篇一：长城英文导游词
篇一：长城英文导游词
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great wall
i am very proud to
have the opportunity to be your guide. today we are going to visit great wall.
history of the
great wall（长城的历史）
construction of
the great wall first began in the seventh century bc．at that time, it was called
spring and autumn period. the first section of wall, that appeared in china, was built
by the qin kingdom and the chu kingdom.they had a high wall which was called“square
wall” or“square city”built surrounding their own territories to defend the attack
of their neighboring enemy. so it was also known as the qi great wall and the chu
great wall．in order to defend themselves against the infringing enemy from the
neighboring states, all the kingdoms had sections of high walls constructed around
their own territories for self-protection.they built high walls at the strategic
points of the north.these high walls were the primitive prototype of the present day
great wall and laid the foundation for the present great wall.
in chinese
history, this is the largest project carried out in three dynasties that brought the
climax of the development of the great wall. large-scale construction of the great
wall was concentrated in the qin ,han and ming dynasties .
in 221 bc ,qin
shihuang defeated the other six kingdoms and unified china. in order to consolidate
the unity ,he decided to link up the separate sections of high walls,built by different
kingdoms ,into the great wall.
then he sent meng
tian, a military general, with 300,000 soldiers and one million civilian up to north
to build up the great wall. a great many sections were linked up and expanded, and
finally it was extended into a great wall. when it was finished ,the total length
of the great wall was over 7,000 kilometers long .the qin great wall started from
lintao, gansu province in the west and ended in liaodong ,liaoning province in the
east.
large-scale
construction of the great wall was ongoing throughtout the reign of emperor wu di
in the han dynasty .in order to ward off the huns as well as to protect the silk road,
they also had the great wall extended towards the west for another 5,000 kilometers
long to the lop nur lake in today’s xinjiang uygur autonomous region.the han great
wall started from the liaodong peninsula in the east ,and ended at the foot of the
tianshan mountain in xinjiang uygur autonomous region,with a total length of 10,000
kilometers.
the last
large-scale project on the great wall was carried out in the ming dynasty. in 1368,
right after zhu yuanzhang established the ming dynasty ,he started the reconstruction
of the great wall immediately on the basis of the qin great wall .since the remaining
forces of the yuan often made counterattacks on beijing and the threats of the newly
raised ethnic tribe of “nu zhen”also threatened the ming court, ming emperor zhu
yuanzhang paid great attention to construction of the great wall and stationed troops
along the wall.
in ancient times
the great wall was not only a strong defensive project but also played a very important
military and economic role.the function of the great wall in chinese history was
mainly in military strategies, economy, and perfect harmony of various
nationalities.the most important is in military strategies.
the great wall at juyongguan pass（居庸关长城）
juyongguan pass
is located at 50 kilometers northwest of downtown beijing.the mountions flanking the
valley have many graceful peaks. the slopes on both sides of the narrow passes are
covered with dense trees and plants. so, it used to be one of the famous” eight views
of yanjing”．there was a 20-kilometer-long valley called “guangou valley” from south
to north, with 4 passes along the valley named “nankou，juyongguan，shangguan and
badaling”．they were of great strategic importance in defending the national capital
of beijing．juyongguan pass is one of them．
the name
“juyong ”in chinese means “a place of poor laborers”. according to historical
records ,emperor qin shihuang forced many conscripts to build this part of the great
wall.
inside juyong
pass there is an ancient marble platform known as“cloud terrace”．it was first built
in 1342 during the yuan dynasty．there used to be three tibetan style pagodas built
on the terrace with a road passing under it from north to south. therefore, it was
also called “the crossing road pagoda”.later, when the pagodas were destroyed, a
temple was built on the very site . however，the temple was burnt down in a fire in
the early years of the qing dynasty，so only the terrace remained. there are also
buddhist scriptures inscribed on the stone wall in the sanskrit，tibetan，basiba(a
kind of mongolian script)，xixia，uygur and han languages．they offer us wonderful
examples of their exquisite workmanship and vividness in carving．they are extremely
valuable to the study of buddhism and ancient languages．
today on the way
to badaling great wall you can see a railway running by the badaling expressway. it
is well-known at the beijing- zhangjiakou railway. it is more than 200 kilometers
away from beijing to zhangjiakou.the railway is very famous in china because it was
the first railway designed and constructed by chinese itself. its chief designer was
zhan tianyou-a famous railway engineer in china.
