the eightsceneries of Mengcheng. Dachengmen is connected with Minghuan temple in the Eastand Xiangxian temple in the West. In front of Dacheng hall, there are two sideswith verandas. In the east of the hall is Jiexiao temple, and in the west isZhongyi temple. The east courtyard is Wenchang Pavilion, and the West courtyardis Minglun hall. Dacheng hall, formerly known as xianshuai hall, also known assage hall, is the main building of Confucian temple. The hall is five rooms wideand three rooms deep. It is a building with nine purlins, eighteen frames andforty-two eaves piers. It uses giant Chinese fir as pillars, and the cornicesare tilted. It is magnificent. The inside and outside of the hall are paintedwith heavy oil, carved beams and painted buildings. It is the most magnificentand well preserved ancient building in Huaibei area. Once upon a time, there wasa Confucius shrine in the middle of the hall, with eight characters on bothsides: Yan, Zeng, Xiao, Ti, Zhong, Xin, Li, Yi Lian and shame. Above the hallhung three plaques of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlongs imperial book,namely "model of all ages", "people never have" and "participation in heaven andearth". The reading platform in front of the hall is more than one meter high,with a circle of white marble railings, and stone steps in the middle and onboth sides for people to climb. There are seven East and seven West corridors.For the gray tube hole covering the top, the garage was originally for Confucius3000 disciples, the west room was originally for the past dynasties Xianrutablets.

Dacheng gate, also known as halberd gate, is five rooms wide, which is thepassageway leading to Dacheng hall. In the east of the temple, the famousofficial Temple was used to drink for Su Shun, while Fengji and other officialshad political power in Mengcheng

In the west, the ancestral hall was originally for Zhuangzi, He Wei andother local sages.

Mengcheng is still the residence of Zhuangzi. There is Zhuangzi temple inMengcheng, but after the erosion of time, Zhuangzi Temple no longer exists. Theexisting Zhuangzi temple was built by Mengcheng County Government on the formersite of Zhuangzi temple in Song Dynasty, with a total area of 52 Mu and a totalconstruction area of 1086 square meters. The whole temple consists of two parts:ancestral hall complex and Wanshu garden. The main buildings are dashanmen,Yingbi, Shanmen, xiaoyaotang, guhengmen, Puchi, wuxiaoting, Guantai, Guanyubridge, mengdielou, Nanhua Jingge, dongxibeilang, daoshe, Hakka, etc. In May20__, Zhuangzi temple was officially listed as a national AAA touristattraction.

After talking about the scenic spots, lets talk about the localspecialties. There are many local delicacies, such as fried cake, Mengcheng SAsoup, beef jerky, hairy crab, jiulonggong noodles in Sanyi Town, etc. There aremany kinds. I believe you will have a good time. Dont forget to bring somelocal products to your friends when you leave. Well, its time to say goodbye toyou. I hope you have a good trip and have a good memory. Goodbye, everyone.

"Gentlemen, ladies, everybody! I am your tour guide, you have to do is call me xiao wu. First of all, I wish you a pleasant journey! Good, now you see that red door behind me is the main entrance of the palace. The Palace Museum in Beijing city center is the imperial palace during the Ming and qing dynasties, but also the worlds largest existing nowadays, building the most magnificent, the most intact ancient royal palace, is now in the parking lot, first introduced to here please get off!"

You see! This is the palace gate is meridian gate. It was established in 1420, its name is used to cut the head? It is another role before the soldiers to officers now leadership here such as morale and ordered... , good! So we went to the palace.

My dear friends, in front of our eyes is the world-famous three main halls: taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace. Lets look at the hall of supreme harmony, it has 33 meters high, 64 meters long from east to west, and from south to north is 33 meters wide, covers an area of 2377 square meters. The hall of supreme harmony is the emperor on the early and held a grand ceremony, its scale is Forbidden City hall is the first, the volume of the shibi is back is also the biggest in China. To sum up, all show that it reflected the thought of "the first". After reading the hall of supreme harmony lets go to zhonghe palace. Zhonghe palace is the emperor before the ceremony waiting ji, take a break. The following friends are free to have a closer look at the state banquet hall, please Baohe Palace. Ten minutes later I lead you visit last few sites: tai temple.

You rest enough? Now we will go to the tai temple, the temple of emperor kangxi YuBi, only two reproductions of kangxi emperor in Beijing, another in the big corrupt official and? The home of respectful wang fu. Behold, a pavilion in the four corners of this building is tai temple, we went in to see a look, you see on the back wall flat forehead there is "doing nothing" 2 words? Kangxi YuBi, the meaning of "doing nothing" is not as, but hopes to managing state affairs by ethics, offspring with benevolent governance, to national security. The composition

"Well, my dear friends, this trip to Beijings Forbidden City is a happy ending. Years after I hope you can come to me, I have for you again, friend goodbye." I smile to say goodbye to the tourists.

