北京-故宫英文导游词
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北京-故宫英文导游词
FORBIDDENCITY(紫禁
城)(Infrontofthemeridiangate)LadiesandGentlemen:Iampleasedtoserveasy ourguidetoday.Thisisthepalacemuseum;alsoknowasthePurpleForbiddenCit y.ItisthelargestandmostwellreservedimperialresidenceinChinatoday.Under MingEmperorYongle,constructionbeganin1406.Ittook14yearstobuildtheFor biddenCity.ThefirstrulerwhoactuallylivedherewasMingEmperorZhudi.Forfiv ecenturiesthereafter,itcontinuedtobetheresidenceof23successiveemperors until1911whenQingEmperorPuyiwasforcedtoabdicatethethrone.In1987,th eUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganizationrecognizedth eForbiddenCitywasaworldculturallegacy.ItisbelievedthatthePalaceMuseum ,orZiJinCheng(PurpleForbiddenCity),gotitsnamefromastronomyfolklore,The ancientastronomersdividedtheconstellationsintogroupsandcenteredthema roundtheZiweiYuan(NorthStar).TheconstellationcontainingtheNorthStarwa scalledtheConstellationofHeavenlyGodandstaritselfwascalledthepurplepala ce.Becausetheemperorwassupposedlythesonoftheheavenlygods,hiscentral anddominantpositionwouldbefurtherhighlightedtheuseofthewordpurplein lklore,thetermaneasternpurplecloudisdriftingb ecameametaphorforauspiciouseventsafterapurplecloudwasseendriftingeas twardimmediatelybeforethearrivalofanancientphilosopher,LaoZi,totheHan ghuPass.Here,purpleisassociatedwithauspiciousdevelopments.Thewordjin(
forbidden)isself-explanatoryastheimperialpalacewasheavilyguardedandoff-explanatoryastheimperialpalacewasheavilyguardedandoff-limitstoordinarypeople.Theredandyellowusedonthepalacewallsandroofsare alsosymbolic.Redrepresentshappiness,goodfortuneandwealth.Yellowisthec oloroftheearthontheLoessPlateau,theoriginalhomeoftheChinesepeople.Yell owbecameanimperialcolorduringtheTangdynasty,whenonlymembersofther oyalfamilywereallowedtowearitanduseitintheirarchitecture.TheForbiddenC ityisrectangularinshape.Itis960meterslongfromnorthtosouthand750meter widefromeastwest.Ithas9,900roomsunderatotalroofarea150,000squareme ters.A52-meter-wide-moatencirclesa9.9-meter—highwallwhichenclosesthecomplex.Octagon—shapedturretsrestonthefourcornersofthewall.Therearefourentrancesintoth ecity:theMeridianGatetothesouth,theShenwuGate(GateofMilitaryProwess) tothenorth,andtheXihuaGate(GateofmilitaryProwess)tothenorth,andtheXi huaGate(WesternFloweryGate)tothewest,theDonghua(EasternFloweryGat e)totheeast.Manpowerandmaterialsthroughoutthecountrywereusedtobuil dtheForbiddenCity.Atotalof230,000artisansandonemillionlaborerswereem ployed.MarblewasquarriedfromfangshanCountryMountPaninJixianCountyi nHebeiProvince.GranitewasquarriedinQuyangCountyinHebeiProvince.Pavi ngblockswerefiredinkilnsinSuzhouinsouthernChina.Bricksandscarletpigmen tationusedonthepalatialwallscamefromlinqinginShandongProvince.Timber