the great wall at
badaling（八达岭长城）
the badaling
great wall is about 75 kilometers northwest of beijing，and it is the best-preserved
part of the great wall．bada means“convenient transportation to all directions”.
roads from badaling lead to yanqing country to its north; xuanhua, zhangjiakou and
datong to the west; to the east is yongning and sihai; beijing is to the south. from
here people can go to all directions，hence the name of badaling. the badaling section
is about 12 kilometers long with 24 watch towers and 4 wall platforms. there are four
characters inscribed on the eastern pass of badaling; “juyongwaizhen” which means
there was another strategic town outside the juyong pass. on the western pass of
badaling, there is an inscription with four words “ beimensuoyue” carved on the
top of the pass, which means, “a key to the north gate”, describing that badaling
pass was just like a lock on the gate of beijing. therefore, if the gate was unlocked
by a key, beijing would be open to danger.
east of badaling
pass lies a big rock known as, “looking-toward beijing rock.” originally, this rock
was a huge rock measuring 7 meters long and 2 meters wide. it is said that in 1900,
when the eight allied forces attacked beijing, empress dowager cixi hastily escaped
from beijing. when she got here, she suddenly wanted to see the city of beijing once
again. she got up on this big rock and turned to look toward beijing in the distance,
so that’s why it is called “looking-toward beijing rock”
the great wall at
badaling averages 7.8 meters high, 6.5 meters wide at its base, and 5.8 meters on
the top, wide enough for five horses or ten solidiers walking abreast on the wall.
watch towers were
built at regular intervals on the great wall itself for watching over the invading
enemy .a watch tower was usually two stories high, and the defense solidiers lived
inside. the ground floor was used for storing weapons and had a number of windows
for archers. the upper floor had battlements, peep holes and apertures for archers.
in the middle of the tower there were small living quarters for the defense
solidiers.the watch towers were not only used by the defending troops to take shelter
from the wind ,rain and heat, but also to fight and check the enemy’s advance ,and
store arms and ammunition .
well, that is all
for my presentation .thanks for your attention. i’m looking forward to your next
visit. thank you!
篇二：八达岭长城的英文导游词
八达
岭长城的英文导游词
lots of beautiful legends and stories about the great wall took place following along
the construction, and since that time these stories have spread around the country.
those that happened during construction are abundant, such as meng jiangnu‘s story
and the legend of the jiayuguan pass. meng jiangnu‘s story is the most famous and
widely spread of all the legends about the great wall. the story happened during the
qin dynasty (221bc-206bc). it tells of how meng jiangnu‘s bitter weeping made a
section of the great wall collapse. meng jiangnu‘s husband fan qiliang was caught
by federal officials and sent to build the great wall. meng jiangnu heard nothing
from him after his departure, so she set out to look for him. unfortunately, by the
time she reached the great wall, she
in addition to the above-mentioned stories about the construction of the great wall,
there are also plenty of stories about current scenic spots. a famous one is the legend
of the beacon tower. this story happened during the western zhou dynasty (11th century
bc-711 bc). king you had a queen named bao si, who was very pretty. king you liked
her very much, however bao si never smiled. an official gave a suggestion that setting
the beacon tower on fire would frighten the king‘s subjects, and might make the queen
smile. king you liked the idea. the subjects were fooled and bao si smiled at the
sight of the chaos. later enemies invaded western zhou, king you set the beacon tower
on fire to ask for help. no subjects came to help because they had been fooled once
before. thus, king zhou was killed by the enemy and western zhou came to an end.
beautiful stories and legends about the great wall help to keep alive chinese history
and culture. in each dynasty after the building of the great wall, many more stories
were created and spread.
