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沈阳的导游词英文版fai mountain scenic area

fai mountain scenic area in the northeastern shenyang, 17 km from the central city, hui mountain range, a branch of changbai mountain scenic area planning a total area of 142 square kilometers. scenic area in the rolling hills, valleys circuitous, lush trees, beautiful lake and surrounded, the lake blue clear, beautiful song tao, diversity, form a beautiful natural landscape. show the water of lake, the broad clear, rippling, like a pearl inlaid in the mountains.

scenic area is given priority to with natural landscape, is quite popular with tourists, become the masses of tourists rest, holiday, sightseeing scenic spot. fai mountain scenic area is a concentration of castle peak, _iushui, dense forest, strange stone, secluded caves, ancient and modern architecture for the integration of provincial scenic spot. scenic area scenery, huishan, chessboard hill, mountain, ocean four mountain shiren mountain confrontation, the e_cellences, form lists u我是可爱的点点我是可爱的点点ps我是可爱的点点我是可爱的点点 and downs that more than seventy square kilometers of the thick forest. s.h. mountain scenic area in the northeast of shiren mountain elevation 441.3 meters, is the highest peak in shenyang. shiren mountain have hundreds of various economic plants and drug plants, have northeast china ash, wild soybean plants in national level 3 protection, walnut, chinese catalpa, corte_ phellodendri, etc; have belonging to 13 species under state protection (category ii, accounting for 27% of the national secondary protection birds in liaoning province. scenic spot the traffic is very convenient, the east brightness, shen tie, hair looks at three major roads leads to the scenic spot.

snow, huishan shine board overlook, _iangyang red leaves, tortoise hill _iao_ia, flying afterglow, show lake misty rain, in the sky, the garden pond distinctive natural landscape such as prescribed by ritual law; _iangyang temple, the worse, fairy cave, about, mother rock and koryo city and other historical sites and the fine snow floor, wanghu pavilion, guanqi pavilion, birds, and a batch of resorts, hotels and other modern buildings in photograph reflect, constitute the main body of human landscape of the scenic spot. modern resorts, villas and three-dimensional games added strong modern breath for the scenic spot. to fai mountain scenic area as the center, along with the fu ling, guaipo scenic spot in shenyang, shenyang, shenyang botanical garden tiger stone stage spa center has formed the unique charm of shenyang east tourist routes.

沈阳的导游词英文版范文2：cyber horizon

cyber horizon fantasy art e_perience pavilion is wholly south korea created the pavilion, tube wall paintings are from the south korean well-known artists carefully creation, artists use special coatings will be e_tremely realistic paintings by the plane into three-dimensional work.

it broke the traditional model of inherent to visit the museum of art, we encourage and guide the visitors to play their own ideas, completely into the painting, completely become the protagonist of the story in the painting; you is the secondary art creators, this is the 我是可爱的点点thin horizon fantasy trip to bring you the beauty of art.

cyber world is divided into: painting a spoof, mirror illusion, life dislocation area, illusion e_perience area, animal close area, imagine e_perience pavilion. but by watching, touch. e_perience and so on in the world of photography allows you to feel super shock and wonderful fun.

cyber world has in south korea, japan, thailand, taiwan and other countries and regions. is known as the window of the artistic edification, an effective way to release the pressure, the leisure entertainment platform, the log in shenyang is to enter the chinese mainland for the first time.

沈阳的导游词英文版范文3：pages

pages is not strictly a scenic spot, is a man in shenyang, a good place for leisure and shopping. but from the point of the appearance of pages today, you can put him as a scenic spot, you can go to everywhere around, to see, to play, and you don我是可爱的点点t have any cost.

pages - one of the most famous commercial street in shenyang, she is the earliest form the commercial center of shenyang. (1625, 10 years and five years, be late tomorrow destiny) to 1631 (ming special frame, latter day five years, four years, the latter will be built by the ming dynasty brick renovation of city e_pansion, according to chinese history of 我是可爱的点点zuozu right club, facing the afternoon我是可爱的点点 (namely the left of the palace is a temple, palace of the right is forgiveness, altar, a surname face south, a surname after a market), the original 我是可爱的点点ten我是可爱的点点 word two blocks to build for 我是可爱的点点well我是可爱的点点 word 4 street.

today shenyang road, pages road, chaoyang street, zhengyang street. at that time, the pages say siping road street, an bell tower, drum tower built on both sides of things. 579.3 meters long, 11.7 meters wide. today我是可爱的点点s pages, has become the city我是可爱的点点s first commercial pedestrian street of shops that lined the street, with the business is thriving, a thriving.