Members tourists: speaking of classical garden, everyone will think of Suzhou. However, 200 years ago, the ancient city of Yangzhou garden is better than Suzhou. In the early Qing Dynasty have been on the spot made this assessment: " Hangzhou Hushan wins, Suzhou to shop wins, Yangzhou to China Pavilion wins. " It can be seen that the Jiangnan area, Yangzhou is known to the beauty of the garden. As early as in the Han Dynasty, Yangzhou has a larger landscape architecture, then there is innovation, to the Qing Dynasty, the handicraft industry, commerce, transportation industry, salt industry is very developed, and the Qianlong of the southern six, Yangzhou garden fast development. But many times in history by the first war, gardens are now destroyed, surviving only park, where, after China Xiaopangu and rule of spring garden is one of the few gardens." [ the founding history and the name origin ]Visitors: today we visited is the ten largest park of garden. Park is located in Yangzhou City East 318 street house, Jiaqing twenty-three years ( 1818), two Huai salt Huang Yuhe in Ming Dynasty garden on the site of the reconstruction. Huang Yuyun thinks Takemoto solid, guilty, body straight, section FOK, gentleman style; and by three leaves the shape of " a " word, take Qing Yuan Mei " Moonlight bamboo thousands of words " sentences " naming " ". Su Dongpo once said: " no prefer fresh meat, can not live without bamboo, no meat is thin, vulgar people without bamboo. " The park hosts with bamboo naming.[ ] - garden landscape in spring" Yangzhou garden garden with stones wins, wins ". This is the bamboo as the main body, with the peak stone for the characteristics of the forest city. Garden rockery take peak rock approach, using different stones, performed four seasons scenery, known as the four seasons rockery, for domestic Kunibayashi Chi isolated cases. Garden plant with bamboo, and bamboo suit most landscaping materials are various qifengyidan, like Ling politics through skillful Taihu Shifeng, thin jagged stalagmite. Bamboo and stone together, forming a distinctive bamboo in landscape garden. Visitors, we now can be seen in the park entrance, gardening will show ingenuity to set up a group of stone garden, at the outset of a place of this garden with bamboo, stone as the central theme." In the house behind the house, from residential middle small clip get into a turn, to the left, you can see a left and right two flower. Table between bamboo bamboo Tingting, stacked uneven loose cloth stalagmites, look far, just like the bamboo shoots in spring break ground, whereas the sparse by mapping in the garden wall, formed " a " shaped pattern, hold the country " garden" a median. The swaying gently in the breeze, is also the symbol of new spring mountain, this is really a fake bamboo scenery, being in front of the residential part of white wall of a lining, an garden doors on each side, it is " Spring Hill is the opening " means. Dont know whether to enjoy the spring returns to the good earth. Tourists, majestic and grand. This is a famous mountain in the off spring.[ scene: Garden summer - Summer Hill ] should be isAfter enjoying the spring, we go to enjoy summer style. So summer rockery in where? From two flower spring into the garden gate, the face is a four hall. In front of the hall there are two flat stones with flowers. Two sets of planting bamboo, Dongtai laurel, the hall was originally called the laurel hall, now on board has been renamed " Yi Yu xuan ". From the hall at the south, everywhere is green, near laurel, clump bamboo. Through the fence four terrazzo stone tracery and a moon gate, also can see we just pass by the bamboo garden. Close-range vision both inside and outside have not separated, but not closed. The internal and external interaction on mutual borrowed increased admission first scene depth of gardening, or a country is unique, can create new styles. From fragrans hall along the Xuan Gallery walk west, through a thick forest, they came to the pool, the water to the north, see blue sky, a towering stand with a pale old rich, Ling Zheng clear Taihu stone rockery, against the mountain cave, mount Shitai, changeable shape

posture, shape like the clouds in the sky, its summer hill. Piedmont is a limpid pool, water has a curved bridge, leading to the entrance, cleverly hide the water tail, give a person with " how deep is the courtyard ". Pool planted lotus, look, " bright red lotus ", highlighting the " summer " theme of artistic conception.Walking in the curved bridge, we can enjoy the summer hill beauty, and on both sides of some such as Wang He stone as independent, form; some may see segment of a whole, charmingly naive. Look up, Taniguchi on flying outside the pick, as the magpie plum, meet the guests; the long jump, the group already had, be overwhelmed with joy. It was king Qiao stone, so dizzying. Enter the cavern, just beginning to feel a little eerie, then used inclined top stone gap falling trace of light, feel spacious cavern. But in a little pond water and divides an inflow hole, plus stone color is green ash, summer in the hole and enjoy the scenery, but feel cool. Cavern can go through, level up, turn on the number to make to the top of the mountain. There is a small pavilion was isolated from the rockery. Before leaving is a means of projecting, cliff, add to the summer mountain lush atmosphere. Standing in the booth, look back in the cave stone, rockery, Yulan complicated and difficult to deal with, the stone steps flanked, rain stand gracefully erect. Walking in the meantime, he sprinkled green shade phi, groves, really lets the human feel heart is refreshing.[ scene: Mount Huangshan garden stone - Akiyama ]Members tourists: if the summer is to have fresh gentle curves of Taihu stone show fair quiet mood, then fall to Mount Huangshan stone rough Haofang expansion linear performance of broad magnificent magnificent. Because of the Mount Huangshan stone has both north and South Mountain, male, landscape of the show, it is the most picturesque Akiyama garden rockery. The rockery, with cliffs on Anhui beach of Huangshi, its color is yellow stone some reservoir, some red as dye. Rockery main faces west, whenever the sundowners, Hongxia mapping, color is very eye-catching. On the cliff stone gap, and the pine stand, its green leaves brown with yellow rocks in contrast, like a piece of a picture. Mountain has a Square Pavilion, in which, overlooking the surrounding landscape to the north, overlooking the green Yang City Guo, Slender West Lake, Pingshan hall and a Buddism godness Guanyin Mountain from King and a garden, this is also the Chinese traditional gardening practices -- by the king. In ancient China, to the autumn high-sighted tradition. Mount Huangshan Stone Park is the commanding elevation, with the climb to render the autumn theme.Akiyama shape tall towering, complicated internal structure. Cave, Shitai, they may, with mountain Chalet Shilianghe staggered together, forming a whirling in the three-dimensional access visit, it not only has a planar roundabout, a more three-dimensional zigzag. Visitors, if you are interested, can from mountain and floor by floor, two hill, slowly to enjoy this ingenious design, stacking technique high mountains of Yangzhou -- a style.[ landscape winter landscape: ventilation leakage Yue Xuan - drain business ]From Huangshi south to the rockery, three surplus building in the west, there is a quiet area, the region s main building is a North and south open up, things wall enclosed small hall, the building has given people the feeling seems to take some " jingwei ". Please look at the house, the smaller roof warping, more gentle, modelling is relatively heavy, why? Originally in the Qing Dynasty emperor prosperity, South, to play in Yangzhou. Yangzhou city economic strength, for the so-called " Ying Luang " tax ones ingenuity, to try to figure out the emperor s preferences, so there are a lot of landscape architecture is modeled after the Beijing architectural style, gradually, gardens of Yangzhou some building with some " jingwei ". This building is called the " ventilation leakage month " small hall is no exception. In the south of the hall there is a sun stone flat flowers, table on garden south wall, and declared the heap up small leaning against the wall rock, this is the winter hill. Sun stone produced in Anhui, Xuancheng, its color is white as snow,

