故宫英文导游词

故宫英文导游词

故宫英文导游词1

Hello, everyone! Please allow me to express a warm welcome on

behalf

of Shenyang citizens. Im with great pleasure to be your tourist guide

and

from now on I will show you around Shenyang Imperial Palace, where the

founder of Qing Dynasty Nuerhachi and his son Huangtaiji lived.

Shenyang Imperial Palace, Fuling tomb and Zhaoling Tomb made in the

early period of Qing Dynasty are the three famous historical sites in

Shenyang. Shenyang Imperial Palace with a history of over 360 years

started in 1625 and was roughly

accomplished in 1636 during the reign of Nuerhachi and Huangtaiji.

After them four emperors of Qing Dynasty had come back from Beijing to

this palace for 10 times and enlarged its area and added its buildings.

They were Emperor Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang. Therefore,

until 1783 the palace was finally finished. Shenyang Imperial Palace is

one of the two royal palaces well kept in China. The other one is

Forbidden

City in Beijing. Shenyang Imperial Palace was entitled "Historic

Culture

Relics Preserved Buildings" in 1961 by the State Council. This palace

is

an emperor museum combining the architectural styles of the minorities

of Man, Han and Mongolia. This palace covers an area of 60,000 square

meters,

comprising over 20 courtyards, 300 houses and 70 buildings. The

whole

construction is divided into three sections: the east, middle and west. First lets pay a visit to the buildings in the buildings in the

middle

section. The layout of middle section is similar to a Chinese compound

with three courtyards. The first courtyard is the office area. It

starts

from the Grand Qing Gate on the south and ends at Holy Administration

Hall.

From Phoenix Tower to Purity and Tranquility Hall is the residential

area.

They all lay out on the same line. The main entrance to the palace is

the

Grand Qing Gate, also called Meridian Gate because the emperor

considered

himself as the son of Heaven and the palace should be the center of

universe .The Grand Qing Gate was built in 1632 and is was the place

where

the civilian officials and military ministers to present themselves

before the emperor daily .The special feature of the gate is the tile

color.

They are all yellow tiles but engraved with green borders. Yellow

symbolizes the ground and the royal right while green represents sea

and

mountains. The combination of them means controlling the vast areas on

the earth. The building to the east of Grand Qing Gate is called

Ancestor

Temple （Taimiao） with yellow tile roof, where Nuerhachis descendants

offered sacrifices to their ancestors for blessings. So Ancestor Temple

is the most important. Please follow me into the gate. This path in the

middle links the gate to Holy

Administration Hall with Flying Dragon Pavilion （Feilongge） and

Flying Phoenix Pavilion （Xiangfengge） on each side. The Hall of Holy

Administration is the main building in

the middle part of the palace and

it was the center of the military, administrative affairs in early Qing

Dynasty and had witnessed many national ceremonies. Flying Dragon and

Flying Phoenix Pavilions were for storing music instruments. Holy

Administration Hall was Emperor Huangtaijis office. In front of the

hall

are Rigui and Jiangliang, which were used as measure instruments and supposed to be the symbol of unity. In accident construction,

office

area is usually in the front part and residential area is in the rear.

Since we have visited the place where the Emperors worked and now

well

pay a visit to the place where empress and concubines lived. Here is the

Phoenix Tower. It served as an entrance to the rear chambers and also

the

entertainment area of Huangtaiji and his concubines, and some

gatherings

or banquets were held occasionally. The tower was built on

a terrace 3.8

meters tall. It was the tallest building in Shenyang at that time .It is

amazing watching sunrise in the morning on the tower and Phoenix

Sunrise

is one of the famous Eight fascinating Scenes in

Shenyang. Look upward, we will see a board hanging up on Phoenix

Tower ,on which Emperor Qianlong inscribed "Ziqidonglai", which meant

the

Qing Dynasty in Beijing immigrated from Shengjing, the old name for

Shenyang to the east .There are 24staircases leading to Phoenix Tower

representing 24 seasonal divisions points in Chinese lunar calendar.

In Shenyang Imperial palace chambers are higher than halls, which

is

contrary to the architectural style in Forbidden City in Beijing.

Walking

through the tower are the rear chambers. The one on the north in the

middle

was called Purity and Tranquility Hall, which was prepared for emperor