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Dear friends: visitors
Hello everyone, I am your touring in guilin tour guide this time, thank you gave me the chance to be an exercise, all I will do my own ability to explain for you.
Ok, we get to the point. Saying the "landscape jiatianxia guilin," guilin has the characteristics of this region, is in flat land and river, grids, abrupt SenYu, each are not connected.
We are on this side of the center of guilin, there is a danger. It's called xiufeng alone, bulging mountain, like a giant big column, known as "south tianyi column"
Next, I guide you in outrigger canoes to see guilin is the most beautiful one in the river, the lijiang river. We can see what is the distinguishing feature of the lijiang river water? Yes, lijiang river water eerily quiet, quiet we don not feel it in the flow; The lijiang river water on the bottom, can see there are a lot of beautiful fish swimming in the water; The lijiang river water also special green, green can and flawless was comparable.
You see, the attraction is "xiangshan shui", it is synthesized from xiangshan and hidden holes. The xiangshan also called elephant trunk hill, because it resembles a giant elephant is the river water. Elephant trunk hill that long nose, the depth of the water and mountain ready round the cave, "hidden hole". Hole on the surface is very smooth.
This is the camel mountain, beautiful legend about it next time tell you,
Good, today I take you to visit here, welcome to come to guilin, I have a lot of shortcomings, hope everyone advice, the small time we goodbye. Bye bye!
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Chaohu, the beautiful "great garden of centralAnhui". I'm Wang Bing, the tour guide of Anhui travel agency. Today I'll showyou the dreamlike world in pictures and the dreamlike water town. When I meetyou for the first time, how about reciting a poem to help you have fun?
Chaohu Lake is like an inkstone, with Gushan as its ink mill. Laoshan islike a sheep's brush, which is enough to write the green sky eight line script.What about? Is it domineering? Ha ha, don't be fooled by Xiao Wang. Thismagnificent seven character poem is not written by me. It comes from LiHongzhang, a famous person in Hefei. What is the beauty of his poetry? Let's goto the bottom together!
On the way to Chaohu, I'd like to tell you a beautiful legend: we all knowthat Chaohu is named because it looks like a bird's nest, but do you know theorigin of its other name "Jiaohu"? According to the records of Soushenji, Chaohuwas a state in ancient times. One year, there was a severe drought. Xiaobailongsecretly rained to eliminate the drought. He broke the heavenly rule and wasbeaten down. He met grandma Jiao to help him. In return for Jiao's help, XiaoBailong tells the emperor of heaven that he will sink into Chaohu Lake. WhenJiao gets the news, she runs around and tells the people of Chaohu Lake thatthey are saved. But Jiao's mother and daughter delayed their escape by tellingthe neighbors, and they were engulfed by the torrential flood. Later generationsadmired Jiao's noble character of sacrificing herself to save others, so theynamed the lake "Jiao Lake" and a mountain in the lake "Lao Mountain".
We look out of the window. Now the water area that comes into our eyes isChaohu Lake. As a matter of fact, Chaohu Lake is a faulted lake. As early asJurassic and Cretaceous, the strata around Chaohu Lake were faulted, whichhindered the water flow in the eastern Piedmont of Dabie Mountain in WesternChina and formed a vast water surface. After tens of millions of years ofcrustal movement and sediment deposition, about 15000 years ago, today's ChaohuLake was formed. It covers an area of more than 800 square kilometers, known as"eight hundred Li Lake sky", and is also one of the five largest freshwaterlakes in China.
Chaohu scenic spot is a national key scenic spot, mainly includingZhongmiao, Laoshan and Yinping mountain. Now when we get off the bus, we come toZhongmiao and Laoshan Scenic spots, which are the most concentrated andcharacteristic scenic spots. It is a tourist scenic spot integrating lake,mountain, island, tower, temple and temple. First of all, let's take a look atZhongmiao, which is named after its location between Hefei and Chaoxian. TheZhongmiao temple was first built in the Han Dynasty and has a history of morethan 20__ years. And its most brilliant time was "Jiuhua in the south, Zhongmiaoin the north", which was very popular. During the important festivals, thepilgrimage team reached dozens of miles. Let's have a look at the bluestonesteps under our feet. That's the famous shibada. Only by passing it can we cometo the big temple of Zhongmiao. It is said that this place was originally aTaoist temple. At the beginning of the temple, what was worshiped was BixiaYuanjun, which is now the "Empress of the temple". By the Wei, Jin, southern andNorthern Dynasties, Buddhism began to prevail, Taoism gradually declined, so theoriginal Taoist temple gradually became a Buddhist temple.
Walking through the temple, you can see that there are three islands in thelake in the distance, and the biggest one is Laoshan, which is about 3000 metersaway from the temple. Although it is only 4000 meters around the island, thereare three mountains and nine peaks, with many historic sites. Among them, themost famous is the three antiques of Laoshan: ancient pagoda, ancient temple andancient boat pond. There is another story about the ancient pagoda: the ancientpagoda was built in the late Ming Dynasty, but it was not completed due to theoutbreak of the nongming uprising. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of theQing Dynasty, local gentry lobbied Li Hongzhang to say, "with the tip of LaoshanMountain, Luzhou came out first." Li Hongzhang was very happy to hear that, andordered to raise funds to build the pagoda and named it "Wenfeng pagoda".Standing on the Wenfeng tower, you can also see huazangjing temple, an ancienttemple of three ancient times in Zhanmu mountain. Huazangjing temple is anancient temple built in memory of jiaolao, goddess of Chaohu. It was first builtin the Jin Dynasty and rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty when Wenfeng pagoda wasbuilt. It was renamed "Chaohu Temple" and "SHENGFEI Temple". After seeing thesecond ancient of Laoshan, you must want to know the third ancient boat pond ofLaoshan. This ancient boat pond is the harbor surrounded by huge stones that hitone or two kilos. There are two harbors like this. Do you know why? Because ofthe southeast wind in the first half of the year and the northwest wind in thesecond half of the year, two boat ponds were built. It is the warship haven ofChaohu Navy.
Well, the good time is always short. After tasting the delicacy of "Chaohuthree treasures" silver fish, white shrimp and crab, our trip today is over. Ibelieve that in the near future, I can still lead you to visit Chaohu again andtaste three treasures!
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 China's 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.
The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal(1) in India andthe Hanging Garden of Babylon(2), is one of the great wonders of the world.Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province,the Wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to Jiayuguan in the Gobidesert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China. The Wall climbs up anddown, twists and turns along the ridges of the Yanshan and Yinshan MountainChains through five provinces-Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu--andtwo autonomous regions--Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, binding the northern Chinatogether.
Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Wall todefensive fortification back to the year 656 B.C. during the reign of King Chengof the States of Chu. Its construction continued throughout the Warring Statesperiod in the fifth Century B.C. when ducal states Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Qin werefrequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the Yinshan andYanshan mountain ranges. Walls, then, were built separately by these ducalstates to ward off such harassments. Later in 221 B.C., when Qin conquered theother states and unified China, Emperor Qinshihuang ordered the connection ofthese individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the presentgreat wall. As a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north ofthe Yinshan range in the Han Dynasty(206 BC--1644 BC.), which went to ruinthrough years of neglect. In the many intervening centuries, succeedingdynasties rebuilt parts of the Wall. The most extensive reinforcements andrenovations were carried out in the Ming Dynasty (1368--1644) when altogether 18lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the MingDynasty Wall that visitors see today. The Great Wall is divided into twosections, the east and west, with Shanxi Province as the dividing line. The westpart is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. In theeastern part, the core of the Wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shellis reinforced with bricks and rocks. The most imposing and best preservedsections of the Great Wall are at Badaling and Mutianyu, not far from Beijingand both are open to visitors. The Wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wideenough for five horses to gallop abreast. There are ramparts, embrasures,peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoylesto drain rain-water off the parapet walk. Two-storied watch-towers are built atapproximately 400-meters internals. The top stories of the watch-tower weredesigned for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storinggrain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quarteringgarrison soldiers. The highest watch-tower at Badaling standing on a hill-top,is reached only after a steep climb, like "climbing a ladder to heaven". Theview from the top is rewarding, hoverer. The Wall follows the contour ofmountains that rise one behind the other until they finally fade and merge withdistant haze. A signal system formerly existed that served to communicatemilitary information to the dynastic capital. This consisted of beacon towers onthe Wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the Wall. At the approachof enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in thedaytime and bonfire did this at night.
Emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant placeswithin a few hour long before the invention of anything like moderncommunications. There stand 14 major passes (Guan, in Chinese) at places ofstrategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguanand Jiayuguan. Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometersnorthwest of Beijing. Known as "Tian Xia Di YI Guan" (The First Pass UnderHeaven), Shanghaiguan Pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neckconnecting north China with the northeast. It had been, therefore, a keyjunction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here.It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to theManchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and sosurrendered the whole Ming empire to the Manchus, leading to the foundation ofthe Qing Dynasty. (1644-1911) Jiayuguan Pass was not so much as the "Strategicpass Under the Heaven" as an important communication center in Chinese history.Cleft between the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the rolling Mazong Mountains,it was on the ancient Silk Road. Zhang Qian, the first envoy of Emperor Wu Di ofthe Western Han dynasty (206 B.C-24 A.D), crossed it on his journey to thewestern regions. Later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too. Thegate-tower of Jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship. Ithas an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surroundedby a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference. It has two gates, aneastern one and a western one. On each gate sits a tower facing each other. thefour corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each.Juyongguan, a gateway to ancient Beijing from Inner Mongolia, was built in a15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains. The cavalrymen of Genghis Khanswept through it in the 13th century. At the center of the pass is a whitemarble platform named the Cloud terrace, which was called the Crossing-StreetDagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the topof the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the YuanDaynasty(1206-1368). At the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal archgateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendidimages of Buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls. The vividnessof their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship. such grandioserelics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancientChinese carving. The gate jambs bear a multi-lingual Buddhist sutra, carved some600 years ago in Sanskrit(3), Tibetan, Mongolian, Uigur(4), Han Chinese and thelanguage of Western Xia. Undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of Buddhismand ancient languages. As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only toChina but to the world. The Venice charter says: "Historical and culturalarchitecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also theurban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significantsocial developments or historical events." The Great Wall is the largest of suchhistorical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be soattractive to people all over the world. In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCOas a world cultural heritage site.
Taicang is located in the southeast of jiangsu province, at the southern bank of Yangtze river estuary is located in north latitude 31 ° 20 '- 31 ° 45', longitude 120 ° 58 '- 121 ° 20'. The, in the east and chongming island across the river, baoshan, jiading, Shanghai in the south, west, north, respectively, and kunshan, changshu border. Taicang is a plain along the river of the Yangtze river delta plain. All geological flat, since the northeast southwest were slightly tilted. For eastern plain along the river, west to low-lying OS. Eastern ground elevation: 3.5-5.8 meters (benchmark: Wu Song zero), west 2.4 3.8 meters. Across a total area of 822.926 square kilometers, of which the Yangtze river water area of 173.89 square kilometers.
Taicang is the main ethnic han Chinese, minority scattered areas. The city has 1998 hui, manchu, Mongol, zhuang, wa, miao, dong, dai, yi, qiang, tujia, naxi, hezhen, hani, such as 15 minority, 161 people, of which the majority with hui and manchu, mainly distributed in residences, shaxi town, LiuHe, etc. By the end of 1998, the total number of households in the city 140446 households, 449453 people, including agricultural population 329591 people, non-agricultural population of 119862 people. Male 219715, female 229738 people; The birth rate was 6.9 ‰, the natural growth rate 1.73 ‰. Taicang, the Yangtze river economic belt and coastal open port city in the history of intersection, head of the Yangtze river delta open area in the southeast of jiangsu province forefront, east is near the south according to Shanghai, west of suzhou, is one of the most developed counties (cities) of jiangsu province economy. History after the prince and spring shen jun named granary "taicang" in the building, with pleasant climate, rich products, and enjoys jinxiu jiangnan "taicang of gold" reputation.
Reform and opening up, dongfeng, taicang into the stream of the world, taicang the geography position advantage and good economic foundation, for the all-round development and promote the internationalization of economy provides the advantageous natural conditions and the unprecedented historical opportunity, shows the broad prospects for development, taicang port has approved as the port of national first class, formal open foreign ships, and as a part of the Shanghai international shipping center. According to the requirements of the prime minister li peng has stepped up efforts to do a good job in expansion oil, amoco, cosco, huaneng, China mobil nearly 20 big business at home and abroad, such as large enterprises have settled in the port area, taicang economic development zone of a batch of large investment, high technology content, developing power projects have started production, crossing the Chinese Taiwanese community, lu GuiZhuang candy food hall, horse power motor city, north area, early LiuHe tourist area has some characteristics such as village scale, or under construction. Towards diversification, industrialization of agriculture, the optimized structural adjustment of the industrial economy, in petrochemical industry, mechanical and electrical integration, light industry, food raw materials, precision machinery, high-grade textile clothing and energy as the main body of the six big emerging dominant is accelerating formation of industrial clusters.
Hello everyone! First of all, on behalf of the travel agency, I would liketo welcome you to Chaohu for sightseeing and sightseeing. I am your guide. Todaywe run this arrangement, the first in the morning tour of Hutian Shengjingtemple, on Laoshan Island, on the way to swim Lake Avenue, Chaohu, Kameyama; WeiLi in Chinese restaurant, afternoon tour silver Ping Shan Scenic Area, theconcept of the Millennium - p.suffruticosa, fairy cave, Spa Resort back rest. WeChaohu city is named for Chaohu, it covers an area of 9423 square kilometers,the total population of 4 million 500 thousand, under the jurisdiction ofLujiang County, Wuwei County County, Hanshan County, as well as the Juchaodistrict boundary between Hefei and Wuhu in two cities, Hefei, Chuzhou, and thesurrounding Lu'an, Anqing City, bordering the river, Wuhu, and TonglingMa'anshan City, the three look relatively. Chaohu in the Shang and Zhou Jian NanChao, the spring and Autumn period to nest in Qin and Han Dynasties set JuchaoTang home, Chaozhou, later called the county, 84 years instead of Chaoxian,Chaohu City, in the 99 year the State Council withdrew the county of ChaohuCity, the establishment of the prefecture level city of Chaohu.
Our Chaohu cultural landscape and the natural landscape is very rich, it isknown as the garden of Anhui, Chaohu specialty is also very much, such as ChaohuChaohu honey, Sophora japonica, fireworks, etc.. Now our car is driving on theLake Road, the Lake Avenue is a set of tourism, flood control, traffic in one,in the 91 years after the flood that began to build up, a total length of 53meters, then you can see the left is our Chaohu lake water, 800 squarekilometers, lake the 23 towns are surrounded by three County District, andLujiang County, Feidong County, Feixi county and Juchao district. We Chaohu andDongting Lake, Hongze lake, Poyang Lake, Taihu and are known as the five largestfreshwater lakes, and we Chaohu in the five largest freshwater lakes are thesmallest. Chaohu, also known as the coke lake. It is said that in ancient timesof Chaohu, a small white dragon without rainfall except sweat, sweat, madetiantiao, was the emperor censureddescends to earth, when coke Laoshan saved,the small white dragon at the focal Laoshan life-saving grace, so he told theemperor to trap nest the matter, and inform all the neighbors in Laoshan cokeso, all the neighbors to Mian victims, however, but when the coke basking byneighbor delay the chance to escape flooded, the daughter also lost a pair ofshoes in a hurry to run and was flooded, and later people to commemorate thefocal basking spirit, will be in the lake called coke lake. The coke is made ofa mu Laoshan, daughter turned into a mountain, one of her shoes into the shoehill.
Of course, this is just a myth of Chaohu. The real Chaohu formation is ofcourse the result of the movement of the earth's crust. The three treasure ofour Chaohu is silvery fish, white rice prawns and crabs. Chaohu lake basin ismainly Yuxi River and Yangtze River flows through their cattle Tunhe. Laoshanisland covers an area of 0.86 square kilometers, 105 meters above sea level. Thetower that we see now is the Wenfeng tower. There was a sharp peak aroundLaoshan, Luzhou champion. In order to verify the Ergui Luzhou Fu Yan Song, inthe Ming Dynasty for four years (1631) built four storey tower, after thepeasant uprising and stop work, to the four years of the Qing Dynasty (1878)Foreign Affairs Minister Li Hongzhang and Juan, built three storey tower, thetower has seven floors, eight horns, 51 meters high, 133. The tower post carved802 Buddha statues, stone tablets 25 questions. There is a poem in Guo Ruomu'sPoems: yaokan Chaohu Kingnet, love aunt hair like oil, namely, second auntbasking.
Good morning, everyone.Welcome to this beautiful coastal city-Tianjin. Myname is Li Shimin. You can call me Xiao Li. It’s a great honor to be your tourguide today. On behalf of the Tianjin China International Travel Service and mycolleagues, I am very glad to extend my warm welcome to all of you here. This isour driver, Mr. Wang. He has more than 10 years of driving experience, so youcan be assured that your time on the bus will be safe and comfortable. Duringthe whole days’ travel, Mr. Wang and I will be with you to tour the beautifulsights of Tianjin Ancient Cultural Street.
