故宮英語(yǔ)導游詞精選
篇一:故宮導游詞-中英文對照
故宮導游解說(shuō)詞
女士們、先生們:
今天有幸陪同大家一道參觀(guān),我感到很高興。這里就是世界聞名的故宮博物館,一般大家都簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)它為故宮,顧名思義,就是昔日的皇家宮殿。自1911年清朝末代皇帝愛(ài)新覺(jué)羅.溥儀被迫宣告退位上溯至1420年明朝第三代永樂(lè )皇帝朱棣遷都于此,先后有明朝的14位,清朝的10位,共24位皇帝在這座金碧輝煌的宮城里統治中國長(cháng)達五個(gè)世紀之久。帝王之家,自然規模宏大,氣勢磅礴,時(shí)至今日這里不僅在中國,在世界上也是規模最大,保存最完整的古代皇家宮殿建筑群。由于這座宮城集中體現了我國古代建筑藝術(shù)的優(yōu)秀傳統和獨特風(fēng)格,所以在建筑史上具有十分重要的地位,是建筑藝術(shù)的經(jīng)典之作,1987年已被聯(lián)合國教科文組織評定為世界文化遺產(chǎn)。
故宮又稱(chēng)紫禁城,究其由來(lái),是由天文學(xué)說(shuō)和民間傳說(shuō)相互交融而形成的。中國古代天文學(xué)家將天上所有的星宿分為三垣、二十八宿、三十一天區。其中的三垣是指太微垣、紫微垣和天市垣。紫微垣在三垣的中央,正符合“紫微居中”的說(shuō)法。因此,古人認為紫外線(xiàn)微垣是天帝之座,故被稱(chēng)為紫宮;实凼翘斓壑、人間至尊,因此他們也要模仿天帝,在自己宮殿的名字上冠其紫字,以表現其位居中央,環(huán)視天下的帝王氣概。還有一個(gè)說(shuō)法就是指“紫氣東來(lái)”。傳說(shuō)老子出函谷關(guān),關(guān)令尹喜見(jiàn)有紫氣從東來(lái),知道將有圣人過(guò)關(guān)。果然老子騎了青牛前來(lái),喜便請他寫(xiě)下了《道德經(jīng)》。后人因此以“紫氣東來(lái)”表示祥瑞。帝王之家當然希望出祥瑞天象,那么用“紫”字來(lái)命名也就順理成章了!敖弊值囊馑季捅容^明顯了,那就是皇宮禁地,戒備森嚴,萬(wàn)民莫近。此話(huà)決無(wú)半個(gè)虛字,在1924年末代皇帝被逐出宮后這里正式開(kāi)放以前平民百姓別想踏近半步,大家可以想像紫禁城過(guò)去是多么崇高威嚴,神圣不可侵犯!
紫禁城建在北京,是有其歷史的,也因為這里是一塊風(fēng)水寶地,說(shuō)起來(lái)話(huà)長(cháng)。故宮從明永樂(lè )四年(1406)開(kāi)始修建,用了14年的時(shí)間才基本建成,到今天已有570多年的歷史。大家看到了,故宮是一級紅墻黃瓦的建筑群,為什么這樣呢?據道家陰陽(yáng)五行學(xué)說(shuō)認為,五行包括金,木,水,火,土,其中土占中央方位,因為華夏民族世代生息在黃土高原上,所以對黃色就產(chǎn)生了一種崇仰和依戀的感情,于是從唐朝起,黃色就成了代表皇家的色彩,其他人不得在服飾和建筑上使用。而紅色,則寓意著(zhù)美滿(mǎn),吉祥和富貴,正由于這些原因,故宮建筑的基本色調便采用了紅,黃兩種顏色。
