明显陵英文导游词(推荐20篇)

Chengcha River

There is a north-south fault between the peaks of Tianhuo and Longmen. For rocks crushed, weathering strong there, as time passes, it has formed a crack called Tamen. The water of the sky pond flowing from Tamen and long time eroding the earth formed Chengcha River. In myth, “Chengcha” means to lead to the heaven by wooden raft. with the length of 1250m, it is the shortest river in the world.

Distinguished visitors:

How do you do! Im very happy to do your guide, my name is Liu Hui, you have to do is call me lu. This time we will visit is the Great Wall is famous all over the world. During the visit, please dont litter, dont graffito of the scribble on the wall, thank you for your cooperation!

Now we take the cable car to the foot of badaling, began to climb the Great Wall. With steep mountain, the Great Wall winding, its like a living jinlong lie on it. From a distance, it is between the mountains winding, let me tell you, the Great Wall has more than thirteen thousand long, so they are known as the Great Wall. Look at far away from the beacon tower, white mist is like the beacon tower to put on a fine gauze, just like a picture full of poetry and song meaning, make we revel in it.

Standing on the Great Wall, holding the stone on the wall, stepping foot square brick, we felt the working people of hard and tired to build Great Wall, look at these countless stone, a two or three one thousand jins weight, then without any tools, rely on countless hands and countless up the shoulder, it is conceivable that how hard they are! You will find that, in a square hole in the wall, is actually used to shot the enemy. Rows of buttress, every three hundred meters, there is a square ChengTai, is the bulwark of station troops and war can mutual echo. Do you think we walk in the road is very wide, WuLiuPi horse can also parallel!

We climb ah climb, finally climbed up the highest peak bawcock slope. We all are stretched his arms and breathe the fresh air, tourists often can not help but praise: "how beautiful motherland pieces!"

The Great Wall is China the crystallization of the wisdom of working people, or the soul of Chinese sons and daughters. Lets go to protect it, enjoy it. I wish you all have a good time!

Is the most representative of the city of yangzhou dongguan street a history old street. It east to the ancient canal, National Day road on the west, the total length of 1122 meters, the original street road as strip plate stone laid,

Is not only the yangzhou dongguan street, before the amphibious transportation route, and is a business, handicraft industry and religious and cultural center. High street bustling street, merchants, business, the business is thriving. Chenhang, oil meters lu fang lines, fresh fish, eight bright lines, melon and fruit, bamboo nearly hundred.

Dongguan "old" businesses have opened on the street in 1817 four beautiful sauce and pickle shop, Xie Fuchun powders shop in 1830, 1862 Pan Guang and hardware stores, 1901, 1909 Chen Tongxing Xia Guangcheng tofu shop shoes shop, 1912 dried big prosperous ZhiDian, 1923 earthquake TaiChang powder, 1936 hong-xing zhang, 1938 qinfeng appreciating the pawn shop, 1940 seems fresh tea club association abundant south goods shop in 1941, 1945 LingDaXing appreciating shops, in 1946, the rich of the pawnshop, in addition to Zhou Guangxing hat shop, HengMao oil hemp shop, along the southern Thailand goods shop, hengtai auspicious color, Zhu Deji flour shop, etc. Is yangzhou dongguan street manufacturing centre, front shop, back alleys and even stores throughout QuanJie, such as fan shunxing umbrella shop, shun xing cao grosses plaque, Sun Zhu minister lacquer workshop, as Beijing source tai cheung sugar, sun ji jade workshop, Dong Hou and socks factory, etc.

Closely linked and dongguan street is east gate of the ancient blocks. Two blocks are combined together, development planning, regulation, more can highlight the cultural city of yangzhou special grade. Here in addition to the more old shops, also focus on the many sites of cultural relics have a garden, nursery, shee small garden, and yangzhou founded early Dong Xuetang straight college, stable college, instrument, and wudang palace in the Ming dynasty, Ming dynasty temple, ma prison lane is built in the 53rd year of the reign of emperor kangxi (1714) mosque, incense is very popular in dongguan street, west of mammon and wide store door corner brick circle door,

Arch inlays also have four Chinese characters "ChengShiYan off".

Now in dongguan east gate street, east street and found Song Dacheng double barbican sites. Celebrity former residence is more many, including Jiang Shangqing (east gate 16), Liu Wenqi (east ring gate 14) "(three ZhuAn), Wang Bobing (officer) 14, He Lian matter (east gate 22), HongLanYou (officer) 10, Xiong Chengji (6) well in the wei house, cao 蟳 (dongguan street no. 238)

故宫英文导游词

forbidden city(紫禁城)

(in front of the meridian gate)

ladies and gentlemen:

i am pleased to serve as your guide today.

this is the palace museum; also know as the purple forbidden city. it is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in china today. under ming emperor yongle, construction began in 1406. it took 14years to build the forbidden city. the first ruler who actually lived here was ming emperor zhudi. for five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when qing emperor puyi was forced to abdicate the throne .in 1987, the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization recognized the forbidden city was a world cultural legacy.

it is believed that the palace museum, or zi jin cheng (purple forbidden city), got its name from astronomy folklore, the ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the ziwei yuan(north star). the constellation containing the north star was called the constellation of heavenly god and star itself was called the purple palace. because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. in folklore, the term ”an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, laozi, to the hanghu pass. here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. the word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people.

the red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic. red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. yellow is the color of the earth on the loess plateau, the original home of the chinese people. yellow became an imperial color during the tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.

the forbidden city is rectangular in shape. it is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west. it has 9,900 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters .a 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9.9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall. there are four entrances into the city: the meridian gate to the south, the shenwu gate(gate of military prowess) to the north, and the xihua gate(gate of military prowess) to the north, and the xihua gate(western flowery gate )to the west ,the donghua (eastern flowery gate) to the east.

manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the forbidden city. a total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. marble was quarried from fangshan country mount pan in jixian county in hebei province. granite was quarried in quyang county in hebei province. paving blocks were fired in kilns in suzhou in southern china. bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in shandong province .timber was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions.

the structure in front of us is the meridian gate. it is the main entrance to the forbidden city. it is also knows as wufenglou(five-phoenix tower). ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the chinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .they also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with sticks.

qing emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new year. qing emperor qianglong changed the original name of this announcement ceremony from ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )to avoid coincidental association with another emperor` s name, hongli, which was considered a taboo at that time. qing dynasty emperors also used this place to hold audience and for other important ceremonies. for example,when the imperial army returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the emperor presided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.

(after entering the meridian gate and standing in front of the five marble bridges on golden water river)

now we are inside the forbidden city.before we start our tour, i would like to briefly introduce you to the architectural patterns befour us .to complete this solemn, magnificent and palatial complex, a variety of buildings were arranged on a north-south axis, and 8-kilometer-long invisible line that has become an inseparable part of the city of beijing. the forbidden city covers roughly one –third of this central axis. most of the important building in the forbidden city weree arranged along this line. the design and arrangement of the palaces reflect the solemn dignity of the royal court and rigidly –stratified feudal system.

the forbidden city is divided into an outer and an inner count.we are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer count. in front of us lies the gate of supreme harmony .the gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions ,symbolizing imperial power and dignity. the lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its kind. the one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ball is said to represent state unity. the other one is a female. underneath one of its fore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial succession. the winding brook before us is the golden water river. it functions both as decoration and fire control .the five bridges spanning the river represent the five virtues preached by confucius :benevolence, righteousness, rites, intellence and fidelity. the river takes the shape of a bow and the north-south axis is its arrow. this was meant to show that the emperors ruled the country on behalf of god.

(in front of the gate of supreme harmony)

the forbidden city consists of an outer countyard and an inner enclosure. the out count yard covers a vast space lying between the meridian gate and the gate of heavenly purity. the “three big halls” of supreme harmony, complete harmony and preserving harmony constitute the center of this building group. flanking them in bilateral symmetry are two groups of palaces: wenhua (prominent scholars) and wuying (brave warriors) . the three great halls are built on a spacious “h”-shaped, 8-meter-high, triple marble terrace, each level of the triple terrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marble balustrades carved with dragon and phoenix designs. there are three carved stone staircases linking the three architectures .the hall of supreme harmony is also the tallest and most exquisite ancient wooden-structured mansion in all of china. from the palace of heavenly purith northward is what is known as the inner court, which is also built in bilaterally symmetrical patterns. in the center are the palace of heavenly purity, the hall of union and peace and palace of earthly tranquility, a place where the emperors lived with their families and attended to state affairs. flanking these structures are palaces and halls in which concubines and princes lived. there are also three botanical gardens within the inner count, namely, the imperial garden, caning garden and quailing garden. an inner golden water river flows eastwardly within the inner court. the brook winds through three minor halls or palaces and leads out of the forbidden city. it is spanned by the white jade bridge. the river is lined with winding, marble –carved balustrades. most of the structures within the forbidden city have yellow glazed tile roofs.

aside from giving prominence to the north-south axis, other architectural methods were applied to make every group of palatial structures unique in terms of terraces, roofs, mythical monsters perching on the roofs and colored, drawing patterns. with these, the grand contour and different hierarchic spectrum of the complex were strengthened. folklore has it that there are altogether 9,999 room-units in the forbidden city. since paradise only has 10,000 rooms, the son of heaven on earth cut the number by half a room. it is also rumoured that this half –room is located to the west of the wenyuange pavilion (imperial library). as a matter of fact, although the forbidden city has more than 9,000 room-units, this half-room is nonexistent .the wenyuange pavilion is a library where “si ku quan shu”- china `s first comprehensive anthology-was stored.

(after walking past the gate of supreme harmony)

ladies and gentlemen, the great hall we are approaching is the hall of supreme harmony, the biggest and tallest of its king in the forbidden city. this structure covers a total building space of 2,377 square meters, and is know for its upturned, multiple counterpart eaves . the hall of supreme harmony sits on a triple “h”-shaped marble terrace the is 8meters high and linked by staircases. the staircase on the ground floor has 21 steps while the middle and upper stairways each have 9.

the construction of the hall of supreme harmony began in 1406. it burned down three times and was severely damaged once during a mutiny. the existing architecture was built during the qing dynasty. on the corners of the eaves a line of animal-nails were usually fastened to the tiles. these animal-nails were later replace with mythical animals to ward off evil spirits. there are altogether 9 such fasteners on top of this hall. the number nine was regarded by the ancients to be the largest numeral accessible to man and to which only the emperors were entitled.

there was a total of 24 successive emperors during the ming and qing dynasties who were enthroned here. the ball was also used for ceremonies which marked other great occasions: the winter solstice, the chinese lunar new year, the emperor` s birthday, conferral of the title of empress, the announcement of new laws and policies, and dispatches of generals to war .on such occasions, the emperor would hold audience for his court officials and receive their tributes.

this area is called the hall of supreme harmony square, which covers a total of 30,000 square meters, without a single tree or plant growing here, this place inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and grandeur. in the middle of the square there is a carriageway that was reserved for the emperor. on both sides of the road the groud bricks were laid in a special way seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise, making up fifteen layers in all. the purpose of this was to prevent anyone from tunneling his way into the palace. in the count yard there are iron vats for storing water to fight fires. in the whole complex there are altogher 308 water vats. in wintertime, charcoal was burned underneath the vats to keep the water from freezing .why so vast a square? it was designed to impress people with the hall` s grandeur and vastness. imagine the following scene. under the clear blue sky, the yellow glazed tiles shimmered as the cloud-like layers of terrace, coupled with the curling veil of burning incense, transformed the hall of supreme harmony into a fairyland. whenever major ceremonies were held, the glazed, crane-shaped candleholders inside the hall would be it, and incense and pine branches burnt in front of the hall. when the emperor appeared, drums were beaten and musical instrument played. civilian officials and generals would kneel know in submission.

the last qing emperor puyi assumed the throne in 1908, at the age of three, his father carried him to the throne. at the start of the coronation, the sudden drum-beating and loud music caught the young emperor unprepared .he was so scared that he kept crying and shouting,”i don’t want to stay here. i want to go home.” his father tried to soothe him, saying, ”it` all soon be finished .it` all soon be finished ”the ministers present at the event considered this incident inauspicious. coincidentally, the qing dynasty collapsed three years later and there with concluded china `s feudal system that had lasted for more than 2,000 years.

