明显陵英文导游词（合集20篇）

Hello, everyone, today I take you to visit Chinas great legacy - the Great Wall.

We see the Great Wall from a distance, the Great Wall is like a long dragon hovering between the mountains. On the Great Wall, we can see the wall, there are many small incision, which is used to shoot nozzle, convex to buttress, where soldiers can hide to shoot outside.

Used by the emperor built the Great Wall and on the building of the Great Wall there is a beautiful legend! I say to you: once upon a time there was a man called Fan Xiliang, he has a wife named meng jiangnu. , Fan Xiliang was levied to build the Great Wall, qin winter came, didnt see meng jiangnu give husband Fan Xiliang woolies husband, when he asked other migrant workers when other migrant workers told her Fan Xiliang is dead. Meng jiangnu cry, tears fell the Great Wall is over 800 meters.

The next free activity, but be careful not to graffito of the scribble on the wall.

我们往右下方看，在登城口的南侧陈列着一门大炮，名为“这时威大将军”。这门炮炮身长2.85米，口径105毫米，由于中炮身上铸有“敕赐神威大将”而得名。字最大的射程是500多米，可见当时的军工业是比较发达的。

北8楼是八达岭长城海拔最高的楼，高达888.9米，建筑也很有特色。原来还可登上敌楼观山望 景，但目前为了保护文物封了楼门。

从关城城台到南峰的最高处南4楼，城墙长685.8米，高度上升142.4米，特别是南3楼至南4楼之间，山脊狭窄，山势陡峭，长城逶迤400多米。城顶最险处，坡度约为70度，几乎是直上直下。南1楼和南2楼，都没有修复二层，从南3楼遗存的柱础看，原来也有铺房。

南峰长城以南4楼地势最高，海拔803.6米。登楼眺望，长城自西南向东北蜿蜓于山脊之上，宛如苍龙，宏伟壮观。使人不由得想起我国著名的长城专家罗哲文先生登临八达岭长城时咏的诗;千峰叠翠拥居庸，山北山南处处峰。锁钥北门天设险，半哉峻岭走长龙。从南4楼到南7楼，高度逐渐下降。南5楼与南6楼之间在长城的内侧距城墙30米的山脊上，耸立着一座白色的小亭，这就是1987年6月落成的“贵州省修复长城纪念碑亭”。南6楼是一座铺房，铺房建在上层的顶上，面阔三间，硬山顶，红柱子，灰色瓦，小巧玲珑。这大概是当年“千总”的指挥所。

今天的长城，早已失去军事价值，而以其特有的魅力，吸引着广大中外游客，成为举世闻名的旅游胜地。随着旅游业的发展，长城这一中华民族的象征，全世界重要的文化遗产，会焕发出新的生机。以更优质的旅游服务、更优美的旅游环境迎接着大家的到来!

According to legend, emperor yangdi Yang Guang in memory of his father sui wendi monuments, bless Jiang Shanyong solid, our descendants ten thousand generation, in TaiLing created next to the temple. Due to our temple create has the support of the emperor, so was grand and splendid. "Rebellion" after the national strength gradually weak, our temple and other buddhist dojo, with incense, less since Buddha, also doomed to our temple, temple of Buddha all destroyed.

Ming hongwu, the qing emperor qianlong and light years, our temple was rebuilt three times and the repair, thrived for many times, is bigger than before, more monks, meter has more than one hundred and eighty mu of land, of the moment, the late qing and early republic, war, bandits, more than our temple temple destroyed, and only three room of hall, six wing and on the second floor of the bell and drum, several monks guard.

1949 years later, the temple abbot monk, has more than 20 acres, land temple, Buddha, bell and drum ready, but unfortunately destroyed in the "cultural revolution". Mage advocated by the net day in 1987, under the original to our temple site restoration and reconstruction, July l989 Ursa major, change a temple called "daming monastery", take a big put light, become the government approval to legally buddhist temples. Since then, the local government, village cadres and four sides under the support of people, especially in Hong Kong publishing, holy one, the realization of the mage on the economy vigorously support, more than a decade to build without dropping out, developing very quickly. Solemn holy land of Buddhism has become a considerable scale. Temple covers an area of 12 acres with Ursa now 5 rooms, great hall 5, ZhaiTan between two layers of 14, he was the 3 rooms, three kuan ti temple temple and chanting hall, study hall, store kingle, drum tower, etc, and have electric room, a bathroom, a guest, wing and other supporting facilities.

Now daming monastery, have taken on a new look. Here is only 10 li away from the county seat, the transportation is convenient. Monastery in FeiFeng ShanYuan built, commanding, eye shot is open, large south the white snow, and west is west gaps back river, north to look deep famen temple pagoda, the east sui wendi TaiLing relatively. Lush scenery elegant, pleasant climate, flowers and trees. Is a wonderful place, temple central Ursa major iron tip of the roof center for SuiTai mausoleums top of the east, east illicit affair, namely using theodolite, nor partial silk recommend her. Is this the ancients masterpiece, deliberately or providence of close, remains unknown, but it makes people wonder, more make people feel mysterious. On the top of the temple in langfang long a towering cooper, dangling, for hundreds of years, despite the wind and rain, fighting, but still flourish, pilgrims and tourists all sigh for the spectacle.

北京颐和园英文导游辞

The tour will take 4-6 hours. The route is as follows:

Out side the East Gate-side the East Gate –in front of the Hall of benevolence and Longevity- in front of Garden of Virtuous Harmony-in front of the Grand Theater Building- a lakeside walk from the Garden of Virtuous Harmony to the Hall o Jade Ripples- in front of the o Jade Ripples- in front of the Yiyunguan (Chamber of Mortal Being)-Hall of happiness and longevity- in front of the Yaoyue (Chamber of Mortal Beings)-Hall of Happiness and Longevity-in front of the Yaoyue(Inviting the Moon ) Gate of the Long Corridor- strolling along the Long Corridor- visiting an exhibition of cultural relics- in front of the Hall of Dispelling Clouds- inside the Hall of Dispelling Clouds- atop the Tower of Buddhist Incense- on a hilltop leading from the back door of the Tower of Buddhist Incense- on a hilltop leading from the back door of the Tower of Buddhist Incense- inside the Garden of Harmonious Interest –outside the south gate to Suzhou Shopping Street- atop the stone bridge inside the Suzhou shopping street –on the road from the south gate of suzhou shopping street- on the road form the south gate of suzhou shopping street to the marble boat- in front of the ruins of the Garden of complete spring –along the lakeside by the marble boat-boating on the Kunming Lake-leaving out through the East Gate.

(Out side the east gate)

Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the Summer Palace. (After the self-introduction of the guide -interpreter) I hope this will be an interesting and enjoyable day for you .