故宮占地72萬(wàn)多平方米,有宮殿樓閣9900多間,建筑面積約15萬(wàn)平方米。四周有高9.9米,號稱(chēng)10米的城墻,墻外一周是52米寬的護城河,俗稱(chēng)筒子河。城南北長(cháng)約960米,東西寬約760米,城上四角各有一座結構奇異,和諧美觀(guān)的角樓,呈八角形,人稱(chēng)九梁十八柱,七十二條脊。城四周各設一門(mén),南面的正門(mén)是午門(mén),北門(mén)叫神武門(mén),東門(mén)叫東華門(mén),西門(mén)叫西華門(mén)。故宮在施工中共征集了全國著(zhù)名的工匠23萬(wàn),民夫100萬(wàn)人。所用的建筑材料來(lái)自全國各地。比如漢白玉石料來(lái)自北京房山縣,五色虎皮石來(lái)自河北薊縣的盤(pán)山,花崗石采自河北曲陽(yáng)縣。宮殿內墁地的方磚,燒制在蘇州,砌墻用磚是山東臨清燒的。宮殿墻壁上所用的紅色,原料產(chǎn)自山東宣化(今高青縣)的煙筒山。木料則主要來(lái)自湖廣,江西,山西等省。由此也可以看出當時(shí)工程之浩大。
我們眼前的建筑叫午門(mén)。午門(mén)是紫禁城的正門(mén),俗稱(chēng)五鳳樓。明代,每年正月十五,午門(mén)都要懸燈賜食百官。到了清代這種活動(dòng)就取消了。每年農歷十月初一,都要在這里舉行頒布次年年歷儀式,清代乾隆年間因避乾隆帝“弘歷”的名字,故將“頒歷”改稱(chēng)“頒朔”。清代,皇帝舉行朝會(huì )或大祀,以及元旦,冬至,萬(wàn)壽,大婚等重大節日,都要在這里陳設鹵簿,儀仗。此外,國家凡有征戰凱旋時(shí),皇帝在午門(mén)接受獻俘典禮,如果皇帝親征也從午門(mén)出駕。
關(guān)于“推出午門(mén)斬首”的說(shuō)法,可能是由于戲劇午臺上及野史小說(shuō)敷衍而來(lái)的。實(shí)際上是明代朝廷命官犯罪,有的在午門(mén)廷杖,當然嚴重的可能也有被當場(chǎng)打死的。
。ㄟM(jìn)午門(mén)后金水橋前)
現在我們已經(jīng)到了故宮里面,在正式游覽之前,我先介紹一下故宮的布局和參觀(guān)路線(xiàn)。故宮占地72萬(wàn)多平方米,在這樣大的面積上,集各種建筑手法,建造一組規模如此宏大的建筑群,不但沒(méi)有紛雜現象,反而給人以結構嚴謹,色彩輝煌和布局規整的感覺(jué),最主要的手段是建造中突出了一條極為明顯的中軸紅,這條中軸線(xiàn)和整座北京城有機地結為一體,北從鐘樓,南至永定門(mén),總長(cháng)度約8公里,皇家禁區苑內的部分約占三分之一。宮內重要建筑都在這條中軸線(xiàn)上,其它建筑分東西對稱(chēng)分布。整個(gè)宮殿的設計和布局都表現了封建君主的“尊嚴”和對封建等級制度的森嚴。
故宮分外朝內廷,F在我們在外朝的最南端正,前面是太和門(mén)。門(mén)前有一對青銅獅子,威嚴,兇悍,成了門(mén)前橋頭的守衛者,象征著(zhù)權力與尊嚴;实圪F為天子,門(mén)前的獅子自然最精美,最高大了。東邊立的為雄獅,前爪下有一只幼獅,象征皇權永存,千秋萬(wàn)代。我們眼前的這條小河,叫金水河,起裝飾和防水之用。河上五座橋象征孔子所提倡的五德:仁、義、禮、智、信。整條河外觀(guān)象支弓,中軸線(xiàn)就是箭,這表明皇帝受命于天,代天帝治理國家。
