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1、北京六大景点英文导游词FoRBiddEnciTY（紫禁城）（infrontofthemeridiangate）LadiesandGentlemen:iampleasedtoserveasyourguidetoday.Thisisthepalacemuseum;alsoknowasthePurpleForbiddencity.itisthelargestandmostwellreservedimperialresidenceinchinatoday.UndermingEmperorYongle,constructionbeganin1406.ittook14yearstobuildtheForb

2、iddencity.ThefirstrulerwhoactuallylivedherewasmingEmperorzhudi.Forfivecenturiesthereafter,itcontinuedtobetheresidenceof23successiveemperorsuntil1911whenQingEmperorPuyiwasforcedtoabdicatethethrone.in1987,theUnitednationsEducational,ScientificandculturalorganizationrecognizedtheForbiddencitywasaworldc

3、ulturallegacy.itisbelievedthatthePalacemuseum,orziJincheng（PurpleForbiddencity）,gotitsnamefromastronomyfolklore,TheancientastronomersdividedtheconstellationsintogroupsandcenteredthemaroundtheziweiYuan（northStar）.TheconstellationcontainingthenorthStarwascalledtheconstellationofHeavenlyGodandstaritsel

4、fwascalledthepurplepalace.Becausetheemperorwassupposedlythesonoftheheavenlygods,hiscentralanddominantpositionwouldbefurtherhighlightedtheuseofthewordpurpleinthenameofhisresidence.infolklore,thetermaneasternpurplecloudisdriftingbecameametaphorforauspiciouseventsafterapurplecloudwasseendriftingeastwar

5、dimmediatelybeforethearrivalofanancientphilosopher,Laozi,totheHanghuPass.Here,purpleisassociatedwithauspiciousdevelopments.Thewordjin（forbidden）isself-explanatoryastheimperialpalacewasheavilyguardedandoff-explanatoryastheimperialpalacewasheavilyguardedandoff-limitstoordinarypeople.Theredandyellowuse

6、donthepalacewallsandroofsarealsosymbolic.Redrepresentshappiness,goodfortuneandwealth.YellowisthecoloroftheearthontheLoessPlateau,theoriginalhomeofthechinesepeople.YellowbecameanimperialcolorduringtheTangdynasty,whenonlymembersoftheroyalfamilywereallowedtowearitanduseitintheirarchitecture.TheForbidde

7、ncityisrectangularinshape.itis960meterslongfromnorthtosouthand750meterwidefromeastwest.ithas9,900roomsunderatotalroofarea150,000squaremeters.a52-meter-wide-moatencirclesa9.9-meterhighwallwhichenclosesthecomplex.octagonshapedturretsrestonthefourcornersofthewall.Therearefourentrancesintothecity:themer

8、idianGatetothesouth,theShenwuGate（GateofmilitaryProwess）tothenorth,andtheXihuaGate（GateofmilitaryProwess）tothenorth,andtheXihuaGate（westernFloweryGate）tothewest,thedonghua（EasternFloweryGate）totheeast.manpowerandmaterialsthroughoutthecountrywereusedtobuildtheForbiddencity.atotalof230,000artisansando

9、nemillionlaborerswereemployed.marblewasquarriedfromfangshancountrymountPaninJixiancountyinHebeiProvince.GranitewasquarriedinQuyangcountyinHebeiProvince.PavingblockswerefiredinkilnsinSuzhouinsouthernchina.BricksandscarletpigmentationusedonthepalatialwallscamefromlinqinginShandongProvince.Timberwascut

10、,processedandhauledfromthenorthwesternandsouthernregions.ThestructureinfrontofusisthemeridianGate.itisthemainentrancetotheforbiddencity.itisalsoknowsaswufenglou（Five-PhoenixTower）.mingemperorsheldlavishbanquetshereonthe15thdayofthefirstmonthofthechineselunaryearinhonoroftheircounties.Theyalsousedthi

11、splaceforpunishingofficialsbyfloggingthemwithsticks.Qingemperorsusedthisbuildingtoannouncethebeginningofthenewyear.QingEmperorQianlongchangedtheoriginalnameofthisannouncementceremonyfrombanli（announcementofcalendar）tobanshou（announcementofnewmoon）toavoidcoincidentalassociationwithanotherEmperor'

12、sname,Hongli,whichwasconsideredatabooatthattime.Qingdynastyemperorsalsousedthisplacetoholdaudienceandforotherimportantceremonies.Forexample,whentheimperialarmyreturnedvictoriouslyfromthebattlefield,itwasherethattheEmperorpresidedovertheceremonytoacceptprisonersofwar.（afterenteringthemeridianGateands

13、tandinginfrontoftheFivemarbleBridgesonGoldenwaterRiver）nowweareinsidetheForbiddencity.Beforewestartourtour,iwouldliketobrieflyintroduceyoutothearchitecturalpatternsbeforeus.Tocompletethissolemn,magnificentandpalatialcomplex,avarietyofbuildingswerearrangedonanorth-southaxis,and8-kilometer-longinvisib

14、lelinethathasbecomeaninseparablepartofthecityofBeijing.TheForbiddencitycoversroughlyonethirdofthiscentralaxis.mostoftheimportantbuildingsintheForbiddencitywerearrangedalongthisline.Thedesignandarrangementofthepalacesreflectthesolemndignityoftheroyalcourtandrigidlystratifiedfeudalsystem.TheForbiddenc

15、ityisdividedintoanouterandaninnercount.wearenowstandingonthesouthernmostpartoftheoutercount.infrontofusliestheGateofsupremeHarmony.Thegateisguardedbyapairofbronzelions,symbolizingimperialpoweranddignity.Thelionswerethemostexquisiteandbiggestofitskind.Theoneontheeastplayingwithaballisamale,andballiss

16、aidtorepresentstateunity.Theotheroneisafemale.Underneathoneofitsforeclawsisacubthatisconsideredtobeasymbolofperpetualimperialsuccession.ThewindingbrookbeforeusistheGoldenwaterRiver.itfunctionsbothasdecorationandfirecontrol.Thefivebridgesspanningtheriverrepresentthefivevirtuespreachedbyconfucius:benevolence,righteousness,rites,intelligenceandfidelity.Therivertakestheshapeofabowandthenorth-southaxisisitsarrow.Thiswasmeanttoshowthat