鼓浪屿作文之鼓浪屿英文导游词.docx

1、鼓浪屿作文之鼓浪屿英文导游词鼓浪屿英文导游词【篇一：鼓浪屿的英文介绍】brief introduction of gulangyu island gulangyu， separated from xiamen by the 500-metre-wide egret river， with an area of 1.77 square kilometres， enjoys a lauditory title garden on the sea. the original name of the islet was yuan zhou zi. in the ming dynasty it was

2、renamed gulang， meaning drum waves， because the holes in the southwestern reefs hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating. overlapping peaks foil the blue water， white clouds， green trees and bright flowers. the air in the islet is fresh. the entire place is free from any sorts of vehicles

3、and is particularly quiet. all these render an atmosphere of a fairyland. the roar of the waves breaks on the rocks. impressive melodies surrounding and lingering on this island make famous for its piano-laden past. as a place of residence for westerners during xiamens colonial past， gulangyu is fam

4、ous for its architecture and for being home to chinas largest piano museum. it is known as the piano island because people here love the piano. as early as 1913， students in schools run by foreigners started learning the piano. the enthusiasm for music later spread to more ordinary people on the isl

5、and. many piano families have since then come into being and produced accomplished musicians. and the number of the pianos possessed is in the leading place in the nation， though there is only a population of 20，000 people. no tourist can afford to miss one attraction located on the island the natio

6、ns largest piano museum. divided into two exhibition halls， the museum guides visitors through a vivid history of the instrument with displays and illustrations. all different types of pianos such as miniature pianos， automatic pianos， accordion pianos and round-shaped pianos， are on display.hed upo

7、n a piece of verdant silk brocade. hundreds of flowers grown on the riguang rock （sunlight rock） vie with one another for beauty. with the caressing sea breeze， its a quite cool place in hot summer. at the foot of the rock， theres the memorial hall to honor the national hero zheng chenggong.today， g

8、ulangyu is listed as one of the nations major scenic spots. the main sites of interest here include the sunlit rock， shuzhuang park， gangzihou bathing beach and memorial hall to zheng chenggong， which are visited annually by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world. for people

9、living in the hustle and bustle of todays metropolis， citizens on this island seem to live in a paradise with a relaxing， healthy and placid lifestyle. find more in our detailed introduction of the major attractions in gulangyu tourist area.【篇二：厦门英语导游必备：美丽厦门英文介绍全集】 美丽厦门之英文介绍 美丽厦门之英文介绍大全集（一） 01: 厦门英文

10、介绍 about xiamen 02: 厦门八大景八小景 tour xamen 03: 鼓浪屿英文介绍1 gulangyu island 04: 鼓浪屿英文介绍2 gulangyu island 05: 厦门市市鸟白鹭city bird-egrets 06: 厦门市市花三角梅英文介绍city flower-bougainvillea glabra 07: 厦门南普陀英文介绍 nanputuo temple 08: 集美旅游景点英文介绍 jimei tourist area 09: 同安旅游景点英文介绍 tongan tourist area 01.about xiamen厦门英文介绍 xiam

11、en is an island city with a rich and dramatic history, replete with pirates, rebel leaders, and european merchants. now linked to mainland fujian by a causeway, xiamen retains a strong international flavor. known in the west as amoy, xiamen has a long history as a port city, and later became a cente

12、r of british trade in the 19th century. their foreign settlements, later taken over by japanese invaders at the start of world war ii, were established on the nearby small gulangyu island. many of the old treaty-port and colonial buildings in western styles survive. xiamen was declared one of chinas

13、 first special economic zones in the early 1980s, taking advantage of the citys heritage as a trading center and the proximity to taiwan. today xiamen is one of chinas most attractive and best-maintained resort cities. xiamen was founded in 1394 at the beginning of the ming dynasty as a center of de

14、fense against coastal pirates. its prosperity was due to its deepwater sheltered harbor, that supplanted nearby quanzhou, the port that had been the center of the maritime trade with the indies. in the mid-17th century, xiamen and gulangyu island became a stronghold of zheng chenggong, known in the

15、west as koxinga, a ming loyalist who held out against the manchu invaders until being driven to taiwan. born in japan to a chinese pirate father and a japanese mother, zheng became allied with holdout ming princes in the south who hoped for a restoration. he built up a resistance force of some 7,000

16、 junks and a mixed force of three-quarters of a million troops and pirates. in 1661 he drove the dutch from taiwan and set up another base there, before his death in 1662. after the opium wars xiamen became one of the first treaty ports to be opened to foreign trade and settlement following the trea