。ㄔ谔烷T(mén)前)
故宮建筑分為“外朝”與“內廷”兩大部分。由午門(mén)到乾清門(mén)之間的部分分為“外朝”,以太和、中和、保和三大殿為中心,東西兩側有文華、武英兩組宮殿,左右對稱(chēng),形成“外朝”雄偉壯觀(guān)的格局。三大殿前后排列在同一個(gè)龐大的“工”字型漢白玉石殿基上,殿基高8米,分為三層,每層有漢白玉石刻欄桿圍繞,三臺中有三層石雕“御路”。太和殿俗稱(chēng)金鑾殿,是故宮最高大的一座建筑物,也是國內最高大、最壯麗的古代木結構建筑。乾清門(mén)以?xún)葹椤皟韧ⅰ,建筑布局也是左右對稱(chēng)。中部為乾清宮,交泰殿、坤寧宮,是封建皇帝居住和處理日常政務(wù)的地方。兩側的東、西六宮是嬪妃的住所,東、西一所是皇子的住所!皟韧ⅰ边有為皇家游玩的三處花園——御花園、慈寧花園、乾隆花園。內金水河沿“內廷”西邊蜿蜒繞過(guò)英武殿、太和門(mén)、文華殿流出宮外,河上有白玉石橋,沿河兩岸有曲折多姿的白玉雕欄桿,形似玉帶。故宮建筑絕大部分以黃琉璃瓦為頂,在陽(yáng)光下金碧輝煌,莊嚴美觀(guān)。
故宮中的建筑除了突出中軸線(xiàn)外,還用了各種手法,使宮城中各組建筑獨具特色。比如殿基的處理,殿頂的形式,吻獸和垂脊獸的數目,彩繪圖案的規制等等。這樣,不僅使主要建筑更顯得高大,壯觀(guān),而且還表現了宮中建筑的等級差別。民間傳說(shuō)故宮有房9999間半,說(shuō)天上的皇宮一共有房10000間,地上的皇帝自稱(chēng)“天子”,不敢與其同數,所以就少了半間。這半間房在哪兒呢?它指的便是文淵閣西頭那一小間。實(shí)際上紫禁城有房9000余間,所謂的這半間是根本不存在的。文淵閣西頭一間,面積雖小,僅能容納一個(gè)樓梯,但它仍是一整間。文淵閣樓下是藏我國第一部《四庫全書(shū)》的地方,為了照顧布局上的美觀(guān),所以把西頭一間建造的格外小。
。ń(jīng)過(guò)太和門(mén)之后)
女士們、先生們,前面的大殿叫太和殿,俗稱(chēng)金鑾殿,是故宮內最大宮殿。建筑面積2377平方米,重檐廡殿頂,是殿宇中最高等級,為外朝三大殿中最大的一座。太和殿建在三層重疊的“工”字型須彌座上,由漢白玉雕成,離地8余米,下層臺階21級,中,上層各9級。
太和殿始建于公元1406年,經(jīng)歷了三次火災和一次兵燹的毀壞,現在大家看到的是清朝建的。四個(gè)屋檐上各有一排動(dòng)物,原來(lái)是釘子,用來(lái)固定瓦片用的,后來(lái)?yè)Q成了神話(huà)傳說(shuō)中的動(dòng)物,據說(shuō)可以辟邪,而且數量越多,表明建筑越重要。太和殿上有9個(gè),9是陽(yáng)之極數,依次為7、5、3、1,平民百姓家是不允許有這種裝飾的。
明清兩朝曾有24個(gè)皇帝在此登基,宣布即位詔書(shū)。元旦、冬至、皇帝生日、冊立皇后、頒布法令、政令、派將出征、金殿傳臚以及賜安等等,皇帝都要在這里舉行儀式,接受文武百官朝賀。
這個(gè)廣場(chǎng)是太和殿廣場(chǎng),面積達3萬(wàn)平方米。整個(gè)廣場(chǎng)無(wú)一草一木,空曠寧靜,給人以森嚴肅穆的感覺(jué)。正中為御路,左右地面鋪的磚橫七豎八,共15層,以防有人挖地道進(jìn)入皇宮。周?chē)幸恍┐?/p>