people also call it snow stone. This scenic area, is the winter snow tea stove, side edge. In order to make rockery in snow when there is still snow, will announce on wall rock of South North wall, from the hall looked, Station Hill color is white, like the snow did not disappear. Because the sun stone contains quartz, its color is white, but in the sun shine, as will their at Sunningdale, with some snow theme behind shady, winter hill, visible also mountain home to observe carefully.Sun hill on the east side of the wall, is the park entrance. In order to make the winter means more foot, the gardeners in the wall have regularly arranged 24 round holes, a component of the leaking window picture have a style of ones own. Whenever the wind blow, the entrance is a flute sound hole on, will send out different sounds, like winter northwest wind call, to sound to assist the theme conception. More subtle is, through the rows of air leakage on round, see is the spring bamboo, stalagmite. If friends have no " winter to spring " of the association.[ summary ] garden landscape gardening artVisitors: in the park area planning, Garden owners in accordance with the main tour routes in clockwise direction, layout of the spring, summer, autumn, winter around the rockery stone, novel, fine material, background harmony, tight structure. In these hills theme landscape sequence, seasonal characteristic is the creation, Haruyama is enlightenment, Summerhill is unfolded, Akiyama is the climax, winter hill is the end, like music or write that, with strict rules.Members tourists: garden rockery summed up the so-called " Spring Hill on the metallurgical and such as laughter, summer hill green, such as drop, such as cosmetics Akiyama is clear and winter hill, bleak, such as sleep " and " Spring Hill should travel, summer Shanyi, Akiyama Norito, winter Hill livable " painting theory. There are " appropriate is ", "hold the hill house ", " cloud brush Pavilion ", " live " Autumn Pavilion ", air leakage through Yue Xuan " and other ancient buildings. Four seasons rockery Pavilion in the set, and the ancient and famous trees embellished the meantime, more simple and elegant, deep, magnificent. Some people say: " King Stone four standard wrinkle, thin, transparent, leakage ", it seems a foregone conclusion, but it is generally rock skills, such as " peak of man-made stone, constitute a four-season rockery, garden week tours, like a year, which shows the different special custom constitution; more valuable the spring summer and autumn, winter is not an isolated individual apart, but like nature itself -- highest quality. Although the snow winter scene to still the feeling. But by the spring on the west wall has opened two circular window, Tadami Edaeda bamboo over, and give people a " winter live split spring " the far-reaching artistic conception, the landscape is like a huge picture of the dynamics of structure, harmony.The tourists: " the main landscape has been touring ended. In the tour. ", maybe you and I also issued a heartfelt sigh: Yangzhou Park, it is the garden of the essence of the garden.

Entering the Meridian Gate, there are five marble bridges on the InnerGolden Water River, shaped like a bow. The five marble bridges just look likefive arrows reporting symbolically to heaven. The five bridges were supposed torepresent the five virtues preached by Confucius-benevolence, righteousness,rite, intelligence and fidelity.

Across the Inner Golden Water Bridge, we get to the Gate of SupremeHarmony. During the Ming and early Qing dynasties, here was the place where theemperor gave his audience, accepted documents from his ministers and madedecisions here. There are two bronze lions guarding in front of the Gate ofSupreme Harmony. The male lion was usually put on the left, playing with anembroidered design ball, which is said to show the emperors supreme power. Theother one on the right is the female lion, playing with a lion cub with its leftpaw symbolizing prosperity of the royal familys offsprings.

Across the Gate of Supreme Harmony , we come to the Hall of SupremeHarmony. Here the emperor held grand ceremonies such as the emperorsenthronement ceremony, the wedding ceremony, dispatched generals to the battles,and the emperor received the successful candidates of the imperial examinationetc. Also, the emperor held grand feasts each year on New Years Day, Wintersolstice and his own birthday.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is 35.5 meters high with double layered roofthat represents the highest construction rank of all. Now, lets ascend thestairs and move on to look at articles in display on two sides of the hall. Onthe top layer of the terrace stands a sundial on the east an imperial grainmeasure on the west. The sundial is an ancient time measure or a time-measuringapparatus used in the old days. The sundial tells the time by seeing the shadowof the metal pin on the sundial, which has an inclination angle of 50 degreeswith the graduation on it. The grain measure was used as the national standardmeasure in agriculture in the old days. Both the grain measure and the sundialwere symbols of the emperors justice and rectitude.

There are two pairs of incense burners in the shape of bronze dragon-headedtortoises and bronze cranes placed on each side. They are both symbols oflongevity.

When you look up the building in the Forbidden City, you can see mythicalanimal statues on the eaves of each building. Originally, there used to be bigwooden nails on the roof to prevent the tiles from sliding down. Later they werereplaced by glazed tiles, which were shaped into mythical animal statues forbetter beautification. They are symbols of auspiciousness and peace, and peoplebelieved that they are capable of subduing fire and warding off evilspirits.

Inside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, you can see the gilded caissonceiling high above the throne with a magnificent sculpture of a curling dragonplaying with a huge pear was called “Xuanyuan Jing”， representing orthodoxsuccession.