(on the stone terrace of the hall of supreme harmony)

this is a bronze incense burner. in it incense made of sandalwood would be burnt on important occasions. there are altogether 18 incense burners, representing all of the provinces under the rule of the sing monarchs. on either side of the hall, 4 bronze water-filled vats were placed in case of fire. next to the terrace on either side, there is a bronze crane and tortoise, symbols of longevity. this copper-cast grain measure is called ”jialiang.” it served as the national standard during the qing dynasty. it was meant to show that the imperial ruler were just and open to rectification. on the other side there is a stone sundial, an ancient timepiece. the jialiang and the sundial were probably meant to show what the emperor represented: that he was the only person who should possess the standards of both measure and time.

in the very forefront of the hall of supreme harmony , there are 12 scarlet , round pillars supporting the roof. the hall is 63 meters from east to west and 37 meters from north to south, it is 35 meters in height. in front of this architechture, there stands a triple terrace with five staircases leading up to the main entrance .it has 40 gold doors and 16 gold-key windows with colored drawings on the pillars and beams. in the middle of the hall, a throune carved with 9 dragons sits on a 2-meter-high platform. behind the throne there is a golden screen and in front of it, there is a imperial desk . the flanks are decorated with elephants, luduan(a legendary beast), cranes, and incense barrels. the elephant carries a vase on its back that holds five cereals(i. e. rice, two kinds of millet, wheat and beans),which was considered a symbol of prosperity. as ancient legend has it that luduan can travel 18,000 li (9,000 kilometers )in one day and knows all languages and dialects. only to a wise adjust monarch will this beast be a guardian.

the hall of supreme harmony is also popularly known as jinluan dian (gold bell hall or the throne hall). the floor of the hall is laid with bricks that turn it into a smooth, fine surface as if water has been sprinkled on it .the so-called golden brick, in fact, has nothing to do with gold. reserved exclusively for the construction of the royal court, it was made in a secretive, and complex way, and, when struck, sounds like the clink of a gold bar. each brick was worth the market price of one dan (or one hectoliter ) of rice.

the hall is supported by a total of 72 thick pillars .of these, 6 are carved in dragon patterns and painted with gold and surround the throne. above the very center of this hall there is a zaojing, or covered ceiling, which is one of the specialities of china `s ancient architure. in the middle of the ceiling is a design of a dragon playing with a ball inlaid with peals. this copper ball, hollow inside and covered with mercury, is known as the xuanyuan mirror and is thought to be made xuanyuan, a legendary monarch dating back to remote antiquity. the placing of the caisson above the throne is meant to suggest that all of china` s successive emperors are zuanyuan` s descendants and hereditary heirs. now you might have noticed that the xuanyuan mirror is not directly above the throne. why? it is rumored that yuan shikai, a self-acclaimed warlord-turned emperor moved the throne further back because he was afraid that the mirror might fall on him .in 1916 when yuan shikai became emperor, he removed the original throne with a western-style, high-back chair. after the foundation of the people` s republic of china in 1949 the throne was found in a shabby furniture warehouse. it repaired and returned to the hall.

(leading the tourist to the bronze vats either on the east or the west)

the water vats in front of the palaces or house were called “menhai,” or sea before the door by the ancient chinese. they believed that with a sea by the door, fire could not wreak havoc. the vats served both as a decoration and as a fire extinguisher. they were kept full of water all year round.

during the qing dynasty, they were altogether 308 vats in the palace enclosure. they were made of gilt bronze or iron. of couse, the gilt bronze vats were of the best quality. when the allied forces (britain, germany, france, russia, the united states, italy, japan and austria) invaded beijing in 1900 under the pretext of suppressing the boxer rebellion, the invaders ransacked the imperial compound and scraped and gold off the vats with their bayonets. during the japanese occupation of beijing, many vats were trucked away by the japanese to be made into bullets .

(in front of the hall of complete harmony)

the square architecture before us is called the hall of complete harmony. it served as an antechamber. the emperor came here to meet with his countiers and add his final touches to the prayers which would be read at the ancestral temple. the seeds, snowers and prayer intended for spring sowing were also examined here. the two qing sedan chairs here on display were used for traveling within the palace during the reign of emperor qianlong.

(in front of the hall f preserving harmony)

this is the hall of preserving harmony. during the qing dynasty, banquets were held here on new year` s eve in honour of mongolian and northwestern china` s xingjiang princes and ranking officials. the emperor also dinned here with his new son-in-law on the wedding day. imperial examinations were also held here once every three years. during the ming and qing dynasties, there were three levels of exams: the county and prefectural level, the provincial level and national level. the national exam was presided over by the emperor. the civil service exam in ancient china started during the han dynasty. it served the purpose of recruiting confucian scholars to the ministers and high officials. during the tang and qing dynasties reinstituted and ancient system. once every three years, three hundred scholars from all over the country came to beijing and took exams for three day and night. this system was abolished in 1905.

(behind the hall of preserving harmony)

this is the largest stone carving in the palace . it is 16.73 meters long, 3.07 meters wide and 1.7 meters thick .it weighs about 200 tons. the block was quarried in fangshan county, roughly 70 kilometers away. to transport such a huge block to beijing, laborers dug wells along the roadside half a kilometer apart, and used the groundwater to make a road of ice in the winter. rolling blocks were used in the summer. in 1760, emperor qianlong of the qing dynasty ordered the carving of the existing cloud and dragon design in place of the old one which dated back to the ming dynasty.

note : from here, the tour can be conducted via three different routes: a western route(route a), a central route (route b) or an eastern route (route c) .the commentary for each follows.

route a

ladies and gentlemen:

you have seen the three main halls of the forbidden city. now i ` d like to show you around the hall of mental cultivation and the imperial garden . the hall of mental cultivation is situated is in the western part of the innermost enclosure and is symmetrical to fengxian (enshrinement of forebears) hall in the east. this hall was built during the ming dynasty. it is a h-shaped structure consisting of an antechamber and a main building .the hall is surrounded by corridors. in front of the hall is the office of privy council.

before emperor kangxi of qing the dynasty came to power the hall of heavenly purity served as the living quarter of the emperors. emperor yongzheng chose to live in this hall and attended to every day state affairs from here .for the sake of protecting cultural relics, this hall is not open to the public .you can have a look at the inside from the door. the central hall was the audience chamber where the emperor read memorials, granted audience to officials and summoned his minsters for consultation. the western chamber of the hall was where the emperor read reports and discussed military and political affairs. the hall consists of many inner rooms and is decorated with images of buddha and miniature pagodas. on the screen wall there hangs a picture of two emperors in the han costume. in a southern room there three rare calligraphic scrolls, hence the name of the room “sanxitang” (room of three rare treasures) . the room on the eastern side is of historical interst because it was here that empress dowager cixi usurped power and made decisions on behalf of the young emperor . a bamboo curtain was used to separate them .

empress dowage cixi was born in 1835 in lu` an prefecture of shanxi province. she` s of manchurian nationality and her father was a provincial governor from south china. when she was 17 years old ,she was selected to become a concubine of emperor xianfeng and moved into the forbidden city. she gave birth to a son when she was 21years old and was made a concubine the following year. when the emperor passed away in the summer of 1861, her son ascended the throne and title of cixi, meaning “holy mother” was conferred upon her and she became the empress dowager. in that same year empress dowager cixi carried out a count coup d` etat and ruled behind the scenes with another empress dowager, ci` an, for 48 years. she passed away in 1908 at the age of 73. it was in reference to this situation that the term “attending to state affairs behind a bamboo curtain” developed .in 1912 , empress dowager longyu declared the abdication of the last qing emperor puyi. they were allowed to remain in the forbidden city for the next 13 years .the royal family was forced to move out permanently in 1924.

behind the central hall were the living accommodation of 8 successive qing emperors .three of them actually passed away here. the side rooms flanking the hall were reserved for empresses and concubines. now let` s continue with our tour. it will take us to the hall of heavenly purity , the hall of union and peace ,the palace of earthly tranquility, and the imperial garden.

route b

(inside the hall of heavenly purity)

ladies and gentlemen:

we are now entering the inner court. from the gate of heavenly purity northward lies the inner court where the emperors and empresses once lived .the hall of heavenly purity is the central hall of the inner court ,and was completed during the reign of emperor yongle of the ming dynasty. there are 10 pillars supporting the entire structure and the hall is 20 meters in height .in the center of the hall there a throne. above it hangs a plaque with an inscription that reads “be open and above-board,” written by shenzhi,the first emperor of the qing dynasty. beginning with qianlong` s reign, the name of the successor to the throne was not publicly announced .instead, it was written on two pieces of paper, one to be kept on the emperor` s person throughout his reign, and the other placed in a small strongbox that was stored behind his plaque. the box was opened only after the emperor passed away. altogether there where 4 emperors who ascended the throne in this way, namely qianlong, jiaqing, daohuang and xian feng.

the hall of heavenly purity was where the emperors lived during the ming and qing dynasties. according to tradition ,extravagant annual banquets were held here on new year` s eve in honour of royal family members. foreign ambassadors were received here during the late-qing period. two important “one thousand old men` s feasts” of the qing dynasty were also held here. all the invitees had to be at least 65 years of age.

this hall was also used for mourning services.

(inside the palace of union and peace)

this hall sits between the hall of heavenly purity and the palace of earthly tranquility, symbolizing the union of heaven and earth ,as well as national peace .it was first built in 1420 and reconstructed in 1798. the hall is square in shape ,and is smaller than the hall of complete harmony .you will see a plaque here inscribed with two chinese characters, wu wei, which were handwritten by emperor qianglong. a throne sits in the middle of the hall with a screen behind it .above the throne there hangs a caisson ,or covered ceiling. the emperor held birthday celebrations and other major events here.

in 1748 during emperor qianlong` s reign, 25 jade seals representing imperial authority were kept in this hall .no seals were allowed out of the room without the prior consent of the emperor. on each flack there is a water clock and a chiming clock.

(inside the palace of earthly tranquility)

this used to be the central hall where successive ming empresses lived. during the qing dynasty, it was converted into a place where sacrifices and wedding ceremonies were held .the room on the western side was used for sacrifices and the room on the east was the seeding chamber.

route c

ladies and gentlemen:

you have seen the three main halls of the forbidden city. now i` d like to show you around scenes of interest along the eastern route. the first is the treasure hall. this mansion is called the hall of imperial zenith. this is where sing emperor quailing lived after abdication. nearly 1,000 artifacts and treasures are on display here, among which the golden hair tower is one of the most famous. this tower is 1.53meters in height and its base is 0.53 meters in circumference .it was built under the order of emperor quailing to be used to collect fallen hair in commemoration of his mother. there is also a “day harnessing water jade hill ” on display here. yu was a legendary monarch of the remote ixia dynasty. under his leadership, the people learned how to harness the yellow river. this jade assemblage, 224 centimeters in height and 5 tons in weight, is the largest jade artwork in china. this mat was woven with peeled ivory. these artifacts are among china` s rarest treasures.

(in front of the nine-dragon screen)

this is the nine-dragon relief screen .erected in 1773,it is 3.5 meters in height and 29.4 meters in width. underneath is a foundation made of marble .the surface of the screen is laid with a total of 270 colored, glazed tiles in the design of 9 dragons ,some rocky mountains ,clouds and the sea. it was meant to ward off evil spirits the ancient chinese regarded 9 dragons, some rocky mountains, clouds and the sea. it was meant to ward off evil spirits .the ancient chinese regarded 9 as the largest numeral and the dragon as a auspicious beast .the 9 dragons are different in color and posture and all are made of glazed tiles. interestingly a piece of the third dragon from the left is made of wood. it is believe that when the nine-dragon screen was almost finished ,a piece of glazed tile was damaged .emperor qianlong was scheduled to inspect the work the following day .using quick wits, the craftsman in question molded the missing piece with clay and sailed through the imperial inspection. later ,he asked a carpenter to carve a wooden one to replace the one made of clay.