缸,是做什么用的呢?在故宮里一共有308個(gè)大缸,是用來(lái)儲水防炎的,缸下可燒炭加溫,防止冬天缸水結冰。為什么要建這么大的廣場(chǎng)呢·那是是為了讓人們感覺(jué)到太和殿的雄偉壯觀(guān)。站在下面向前望去:藍天之下,黃瓦生輝。層層石臺,如同白云,加上香煙繚繞,整個(gè)太和殿好像天上仙境一樣。舉行大典時(shí),殿內的琺瑯仙鶴盤(pán)上點(diǎn)上蠟燭,香亭、香爐燒檀香,露臺上的銅爐、龜、鶴燃松柏枝,殿前兩側香煙繚繞,全場(chǎng)鴉雀無(wú)聲;实鄣巧蠈氉鶗r(shí),鼓樂(lè )齊鳴,文武大臣按呂級跪伏在廣場(chǎng),仰望著(zhù)云中樓閣山呼萬(wàn)歲,以顯示皇帝無(wú)上權威與尊嚴。
清朝末代皇帝溥儀1908年底登基時(shí),年僅3歲,由他父親攝政王載灃把他抱扶到寶座上。當大典開(kāi)始時(shí)差,突然鼓樂(lè )齊鳴,嚇得小皇帝哭鬧不止,嚷著(zhù)要回家去。載灃急得滿(mǎn)頭大汗,只好哄著(zhù)小皇帝說(shuō):“別哭,別哭,快完了,快完了!”大臣們認為此話(huà)不吉祥,說(shuō)來(lái)也巧,3年后清朝果真就滅亡了,從而結束了我國2000多年的封建統治。
。ㄔ谔偷畹氖_上)
這是銅香爐,,是皇帝舉行典禮時(shí)焚燒檀香用的。這里一共有18座,代表清朝18個(gè)省。殿外左右安放四個(gè)銅缸,象征”金甌無(wú)缺“,作為貯水防火之用。臺基東西兩側各有一只銅制仙鶴和龜,是長(cháng)壽的象征。這個(gè)由鉛鑄造成的器具叫嘉量,嘉量是當時(shí)量的標準器,表示皇帝公平處事,誰(shuí)半斤,誰(shuí)八兩,心中自然有數。對面還有一個(gè)石頭做成的器具叫做日晷,是古代的測時(shí)儀;实鄣囊馑际牵毫亢蜁r(shí)的基準都在自己手里。
太和殿正面有12根圓紅柱,東西約63米,南北進(jìn)深約37米,高35米,殿前丹陛三層五出,殿前后有金扉40個(gè),金鎖窗16個(gè),整個(gè)大殿雕梁畫(huà)棟,豪華富麗。殿內中央設有2米高的平臺,上面擺放著(zhù)雕有9條金龍的楠木寶座。后面有金漆圍屏,前面有御案,左右有對稱(chēng)的寶象、角端、仙鶴、香筒等陳列品。象馱寶瓶,內裝五谷,象征太平景象、五谷豐登。角端是我國古代神話(huà)傳說(shuō)中的一種神獸,可“日行一萬(wàn)八千里”,通曉四方語(yǔ)言,只有明君,它才捧書(shū)而至,護駕身旁。
太和殿也叫金鑾殿,為什么這么叫呢?因殿內為金磚墁地而得名。金磚墁地平整如鏡,光滑細膩,像是灑了一層水,發(fā)著(zhù)幽暗的光。那么金磚真的含金嗎?其實(shí)這是一種用特殊方法燒制的磚,工藝考究,復雜,專(zhuān)為皇宮而制,敲起來(lái)有金石之聲,所以稱(chēng)作“金磚”。燒這種磚,每一塊相當于一石大米的價(jià)錢(qián),可見(jiàn)金磚雖不含金,但也確實(shí)貴重。
