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广州长隆英文导游词【篇一：广东省英文导游词——开平碉楼】kaiping diaolou——the watchtower-like houses in kaiping city【whathow is kaiing diaolou】—【outstanding diaolou structures】—【the li garden】 good morning! ladies and gentlemen:this morning we’ll drive 1.5hours to visit the unique “diaolou”houses in kaiping city. you fell puzzled when hearing the word diaolou, don’t you? now let me tell you something about the city of kaiping as well sa what and how these houses are.【whathow is kaiing diaolou】kaiping is a small city in guangdong province, about 100 kilometers to the southwest of guangzhou, with an area of 1659 square kilometers and a population of 680 thousand. it has long been known as the native land of a great many overseas chinese, the number totting up to or even more than its domestic population. the chinese, you know, are a nostalgic people having a strong feeling of wistful longing for home, so the overseas chinese from kaiping, no matter how long they had been away and how far they were away from home, would come back to buy a piece of land to build their house and to get married. those houses built by the returned overseas chinese during the late 19th and early 20th centuries are all watchtower-like, with thick solid walls, small and narrow iron doors and windows, and even with embrasures on the walls and an observation tower on the top.so, “kaiping diaolou” is a proper name of the multi-storied defensive country houses of the returned overseas chinese in kaiping city. built of stone, brick or concrete, these buildings display a fusion of chinese and foreign architectural and decorative forms, and reflect the significant role these emigrant kaiping people had played in the development of the countries they resided, in south asia, australasia, north america and other regions of the world.you may wonder why these returned overseas chinese had their houses built into a structure of a watchtower. well, thereasons are clear. first, public order at that time was bad and banditry was a real headache and the better-off returned overseas chinese families naturally became targets for robbery; second, the kaiping area is a stretch of low-lying land andfolds were a frequent occurrence. so, these solid and high-rise buildings were good both for defense against bandits and for refuge from the floods.kaiping diaolou is listed by the chinese state council as a key cultural relic protected by the state. its total number amounted to 3, 300 in the peak years and now the registered number is 1833, and twenty of the better ones are inscribed on the world heritage list by unesco. org (united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization). these buildings take three forms: communal tower jointly built by. several families for use as temporary refuge, residential tower built by individual rich family and used as fortified residence, and watch tower for guarding against bandits. in the 1940s during the war of resistance against japan, some of these towers became strongholds for p eople’s militia.【outstanding diaolou structures】the diaolou structures in zili village, 12 kilometers away from the kaiping city center, are the most magnificent and best preserved. there are 15 in all, which are all listed as keycultural relics protected by the state. among them the mingshilou is the best of all. built in 1925, it is a 5-storeyed reinforced concrete structure, with an hexagon observation pavilion on the top and a blockhouse built on the outside walls at each of the four corners on the fifth floor. this huge and imposing tower is installed with heavy iron doors and strong iron windows, and is luxuriously decorated and well furnished. other well-known diaolou structures are the yinglonglou in chikan town, the ruishilou in yan’gang town a nd the fangshe denglou in tangkou town. they were built in different years by different families and so are different in architectural style. the yinglonglou, built during the jiajing reign of the ming dynastyin the middle of the 16th century (1522 - 1566), is the oldest diaolou structure and is free from foreign influence in architectural style. the ruishilou, a 9 – storied 25-meter high reinforced concrete structure, is the most luxury and is laid out and furnished in the traditional chinese pattern. the fangshidenglou, a reinforced concrete structure built in 1920 by the fang family, is typical of the diaolou structure as a watchtower for it was located in an open land and was provided with electric generator,searchlights and guns.【the li garden】another tourist attraction in kaiping city is the li garden. it was a private residential garden built in 1926 – 1936 by an american chinese, xie wei li （谢维立）by name. the garden’s name “li”（立） was derived from the name of its owner and it gives expression to the meaning of a chinese idiom xiu shen li ben （修身立本）, which is written on an archway in the garden, meaning that cultivating one’s moral and character is the key to success in one’s life and work. this idea of the owner’s is also embodied in many other inscriptions and couplets written in the garden.the residential buildings in the villa area are also combinations of chinese and western architectural elements. while their main structures are foreign-styled, some are roofed like a chinese palace, and inside they are decorated and furnished with both chinese and foreign artifacts: western fireplace and pendent lamps, italian ceramic tiles, chinese wooden furniture, wall paintings depicting chinese folk stories, chinese gilded wood-carvings etc.the li garden is indeed a paragon of harmonious combination of the chinese and foreign cultures.ladies and gentalmen: we are now approaching the zili village and, in ten minutes, we’ll leave the bus for a close look at the diaolou towers. we’ll stay in the village for one and a half hours and will be back to the bus at 11 o’clock. since the billage is quite a big place and one can get happily lost, iwould suggest you keep together.miss wang will be taking the lead, please follow her, and i will bring up the rear. thank you!开平碉楼与立园【概况】—【自力村调楼群】—【开平立园】【概况】开平市位于珠江三角洲西南部，东北距离广州110公里。