(approaching the imperial garden)

behind the palace of earthly tranquility and trading the north-south axis is the imperial garden. there are old trees, rare flowers and exotic rock formation in this garden .it cover a space of 11,700 square meters, or roughly 1.7 percent of the forbidden city. most of the structures in the garden are symmetrically arranged . however, each is different in terms of parrern and decoration. woods clumps of bamboo screen off the garden and strengthens its deep and serene atmosphere.

there main structure of the imperial garden is the qin` an hall. positioned in the central-northern part of the garden ,this hall is flanked by other halls and pavilions on the east and west. the hall sits on a marble pedestal. the taoist deity of zhenwu is enshrined here and emperor would pay homage here a quarterly basis. taoist rites were held during the reign of emperor jiajing of the ming dynasty. in front of the hall there is a cypress that is 400 years old .in all there are a dozen such rare trees in the garden, and most of them are cypresses or pines. to the northwest of the hall , there is the yanhui(sustaining sunshine) pavilion and to the northeast there lies the duixiu (accumulated refinement )hill. this hill was built over the foundation of the long- pershed guanhua (admiring flowers) hall of the ming dynasty. it is 14 meters in height and made of al kinds of rocks quarried in jiang su province. at its base stand two nstone lions, each carrying a dragon shooting water 10 meters up into the air from its mouth. there are meandering paths leading to the hilltop. at the top of duixiu hill sits the yujing (imperial viewing)pavilion. traditionally, on the day of the double ninth festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month ), the emperor ,his consort, and his concubines would climb up to yujing pavilion to enjoy the scenery.

at the southeastern corner of the garden is jiangxue(crimson snowy) verandah. nearby to the southwest lies yangxing study (study of the cultivation of nature) .the yangxing study was used as a royal library during the reign of emperor qianlong of the qing dynasty. the last emperor of the qing dynasty, puyi once studied english there. in front of the jiangxue verandah some chinese flowering crabapples grow. the structure got its name from the crabapples who blossoms trun from crimson to snowy white. in front of the verandah, there grows a rare flower that was brought from henna province under the order of empress dowager cixi. in the northest is chizao tang (hall of using flowery language), once used as a library where rare books were stored.

there are also specific pavilions symbolizing the four seasons .the halls of wanchun and qianqiu ,representing spring and autumn respectively ,are square in shape and are coupled with multiple eaves and bell-shape and are coupled with multiple eaves and bell-shaped ridges. the halls of chengrui and fubi,dedecated to winter and summer, are characterized by two verandahs and bridges at their bases .paths were paved with colorful pebbles and arranged in 900 different designs.

the imperial garden can be accessed through the qiong yuan (jade garden )west gate or the qiong yuan east gate. a third gate, the shunzhen(obedience and fidelity)gate, opens to the north. its doors are laid in glazed tiles and it was only used by the empress or concubines.

as our tour of the forbidden city draws to a close, i hope that i have helped you understand why the palace is a treasure of china and one of the cultural relics of the world. it is under the strict protection of the chinese government. since 1949 when the people` s rupublic of china was founded, nearly one trillion rmb was spent on its restoration and refurbishment. the forbidden city has undergone four major facelifts to date. each year, the government earmarks a large sum to gather, sort and study cultural relics. the palace now contains a total of 930,000cultural relics. well, so much for today .let` s go to reboard the coach. thank you !

清真大寺位于西安市鼓楼街北隅的化觉巷内。由于它与大学习巷的清真寺东西遥遥相望，而且规模较大，故又被称为东大寺或清真大寺，为全国重点文物保护单位。

据寺内现存石碑记载，清真大寺建成唐玄宗李隆基天宝元年(742年)，距今已有1250多年的历史。经宋、元、明、清几次重修和护建，逐步形成规模宏大，楼台、亭殿布局紧凑和谐，庄严肃穆的建筑群。清真寺前后分四个院落，占地面积13000多平方米，建筑面积5000多平方米。前院紧临照壁的木牌楼，高约9米，琉璃瓦顶，挑角飞檐，雕梁画栋，极为壮观。南北两边为仿古建筑的接待室。

第二院是悬挂“清真寺”匾额的五间楼。院内树木成荫，花圃对称排列，石制牌坊矗立其间，碑阴镌刻有著名书法家米芾、董其昌的题字。

第三院是敕赐殿，院中央是三层结构精巧的八角形省心楼。南北两厢是经堂、宫殿，里面珍藏有阿拉伯文和汉文翻译的《古兰经》及珍贵字画等。

第四院中心是一真亭，又名凤凰亭，南北各有面宽七间的厅房。南厅后有石碑廊，陈列着创建和重修清真寺的碑刻。

一真亭后有海棠形鱼池喷泉，亭南北各有一座碑亭。进石门，走上广阔的大月台，大殿就在正端。大殿面阔7间，进深9间，面积约1300平方米，可容纳千余人同时作礼拜。殿内天棚藻井，有画600余幅，彩画图案不一，墙壁刻蔓草花纹，套刻古兰经，构图着色，均表现中国伊斯兰教寺院建筑和宗教彩画的特色。

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The construction of the Yamen here started in 1303 in Yuan Dynasty, and thepresent buildings were built in Qing Dynasty. It was the most well preservedgovernment office of country level in feudal China. Since our opening up to theoutside world in 1984, it has attracted a number of our government officials andvisitors form both at home and abroad because of its special history, science,attractive value and its own charm. We have the famous saying : Beijing is thedragonhead while the dragon’s tail is in Neixiang. It is also one of theimportant cultural relics of state level.

The front part building of the Yamen was called a screen wall, which wasbuilt with blue brick relief sculpture. In the middle of the screen, there is astrange beast, which is called “Tan”. It was said to be a greedy beast thatcould swallow gold and silver treasures in the legend. Here in the picture wecan see that around it there are treasures everywhere. But he is not satisfied.His mouth opens widely intending to swallow the sun in the sky, but as a result,he falls off the steep cliff, having his body smashed into pieces. The pictureon the screen was first created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the MingDynasty. The purpose of the drawing is to warn the government officials not totake bribes and break the law. Here is the main entrance, halfway there isanother gate right in the middle, called Yimen, the second main officialentrance. It used to be open only on the day when new governor took his place orwhen higher official came to visit. On both sides of the second gate, there’retwo small doors, the one on the east was called Life door, while the one on thewest was called Death door, or Ghost door, which was used only by the criminalswhen they were sentenced to death and were going to be killed. Passing throughYimen, you can see a grand building here in front of you . That is the greathall. The great hall was the place where the governor of the county announcedthe government orders, and also some important ceremonies were held here andsome important and serious criminal cases were tried here. In the middle of it,a trial desk was placed, and on the desk, the four treasures of the study andthe red and green bamboo pieces used for trial could be found. On the front sideof the screen, there’s a picture of seawater, tide and the sun, meaning that anofficial should be as clear as the sun and the moon and as clean as seawater. Inother words, an official should be honest and upright. When the prosecutor andthe defendant were taken to the hall for trial, they must kneel down on thestones. The square stone on the east was for the prosecutor, and the rectanglestone on the west was for the accused. Since most cases

involved more defendants, the stone for them was longer then. The housebehind the great hall was called doorman house. The man who guarded the housewas called Doorman, who was the county governor’s relative or people who wereclose to him. Now we have come to the second hall. It was the place where theCounty Magistrate dealt with small cases. Please look at these famous couplets,which means that before law everyone is equal. So the judges should pass thefairest judgment on people. This is called Fuzi Yard, an ancient form of addressto a Confucian scholar or to a master by his disciples. Fuzi was usually theofficial’s assistant who was usually their close friend of knowledgeable andartistic talent. Everyone, including the county governor respectfully addressedhim as Lao Fuzi, so the place where Fuzi worked was called Fuzi Yard. Finally,let’s go to the third hall. It was the place where county governor did his dailywork. If the cases he dealt with were of great importance, he would do it here.There was also a garden behind. It was here that county governor enjoyed hisfree life and got away from his government affairs. As we can see now, there’remany succinct couplets with rich intension here. But this one before the thirdhall was the most famous. It was written by GaoYigong , a county governor inNeixiang county. It means that being the local officials, we rearded the commonpeople as our parents. We worked for them voluntarily and willingly.Nowadays ,many of our Party leaders like Chairman Jiang Zemin read it with deep feelings,and Premier Zhu Rongji sings high praise of it. The words can be no doubtregarded as famous saying and epigram, and the only one of its kind. So now theYmen in Neixiang, together with the Museum Palace in Beijing, and the other twoin Hebei and Shanxi, has formed a special international tore route of the fourgreat ancient Chinese Yamens. Neixiang is now going out of Henan and into theworld. We warmly welcome all the reiends from all over the world to visitNeixiang, and enjoy the elegant demeanor of the ancient Yamen.

Package park formerly hatosy park, located in the south ring road of hefei old one ring, wuhu road need riverfront. Park is mainly composed of bao temple, cemetery of the wind pavilion, zhuang, etc. Dominated by the most authoritative, the most detailed historical data display, cultural relics exhibition and figure show to the world of the born and bred, in KaiFengFu etiquette bao of an emperor of the song dynasty, to be honest and clean, not afraid of power, law enforcement and stalwart, impartial and incorruptible personality charm. To commemorate the one thousand anniversary of baogong involved in hatosy park to planning and construction on the basis of the original culture of baogong involved, hereinafter referred to as "package park", in addition to the bao temple, cemetery, also a new sky court, bao memorial, benediction, such as square, the water fountain.

The entire scenic area solemn and beautiful environment; The water ripples, yacht ripples; Weeping willows on both sides of the Chinese Taiwan and JiaMu luxuriantly green, it is a good place for people to pay their respects sages, ornamental tour. Hatosy park because bao temple, cemetery and is famous for its cool breeze pavilion.

Legend hatosy lotus root is not silk, hatosy due to water pollution, however, havent see out of the lotus root. Hatosy park as the representative of the historical and cultural landscape in the ring park, belong to the important a ring park, covers an area of 30.5 hectares, including the water 15 hectares. Its basic flat terrain in southern, northern due to break down the original city, so by huancheng south road on the waterfront in slope topography distribution.

Package scenic park has built-in bao temple, cemetery wind pavilion, zhuang, etc. Hatosy green willows along lines, pu lotus, handle hatosy rippling in the middle, there is a long and narrow island, lush green trees into the shadow of knife, argue HuaMuJi doo-yan, with a piece of bamboo shade, looming a white wall park, simple and elegant antique buildings, is one of the famous scenic spots and historical sites of the hefei - BaoXiaoSu male shrine. Bao, min, word ren (999-1062), northern song dynasty yu, hefei LuZhou (now anhui) person. Saint five years (1027), zheng jinshi and, by the court appointed integrated magistrate of a county.

Because of its high parents in weak, need to serve, no any longer serve. Xie parents, just as long county magistrate of a county. Afterwards BaoZhengRen DuanZhou (zhaoqing) know what county, "DE bao on sung history biography" said it "has a good government", get promoted three years later, after successive monitoring platform, three division of the judge; Jingdong, shaanxi, hebei road transport; Three department agreement, know about the court; Ying states, yangzhou, LuZhou, chizhou, jiangning, KaiFengFu magistrate and three department, finally, a council officer to agreement and pawn, confer posthumously does history. In bao bao temple was built in Ming jiajing years reading channel fragrant flower piers built at a young age, bao temple main hall sits eight feet tall statue of baogong involved, dynasty, mahan, get, yan-fang stand on both sides, and there are three Zha bibcock, tiger, dog; Both sides wing cemetery unearthed cultural relics on display package, including the family precepts and exhibits such as pao family tree. Temple east hexagonal pavilion has a well, legend corrupt officials drank Wells have a headache, so the name "CV 23". Hatosy southeast covers an area of 3 hectares of conifers, is the cemetery bao and his wife and children.

Henan, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River incentral and eastern China, is called Henan because most of the area is locatedin the south of the Yellow River. In ancient times, in the middle and lowerreaches of the Yellow River, there were many rivers, dense forests and wildelephants. Henan was vividly described as the place where people led elephants.This is the origin of the pictograph "Yu" and the origin of Henan abbreviated as"Yu". Yugong, the book of history, divides the world into nine states. Yuzhou isone of the nine states in the world, so it is called central plains andZhongzhou.

famous scenery

There are three world cultural heritages in Henan: Longmen Grottoes, YinRuins and historical buildings in heaven and earth. There are 8 National 5Atourist attractions, including Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes, Yuntai Mountainqingtianhe Shennong mountain, Qingming Shanghe garden, Yinxu, Baiyun Mountain,Yaoshan mountain Zhongyuan Buddha, Laojun Mountain Jiguan cave. There are fourworld geoparks: Songshan Mountain, Yuntai Mountain, Wangwu mountain Daimeimountain and Funiu Mountain. 15 national key scenic spots: Songshan Mountain,Luoyang Longmen Mountain, Jigong Mountain, Wangwu mountain, Yuntai Mountain,Yaoshan mountain, Linwu mountain, qingtianhe River, Shennong mountain, Tongbaimountain Huaiyuan, Zhengzhou Yellow River scenic spot.