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题一：午门前讲故宫

ladies and gentlemen:

the palace museum is located in the center of beijing. it is also known as the forbidden city in the old days. actually it was the imperial palace for the emperors and served as both living quarters and the venue of the state administration in the ming and qing dynasties. its name, on the one hand, comes from ancient chinese astronomers我是可爱的点点 belief that god我是可爱的点点s abode or the purple palace, the pivot of the celestial world, is located in the pole star, at the center of the heavens . hence, as the son of god, the emperor should live in the purple city. on the other hand, e_cept for palace maids, eunuchs and guards, ordinary the forbidden city and the purple city.

it took 14 years to complete the magnificent palace. construction began in 1406 and finished in 1420. the following year, in 1421 the capital of the ming dynasty was moved from nanjing to beijing. starting from the third emperor of the ming dynasty zhu di to the last emperor of the qing dynasty pu yi, altogether 24 emperors lived here for a total of 491 years. 14 of then were ming emperors and 10 were qing emperors.

the forbidden city covers an area of 72 hectares with a total floor space of about 163,000 square meters. it is rectangular in shape, 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west with a10-meter high city wall surrounded and encircled by a 52 meter-wide moat. at each corner of the surrounding wall, there is a magnificent watchtower which was heavily guarded in the old days.

the forbidden city now consists of more than 90 palaces and courtyards, 980 buildings with rooms of 8,704. most of the structures in the forbidden city were made of wood with white marble, stone or brick foundations. the building materials were from parts of our country. the timber came from sichuan, guizhou, guand_i, hunan and yunnan provinces in southwest china. but in the qing dynasty, the timbers were transported from northeast china. other construction materials, including brick, stone and lime, were used by both dynasties. the golden bricks that paved the halls were manufactured in suzhou, refined bricks used to build the foundation of halls were made in linqing, and lime came from yizhou. white marble was provided regularly by fangshan county and glazed tiles by sanjiadian.

the forbidden city can be divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner palace. the outer court consists of three main buildings where the emperors attended the grand of rear three main buildings and the si_ eastern palaces and si_ western palaces where the emperor used to handle daily affairs and the living quarters for the emperor, empress and imperial concubines to live in.

the forbidden city is the best-preserved imperial palace in china and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world. in 1987 it was listed as the world cultural heritage by unesco.

the meridian gate is the main entrance to the forbidden city. it is called meridian gate because the emperor believed that the meridian line went right through the forbidden city and his imperial residence was the center of the whole universe. it is 35.6meters high with five towers on the top, so it is also nicknames as the “five-phoeni_ tower.”

the meridian gate was the place to announce the new lunar year calendar on the first day of 10th lunar month every year. lanterns would also be hung up on the meridian gate on the 15th day of the first lunar month during the ming dynasty, when all the officials would have a feast in the forbidden city and ordinary citizens, when all the officials would have a fast in the forbidden city and ordinary citizens would go to the meridian gate to look at the beautiful lanterns. when a general returned from battle, the ceremony of “accepting captives of war” was held here. the “court beating” also took place here.

the gate has five openings. the central passageway was for the emperor e_clusively. but apart from the emperor, the empress could use the central passageway on the day of the imperial wedding ceremony. however, after the palace e_amination, the first top three outstanding scholars were allowed to go through the central gate. the high-ranking civil and military officials went in through the side gate on the east. the two smaller ones on both sides at the corner were for the lowranking officials. during the palace e_amination all the candidates went in from these two side-gates according to the odd number or even number.

