南岳衡山英语导游词文档格式.docx

1、南岳衡山英语导游词#南岳衡山英语导游词# 南岳衡山英语导游词1# Across the North Street, in front of us suddenly opened up, a majestic andgrand ancient architectural complex showed in front of us, this is the largestpalace style ancient architectural complex in southern China Nanyue temple.# Stepping into the Lingxing gate, there

2、 is a courtyard with towering pinesand cypresses and green grass. There are a fire pool and a stele Pavilion on theleft and right. The fire pool is used to store water to prevent the buildingfrom catching fire. It is also used by believers to release life, so it iscommonly known as the fire pool. On

3、 the east side of the pavilion is theinscription of rebuilding Nanyue Temple written by Shang Hu, the Minister ofstate of the Ming Dynasty during the Chenghua period. On the west side of thepavilion is the inscription of offering sacrifices to Hengyue written by fanChunren of the Song Dynasty.# Not

4、far along the middle road is Kuixing Pavilion, the second building onthe central axis of Nanyue temple. Kuixing Pavilion, also known as PanlongPavilion, is a peak building with double eaves, covering an area of 139 squaremeters. In the pavilion, there used to be a statue of Kuixing, the head ofWenxi

5、ng, to show respect for literature. Many parents who want to be successfuloften come here with their children to pray.# There are Bell Pavilion and drum Pavilion on both sides of KuixingPavilion. The Bell Pavilion on the left used to put a 4500kg bell, and the drumPavilion on the right used to put a

6、 2m drum. The ancients believed that as longas the bells and drums were singing together, the Dragon King could be subdued,so that he would not dare to stir up trouble, so as to ensure the stability ofthe country and the people.# The second courtyard of the temple is not long in depth but wide in cr

7、osssection. On the east side of the courtyard is “Xuande Zun gate”, which connectsthe eight Taoist temples on the east wing of the temple;# on the west side is”six temples with one gate”, which connects the Eight Buddhist temples on theWest Wing of the temple. In the center of the courtyard is the i

8、mperial stelepavilion with octagonal double eaves and sharp roof, which is the fourthbuilding on the central axis of the temple. The imperial stele pavilion wasbuilt in 1707, the 46th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty,in which stands the Qingshi stele “records of rebuilding Nan

9、yue Temple” writtenby Emperor Kangxi. The stele is 6.6 meters high and weighs about 2000 kg. It has279 characters, which describes the process of rebuilding Nanyue temple underEmperor Kangxis decree. The top of the monument is carved with a relief of twodragons holding the sun, and the base is a 20

10、ton blue stone turtle. The widestpart of the temple.# The third courtyard behind Jiaying gate is the main courtyard of Nanyuetemple, which is composed of Royal Library, main hall, bedroom and east-westcorridor, with a total of 58 buildings. In the middle of the main hall, thefront is the imperial li

11、brary, and the back is the bedroom. The corridor issurrounded by more than 90 ancient and famous trees. The sixth building in thecentral axis of the temple, the Yushu building, is a double eaves Xieshan peak.It is seven rooms wide, 30 meters wide, 20 meters deep and 15 meters high. Itwas named after

12、 the seven plaques given by emperors in the past. Now it is acultural relics exhibition room.# Passing through the imperial library, the main hall in front of you, whichis similar to the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, is the core ofthe whole temple, the main hall of the seventh entranc

13、e building on the centralaxis. The main hall is also called the emperors hall because it worships ZhuRong, the “emperor Tianzhao of Nanyue”. The existing building, with an area of1877 square meters, was rebuilt in 1880. The main hall stands on the2-meter-high 16 level Xumi pedestal, with a height of

14、 31.11 meters. It is thehighest building of the whole temple. It is higher than all the buildings inNanyue ancient town, highlighting its supreme position. It has double eaves,nine ridges, seven rooms wide, 53.68 meters wide and 34.84 meters deep. It hashigh cornices, carved beams and painted buildi

15、ngs.# In front of the main hall, there is a square covering an area of more than1000 square meters, which is used for God performance and pilgrims worship. Thetreasure houses on both sides are places for pilgrims to burn incense andcandles. The incense of Nanyue temple is very prosperous, where the

16、smoke curlsall day long and the fragrance fills the courtyard. Especially during the templefair and the Spring Festival, believers from all over the country and even allover the world gathered together. Monks and Taoists also came here to preach andpray. At that time, thousands of people gathered and there was a lot ofexcitement!# Walking up the steps, the first thing that attracts everyones attentionmust be the huge stone pillars here. There are 72 stone pillars inside andoutside