2022上海豫园英文导游词_豫园英文导游词.docx
2022上海豫园英文导游词_豫园英文导游词 上海豫园英文导游词由我整理，希望给你工作、学习、生活带来便利，猜你可能喜爱“豫园英文导游词”。 上海豫园英文导游词 Location: Yuyuan Garden, located in the southern part of Shanghai, is a famous claic garden.It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming dynasty.History: 1.Pan Yunduan, once an official of Sichuan Province, there is another saying that he was a treasurer, had the garden built to please his parents.The gardens name “Yu” means “Pleasing ones parents”.2.The construction started in 1559 but went on and off for lack of money and did not complete until twenty-eight years later.3.Some businemen bought it at a low price and later make it the City God Temples West Garden.During the Opium War and the Taiping Revolution, it was occupied and experienced a lot of disasters, so it lost much of its former grandeur.After the liberation of Shanghai, the peoples government makes many renovations to Yuyuan Garden and it opened to public at last in 1987 with a totally new look.Main spots: Before entering: There is a beautiful lotus pond.Acro the pond is a bridge with a pavilion in the middle which is called the Mid-Lake Pavilion.It was rebuilt in 1784 and was converted into a teahouse 80 years ago.The old teahouse is one of the most famous in Shanghai, and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Bill Clinton among others.By the teahouse is a nine zigzag bridge. Dont mi the Mid-Lake Pavilion Teahouse next to the entrance of the Yuyuan Gardens and now one of the most famous teahouses in China, visited by Queen Elizabeth II and Bill Clinton among others.Six scenery area: One: The Huge Rockery scenic area.Zigzag bridge: A zigzag bridge is one method for garden building.It slows down visitors pace so that they may enjoy the scenery leisurely and it also enables them to have a different view whenever they make a turn.Why nine zigzag? It is because “nine” is the biggest digit before ten and is a lucky number.On special occasions such as the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th of January of the lunar calendar, celebrations are held in the vicinity, giving rise to much hustle and bustle.It was a private garden in the southeast of Shanghai, with a history of more than 400 years.The Garden features more than 30 halls and pavilions such as Spring Hall, Chamber for Gathering the Rain and Pavilion for Viewing Frolicking Fish.They look out on pools filled with multicolored carp and lotus, artificial but climbable mountains, a Grand Rockery, dragon-shaped walls and winding corridors.The owner of the garden, Yunduan Pan, once a treasurer of Sichuan Province in the Ming Dynasty, had the garden built after the imperial type in Beijing to please his parents in their old age.Hence the name of the garden "Yu", which means "pleasing one's parents". The construction started in 1559 but went on and off for lack of money and did not come to completion till twenty years later.Unfortunately, Pan's father did not live to see the garden completed.What's more, the Pans went down the drain and his descendents were eager to sell the garden.Some businemen soon bought it at a low price.Then, it was incorporated into the City God Temple to become its "West Garden", and alter turned into many trade gild offices.In the mid-1800s the Society of Small Swords used the Garden as a gathering place for meetings.It was here that they planned their uprising with the Taiping revolutioners against the French colonialists.The French destroyed the Garden during the first Opium War.So, the garden experienced repeated calamities in its history and lost much of its former grandeur.But the area was later rebuilt and renovated.Yu Garden is divided into six parts with many scenic spots: Three Corn-Ear Hall and Grand Rockery; Happy Fish Waterside Pavilion and Chamber of Ten Thousand Flowers; Spring Hall and Hall of Mildne; Scenery Gathering Tower, Toasting Pavilion and Nine-lion Study; Exquisite Jade Stone and the Inner Garden.Each part of Yu Garden is separated by a white brick wall, the top of which are decorated with dragons.Each part of the park, although divided, has a balance and harmony creating a unity of expreion. Yu Garden is a piece of Shanghai past, one of the few old sights left in the city.Everyday at least 10,000 people visit the garden.No wonder people say "Those who came to Shanghai but mied Yu Garden and the City God Temple Bazaar can not claim that they have been to the city." Open Hour: daily 9:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.Addre: 218 Anren Street, Old City Busline: No.64, No.24, No.11, No.926 Three Corn-Ear Hall and Grand Rockery Let's begin our virtual tour.Before entering the garden, you will see a beautiful lotus pond.Acro the pond is a bridge with a pavilion in the middle.The mid-lake pavilion was rebuilt in 1784 and converted into a teahouse 80 years ago.One of the best in Shanghai, the teahouse is a popular place for the elderly