武侯祠英文简介Wuhou Temple

Good evening, Ladies and gentlemen,it’s my great honor to be your local guide. Today, we are going to visit the Chengdu Wuhou Temple. before we get in I should give you some information about China’s history , which makes you have a better understanding about the temple. China experienced a lot of dynasties .But there is a period which is very famous .that is the Three kingdoms

Period .Ok, ladies and gentlemen I will ask you a question first before telling you what happened in that period .Did you read a famous Chinese classic novel named the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Maybe someone did but some didn’t . Actually , this book is about what happened at that time.

At the end of eastern Han dynasty, the emperor[ˈempərə]was very atrocious [əˈtroʃəs]残暴的and treated his civilians百姓very bad .He just knew how to play and flirt [flɚt]调情，玩弄with women .His civilians were very angry with him. At last, lots of peasants[ˈpɛzənt]农民rebellions

[riˈbeliənz]反抗broke out .However, the generals将军of Han dynasty didn’t help the bad emperor suppre ss 镇压that, instead of taking this opportunity to establish their own kingdoms. Thus lots of wars happened among the generals .You can imagine the chaotic [keɪˈɑ:tɪk]一片混乱的society of that time. After several years’ fighting, only three kingdoms survived .they were Wei , Shu and Wu. Here I particularly need to mention the Shu kingdom. Actually it was the

ancient name of Sichuan province. That’s why you can enjoy the rich culture of Shu kingdom in Sichuan province .

The temple here is to commemorate[kəˈmɛməˌret] 纪念two famous persons .One is the emperor of Shu kingdom .His name is Liu Bei .Another is Zhu Geliang, the Prime minister of LiuBei .More details will be given to you when we get in .ladies and gentlemen ,please look up at the horizontal[ˌhɔ:rəˈzɑ:ntl]水平的board on the top of the gate .You can see four Chinese characters, That is Han Zhaolie Miao which means Han Zhaolie T emple in English .Han is the ancient name of Shu kingdom. Zhaolie is LiuBei’s posthumous[ˈpɒstjʊməs] 死后的title the people gave .Now I know there is a question in your mind. The temple we will visit is Wuhou Temple not Han Zhaolie Temple . Do we come the wrong door? Absolutely not .

In Tang and Song dynasties, there were two temples belonged to Liu Bei and Zhu Geliang respectively各自的. Unfortunately more and more people went to Zhu’s temple for worship尊敬. They thought Zhu’s contribution was superior[su:ˈpɪriə(r)]较高的to LiuBei, the emperor. Thus fewer people went to Liu Bei’s temple. In Ming dynasty ,a member of imperial[ɪmˈpɪriəl]皇家的family thought that was improper不合适的because Liu Bei was the emperor .Zhu Geliang was only a subordinate [səˈbɔ:rdɪnət]部下of him .He demolished摧毁the