Best travel time

Henan has a warm temperate subtropical and humid semi humid monsoonclimate. Generally, it is characterized by cold winter, less rain and snow,drought in spring, more sandstorm, hot summer, abundant rain and sufficientsunshine in autumn. The best time to travel is autumn.

regional distribution

Henan Province governs 18 provincial cities, including 17 prefecture levelcities, 1 city directly under the provincial government, 50 municipal districts,20 county-level cities and 88 counties.

History and culture

Henan, known as the Central Plains in ancient times, is the birthplace ofChinese civilization and the Chinese nation. It is the core area of Chinesehistory before Yuan Dynasty. Luoyang (the ancient capital of fifteen dynasties),Kaifeng (the ancient capital of seven dynasties), Shangqiu (the ancient capitalof Six Dynasties), Zhengzhou (the ancient capital of Five Dynasties) and Anyang(the ancient capital of two dynasties) are all famous ancient capitals forthousands of years. The Xia Dynasty successively established its capital nearXiayi (now Shangqiu), Erlitou (now Luoyang) and Yangcheng (now Zhengzhou). TheShang Dynasty established its capital in Bo (todays Shangqiu) and later movedto "Yin" (todays Anyang). During the 4000 years from Xia to Jin, there weremore than 10 dynasties, and more than 200 emperors established or moved theircapitals in Henan for more than 3200 years. During the period of civil strife inChina, Henan was the place where the heroes "fought for the Central Plains". Thename of "China" came from the country whose center was located in the CentralPlains.

Henan province is located in the middle of our country, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, east is east longitude 110 ° 21 ~ 116 ° 39, north latitude 22 ° 23 ~ 36 ° 31 between, and ji, jin, shan, hubei, anhui, shandong province, adjacent to something about 580 km long, about 550 km north-south across it. The provinces land area 16.7 square kilometers, the 17th in different provinces in the country.

By the end of 20xx, the provincial jurisdiction over 17 municipalities, 1 was made, 21 county city, 48 municipal district, 89 counties, 2123 townships, 48000 administrative villages. Municipalities as: zhengzhou, kaifeng, luoyang, pingdingshan, anyang, hebi, xinxiang, jiaozuo, puyang, xuchang, luo river, sanmenxia, nanyang, shangqiu, the establishment of a region is: zhoukou, zhurnadian, Yang letter, made the city of jiyuan city.

At the end of 20xx in henan province total population of 95.55 million people, the first in the nation, the population density is 572 people/km2. As of 20xx, the province han, constituting 98.78% of the total population in addition to the han, hui, Mongolian, manchu, tujia, zhuang, uygur, miao, such as 50 ethnic minorities, accounting for 1.22% of the total population in the province.

Henan province is one of the main birthplace of the Chinese nation. Wuhuatianbao, talents, talents and heroes. As far back as four thousand years ago the neolithic age, The original people created the famous "PeiLiGang culture", "yangshao culture" and "longshan culture". Here has spawned a thinker in ancient China, Li Er, zhuangzi, politicians shang, Reese, scientist zhang heng, medical sage zhang zhongjing, writer han yu, philosopher, IQ, cheng cheng, a national hero yue fei and general ji hongchang, jing-yu Yang, Peng Xuefeng, deng yingchao historical figures such as more than 1000 people. In the long history of China, henan in Chinas political, military, economic, cultural always occupy the important position. Successively with 20 dynasty capital or capital company in henan, Chinas seven ancient capitals of henan will have three (luoyang, kaifeng and anyang).

In henan this land, ever staged scenes historical drama, such as Lawrence w. zhou felling, duke of camp lo, spring and autumn period, warring states sought hegemony between feudal lords, liu xiang confrontation, light Wu Liuxiu xing han, cao Wei Zhongyuan hero, sui end watts riots, song taizu chenqiao mutiny, YueFeiKang gold bloody battle, li zhongyuan a bloody battle, hankou-beijing "erqi" storm, liu Deng Dajun into the central plains, etc. The changing of history, is in the left deep traces the central plains of China.

In zhongzhou earth, a world-famous scenic spots and historical sites, majestic mountains rivers, climate pleasant summer resort, a long history of ancient culture, magnificent ancient buildings, precious rare historical relics, singular diversiform flowers beast, rich and colorful culture, colorful customs rich tourism resources, etc. From the point of Chinas seven ancient capitals, possession of luoyang, kaifeng and anyang, henan three. Ancient (out), river (Yellow River), boxing, shaolin martial arts, tai chi), root (roots find ancestors), flower (luoyang peony) as the characteristics of tourism resources, is a big advantage in the development of henan tourism industry. Henan available for viewing, tourism scenic area, there are more than 100 spots.

Key scenic area, a total of 25 in the province, of which the national key protection area 5: the songshan dengfeng, jiyuan, luoyang longmen, xinyang jigongshan wangwu mountain and jiaozuo yuntai mountain, provincial shiren mountain, green valley, the heart of the Yellow River, etc. 20. 23 in nature reserve. Henan cultural relics in the country one of the first underground, the cultural relics in the country. Museum collection more than millions of pieces, about 1/8 of the country. Province there are national key protected cultural relics, 30, 253, in the protection of cultural relics at the provincial level city, more than 2600 county-level protection of cultural relics. Rich and colorful tourism resources for the development of henan tourism provides a unique condition. Especially on November 30, 20xx, henan luoyang longmen grottoes on the world heritage list, has opened the door a henan towards the world, to expand the influence of henan in the world. Henan luoyang as an international tourism will be a point of gold, gold thread to attract foreign tourists.

Ladies and gentlemen，

Hello, Confucius said, has the friend to come from the distantplace,delight. Today, I am precisely have this kind of feelings toreceive fellowfriends the arrival.

Luoyang, is the historical famous city which the Chinese and foreigniswell-known. She has glorious historical, bright cultural and themultitudinouscultural relic historical site. In order to cause fellowguests at Luoyang periodcan has the further understanding to thisancient city historical culture and thehistorical site, is riding ina carriage the scenic spot visit on the way, ILuoyangs history andthe Longmen Grottoes approximate situation, will make thesi-mp-leintroduction to everybody. Luoyang is located west Henan Province,theYellow River middle reaches Nanan. Because of is situated at northshore theLuohe river to acquire fame, Italy is positive for the Luoriver water.

Luoyang in the history once was the city which the multitudinousdynastyfounds a capital, is known to be "nine faces the ancientcapital". In this morethan 1,000 years historical perpetual flow,Luoyang once the long time tookChinese the politics, cultural, theeconomical center. Today, we visit the worldfamous Longmen Grottoesthen are one of multitudinous cultural relic historicalsites.

The Longmen Grottoes, in the Luoyang Nanjiaos Dragon Gate mountainpaplace,are apart from the urban district 12.5 kilometers, too and19 years opens cuttingfrom Northern Wei Dynasty, up to now some morethan 1,500 years history, it withthe Dunhuang Mogao Caves, the Datongcloud hillock rock cave, together hascomposed our country famousthree big rock caves art treasure house.

Dragon Gate, in the Spring and Autumn Period Warring States timecalled"Iraq Xiangshan (Dongshan) (Xishan) the thing confrontswith Longmen Mountain,the Iraqi water from the average, has formed agrand gate Latter because is inthe Sui and Tang dynasties empiresouth, also calls Dragon Gate.

So-called "rock cave", is the hole which opens cutting on the cliffcliff isstraight, perhaps natural forms the pit hole, with hides orstores food and thething. As early as in primitive society, thepeople have used the natural pithole description zoomorphism and thelife scene, however by the phenomenonappears and the placewhich as the buddhist, the clergy worships buddha and leadsa piouslife, actually is starts Buddhism after ancient India to appear.

As a result of wooded mountain lonesome and quiet, mystical, rock cavewarmin winter and cool in summer, the rock cave uses the templeconvenience accordingto Shan Diaozao which the bricks and stonesbuilds to be more durable than,therefore appeared the collectionbuilding, the drawing, the vulture in ancientIndia has chiselled artto accomplish This kind of art, does missionarywork theactivity along with the clergy to spread to our country theborder area and theinland, with our country national characteristicsand the traditional each kindof artistic technique style fusionconnection, becomes our country one kind ofunique carving, thecolored drawing on pottery craft. We must look today theLongmenGrottoes are one of in our country multitudinous templegrouptreasures.

The Great Wall is like a dragon, "leading"), is the shanhaiguanqinhuangdao. Qinhuangdao, because in 215 BC, the first emperor qin shihuang easttour of China at this point, and sent into the sea god named, is Chinas only acity named by the emperor epithets.

Qinhuangdao main tourist attractions: beidaihe scenic area, shanhaiguanancient city, yan lake, board factory has been the Great Wall, the gold coast,qinhuangdao Olympic sports center, soyama primeval forests, canyons, nandaiheinternational amusement center, qinhuangdao wildlife park LeDao Ocean Park, thenew Australian underwater world, the dove nest park, our caravan left changlicounty ecological agriculture sightseeing garden, fishing community beidaihescenic spot where putaogou, meng jiangnu temple.

Qinhuangdao climate type belongs to the warm temperate zone, is located inthe semi-humid zone, belongs to the temperate zone monsoon climate. Greatlyinfluenced by the ocean, climate is mild, dry little rain in spring, warm summerwithout heat, cool autumn more sunny, no cold winter long, suitable for tourism,summer.

Qinhuangdao bohai sea in the south, north depends on yanshan, huludao city,liaoning province in the east, west of tangshan, near Beijing and tianjin,located in the bohai economic circle center of the most potential fordevelopment, are the two major economic zones of the northeast and north China.Beidaihe, shanhaiguan qinhuangdao, haigang district, three districts and FuNing,changli, rulon, qinglong manchu autonomous county of the four counties.

Qinhuangdao is the only one for the emperor China master the name of thecity, a tang dynasty writer han yu, one of the eight people of tang and songdynasty.

Friends：

Now we come to Shanghai Huangpu River bank Bund， first， I tour to everybody visit Bund to express the welcome， and wishes in advance each traveling to be happy.

New Bund altogether has five traveling routes， nearby yours left hand is by the reputation is Wan Guo constructs reads extensively the magnificent architectural complex and spacious Zhongshan Road， nearby your right hand is the wave light clear Huangpu River as well as the future resembles the brocade the Pudong land to embellish the financial trade area， at present for is novel uniquely goes sightseeing the tour area. This architectural complex， Zhongshan Road， go sightseeing the area， the Huangpu River， Lu Jiazui in the as if music five spectra， the industrious Shanghai people seem between the string string the symbol， is composing most newly the most gorgeous music movement， is welcome fellow guests presence.

The powder can call Bund? Simple saying， it passed once was the desolate beach place which outside the Shanghai old city the reed grew thickly together.

In 1840 after first Opium War， the tight lock entrance to a country has been driven out by the colonizing ocean artillery， Shanghai also is compelled to ward off for the commercial port. Since then， all kinds of west foreign style construction hastens to ground along with colonizing but towers in abundance， to this century the beginning of 30s， Shanghai as soon as leapt into the far east biggest 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 an age， but their construction style is such harmonious unification， the day becomes. From Jinling east road Bund to outside white temporary bridge long only 1.5 kilometer arcs in，height scattered about， is standing erect row after row 52 styles each different construction， has England -like， France -like， ancient Greece -like and so on. Same year many foreign banks， the general meeting， the consulate and so on converged to this， some East Wall Street the name， formed the old Shanghai semicolonial and semifeudal society a historical miniature.

Everybody please looked that， the new Bund 2 east winds hotels， in the past once were the English general meetings which extremely is well-known， it is a model English ancient canonical expression constructs. The building high has 6 (continually basement)， the roof north and south beginnings and ends respectively suppose □t look pavilion， the interior decoration are extremely magnificent. Inside a yet higher goal bar same year once because of has 110.7 foot Eastern longest bar cabinet but to be arrogant for a while， now USS Kentuckey quick dining room is located in.