During our tour, you will be introduced to time honored historical and cultural traditions, as well as picturesque views and landscapes.

The construction of the Summer Palace first started in 1750. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in its heyday and China was a powerful Asian country with vast territories. The monarch in power then was Emperor Qianlong. With supreme power and large sums of money, he summoned skillful and ingenious artisans from all over the country to carry out this construction work in honor of his mother `s birthday. After 15 years and one seventh of the nation` s annual revenue spent, the Garden of Clear Ripples was completed and served as a testimony to China` s scientific and technological achievements. In 1860, this vast royal garden was burnt down along with the Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfection and Brightness) by Angol-French allied forces. In 1888, Empress Dowager Cixi reconstructed the garden on the same site and renamed it the Garden of Nurtured Harmony (Summer Palace). Characterized by its vast scope and rich cultural embodiments, the Summer Palace has become one of the most famous tourist sites in the world.

This is the main entrance to the Summer Palace-the East Gate On top of the eaves of the door there is a plaque bearing a Chinese inscription which means “Garden of Nurtured Harmony” , whose calligrapher was Emperor Guangxu. The gate that you are now entering was used exclusively by the emperor, the empress and the queer mother. All others used the side doors.

(Inside the East Gate)

the Summer Palace can be divided into two parts: Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake .The whole garden covers an area of 290 hectares, of whih three- fourths consists of a lake and rivers .This imperial garden features 3,000 room-units and covers an expanse of 70,000 square meters with more than 100 picturesque spots of interest. The layout of the Summer Palace includes three groups of architectures: palaces where the emperor attended to state affairs, resting palaces of the emperor and empress, and sightseeing areas. Entering the East Gate we will come the the office quarters. Entering the East gate we will come to the office quarters. The annex halls on both sides were used for officials on duty.

This is the Gate of Benevolence and Longevity. Above the door there is a plaque bearing the same name in both Chinese and Manchurian characters. The gigantic rock in the foreground is known as Taihu rock, or eroded limestone, quarried in Jiangsu Province and placed here to decorated the garden.

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Tourists friends, everybody! Welcome to the world heritage - huangshan scenic area. Very glad to be a tour guide! My name is Tian Huicong, everybody call me field guide.

As the saying goes: "its return from mountain, mount huangshan return from yue." Huangshan pines, rocks, sea of clouds, hot spring, snow "five greats" famous Chinese and foreign. Today I will give everyone focuses on huangshan pines.

Everyone see, huangshan pine trees can survive in rock seam, strong vitality. Their shapes, the intricacies of: black tiger, African, come loose loose knot, welcoming pine and so on, a lot of pine trees because they shape the name! Huangshan welcoming pine is one of the famous scenic spot, shape is special, its central trunk out of the two lateral branch of up to 7.6 meters exhibition to the front, like a hospitable host, waved his arms, warmly welcome guests from home and abroad to visit huangshan, become the symbol of the Chinese people warm hospitality. Later we can over there to take photos, as a souvenir.

The wonders of huangshan said also said not over, see also not enough. Now, please enjoy to enjoy the beautiful scenery of huangshan! Please dont throw the peel and in play and food packaging bags, not to a dangerous place.

I wish you all have fun!

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

La mer du nord au sud de la Chine est un beau rivage, le jardin de la villese situe, quartiers résidentiels arborés de rectitude, mers, de l’?le, les c?tesparticulières et le beau soleil du nom de l’eau, des plages nette, XiGe HuaYangparois latérales, prévoyant la construction dans des zones urbaines, des zonesrésidentielles gracieux, un style vertes, la nature des dons généreux àaccrocher un beau dessin. Population urbaine naturel, culturel, KeGu culturelsdes communes, des ?ufs culturelles contrastent fortement avec la culturelocale.

La mer du nord, la lumière du soleil se subtropicales, précipitations, lavégétation luxuriant. YeLu tout au long de l’année, quatre saisons GuaGuoconsacré beaucoup compliqué. Le milieu naturel sont bien protégés dans denombreux pays du continent et les ?les c?tières naturels, bonne température desplages, Vincent paronnaud nette à flot souple, comme la capacité nette de qualité de l’eau au niveau national. L’air est la plus fra?che national dansdifférentes villes du pays, dans le niveau excellent. La Chine villes vivablesest un ?trois? (c’est -à-dire en mer du nord, zhuhai, weihai, xiamen). Un YangBaprévale est gratuit.

La mer du nord du pays qui YinTan villégiature du tourisme et propositionsXingDaoHu deux continents, le tourisme dans une optique de vacances, et le parcforestier national flots ridge national de protection des mangroves, porte lesréserves naturelles, les zones naturelles protégées, BaiLong sirène paysZhenZhuCheng, zones protégées, GePu HanDai la sépulture, trincomalee, libelvédère versants des consulats européens ciea, un grand nombre de sites,Ha?ti, lac, comme l’agriculture, la sylviculture, les montagnes, les monuments,culturel?. L’état du YinTan shelco cinq plus sur la liste. Guangxi ?paysage dunord, la mer guilin est fière YinTan?.

The famous West Lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the East China Sea near the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay. The lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. The view of the West Lake is simply enchanting, which offers many attractions for tourists at home and abroad.

Tiger-running Spring

The legend goes that two tights ran there and made a hole where a spring gushed out. The Longjing Tea and the Tiger-running Spring water are always reputed as the "Two Wonders of the West Lake". The Lingyin Monastery

The Lingyin Monastery, or the Monastery of Soul’s Retreat, is a famous historical site of the West Lake. Here exists the Lingyin Monastery, a famous ancient temple in China, in front of which there are Feilai Peak, Cold Spring, Longhong Cave and precious rock cave arts and queer and varied natural caves and gullies.

Spring Dawn at Su Causeway

It’s a 2.8 km. long boulevard cutting across the south-north scenic area, and lined with trees and flowering plants. When Spring comes with crimson peach blossoms and green willows; the scenery is all the more charming. Strolling along the boulevard, one feels as if the West Lake were wakening in dawn mist. Young willows were ethereal, spring breeze so caressing, and birds were chirping in unison.

The Moon Reflected in Three Pools

"There are islands in the lake and three are lake on the islands." The three stone towers were first built in Yuanyou 4th year (1089) of the Song Dynasty, with the wonderful scenery of "one moon in the sky having three reflection in the lake", it is one of the wonderful scenes of the West Lake. Notes:

1. West Lake 西湖

2. Tiger-running Spring 虎跑泉

3. The Lingyin Monastery 灵隐寺

4. Spring Dawn at Su Causeway 苏堤春晓

5. The Moon Reflected in Three Pools 三潭印月

各位贵宾，大家好!欢迎来到世界文化遗产明显陵参观游览。

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， 20__ 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，而桥护栏毁于革命，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，此碑在革命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。

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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!