Now I'd like to introduce this famous street to you. This street is locatedin the Nankai District of Tianjin and was formally opened in 1986. Althoughoriginally started a business street, it has become one of the main touristattractions in Tianjin and attracts a great number of tourists every year.
Walk along the street, and you will be particularly impressed by thesplendid classical architecture in the folk style of the Qing Dynasty as well asthe hundreds of stores selling a wide variety of Chinese traditional folkhandicrafts, among which Yang Liuqing New Year Paintings and Niren Zhang PaintedSculptures are the most famous. You can buy whatever you want and taste thedelicious local Tianjin snacks.
Now you have one hour free time to enjoy yourself. I hope you will have agood time here.
Time goes by so quickly and your trip in Tianjin Ancient Cultural Stree isdrawing to a close. It’s really my pleasure to spend a pleasant andunforgettable day with all of you. On behalf of my Chinese colleagues presenthere, I wish to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks to all ofyou. We thank you for your patience and friendliness, which has made our workeasier and has also enabled us to learn many things about your country andpeople. We also appreciate your cooperation and understanding, which has madethe trip a pleasure and success. Here I also express my heartfelt thanks to ourdriver, Mr. Wang for his skilled driving.
If we were unable to meet some of your expectations, we do apologize forthat. Please know that we did our best to keep all of you happy all thetime.
There goes a Chinese saying, “A friend from afar brings one boundless joy.”I hope you’ll take back happy memories of your travel in Tianjin. If you want totravel in Tianjin someday in the future I hope to be your guide again. I’ll takeyou around more tourist sites in Tianjin.
I wish you a pleasant trip to your next destination and smooth journey backto your country.
thank you.
Hello! Warmly welcome to Mount Tai! In the following time, I will visitMount Tai with you and introduce Mount Tai, a natural and cultural heritage. Ihope that through my introduction, you will be deeply impressed by MountTai.
Now, in front of us is Mount Tai. It is located in the middle of ShandongProvince, east of Jinpu railway, in the east of China, so it is calledDongyue.
Mount Tai is a magnificent mountain with beautiful scenery, ranking firstamong the five mountains. Therefore, in ancient times, it was known as "thelength of the five mountains", "the sole ancestor of the five mountains" and"the sole respect of the five mountains". The tour area has increased from 19. 5square kilometers to nearly 70 square kilometers now.
There are many poems about the scenery of Mount Tai. Now I would like tointroduce two of them to you
After 18 sets
There are eighteen roads in Lingxue, and three passes in the mountains.
Listen to the Green rhyme of the warbler's singing in the mountains, andstep on the stone steps to dream into the clouds.
Wash the heart, pour the silver river, forget yourself, turn over the bluesea and sky.
People are unique, and I don't know what's on earth.
On the top of Jade Emperor
Three into the gate of heaven, stepping on the blue clouds, the JadeEmperor to see heaven and earth.
There is no other thing to see at nine o'clock in Qizhou.
The universe is smooth without inside and outside, and the country is vastwithout depth.
The Millennium historic sites are full of dreams, and the independent windis full of dust.
This tall and ancient Mount Tai contains rich natural and culturalaccumulation.
Dear friends, that's all for my introduction. Next, take your time to visitthe places you are interested in,
Watch carefully!
Md palace, located in eastern henan already county, was built in the han,from began. 10 li away from Lao tze birthplace, Lao tze old age once lecturehere, after the people ride a green cattle under a immortal legend Lao zi inthis. Md intrauterine laojun units in the national key protected culturalrelics, was built in the tang dynasty tianbao for two years, 13 meters high, isan ancient big brick building, surrounded by 14 high altar form ancientbuildings.
Along the 33 ste”"ps”" into the old gentleman on the gate, is the mainhall, hard mountain qing dynasty architecture, inside each a partial temple. On13 Sabina chinensis tree green lush, cool wind blow gently, all the year roundflying birds singing. Below smooth haze, the lake a travelling Hui, pleasantscenery. Along the central axis of the entrance in the south about xu, and enjoythe temple, welcomed the xuan yuan temple, jubilee temple, pavilion, tao kiosks,teng YunGe, it faces, gossip, the door to all the wonderful memorial arch ofdragon of dike, hong tao yuan, etc. Because of laozi moral high honors, traveledthrough the ages the visitors an endless stream, Tang Gaozu tang gaozu, tangdynasty, the emperor Li Zhi Tang Xuansong lung-chi lee, Song Zhen Song Zhaohuan,was as well as the great writer su dongpo, ouyang xiu, etc have been here to orsacrifice to the ancestors, or inappropriate tour, leaving many immortal poemsglorious chapter.
Letter valley pass in front of yu shan jin three provinces border, henanlingbao city territory, about 75 km away from downtown sanmenxia, 12 km fromdowntown spi. Letter valley was founded in the spring and autumn period and thewarring states period, after the destroyed by fire. In 1987, rebuilt thebeginning letter of rehabilitation of 1992 cage valley floor, is a Taoistculture and military in the heart of the integration of the humanities. Lettervalley is building in the history of our country one of the earliest innorth-west fortress, also our country ancient great thinker, philosopher Lao ziTaoist school of thought takes great the daodejing valley, the spirit of theholy land, to celebrity (Lao tzu), classics (the daodejing), collecting thevalley off (letter) niche in history, known overseas. Former Chinese Taoistassociation, yuxi road flyover MinZhiTing personally inscribed for the scenicspot "the source of the Taoist" plaques. The scenic area covers an area of 16.9square kilometers, divided into functional valley and the beginning of twoparts. Letter valley pass was built in the spring and autumn period and thewarring states period, "because, in the valley deep risks such as letter of thename. Since yao mountain mountain east, west to Tong jin, TongMing lettervalley, so-called crash" (as the example).
Since the spring and autumn period and the warring states period, afterseven male supremacy, chu, huang chao uprising, the article analyzes the peasantuprising, as well as the xinhai revolution, the Anti-Japanese War, liberationwar shows that must, is strategically important for everybody. The beginningpalace is China's spring and autumn dynasty outstanding thinker, politician,philosopher and writer Lao tze writings the daodejing, his book the daodejing,its ideas and profound, contains the rich, all aspects related to heaven, earth,people, in politics, economy, military affairs, art, ethics, health and otherfields has the original opinion, is a rare treasure in the world. Since 1992,the letter of valley Lao zi s birthday activities every year, when the touristsat home and abroad to pilgrimage. Main attraction on floor, letter off trail,the beginning palace courtyard, avenue, Taoism regimen, the scripture-storedtower, deep purple floor, chicken calls, the forest of steles, museum, themuseum of more than 20.
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street with 600 years history, standing in the areaof key section in upstream of the Haihe River, is located in Nankai district ofTianjin. Covering an area of 224,200 sq meters, it used to be one of earliestwater transport docklands in Tianjin where is one of the busiest cities ofcommerce and trade in history. As a cultural precinct, Tianjin Ancient CultureStreet is well known by the local and overseas tourists. The two attractions,Yuan Huang Ge and Tian Hou Temple are two historic cultural relics in the listof city level ones reversed.
Tianjin Ancient Cultural Street rebuilt in 1980's is one of the greatsuccesses in the renovation and redevelopment. The whole block is stillconserved the existing urban pattern and tissue of traditional Chinese layout.The lanes and houses in the Street are almost preserved in a good condition withTianjin local feathers. In past time, whenever the day of 23th of March in lunarcalendar was coming, a great ceremony would be held here, which it is said thatit is the birthday of heaven Mother. On the ceremony, many Chinese traditionalperformances would be seen, such as Shiziwu (dancing play as a lion),Huahanchuan (dancing with a ship 杔ike dressing), Caigaoqiao (dancing standing ona high stick) and so on.
As the result of expanding Tian Hou Temple, renovating Yu Huang Ge buildingand renewing the Haihe Lou, this street with fine landscape and distinctivearchitectural style has been a flourish, cultural and tourist area. The newplanning and design for the Street had paid more attention to the waterfront andconnecting with surrounding around, especially the Old City in the west.
Hello, all of you, I'm Wang Ping, a tour guide from Anhui travel agency.You can call me Wang. My side is master Ma, who has many years of drivingexperience. It is a great pleasure to visit the Chaohu scenic area with everyonein this sunny day.