This hall is supported by 72 giant columns inside. In the old days, thetraditional way of the Chinese to calculate a “room” is that: a square enclosedby four pillars was treated as one “room”， so the hall can be said to have 55“rooms” in total. The six columns inside are gilded and painted with coileddragon amidst clouds, and the rest are painted red.

The emperors throne is placed on the dais in the center, and carved incloud and dragon patterns and gilded. On both sides of the throne are a pair ofelephant-shaped incense burners symbolize universal peace and two incenseburners shaped as a mythical animal 9,000 kilometers per day and speaking allthe languages of nearby kingdoms. Around the throne stand a pair of bronzecranes and in front of the dais is four cloisonné incense burners. The floor onthe ground is paved with “Gold Bricks”， specially made in Suzhou.

The Hall of Middle Harmony is a square-shaped hall with a single pyramidicroof standing behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This was the place where theemperor would take a short rest before he went to the Hall of Supreme Harmonyfor grand ceremonies. Every year before the emperor went to the Altars andTemples, the emperor would receive and read the sacrificial address here.

Before the emperor went to the Altar of Agriculture for offering thesacrifice, the seeds intended for spring sowing and the ploughs were examinedhere, just to show the concern of the emperor for agriculture.

According to the rule, the imperial genealogy should be revised every tenyears. The ceremony of presenting the genealogy to the emperor for revision andapproval would also be held here.

Now, we come to the Hall of Preserving Harmony, the last of the three fronthalls.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, on each New Years Eve and the 15th day ofthe lunar moth, banquets would be held to entertain the civil and militaryofficials and the princes and envoys of the Mongolian nobles and othernationalities. To celebrate the princesss marriage, the emperor would incitethe bridegroom and his father as well as their relatives who served for theimperial government to a banquet.

The Imperial Palace Exam was held here once every three years in the Qingdynasty.

Just behind the Hall of Preserving Harmony, there is a big MarbleRampcarved with mountain cliffs, sea waves, clouds and nine dragons. It is 16.57meters long, 3.07 meters wide and 1.7 meters thick, and weighs about 250tons.

Dear leaders and tourists

Your Chagan Lake cruise ship No. 6 has left the wharf and is heading forthe mysterious Chagan Lake. After entering the lake area, the cruise ship willspeed up and the wind will be very strong. Although it will be cool andcomfortable to stand at the bow of the ship, it reminds you to stand firmly whenstanding beside the ship and pay attention to the safety of swimming in thelake. At the same time, you should pay attention to the things you carry toavoid falling into the lake.

Now our cruise ship has entered Chagan Lake.

Chagan Lake is called "Chagannur" in Mongolian, which means white lake.Chagan is 37 kilometers long in the north and 17 kilometers wide in the East andWest. With a total water area of about 420 square kilometers, it ranks seventhamong the top ten freshwater lakes in China. Its storage capacity is about 700million cubic meters. It is the largest inland lake, National Nature Reserve andNational Water Conservancy Scenic Spot in Jilin Province. It is also a famousfishery production base, reed production base and natural tourist attraction inJilin Province.

Chagan Lake is rich in natural resources, rich in carp, silver carp,crucian carp, Wuchang fish and other 15 families of 68 species, with an annualoutput of more than 5000 tons of fresh fish, of which "Chagan Lake pangtouyu" iscertified as AA grade green food by the national green food certificationcenter, and is exported to both inside and outside the province. In recentyears, the shrimp, pearl and other aquatic resources of Chagan Lake have alsobeen effectively developed, and the beautiful lake shrimp has already been puton the table of tourists. Chagan Lake has four distinct seasons and rich naturalresources, which provides a rare living environment for wild and aquaticanimals, making it a paradise for wild animals and a paradise for birds. Thereare more than 20 kinds of wild animals such as foxes, rabbits and badgers, andmore than 80 kinds of rare birds such as wild ducks, swans, geese and redcrowned cranes in the lakeside grassland and small islands. There are many kindsof wild animals and the density of them is high, which is the most importantproblem in the province

Many scenic spots are incomparable. Thanks to its unique geographicallocation and natural resources, Chagan Lake has always been a dream land forprinces and nobles. From emperor Shengzong to Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Dynasty,every year, he led his ministers and concubines to Chagan Lake from the capitalfor sightseeing and spring hunting. They dug ice on the lake to fish. They usedthe "head fish" caught by Emperor Liao himself to hold a "head fish feast" onthe shore, because the fish in early spring are the freshest, fattest and mostfragrant. When the spring wind blows to green Guoerluosi grassland, geese sing,swans sing and birds chirping by Chagan Lake. At this time, the emperors beganto fly eagles and arrows to catch swans and geese, and held a goose banquet withthe geese captured by "haidongqing" released by Emperor Liao himself. They sangand danced wildly, drank and had fun by the lake until the end of spring. Fromthis we can imagine the magnificent scene of Chagan Lake.

Chagan Lake has different charm in four seasons. In spring, after a longwinters sleep, the lake wakes up quietly. Green grass and blooming flowers arereflected on the surface of the lake. Ducks and geese are flying by the lake,birds are singing and swans are dressing up. The lake is vast, with fishingsails and fish tailing. At this time, if you are in the picturesque scenery ofChagan Lake, like a dream, like a fantasy, like a "fairyland", how can you enjoythe delicious stewed fish in the lake?

In summer, the surface of Baili lake is full of green waves, the flowers onboth sides of the lake are blooming and fragrant, the fishing songs aregraceful, the oars are chirping, and the shadows of the flowing clouds andcranes are added. The reed on the lakeside sways in the breeze, its branches andleaves are singing and dancing, and the playing fish jump out of the water fromtime to time, peeping at the beautiful scenery of green willows and red flowers.At this time, if you are on a yacht, you can shuttle through the green reedcorridor, enjoy the pleasure of chopping the waves by boat, or sit in the shadowof willows and reeds on the bank, and enjoy the surprise of red carp swallowingthe hook Why dont you forget to return?