New Bund 12 before are famous the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank， this building constructed in 1923， was in the style of antiquity Greece -like dome construction. The building for approaches the square the rectangular construction， high 5， a crown hemispheroid level goes against the vegetable to have 7 in addition， the steel portal frame construction. In the building decorates extremely is fastidious， is equipped with country each kind of reception room and so on America， England and France， Russia， date. This place constructed the English once to brag for from The Suez Canal to far east Bering Strait most was fastidious construction.

Nearby close neighbor Hongkong and Shanghai Bank that building is the Shanghai customs building， is 19th century restores the old the principle construction， 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， each 15 minutes play sound section of short tunes， melodious are deep， reputation 10 miles.

After the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building and the customs building all stem from English designer Wilson， Shanghai kindly called they are the sisters building， at present was still one of Shanghais important symbols.

East Nanjing the street intersection two buildings are called the peaceful hotel. Sat north the Southern Dynasty this Lou Jianyu in 1906， at that time the name collected the hotel， was a Shanghai extant earliest hotel. It may take a historical construction， is the English Chinese world renaissance. This building most major characteristic is sets up the surface color red brick to make the waist line， Bai Qiangzhuan makes the cover， looks by far both gravely is elegant， and other style， the reality is a rare excellent work.

Bunds these constructions， all are the China working people industrious wisdom crystallization， simultaneously has also reflected western colonizing to Shanghais plundering and the aggression. Now in order to let the people understand these constructions the history， in front of each big front door hangs has the data plate which the Chinese and English compares.

Regarding Bund， the Shanghai person also passes for hers name along with the time changes. Shanghai persons is called old Bund， after the liberation liberation before Bund to be called as Bund， now the people approve her are new Bund. In the history occurs has seized Bund many times the scene， but each time all has the completely different historical significance. Since partys 11 sessions of three CCP plenary conferences， the China reform and open policy strategic center of gravity also from the south but north， Pudongs development and the promotion enable Shanghai to walk the nation reform and open policy most front. The spring breeze blew awakes the deep sleep many year Shanghai Bund， the Chinese and foreign financial organ in abundance has also seized Bund. Shanghai has made the clear nest directs the phoenix the significant action， the Bund finance street house big replacement， will attract everywhere the old customer reto come to settle down， again will reveal the far east Wall Street elegant demeanour.

Bund is Shanghais symbol， also is the Chinese and foreign tourists must arrive place. But in before because the path narrow， the pedestrian vehicles are packed like sardines， seriously has affected the Bund overall image. For the change place beach appearance， the Shanghai peoples government performs Bund as the key point to transform. At present this street called， also is Bund which Zhongshan a group， is for commemorate pioneer Mr. Sun Yat-Sen which China democratic revolution names synthesizes the transformation a part. This group span 826 meters， the width 45 meters， suppose 6 to 10 traffic lanes. This broad line of communication not merely is restricted in area Bund， it follows the reform and open policy step unceasingly to extend， north the Jiangwan five jiao fields， 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 the sign landscape which the Shanghai traveling will go sightseeing.

We now walk this Bin Jiang main road quite has the characteristic. It not only collection culture， afforestation to a body， moreover the morning is the people practices the good place which the article practices martial arts，daytime is domestic and foreign goes sightseeing the tour world， evening is the ideal place which talks love to the lover， heard has many foreign friends all in admiration of somebodys fame to come to experience the life.

Fellow guests， stroll in new Bund to go sightseeing the area， whether you do feel， new Bund not only appearance changed beyond recognition， moreover in lively is lively passes the rich artistic breath. Everybody please looked that， In the Yenan east road Bund establishment subject will be for tomorrow the artistic landscape，will hug by 6 columns， with will have more than 80 years historical meteorological signal to become a group to the scenery. The customs building and the electronic waterfall clock also is quite has the fresh idea to the scenery. The electronic waterfall clock assumes the steps and ladders type， the length 27 meters， the height 3.5 meters， supposes 10 entire stairs. The entire operating process by the computer control， approximately some more than 1，000 nozzles water column is composed each kind of color the Arabic numeral， causes world each place since such remoteness， double is how being intimate with. Went sightseeing the area worthily to become to hold hundred Sichuan， is compatible Shanghai school characteristic culture scenery line which and gathered.

Strolls Bund， we unconsciously entered the Whangpoo River park. In mentioned this park， each Chinese all could not forget the former days foreign country big powers to hang the Chinese people and the dog did not have to enter in park entrance that block the sign， that notorious sign， let then Chinese people suffer the enormous shame! Now， looked at present that 60 meter high Shanghai people outstandingly talented monument， stands erect is facing the water place. The military might magnificent sight three columns yellow hillocks body in has told the people as if， the people forever cherishes the memory of since the Opium War， 54 movements and the war of liberation， is the scrubbing nationality shame， devotes the heroes for Shanghais revolutionary business.

The Whangpoo River park faces is well-known everywhere Huangpu River. On month Huanglong waters edge water yellow， extremely vividly described the Whangpoo River river water color. Improves Pujiang is Shanghais mother river， it originates to the Wuxi Tai Lake， is within the boundaries of Shanghai longest， is widest， deepest rivers， the span 114 kilometers; The mean breadth 400 meters， are deep 7 to 9 meters. Its original name calls Dong Jiang， also has the spring Shenjiang river， alternate name and so on Huang Xiejiang. Hands down before more than 2，000 years， Shanghai was Chu at that time， at that time Chu country has a senior general yellow to call to rest， he had very much rules a nation ability， is appointed by Chu king as prime minister， and sealed for presents Mr. Shen， had jurisdiction over Shanghai this land. At that time because upstream Dong Jiangs clogged with silt， he led the Shanghai people to carry on scours， and revised the route， caused Shanghai the aquatic transportation and the agriculture obtains the very big development， the posterity for commemorate Huang Xie the merit， renamed Dong Jiang as the spring Shenjiang river and yellow ， only then officially chose a name until the Southern 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 the merchantman， two children also are pressed have not gasped for breath. Jumps Whangpoo River my sentence Shanghai persons pet phrase， refers to the common people which the old society really is unable to live，throws the river to here to commit suicide.

Looks out into the distance the opposite shore， Pudong Lu Jiazui the finance trade area and Puxi Bund distantly faces one another， its function for the finance， the trade and foreign serves， it will be the new Shanghais core and the symbol. East Bund the Bin Jiang main road， the total length 2，500 meters， the collection traveling， go sightseeing with the entertainment and so on are a body， is equipped with 6 multi-faceted squares along the road. Although the present only rumble cuts in line the sound， but the sound sound ， is in five spectra the most magnificent music movement， will be forecasting a Bund more glorious future.

Lingshan scenic spot is located in huludao city, liaoning province lianshanbased ZiXiang cold water Wells village southwest, 48 kilometers from huludaocity, the core scenic area covers an area of 12 square kilometers. Scenicmountains, lush trees, jagged, deep caves, pavilions, temple bridge gallerystrewn at random have send. Unique architectural style, historical and culturalthick, is the rare ancient temple complex in north China. Liaoning province topten forest park, the huludao city lianshan district of patriotism educationbases.

Lingshan was founded in 1738, emperor qianlong three years), after 1806(the eleventh year of jiaqing) reconstruction and expansion, the beginning ofthe republic to form the next three courtyards, which group. Pavilions ingeniouslayout, exquisite construction, in the study of the qing dynasty middle-latereligious architecture layout, the form of great historical and cultural value.Lingshan scenic spot of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism culture and naturallandscape into an organic whole, a total of LouTing DianGe 29, statue of Buddha,two taught more than 180. Scenic area from the five Buddha, the worse, spittorarmor of god, or lock, couples stone, stone, chick, Chinese zodiac dragon toteng, camel peak, tiger cave, and training platform, tian qi temple, shipbuilding, the infinite Wan Xian hole, hole, mother earth buildings, the god ofwealth, cool water at the tomb of the ancient, Zhong Qing etc. More than 100spots.

各位贵宾，大家好!欢迎来到世界文化遗产明显陵参观游览!

我是您们的导游员(讲解员) ，下面将由我陪同大家一起游览并做讲解，希望在我们的共同努力下，一起去领略这个全人类共同财富的神韵和它背后的神奇故事。

在进入陵区游览前，我先就明显陵向大家做一个大致的介绍：

显陵，是明朝恭睿献皇帝朱佑元与皇后蒋氏的合葬墓，始建于 1519 年，至今已有近五百年的历史了。早在 1988 年就被国务院列为国家级重点文物保护单位， 20xx 年底，显陵申报世界文化遗产获得成功，被录入联合国《世界遗产名录》，成为世界人民共同的财富。世界遗产目前全世界共有 500 多处，中国仅 30 处，属文化遗产的仅 21 处，湖北仅 2 处，即武当山和显陵，全国 32 个省市大部分一处都没有。

我刚才讲显陵是明朝恭睿献皇帝朱佑元陵墓，稍懂一点中国历史的人一定是想骂我了，明朝那里有过叫朱佑元的皇帝了?那我要说了，你知道的没错，我讲得也没错，不仅明朝没有，中国历史上也没有。因为中国历史上在编的皇帝的确没有这个人，因为他是中国历史上，也是世界历史上唯一一个在死后被追认皇帝的人，这也是显陵的奇特之处。尽管朱佑元生前没有当过皇帝，而在他死后被他儿子，后来当了皇帝的明朝嘉靖皇帝朱厚璁不仅追认为皇帝，而且还为他建造了中国历史上最大的皇陵。为了让显陵的规模超过中国历代皇陵，嘉靖皇帝在位 40 余年，动用了国库 40 余年的库银，几万名劳力建设了 40 多年，才建成今天的规模。它也是世界上建设周期最长的皇陵，也是全世界规模最大的皇陵之一。

显陵，是中国最早被联合国评为世界文化遗产的皇陵，而大家熟悉的明孝陵、十三陵都是在显陵成为世界文化遗产的四年后作为明清皇陵的扩充项目列入的，这主要是因为显陵有着明显的优势。首先，它完整地保留和体现了封建礼制，起着承上启下的作用，并影响到清代帝陵形制，他是明代帝陵最杰出的代表，它本身具有其它帝陵不同的独特之处：其中一陵两冢，为历代帝陵绝无仅有!中国没有，全世界也没有第二座!金瓶型外罗城、九曲回环的御河、龙形神道、圆形内外明塘也是其它帝陵绝对没有的。其次，显陵的建筑是利用中国风水理论“陵墓多与山水相称”的原则，将山水作为陵墓的有机组成部分，统一布局。建筑依山就势，错落有致，构成了一项建筑艺术与环境美学相结合的天才杰作。更重要的是，显陵的修筑是明嘉靖初年的重大历史事件“大礼仪之争”的产物。

显陵有这样多的奇特之处都符合联合国有关世界遗产的相关标准，连联合国世界遗产专家让路易先生都感到惊叹，说显陵真是一个“神奇的明显陵”。我不知道，大家游览完显陵后会有什么感想!会有什么的评价!好，各位，现在你们已经踏上明朝皇家陵地，请保持肃静，由我把大家带回到明朝……

首先我们看到的这块石碑叫“下马碑”，上刻“官员人等在此下马”八个大字，为嘉靖年间宰相严嵩手写，在我国封建社会，帝王的尊严是至高无上的，陵区被视为神圣的禁区，不仅老百姓不能随便出入，即使是朝廷命官到此谒陵，也必须在此下马，这块碑在当时具有法律作用，违者将受到严惩，同时，它是显陵重要的标志性建筑。

