虎丘英文导游词
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虎丘英文导游词
篇一：苏州园林虎丘的英语导游词TheTigerHillissaidtobethemostattractivespotofhistoricalinterestinSuzhou. Longtimeago,itwasavastseainthisarea.Thishillusedtobeoneofthesmallislan ter,duetothemovementoftheearth,theseaturnedintothemulberryfields. ThentheYangtzeRiverdeltacameintobeing,Thisislandbecamethehillonthepl ain.SoitwascalledthehillofEmergencefromtheSea,with34metersaboveseale vel,andsome20hectaresinarea.
in514Bc,HeLu,kingofStatewu,foundedthecityofSuzhouandmadeithiscapit al.Thishillwashissummerresort.
in496BcthekingtookthetrooptotheStateYue,thebattlehappenedinJiaxingare a.Thekingwasseriouslyinjuredinthebattleanddiedonhiswaybackhome.Then hissonnamedFuchaiordered100,000laborstobuildtombforhisfather.Threed aysaftertheking’sburial,atigerwassaidtoappearonthetopofthehilltoguardhistomb.Sothehill’snamewaschangedintotheTigerHill. Thenthelocalpeoplesaidtheshapeofthehilllookslikeacrouchingtiger.Thebuil dingaheadisitshead.Thegateisregardedasitsmouth,tworoundwindowsasitse yesandflyingeavesasitsears.Thehillpathisitsback,thepagodaatopisitstail. inthehill,wecanseemanyinterestingrocks,behindthem,arestoriesandlegends
oftheking.Themostfamoushighlightisthepagoda,itisknownastheleaningpag odaofPisainchina. ThefamouspoetSudongpointheSongdynastyonceremarked,“TovisitSuzhou withoutseeingtheTi gerHillwouldbeathingforregret.”HereistheBridgeofEmergencefromtheSea.in1956,whenthehillmoatwasdre dgedthebridgewasbuilt,anditwasbuiltofgranite.wecansee12lovelystonecar vedlionsontherailingsofthebridge,theyarevividandlifelike.Thelionsculptur eisasymbolofauspiciousinchina. ThesecondentrancehallisalsocalledtheBrokenBeamHall.inthehillthereareo nlytwothingswhichareoriginal,oneisthishall,andtheotheristhepagoda.Thish allwasbuiltintheYuandynasty(1279-1368)some700yearsago.Sincethemain beamismadeoftwologslookinglikeabrokenbeam,sothat’swhywecallittheBrokenBeamHall. Undertheroofaroundthebuildingarethebracketsets,theybeartheweightofther oofandscattertheweightontothegroundthroughthosecolumns,sowesaidthew allsofthebuildingdon’tbearweight,ifyoumovethemaway,thebuildingwillnotfalldown.allthejoints ofthewoodenstructurewereconnectedwiththetraditionaltenonsandmortises, withoutasinglenail.That’swhythebuildinghasbeenkeptsolong.itisregardedasamasterpieceofclassical architecture. Thewoodentabletfacingthesouthhaswithfourbigchinesecharactersonit,whi
chmeans“Thewell-knownplaceofinterestinSuzhou”.Thefourcharactersont heotheronefacingthenorthmean“containingtherealandhidingtheancient.”T hatis,therealhill,realwater,realpersonsandrealdeeds,andtheancientpagoda,a ncienttemple,ancientspring,andancienttombinthehill. ThefamousSword-TestingRockisabigovalrock.itiscleftinthemiddleasthoug hbyasword.Legendhasitthatacouple,Ganjiangandmoye,wereskillfulsword-smiths.Theywereforcedbythekingtoforgethesharpswordsforhim.Thecoupl ehadquietafewexperimentsand finallysucceededinforgingtwoswords.afterthekinggotoneofthem,hecamehe retotestwhetheritwassharp.downcamethesword.Therocksplitintwo,sothat’swhycalledSwordTestingRock
inthelaterdynasties,alotofliteratisandmenofliteraturecametovisittheTigerHi ll,theysighedandpraisedabouttheswordwhentheysawtherock. SoonthestonewecanstillseeapoemwrittenbyGuYingintheY uandynasty,whi chgoes“whiletheswordwastested,therockwascleft,thecleffellandblockedth ebrook.why,hundredsofyearslater,wasitnotusedtodecapitatethesinistereunu chzhaoGao?”
ThelegendoftheswordissimilartoExcalibur,Kingarthur’ssword. alittlefurtherontheleftisthePillowStone,whichwassaidtohavebeenusedforth atpurposebythemonkmr.ShengGong.ShenGongwasafamoushighrankingm onkintheEastJindynasty.HehadhisnewBuddhisttheorythatthosewhohaveth esenseofBuddhismwouldallbecomeBuddhist.Forhistheorywasagainstbyot