丽江古城英文导游词

丽江古城英文导游词

Hello, my fellow friends,

Welcome to Lijiang--- this beautiful place. It’s my great honor to be

your guide. Today I will take you to the ancient town of Lijiang.

A Brief Introduction to Lijiang

We will get there in a few minutes. So now I will give you a brief introduction to Lijiang. It is located in Lijing Prefecture in the Northwest

of Yunnan province. The population of Lijiang Prefecture is over 1 million involving 21 nationalities, for example, the Naxi, Yi, Lisu, Pumi,etc. And

later you will see the houses of Naxi people in the ancient town.

Lijiang Prefecture is the major tourist area of Yunnan Province. It

contains beautiful natural resources, unique minority amorous feelings, age-

old minority cultures, and rich tourist resources. The scenic spots are mainly scattered in Lijiang County and Ninglang County. We can conclude them into:” two mountains, one town, one lake, one river, one culture and one folk custom.”. Two mountains refer to Yulong Snow Mountains and Laojun Mountains, one town is Dayan Town, one lake refers to Lugu lake, one river is Jinsha river, one culture is Dongba Culture and one folk custom refers to the Moso people’s custom, which we call the “Aixa”. What does that mean? I will

leave it to you to discover. So you see Lijiang, with its rich resources in plants and animals, the natural beauties and the amazing minority folk customs, attracting more and more tourists from home and abroad.

Soon we will get the the Ancient town of Lijiang, it has a history of almost a thousand years. The scenes are unique and unconventional. It is one

of the best historical, cultural cities at the state level in China. It

consists of three parts: Dayan、Baisha、Shuhe. So why is it called Dayan? Because it is in the middle of Lijiang basin, and the Lijiang basin looks like a big inkstone, and in Chinese the pronunciation of that is “yan”.

What’s more,it is also a unique city throughout China.Have you heard

about it? Yeah,it is a city which has no walls.It expresses the open-minded character of Naxi people.

The Entrance

Ok, everyone, this is the entrance of the Dayan town. Maybe you have already notice the couple of the water wheels over there.Do you know the function of it ? It is used to transport water and to make use of hydropower to grind grains and crops.Besides it is the Chinese Characters written by Jiang Zeming. And there is an eye-catching pillar, we call it “Dragon Post”, which means the water dragon and indicates the wish to avoid the fire in the town.

Let’s get inside and have a look. The Dayan town is famous in China for its old and si-mp-le architectural style and the elegant art for the lay-out of the town. In the town the Yuquan River winds in many streams acrothe town and past all the houses. The roads here are parallel to the streams, and the door of each house is facing a stream. Whatever street and whatever lane you go in ,there is a small stream with small bridges acroit here and there. As a saying indicates : A house beside a stream with a small briage acroit makes a wonderful scene which you can only find here.” That’s why we regard Dayan town to be the “Oriental Venice”.

Sifang Street