people, who enjoy chatting with each other over a cup of tea. Under the teahouse is a nine-zigzag bridge.The Bridge is an indispensable part of a Chinese garden.It divides up the water space.A zigzag bridge slows down visitors' pace so that they may enjoy the scenery leisurely and it also enables them to see a different view whenever they make a turn.But why nine zigzags? It is because "nine" is the biggest digit before ten and is, therefore, a lucky number.On special occasions such as the lantern festival, which falls on the 15th of January of the lunar calendar, celebrations used to be held in the vicinity, giving rise to much hustle and bustle.Yu Yuan Garden is a small one, only covering an area of 2 hectares but it strikes one as quite large because of its zigzag layout. This is the Three Corn-Ear Hall, the largest and tallest hall in the garden.Called the "Hall of Happine and Longevity" at first, it was a place where the host entertained his guests and held banquets. There are three plaques in the hallstraight or zigzag, high or low, hill-climbing or water-hugging, a corridor is a visitor's guideline.It divides up the space and combines the views.With every step the visitor takes following a corridor, the view changes.A technique in building court gardens is to create parallel views.That is to say the pavilions, halls, chambers and towers match each other.Here is a case in point. Standing on the Rain Rolling Tower and looking on the right, visitors seem to see a landscape painting dominated by the rockery resembling a real mountain.When visitors on top of the rockery cast their eyes to their left, they will be struck by a genre painting centered on towers and chambers with pavilions, bridges and ponds tucked away as the background. The rock in the middle of the corridor looks like a young lady.Isn't it a treat to see suddenly a young lady who feels shy upon meeting a stranger and tries to hide herself when you stop in the pavilion for a brief rest and enjoy the views around! The plaque above says "Gradually Entering the Wonderland".It means that you should slowly follow the winding corridor in order to really appreciated the beautiful views ahead. You see another brick carving on your left.The old man holding a walking stick is the God of Longevity.He is distinguished by an abnormally large, protruding forehead which is deeply lined and crowned with snow white hair.He also has big ears, long eyebrows and a square mouth with thick lips.He is a legendary figure said to be in charge of the life span of mankind.Above the God of Longevity is the Godde of Mercy. This is Happy Fish Waterside Pavilion.Surrounded by water on three sides, it is a good place for enjoying goldfish swimming happily in the pond.The pavilion often reminds visitors of the dialogue carried between two ancient philosophers, Zhuang Zhi and Hui Zhi.Once they came to a pond like this.One of them said, "The goldfish must be very happy." The other asked him, "How do you know whether they are happy since you are not fish?" he first one answered, "How do you know that I do not know they are happy since you are not me?" Visitors do find themselves in a happy frame of mind when they hear the sound of flowing water and see the goldfish swimming freely in the clear water of the pond. This small area itself is a garden as it is complete with the basic elements called for by a Chinese-type garden-plant, water, building and rock.The pond, partitioned in the middle by a crenelated wall with the water flowing through an arched opening at the foot of the wall, looks deeper and longer than itself.This is what we call creating the maximum space in a small area.If your eyes follow the stream beyond the arch you will see in the water the reflections of people and scenery on the other side of the wall.This is the technique of "scenery borrowing".It means using the scenery "borrowed" from outside the garden as the setoff to enrich the views inside and make the two become one. There is a 300-year old wistaria at the corner.It is said the tree once withered but came into bloom again.Some people regard wistaria as a symbol for welcoming guests.When summer sets in, the tree is ladden with white, butterfly-like flowers, which give off refreshing fragrance. This is the Double Corridor partitioned by a wall with latticed windows.When you look through the windows you will see different views like traditional Chinese paintings in frames.One side of the corridor presents you with chambers, towers and a houseboat which are all static.The other side provides you with the views of water and trees and flowers which are all moving. At the end of the corridor is the Chamber of Ten Thousand Flowers.It is so called because there are fresh flowers here all the year round.Designs of plants and flowers are carved on the doors and windows.Particularly eye-catching are the designs of the plum, the orchid, the chrysanthemum and