各位贵宾，我们面前的这座单檐山式建筑，叫新红门，穿过这座门我们就正式进入陵区了。显陵工程浩大，前后用了四十年的时间，占地面积 183.13 公顷，相当于 300 个足球场那么大，整个显陵由内外两道城墙环护，大家看，连接这新红门的城墙叫外罗城，墙高 6.5 米，厚 1.9 米。周长 3600 多米，红墙黄瓦，蜿蜒于山峦起伏中，雄伟壮观，大家所看到的这样大的外罗城当时在建陵的之后，各地官员从全国各地，各州、府、县上至东北。下至云贵，从一砖、一瓦、一石都向这里进献。每一块砖、一块瓦都有完整标明拉来自何处，可见工程之浩大。从空中俯瞰，外罗城为“金瓶”形状，“金瓶”在风水术在中认为不仅能饶气护生，而且是神仙所佩之法器。其寓意神圣吉祥。同时蜿蜒的城墙顺山势起伏，避免了建筑外在的生硬感，使之与自然环境更加和谐。显陵外罗城是明代帝陵之首创!其后的明清陵寝均沿袭了这一做法。

穿过新红门大家会发现依中国古建筑之规制，所有主要建筑均在中轴线为中心在两边展开，而新红门却偏离了中轴线，这是为什么?请大家带者这个疑问随我继续游览。

在我们的左手边大家看到的这个水塘叫外明塘，因处风水术中外明堂的位置(这个堂是厅堂的堂)故名。明堂是风水理论中的重要概念，原指陵区开阔的空地，要宽阔忌狭窄，宜山长发展之计。外明塘上接陵区九曲河出水，下通沧浪湖入水，它破墙而出，使外罗城有 90 米的缺口，说起这个缺口还有一段有意思的典故呢：据说当年嘉靖皇帝为了给自己的父母修建陵寝，耗资巨大，然国库银两短缺，拿不出如此多的款项，当朝的奸相严嵩便出计让各地知府出资筑陵，此计一出，全国各地迫于皇威相继筹措不等银两，唯云南和贵州两府因地处边远穷困地区，未能及时筹措到足够的款项，导致延误大工，后被嘉靖皇帝贬官严办，当时的设计师就决定在这一空缺段修一口明塘与两边的外罗城相连。而这一空缺段也就留下了缺—云南，少—贵州的说法。至今钟祥人仍将独缺什么说成缺—云南少—贵州。

由外明塘连接着这弯曲的御河叫“九曲河”，它沿着进入陵区的神道拐了九个弯，故名。沿河建了五道并列三座单孔桥，九曲河与五道桥，附会“至尊”的含义。象征着皇权的至高无上。由于设计巧妙，弯曲的河水将陵区地面分割为几个不同的区域，恰到好处地发挥了自然要素山、水、树木的空间限定作用。“石蕴玉而山辉，水怀环而川媚”，由于九曲河的营建，使周围的环境顾盼生辉。虽然明代各陵都非常重视陵区的排水、泄洪，开挖或利用天然河流形成御河，然而显陵的九曲河以其排水系统的完善，体现风水理论之完善，又与其他明陵有显著的区别，成为神奇显陵的重要特点。

各位贵宾，这弯曲的九曲河让您能产生怎样的想象呢?对，龙!它正像一条弯曲腾挪的水龙游弋在青山绿水的陵区，给显陵增添了鲜活的灵气。

请大家看这座御桥，它的通体都是由名贵的汉白玉石料建造，桥面两边的白玉栏杆，有栏板 72 块，望柱 72 根，所有栏板上都掏空到成净瓶如意方形，桥之间的两边望柱是火煸形柱头，而两边侧桥的望柱是素方形的柱头，中间桥的望柱是子母狮蹲于柱头，非常独特，两头的栏板上雕的是一种怪兽，我们叫它靠山兽。整个御桥建造华丽，雕刻艺术精美，远远望去，十分雄伟壮观，有人说可与天安门前的金水桥媲美。桥面是当年筑陵原遗存下来的，而桥护栏毁于文革，现在大家看到的护栏是 1998 年照愿样修复的。

我们现在进入的是旧红门，旧红门建于明嘉靖三年( 1524 年)，它早于新红门 15 年建成，是显陵的第二道门户，也是显陵的中轴线的正门，在门旁的建筑墙上，我们可以看到世界文化遗产的标志。标志的外沿是一个圆形，代表地球与大自然，中间的方形代表人类创造的文明，方形和圆形的相连寓意着人类与自然的和谐关系，同时圆形环护着方形又有对人类文明应予以保护的意思。各位贵宾，我们在游览显陵的同时，也请大家注意对显陵环境的爱护，您的文明举止就是对显陵这个世界文化遗产最好的保护。谢谢大家!

这里是御碑楼，其主要作用是置放“御制睿功圣德碑”的，故又叫睿功圣德碑楼。碑文为嘉靖皇帝亲自书写，内容主要是为其父歌功颂德，其碑首为四条高浮雕首尾交错、头部下垂的蛟龙，碑座是一个昂首远眺的海龟似的神兽，是用一块石料琢成，趴卧在刻满海波漩流的水盘之上。这只类似的神兽叫赑屃。传说龙生九子，皆不成龙，各有所好，赑屃就是龙的其中一子，它天生喜文善水长寿，尤其最喜负重。这碑身重 20 吨，它可不是任何一个帝王都可以自行树立的，凡后世帝王有失国之尺地寸土者，不得立此碑。因此这种碑是为表彰其“丰功伟绩”，树立此碑即是显示墓主显赫的身份和高贵的地位。可惜的是，此碑在文革期间被红卫兵造反派砸断，碑身即断裂成现在的几块，而整个碑楼的木制结构则毁于明末兵火。

大家请看神道两边这两根高大的石柱，叫望柱。它是皇权的象征，也是仪仗的开始标志。相传东边的一柱为“望君出”，西边的一柱为“望君归”。“望君出”呼唤着帝王要走出九重深宫，去体察世间民情;“望君归”呼唤着帝王在宫外不要过多的流连，要及时回来处理朝政。它们反映了天下百姓对“圣明天子”的渴望。

望柱后面的这些石雕叫石像生。它是皇权仪卫的缩影。在明代，凡是举行大典的时候，除文武百官及军队仪仗队排列两侧外还将人工驯养的狮子、大象等动物装在笼子里，放在街道两旁，以壮皇威。待皇帝死后，也需要相同的排场，所以就在陵前设置了石像生。这种做法最早开始于秦汉时期，此后历代皇帝、重臣沿用不衰，只是数量和取像不尽相同。

前面的第一对是狮子，狮是百兽之王，显示着皇帝的雄风与威严。

第二叫獬豸，又叫独角兽，它是传说中的饿一种异兽，能辨别是非邪正，把它放在陵前，起着扶正辟邪的作用。

第三对是骆驼，第四对是大象，一个来自北方沙漠，一个来自南方丛林，代表着皇权统治的版图之广，“普天之下，莫非王土”。第五、第六对是麒麟，传说中的太平、祥瑞之兽，代表吉祥，放在陵前有粉饰太平，为帝王歌功颂德之意。第七、第八对是马，古人的坐骑，皇帝仪仗中不可缺少的部分。这后面四对文臣、武将象征帝王驾前的文武百官。各位朋友，你们知道怎样辨别这些文臣、武将的官职大小吗?先看武将，持短剑者官职较高，再看文臣，官帽护耳者官职较高。

请大家注意看：所有这些石像生连同底座均是由一整块石头雕刻而成。那么如此之大的石料又是怎样从远处的深山运来的呢?相传采用的是“旱船拽运”的方法，即沿运石道路每隔一里在地下凿一深井，冬天到来时将水打出泼在路面，将巨石沿水面拖行。可以想象，为修建此陵，众多劳役们要付出多少血汗啊!另外沿途我们可看到很多墙砖上都刻着地名，这也说明显陵的每一片砖瓦都来自全国各地，工程之浩大，调动人力物力之众多，由此可见一斑!

现在我们大家面前的这座牌坊式建筑叫棂星门，又叫龙凤门。由六天柱三门四壁组成，门之间两侧由石、砖、琉璃件构成的仿木建筑，每根石柱上雕有独角兽一只，额柱上均装饰有支云头和火焰宝珠，故此门又叫“火焰牌坊”。相传此门是仿神话中的南天门所建，经过此门，帝王的灵魂就上了天堂。各位朋友，让我们也穿过此门进如一个新的世界吧!

穿过棂星门后请大家注意我们前面的这段神道，它不是直的，而是湾的，这又是显陵的一个神奇之处了。显陵在神道处理上与明代诸陵不同，在陵区中部，砌了一条弯曲的神道，如同一条蜿蜒前行的龙，这便是“龙鳞神道”。显陵是明代帝陵中唯一整体保留龙鳞神道做法的陵墓。大家请看这中间铺筑的石板谓之“龙脊”，两侧以鹅卵石填充，谓之“龙鳞”，外边再以牙子石收束，总称为“龙鳞道”，这种做法既能满足陵寝建筑的功能需求，又经济可行，充分显示了匠人的智慧。

跨过御河上的第五座桥，我们前面的这座圆形池塘叫“内明塘”，为一人工开掘的池塘，内明塘的建置为明代其它帝陵所没有的，仅显陵一孤例。它直径 33 米，水深约 4 米。没有水源与外界相通，却大旱不干涸，大雨不外溢。水位始终保持在一固定的高度，这一现象自显陵始建至今近 500 年均未变化。据专家考证，其塘底为铜铸锅底状，水位之所以能长期稳定，可能与锅沿暗藏排水系统与陵区的地下水系巧妙衔接有关，如此即保持了一个完整的水位平衡。大家所看到的内明塘和我们在进门前的外明塘，不仅是历代帝陵没有的，它还有一奇特功能，就是在白天塘中有太阳，晚上塘中有月亮，加上当时为建显陵，嘉靖皇帝钦定有“唯我皇考，若日月之照临，光于四方，显于西土”的字句，所以这内明塘、外明塘还有引日月进塘，让日月同辉的用意。另据传，进入宝城地宫的入口即藏在水下，你们相信吗?

绕过内明塘，我们现在来到的陵恩门，显陵分为内外两城，这陵恩门即是内城紫金城的正门，请大家注意看这大门两侧各有一堵墙，叫影壁。影壁在古建筑中主要起屏障和装饰作用，可以建在大门的前后方。也可建在大门两侧，建在大门两侧的主要为增添大门的气势，这陵恩门两侧的精美琉璃影壁是明代其它各帝陵所没有的!它为琉璃仿木形式。正面是琼花图案，据说琼花代表草木旺盛，国家繁华。背面为双龙图案，有藏龙卧虎之意。

请大家看这幅汉白玉浮雕，它叫云龙丹陛。据专家认定，这快丹陛在历代帝陵中实属罕见!除了慈禧太后的陵区中有凤在上的云龙丹陛外，其余均为龙在上、凤在下，而显陵这块却为龙凤并列，凤头在上、龙头在下很独特。为什么呢?因为嘉靖皇帝进京即位时才 14 岁，他巩固地位，自立体系，母亲给了他巨大的精神支持。所以嘉靖皇帝对他的母亲非常尊敬，他有今天的地位，他的母亲是功不可没的。这块云龙丹陛也正式反映了嘉靖皇帝对母亲的敬仰之情。

进入陵恩门，我们来到的是陵恩殿，也就是人们一般所称的大殿，主要是供奉嘉靖皇帝父母神位的地方，也是举行上陵、祭祀活动重要的场所。可惜的是，整个大殿毁于明末李自成农民起义军的军火，现在仅存石基，但我们能据此感觉到整个大殿的雄伟。据说修建大殿前，嘉靖皇帝下旨仿故宫金銮殿修建，这是殿堂内木柱的石基座，它直径竟达 1.06 米，两人合抱都不能交手，而这些梁柱及殿内其他木结构使用的均是来自四川、湖广一带深山密林中的珍贵树种金丝楠木，可以想象当时的大殿是多么的富丽堂皇啊!