殿內共有72根大主柱,支撐其全部重量,其中6根雕龍金柱,瀝粉貼金,圍繞著(zhù)寶座周?chē)。在殿中央有一藻井,是從古代“天井”和“天窗”形式演變面?lái),為中國古代建筑的特色之一。主要設置在“尊貴”的建筑物上,有“神圣”之意。在藻井中央部位,有一浮雕蟠龍,口銜一球(球為銅胎中空,外涂水銀),此球叫軒轅鏡,傳說(shuō)是遠古時(shí)代軒轅黃帝制造的,懸球與藻井蟠龍聯(lián)在起,構成游龍戲珠的形式,懸于帝王寶座上方,以示中國歷代皇帝都是軒轅的子孫,是黃帝正統繼承者。它使殿堂富麗堂皇,雍容華貴。鏡下正好對著(zhù)寶座,據說(shuō)是袁世凱怕大球掉下來(lái)把他砸死,故將寶座向后挪到現在的位置。關(guān)于龍椅,這里面有段故事。1916年(民國五年)袁世凱登基時(shí),把原來(lái)的寶座搬走了,換了一把西式高背大椅,上飾他自己設計的帝國徽號。據說(shuō)他的腿短,因而將椅座降低。新中國成立后,為了尋找那把龍椅,根據過(guò)去的一張照片,在破家具庫找到了一把破椅,經(jīng)專(zhuān)家鑒定,這椅子就是皇帝寶座,后經(jīng)修復展出。
。◣Э腿酥撂偷顤|或西側銅缸處)
古人把陳設在殿堂皇屋宇前的大缸,稱(chēng)為“門(mén)!,門(mén)海者,蓋“門(mén)前大!敝,古人相信,門(mén)前有大海,就不怕鬧火災。因此,大缸又稱(chēng)為吉祥缸。它既是陳設品,又是消防器材。在科學(xué)不民達的古代,宮中沒(méi)有自來(lái)水,更沒(méi)有消防器材。因此,缸內必須長(cháng)年儲滿(mǎn)水以備不虞。
清代時(shí),共有308口大缸,按其質(zhì)量分類(lèi)三種,即鎏金銅缸、燒古銅缸和鐵缸,其中最珍貴的是鎏金銅
缸。然而這些鎏金銅缸沒(méi)有逃脫侵略者刺刀刮體的厄運。侵略者是誰(shuí)?是英、美、德、法、俄、日、意、奧八國聯(lián)軍。為了鎮壓中國人民反帝的義和團運動(dòng),1900年的8月13日至8月15日,八國聯(lián)軍攻陷北京,進(jìn)占紫禁城。救死扶傷和軍官們燒、殺、搶、掠,從宮中及頤和園等處動(dòng)掠奪的文物在各侵略國使館區堆積如山,至今仍有大量文物被倫敦、巴黎、紐約博物館攫為已有。這一切包括眼前這口缸上的道道刮痕都已成為帝國主義侵略中國的鐵證。是偽統治時(shí)期,大缸被拉出宮門(mén),裝上日本侵略軍的卡車(chē),用去制作子彈,再反過(guò)來(lái)屠殺我國人民。
。ㄖ泻偷钋埃
眼前這個(gè)方形建筑是中和殿;实叟e行大典前,先到此暫坐休息,會(huì )見(jiàn)一些官員;实廴ヌ、地、日、月四壇祭祀時(shí),前一天也要在中和殿里看祭文。每年二月皇帝到先家壇舉行親耕儀式,前一天要來(lái)這里閱視種子、農具、祝文。這里現在陳列的是乾隆年間的兩面三刀頂肩輿,即八抬大轎
城角
故宮的四個(gè)城角,每一個(gè)角上有一座九梁十八柱七十二條脊的角樓,建造的可好看了。這四座角摟是怎么蓋的呢?北京有這么個(gè)傳說(shuō)——
明朝的燕王朱隸在南京做了永樂(lè )皇帝以后,因為北京是他做王爺時(shí)候的老地方,就想遷都北京,于是就派了親信大臣到北京蓋皇官。朱隸告訴這個(gè)大臣:要在皇宮外墻——紫禁城的四個(gè)犄角上,蓋四座樣子特別美麗的角樓,每座角樓要有九梁十八柱、七十二條脊。并且說(shuō):“你就做這個(gè)管工大臣吧,如果修蓋的不好是要殺頭的!”管工大臣領(lǐng)了皇帝的諭旨后,心里非常發(fā)愁,不知如何蓋這九梁十八柱、七十二條脊的角樓。
