Yellow Crane Tower(黄鹤楼英文导游辞)

The Yellow Crane Tower黄鹤楼Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen:Welcome to China, welcome to our beautiful riverside city——Wuhan. L My name is Zora. I’m from CITS, I’m very glad to be your guide. There is a famous saying in China, “It is difficult for two mountains to meet each other, but not for people.”By this chance, on behalf of our travel service I‘d like to express my warmest welcome to your present here. Now, please allow me to introduce my team for you. This is our driver Mr.Wang, he has more than 20 years of driving experience, so you are in very safe hands. And his bus number is 4301. During the tour, If you have any questions or requests, please don’t hesitate to lat me know. I will try my best to make yo ur stay in Wuhan a pleasant one. I believe that all of you will return with an unforgettable memory.(Brief introduction)Now we are on the way to Yellow Crane Tower. At first, I’d like to outline the general picture of Wuhan for you. Wuhan is in the southeast of China. If you pay attention to the map, you will notice that the shape of Wuhan looks like a butterfly.Through the window, you can see a tower located on the top of the Hill. Yes! This is the Yellow Crane Tower, and the hill is the Snake hill. There are three ancient tower famous nationwide, namely the Yueyang Tower in Hunan Province, the Tengwangge Tower in Jiangxi Province and the Yellow Crane Tower in Hubei Province. And this Yellow Crane Tower standing in front of your eyes is the most one among the three well-known towers south of the Yangtze River. It’s extremely attractive to scholars or any civilian with literary background.(Reputations)Does anyone know the reason why it’s so famous? Yes, it has a long history. According to the history, the Yellow Crane tower was first built in 223AD during the three-kingdom period. At the beginning, the tower was originally used for military to observe the enemy’s activity. When the war finished, the tower gradually became a scenic attraction. In ancient time, many literati visited this place, and sometimes even put down poems for it to show their emotions, such as Libai and Cuihao whose poems affected the whole dynasty in their time. From then on, the Yellow Crane tower was well-known throughout China. / Although destroyed many times in successive dynasties, its popularity with Chinese ensured that it was always rebuilt. The current tower was completed in 1985 and its design derived from a picture of Qing dynasty. It stands 51.4 meters high and has 5 floors . Since ancient time, the Yellow Crane Tower has been regarded as the symbol of Wuhan.Now we are standing in front of the main tower－Yellow Crane Tower. With yellow upturned eaves, each floor seems to have been designed to resemble a yellow crane sprea ding its wings to fly. Let’s enter the hall on the first floor. On the wall, there is a nine-meter (about 30 feet) long and six-meter (about 20 feet) wide painted porcelain picture which depicts(描画) clouds, rivers and cranes to represent a romantic mood in the heaven. What do you think of the picture? It is very beautiful, isn’t it? Do you know why we call the tower YELLOW CRANE TOWER? The answer lies in the picture. Have you noticed that, in the picture there is a Taoist who played a flute and rode a crane gliding through the sky? It is a story about kindness and rewarding.Long long ago, there was a warm-hearted man named Xin. He was very poor and ran a small wine shop to earn a living. One day in the summer, the weather was very hot and the sun was very strong, a Taoist priest entered the wine shop and begged the shopkeeper for wine:“Excuse me, I am very thirsty but I haven’t any money. For god’s sake, could you please give me a bowl of wine?” “Sure” the shopkeeper smiled,“ just help yourself ” and gave hi m a bowl of wine. After that, the Taoist often enjoyed the wine without paying money.In order to thank the Xins for this favor of free wine, the Taoist priest drew a magic crane on the wall and told it to dance upon hearingclaps. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. 10 years later, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter and the Taoist priest, the Xins built a tower named Yellow Crane Tower.Follow me please, let’s go up to the second floor. Here displayed various miniature models copied the styles from Tang dynasty to Qing dynasty. Let’s look at the Yellow Crane Tower in Tang dynasty first. You can se e that it only has two layers. The overall structure is relatively simple and rough, giving a sense of simplicity. Now I have a question, which model do you think resembles the current tower most? Right, the last one. The tower we see today follows the style of Qing dynasty. Let’s look at the model in Qing dynasty carefully. It has 3 layers, the first floor has 12 eaves which represent 12 hours in one day; the second floor also has 12 eaves and it stands for 12months in a year; the third floor has 24 eaves and it represents 24 solar terms.It’s very interesting to enjoy kinds of models in different dynasties. On the third floor you can learn something about Chinese ancient culture——poem. Maybe you can try to learn Chinese from poem and show the poem to your family members back home. Such as the poem YELLOW CRANE TOWER written by Cuihao, would you like to have a try? The fourth floor is a place for cultural activities displaying some contemporary paintings. Also The Scholar’s four jewels are prepared, you can try to use the writing brush to write down a poem if you like and show your masterpiece to your friends. I’m sure you will love it.Of course, if you want to enjoy the view of Yangtze River and the beautiful scenery of Wuhan, it’s a good choice to go to the fifth floor, where you can have a distant view of surrounding area and feast your eyes.That’s all for the explanation to Yellow Crane Tower. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. You will have another30 minutes to look around. If you have any problems, do let me know. I’d like to repeat our bus number WH4321. Please don’t forget it. Seeyou later.（1131）。