Everybody is good! Welcome to the Palace Museum tourists sightseeing. Today, I will take you visit the Forbidden City, in the hope that visitors can enjoy me!!!!!!!

The tourists! The Palace Museum is in the Ming and qing dynasties imperial palace, the Forbidden City built on the basis of a collection of ancient buildings, collection, imperial palace culture art as one of the large-scale comprehensive museum. The Forbidden City covers an area of about more than 100 square meters, construction area of about 1 square meters. A total of 24 emperors lived in the Forbidden City, the first is the Ming dynasty yongle emperor zhu di, the last one is the qing dynasty xuantong emperor, puyi, ruled the country for 491 years. So the Palace Museum of history is very long!

Visitors, please look up, this is the meridian gate, in ancient times, what kill people to kill in front of the meridian gate! From the meridian gate, we can see the jinshui bridge. From the jinshui bridge in the past, a gate, can see the Palace Museum of taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace, is the place where the emperor emperor, very grand. Out of Baohe Palace, a gate of heavenly purity, came to the palace of heavenly purity, this temple and palace of earthly tranquility, legend built the Forbidden City, is in order to world peace, to take these three places? Kun ning door, is the imperial garden, the garden scenery beautiful, there are a number of strange stone, come across these stones, remember pictures to commemorate!

Before the gate is her virginity and creature door, our trip to the Forbidden City is over. Look at this magnificent palace, and some loathe to give up?

Lijiang is a very ethnic characteristics. Even the airport antique. Lijiang ancient city construction are all local naxi style. And modern city. And the city cant driving, only line of the horse.

Only the ancient city inn no hotel, we stayed at a place great inn. Neighbour to the lively square street, inside inn is very quiet, style is a bit like Beijing courtyard house, this is the building of the naxi nationality.

The first day we went to the mus residence.

Mus residence, also called wood palace. Is a local tusi (local highest officials) office and living place. Impressive, really a little emperors taste.

Into a big family, is the place that toast in the office, there is a chair. Covered with a real tiger skins, toast will accept minister worship here, in front of the chair there is a carpet, by the minister.

The second is to collect books pavilion, called Wan Juanlou. This building was the tallest building, there are three layers. The first layer is toast the place of study. Only a few tables and chairs, there is a display case, demonstrates the toast studying buddhist scriptures. On the second floor is the place of books, put the two rows of big bookcase, but no books in it. The display case in front of the several modern book. From the third floor can see jade dragon snow mountain, the mountain is the second mountain in yunnan province. There is also a toast rest place.

After we went to the HuFaDian. Here is the place of our ancestors. A statue standing in front, before the gods have a tablet, it read: emperor division, it means: to worship the first day, and then, next is the emperor, relatives, teachers.

"Local tyrant" worthy. This toast mus residence built well. But why call "mus residence? Because before, in lijiang, a few name of wood, ordinary people are first and last, now or so. So a person, if the name is wood, his house is a few before, first and last, it is people. Neither without last name and surname wood, that is not local.

The next day we went to the jade dragon snow mountain.

From the bottom up, has been can feel cold. Although not all covered with snow on the mountain, but also can see a glacier. We take little bolts in the mountain. Unfortunately, cableway in maintenance. Small cableway only up to the sea dials 3000 while large cableway to 4506 m.

Can see the snow on the mountain peaks. This mountain is not high, but it has never been conquered. Because of the mountains, rocks have been weathered couldnt climb up.

Then we rode to the spruce meadow. Here are all spruce trees, has a long history. Like a guard, protected the snow mountain. Snow mountain is like a old man, take care of the spruce. The land of wild flowers, spruce, snow-capped mountains and rainbow, formed a unique landscape.

On the third day, we come to city sea horse. One to the racecourse, first heard a few clear and crisp scream. I was the first time in close contact and horses. These horses are all brown and black, there is no "prince charming".

Our road right away. Ride a horse dont like to ride a bike, how to ride it. Ride a horse to put straight to the bottom, otherwise will uncomfortable, will run wild. I would have felt before. The body forward, up/down the body leaned back, this also should pay attention to.

Along the way, although invisible stream but also can hear the sound stream. Made of green barrier, there are still those dots of light. The owner told us that this is the tea horse road site. Caravan is go here before. Caravan carrying the goods such as tea, silk with horses to groups of other countries. So here is the tea horse road.

At noon, we ate a caravan of rice. Actually is also a plate hoosh with rice, but also quite tasty. Finished well ride down the hill.

One to the foot, kaka (I) the name of the horse will gallop. The reason. But really not the kui is kaka, run very fast. My head turned 360 degrees, but Im not dizzy, dont be left out.

The fourth day, we came to da cuo national park.

First of all, we came to belong to all. The scenery is too beautiful. Mountain by water, water, surrounded by mountains; Mountain water, mountain water. Still can see the green lake, as if returned to the development of science and technology havent before. From any Angle, a lake with pictures of any kind of camera, can when the computer desktop.

Then another unnamed lake. Go for a short time under the sudden hail! The first time I saw the hail, bean big grains of ice fall down, its beautiful. The lake at the air after the rain, as if to fairyland. Mist, real or imagined.

To lijiang, it was worthwhile!

Wulingyuan unique quartz sand were Lin are rare at home and abroad, known as the "mountain three thousand," said. In the 217.2 square kilometers of the core scenic area, there are 3103 quartz sandstone peak, peak particle distribution in 500-1100 meters above sea level, by the dozens of meters to 400 meters high. Hoodoo modelling if a person, if god, if if if if fairy, birds, beasts, and change a lot, the abrupt peak cliff stone, croplands. Every time after a storm comes a calm or wet weather, the valleys of mist between mountainous, sea of clouds when strong light, stone mountain is like concealed, scene fluctuates myriad.

Wulingyuan turn water around the mountain, known as the "xiushui eight hundred," said. Numerous waterfalls, springs, lake, stream, pool, each in its better. Huangshi is a more than 10 kilometers long streams, from zhangjiajie has been able to walk to SuoXiYu along the creek, on both sides of the hoodoo standoff, reflecting creek, speck.

Wulingyuan karst cave number, large scale, extremely rich characteristics. Has proven the size of the karst cave 40, one of the most famous is the huanglong cave, total length of 7.5 kilometers, the hole is divided into four layers, and landscape strange, is the epitome of karst landscape in southeast Asia.

Wulingyuan is rare geological relic landscape. Contained sandstone hoodoo, guide the original, overpasses, shek mun, karst valleys and karst caves, sedimentary structure, stratigraphic section, the fossil record and other colorful geological relics. The various and changeable landscape, package deposit is hardly disturbed the original natural state of ecological environment and ecological system. So from the perspective of scientific evaluation and aesthetic point of view, also zhangjiajie sandstone landform and stone forest landform, danxia landform and compared to the Denver landform, the landscape and characteristic, is one of the world is very special and precious geological relic landscape.