管工大臣到了北京以后,就把八十一家大包工木廠(chǎng)的工頭、木匠們都叫來(lái),跟他們說(shuō)了皇帝的旨意,限期三個(gè)月,叫他們一定要按期蓋成這四座怪樣子的角樓,并且說(shuō):“如果蓋不成,皇帝自然要殺我的頭,可是在沒(méi)殺我的頭之前,我就先把你們的頭砍了,所以當心你們的腦袋!惫ゎ^和木匠們對這樣的工程都沒(méi)把握,只好常常在一塊琢磨法子。
三個(gè)月的期限是很短的,一轉眼就是一個(gè)月了,工頭和木匠們還沒(méi)想出一點(diǎn)頭緒、一點(diǎn)辦法來(lái),他們做了許多樣型,都不合適。這時(shí)候,正趕上六七月的三伏天氣,熱得人都喘不上氣來(lái),加上心里煩悶,工頭和木匠們真是坐也不合適,躺也不合適。有這么一位木匠師傅,實(shí)在呆不住了,就上大街閑遛去了。
走著(zhù)走著(zhù),聽(tīng)見(jiàn)老遠傳來(lái)一片蟈蟈的吵叫聲,接著(zhù)、又聽(tīng)見(jiàn)一聲吆喝:“買(mǎi)蟈蟈,聽(tīng)叫去,睡不著(zhù),解悶兒去!”走近一看,是一個(gè)老頭兒挑著(zhù)許多大大小小秫秸編的蟈蟈籠子,在沿街叫賣(mài)。其中有一個(gè)細秫秸棍插的蟈蟈籠子,精巧得跟畫(huà)里的一座樓閣一樣,里頭裝著(zhù)幾只蟈蟈,木匠師傅想:反正是煩心的事,該死的活不了,買(mǎi)個(gè)好看的籠子,看著(zhù)也有趣兒,于是就買(mǎi)下了。
這個(gè)木匠提著(zhù)蟈蟈籠子,回到了工地。大伙兒一看就吵嚷起來(lái)了:“人們都心里怪煩的,你怎么買(mǎi)一籠子蟈蟈來(lái),成心吵人是怎么著(zhù)?”木匠笑著(zhù)說(shuō):“大家睡不著(zhù)解個(gè)悶兒吧,你們瞧??”他原想說(shuō)你們瞧這個(gè)籠子多么好看呀!可是他還沒(méi)說(shuō)出嘴來(lái),就覺(jué)得這籠子有點(diǎn)特別。他急忙擺著(zhù)手說(shuō):“你們先別吵吵嚷嚷的',讓我數數再說(shuō)!八严X蟈籠子的梁啊、柱啊、脊呀細細地數了一遍又一遍,大伙被他這一數,也吸引得留了神,靜靜地直著(zhù)眼睛看著(zhù),一點(diǎn)聲音也沒(méi)有。
木匠數完了蟈蟈籠子,蹦起來(lái)一拍大腿說(shuō):“這不正是九梁十八柱七十二條脊么?”大伙一聽(tīng)都高興了,這個(gè)接過(guò)籠子數數,那個(gè)也接過(guò)籠子數數,都說(shuō):“真是九梁十八柱、七十二條脊的樓閣啊,”
大伙兒受這個(gè)籠子的啟發(fā),琢磨出了紫禁城角樓的樣子,燙出紙漿做出樣型,最后修成了到現在還存在的角摟。
北京-故宮英文導游詞 The Fobidden City
FORBIDDEN CITY(紫禁城)
(In front of the meridian gate)
This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build the Forbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne .In 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.
