北京故宫英语导游词
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北京故宫英语导游词
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Thisisthepalacemuseum;alsoknowasthepurpleForbiddenc ity.Itisthelargestandmostwellreservedimperialreside nceinchinatoday.undermingemperorYongle,construction beganin1406.Ittook14yearstobuildtheForbiddencity.Th efirstrulerwhoactuallylivedherewasmingemperorZhudi. Forfivecenturiesthereafter,itcontinuedtobethereside nceof23successiveemperorsuntil1911whenQingemperorpu yiwasforcedtoabdicatethethrone.In1987,theunitedNati onseducational,scientificandculturalorganizationrec ognizedtheForbiddencitywasaworldculturallegacy.
Itisbelievedthatthepalacemuseum,orZiJincheng(purple
Forbiddencity),gotitsnamefromastronomyfolklore,Thea ncientastronomersdividedtheconstellationsintogroups andcenteredthemaroundtheZiweiYuan(Northstar).Thecon stellationcontainingtheNorthstarwascalledtheconstel lationofheavenlygodandstaritselfwascalledthepurplep alace.becausetheemperorwassupposedlythesonoftheheav enlygods,hiscentralanddominantpositionwouldbefurthe rhighlightedtheuseofthewordpurpleinthenameofhisresi lklore,thetermaneasternpurplecloudisdrift ingbecameametaphorforauspiciouseventsafterapurplecl oudwasseendriftingeastwardimmediatelybeforethearriv alofanancientphilosopher,LaoZi,tothehanghupass.here ,purpleisassociatedwithauspiciousdevelopments.Thewo rdjin(forbidden)isself-explanatoryastheimperialpala cewasheavilyguardedandoff-explanatoryastheimperialp alacewasheavilyguardedandoff-limitstoordinarypeople.
Theredandyellowusedonthepalacewallsandroofsarealsos ymbolic.redrepresentshappiness,goodfortuneandwealth .YellowisthecoloroftheearthontheLoessplateau,theori ginalhomeofthechinesepeople.Yellowbecameanimperialc
olorduringtheTangdynasty,whenonlymembersoftheroyalf amilywereallowedtowearitanduseitintheirarchitecture.
TheForbiddencityisrectangularinshape.Itis960metersl ongfromnorthtosouthand750meterwidefromeastwest.Itha
s9,900roomsunderatotalroofarea150,000squaremeters.A 52-meter-wide-moatencirclesa9.9-meterhighwallwhiche nclosesthecomplex.octagonshapedturretsrestonthefour cornersofthewall.Therearefourentrancesintothecity:t hemeridiangatetothesouth,theshenwugate(gateofmilita ryprowess)tothenorth,andthexihuagate(gateofmilitary prowess)tothenorth,andthexihuagate(westernFloweryga te)tothewest,theDonghua(easternFlowerygate)totheeas t.
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