明孝陵英文导游词
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明孝陵英文导游词
篇一：明孝陵英文导游词XiaolingTombofthemingdynasty XiaolingTombofthemingdynasty (TodaywewillvisitXiaolingTombofthemingdynasty,whichwasadoptedasth eworldsculturalHeritagein20XX) XiaolingTombisthemausoleumofzhuY uanzhang,thefoundingemperorofthe mingdynasty600yearsago.Theconstructionofthemausoleumstartedin1381, andwascompletedin1413when“theTabletofGreatmeritsofthemingTomboft heGreatmingdynasty”waserected.
EmperorzhuY uanzhangwasborninapeasantfamilyofanhuiProvincein1328. HelosthisparentsinhischildhoodandbecameamonkatHuangjueTemple.in13 52hejoinedtheRedTurbanarmyandbecamecommandinggenerallater.in1368 ,heestablishedhisempireandmadenanjingthecapitalwithanameofmingforhi sdynasty.in1398,hediedandwasburiedhereintheXiaoling. Themausoleumconsistsoftwomajorsections.Thefrontse ctionstartsfrom”Th eGatewayofdismountingHorses”attheFalialGuardtotheLingxingGateatthe endofSacredway.Thewholeapproachis1800meterslong.TheGatewayofdis mountingHorseisengravedwith6chinesecharactersforwarningworshipers, meaning”alltheofficialsmustdismountfromthehorsebackhere”.
Go700metersnorthwestfromthegateway,wecanseeathree-archedgate.itiskn
ownasthetheGreatGoldenGate,whichisthefrontgateofthemausoleum,conne ctingwiththeredenclosurewalls. GothroughtheGrandGoldenGateisarooflesspavilion,whichiscalledSquarec ity.inthemiddleofthepaviliontherestandsahugestonetablet,whichis8.78mhi ghwith2,746characterscarvedonit.Thisis”theTabletofGreatmeritsofthemin gTomboftheGreatmingdynasty”.Thecharacterswerewrittenbyzhudi,thethir demperorofthemingdynasty.
GooutoftheSquarecity,we’llcometothefirstsectionoftheSacredway.TheSacredwayisdividedintotwose ctions.Thefrontsectionisflankedby12pairsofstoneanimalsin6kinds:eachkin doftheanimalshas2pairs,onestandingandonekneeling.Theanimalsarearrang edinproperorder:lions,Xiezhi,camels,elephants,unicornsandhorses. Gostraightalittlebitforward,wecanseetwopillars,fromwherethesacredwaym akesarightturn.Here,weareatthesecondsectionoftheSacredway,whichisflan kedby4pairsofstonewengzhongs:2pairsofgeneralsand2pairsofofficials. attherightofthispath,wecanseeasmallhillplantedwiththousandsofplumtrees. itisthePlum-BlossomHill,whichisSunQuan’stomb.TheHillisnowawonderfulsiteforlocalpeopletoappreciateplumblosso minspringwhenthetreesareblooming.
attheendoftheSacredway,thereisagatenamedLingxingGatewiththreearches. itisalso
calleddragon&PhoenixGate.TherearsectionofthemausoleumstartsfromLin
gxingGatetothecitadelofTreasureandtheTombmound.
about270metersawaynortheastoftheLingxingGatethere’sastonebridgespanningoverasmallstream,whichiscalledtheGoldenwaterBri dge,.about200metersnorthofthebridgeisthefrontgateofthetomb.attherightof thegatethereisatabletstone,whichisinscribedwith“TheSpecialnotice”in6for eignlanguagestocallforattentiontoprotectthetomb.Thetabletwasestablished byQinggovernment.
insidethegateisatabletpavilion,whichistheentrancehallofthetomb.inthispavi lion,there’satabletinscribedwith“TheSteleofadministratingthecountryasprosperousas theTangandSongdynasties”.TheinscriptionwaswrittenbyKangxi,theemper oroftheQingdynastywhenhewaspayinghishomagetotheentombedemperord uringhisthirdinspectiontourtotheareain1699.
Gooutofthepavilion,we’llcometothesiteoftheSacrificialHall.Theoriginalhallwasverylargeandwasus edtoenshrineEmperorzhuYuanzhangandhisempress.Thehallwasdestroyedi nthewaryetits56stonecolumnbasesarestillthere. continuethevisittowardsnorthacro ssabigstonebridge,wecansee“Thecitadel ofTreasuresandtheTombmound”.ThecitadelofTreasuresisthesiteofgraveyar dandtheTombmoundisthetombitself.Thecitadelis39meterslongfromwestto eastand18meterswidefromnorthtosouth.climbup54steps,comingintoourvie wistheTombmound,whichishalfcircledbyastonewall.inthemiddleofthewall