17、ty of nanjing in 1842. gulangyu island was transformed into an international settlement, where many victorian and neoclassical style buildings still survive. the citys prosperity was due both to trade and to wealth sent back by xiamens substantial emigrant community of overseas chinese. prosperity r

18、eturned to xiamen in the early 1980s when xiamen was designated one ofthe four special economic zones (sezs). 02. tour xiamen (旅游厦门，八大景八小景) xiamen is a well-known tourist port city in the southeast coast of china. it is one of the cleanest cities of china, the garden cities of china, the national en

19、vironmental protection model cities, and the best sightseeing cities in china. not only being wealthy with travel resources, xiamen has also temperate weather, fast and convenient transport and communication, and complete travel establishments. in the old times, there were eight major landscapes and

20、 eight minor landscapes landscapes beyond landscapes in xiamen and altogether 24 scenic spots were included in the three general terms. some of the 24 sights, such as wonderland of gulang, five old gentlemen reaching the clouds, watching suise on hongji summit, night moon by tiger brook, white deer

21、spurting smoke, still can be traced today. by reorganizing old landscapes and developing new sceneries, xiamen has formed five main tourist areas- gulangyu island tourist area, nanputuo temple tourist area, wangshi rock tourist area, huangcuo tourist area and jimei tourist area. beside its richful t

22、ravel resources and pleasant weather, xiamen also provides fast and convenient transportation and communication, and complete travel establishments. all makes xiamen one of the most suitable cities for investors and tourists in china. 03.gulangyu island 鼓浪屿英文介绍1 a ten-minute ferry ride off the south

23、west side of xiamen, the 2 square km (3/4 sq. mile) gulangyu island (island of blown waves) was the center for foreign communities who settled here after 1842. many built western-style mansions, churches, warehouses, and government buildings which still survive. sunlight rock (riguang yan) dominates

24、 the island from its modest 93-meter height. the island includes a statue of koxinga and a koxinga museum (koxinga bowuguan), which documents the career of that pirate turned resistance leader. the xiamen museum (xiamen bowuguan) includes more than a thousand exhibits, including porcelain and jade c

25、ollections. on the southern shore of the island is the shuzhuang garden, which once belonged to a taiwanese businessman who moved to the island after the japanese took over taiwan in 1895. 04.gulangyu island 鼓浪屿英文介绍2 gulangyu, separated from xiamen by the 500-metre-wide egret river, with an area of

26、1.77 square kilometres, enjoys a lauditory title garden on the sea. the original name of the islet was yuan zhou zi. in the ming dynasty it was renamed gulang, meaning drum waves, because the holes in the southwestern reefs hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating. overlapping peaks foil t

27、he blue water, white clouds, green trees and bright flowers.the air in the islet is fresh. the entire place is free from any sorts of vehicles and is particularly quiet. all these render an atmosphere of a fairyland. the roar of the waves breaks on the rocks. impressive melodies surrounding and ling

28、ering on this island make famous for its piano-laden past. as a place of residence for westerners during xiamens colonial past, gulangyu is famous for its architecture and for being home to chinas largest piano museum. it is known as the piano island because people here love the piano. as early as 1

29、913, students in schools run by foreigners started learning the piano. the enthusiasm for music later spread to more ordinary people on the island. many piano families have since then come into being and produced accomplished musicians. and the number of the pianos possessed is in the leading place

30、in the nation, though there is only a population of 20,000 people. no tourist can afford to miss one attraction located on the island - the nations largest piano museum. divided into two exhibition halls, the museum guides visitors through a vivid history of the instrument with displays and illustra

31、tions. all different types of pianos such as miniature pianos, automatic pianos, accordion pianos and round-shaped pianos, are on display. the architecture in the islet varies greatly in style, chinese and foreign. thus the islet has a laudatory title the world architecture museum covered in green a

32、ll the year round, its charming, elegant, secluded and serene. a great variety of villas stand shrouded by lush wood resembling numerous jadeites embellished upon a piece of verdant silk brocade. hundreds of flowers grown on the riguang rock (sunlight rock) vie with one another for beauty. with the caressing sea breeze, its a quite cool place in hot summer. at the foot of the rock, theres the memorial hall to honor the national hero zheng chenggong. today, gulangyu is listed as one of the nations major scenic spots. the main sites of interest here include the sunlit rock, shuzhuang pa