题二：故宫前朝(中路：太和门至保和殿)

entering the meridian gate, there are five marble bridges on the inner golden water river, shaped like a bow. the five marble bridges just look like five arrows reporting symbolically to heaven. the five bridges were supposed to represent the five virtues preached by confucius-benevolence, righteousness, rite, intelligence and fidelity.

across the inner golden water bridge, we get to the gate of supreme harmony. during the ming and early qing dynasties, here was the place where the emperor gave his audience, accepted documents from his ministers and made decisions here. there are two bronze lions guarding in front of the gate of supreme harmony. the male lion was usually put on the left, playing with an embroidered design ball, which is said to show the emperor我是可爱的点点s supreme power. the other one on the right is the female lion, playing with a lion cub with its left paw symbolizing prosperity of the royal family我是可爱的点点s offsprings.

across the gate of supreme harmony , we come to the hall of supreme harmony. here the emperor held grand ceremonies such as the emperor我是可爱的点点s enthronement ceremony, the wedding ceremony, dispatched generals to the battles, and the emperor received the successful candidates of the imperial e_amination etc. also, the emperor held grand feasts each year on new year我是可爱的点点s day, winter solstice and his own birthday.

the hall of supreme harmony is 35.5 meters high with double layered roof that represents the highest construction rank of all. now, let我是可爱的点点s ascend the stairs and move on to look at articles in display on two sides of the hall. on the top layer of the terrace stands a sundial on the east an imperial grain measure on the west. the sundial is an ancient time measure or a time-measuring apparatus used in the old days. the sundial tells the time by seeing the shadow of the metal pin on the sundial, which has an inclination angle of 50 degrees with the graduation on it. the grain measure was used as the national standard measure in agriculture in the old days. both the grain measure and the sundial were symbols of the emperor我是可爱的点点s justice and rectitude.

there are two pairs of incense burners in the shape of bronze dragon-headed tortoises and bronze cranes placed on each side. they are both symbols of longevity.

when you look up the building in the forbidden city, you can see mythical animal statues on the eaves of each building. originally, there used to be big wooden nails on the roof to prevent the tiles from sliding down. later they were replaced by glazed tiles, which were shaped into mythical animal statues for better beautification. they are symbols of auspiciousness and peace, and people believed that they are capable of subduing fire and warding off evil spirits.

inside of the hall of supreme harmony, you can see the gilded caisson ceiling high above the throne with a magnificent sculpture of a curling dragon playing with a huge pear was called “_uanyuan jing”， representing orthodo_ succession.

this hall is supported by 72 giant columns inside. in the old days, the traditional way of the chinese to calculate a “room” is that: a square enclosed by four pillars was treated as one “room”， so the hall can be said to have 55 “rooms” in total. the si_ columns inside are gilded and painted with coiled dragon amidst clouds, and the rest are painted red.

the emperor我是可爱的点点s throne is placed on the dais in the center, and carved in cloud and dragon patterns and gilded. on both sides of the throne are a pair of elephant-shaped incense burners symbolize universal peace and two incense burners shaped as a mythical animal 9,000 kilometers per day and speaking all the languages of nearby kingdoms. around the throne stand a pair of bronze cranes and in front of the dais is four cloisonné incense burners. the floor on the ground is paved with “gold bricks”， specially made in suzhou.

the hall of middle harmony is a square-shaped hall with a single pyramidic roof standing behind the hall of supreme harmony. this was the place where the emperor would take a short rest before he went to the hall of supreme harmony for grand ceremonies. every year before the emperor went to the altars and temples, the emperor would receive and read the sacrificial address here.

before the emperor went to the altar of agriculture for offering the sacrifice, the seeds intended for spring sowing and the ploughs were e_amined here, just to show the concern of the emperor for agriculture.

according to the rule, the imperial genealogy should be revised every ten years. the ceremony of presenting the genealogy to the emperor for revision and approval would also be held here.

now, we come to the hall of preserving harmony, the last of the three front halls.

in the ming and qing dynasties, on each new year我是可爱的点点s eve and the 15th day of the lunar moth, banquets would be held to entertain the civil and military officials and the princes and envoys of the mongolian nobles and other nationalities. to celebrate the princess我是可爱的点点s marriage, the emperor would incite the bridegroom and his father as well as their relatives who served for the imperial government to a banquet.

the imperial palace e_am was held here once every three years in the qing dynasty.

just behind the hall of preserving harmony, there is a big marble rampcarved with mountain cliffs, sea waves, clouds and nine dragons. it is 16.57 meters long, 3.07 meters wide and 1.7 meters thick, and weighs about 250 tons.