Wulingyuan have abundant plant resources. Within the territory of forest coverage rate reached 74.75%, and holds two primitive forest, for our country important ancient relic biological growth areas. There are more than 3000 kinds of higher plants, the first listed in the national key protection of rare and endangered seed plants such as dovetree 35. In numerous plants, Wu Lingsongs most widely distributed, the largest number, form the most, there are "wulingyuan in three thousand peak, peak loose" of reputation.

Wulingyuan is precious rare wild animals. After investigation, a total of 50 families and 116 domestic terrestrial vertebrates, including the level of protection in the national key protected animals list "three kinds of animals, the secondary has 10 types. Wulingyuan in the animal world, the more is the macaques, according to preliminary observation for more than 300 only. The locals called "giant salamander" salamander, dot the gulley, springs and deep pools.

Wulingyuan has colorful meteorological landscape. Wulingyuan spring, summer, autumn, winter, cloudy and clear, the sunset, prosperous one. Cloud is the wulingyuan meteorological wonders, clouds, sea of clouds, yuntao, cloud and cloud waterfall five kinds of forms. ChuJi after the rain, fog, first the fat oboro then into the white clouds, mist, ups and downs peaks in the boundless sea of clouds, such as which, Joan brainpower-computer floor, in which, the adrenaline, sometimes clouds rise reached a climax, and then to blanket, FeiGun droped, into a cloud organ, spectacular.

, rich tourism resources of zhangjiajie wulingyuan, the development of the tourism industry has created favorable conditions. The CPC central committee and the state council and hunan provincial party committee, the provincial government of wulingyuan, zhangjiajie tourism economic development have high hopes. Comrade jiang zemin in March 1995 when visit zhangjiajie handwriting phrase: "building zhangjiajie into domestic and foreign well-known tourist destination", pointed out the direction for the development of zhangjiajie. Hunan provincial party committee, the provincial government as the hunan zhangjiajie tourism leading training support, to speed up cultivating growing tourism a pillar industry in the province. Provincial party secretary zhang on the international and domestic tourism development overall situation, put forward the "building an international tourism city", "the zhangjiajie tourism products into world", these are for the tourism development of zhangjiajie wulingyuan, provides a good opportunity.

Contrary to appearances, this walkway is not a bridge at all . But how so ? This road is 4 meters above the ground and there is a cavern underneath that was reserved for sacrificial oxen and sheep. The cattle were slaughtered at a slaughterhouse about 500 meters away and brought here for sacrifice. All in all ,it can be said this walkway did serve as bridge and can be looked upon as the first cloverleaf in Beijing.

Looking back at the thoroughfare, you may realize that this walk is gaining height toward its northern end. As people approach the architectural group of the Hall of Prayer for good Harvest, the flanking groves of cypress recede and perspective widens. Here you are in Heaven.

(Costume-Changing Terrace)

the marble terrace up ahead is called jufutai, or CostumeChanging Terrace. It is located to the east of the Red Stairway Bridge and covers a space of 25 square meters .IT has marble Slab balustrades. The day before the service ,officials in charge would put up a yellow satin tent on the terrace for the emperor to change out of his yellow dragon robe into blue ceremonial clothes. After the service, the emperor would return to the tentand change back into his imperial robe before returning to the palace. (Proceed to the South Gate of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest)

(At the Gate of Prayer for Good Harvest)

this structure is called the Gate of Pray for Good Harvest. We can catch a slight glimpse of the central building ,the Hall of Prayer for Good harvest, though the colonnade of the Gate. A gigantic and lofty group of buildings, the complex includes the Gate of Prayer for Good Harvest, the hall of prayer for good harvest, eastern and western annex halls ,the Huanqian (Imperial heaven) Long corridor, Heaven Kitchen, slaughterhouse, etc.

the annex halls were symmetrically built on a 1.5-meter-hignbrick-and-marble terrace ,to set off the loftiness and magnificence of the main hall .This unique building ,38 meters in height, is characterized by a cone-shaped structure with triple eaves and a top that is crowned by a gilt ball. The roofing is made of blue glazed tiles, the color of the sky .Underneath the roof, the beams and bracket are decorated with colored paintings. The base of the structure is a triple-tiered, circular marble terrace. At a distance, the terrace looks like a gigantic, spiraling cloud with the structure perched on top of it .

Today the hall of prayer for good harvest is the hallmark of Beijing, which enjoys a prolonged history of civilization.

(At the base of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest)

The base of the hall is a triple-tiered, circular marble terrace, which is 90 meters in diameter and 6 meters in height ,covering a space of 4,000 square meters. Meticulous accuracy was given to the layout of the structure. In the middle of each three-tiered flight of stairs, there is a giant marble ramp carved in cloud, dragon and phoenix designs. To set off the ramps, the top of the balustrades and downpipes are designed with corresponding floral scrolls. In southern part of each tier, a gigantic bronze incense burner is placed. Sandalwood was burnt in them when rites were observed.

(In front of the hall of Prayer for good harvest)

climbing up this marble terrace, we see the main hall ,a masterpiece of ancient China. Looking up you will see the caisson, or covered ceiling, characterized by complex designs of dragons and phoenixes. In and out , the hall is decorated with colored drawing of dragons and phoenixes.

Without the use of steel ,cement and nail, and even without the use of big beams and crossbeams, the entire structure is supported by 28 massive wooden pillars and number of bars, laths, joints and rafters. The four central pillars, called the dragon-Well Pillars, are 19.2 meters high and painted with designs of composite followers, representing the four season. There are two rings of 12 scarlet pillars each. The inner ring represents the 12 months and the outer rings the 12 divisions of the day and night .Between the two rings there are 24 partitioned spaces to mark the solar terms of the Chinese lunar year. The pillars, 28 in number, also represent the 28 constellations in the universe- the ancient Chinese believed that there were 28 constellations that made up the sky.

The center of the stone-paved floor is a round marble slab, which is 88.5 centimeters in diameter. Interestingly, the slab features natural black and white veins, corresponding to the dragon-phoenix design on the ceiling. This particular slab is known as the Dragon-phoenix stone and is regarded as a treasure inseparable from the hall.

The furnishings within the hall are placed in their original positions dating back to when Emperor Xianfeng ruled .In the forefront and above the throne are enshrined tablets in commemoration of Heaven. On either table on each side tablets of the emperor` s ancestors were placed. Each tablet is fronted by an altar. A total of 24 kinds of offering were made on it ,including soup, wine, assorted cereals, and a calf.

The sacrificial rites were observed in the wee hours of the morning, sometime in the first month of the Chinese lunar year. Because it was still dark, candles, lanterns and torches were lit. This lighting coupled with the incense being burnt inside the hall ,helped make the ceremony both grand and mystical.