It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan(North Star). The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. In folklore, the term ‖an eastern purple cloud is drifting‖ became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the Hanghu Pass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary 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 the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.
The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,9
00 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters .A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a
9.9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: the Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Western Flowery Gate )to the west ,the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) to the east.
Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province. Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province .Timber was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions.
The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entrance to the forbidden City. It is also knows as Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .They also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with sticks.
篇二:英文導游詞系列之故宮 午門(mén)
故宮 午門(mén)
思路:概況——歷史沿革——午門(mén)(外形、建筑特點(diǎn))——作用
Good morning teachers, my topic is General Information of the Forbidden City in front of Meridan Gate.
The Forbidden City is located in the center of BJ. It used to be the former Imperial Palace for the M&Q Emperors. It is the best-preserved imperial palace in China, the largest ancient palatial structure in the world, and it is also the largest piece of ancient Chinese architecture still in existence today.
Now, let show you something about the history of the Forbidden City In 1368, after the 1st emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he made Nan Jing as it's capital. But after the 3rd Emperor Zhu Di came to the throne in 1402, he decided to move the capital from Nan Jing to Bei Jing. Upon the decision of moving the capital, a large-scale construction of the Forbidden City started in 1406 and based on the model of the Imperial Palace in Nan Jing. But was more splendid and larger. The construction took 14 years and was completed in 1420. in the following year, 1421, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved from NJ to BJ.
When the Qing rulers took over BJ, they just stayed in the former imperial palace but rebuilt and renovated most of the buildings. So the situation of the Forbidden City was much better than it was in the Ming Dynasty. But in the later of Qing Dynasty, because of the corruption of the Qing Government, and the slack management of the Forbidden City, it once again fell into a declined and waned condition.
Later on, Qing Dynasty was overthrown by 1911 Revolution led by Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen. But according to the 19 articles of the preferential treatment for Qing court, after 1911, the last Emperor Pu Yi and his royal family spent another 13 years in the Forbidden City until 1924, they were driven out of the palace.
Starting from the 3rd emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, to the last emperor Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty, there were a total 24 emperors who lived and handled state affairs in the Forbidden City. On the October 10th 1925, the whole complex was converted into a museum and opened to the public, and in 1987, it was listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO.
The Forbidden City covers an area of 72 hectares. It is rectangular in shape, 960 ms long from north to south, and 750 ms while from east to west, surrounded with a 10-m high city wall and encircled by a 52-m wide moat. At each corner of the surrounding wall, there is a magnificent watchtower, which was heavily guarded in the old days. Each of the 4 watchtower has 9 beams, 18 pillars and 72 ridgepoles.
The Forbidden City can be divided into 2 parts: the Outer Court and the Inner Palace. The Outer Court consists of 3 main buildings. This was the place where the emperors attended the grand ceremonies and conducted state affairs; while the Inner Palace is composed of rear 3 main buildings and the 6 eastern palaces and 6 western palaces. There was the place where the emperor used to handle daily affairs and it was the living quarters for the emperor, empress and imperial concubines. The layout of the Forbidden City is generally designed to the principle of "a Front Court and Rear Palace", which means "the front court for state affairs and the rear palace as the living quarters".
OK, so much for the history part, next, I'll introduce the Meridan Gate.
There are 4 gates in each side of the Forbidden City. The Meridan Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City and also the south gate of Forbidden City. On the top of the gate, there are 5 towers, so it was also nicknamed as the "Five-Phoenix Tower". The main tower is rectangular in shape, which is located in the center with 4 square-shaped tower in each corner. Inside the tower, bells and drums were installed. There are 3 obvious doorways can be seen from the outside of the Meridan Gate and 2 side doorways are hidden from view. But all 5 doorways cane be seen after walking through the Meridan Gate and turning around. This is a typical building method for
this kind of gate——"3 obvious doorways can be seen from the outside, but five doorways can be seen from inside". However, on the day the Imperial Palace Examination results were announced, the 1st top 3 outstanding scholars were allowed to go through the central gate here in the Forbidden City. The high-ranking civil and military officials went in through the side gate on the east, and the royal family members went in through the west. The two smaller ones on both side at the the corner were for the low-ranking officials.