In autumn, the vast Chagan Lake is cool, the wind is light, the wild islong, the reed flowers are flying in the face, the wild geese are returning tothe south, and the autumn sun is plating the golden coat on all things besidethe lake, which is more graceful and beautiful

The lake adds a bit of grandeur and magnificence to the scenery of northernpart of the Great Wall.

In winter, the silver covered Chagan Lake is like a huge Jasper inlaid inthe snowy north. On the ice, a series of winter ploughs shuttle back and forth.The high pitched labor songs disperse the cold of winter. The heavy net pullsout the dazzling fresh fish, and also draws out the gorgeous hope, whichoutlines the spectacular scene of Chagan Lake in winter. In 20__, Chagan Lakecaught 104500 kg of fresh fish under the ice with a single net in winter,setting a new Guinness world record.

When you look to the northeast of the lake, the mountain beside the lake iscalled Qingshantou, which is the commanding point around Chagan Lake. There isan old and sad story about Chagan Lake and Qingshantou

A long time ago, there was no Chagan Lake in gollos, but a vast grassland.In the depth of the grassland, there was a young man named Chagan shaobu, whohad lost his parents since childhood but was handsome and powerful. He is a goodarcher. Those who fly in the sky and those who run on the ground are allsuccessful.

Chagan shaobu is kind-hearted in nature. Most of his prey is given to thepoor herdsmen around him, so he is loved by the herdsmen in the hundred milegrassland. One early spring, Chagan shaobu went out hunting with his bow andarrow. Suddenly, he saw a sika deer running towards him in panic. Two wolveswere chasing after him. The exhausted deer was about to become a good meal forthe two wolves. After a while, Chagan shaobu took two arrows to shoot the wolfand save the fawn. The fawn looked at Chagan shaobu with grateful eyes andreluctantly turned and ran to the depth of the grassland.

That night, Chagan shaobu, who seemed to be sleeping, suddenly dreamed ofthe sika deer he had saved. The deer said to him, "Im here to repay you forsaving your life. I was a fairy deer in the sky. I was sent to earth by the JadeEmperor for stealing Ganoderma lucidum from the royal garden. The penalty willbe over tomorrow. Ill come back to the heavenly palace to see my benefactor.Look at you

A lonely person is too poor and lonely, I want to find a companion for youto accompany you. You will walk north tomorrow morning. After crossing the 7749mountains, you will see a fairy peak. There is a fairy cave in the middle of themountain. There is a stone box in the cave. There is a gold hairpin in the stonebox. If you bring the gold hairpin back in your arms, there will be a fairy toaccompany you. Please remember With that, the deer disappeared.

The next day, Chagan shaobu took the bow and arrow of dry food and set outaccording to the direction of fawn in his dream. Walking along the road, he wentthrough all kinds of difficulties and dangers. He shot and killed countlesswolves, insects, tigers and leopards with good arrow technique. He finally cameto the immortal cave on the hillside of fairy peak. There was a stone box in thecave surrounded by auspicious clouds. When he opened the stone box, he saw thatthere was a shining gold hairpin in it. He was overjoyed. He picked up the goldhairpin and hurried back. It didnt seem for a long time Ill be home.

When he got home, he took out the gold hairpin from his arms and looked atit carefully. Suddenly, with a flash of gold, a beautiful girl stood shyly infront of Chagan shaobu and said, "my name is Qimuge, the fourth daughter of thequeen mother of the West. I admire your kindness and bravery, and I like yourdiligence and perseverance. If you like, I will marry you and join hands withyou for a hundred years." Chagan shaobu was so happy that he held her tightly inhis arms Three years later, Qimuge gave birth to a fat son named bater forChagan shaobu. One day when Chagan shaobu came back from hunting, he saw Qimugefrowning and asked her what was the matter. Qimuge said with tears streamingdown her cheeks, "tomorrow is my mothers birthday. It takes me three days to goback and forth, but three days in the sky and three years in the world. I cantbear to let you spend three years alone.". Chagan shaobu advised Wei Qimuge tosay, "three years have passed in a flash. When you come back, we will neverseparate again.". Thats what I said, but Im not sure

When Qimuge shakes his wings and flies away with colorful auspiciousclouds, Chagan Lake shaobu shed tears of farewell. After Qimuge left, Chaganshaobu missed him day and night. He had trouble sleeping and eating, and soonbecame seriously ill. On his deathbed, Chagan shaobu looked up at the sky andsighed, "Qimuge, I cant see you again. I cant close my eyes.". At this time,Qimuge, who was far away in the heavenly palace, seemed to hear Chagan shaobusheartbreaking call, so he went back to the world regardless of everything.Seeing that Chagan shaobu was dying, he went back to heaven again. Regardless ofthe rules of heaven, he stole the elixir to take for Chagan shaobu, makingChagan shaobu safe.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the queen mother found that the elixir had beenstolen, and immediately sent the God to look for it. When she learned that shehad been stolen by Qimuge and saved Chagan shaobu, she was furious and orderedthe God to move a castle peak and press Qimuge at the foot of the mountain,which is the Castle Peak you see now. He also issued an order that no rainshould be allowed in the grassland where Chagan shaobu lived within three years,and that Chagan shaobu and all the plants, cattle and sheep here should die ofthirst.

Its true that there hasnt been a drop of rain in this area for threeyears. Its as hot as a fire, the ground is dry and smoking, the grass is dry,and the cattle and sheep are thirsty. Seeing this, Chagan shaobu was veryanxious. One day, Chagan shaobu had a dream of Qimuge again. Qimuge cried andsaid, "I broke the heaven rules by stealing the elixir to save you. I waspressed under the big green mountain next to you. I cant save you and thevillagers by my magic power. If you want to save the grassland life, go to theimmortal cave and eat the elixir I made, and you will become a big lake besideme.".