By the time the service began,207 musicians and dancers would be performing on platforms outside the hall. The emperor, in his blue sacrificial robe and with an air of piety and sincerity, would walk slowly into the hall, kowtow, and offer wine and prayer in hornor of the deities and his ancestors. All of the offerings would then be taken to incinerators on the eastern side of the gate of prayer for Good Harvest. With this we conclude our visit to the Temper of Heaven. The feudal monarchs and their sacrificial rites have long vanished in history .However, this group of magnificent and lofty structures remain as a fine testament of the ancient Chinese` s ingenuity and as one of the cultural heritages of mankind.

(On the Long Corridor)

From the Eastern Gate of the hall of prayer for good harvest, we have now enter a 300-meter-long corridor. Consisting of 72 sections, this corridor served as a connecting building between the Slaughterhouse. Heaven Kitchen, and the main hall ,It is said that this once served as a sacrificial food production line. Flanking the corridor are shopping stalls. You may find some souvenirs for your family and friend there.

Well ,that is all for this tour. Thank you for your attention. I look forward to your next visit. Good luck and bon voyage.

各位游客：大家好，我是你们的导游_。

下面我要给大家讲讲天坛的传说，此刻大家抬头看一下这就是美丽的天坛，从远出看是个八角形宝塔。

天坛是王屋的主峰，高峰耸寺深古纵横，一峰突起，万峰臣伏，唯我独尊，从南向北看中间高，两边低，好似屋顶像王者之屋，称王屋山。天坛原名叫琼林台，因皇帝在山顶设坛祭天，后人为了纪念，该为天坛。为了纪念皇帝老师华盖对皇帝指点，把天坛峰前的山叫华盖峰。

我们走过天坛，又来到了望景寺，那里能够这人观赏天坛的风景。

天坛是世界文化遗产，国家5A级旅游景区，全国重点礼貌保护单位。于北京正阳门，东南方自，为明清两朝皇帝祭天，求雨和祈，寿年专用祭坛，是世界上此刻规模最大，最完美的古代祭天建筑群。总面积273平方米。1918年作为公园正式对外开放。

Hello everyone, my name is Leon, the lead everyone to play in the three gorges tour guide, just call me lee, ok not much said, the ship will take you to look at first.

Seen from the three gorges in seven hundred, on both sides of the mountain are all connected, without interruption. The mountains and continuous, contrasting with the sun and sky were covered. If it isnt noon evening, never see the sun and the moon.

In summer floods surged up the hill, full either upward or downward, have been block. Sometimes need to convey the emperors letters, so, from filled to Jiang Ling, although there are more than in one thousand two hundred, set out in the morning and evening to, even if a galloping horse, driving gale didnt also so fast, how fast you think about the ship!

Even more amazing in it, whenever the spring winter, white rapids and green deep tan, cyclotron to west, reflections on both sides of the scenery. Perch on top of the mountain grows a lot of strange cypress, down on the cliff of the falls, "flying between the mountains and woods, splash water, trees, mountain, grass rong sheng qing, there are a lot of fun.

The attendance of autumn frost in the morning, the bleak calm, mountain stream, silence the apes crow crow long call, continue for a long time, sad voice is unusual, in the valley of yunnan, so the fish said: longest badong three gorges wu gorge, after hearing YuanSheng, tears wet the clothes.

This is the beauty of the three gorges, magical three gorges!

fellow friends:

hello! toured the dali old city, initially has feltthis humanitieslandscape profoundness; now we watch the cangshanerhai, understands the dalisamerica of scenery.first, we ride the yacht to go to the erhai park. the erhaipark othername group mountain park, is l ocated the hsiakuan city northeast2kilometers place groups mountains. north it near ocean waves wan qingerhai,west and cangshan southend setting sun peak relative. whennanzhao country, hereis kings deer park. in 1976 here newly wardedoff for the park, occupiesdi 1,600chinese acres. on the mountain has thezoo and the plant nursery flower-bed,broadly plants the dali areaeach kind of precious flower different plant, isvery good rests placeof the tour.

now the pleasure boat to the erhai park near the sea causeway, wecameashore to the ship, this is under the group foot of a hill binhai tourareaalong 270 multistage stone steps ascendslevel on, we arrive the summit.everybodylooked that, this curls upwardsangle upturned eave pavilion is looks theseabuilding, the eave hangs from above the plaque, submits a writtenstatement: jadeer silver dark green ", the black bottom goldcharacter, vigorous is classicallyelegant, it is the chinese inadmiration of somebodys fame painter wu zuorenswriting skill. looksthe sea building is understands "the jade er silver darkgreen"happiest extent, leans against a railing looks out into the distance:eastside erhai vast, boundless, west cangshan is continuous,luxuriant is gray.

fellow friends, let us go on board once more, roams through to erhaiin. buti first must to everybody introduction be actually amcangshan. formerly, we inthe dali city, under on the dark green footof a hill road, have not been able tolook at carefully the cangshangrand appearance well. just like the ancient said"does not know thetruth about the matter, only reason body in this mountain";looks thesea building in the erhai park, the angle of view inclines, alsoonlycan see the cangshan terminal. now, unceasingly leads the way alongwith thepleasure boat, in our eye cangshan is not clearer? somepeople said that, ahengduan pulse condition great arm, the tibetplateau extended west yunnan from"the roof of the world" to thesouth, cangshan was in this world famous sierra acloud range branch.

cangshan, also names the diancang, is green because of its mountaincolor,the mountain apex acquires fame in vain. cangshan altogetherhas 19 peaks. this19 peaks from the north to the south order are: thecloud makes, green, five, thelotus flower, the white clouds, thecrane cloud, three positive, the blue peak,the snowman, should behappy, the goddess of mercy, center and, longquan, thejade bureau,malone, the saint should, buddha go against, ma er, the settingsun.in 19 peaks, the malone peak is highest, elevation 4,122 meters. thecangshan19 peaks, two peaks clamp a brook, altogether 18 brooks; eastthe mountain streamflows, pours into erhai, 18 brooks from north tosouth, the base arrangement is:south the rosy cloud moves, wan hua,the positive brook, the awn wells up, thebrocade brook, the spiritspring, the white stone, the double mandarin duck,hides the immortal,mei xi, the peach brook, center the brook, the emerald,longxi, clearblue, remnant, pavilion mouth, is not positive.

the cangshan scenery by the snow, the cloud, springstone is famous. ifirstintroduce cangshan to everybody the snow. after the summer needlesscangshansnow, is dali "the love affair" four given names scenery. thesnow white cangshansnow, all previous dynasties article literatiapproves the refined language quitea lot, the folklore also many. thethe ming dynasty writer li yuanyang oncepraised: "date li cangshansnow, precioustai 19 peaks".

