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长城英文导游词 篇一
the great wall, like the pyramids of egypt, the taj mahal(1) in india and the 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 gobi desert, thus known as the ten thousand li wall in china. the wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the yanshan and yinshan mountain chains through five provinces-liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, and gansu--and two autonomous regions--ningxia and inner mongolia, binding the northern china together.
historical records trace the construction of the origin of the wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 b.c. during the reign of king cheng of the states of chu. its construction continued throughout the warring states period in the fifth century b.c. when ducal states yan, zhao, wei, and qin were frequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the yinshan and yanshan mountain ranges. walls, then, were built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments. later in 221 b.c.， when qin conquered the other states and unified china, emperor qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the present great wall. as a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north of the yinshan range in the han dynasty（206 bc--1644 bc.）， which went to ruin through years of neglect. in the many intervening centuries, succeeding dynasties rebuilt parts of the wall. the most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the ming dynasty (1368--1644) when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the ming dynasty wall that visitors see today. the great wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with shanxi province as the dividing line. the west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. in the eastern part, the core of the wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks. the most imposing and best preserved sections of the great wall are at badaling and mutianyu, not far from beijing and both are open to visitors. the wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast. there are ramparts, embrasures, peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoyles to drain rain-water off the parapet walk. two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals. the top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison 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"。 the view from the top is rewarding, hoverer. the wall follows the contour of mountains that rise one behind the other until they finally fade and merge with distant haze. a signal system formerly existed that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital. this consisted of beacon towers on the wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the wall. at the approach of enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfire did this at night.
emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant places within a few hour long before the invention of anything like modern communications. there stand 14 major passes (guan, in chinese) at places of strategic importance along the great wall, the most important being shanghaiguan and jiayuguan. yet the most impressive one is juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of beijing. known as "tian xia di yi guan" (the first pass under heaven)， shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north china with the northeast. it had been, therefore, a key junction 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 the manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by li zicheng and so surrendered the whole ming empire to the manchus, leading to the foundation of the qing dynasty. (1644-1911) jiayuguan pass was not so much as the "strategic pass 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 of the western han dynasty (206 b.c-24 a.d)， crossed it on his journey to the western regions. later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too. the gate-tower of jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship. it has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference. it has two gates, an eastern one and a western one. on each gate sits a tower facing each other. the four 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 a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains. the cavalrymen of genghis khan swept through it in the 13th century. at the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the cloud terrace, which was called the crossing-street dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the yuan daynasty(1206-1368)。 at the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls. the vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship. such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient chinese carving. the gate jambs bear a multi-lingual buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in sanskrit(3)， tibetan, mongolian, uigur(4)， han chinese and the language of western xia. undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of buddhism and ancient languages. as a cultural heritage, the wall belongs not only to china but to the world. the venice charter says: "historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events." the great wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. in 1987, the wall was listed by unesco as a world cultural heritage site.
长城英文导游词 篇二
ladies and gentlemen:
we will visit the symbol of china's civilization-the great wall. it is one of the famous, grand and splendid ancient construction wonders in the world. it is just like a giant dragon in the northern part of china.
construction of the great wall first began in the seventh century bc. at that time it was also called spring and autumn warring states period. the first wall that appeared in china was built by kingdom qi and kingdom chu. at that time, the kingdoms in order to defend themselves against the infringing enemy from own territories for self-protection. these high walls were the primitive type of the present day great wall.
in chinese history, large-scale construction of the great wall was concentrated in three dynasties, they are qin, han and ming dynasties.
in 221bc, qin shihuang unified china; he decided to link up all the separated high walls built by different kingdoms into the great wall. the qin great wall started from lintao, gansu province in the west and ended in liaodong, liaoning province in the east, over 500 kilometers long.
the second large-scale construction on the great wall was carried out during the han dynasty. apart from maintaining and utilizing the qin great wall, they built an outer great wall about 500 kilometers to the north of the qin great wall in order to ward off the huns. they also had the great wall ectended towards the west for another 5000 kilometers long. the han great wall started from liaodong in the east to the lop nur lake in xinjiang uygur autonomous region, with a total length of 10,000 kilometers.
the last large-scale project on the great wall was carried out in the ming dynasty. that is because the dethroned mongol yuan ruler still had the remnant forces and often made counterattack to beijing, as well as the threats of newly raised ethnic tribe of “nv zhen”。 so started from the first year after zhu yuanzhang established the ming dynasty. the whole project took more than 200 years to complete. the total lenth of the ming great wall was more than 6,000 kilometers from yalu river in liaoning province in the east to jiayuguan pass in gansu province in the west. it passes nine cities, provinces and autonomous regions of liaoning, hebei, tianjin, shanxi, inner mongolia, shanxi, ningxia and gansu.