Now our car is driving on lakeside Avenue, Chaohu, also called "Jiao Lake".It is said that in ancient times of Chaohu, a year of drought, the small whitedragon without rainfall except dry, made tiantiao, was the emperorcensureddescends to earth, when coke Laoshan saved, the small white dragon atthe focal basking grace, so he told him to heaven in nest state, coke baskingtimely told all the neighbors, to everyone die hard to avoid. He had delayed theopportunity to escape and was washed away by the flood. The daughter lost a pairof shoes in a hurry, and flooded, later people to commemorate the focal baskingspirit, will be in the lake called "coke Lake", and then turned into a cokebasking in Laoshan Mountain, a daughter, her a pair of shoes into the shoe hill.Of course, these are just a myth. The real Chaohu is of course the result of themovement of the earth's crust.
Now we look to the left is our Chaohu, the lake area of Chaohu 800 squarekilometers, is the largest lake in the province, is one of the five largestfreshwater lakes in China. As the water rich, suitable climate for Anhuifish.
The temple stands in Phoenix Palace red sand reef, three facing water, theexisting building for the late Qing Dynasty temple diange, is dedicated to theworship of bixiayuanjun, and now people visit the temple, is no longer theaeriality pray for the gift of God, but in the work, to enjoy the magnificentscenery of Chaohu Nabaili. And in the temple at Island Lake is a vast lake,which is filled with legendary laoshan.
Laoshan Mountain is the most beautiful in Chaohu biggest lake. Laoshan notonly beautiful. Many visitors walk in the places of historic interest and scenicbeauty, rugged road, if you can hear your footsteps slightly heavier, echosounding, this is the Laoshan unique "an echo", if follow the voice can be foundfor the size of more than 20 caves, cave rocks Ling Xun, very wonderfulinsurance. To climb up, you can see the Wenfeng tower.
Wenfeng's seven floors, 51 meters, 133 layers of eaves angle to walk,octagonal eight square, corner with bells, majestic appearance, exquisitestructure. The body of the tower consists of three parts: the outer wall, thecorridor and the tower heart. In the possession of the viceroy Li Hanzhang wrote"I recently", Chinese Taiwan's first governor Liu Mingchuan wrote the "flow column" 25plaques and 802 statues of Buddha brick tower, people, feel the wind whistling,bells, like standing above the clouds.
Tasha linedwith Li Hongzhang like, Li Hongzhang fortune before gracedivision Zeng Guofan gathered on the lake in the Huai pointing, practice, notfar from the tower, there is a holy temple basking, red Ying tiles nestled inthe green pines and verdant cypresses, beautiful.
Ladies and gentlemen, our journey is about to end. In this short and happytime, I am impressed by the enthusiasm of you, and I hope that the beauty ofChaohu will leave you a good memory.
Evening Scenes of Chongqing
The Red Star Pavilion in the Pipasha Park, the Kansheng Pavilion in theEling Park, and a place called Yikeshu on the Nanshan Mountain are vintagepoints for observing the nocturnal scenes of the mountain city of Chongqing. Atnight the entire city is inundated in an ocean of lights, which form a colorfulthree-dimensional painting, with waves of the Yangtze and Jialing riversglistening against the moonlit, star spangled sky.
Sites of the Provisional Capital
Chongqing figured importantly in modem Chinese history. During the War ofResistance against Japan, it was the "provisional capital" of China under theKuomintang rule from November 1937 to October 1945. Vestiges of that period arestill there in and around the city. These include the Red Crag Village and 50Zengjiayan, as well as Chiang Kai-shek's mansion, Guiyuan Garden, LinyuanGarden, and the mansion of C.C. Kong, the embassies of various countries toChina, as well as former residences of important politicians, generals andcultural figures.
Martyrs' Mausoleum at Mount Gele
The former headquarters, radio station and prison of the Bureau ofInvestigation and Statistics of the Military Council (a colossal secret serviceof the Kuomintang) at the foot of the Gele Mountain in Shapingba District havebecome the mausoleum for those who died a martyr's death there in China's darkdays. In the dying years of World War 11, it was the site of the "Sino0USInstitute for Cooperation in Special Technology".
Dazu Grottoes
The Dazu Grottoes in the county of the same name is best known for thestone carvings on the Baodingshan and Beishan mountains, which are fine exampleof grotto sculpture in the late years of Chinese feudalism. The sculptures, donein fastidious chisel work and gracious imagery, are marked by a new sculpturallanguage that eschews religious taboos and espouses true life.
Yangtze River's Three Gorges
Sailong down the Yangtze from Chongqing to Yichang allows visitors to seethe spectacular scenery of the Three Gorges along with its splendid culturalheritage and fabled local folklore. The cruise, which combines sightseeing withscientific, artistic and folklore exploration, is a national-caliber touristprogram. The 193-km-long Three Gorges, consisting of the majestic Qutangxia,statuesque Wuxia and ferocious Xilingxia gorges, is one of and ferociousXilongxia gorges, is one of the world's major canyons. Along the way there aresuch scenic attractions as the Fengdu Mountain. Baidi city, Shibao village,Zhang Fel's Temple, Qu Yuan's Temple, and the Three Gorges Dam.
Lesser Three Gorges
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The Daning River is the largest Yangtze tributary, which rises in the southern side of the Daba Mountain and flows for 250km before emptying itself into the Yangtze at the western entrance to the Wuxia Gorge. The Lesser Three Gorges on the Daning River, a 50km-long affair covering the Longmenxia, Bawuxia and Dicuixia gorges in the lower reaches of the river, is billed as one of China's 40 best scenic resorts thanks to its gorgeous mountains, elegant peaks, turbulent rapids, limpid water, exotic rock imagery and serene scenery.
Diaoyu City, Hechuan
Established in 1242, or the 2nd year of the Chunyou reign of the Southern Song, Diaoyu City covers 2.5 square km up the Diaoyu Mountain on the southern shore of the Jialing River in Hechuan City's Heyang Town. In 1258, the Mongols launched a three-way attack on the Song, and in February the next year Diaoyu City found itself besieged. The Song army mounted a valiant counterattack that last3ed for 36 years, and made world war history by rebuffing a strong enemy with a weak force. This prompted some European historians to laud Diaoyu City as the "Mecca of the East" and "Where God broke his whip". The ruins of the ancient battlefield of Diaoyu City are well kept there.
Jinyun Mountain
Nicknamed "Less Mount Emei", Jinyun Mountain is a national scenic resort 55km from downtown Chongqing.
Furong Cave, Wulung
The Furong (Hibiscus) Cave is located by the Furong River in Wulung County. The main part of the cave is 2,700 metres in length and 3.7 square metres in area. The Splendid Cave is the most impressive. Housed in it are nearly 30 varieties of stalactites chiseled into every manner of exotic imagery by the cunning labor of nature. Major attractions are Gold Throne Hall, Leifeng Pagoda and Sky-reaching Jade Pillar.
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 isthe largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under MingEmperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build theForbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi.For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successiveemperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne .In1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizationrecognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.
It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple ForbiddenCity), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided theconstellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan(North Star).The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation ofHeavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperorwas supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant positionwould be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of hisresidence. In folklore, the term ”an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became ametaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastwardimmediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the HanghuPass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin(forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded andoff-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits toordinary 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 theearth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellowbecame an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royalfamily were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.
The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long fromnorth to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,900 rooms under atotal roof area 150,000 square meters .A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a9.9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest onthe four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: theMeridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess) to thenorth, and the Xihua Gate(Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the XihuaGate(Western Flowery Gate )to the west ,the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) tothe east.
Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build theForbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers wereemployed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian Countyin Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province.Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks andscarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in ShandongProvince .Timber was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern andsouthern regions.
The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entranceto the forbidden City. It is also knows as Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Mingemperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of theChinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .They also used this place forpunishing 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 ceremonyfrom ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )toavoid coincidental association with another Emperor` s name, Hongli, which wasconsidered a taboo at that time. Qing Dynasty emperors also used this place tohold audience and for other important ceremonies. For example,when the imperialarmy returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperorpresided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.
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Hello, everyone. I'm No.3 tour guide. My name is Tian Yihan.
Welcome to Mount Tai. It's a great honor for me to show you the beautifulscenery of Mount Tai. I hope you can have a good time and have a good time.Please remember my contact number, 5383028.
Mount Tai, known as the "Five Sacred Mountains", is located in the centralpart of Shandong Province. of great momentum. With a total area of more than 420square kilometers and an altitude of 1545 meters, it ranks the third afterHuashan and Hengshan. It has a solemn and dignified momentum, attractingcountless tourists to visit here.
Now, I'll show you how to climb and watch. There are many places ofinterest in Mount Tai. The first one is Dai Temple. Cultural relics areconcentrated here. It is a palace like building complex. Chinese calligraphy artis concentrated here.
We are now in front of the main building of Dai Temple, which is 223 metershigh and 48 meters long. 7 meters, 19 wide. 79 meters. Hall a total of 9,Diaolianghuadong, yellow tile cover top, resplendent.