篇三：北京八达岭长城英文导游词
北京
八达岭长城英文导游词
beijing badaling
great wall english tourguide word
fellow tourists,
now our automobile is going on the badaling highway,must enter the badaling scenic
area immediately which soon visits.front that mountain is the jundu, the badaling
great wall occupies onthis mountain. in the spring and autumn period warring states
time,our country ancient times the people on already started to constructthe great
wall, at that time the feudal lord strove for hegemony, inorder to protect own
territory not to encroach, therefore hasconstructed the great wall in abundance in
respective boundary, wascalled mutually guards against the great wall.
nd cultural organization world cultureinheritance name list, moreover it or now in
world longest defensivecity wall! proliferated the our country 16 areas, the span
hasachieved 10. 80,000 miles.
the badaling
great wall is in the history many significant eventstestimonies, for example the
dreary queen mother patrols good fortune, yuan taizuenters the pass, west empress
dowager cixi runs away and so on,badaling all is after all the road. speaks of here,
but also somestory must say for everybody: is located closes the east end gateroadside,
some megalith, the fable the eight power expeditionary forceattacked into beijing
in 1900, cixi runs away in the west on the waypasses through here, once stood in this
stone other day looks thenational capital, therefore this stone on is also called looks thebeijing stone. but present this stone already not that highlighted. said three, under on said next two walls. the great wall flank tallwall is called 牒 the wall, has the crenel is uses for to defend theenemy. but the inside insufficient meter high is called the daughterwall, also is called the space wall. in most starts the great wallinside is does not have the daughter wall, but frequently some peoplecan fall down the cliff, therefore has constructed this wall. each notfar has a small drainage in the great wall lower part of wall place,rainy day time by spits the tap to outside to drain water, in order toavoid the water washes out the city wall. but inside great walls walluses the stone block to cast, outside builds the brick, again spreadsout the flagstone in above, thus causes the building to be extremelyreliable!
篇四：长城英文导游词
长城英文导游词
the great wall the great wall, like the pyramids of egypt, the taj mahal(1) in india and the hanging garden of babylon(2), is one of the great wonders of the world. starting out in the east on the banks of the yalu river in liaoning province, the wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to jiayuguan in the gobi desert, thus known as the ten thousand li wall in china. the wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the yanshan and yinshan mountain chains through five provinces--liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, and gansu--and two autonomous regions--ningxia and inner mongolia, binding the northern china together.
significant
social developments or historical events. the great wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. in 1987, the wall was listed by unesco as a world cultural heritage site. notes:1. the taj mahal in india 印度的泰姬陵2. the hanging garden of babylon 巴比伦的空中花园3. sanskrit 梵语4. uigur 维吾尔语
there stand 14 major passes (guan, in chinese) at places of strategic importance along the great wall, the most important being shanghaiguan and jiayuguan. yet the most impressive one is juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of beijing.
known as tian xia di yi guan (the first pass under heaven), shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north china with the northeast. it had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here. it was the gate of shanghaiguan that the ming general wu sangui opened to the manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by li zicheng and so surrendered the whole ming empire to the manchus, leading to the foundation of the qing dynasty. (1644-1911)
篇二：上海标志性建筑外滩城隍庙等中英文导游词
上海新外滩导游词
朋友们：
下午好！现在我们来到上海黄浦江畔的外滩，首先，我对各位的参观游览外滩表示欢迎，并预祝各位旅游愉快。
新外滩共有五条旅游路线，在您的左手边是被誉为“万国建筑博览”的壮观建筑群和宽敞的中山路，您的右手边是波光粼粼的黄浦江以及前程似锦的浦东陆家点缀金融贸易区，眼前为新颖独特的观光游览区。这建筑群、中山路、观光区、黄浦江、陆家嘴仿佛乐谱中的五线谱，勤劳上海人民则好似串串间符，正组成最新最华美的乐章，欢迎着各位来宾的光临。
地粉才能叫外滩呢？简单的说，它过去曾是上海老城厢外的一块芦苇丛生的荒滩地。
1840年第一次鸦片战争以后，紧锁的国门被殖民者洋炮轰开了，上海也被迫辟为商埠。从那时起，各式各样的西洋式建筑随着殖民者的“抢滩”而纷纷耸立，至本世纪30年代初，上海已从海滨小邑一跃成为远东最大的都市。
眼前这些具有欧洲文艺复兴时期风格的建筑，虽然不是