cangshans cloud is the famous biography is far and wide. the cloudgathersthe cloud to disperse, sometimes the pale like light smoke,sometimes is thicklike splashes ink. in fluctuates varied center, what is most mysterious is"looks the husband cloud" and "thejade belt cloud". so-called "looks the husbandcloud" is referswhenever the winter spring the season, the cangshan jade bureaupeakregular meeting appears a lonely cloud, suddenly remembers suddenlyfalls,about flutters, if hoped if attends to. unusual occupying to anits appearance,the diancang then suddenly gets up the storm, blows toerhai. so-called "jadebelt cloud", is refers whenever at the end ofthe summer fallinitially, afterrainfirst clear, between the cangshan 19 peakshalfways up the mountainside oftencan appear white clouds, the cloudsgatherscollects, slowly pulls open, if thepure white jade belt horizontallyties the green mountainside. is continuousdozens of miles,unexpectedly the date does not dissipate. marvelous is, "thejade beltcloud" meets the omen agriculture abundant harvest: it appearsthenumber of times to be many, same year on good crop weather. localpainationality has the farmers proverb: "cangshan is the jade belt, thehungrydog eats the rice".

Everybody is good! Welcome to the beautiful lushan scenic area. Today, I will explain lushan for everybody!

To the north of lushan mountain is located in the north of jiangxi province, lushan mountain, there is a great river rolling down, that is the golden waterway - the Yangtze river, China and south of it is the largest fresh water lake - in our country, on the terrain, it formed a river lake mountain landscape. Lushan the whole is made up of ninety-nine peaks, of which, the five-old-man peak is the representative of the lushan mountain, but it is not the highest, the highest mountain lushan is hanyang mountain.

But compared with the other famous mountains, lushan mountain is not high, but our country has a good old saying said, "the mountain is not high, with fairy is name." Legend in YanZhou period, when an and several hobbies named quantico magic friends go to the mountain lu, the practice. There was a king Zhou Ding, want to take advantage of them. Take people to up the hill looking, and only see some abandoned the hermitage, he asked the whereabouts of their residents, residents say they have been "feathers fairy. As a result, he left the mountain of the hermitage, called "lushan".

Now, we came to the lushan waterfall "Triassic spring", one of the tang dynastys li bai wrote a poem, here it is "plunges three thousand feet, suspected galaxy nine days." Springs, Triassic cast bead jade, splashing for flying up and down. If it is rainy day, waterfall and angry as long queues, break through the sky, flying volley, the thunder roared, breathtaking. Less than three fold springs, as the saying goes "not to lushan mountain". Congratulations to you become real lushan guest today.

Good! Todays visit to the end, I believe that the Triassic spring left a good impression to you, please bring back to share the beautiful scene with the family! Thank you all!

位游客：

大家好!我叫张卓文，是此程游客的导游。我将带领大家浏览颐和园，希望大家旅游愉快。

颐和园位于北京，是一个美丽的大公园。进了颐和园的大门，绕过大殿，就来到了有名的长廊。绿漆的柱子，红漆的栏杆，一眼望不到头。这条长廊有七百多米长，分成273间。每一间的横槛上都有五彩的画，画着人物、花草、风景，几千幅画没有哪两幅是相同的。

走完长廊，就来到了万寿山脚下。抬头一看，一座八角宝塔形的三层建筑耸立在半山腰，那就是佛香阁。登上万寿山，站在佛香阁的前面向下望，颐和园的景色大半收在眼底，葱郁的树丛，掩映着黄的绿的琉璃瓦屋顶和朱红的宫墙。正前面，昆明湖静得像一面镜子，绿得像一块碧玉。向东远眺，隐隐约约可以望见几座古老的城楼和城里的白塔。

从万寿山下来，就是昆明湖。昆明湖围着长长的堤岸，堤上有好几座式样不同的石桥。游人走过长长的石桥，就可以去小岛上玩。这座石桥有十七个桥洞，叫十七孔桥;桥栏杆上有上百根石柱，柱子上都雕刻着小狮子。这么多的狮子，姿态不一，没有哪两只是相同的。

快乐的时光总是短暂的，今天就浏览到这里。谢谢大家对我工作的支持，欢迎再来颐和园，再见!

Friends, just after changsha railway station is the place where we tour bus, it started in 1975, completed in 1977, at that time with the Beijing railway station, guangzhou railway station and called Chinas three largest train station, when it was built at the same time also for the domestic one of the top ten buildings. Online there are sixteen railway bureau in national railway two railway group co., LTD., say every day issued the train trip to countless times, there was a train trip time is very special, it is the T1 time train. T1 time the train starting point is Beijing, the terminal is in changsha. We from emotional think this is a special kind of symbolic significance, is the people of hunan created the new China, MAO zedong hunan changsha forever context associated with the capital Beijing. We can see now, the main body of changsha railway station building is a clock tower, it going off every hour > this song. It is the modelling of a torch, also some friends said that it is like a thriving of hot pepper is a symbol of hunan peoples uprightness and bloody.

We now go a flat road is 51 avenue, May 1 avenue was founded in 1951 so called no.3, no.3 east railway station, west to the xiangjiang river bridge, the total length of 4138 meters. It is one of the main road, changsha, also the changsha city east-west axis, turned out to be narrow, the road is only 19 meters wide, in 20xx by the provincial government paid more than six rebuilt the 51 avenue, you can see now of 51 avenue traffic, orderly, there are eight roads between both reach 60 meters wide. Wuyi avenue is the most straight, the longest, the widest, changsha is also the most beautiful a city center avenue, it passes through is the most prosperous area of changsha, as the most popular commercial pedestrian street of changsha Huang Xingna road pedestrian street on the south side of it.

Changsha city urban construction, especially the construction of road in 20xx years development is very rapid. About changsha city roads with such a small story in folk wisdom. Is said to be held in the 15th 98, the former governor of hunan province Zhang Yunchuan comrade himself received by premier zhu, the prime minister is the genuine xingsha people, he was in changsha for governor zhang said the phrase: "zhang ah, youre going to make some road, to get more." Changsha dialect means to do something, do something nice for the common people. And governor zhang is not the local people, he thought that the prime minister was asked him to take more, so a lot of urban main road are fixed in recent years, such as riverside avenue, Huang Xingna road, west road of liberation. From 20xx to 20xx, in changsha city of changsha urban construction investment up to more than 750 million to make various eyesores has made great improvement and promotion.