Yuhuangding is the highest peak of Mount Tai. We can see the sea of clouds,the sunrise, the strange peaks and the Yellow River there. It's sobeautiful!
Let me introduce you here first. Please follow me and have a good time. Ihope you can have a good time in the past few days in Mount Tai and become yourbest memory in the past few days.
Wulong fairy mountain national forest park is chongqing top ten touristattractions, the national AAAAA level scenic area, land belongs to the wulingmountains, based in wulong county in chongqing wujiang river north shore. Ofscenic fairy mountain national forest park a total area of 8910 hectares, anaverage elevation of 1900 meters, 2033 meters, the highest peak in the jiangnanunique charm of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, green quietbeautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "eastern Switzerland".
She and magical furong cave, beautiful lotus river, the world's largestnatural arch geological wonders, classic refined winbond hotel (4 star)combination for chongqing best tourism holiday resort. The best travel timefairy mountain national forest park is located in chongqing wulong, the fourseasons scenery each are not identical, have distinguishing feature each, thefour seasons all appropriate travel.
Fairy mountain in winter is long, from November to February next year withXueQi. 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 inthe hottest in July and August, the highest temperature is not more than 30 ℃,the summer scenery charming beautiful, climate is cool and refreshing shushuang, the vast Lin hai, cool breeze blowing Buddha, cool and pleasant, is anexcellent 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 nineaxes, the red army of workers and peasants in sichuan province, beautifulscenery, the political department of the site of the first two guerrillaspasture resort, tent village, meat hot pot city hunter village, etc. With thejiangnan unique glamour of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, greenquiet beautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "Oriental Switzerland",fairy mountain Lin hai, mountain, meadow, the snow is referred to as the fourunique visitors.
Everybody is good! Welcome my visit guilin's mountains and water, and I'm the tour guide Chen, if I have the insufficient place, then please advice!
Next, we need to see is the lijiang river, li river is a very important place in guilin, if you must go to the lijiang river in guilin. Good, we now look here, the lijiang river water has three characteristics, one is static, one is clear, one is green, the lijiang river water should be quiet let you don't feel it in the flow, can see the sand and a recently, had unexpectedly green as if it was a piece of flawless jade, my friends, maybe you have seen a spectacular sea, pet level as a mirror of the west lake, but they cannot compare with the lijiang river!
Finished watching the water, we should see the mountain. There are three characteristics in the hills of guilin, is odd, show, risk, why? Grids, each are not linked, as the old man, like a huge elephant, like a camel. Why show? Like the green barrier, like the new shoots. Why risk? Dangerous peak stand out, jagged, as if a carelessly will fall down.
What beautiful guilin! Welcome you come again next time!
Xiangcheng district is located in the north of suzhou city. Rich products, it is worthy of the name "China crab yangcheng lake water of the township", "jiangnan land of fish and rice".
City rich in tourism resources. Chinese flowers botanical garden was founded in 20xx, has been appraised as the national agricultural tourism demonstration site and the national 3 a level scenic spots. The entire scenic area with flowers as the theme, planning area of 5000 mu, construction area of 4000 acres, planting all kinds of flowers plant more than 20xx, more than 100 plants, is in east China area is the largest and most complete varieties of flower gardens. Lotus pond moonlight wetland park is located in suzhou city Huang Qiao regional road, south of the sun by more than 300 sedimentation pond and more than 200 mu of wasteland converted from, abandoned channel and collection of wetland protection, popular science education and ecological tourism, leisure, sightseeing as one of the modern leisure tourist area. Look, one thousand mu of lotus pond under the ornament of countless lights stretches thousands of miles, spectacular. Built on the wooden trestle in water, place oneself in the lotus leaf "tiantian", close observation of different kinds of lotus, tut. In addition to daily common lotus, lian attracted attention from South America.
This kind "the world's largest lotus" circular blade two meters in diameter, the biggest is four meters. One huge disc are closely linked, be full of vast water. Triangle tip wetland park is located in the northwest city of large urban ecological wetland park, about 10 minutes' drive from suzhou's ancient city. "Triangle tip" urban ecological wetland park to the grange impression, of memory, mountain spring, breath "as the design theme, through ecological island, lake ecological zone, ecological protection, ecological sightseeing, leisure and entertainment for the construction of the three functional areas," Lin, lake and field, garden "perfect combination to form 24 scenic area, corresponding to each scenic spot, leisure, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment, science and special activities such as camping, moon, dragon boat RACES, with great appreciation field pond river, flowers and plants trees and lush ecological wetland landscape dotted with swing. ChengZeHu in the northeastern city, is a suburban wetland ecological greening is an important part of.
Covers an area of 800 mu ChengZeHu Chinese rose garden planted more than 200 varieties of 1 million strains of Chinese rose, with elegant tree rose, have a colourful feng rose flowers, there are large flowers, cut flowers, Chinese rose, Chinese rose, miniature, vines, Chinese rose, etc. And the organic combination of valuable Chinese rose with native tree species of shrubs, there are more than 110000 more than 200 varieties. And barbecue in the park, outdoor fishing, tennis, badminton, wild waterfowl ornamental, fruit picking. It is understood that due to the henan nanyang Chinese rose base in the "camping", citizens can buy in the garden from a variety of Chinese rose "township of the Chinese rose" potted plants. Located in the middle of the yangcheng lake yangcheng lake lotus island is an island of nearly 3000 mu of land.
Green trees on the island, "the red tile blue bricks" hidden in green bosk, very beautiful. Like a blooming lotus flower, lotus island in the lake, hence the name. Honest people on the island, the air is fresh and pleasant, is pure natural pollution-free waters aquaculture authentic yangcheng lake hairy crabs. Here, the lake is open, clear water, spread, is ideal place for the growth of crabs. "Water canoe native village home, village in the city. Wash the lead China river flows through one thousand, this ancient trees on both sides of the flower." At the edge of the yangcheng lake walk or stand on the lake, and the breeze stroke, comfortable. Let a person feel as if away from modern life, no longer think of troubles in the heart, precipitate out of the town quiet gentle mood. In the far away from the artificial stone scenic spot, the lotus island presented the yangcheng lake is the most true, the most beautiful verve.
Tourists,
hello everyone! Today, we are going to visit Chaohu Lake, one of China'sfive major freshwater lakes and a national key scenic spot. Before visiting, letme give you an overview of it. Chaohu Lake is located in the middle of AnhuiProvince. It is named after its bird nest shape. It is 54.5 kilometers long fromeast to west, 21 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of morethan 800 square kilometers. Now it is the "Inner Lake" of Hefei. Since ancienttimes, it has the reputation of "eight hundred Li Lake sky". There are mountainsin the lake and water in the mountains. It is known for its beautiful scenery.Chaohu Lake is also a famous land of fish and rice. Its silverfish, white riceshrimp and crabs are known as "three treasures of Chaohu Lake".
Chaohu, also known as "Jiaohu". It is said that Chaohu was a state inancient times. One year when it was dry, xiaobailong secretly rained to get ridof the drought. He broke the rule of heaven and was banished to earth by theemperor of heaven. In order to repay her for saving her life, she told her thatthe emperor of heaven was going to sink into Chaozhou. She told the villagers intime to make them die. However, she delayed her escape and was drowned by theflood. Later, in order to commemorate the spirit of sacrificing herself forothers, people called the lake "Jiaohu" and named a mountain in the lake"Laoshan". Of course, this is only a legend. The real formation of Chaohu Lakeis the result of crustal movement.
Today, we mainly visit Zhongmiao, Laoshan island and yinpingshan peony.Dear tourists, our current location is Zhongmiao pier. This temple is Zhongmiao.Why is it called Zhongmiao? This ancient temple is named because it is locatedbetween Hefei and Chaohu Lake. It is known as "the most beautiful place in thelake". Due to the strong fragrance in the past dynasties, it is known as "SouthJiuhua, North Temple". The Zhongmiao temple was built in the Han Dynasty and hasa history of more than 20__ years. Since the Han Dynasty, it has been abandonedand repaired many times. In 1889, the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu,Li Hongzhang proposed to raise funds to build the temple. There were more than70 temples. Please have a look. What's this? Yes, it's a stick. It's used by theTaoist in the Taoist temple to hang incantations. As we all know, it is unlikelythat there is such a big stick in front of a Buddhist temple. It is said that itused to be a Taoist temple. At the beginning, it was Bixia Yuanjun, the "Empressof Zhongmiao" that we worship now. In the Wei, Jin, southern and NorthernDynasties, Buddhism began to prevail, Taoism gradually declined, so the originalTaoist temple became a Buddhist temple.
Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me. Now let's take a cruise to visitLaoshan island. Laoshan island is the largest of the three major islands inChaohu, about 3 kilometers away from Zhongmiao. There are more than 90 familiesand more than 200 people on the island. They live by fishing for a long time.The ecological environment of Laoshan island is very good, and the vegetationcoverage rate reaches 99%. The tower we see now is Wenfeng tower. Wenfeng towerwas built in the Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty. When it was built on thefourth floor, it was shut down because of the peasant uprising. During the reignof Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, local squires lobbied Li Hongzhang tosay: Li Zhongtang, our temple, has a local saying that "the top of MountLaoshan, the top of Luzhou". Li Hongzhang, a native of Luzhou, who is now fromHefei, was very happy after hearing this, so he decided to raise money to buildthe pagoda and named it "Wenfeng pagoda". Wenfeng tower is now seven storyoctagonal, 133 steps, 51 meters high, the top of the tower inlaid with LiHongzhang. Standing on the tower, you can see shoshan and Gushan.
Ladies and gentlemen, after visiting Laoshan Island, we are going to visitYinping mountain peony. When it comes to peony, you will think of many poemsabout peony. One of them is "natural beauty, people can't give up, and the earthnurtures the famous flower, and the guest comes". Today, we come to Yinpingmountain to enjoy the magic peony. Please look in the direction of my finger.There are four big characters on the cliff which is tens of feet high: strangeflowers on the silver screen. There is a cluster of flowers 1.5 meters above the"strange" character. This is the wild white peony on the silver screen, which isthe "most wonderful flower in the world". Every year, in the rainy season, theflowers are in full bloom,
People from all over the world will come here to watch peonies. It is saidthat this wild white peony has magical aura, which can predict the year sceneryand drought and flood situation from its blooming and withering, more and less:for example, five flowers bloom, good weather and good harvest; flowers bloomearly and wither early, there will be drought and so on. Therefore, the localpeople call her "weather flower" and "God flower". In 1998, the Institute ofbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences calculated that this wild white peonymay be the ancestor of the existing tree peony, and it is also the only and lasttree in the world, which has been included in the Chinese famous placesdictionary.
Well, today's visit ends here. I hope today's visit will leave you a goodand deep memory! thank you!
Tianjin is a good choice as a travel destination. With its cool sea breezeand fresh sea air you will definitely feel refreshed. Historical relics, naturalscenery, temples, churches, assembly halls and commemorative sites of theChinese revolution will illuminate Tianjin's past, present and future. Tianjinis honored as 'Building Museum' as it was occupied by nine imperial powersbefore the founding of the new China, leaving behind many buildings withextraordinary and exotic architectural styles, a real feast for the eye! In thefollowing text let me give you a brief introduction to the Jinmen Shijing (topten scenic attractions in Tianjin).
Huangyaguan Great Wall :
Located in the mountainous area of Tianjin's northern Ji County, theHuangyaguan Great Wall was first built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550 -557) and repaired in large scale with bricks during the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644). When appointed as the chief commanding officer in the Ji Garrison (one ofthe eleven garrisons of the Ming Dynasty), Qi Jiguang added watch towers andother defensive works.
The Huangyaguan Great Wall comes out first in the ten most-visited sites inTianjin. It is considered to be a miniature of the Great Wall. The entiresection is built on an abrupt mountain ridge. Being endowed with both naturalbeauty and cultural interest, it has become famous as a natural beauty spot anda summer resort. The major scenic area is composed of Huangyaguan Pass andTaiping Mountain Stronghold.
Huangyaguan Pass: In 1984, the people of Tianjin spent three yearsrepairing 3,308 yards of the main wall from Banlagang Mountain in the east toWangmaoding Mountain in the west. They restored 20 terraces, the HuangyaguanWater Gate, and the Bagua Castle (the Eight Diagrams Castle). The defensivesystem of the wall is complete. Watch towers, frontier cities, drain holes,emplacements, barracks and other indispensable military facilities are arrangedorderly along the wall. Besides, the stele forests of the Great Wall, BeijiTemple, the exhibition hall of famous couplets, the Great Wall Museum (the firstmuseum along the Great Wall) and the Phoenix Fortress have been newly builtwithin the area.
Taipingzhai Great Wall :
Six miles southeast of Huangyaguan Pass is the Taipingzhai Great Wall,another important mountain stronghold of the wall during the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644). It is also called Taipinganzhai, meaning "a village of peace andprosperity". Starting from Banlagang Mountain in the east and arriving at GuafuTower (Widow Tower) in the west, it winds through the precipitous mountains forabout 955 yards.
The wall is an important component of Huangyaguan Great Wall. There are sixwatch towers, one battlement, and one shortcut leading to the wall. Thearchitectural styles of the military towers vary considerably. There are square,round, solid and hollow towers, with some inside and others outside the wall.Beside the shortcut, there is a small citadel where an 8.5-meter statue of QiJiguang, the chief commanding officer of Ji Garrison (one of the elevengarrisons in the Ming Dynasty) is located. The local people built this statue inorder to commemorate his great contribution to frontier peace and stability inthat period. To the west of the citadel, a section of the wall extends 33 yardsout to where a sentry post was situated.
At the western end of the wall is a square stone tower called Guafu Tower,"Widow Tower" in English, built by twelve wives whose husbands died during theconstruction of the wall in the Ming Dynasty. The widows erected this tower tocommemorate their husbands' notable exploits. The tower has two levels andmeasures 13-meters (14-yards) high. Arched arrow windows are on the four sidesof the tower.
Besides these cultural points of interest, Taipingzhai Great Wall is alsofamous for its amazingly impressive scenery. Zigzagging along the mountain ridgefor over 984 yards, the wall looks very much like a giant dragon flying throughclouds.
Mt. Panshan Scenic Area :
Covering an area of 106 square kilometers (about 26193 acres), Mt. PanshanScenic Area is located in Jixian County, 110 kilometers (68.4 miles) away fromTianjin, 88 kilometers (54.7 miles) away from Beijing. As the name suggests, thescenic area is mainly Mt Panshan–oriented. Endowed with natural beauty and ahistorical heritage, Mt Panshan is known as 'The First Mountain East of Beijing'and is listed as one of the top fifteen mountains in China.
The mountain acquired its present name, early in the Eastern Han (25-220).Taizong , the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), was prodigal of hispraise of its scenery on his chance visit when he led the army in a campaign.Seventy-two temples, thirteen pagodas and numerous Xanadus and towers were builton the mountain in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). Qianlong, a brilliant and wise Qing Dynasty emperor was soimpressed that he made thirty or so visits and wrote 1366 poems to express hisadmiration of the area. In the first half of the twentieth century, the wholeresort all fell to ruin due to hostilities and neglect. It has undergone aprocess of restoration since the 1990s and is now regaining its fame.
It is famous for jade pine trees, strange and astonishing peaks, clearwaters, grotesquely shaped rocks and clusters of ancient temples. On themountaintop, numerous pines hide the sky from view and block out the sunshine.Rugged rocks in a variety of shapes, some of which resemble a toad, a general ora boa, will greet you in the middle of the mountain. At its foot, clear watersplashes on the rocks. The mountain consists of five peaks, with the main one,Guayue (Moon Hanging) Peak. Although Guayue Peak is only 857 meters (2811.7feet) above sea level, to the north it is possible to see a section of the GreatWall while to the west Mt Taihang can be seen.
From the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280) onwards,emperors enthusiastically commissioned the building of temples, towers andXanadus resulting in over 160 such sites. There are four main temples: TianchengTemple (God Proposing Temple), Yunzhao Temple (Cloud-Hiding Temple), WanfoTemple (Ten Thousand-Buddha Temple) and Wansong Temple (Ten Thousand-PineTemple). Tiancheng Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, was enlarged and repairedin the Ming and the Qing dynasties. To the east of this temple stands theAncient Dagoba. As the biggest tower in this mountain, it has thirteen floors.The roof of the Yunzhao Temple was a golden yellow, a color that normally wasonly allowed to be used on imperial buildings. By granting permission for this,Emperor Qianlong demonstrated his approval and admiration of the mountain. WanfoTemple (Ten Thousand-Buddha Temple) has 10,960 small Buddhas statues.
The whole commentary of Zhaozhou Bridge includes three parts:
Part one: Introduction
The Zhaozhou Bridge is also known as the safe crossing bridge and the GreatStone Bridge. It crosses the Xiao River in Zhao County. It is named after thenearby Zhao County, which is known as Zhao Zhou in history.
Zhaozhou Bridge is designed and built by LiChun from 605 to 616 during theSui Dynasty, has stood the tests of earthquakes, floods and traffic for morethan 1400 years. It is the world’s oldest single-arch stone bridge still in usetoday and with the reputation as one of the Four Treasures of North China.