When Chagan shaobu woke up, he settled down with bater. According toQimuges words, he went to Xianren cave to find the red and luminous elixir.When he returned to the deep grassland under the big green mountain, he did nothesitate to swallow the elixir. As soon as the elixir ate, Chagan shaobuimmediately turned into a white lake. The water in the lake was white andtransparent, like a jade mirror

he Ming Tombs are 40 kilometers north of Beijing City on the southernslopes of Tianshou Mountain. They are the burial grounds of 13 Ming Dynastyemperors. In July 20___ the site was designated a world cultural heritage siteby UNESCO.

Empress Xu died in the 5th year of Yongle (1407). Zhu Di sent

Zhao Hong, secretary of the Ministry of Rites and a geomancer----LiaoJunqing along with many others to Beijing in search of an auspicious place forthe tombs. It is said that this group of people first selected the area of TuJia Ying, which means slaughter-house, and as such, it couldnt be used as theburial ground. Next they selected the foot of Yangshan Mountain, Changping.However, since the surname of the emperor (Zhu) is a homophone for pig andbecause a village named wolf mouth ravine was located there, they decidedagainst using that area. Later, they found Yan-jiatai west of Beijing. Again,since Yanjia was the homonym of the death of the emperor, it was also deemedunsuitable. It was not until the 7th year of Yongle (1409), that they finallychose the present Heavenly Longevity Mountain as their cemetery grounds.

The whole area covers 40 square kilometers. It has mountains to its east,west and north, and Dragon Mountain and Tiger Mountain are on either side of itssouthern entrance. The 13 tombs go from north to south. They are arranged in themanner of the Imperial Palace, with the administration area in the front andliving quarters in the rear. In front of the tombs are divine passes, stonearchways and steel towers. The Precious City and Ming Tower stand over theUnderground Palace.

There were 16 emperors during the Ming Dynasty. Buried in the Ming tombs,are 13 Ming emperors and 23 empresses, as well as many concubines, princes,princesses and maids. The other 3 emperors, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwenand Zhu Qiyu are buried in other locations.

The founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, established his capital inpresent day Nanjing where he was buried after his death. His tomb is calledXiaoling (Tomb of Filial Piety).

The body of the second emperor of the Ming, Zhu Yunwen, is missing. Somesaid that he died in a fire, while others said that he went to a temple andbecame a monk. There is no final conclusion yet.

The seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu, was buried as a prince by his elderbrother Zhu Qizhen at Jinshankou, a western suburb of Beijing, because in theTumubao Upheaval, Emperor Zhu Qizhen became a captive and the younger brother ofZhu Qizhen. Zhu Qiyu was chosen as the new emperor, but later Zhu Qizhen wasback and proclaimed his re-enthronement in the Seizing Gate Upheaval.

The Memorial Arch was built in the 19th year of Jiajing (1540) as a symbolof the Ming Tombs. It is 14 meters high and 28. 86 meters wide, and has 5 archessupported by 6 pillars with beautiful bas-relief carvings of lions, dragons andlotus flowers. The Memorial Arch is the biggest and the most exquisite stonearch preserved in the country today. The major designs of dragon and clouddecorations reflect the character of imperial architecture. In addition, it alsodemonstrates the skillful artistry of the Ming craftsmen.

The Big Palace Gate is the front gate of the Ming Tombs, and is morecommonly known as Big Red Gate. Facing south, there are three arch entrances tothe gate, the main inlet to the Ming Tombs. Flanking the gate are two stonetablets, inscribed with orders for the emperor, officials and other people todismount, before entering into the tomb area. If they did not obey, they wouldbe punished for their disrespect. The rules governing the Ming Tombs in the MingDynasty, stipulate that one who sneaks into the tomb area to pick firewood andbreak twigs would be flogged. Those who came to fetch dirt and stone would bebeheaded. Those who entered arbitrarily into the tomb area would be flogged ahundred times.

The Tablet House was built in the 10th year of Xuande (1435), and standsabout 10 meters high with two tiers of eaves. A huge tablet stands in the middleof the Tablet House. The front side bears an inscription by Emperor Renzong forChengzu. The reverse side is a poem by Qing Emperor Qianlong recording in detailthe conditions of the broken Changling, Yongling, Dingling and Xiling. On theeast side is the record of expenditures for repairing the Ming Tombs by the Qinggovernment. On the west side is an epitaph by Qing Emperor Jiaqing. It waswritten in the 9th year of Jiaqing (1804) describing the cause of the fall ofthe Ming Dynasty.

On the north side of the Tablet House, stands a group of stone carvings (36in all). Behind the house, there are two stone pillars. Beyond the pillars arestone animals and other statues. Lions, Xie Zhi, camels, elephants, and Qi Linhorses .All of the animals are in two pairs. Two stand, while the other twokneel. It is followed by the statues of military officers, civil officials andofficials of merit, four in each group. These stone animals and statues weremade in the 10th year of Xuande (1435). They reflect the imperial power when hewas alive and the imperial dignity after he was deceased. The animals andstatues were created using whole blocks of stone weighing a couple of tons andeach was delicately and masterfully carved.

Here stands Ling Xing Gate, also known as the unique Dragon and PhoenixGate, with the meaning of the Gate of Heaven. The gate is pierced with six doorleaves, attached to three archways. The top of the central section of the threearchways is decorated with flames and precious pearl, so it is also known as theFlame Archway. To the north of the Dragon and Phoenix Gate there lays aseven-arch marble bridge, leading to the gate of Changling. To the east of theseven-arch bridge stands an old five-arch bridge, which was the original site ofthe seven-arch bridge.