the bamboo at the four corners of the Chamber, representing spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively.The furniture with carved flowers in the chamber are over 200 years old. In front of the chamber are many rocks brought here from lakes.Eroded by water, they are in different shapes, many, interestingly, resembling animals. Here are two more ancient trees, one gingko and the other magnolia. It is said that Mr.Pan's father planted two gingko trees, one male and the other female, 400 years ago.Later, the female gingko died and a magnolia was planted in its place.Known as "living foil", gingko trees used to grow profusely about 146 million years ago, but are now on the brink of extinction.It is also called "gongsun" tree because it grows so slowly that the grandfather plants the tree and the grandson picks the fruit.The tree looks like a large parachute because of its dark green leaves resembling small fans.Its seeds and leaves can be used for medical purposes. If you look up you will see the second dragon on top of the wall.The dragon sprawls on the wall, with its head raised hgh, ready to mount the clouds.Hence the name "dragon mounting to the clouds".Dragon is a mythical animal.It is said dragons could call up wind and waves. Gods rode on them or used them as meengers.Dragon is said to have horns like a deer's antlers, the head of an ox, eyes of a shrimp, the body of a snake, scales of a fish, and talons of an eagle.Regarded as something sacred and the symbol of the emperor, dragons were used to consolidate the position of the feudal rulers in ancient China. This dragon has, in its mouth, a pearl which is its life-line.There is also a toad under its mouth.It is said that these two animals depend on each other for survival.The toad lives on the saliver of the dragon, and, in turn, scratches its chin which is made itchy by the saliver.Let's continue our virtual tour to the third section: Spring Hall and Hall of Mildne This is the Spring Hall.In 1853, the people in Shanghai organized a secret societythe phoenix on the right, "Ru Ji" or "as-you-wish" in the middle and the unicorn on the left. On top of the wall here are the third and fourth dragons with a pearl between them.They are called "Twin dragons playing with a pearl".On festival occasions, streets packed with people present a bustling scene, whereby twin dragons manipulated by players dance and fiddle with a pearl. Here is another brick carving with the pine tree, the deer, the lingzhi herb and the crane, all symbolizing a long life.Scenery Gathering Pavilion, Toasting Pavilion and Nine-lion Study This is the eastern part of Yu Yuan Garden.It was leveled to the ground after the Opium War but has recently been restored.Following the Ming Dynasty-styled "Spring Corridor" flanked by green bamboo, visitors will see the Huijing (Scenery Gathering) Tower, the centre of one of the three scenic sections in the eastern part.The tower, built in 1870, commands an excellent view of the whole garden.The Nine-Lion Study, overlooking the Huijing Tower, was erected in 1959. Visitors may stop in front of the tower and enjoy the elegance of the pavilion in the distance.Or they may cro the stone bridge and follow the stone path leading to it.Ascending the pavilion, they may catch sight of the lotus in the pond or appreciate the tranquility of the pavilion tucked away admist ancient trees. Beside a rockery stands another pavilion called Liushang (Toasting) Pavilion.Its shadows are thrown onto the pond.It is recorded that on March 3 of the lunar calendar ever year, men of letters in Shanghai would come here and compose poems over a gla of wine like Wang Xizhi and his friends did in Lan Pavilion. Next to the Liushang Pavilion is a three-cornered stone bridge clinging to the water.The water surface, the bridge, trees, halls and towers form a staircase.Walking on the bridge, one feels like tiptoeing on the water. On the far end of the bridge is a wall with a moon-shaped door.The words "Yinyu" or "leading to the jade" are above the door.He grotesquely-shaped huge rock behind the door will arouse visitors' curiosity.You will hastily enter the next scenic section .the Exquisite Jade Stone. Once entering this section, you will find yourself in a world of "jade".The huge rock, the Jade Magnificence Hall, the beautiful rockery peak and the wonderful corridor all contain in their names the Chinese word "yu" or jade.Even the Yulan (magnolia) Shanghai city's treemeans "white jade orchid" in Chinese. The 3.3-meter-high Exquisite Jade Stone is a rare treasure and, actually, one of the three best in China.It was one of the many valuable rocks which should have been sent to the Northern Song Dynasty Emperor, Huizong, a rock fan.But it got lost while being transported from the south to the northern capital Kaifeng.It finally ended up in a private garden in Shanghai's Sanlintang, east of the Huangpu River.The owner, a
