英语介绍旅游景点简单北京旅游景点天安门英文导游词.doc

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1、英语介绍旅游景点简单北京旅游景点天安门英文导游词导读：英文导游词范文，北京旅游景点天安门英文导游词范文样本，在线游览或下载，科教范文网海量范文供你参考：Tiananmen RostrumTiananmen( the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center of Beijin Tiananmen RostrumTiananmen( the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center of Beijing.It was first built in 1417 and named Ch

2、engtianmen( the Gate of Heavenly Succession).At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was seriously damaged by war.When it was rebuilt under the Qing in 1651, it was renamed Tiananmen, and served as the main entrance to the Imperial City, the administrative and residential quarters for court officials and

3、 retainers.The southern sections of the Imperial City wall still stand on both sides of the Gate.The tower at the top of the gate is nine-room wide and five room deep.According to the Book of Changes, the two numbers nine and five, when bined, symbolize the supreme status of a sovereign.During the M

4、ing and Qing dynasties, Tiananmen was the place where state ceremonies took place.The most important one of them was the issuing of imperial edicts, which followed these steps: 1) The Minister of Rites would receive the edict in Taihedian( Hall of Supreme Harmony), where the Emperor was holding his

5、court.The minister would then carry the decree on a yunpan( tray of cloud), and withdraw from the hall via Taihemen( Gate of supreme Harmony)2) The Minister would put the tray in a miniature longting( dragon pavilion).Beneath a yellow umpella and carry it via Wumen( Meridian Gate), to Tiananmen Gate

6、 tower.3) A courtier would be invested to proclaim the edict.The civil and military officials lining both sides of the gateway beneath the tower would prostrate themselves in the direction of the emperor in waiting for the decree to the proclaimed.4) The courtier would then put the edict in a phoeni

7、_-shaped wooden bo_ and lower it from the tower by means of a silk cord.The document would finally be carried in a similar tray of cloud under a yellow umpella to the Ministry of Rites.5) The edict, copied on yellow paper, would be made known to the whole country.Such a process was historically reco

8、rded as “ Imperial Edict Issued by Golden Phoeni_”.During the Ming and Qing dynasties Tiananmen was the most important passage.It was this gate that the Emperor and his retinue would go through on their way to the altars for ritual and religious activities.On the Westside of Tiananmen stands Zhongsh

9、anPark( Dr.Sun Yat-sens Park), and on the east side, the Working Peoples Cultural Palave.The Park was formerly called Shejitan( Altar of Land and Grain), built in 1420 for offering sacrificial items to the God of Land.It was opened to the public as a park in 1914 and its name was changed in 1928 to

10、the present one in memory of the great pioneer of the Chinese Democratic Revolution.The Working Peoples Cultural Palace used to be Taimiao( the Supreme Ancestral Temple), where tablets of the deceased dynastic rulers were kept.The stream in front of Tiananmen is called Waijinshuihe( Outer Golden Riv

11、er),with seven marble pidges spanning over it .Of these seven pidges,historical records say the middle one was for the e_clusive use of the emperor and was accordingly called Yuluqiao( Imperial Bridge).The pidges flanking it on either side were meant for the members of the royal family and were ther

12、efore called Wanggongqiao( Royals Bridges).Farther away on each side of the two were pidges for officials ranking above the third order and were named Pinjiqiao( ministerial Bridges).The remaining two pidges were for the use by the retinue below the third order and wre called Gongshengqiao( mon Brid

13、ges).They anr the one in front of the Supreme Ancestral Temple to the east and the one in front of the Altar of land and Grain to the west.The two stone lions by the Gate of Tiananmen, one on each side were meant as sentries.They gaze toward the middle a_is, guarding the emperors walkway.In front of

14、 the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao.They are elaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary dragon.Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns.The story of Huabiao may be traced to a couple of sources.One of the versions accredits its invention to one of the Chinese sage kings named Yao, who was said to have set up a wooden pillar in order to allow the ordinary people to e_pose evil-doers, hence it was originally called a slander pillar.Later it ws reduced to a signpost, and now it serves as an ornament.第 5 页 共 5 页