the great wall, we see today, in beijing is mainly the ming grest wall. there was a 20-kilometer long valley named “nankou, juyongguan, shangguan and badaling”。 juyongguan pass was one of the important passes along the valley, and also one of the most famous passes of the great wall. the name “juyong” in chinese means “a place of poor laborers”。
today we will visit the badaling great wall, it is about 75 kilometers northwest of beijing, and it is the best-preserved part of the great wall. bada means in english “convenient transportation to all directions”。 it used to be more important than juyong pass in the defence of beijing. the badaling great wall averages 7.8 meters high, 6.5meters wide at its base, and 5.8 meters wide on the top, wide enough for five horses or ten soldiers walking abreast on the wall.
the highest point at badaling is about 800-1,000 meters above the sea level. here at badaling section is with single side battlements while the parapet is on the other side. the outer of the wall is topped with crenellated battlements, which is about 2 meters high and with a square sized hole below for shouting arrows and also for keeping a watch over the enemy, while the parapets about 1 meter high is on the inner side.
buildings on both sides of the wall at the commanding points, the top of the mountains or the turns are beacon towers. the beacon towers were used for makong signal of warning messages when the enemy was sighted. fires were lit on the top of the beacon towers at night and the smoke signals in daytime. and the number of the fire and smoke signals could signify the number of invading enemies.
the watch-towers are lovated at regular intervals on the great wall for watching over the invading enemy, and it is usually of two stories. the ground floor was used to store weapons and had a number of window for archers. the upper floor has battlements, peep-holes and appertures for archers.
today the great wall has lost its signifivance in defending the enemy, but in ancient times the great wall was not noly a strong defensive project but also played a very important role in military, economy and served as a link in promoting harmonious relationship among the nationalities for the whole country. today, the great wall has become a famous tourist attraction in the world.
长城英文导游词 篇三
in the north of china, there lies a 6, 700-kilometer-long (4, 161-mile-long) ancient wall. now well-known as the great wall of china, it starts at the jiayuguan pass of gansu province in the west and ends at the shanhaiguan pass of hebei province in the east. as one of the eight wonders in the world, the great wall of china has become the symbol of the chinese nation and its culture. lots of beautiful legends and stories about the great wall took place following along the construction, and since that time these stories have spread around the country.
those that happened during construction are abundant, such as meng jiangnu‘s story and the legend of the jiayuguan pass. meng jiangnu‘s story is the most famous and widely spread of all the legends about the great wall. the story happened during the qin dynasty (221bc- 206bc)。 it tells of how meng jiangnu‘s bitter weeping made a section of the great wall collapse. meng jiangnu‘s husband fan qiliang was caught by federal officials and sent to build the great wall. meng jiangnu heard nothing from him after his departure, so she set out to look for him. unfortunately, by the time she reached the great wall, she discovered that her husband had already died. hearing the bad news, she cried her heart out. her howl caused the collapse of a part of the great wall. this story indicates that the great wall is the production of tens of thousands of chinese commoners. another legend about the jiayuguan pass tells of a workman named yi kaizhan in the ming dynasty (1368bc-1644bc) who was proficient in arithmetic. he calculated that it would need 99, 999 bricks to build the jiayuguan pass. the supervisor did not believe him and said if they miscalculated by even one brick, then all the workmen would be punished to do hard work for three years. after the completion of the project, one brick was left behind the xiwong city gate.
the supervisor was happy at the sight of the brick and ready to punish them. however yi kaizhan said with deliberation that the brick was put there by a supernatural being to fix the wall. a tiny move would cause the collapse of the wall. therefore the brick was kept there and never moved. it can still be found there today on the tower of the jiayuguan pass.
长城英文导游词 篇四
looks very spirit, today we will visit the great wall, please get ready. the great wall is the longest in china building is one of the most famous building in our country in its length to reach more than thirteen thousand, we often call it the great wall
first we went to the great wall on foot, you see the great wall by tall solid, is made of huge stone and chengzhuan. with square brick on the top of the wall, very smooth, like a wide road, wuliupi mark in parallel.
did you see the side holes like teeth, small square and a fort? let me tell you what's the use of these three things? the hole like the teeth! it's called now.i hope mouth, i think you'll be scanned mouth phase know why is it called? i'll tell you, war, the eighth route army uncle there to see the situation, the small square called nozzle which is used for archery. the fortress was used for chengtai can mutual echo.
everybody go tired, also hungry? can eat the food, i send you a bag for garbage, remember not to litter, let me tell you a story, is the story about the great wall, qin shihuang before is just fight a lot, and then he thought of the built the great wall, and he put all men are caught to build the great wall of qin, qin shi huang is afraid of the men ran away, so give tied up in the men's feet. how much the sweat and wisdom of the working people to suspected as the former see head, after the end of the great wall.
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