Actually we are standing on the axle line of the Ming Tombs, otherwiseknown as the Sacred Way or the Tomb path. We passed the Memorial Arch, the BigPalace Gate, the Tablet House, Sacred Way, stone animals and statues, and LingXing Gate. This seven-kilometer long sacred pathway leads from south to north,all the way to the Gate of Changling.

Now, we are moving to Chang Ling. Changling is the first tomb built in theMing Tombs area, covering 10 hectares and containing Emperor Zhu Di and hisempress Xu.

Zhu Di (Chengzu) of the Ming Dynasty was the fourth son of the firstEmperor Zhu Yuanzhang, born in 1360. Zhu Di was conferred the title of theprince of Yan in the 3rd year of Hongwu (1370). He was appointed at Beiping.After the death of Zhu Yuanzhang (the first Ming Emperor), Zhu Di used thepretext of eliminating evil officials at the side of Emperor Jianwen to lead anarmy expedition down south to Nanjing. He seized the throne in the 4th year ofJianwen (1402) and ascended the throne in June inside the Hall of AncestralWorship in Nanjing. Zhu Di was an emperor of outstanding accomplishment in theMing Dynasty. As soon as he became the prince of Yan, he led the generals out tobattle. He had great achievements in calming down the north. After he took overhis nephews power and became the emperor, he still went out to battle throughoutthe country and consolidated the rule of the Ming Dynasty. He made the importantdecision to move the capital to Beijing. During the rule of Zhu Di, magnificentdevelopments were made in the economy, culture and in diplomacy. In terms ofculture, Zhu Di successively sent Grand Academician Xie Jin, Yan Guangxiao andothers to compile the Yongle encyclopedia. The book has become the largest bookever complied in Chinese history. For expanding external exchanges and trade,Zhu Di selected eunuch Zheng He to lead a large fleet filled with precious gold,silver, silk and satins to sail to southeast Asia and Africa seven times in theearly years of Yongle.

Empress Xu was buried together with Emperor Zhu Di in Changling. EmpressXushi was the eldest daughter of Xu Da who was one of the founding fathers ofthe Ming Dynasty. Throughout her lifespan, Xu Shi complied 20 articles ofinternal lectures and a book advising to be good, so as to cultivate peoplesminds. She was the very first one to be buried in Changling and in the Ming Tombarea.

The Hall of Eminent Favor in Changling is the best preserved among thethirteen tombs. It is a valuable relic of ancient Chinas wooden structures. Itis nine rooms wide and five rooms long, a hall size rarely seen in China. Theroof is made of top-class double eaves and there are multiple rooms covered withyellow glazed tiles. The hall is supported by 60 thick Nanmu pillars, the middlefour in the hall are the thickest, the diameter of each one can reach over onemeter. It is known as the best Nanmu (phoebe) hall in the country.

Now we are going to Dinging. Dingling is located at the east foot of DayuMountain. Buried here are the 13th Ming Emperor Wanli (Zhu Yijun) and his twoempresses Xiaoduan and Xiaojing. Zhu Yijun was the longest on the throne of theMing Emperors. (He was emperor for 48 years). He was the greediest and laziestemperor in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yijun ascended the throne at the age of 9.After he came to power, he was supported by the chief minister Zhang Juzheng. Atthis time, various aspects of society gained development.

Later ,Zhang Juzheng died of illness. Not long after Wanli managed stateaffairs on his own, he used the chance to select the location for his tomb sitewhen he went to pay homage to the ancestors tombs. He spent eight million taelsof silver (250,000 kilos of silver) and six years to build a high quality tombDingling. After the Dingling was completed, Zhu Yijun personally went to inspectit, and felt very satisfied with the result. He went so far as to hold a grandbanquet in the Underground Palace, which was unheard of in history.

Zhu Yijun was a typical muddle-headed emperor. Reflecting on his reign, hedid not pay attention to state affairs for 28 out of his 48 year rule. The stateorgan was effectively semi-paralyzed during his reign. Later generationscommented that the fall of the Ming dynasty was caused by this emperor.

Zhu Yijun had two empresses. Empress Xiaojing was originally a maid ofWanlis mother Cisheng. Later she gave birth to a son of the emperor. That sonwas the one-month emperor Guangzong (Zhu Changluo). She died of illness 9 yearsearlier than Shenzong died. She was buried as a concubine at Pinggangdi, aroundthe east pit, at the Heavenly Longevity Mount. After Xiaojing was conferred thetitle of “grandmother of the emperor”, her body was moved to the UndergroundPalace of Dingling, and buried together with Emperor Wanli and Empress Xiaoduanon the same day. Xiaoduan was conferred the title of empress, but she could notgive birth to either a son or a daughter to the emperor. Xiaoduan died ofillness. A hundred days later, Emperor Wanli (Zhu Yijun) died too. EmpressXiaoduan, Emperor Wanli, and Empress Xiaojing were buried together in theUnderground Palace.

The tablet in front of Dingling has no words on it. It is called thewordless tablet. There is a pair of coiling dragons along the top and a patternof sea waves carved on the bottom. Its base is composed of a tortoise (Bixi). Itis said that the dragon has nine sons. In twelve of the Ming Tombs, excludingChangling, all the tablets are wordless. Originally there were no tablet housesin front of the Tombs, but later the tablet houses and steeles of the first sixtombs were completed. But the emperor Jiajing at the time indulged in drinking,lust and searching for longevity pills, so he had no time to pay attention onthe inscriptions. Consequently the six tablets are wordless. And in keeping withthis tradition, that’s why the tablets later on are also blank.

Now we are arriving at The Gate of Eminent Favor and the Hall of EminentFavor of Dingling, The Hall of Eminent Favor is also called Hall of Enjoyment.It was the place where the emperor and his entourage held grand sacrificialrites. They were mostly destroyed when the Qing soldiers came. And they weredestroyed again later, so now only the ruins remain.

