黄鹤楼英文导游词正文

•黄鹤楼英文导游词正文:Yellow Crane Tower

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to Wuhan. My name is DuJunhui. I am from Wuhan travel service. I will be your local guide during your stay in Wuhan. This is our driver, Mr Wang. His bus number is WH12345.On behalf of my travel agency, we hope you have a nice journey here. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, try my best to answer your question, and be your guide and interprete r. I will try to do my level best to “warm the cockles of your heart”. We highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Now we are on the way to Yellow Crane Tower. At first, I would like to outline the general picture of Wuhan for you.Wuhan is in the southeast of China and covers a total area of 8046 square kilometers. In geographic, it locates at 113 degrees 41minutes east longitude and 25degrees 58minutes north latitude on the earth. If you pay attention to the map of Wuhan, you will notice that its shape in the

map looks like a butterfly, Can you guess how many people does Wuhan have?7000000, oh, no but near it, try again. Yah, right, 8310000. Wuhan has a population of around 8310000 in the city.

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 where people can appreciate the view of the city as well as the lake. In ancient time, many literati visited this place, and sometimes even put down poems for it . Such as Cuihao in Tang Dynasty, he wrote a famous poem which was name YELLO CRANE TOWER, and another famous poet LiBai, whose poems affected the whole dynasty in his time, also visited this beautiful place many times. In this place he once saw off his friend, another poet MengHaoran, and wrote a famous poem for it to show his emotion. From then on, the yellow crane tower was well know throughout China.

Over the centuries the tower had been destroyed by wars for many times, but 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 51.4meters high and has 5 floors .The appearance of the tower is the same regardless of the direction it is viewed from. The tower has 60 upturned eaves layer upon layer,covered with yellow glazed tiles and supported with 72 huge pillars.The exports comment that it is an authentic reproduction of both the exterior and interior design, with the exception of the addition of air-conditioner and an elevator. Since ancient time, the yellow crane tower has been regarded as the symbol of Wuhan.

Now we are standing in front of the tower. With yellow upturned eaves, each floor seems to have been designed to resemble a yellow crane spreading 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 clouds,