在大殿的两侧各有配殿五间，这些配殿主要是在举行祭祀活动时供奉神牌、存放祭祀品及咒语念经的地方。

陵恩殿后面的这个门叫陵寝门，这陵寝门只供帝、后、妃们进入，其他王公大臣们是不得入内的，陵寝门后还有一道二柱门，大家看这两根很高大的石柱上刻有一只獬豸，虎视眈眈，守卫着陵寝。二柱门后面正中就是石五供，石五供是专供帝、后、妃们祭祀谒陵的供台，由一个香炉，两个烛台，两个花瓶组成，均由青白石雕琢而成，请大家看这石香炉的炉顶，雕刻着海波、云、龙面纹，非常精美。据说，这石香炉只有后来的皇帝谒陵时才能开启炉顶使用，显陵每年都要举行数次规模不等的祭祀活动，其中尤以清明、中元( 7 月 15 日)和冬至为最盛，称三大祭。

各位贵宾，这座雄伟高大的城楼式建筑，叫方城明楼，上挂“显陵”两个大字，它是整个陵寝的标志性建筑，是专为供奉“圣号碑”而修建的。其实显陵原叫“献陵”，因当年兴王朱佑元四后溢号为“献”，其忘坟即称为“献陵”嘉靖三年三月，朱厚璁以武力平息大礼仪之争后，为他的父亲钦定陵号为“显陵”，“显陵显者，光也书泰，誓之词曰：唯我皇考，若日月之照临，光于四方，显于西土。”意思是他父亲德配天地，圣功显赫，应让普天之下都知道，并象日月一样永寸万年。由此可见朱厚璁为推尊私亲，实施“嘉靖新政”而费尽了心思。明楼木体结构于明末毁于李自成农民起义军兵火，仅存残垣断壁，现在的明楼是 1990 年修复的。

我们现在来到的这个小院落，俗称哑巴院，这里四全陵神道的起点，也是终止点。 这个小院看起来并没有什么奇特之处，实际上却隐藏着巨大的玄机：这座琉璃影壁表面上起着美化装饰作用，更重要的是它遮挡着地宫的入口。院内的神道下面是进入地宫的斜坡墓道，昔日帝后的棺椁就是从这个斜坡慢慢送入地宫的。我国历代封建帝王都实行厚葬，正所谓“厚葬以明孝”，死后还把大量珍奇异宝葬入地宫，因此帝王们最担心的就是陵寝被盗。能不能有效防止地宫被盗，这地宫入口的保密就显得至关重要，所以小院工程所用的工匠都是哑巴，他们白天休息，夜间施工，上 下工的路上都蒙着眼睛，使他们不识路途，不知道这里的地点，完工后，把他们遣送到人烟稀少的边远地区居住，因这个院子是由哑巴修的，所以叫哑巴院。当然这只是传说，还有待专家的考证。

好，现在请大家随我一起参观显陵最具有特色，也是中外陵墓史上绝无仅有的奇观，那就是一陵两冢!何为一陵两冢?就是一座陵园内有两座墓冢。那么为什么其他陵墓无此现象而独显陵有呢?这还要从墓主前后身份变化说起：明正德 14 年也就是 1519 年，墓主朱佑元因病去世，当时他只是一个潘王，依封建礼制，他的陵墓即按潘王的规制建造，我们现在看到的这个前墓冢，既是当年兴献王朱佑元死后的坟墓。

1521 年朱厚璁登基成了嘉靖皇帝之后，追封其父也就是朱佑元为“献皇帝”，并一度想将其父的陵寝迁往北京，与其他已故明皇帝葬在一起，这一想法遭到了大臣们的反对，因而未迁，嘉靖 17 年( 1539 年) 12 月，嘉靖皇帝的母亲章圣皇太后在北京病故。为了给母亲寻找“吉壤”，嘉靖帝于次年 2 月南巡承天府(即钟祥市)，在拜谒了其父新献帝的陵墓后，他认为这是一片难得的风水宝地，便决定将其母亲的灵柩由京城送至钟祥显陵与父亲合葬。但经检查发现，显停放父棺椁的地宫已经进水，且较小。于是嘉靖便命工部在其父原有的墓冢后面重新修建一座新地宫以供放其父母的灵柩。这样就形成了由最初的单冢潘王坟经嘉靖帝在位几十年的不断扩建，变成一座规模宏大的前后双冢帝王陵。

我们现在看到的这座巨大的墓冢叫宝城，从空中看就像一个巨大的哑铃。前宝城是椭圆形，东西宽 112 米，南北长 125 米，就是最早停放新献王灵柩的地方(现供奉大量的随葬品)，而后宝城为正圆形，直径 110 米，下面的地宫中即停放嘉靖帝父母的棺椁。

我们现在停留的这个地方叫瑶台，它将前后两座宝城连接在一起。瑶台在神话传说中是神仙聚会的地方。而前后宝城以瑶台想连接寓意人的灵魂已进入仙境。两座宝城修建的时间相隔 19 年。在我过古代有个传统习俗，那就是人死了以后是不能见天日的。于是，新地宫建成后，在旧地宫与新地宫之间修建了一条通道，并筑成瑶台。当年嘉靖皇帝的父亲与母亲合葬时，其父亲朱佑元的棺椁就是从瑶台下的通道运到了新地宫。可以说， 瑶台在显陵的地位是至关重要的。

显陵自修建至今已近 500 年了，期间经历数次劫难。其中最大上的一次即明代末年李自成农民起义。 1643 年冬，李自成大军攻陷承天府(即钟祥)，拆毁朱家的家庙，并欲挖掘显陵地宫。据说正准备开挖前地宫时，恰遇 雷电交加。有迷信思想的李自成心有疑惧，未敢动土，便放火烧毁陵内所有木制结构的建筑作罢。如今科学探测证明显陵地宫保存完好，从未被盗过，这也从侧面反映了此地民风纯朴，相信将来的某一天，显陵地宫开启时定能引起全世界的注目。

显陵宝城的修筑凝聚当时先进的科学思想，请大家注意看在环形的宝城城墙上每隔一段距离都会有一个用汉白玉雕琢而成的龙头。龙头自颈部至龙嘴是相通的，所有龙头都是面朝宝城外侧。这就是显陵独特的排水系统。每逢下雨时，积聚的雨水通过龙头嘴的管道排出宝城外，以便环道干爽和减少坟冢的积水量。我们今天家里用的水龙头其叫法即源于此。除排水这一实用性外，威武凶悍的龙头也显示了皇权的至高无上，不可侵犯。同时，建造者们也是借此物之威力保卫亡灵。

各位贵宾，请随我一起登上方城明楼。

请大家看这块碑，它高 5 米，宽 1.2 米，碑身字体“大明恭睿献皇帝之陵”为嘉靖皇帝亲笔书写。这块碑具有特殊意义，它是整个显陵的名片，对显陵申报世界文化遗产并最终获得通过起了重要的作用，大家看整个碑文的两边均遭到毁坏，唯有这块碑文完好，也无断裂，这不能不说是冥冥之中的天意啊!

让我们来感受一下显陵的恢宏与神奇吧!请大家放目远望，自新红门至陵寝的这条弯曲的龙鳞神道，恰似一条旱龙，龙尾三摆，龙颈三曲，煞是鲜活。新红门与旧红门不在一条中轴线上不正式显示出了龙尾摆动的生气吗?再看九曲河，穿插于旱龙左右尤如一条水龙蜿蜒潜行，与旱龙在内明塘外交汇，形成二龙戏珠之妙。而内明糖则依风水理论“龙气见风则散，遇水则止”。具有藏风聚气、界止龙气流失，象征明代山水永固之意。此水陆二龙的设计，使整个显陵倍具生机与活力!

请大家在看整个陵区的大环境：依据古代风水学“负阴抱阳”、“背山面水”的原则，在这广阔的区域内所有的山体、水系、林木植都被作为陵寝的构成要素来统一布局和安排，以陵区后部的松林山为祖山作为陵寝的构成要素来统一布局和安排建筑，九曲河弯延其间，前面的天子岗为屏山，构成了前朱雀、后玄武、左青龙、右白虎的完美风水格局，形成了人文景观和自然景观的高度和谐统一。显陵不愧为古代建筑与环境美学相结合的天然杰作!

显陵的修建，是中国封建时代对灵魂信仰的集中体现，凝聚着明代中后期的政治思想、道德观念和审美趣味。同时，这种动用国家力量建造的陵墓，也反映了当时的经济状况、科学技术水平和营造工艺水平，是中国丧葬艺术的最高表现形式和建筑典范。

各位贵宾，在你们参观完显陵后，是否也会像联合国世界遗产专家让·路易先生那样发出同样的赞叹呢?当然，依显陵之博大，孕藏的文化历史之丰富，是在这短短时间内无法全部了解清楚的，加之我才疏学浅，知识有限，很多地方讲解尚有欠缺。为此，我将加倍努力，争取掌握更多有关显陵的知识，届时，欢迎大家再次来显陵参观游览，我也将为大家再次来显陵参观游览，我也将为大家献上更加精彩的解说。谢谢大家!祝各位旅途愉快!

中山陵各位朋友，来到一座历史文化名城，你们一定想去看看当地最有名气、最具特色的景点吧。到了南京，如果没去中山陵，可以说你只看到了半个南京城。尽管南京素有"六朝古都"之称，拥有"金陵四十景"等众多名胜古迹，但中山陵无疑是其中最具吸引力、最有知名度的一个。

说起中山陵，当然要提到它的主人--伟大的中国民-主革命先行者孙中山先生。孙先生本名孙文，字逸仙。外国友人都称呼他为"孙逸仙博士"。因为他在日本从事革命活动时曾用过"中山樵"的化名，所以他在国内被尊称为孙中山先生。孙中山1866年11月12日出生于广东香山县(今中山市)翠亨村的一个农民家庭。他少有大志，先后求学于檀香山、香港等地，毕业后在广州、澳门等地行医。后来他弃医从政，并于1920xx年在日本组织中国同盟会，被推举为，提出了"驱除按虏，恢复中华，建立民-国，平均地权"的著名纲领，及"民族、民权、民生"的三民-主义学说。

1920xx年10月10日武昌起义爆发后，孙先生被十七省代表推举为中华民-国临时大总统，并于次年元旦在南京宣誓就职。此后，经历了"袁世凯窃国""二次革命""护国运动""护-法运动"等风风雨雨，1920xx年他在广州就任中华民-国非常大总统。在1920xx年1月广州召开的中国国民党第一次全国代表大会上，他将旧三民-主义发展为新三民-主义，提出了"联俄联共扶助农工"的三大政策。同年11月他应冯玉祥之邀抱病北上讨论国家大计，终因积劳成疾，于1920xx年3月12日在北京逝世。

中山陵的墓址是孙先生生前选定的。这里视野开阔，气象雄伟，的确是建造陵墓的好地方。你们也许会问;孙先生出生于广东，逝世在北京，毕生为革命奔波于各地，为什么要选择南京作为自己的长眠之地呢?

据说，早在1920xx年孙先生就任临时大总统时，灵谷寺的住持和尚就曾向他推荐过这块"前临平川，后拥青嶂"的风水宝地。当年3月31日，中山先生为求南北和平统一，毅然辞去总统之职。4月初的一天，他与胡汉民等人到明孝陵一带打猎，来到现陵墓所在地休息。孙先生环顾四周，对左右说，我将来死后，想向国民求得这块土地以安葬(待我他日辞世后，愿向国民乞一抔土以安置躯壳尔)。当然，紫金山的气势风水还不是孙先生作此决定的根本原因。孙先生临终前嘱咐："吾死之后，可葬于南京紫金山麓，因南京为临时政府成立之地，所以不忘辛亥革命也。"因此，尽管孙先生在南京停留时间并不长，但南京对于孙先生是具有特殊意义的。他选择南京紫金山为墓址，从根本上说，是为了纪念辛亥革命，激励革命同仁。

Sun yat-sens mausoleum friends, came to a famous historical and cultural city, you must want to see the most famous, the most distinctive local attractions. In nanjing, if did not go to sun yat-sens mausoleum, say that you see only the half of nanjing. Although nanjing, long known as "the six dynasties ancient capital", has "jinling 40 landscape" and so on numerous scenic spots and historical sites, but sun yat-sens mausoleum is undoubtedly one of the most attractive, one of the most famous.

Speaking of sun yat-sens mausoleum, of course, must be mentioned in its master, the great national - the main revolutionary forerunner sun yat-sen. Mr. Sun name sun yat-sen,. Foreign friends all call him "Dr. Sun yat-sen". Because he is engaged in revolutionary activities in Japan when used pseudonym "zhongshan firewood", so he is regarded as sun yat-sen in China. Sun yat-sen was born on November 12, 1866 in xiangshan county (now zhongshan city) in guangdong province tsui a peasant family. He flew high and rare successively studied in Honolulu, Hong Kong and other places, to practice medicine in places such as guangzhou, Macao after graduation. Later he medical politics, and in Japan in 1905, the organization to China union, had been pushing for the prime minister, put forward the "drive out by lu, to restore the, the establishment of the people - the average land ownership" of the famous platform, and the "nation, civil rights, the peoples livelihood" - the doctrine of three people.