Moving on, this is the exhibition rooms that were built after theexcavation of the Underground Palace. The exhibition explains in detail thehistory of the tomb master and introduces the tomb excavation process. Theexhibition rooms are divided into two parts, the south and the north. In thesouth room, on display are the sacrificial objects of Emperor Wanli unearthedfrom the Underground Palace. In the north room, on display are the sacrificialitems of the two empresses. All of then are fancy and invaluable.

Now we arrive at The Soul Tower, this is the symbol of the tomb. It is astone structure with colorful painted decorations. The Soul Tower and thePrecious citadel of Dingling have never been damaged seriously. The Soul Toweris the best preserved architecture above the ground of Dingling. On top of theyellow, glazed tiled roof of the Soul Tower sits a big stone tablet. Two Chinesecharacters----Dingling, are carved on the tablet. Inside the Soul Tower, on topof another stone tablet, there are two big characters----the Great Ming writtenin seal characters. On the body of the tablet, seven Chinese characters-----Tombof Emperor Shenzong Xian are carved. The Soul Tower is connected with thePrecious Citadel. The Precious Citadel is a large round wall built with bricks.The Precious Citadel wall is 7.5 m high, and lower part is thick while the upperpart is thin. The round walls perimeter is over 800 meters, and inside the wallis a large artificial mound, the emperors tomb mound, known as Precious Top.

Dingling is the only Ming Tomb to be excavated. Formal excavation workstarted in May 1956 and ended in 1958. First, the working personnel discoveredan exposed gateway at the side wall to the southwest of the Precious Citadel ofDingling. So they dug the first tunnel facing the position of the gateway. Atthe bottom of the tunnel, they discovered a tunnel made of bricks. Three monthslater, along the direction of the tunnel, to the west of the Soul Tower, theydug the second tunnel. During the digging, they encountered with a stone tabletwhich inscribed the words from here 48. 8m forward and 10. 7m downward lies theprecious wall. Therefore it gave the correct direction of opening up theUnderground Palace.

According to the direction of the stone tablet, after digging the thirdtunnel, they found a stone tunnel. At last they got to the precious wall. Thusthey opened the precious wall with a square stone room. To the west end of theroom, lay two marble doors. The working personnel used a wire and wood plank toremove the self-acting stone bar, which was against the back of the door. Withthis method, they opened the entrance of the Underground Palace.

The palace has no beam which was built according to the principles ofgeomancy Altogether there are five chambers. The chambers are separated by sevenmarble doors. The Underground Palace is 27 meters deep, covering an area of1,195 square meters. There is a same structure stone door in between the front,middle and rear chambers. The door is made of marble. The biggest marble door is3. 3 meters high, 1.7 meters wide, 4 tons in weight. It looks heavy, but it isreasonably designed. The pivot of the stone door is inclined to the door axle,so the door is easy to open and close. On top of the door is a lintel (made ofbronze) tube weighing about 10 tons to prevent the door from falling. Carved onthe front of the marble door are 9 rows of 81 knobs and strange animals withrings in their mouths. Located on the reverse side, opposite the animals, is aprotruding section that holds the doors self-acting stone bar.

The front and middle chambers are 7. 2 meters high and 6 meters wide. Thefloor is covered with gold bricks. According to records, the gold bricks aresmooth and durable. The more you polish them, the brighter they become. Thereare no decorations in the front and two annex chambers. In the middle chamber,there are three marble thrones for Emperor Wanli and his two Empresses, known asthe precious thrones. In the front of the thrones, there are five yellow glazedofferings and one blue-and-white porcelain jar of Jiajing Years style with acloud-and-dragon design. It is about 0.7 meters in diameter. Originally therewas sesame oil in the jar. On the surface of the oil was a copper tube with awick inside. It is called the everlasting lamp. Due to the lack of oxygen, thelight went out so the oil had not been used all.

The rear chamber is the biggest of the three. It is 9.5 meters high, 31meters long, 9.l meters wide, the floor is paved with polished stones. In therear chamber, there is a coffin platform edged with white marble. Placed on theplatform are the coffins of Emperor Wanli and his two Empresses as well as 26vermilion boxes filled with funeral objects.

In the middle of the coffin platform, there is a rectangular hole filledwith soil called Gold Well. Putting jade stone around the coffin or inside thecoffin or in the mouth of the deceased is called being buried with jade. Ancientpeople believed Gold Well was the pit of geomancy. It could prevent the bodyfrom decay for a long time. Being buried with jade on a Gold Well was thehighest standard of entombment one could receive in the feudal era.

Originally the empresss coffin should have been placed in the rear chamber.Then why were the coffins of the two empresses also in the same chamber as theemperors? In 1620, first empress Xiaoduan died in April, then in July EmperorWanli also died. After that, the son of Zhu Changluo died 29 days after hissuccession. In only a few months, two emperors and one empress had died insuccession. In addition they had removed Empress Xiaojings coffin to Dingling.All the burdens of the funeral burials fell on the just enthroned Emperor ZhuYoujian. The preparation work was done in a hurried fashion (this was clearlyrecorded in historical documents). The rainy season had already arrived beforethe funeral could occur and the passage leading to the empress annex chamber maynot have been convenient to open. So the coffins of the emperor, empresses allentered the Underground Palace through the front entrance. After the coffinsentered the Underground Palace, since the passage to the annex chambers werenarrow, the coffins of the empresses would not fit through it. So they had toput all the three coffins together into the rear chamber.

Now please follow me out of the underground palace. And our tour for todayis completed. I hope you have found our time together informative and enjoyable.We now have half an hour for a rest, and then we will get together here at4:00pm. Thank you.