题三：后廷中路(乾清门至神武门)

the gate of heavenly purity, where emperors from kang_i to _ianfeng in qing dynasty sat on the throne hearing reports and making decisions, is the main gate of the inner court.

in front of the palace of heavenly there is a small miniature gilded pavilion standing on the east is called jiangshan pavilion, representing the integrity of the country; the one on the west is called sheji pavilion , the god of land and grain, a symbol of bumper harvest in agriculture.

the first of the three back palaces, the palace of heavenly purity was where the 14 emperors of the ming and the first two emperors of the qing dynasties lived and handle the daily affairs. it was used as an audience chamber for receiving envoys from vassal states who presented their tributes to the emperor. here was also the place for holding the mourning service for the deceased emperor. the famous “banquet of thousand aged people” was held twice here in the qing dynasty. the three famous events took place here. they are “the red pill” event, the “palace coup in 1542” and the event of “moving from this palace.”

the plaque inscribed by the first qing emperor shunzhi, hangs over the throne in the palace and reads, “be open and aboveboard.” it enumerates with modesty, the qualities an ideal son of heaven should possess. beginning in the qianlong我是可爱的点点s reign, for reasons of security the name of the successor to the throne was not announced publicly, as it had been preciously, but was written instead on two pieces of paper, one kept on the emperor我是可爱的点点s person throughout his reign, and the other placed in a small bo_ that was stored behind this plaque. the bo_ was opened only when the emperor passed away.

the palace of union and peace was the place where the empress held the important ceremonies and her birthday celebration. the empress usually received greetings from the concubines, concubines, princes and princesses on her birthday celebration.

in the qing dynasty, the ceremony for e_amining the tools of picking mulberry was held here one day before the empress went out to offer the sacrifices on the altar for silkworm in spring.

in 1748, emperor qianlong kept twenty-five imperial seals in this hall, symbolizing the imperial power of the emperor. twenty-five was regarded as a heavenly number for the reason of that: if we plus the total odd numbers of one, three, five, seven and nine together, that is twenty-five which means the imperial authority from the heaven and also indicates the qing dynasty could rule the country for at least twenty-five generations.

the water clock is placed on the west side of this building. it is a time-measure, made by the manufacturing office of the qing dynasty based on the western mechanic theory. on the west of this building, there is a 5.6-meter-high large western chiming clock.

there is a plaque hung in the center of this hall, with two chinese characters “wu wei” inscribed on it.

the palace of earthly tranquility was used as the residence for the empresses during the ming and early qing dynasties. during the qing dynasty, the western chamber became the wedding chamber for the emperor.

the imperial garden is located on the north-south a_is almost at the north-south a_is almost at the northern end of the forbidden city. it is rectangular in shape, 90 meters long from north to south and 130 meters wide from east to west, with an area of over 11, 700 square meters.

the hall of imperial peace is the main building in the imperial garden and also the only religious building built along the central a_is. it is a taoist temple and inside the hall the statue of the king of _uan wu used to be enshrined.

there are four pavilions built on left and right of the hall of imperial peace, two on each side, representing the four seasons of the year. near the north gate in the imperial garden, the imperial view pavilion stands on an artificial hill of rocks. the rockery is called “collecting elegance hill”。 in the old days, the emperor would climb up the hills to celebrate the double ninth festival every year in this way.

题四：故宫后廷外东路(宁寿全宫)

in the outer eastern palaces there is a group of buildings called the whole palace of tranquil longevity. in the qing dynasty, they were the living quarters for emperor qianlong after his abdication. emperor qianlong was the 4th emperor of the qing dynasty. he was the only emperor who decided to abdicate after he ruled the country for 60 years. he offered the power to his son, who was 37 already. this place was originally built for the retired emperor qianlong to live, but later empress dowager ci_i lived here before and after her 60th birthday.

this group of building in the outer eastern palaces is independent of the other parts of the forbidden city. but actually it is a miniature imperial palace. the general plan for the buildings here was e_actly the same as the buildings on the central a_is. the main buildings in the whole palaces of tranquil longevity, from south to north are the hall of imperial supremacy(皇极殿)，the palace of tranquil longevity(宁寿宫)，the hall for cultivating character(养心殿)，the hall of joyful longevity(乐寿堂) and the pavilion of sustained harmony(颐和轩)。 emperor qianlong我是可爱的点点s garden which served as the imperial garden, is located on the east. now these halls served as the e_hibition of treasures.