During the Palace Examination, all the candidates went in from the these two side-gates according to their odd or even numbers.
During the Ming & Qing Dynasties, there were mainly two functions of the Meridan Gate: the festival activities and the official ceremonies.
The festival activities mainly were: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double- nine Festival and some other different Chinese folk festivals in the lunar month every year.
The official ceremonies mainly were two: the ceremony of announcing the new lunar year calendar and the ceremony of "Accepting Captive of War".
"Court Beating" also took place in front of the Meridan Gate, which is a kind of punishment to punish those offending officials by beating them on their buttocks with sticks, Fortunately, this kind of punishment was abolished in the Qing Dynasty.
篇三:英語(yǔ)導游詞北京故宮
北京故宮
女士們、先生們,
歡迎大家來(lái)到北京,北京是中國的首都,也是我國的四大古都之一。2008年奧運會(huì )的成功舉辦更使這座古老的城市為許多外國朋友所熟知。大家稍作休息,請允許我自我介紹一下。我是大家北京之行的地接導游員我的名字叫溫輝輝,那在我身邊的這位是我們的司機張師傅。我們將會(huì )竭盡全力為大家提供最優(yōu)質(zhì)的服務(wù)。像我一樣熱情好客的北京人將以他們最熱情的方式歡迎世界各地發(fā)朋友來(lái)到北京。在北京期間我們將游覽故宮、長(cháng)城、頤和園等景點(diǎn)。希望古老而又時(shí)尚的北京會(huì )給大家留下一段美好的回憶。
在北京我們游覽的第一個(gè)景點(diǎn)就是故宮。提起故宮大家首先會(huì )想到它是中國皇帝居住過(guò)的地方。 但故宮的價(jià)值可不僅僅在于此。它更是我們中國歷史、中國文化以及中國建筑的一個(gè)縮影。
故宮位于北京城的中心,是明清兩朝的皇宮。它是世界上顯存最大、最完整的宮殿建筑群。至今約有六百年的歷史,先后有24位皇帝在這里統治全國近500年。故宮又名紫禁城,那是因為在封建社會(huì )皇帝擁有最高的權利因此這個(gè)地方是禁止一般人進(jìn)出。紫色是象征這北極星的顏色,這被認為是宇宙的中心 所以又名紫禁城。
紫禁城的建筑布局是對稱(chēng)的分為前朝和內廷。前朝以太和、中和、保和三大殿為主體是舉行大殿、朝賀、筵宴行使權力的地方。其中太和殿是故宮中規模最大等級最高的建筑;实鄣腔皟粤⒒屎蟮戎卮髢x式都在此舉行。內廷以乾清宮、交太殿和坤寧宮為主體,是皇帝的寢宮和處理日常政務(wù)的地方。坤寧宮以北是御花園,是皇帝及其家人
游玩的地方。
現在我要問(wèn)大家一個(gè)問(wèn)題,故宮的房間是九千九百九十九間半嗎? 傳說(shuō)天宮的房間是一萬(wàn)間,人間的皇帝作為天帝的兒子,皇宮自然不能超過(guò)天宮,于是故宮便造了九千九百九十九間半。其實(shí)古代建筑是以“四柱一間”為標準的。經(jīng)過(guò)古建筑專(zhuān)家實(shí)地調查統計,故宮所有的房間數量是8707,并非傳說(shuō)所言。
俗話(huà)說(shuō)百聞不如一見(jiàn),帶著(zhù)您滿(mǎn)心的好奇讓我們走進(jìn)故宮,讓我們感悟中國文化感受中國帝王的興衰歷史。
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