On October 10, 1911 years after the outbreak of the wuchang uprising, Mr Sun was seventeen provinces represent pushing for the Chinese people - the temporary President, and the following year New Years day was sworn into office in nanjing. Since then, has experienced the "yuan shikai mean" "second revolution" "nation sports" ups and downs, such as the "method of protection - movement in guangzhou in 1921, he became the Chinese people - the President very much. Chinese nationalist party (KMT) held in guangzhou in January 1924 the first national congress, he will be the old three people - development for the new three people -, put forward the "which was allied with Russia the peasants" of the three policy. In November the same year he came at the invitation of the feng yuxiang north discuss national plans, eventually because became ill because of overwork, died in Beijing on March 12, 1925.

Sun yat-sens mausoleum burial site is Mr. Sun was selected. This vision, meteorological ambitious, indeed is a good place to build mausoleum. You may ask; Mr. Sun was born in guangdong, died in Beijing, all his life to travel around for the revolution, why choose nanjing as a final resting place?

It is said that as early as in 1912 as temporary President Mr. Sun, soul valley temple abbot monk is has been recommended to him the "would in the former, with green ailian" feng shui treasure. That year on March 31, Mr Zhongshan for the peaceful reunification, resolutely resigned from the presidency. One day in early April, his hunting around with hu and others to the Ming tomb, came to rest now tomb is located. Mr. Sun looked around and said to the left and right sides, after the death of my future want to the land to bury the national obtained (national begging for me after I died someday, to be a pile of soil in place for body). The purple mountain, of course, the momentum of feng shui is not Mr. Sun as the root cause of this decision. Mr Sun last asked: "after my death, can be buried in nanjing zijin foothills, for nanjing interim government was established, so dont forget the xinhai revolution." So, although Mr Sun in nanjing residence time is not long, but nanjing is has special significance for Mr. Sun. He chose nanjing purple mountain as a burial site, fundamentally speaking, is to commemorate the revolution, the revolution colleagues.

Not far from my friends, you thousand, or even thousands of miles, herewill have to take a look at the beauty of huangshan? Just want to feel a happylife? Yes, huangshan is beautiful beautiful, can be said that day, the mountain,to step into it, see it, is really a pleasure in life. Long long ago, in thelong geological history, the infinite power of nature, to shape the elegance ofthe beautiful huangshan and all sorts of strange landscape, dumping,ecstatic.

Must watch in huangshan is the four unique of huangshan, speaking ofhuangshan mountain "four unique", in the first when pines. Pinus Chinese Taiwanensis, inwhat place? First is, in its very tenacious vitality, yellow pine comes from thehard Huang Gang rock steadily. Huangshan pine growing everywhere, they peak,long long cliffs, long in deep valleys lives, lush, full of vitality, can saynot strange? Second, pinus Chinese Taiwanensis in its unique natural modelling also. Theneedles of pinus Chinese Taiwanensis short dense thick green, green, branches QuSheng,canopy flat, show a kind of simple, robust and vigorous momentum, pine tree andevery place, every trees, on the appearance, enshrouded, artistically, applywhat is different, all have a strange beauty.

Followed by the peak, can be seen everywhere in huangshan strange formstrange rocks, these strange looking differ in thousands ways, some like, somelike things, some some reflects some of the myths and legends and historicalstories, lifelike, vivid and interesting. Some of these rocks have a plenty of amonster, kit kat and exquisite; Some independent into a scene, some severalcombination or with pine combined together into a scene. Also some peak becauseviewing position and Angle changed, looking also had the change, became a stonetwo scene.

Is the sea of clouds. Although other famous mountains in China also can seethe sea of clouds, but no one can be comparable to huangshan sea of clouds asspectacular and infinite change. About it is for this reason, huangshan mountainhas another name, called "yellow sea". This is not a vain, there is a history toprove it. Ming dynasty renowned one local Chronicles, called Pan Zhiheng, livedin huangshan for decades, wrote a 60 volumes tome, huangshan mountain, called it"the yellow sea. Some of huangshan scenic spots, hotels and many landscapenamed, is associated with this special "sea", if some landscape view in the seaof clouds, will appear more real, more lasting appeal. These are all proved thatthe name "yellow sea" is worthy of the name.

Finally, the introduction of hot springs. We often speak of the hot springand visit is a former mountain huangshan hot spring hotel, also called essencein ancient times, from the stone mountain purple gushed out. Use it is namedafter the hot spring scenic area, south into the huangshan scenic area after thefirst arrived. Hot spring water, water is warm all the year round in 42 degrees,good water quality, and contains minerals beneficial to human body, has thecertain medical value, for skin diseases, rheumatism and digestive systemdisease, have certain curative effect. But only bath, cant drink; Cloud says itcan drink, it is unscientific.

In fact, the huangshan hot spring more than one place. In huangshan northslope of mountainous peaks, there is a hot spring, called GuAn, called tinsprings. Its hot springs hotel with shannan horizontal distance of 7.5kilometers, the elevation is close, the north-south symmetry, echo each other ata distance. It is strange enough. But because it is located in the remote is notthe development and utilization.

Dear friends, todays visit was over. Welcome you and your friends to visithuangshan again. Thank you very much!

Hello, Im director Lin from Fuzhou. Please give me more advice. Welcome tothe "happy time train". First of all, lets start from Beijing!

OK! Now were at the "history and culture" station. Let me tell yousomething: Prince Gongs house was first built in 1776, which is more than 230years old. It was built for Heshen, a corrupt official. Later, Emperor Jiaqingmade 24 charges, so the house was confiscated. Because the last owner is PrinceGong Yixin, it is called Prince Gongs mansion. Please remember that the twoowners of this mansion are the corrupt official Heshen and Prince GongYixin.

Ladies and gentlemen, now we are at the "Fuchi" station. Do you know whyits called "Fu Chi"? Thats right! Because the shape of the pond is like a bat,he Shen wanted to make himself happy, so he chose the homonym "bat". He alsobuilt 999 bat like buildings in the palace.

We walked past the "Fuchi" and came to the picturesque "western gate"station. The door is exquisitely made, brightly colored and unparalleled. Butthis beautiful door is also one of the 24 crimes of Heshen, because it ismodeled on the western gate of Wanshou garden, the royal garden.

After entering the western gate and passing through the Zhulan corridor,you can see the study of Heshen. You can see a very grand building, which is ournext stop - "historical legend". There is a special way to get to the majesticmain hall. There is only one ladder on this road, followed by a straight andgentle slope. It is said that in his life, Heshen suffered only when he wasyoung, and then he went all the way to the top. So we can also cross the bottomof the ladder, throw all the troubles under the ladder, and then go all the waywith a happy mood!

After visiting Prince Gongs mansion unconsciously, please remember: thishistoric building stands in China! In addition, our train has arrived at theterminal. I hope you can have a safe journey and have a pleasant journey!

纪念碑是梁思成一夜之间设计而成的，他设计成功后，高兴地告诉陈从周教授，说是我国传统的纪念碑以竖碑为多，碑面光滑，天花饰边框，而鉴真纪念碑采用横式，周围边框突出，中间阴文镌字，正面为郭沫若题“唐鉴真大和尚纪念碑”，背面刻赵朴初在纪念堂奠基典礼上写的文章。这就打破传统格局，在传统基础上创新，有了时代感。底座的花饰采用莲花座作底，莲花座托碑，因莲花独具神圣，“出污泥而不染，濯清涟而不妖，”中空外直，不枝不蔓，且莲的丝长(思长)，象征佛教思想天下众生，所以莲花一直成为佛教的象征。莲花座之上有卷叶草为主题的纹样花饰，原来梁思成在快设计完毕时感到“唐”这个字不好体现，陈从周立刻提议用该草为纹饰，因其是唐朝特有的草，以象征鉴真生活的年代。正堂完全仿照日本招提寺主体建筑金堂样式，只是型制由七楹变为五楹，金堂是鉴真当年亲自设计，保持了中国盛唐的建筑风格，又揉和了日本当时建筑的特点，现在纪念堂又仿照金堂，其用意当然是体现中日文化互相交融的特点。

纪念堂座北朝南，面阔五间，进深四间，四周高大的台基上粗可两人合抱的檐柱，柱为腰鼓状，柱头斗拱三重，线条浑圆飞动，正殿中央坐像为鉴真干漆夹像，是我市雕塑艺术家刘豫按照日本招提寺“模大和尚之影”而造，结跏趺坐，合闭双目，神态安祥。殿前石灯笼是鉴真大师象回故里时，现招提寺住持森木孝顺长老所赠，已经十多年，长明不灭，站在灯前，不由使我们想起郭沫若先生对鉴真的赞誉：“鉴真盲目航东海，一片精诚照太清。舍己为人传道艺，唐风洋溢奈良城”。

Of all the distinguished visitors:

How do you do! Welcome to the ancient city of xi an, I am your tour guide in xian this time. My name is xu, everyone call me xu guide. Today visited the first scenic spot is one of the world heritage, the qin Terra Cotta Warriors. Scenic spot is located in xi an lintong, we take car is lintong county, about 40 minutes. Id like to mention of xi an, you will certainly think of unique chi toilet.

Ok, we have come to qin shihuang mausoleum, in order to get off, please. Do you know the history of the qin Terra Cotta Warriors? Originally previous dynasty, the emperors death is looking for some buried alive, then in the qin dynasty, a minister of emperor qin shi huang said: "previous dynasties but with buried the living. I think it is not very appropriate to you, let craftsmen create a made of dirt that you have conquered, invincible army How" Qin shi huang think this idea is very good, agreed. In fact, if it werent for the time of qin shi huang, a nod today just see this vision spectacular terracotta army. Large scale of the Terra Cotta Warriors. Has discovered three pit, with a total area of nearly 20xx0 square meters, nearly 50 of the basketball court at ordinary times, about 8000 pit with the warriors.

Now we came to the place is, the no. 1 pit is the largest of three pits, a pit is 230 meters long, north and south 62 meters wide, with a total area of 14260 square meters, you see all ordered three pits with a total area of more than half! Since area is so big, so the number is also very much, more than 6000. Above the no. 1 pit has built up a huge vaulted hall, came into the hall we can admire the touring, when visiting, also want to pay attention to safety!

You see, the burly, wearing a part, wearing armor, sword in hand, self-respect is the general figures. Some poses, eyes, a look at will know that is a battle-hardened, accountable; Some is a moment low eyebrow, thoughtful, as if considering if combat, defeat the enemy. Is full of commander manner.

Wulong fairy mountain national forest park is chongqing top ten tourist attractions, the national AAAAA level scenic area, land belongs to the wuling mountains, based in wulong county in chongqing wujiang river north shore. Of scenic fairy mountain national forest park a total area of 8910 hectares, an average elevation of 1900 meters, 2033 meters, the highest peak in the jiangnan unique charm of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, green quiet beautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "eastern Switzerland".

She and magical furong cave, beautiful lotus river, the worlds largest natural arch geological wonders, classic refined winbond hotel (4 star) combination for chongqing best tourism holiday resort. The best travel time fairy mountain national forest park is located in chongqing wulong, the four seasons scenery each are not identical, have distinguishing feature each, the four seasons all appropriate travel.

Fairy mountain in winter is long, from November to February next year with XueQi. When the snow, be dressed in white, prairie lamb with skiing, snow, snow. Summer cool temperate in the mountains, average temperature in 18-20 oc, even in the hottest in July and August, the highest temperature is not more than 30 ℃, the summer scenery charming beautiful, climate is cool and refreshing shu shuang, the vast Lin hai, cool breeze blowing Buddha, cool and pleasant, is an excellent resort, leisure vacation, few so fairy mountain enjoys a fame as the "mountain city Summer Palace".

Tourism zone are mainly lionrock, fairy stone, hou home village, the nine axes, the red army of workers and peasants in sichuan province, beautiful scenery, the political department of the site of the first two guerrillas pasture resort, tent village, meat hot pot city hunter village, etc. With the jiangnan unique glamour of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, green quiet beautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "Oriental Switzerland", fairy mountain Lin hai, mountain, meadow, the snow is referred to as the four unique visitors.