Chen noticed, our group inside some friends have been to the window outside, everyone is focused on street on both sides of the green? Careful friends may see the road on both sides have two rows of trees, the big leaf tree near the road is our hunan province magnolia trees, it is also the chairman MAO is like a tree, if you have been to shaoshan DiShuiDong friends knew outside DiShuiDong a building there is a lot of tall trees under a strong. Inside the a row of small leaves are camphor trees, is that changsha were made, our daily lives in the life of camphor ball camphor wood is used in the leaves. Camphorwood furniture also is the good furniture, insect-resistant moth-proofing durable. We all know that hunan province is the birthplace of one of the four most famous embroidery weaving, high-grade of xiang embroidery is done with silk thread in needlework on silk fabric, should pay attention to moistureproof mildew insect-resistant, if deposit with camphor wood box can prevent moth bad, old mother to daughter get married in the countryside when to send a camphorwood deposit box bed blanket quilt cover is this truth. Camphor tree grows in the south of the Yangtze river, our friends may be rare in the north, but it doesnt matter, the zhangjiajie scenic spot after ma are inside, you can approach the scan.

Trees, were finished province, Chen to introduce you to our flower of hunan province and changsha city flower. Hunan province flower is the lotus flower, because hunan rivers lake, river comes through planting lotus and manglietia since the han and tang dynasties, the tang dynasty poet Tan Yongzhi in the autumn SuXiangJiang encounter rain, wrote: "the autumn wind wanli lotus, sunset rain thousands of climbing FIG village" inside the lotus countries borrow refers to hunan, in 1961, chairman MAOs > a poem also has "I desire, so the dream boundless lotus kingdom from zhaohui" by the way, make it one or more famous in changsha city flower is called azalea, dont named azalea, is a common ornamental flowers, you can see many places all over the country. Rhododendron is the city flower of chairman MAOs hometown of shaoshan city, only in chairman MAOs 100th anniversary of the original open azaleas in the severe winter blossom was a wonders.

In the square of the lotus is our position now, it is May Day along the avenue in large and small five square larger one, named after the deep in and no.3 the intersection of furong road. Lotus road is a north-south traffic trunk road, it is also the financial street of changsha, it every few meters there is a bank or securities company, is exiguous in changsha city mall. As changsha zhuzhou xiangtan in hunan province three cities integration accelerates, furong road now also keep pace with The Times extends gradually close to 50 km, it as early as 20xx, more than Beijing changan road become at present domestic urban road, the longest is known as "China first" all the way.

We now look for the center of the square, square in the middle there is a beauty named "liuyang river" sculpture. It is a long hair flies the image of the goddess of the hand to play the violin, her hair curved around fine count a total of nine bends, it is representative of our province within the territory of a famous river, liuyang river. In addition, the statue of special is that a lot of staff on her hair, spell out the complete is the song "liuyang river". > is XiangJi singer li gu yi singing of a well-known folk song, where is the liuyang river, as we in changsha city on the east, if come from the airport after the liuyang river bridge.

We are now the location of the already in furong road. May be a lot of friends is the first time to hunan to changsha, Chen will give everybody next to introduce in detail, let everybody to our beautiful the openning of land has a more comprehensive and profound understanding. Hunan province is located in the Yangtze river middle reaches, the surrounding and jiangxi, chongqing, guizhou, guangdong, guangxi, hubei border, for most of the south of dongting lake called "hunan". It is referred to as "xiang, also called xiaoxiang, with a total area of 21.18 square kilometers, ranked 11th in the whole country, population 66.62 million, one of the most populous provinces across the country ranked seventh. Hunan has 13 cities, 1 autonomous prefectures, the trip we will be in changsha yiyang city after the chang DE city and the destination of our trip, zhangjiajie, Chen will make a corresponding introduction. Hunan has a long history and is one of the birthplace of farming culture of the Chinese nation. As early as 8000 years ago, humans reproduced here. Hunan ancient chu, qin shi huang unified China in 211 BC, after a "changsha county," set "observation of hunan provincial" in the tang dynasty, song dynasty set "hunan road", set "HuGuang provinces" of the Ming dynasty and qing dynasty "hunan province". During the period of the republic of China and after the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, set up in hunan province.

Eat, xiao Chen is to introduce you to them and say, my mouth is estimated to be friends. We said is the last part, what is special about changsha handicraft. Changsha only three well-known characteristics of arts and crafts, so-called "changsha" quiet, quiet "changsha" means, chrysanthemum stone carving, Chinese red porcelain and xiang. The first special skill chrysanthemum stone materials in changsha liuyang liuyang river bottom Shi Cong, its pattern generated more than two hundred million years ago, is unique and precious stone in the world. Chrysanthemum stone carving started in qianlong years, when people take stone dam, found that the stone with chrysanthemum, then set up "fill days stone" workshop, using this kind of stone carved inkstone, grinding out of ink, jiurun not stem, with "strange stone, color tight and qing", loved by people. As early as the 1915 worlds fair in panama, chrysanthemum stone carving "plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum" landscape, with guizhou moutai won the gold medal, shocked the world, when foreigners are amazed "stone can blossom," chrysanthemum stone is famous in the world.

Chairman MAO has a party he very treasure inkstone, is to use the chrysanthemum stone. The second is Chinese red porcelain. China is the hometown of porcelain, porcelain is the invention of the Chinese nation great contribution to world civilization, in English "porcelain" and "China" words are China, visible porcelain pivotal position in the Chinese civilization. In our daily life in China also into our life, small to a spoon, big to a bowl, everywhere, everywhere, the cheapest is only a few cents. Cheap we look at too many, the most expensive we see less, the most expensive in Chinese porcelain is a call "guiguzi down the mountain figure" of the yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain jar, hit a 2. $3 auction price. So a batch of drinking water is not a day, if sold, existing in the bank for interest, can generate interest - yuan a year, every day it will take - yuan to spend it generates interest. Types have a lot of famous Chinese porcelain, the tang, the porcelain, the song and yuan blue and white, is a famous porcelain, famous again, though, is a kind of color. What color? Big red. Before on May 11, 20xx, all of China, modern or ancient, at home or abroad, there is no big red this color. The bright red porcelain is developed successfully in changsha in 20xx, was named "China red".

Is third unique called xiang, xiao Chen are key to introduce you to a special skill. There are four big embroidery, embroidery, xiang embroidery, yue embroidery and shu embroidery, hunan xiang embroidery is one of the four most famous embroidery. Said xiang is not the whole hunan, it only spread in hunan changsha area, xiang embroidery at the source of the shaping of the town. Chen group visited, that place where women generation in embroidery, for life, a lifetime dont take hoe do heavy work, because we must protect the fingers, so you can fly needle silking, because of excessively with eyes, the old lady there eyes are bad. Xiang embroidery has a long history, my lover, as early as two thousand years ago the western han dynasty, xiang embroidery work will reach the level of a surprised the posterity praise. Writing unearthed inside a piece of clothing, length 128 cm, sleeve length 195 cm, cuff 29 cm wide, waist 48 cm wide, lap 49 cm wide, this dress is bigger, yao wear is no problem, but such a big a dress weigh? Only 48 grams, less than a year or two. This is a what concept? We use modern science and technology have no way to do it. In the 1920 s, when they died sun yat-sen. His coffin pall outside package is the use of xiang. In the United States in 1933 the international exposition held in Chicago, xiang out of the limelight. At that time, the chairman of hunan province, he sent a to go to the exhibition of President Roosevelt bust xiang embroidery like gave Roosevelt himself, caused a sensation. Now this tapestry portrait hidden in Chicago museum of Alexander.