Part two: Creative construction.
Characteristics:
1) It has only one main arch and this arch has a span of more than 37meters, which is a great creation in the world history.
2) The bridge has two small side arches on either of the main arch, theyserve two important functions: First, they reduce the total weight of the bridgeand save the structural materials. Second, in time of flood, they cooperate withthe main one allowing water to pass through, thus weaken the flood’s impact onthe body of the bridge itself.
3) This design also improve the general look of the bridge, contributes toits beauty, so people compared the bridge to a new moon rising above the clouds”and “a long rainbow hanging on a mountain waterfall”.
Part three: Beautiful stories and famous folk song
There are many legends about the design of this bridge.
According to one legend, the bridge was built by LuBan, who is a excellentarchitect, he managed the sheep turn into stones and built the bridge in osingle night.
In another story, the bridge was put to the test by two immortals whocrossed it at the same time. One is ZhangGuolao, he rode his lovely donkey withthe sun and moon in his bag, and the other is ChaiWangye, who crossed the bridgewith the Five Famous Mountains. LuBan was worried and saved the bridge byplunging into the water and supporting the structure.
A folk song: Xiao Fang Niu
(Ask the tourists if there is anybody would like to sing the song, theguide should teach the visitor to sing the typical and beautiful folk song,which can exert an outstanding effect on and response from the tourists)
Chaohu is a tourist resort in Anhui Province with rich tourist resourcesand numerous cultural landscapes. There are mountains, water, islands, springsand holes in the territory. Jiang Tao, lake, hot springs, Chaohu "three water".The Yangtze River flows through the city 182 kilometers, Jiang Tao shore, ofgreat momentum; eight hundred Chaohu sails waves, the scenery million. The fiveessence of the landscape is more famous.
One is "one of the treasures" - Chaohu. Chaohu is one of China's fivelargest freshwater lake in the vast waters, lake mountain lake island stands,abrupt, a landscape of lakes and mountains, pavilions. The two is the "two gems"-- Laoshan Island, Tianmenshan Mountain island. The two islands are like twojewels, embedded in Chaohu and the North Bank of the Yangtze River. Three is thethree "string of pearls" -- Bantang pool, three hot springs, xiangquan. The fouris "four pieces of jade" - four Forest Park of Taihu mountain, mountaincourtyard, Jilongshan, yefushan national. The five is the "Five Dragon Temple"-- Wang Qiaodong, Ziwei cave, fairy cave, cave, cave Bo yang. Chaohu has a longhistory and a rich culture. Here is the Yangtze River Basin "human ancestorsHexian man" and "screen man" thrive where is "put in Nan Chao Shang Tang Jie","Wu Guo Zhaoguan", "overlord Wujiang suicide" memorial, Ding Ruchang, FengYuxiang, Zhang Zhizhong is a celebrity, Li Kenong, Dai Alan's hometown, thehistory of many famous the statesman, military strategist and men of literatureand writing here left a large number of brilliant poetry and places of historicinterest and scenic beauty, and is a landscape of lakes and mountains tooverflow subgroups, making a unique landscape.
Chaohu City Jin Jiang lake, Anhui province is one of the key areas ofopening up. It is located in the hinterland of Hefei, Wuhu and Nanjing "GoldenTriangle", with superior location and convenient traffic. We can rely on threeairports and Wuhu foreign trade wharf to go to all parts of the world. Alongwith the interlaced railway network in the district and the telecommunicationand television network all over the urban and rural areas, the distance betweenChaohu and the world is very close.
Topic: define the Mountain Summer Resort as “garden bright pearl, scienceopen-air museum”.
Part one: how this garden is special.
_Question: (Outside the resort, to sitimulate the tourist’s interests)
Our garden experts said that, the Summer Vacation Mountain Village is theminiature of our beautiful motherland. Why can the experts say like this?
_Introduction:
Chengde Summer Resort is in the northern part of Chengde city, Heibeiprovince. Chengde Imperial Palace also known as the Rehe Place, where Qingemperors spent their summer days and work in, so it was not an imperial summerpalace in its usual meaning, but became a important centre next to Beijing.
_Knowledge about the layout:
There are two parts of the resort――the palaces and a scenic area.
The palaces were for emperors to handled political affairs and lived in.The scenic area includes lakes, hills and grassland. There are eight artificiallakes. Emperor kangXi commented the resort as “having the mountains as the boneand water as the heart ”. Emperor QianLong’s remark, “Though it is named asmountain resort, its beauty is in water” highlighted the feature of the resort.Because KangXi and QianLong have toured in south China many times andappreciated a lot of beauties there, so that beauties were like been moved bythe emperors into the resort. So this garden has the north and south style in abody.
_Answer of the question:
The natural mountains and rivers built it was copied the landscape fromsouthern Jiangsu and outside Shanhaiguan, there has forests, lakes, grasslandand mountains; almost include all kinds of the landscapes of China.
Outside the palaces is the eight outer temples, this temples surroundingthe palaces like the star surrounding the Moon, symbolized the national variousnationalities closely around the Qing Dynasty’s rule center.
Part two: Great values of the resort.
In our country history:
The Mountain Summer Resort has witnessed the Qing Dynasty’s consolidationand development. Said from its rich history connotation, it is really a nationaland religious history museum.
_Question: Why Mountain Summer Resort is considered as “intangible GreatWall”?
When the Qing government made Beijing its capital, it paid attention to therelationship with the national minorities in Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet, andkeep a marriage relation with them. It can be seen like this way: the templesaround the Mountain Summer Resort were the outcome of the policy of nationalsolidarity and consolidation of the multi-national country.
We know the Ming Dynasty has built Great Wall, but the policy of buildingthe Mountain Summer Resort is more effectual .
From the cultural value:
In the resort, Han Nationality culture and some national minority cultures,both display respective characteristics and absorb from each other. Now Chengdealready towards to the world, the culture is not belongs to china also theuniverse.
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 ofbenevolence and Longevity- in front of Garden of Virtuous Harmony-in front ofthe Grand Theater Building- a lakeside walk from the Garden of Virtuous Harmonyto the Hall o Jade Ripples- in front of the o Jade Ripples- in front of theYiyunguan (Chamber of Mortal Being)-Hall of happiness and longevity- in front ofthe Yaoyue (Chamber of Mortal Beings)-Hall of Happiness and Longevity-in frontof the Yaoyue(Inviting the Moon ) Gate of the Long Corridor- strolling along theLong Corridor- visiting an exhibition of cultural relics- in front of the Hallof Dispelling Clouds- inside the Hall of Dispelling Clouds- atop the Tower ofBuddhist Incense- on a hilltop leading from the back door of the Tower ofBuddhist Incense- on a hilltop leading from the back door of the Tower ofBuddhist Incense- inside the Garden of Harmonious Interest –outside the southgate to Suzhou Shopping Street- atop the stone bridge inside the Suzhou shoppingstreet –on the road from the south gate of suzhou shopping street- on the roadform the south gate of suzhou shopping street to the marble boat- in front ofthe ruins of the Garden of complete spring –along the lakeside by the marbleboat-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 theself-introduction of the guide -interpreter) I hope this will be an interestingand enjoyable day for you .
During our tour, you will be introduced to time honored historical andcultural 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 withvast territories. The monarch in power then was Emperor Qianlong. With supremepower and large sums of money, he summoned skillful and ingenious artisans fromall 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 revenuespent, the Garden of Clear Ripples was completed and served as a testimony toChina` s scientific and technological achievements. In 1860, this vast royalgarden was burnt down along with the Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Perfection andBrightness) by Angol-French allied forces. In 1888, Empress Dowager Cixireconstructed the garden on the same site and renamed it the Garden of NurturedHarmony (Summer Palace). Characterized by its vast scope and rich culturalembodiments, the Summer Palace has become one of the most famous tourist sitesin the world.
This is the main entrance to the Summer Palace-the East Gate On top of theeaves of the door there is a plaque bearing a Chinese inscription which means“Garden of Nurtured Harmony” , whose calligrapher was Emperor Guangxu. The gatethat you are now entering was used exclusively by the emperor, the empress andthe queer mother. All others used the side doors.
(Inside the East Gate)
the Summer Palace can be divided into two parts: Longevity Hill and KunmingLake .The whole garden covers an area of 290 hectares, of whih three- fourthsconsists of a lake and rivers .This imperial garden features 3,000 room-unitsand covers an expanse of 70,000 square meters with more than 100 picturesquespots of interest. The layout of the Summer Palace includes three groups ofarchitectures: palaces where the emperor attended to state affairs, restingpalaces of the emperor and empress, and sightseeing areas. Entering the EastGate we will come the the office quarters. Entering the East gate we will cometo the office quarters. The annex halls on both sides were used for officials onduty.
This is the Gate of Benevolence and Longevity. Above the door there is aplaque bearing the same name in both Chinese and Manchurian characters. Thegigantic rock in the foreground is known as Taihu rock, or eroded limestone,quarried in Jiangsu Province and placed here to decorated the garden.
Chongqing, located in southwest China, the Yangtze river and the jialingriver interchange, and surrounded, wrap, river city mountain alongside water,cascade, both famous for jiang. The upper Yangtze river, 470 kilometers longfrom east, north and south 450 kilometers wide, with a total area of 8.2 squarekilometers, and hubei, hunan, guizhou, sichuan, shaanxi and other provincesborder. Is a famous mountain city of chongqing, it is the most prominent featureof the terrain ups and downs, stereo sense is strong.
Chongqing is a unique tourism resources. Throughout the city, the city ofbashan stretches, YuShui vertical and horizontal, overlooking the has a longhistory, cultural heritage deep, form the mountain, water, forest, springs andwaterfalls, gorge, hole, etc as one of the magnificent natural scenery and meltba-yu culture, national culture, immigration culture, three gorges culture, the"capital" culture, urban culture in a batch of rich cultural color. From XiaYuwang live with a door and not into the "" three TuShan old mark, manycelebrities to the kuomintang and the communist party of work site; From bigNingHe historic hanging coffins, and decisive to "fold the scourge of god" oceanfishing city sites; From well-known ancient and modern in the three gorges ofYangtze river, to the man who dazu grottoes, composed with chongqingcharacteristics of "mountain city scenery", "the Yangtze river three gorgestourism golden line" and "eight big characteristic tourist area", a total ofmore than 300 spots, of which more than 10 national cultural relics protectionunits.
Chongqing is China's famous historical and cultural city, has more than3000 years long history and glorious revolutionary tradition, taking chongqingas the center of the Cuban chongqing region is the birthplace of ba-yu culture,the land gave birth to the chongqing's long history. 2 ~ 30000 years ago thelate paleolithic, for human life in chongqing area. The 11th century BC chowperiod, people in chongqing for capital, Pakistan has been established. Laterqin destroy Pakistan, the world for 36 counties, the county is one of them.Jisheng period Pakistani territory to the original chongqing city as theadministrative center, the jurisdiction of the northwest in eastern sichuan,western hubei, hunan and suck area. Since qin and han dynasties, the area mostof the time as a unified administrative jurisdiction, the administrative centeris located in the original chongqing.
Chongqing are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity.Religious believers 100 more than ten thousand people, open 215 of religiousactivity venues, registration staff of 321 people. The masses of believers andreligious people raised the banner of patriotism and support of the party andgovernment leadership, for economic development and the construction ofsocialist spiritual civilization has made a contribution.
Chongqing people in one thousand to form the New Year the Spring Festival,15 view lamp, the tomb-sweeping day ancestor worship, the Mid-Autumn moon andsuspension wine festival, sit sedan, fly a kite, folk custom, compared withother parts of China the same. But because there are five tujia and miaoautonomous county of chongqing, the two both passion and nation has its ownunique folk traditional holiday. Sacrifice, prayer, festival activities such astujia, miao "autumn", etc.
A mountain city of chongqing, has its own unique festival every year. Suchas chongqing cuisine culture festival held every year in October or so, if youwant to taste the famous snacks and flavor dishes, don't miss. Chongqinginternational drinks beer festival, and weighing the Munich beer festival, isthe summer carnival. In addition, there are magnetic device mouth temple fair,TongLiang dragon Lantern Festival, dazu county fair and ghost town templefair.
Hello, everyone. I'm Niu Ge, the tour guide of this trip to Mount Tai.Welcome.
Mount Tai, located in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, has always been theplace for emperors to worship their ancestors, and is also the first of the fivemountains in China.
From a distance, Mount Tai is green, like a green veil.
As you approach, you will first come to Dai Temple, where the emperors ofall dynasties held the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Mount Tai. Among them,Tianfu hall has the main building of Dai Temple, which is also known as thethree palace buildings in ancient China, together with Taihe Hall of theForbidden City in Beijing and Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Qufu.
Out of the Houzai gate of the Dai Temple, you can walk not far todaizongfang, which is the starting point of Taishan imperial road.
After the Queen Mother pool, Doumu palace, hutiange and many otherbuildings, you come to Zhongtianmen. The landmark is like a transfer station fortourists to rest.
Continue to move forward, after 18 sets, is kaixianfang. You can seeNantianmen from here. It is said that Zhu Bajie fell down from here.
When you come to Tianjie and look at the mountains surrounded by clouds,you will feel that you will be able to climb to the top and see all the smallmountains.
After walking on the Tianjie street, it's not far from the DaidingYuhuangding. There is a temple on the Yuhuangding, in which there is a 1545meter stele. This is the highest place in Mount Tai.
Climbing Mount Tai is not only an enjoyment of natural beauty, but also anexperience of cultural beauty.
Tian’anmen Rostrum
Tian’anmen( the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center ofBeijing. It was first built in 1417 and named Chengtianmen( the Gate of HeavenlySuccession). 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 Tian’anmen, andserved as the main entrance to the Imperial City, the administrative andresidential quarters for court officials and retainers. The southern sections ofthe Imperial City wall still stand on both sides of the Gate. The tower at thetop of the gate is nine-room wide and five –room deep. According to the Book ofChanges, the two numbers nine and five, when combined, symbolize the supremestatus of a sovereign.During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian’anmen was theplace where state ceremonies took place. The most important one of them was theissuing of imperial edicts, which followed these steps:
1) The Minister of Rites would receive the edict in Taihedian( Hall ofSupreme Harmony), where the Emperor was holding his court. The minister wouldthen carry the decree on a yunpan( tray of cloud), and withdraw from the hallvia Taihemen( Gate of supreme Harmony)
2) The Minister would put the tray in a miniature longting( dragonpavilion). Beneath a yellow umbrella and carry it via Wumen( Meridian Gate), toTian’anmen Gate tower.
3) A courtier would be invested to proclaim the edict. The civil andmilitary officials lining both sides of the gateway beneath the tower wouldprostrate themselves in the direction of the emperor in waiting for the decreeto the proclaimed.
4) The courtier would then put the edict in a phoenix-shaped wooden box andlower it from the tower by means of a silk cord. The document would finally becarried in a similar tray of cloud under a yellow umbrella to the Ministry ofRites.
5) The edict, copied on yellow paper, would be made known to the wholecountry.
Such a process was historically recorded as “ Imperial Edict Issued byGolden Phoenix”.During the Ming and Qing dynasties Tian’anmen was the mostimportant passage. It was this gate that the Emperor and his retinue would gothrough on their way to the altars for ritual and religious activities.
On the Westside of Tian’anmen stands ZhongshanPark( Dr. Sun Yat-sen’sPark), and on the east side, the Working People’s Cultural Palave. The Park wasformerly called Shejitan( Altar of Land and Grain), built in 1420 for offeringsacrificial items to the God of Land. It was opened to the public as a park in1914 and its name was changed in 1928 to the present one in memory of the greatpioneer of the Chinese Democratic Revolution.The Working People’s CulturalPalace used to be Taimiao( the Supreme Ancestral Temple), where tablets of thedeceased dynastic rulers were kept.
The stream in front of Tian’anmen is called Waijinshuihe( Outer GoldenRiver),with seven marble bridges spanning over it . Of these sevenbridges,historical records say the middle one was for the exclusive use of theemperor and was accordingly called Yuluqiao( Imperial Bridge). The bridgesflanking it on either side were meant for the members of the royal family andwere therefore called Wanggongqiao( Royal’s Bridges). Farther away on each sideof the two were bridges for officials ranking above the third order and werenamed Pinjiqiao( ministerial Bridges). The remaining two bridges were for theuse by the retinue below the third order and wre called Gongshengqiao( commonBridges). They anr the one in front of the Supreme Ancestral Temple to the eastand the one in front of the Altar of land and Grain to the west.
The two stone lions by the Gate of Tian’anmen, one on each side were meantas sentries. They gaze toward the middle axis, guarding the emperor’s walkway.In front of the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao. They areelaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary dragon.Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns. The story of Huabiao maybe traced to a couple of sources. One of the versions accredits its invention toone of the Chinese sage kings named Yao, who was said to have set up a woodenpillar in order to allow the ordinary people to expose evil-doers, hence it wasoriginally called a slander pillar. Later it ws reduced to a signpost, and nowit serves as an ornament.