In the contemporary, xiang embroidery further development, create brilliant, become the pride of the people of hunan. In Beijing, chairman MAO memorial hall of the magnum opus of xiang embroidery treasures "shaoshan", the central office "to burn" birds are typical of the xiang embroidery works. On October 12, the shenzhou vi manned spacecraft launch a success, in addition to Yang liwei, in addition to some scientific instruments, six god above also carry some memorable items, including the signs of Chinas second manned space flight "Chinese astronauts center mark" "great man MAO zedongs" and "f" four xiang embroidery work. Especially the "f" word embroidered, but also greatly exquisite. "F" word embroidery is chairman MAO in 1962, three years of difficult time to write a "f" word, brushwork deceit in dense, a word contains a field "endless" fertility, longevity, the profound implication. Chairman life wrote many calligraphy work, this is one of the only "f" word. You can see inside the shaoshan MAO library, its rubbings, but very limited number of each batch of only 1893 copies.

Ok, my dear friends! Our car has left the city of changsha, Chen all aspects in changsha, the famous historical and cultural city of introduced here is over. On the hope that through Chens explanation, let you in changsha, hunan province have more more profound understanding of, of course, the "how" keep good men company if Chen has introduced not incorrect place also hope that we put forward a lot of valuable advice. Front over a period of time will be to "silver city" yiyang, if then you havent go dating with the duke of zhou and Chen again to introduce you to the mountain green water, beautiful woman like a cloud. Thank you for your applause!

颐和园英文导游词1000字

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

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

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

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

We came to visit the eastern will formally began.

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

Wuzhen lies in the far north-east of Zhejiang province, about 90 minutes byroad from Shanghai. The name "water town" is especially apt; besides lying onthe Grand Canal, the settlement is completely encircled by two rivers - the DongShi and a smaller tributary, which meet at a T-junction. No matter where youstand, water provides the backdrop, the raison d锚tre of the whole town.

About 250 families used to live in the old quarter of Wuzhen. However,following the "restoration" of the town, many townsfolk have been moved out tothe "new" Wuzhen, an attractively landscaped but otherwise characterleapartmentblock 15 km down the road towards Shanghai. Those who remain are mainly theelderly and craftspeople. While I was assured that there is nothing to stop newresidents moving into the old town, young people nowadays seem strangelyabsent.

The old wooden shops of Wuzhen look ageleand immovable, as though theirtimbers have totally defied the ravages of time. At first, one suspects that thecustodians of the town have tried to cover up the decomposing processes ofnature. But look more closely and you find slow rot setting in around the basesof the doorframes, and splinters breaking away from the lintels. What littlerestoration has been done is so inconspicuous as to be totally indistinguishablefrom the original.

All the buildings in Wuzhen are in Ming or Qing Dynasty style. One palatialestablishment is the "Double Happiness" Marriage Shrine. Twin hearts are joinedin a nouveau-Chinese character in gilt upon a flaming crimson background,presumably depicting the inseparability of marriage - perhaps the Chinese knowsomething that we Westerners dont.

Wuzhen also has some unique attractions, including Yu Liuliangs Coin andPaper Money Exhibition. Nearby (would you believe) stands a Pawnshop Museum, asif to prove that usury is universal. (Maybe fortunately, Wuzhen has the onlysuch establishment Ive ever come across). I tried looking for a Qing Dynasty DVDplayer in the pawnshop, but was sadly disappointed.

No fewer than eight stone bridges crothe Dong Shi River, the grandest ofthem being the Fengyuan Double Bridge. The bridge is separated into two parts bya wooden sluice gate. Cyclists carry their bikes acrothe high arches of thebridges, which are designed to let boats paunderneath without difficulty.

Back in the main square, the elders are still hanging out. On the villagestage, a performance of Peking Opera is underway. Acrothe square, a masterpuppeteer entertains visitors with a shadow-play of the type known in Java aswayang kulit. But while the Javanese version of shadow puppetry is subtle andrefined, the Wuzhen style has the protagonists attacking each other with theferocity of tigers.

Whether by accident or design, this town seems to have been dropped intoits watery setting by a master town planner from another galaxy. A more perfectlocation for a settlement would be difficult to find. It is fervently to behoped that tourism will augment rather than destroy the unique ambiance ofWuzhen.

a "hutong" is an ancient city alleyway or lane typical of ancient beijing, where hutongs once ran into the thousands.

hutongs were first built around the walled imperial compound known as the forbidden city. the majority of these alleyways were built during the yuan, ming and qing dynasties (1271—1911). at the height of each era, the emperor arranged the residential areas surrounding his moat according to a system of etiquette hailing back to the zhou dynasty (c.1100—221 b.c.).

at its heart was the forbidden city, surrounded by main roadways travelling east-west and north-south. there were originally two kinds of hutongs. the first were grouped to the east and west of the forbidden city and laid in an orderly design alongside main roadways. most of these hutongs housed members of the royal family, officials, eunuchs and aristocrats. the second type of hutong was a crude version of the first, located far to the north and south of the sprawling imperial compound, inhabited by merchants and commoners.

what both had in common was the type of structure lining the alleyways. the "siheyuan" known in english as a quadrangle, or courtyard complex, invariably comprised four main buildings facing each compass point and surrounded by a high wall. the size and design of each complex reflected the social status of the inhabitants.

wealthy families often boasted several walled courtyards surrounded by a main wall, each building decorated with intricately carved and painted beams and pillars.

the quadrangles of the poor were of a much simpler construction with small gates and low ceilings. beijings meandering hutongs are passageways formed by thousands of closely arranged quadrangles of different sizes. the main buildings of most of these structures face south for optimum sunlight, especially during the bitter beijing winters. because of this, the majority of the citys hutongs run east to west. between the major hutongs meandered narrow alleys running north to south to allow convenient passage through what was once a vast maze of gray brick and tiled roofs.

old beijing is in essence a magnified quadrangle, symmetrically arranged and surrounded by a high city wall that was torn down half a century ago to make way for a beltway ringing the increasingly modern capital.

by the end of the qing dynasty, chinas economy was in tatters. but pleasure-loving beijing continued to cater to the emperor and his hangers-on. life was mostly confined to the hutongs. the quadrangle reflected the way of life and social culture of the times.