the e_hibition of treasures(珍宝阁)

the e_hibition of treasures is located at the outer eastern palaces of the forbidden city. although there were 2,972 bo_es of treasures shipped to taiwan before 1949, there are still countless and priceless treasures of the imperial family on display here. most of the collections here are the cultural relics that used to be in the imperial court of the qing dynasty. the main treasures on display are: the imperial seals, ritual musical instruments, jewelry of the empress and imperial concubines, gold, peals, gems, ivory, coral, agate, te_tiles and embroideries, articles for everyday use. these treasures represent the high artistic skill of chinese handicrafts as well as the lu_urious life of the imperial family.

now i would like to in traduce some treasures for you. first one is the gold pagoda. gold pagoda is a tibetan style pagoda, which is 147 centimeter high and made of gold of more than 100 kilos in weigh. the whole pagoda was used to keep the remains of qing emperor qianlong我是可爱的点点s mother我是可爱的点点s fallen combed hair. it was made by emperor qianlong who wanted to commemorate his deceased mother.

second, the jade carving of dayu harnessing floods(大禹治水玉山)

this big piece of jade carving is named “dayu harnessing floods”。 dayu was a great leader of the _ia dynasty. on the surface of this piece of jade carving, there are figurines doing manual labor with tools. it is 2.24 meters high and weighs about 5tons. this huge piece of jade was quarried in _injing, northwest of china. it was first transported to beijing and then shopped to yangzhou, south of china, for carving. the whole process took 10 years altogether for mining, transporting and carving. it is the largest piece of jade carving in china today.

third, ivory mat(象牙席)：

the ivory mat is really a rare treasure on display in the e_hibition of treasures. it is 2.16meters long,1.39 meters wide, and woven with tiny piece of ivory filaments. after being softened in some kind of chemical agents, the tusk, was peeled into filaments of less than 3 milimeter thick, thus demonstrating the high artistic level of historic chinese handicrafts. five ivory mats were made during the qing emperor yongzheng我是可爱的点点s reign, but only three of them have remained till today.

the banquet of thousand aged people(千叟宴)

the banquet of thousand aged people many be one of the most famous banquets in history. according to historical documents of the qing dynasty, the banquet of thousand aged people was held for four times during the reign of emperor kang_i and emperor qianlong.

the first time was in 1713 when it was held by qing emperor kang_i in changchunyuan, one of the five gardens built at that time. nearly 2,000 aged men, above 65, attended the banquet. the second time was also held by emperor kang_i in 1722, when more than 730 people who were over 65 years old went to the banquet in the palace of heavenly purity of the forbidden city. emperor qianlong held the banquet a third time in 1785, and more than 3,000 old people who were over 60 years old attended the banquet, which was held in the palace of heavenly purity of the forbidden city.

the last time was in 1796, during emperor qianlong我是可爱的点点s reign, and it was the largest banquet of this kind and also the last banquet in the hall of imperial supremacy(huangjidian 皇极殿) of the forbidden city. 3,056 old men took part in the banquet and all of them were above the age of 60, including members of the royal family, ministers of the former dynasty, and old men from common people who were summoned to the capital. at the banquet, people gorged themselves with food and drinks. it我是可爱的点点s said that a lot of old men fainted, or passed out because of too much laughter, food or drink.

zhen fei well(珍妃井)

there is a kraurotic well near jingqige pavilion called zhenfei well. emperor guang_u我是可爱的点点s imperial concubine zhenfei died here.

in 1898, emperor guang_u pushed a reform; it is called 100-day reform because it lasted only about 100days. when it encroached the nobles我是可爱的点点 advantage, so empress dowager ci_i took action , and emperor guang_u was put under house arrest in yingtai at the edge of zhongnanhai lake. zhengfei was put under house arrest in a little yard near jingqige pavilion. in 26th year of emperor guang_u我是可爱的点点s reign, the foreign armies began to attack beijing. ci_i wanted to escapee with guang_u. before leaving, ci_i ordered eunuchs to drow zhenfei in the well. this is the history of zhenfei well.

题目五：故宫后廷内西路主要建筑及御花园(养心殿;储秀宫;御花园)

the si_ western palaces are located on the west side of the three rear palaces. during the ming and qing dynasties, these palaces were the residential areas for the imperial concubines. in the si_ western palaces area today, tourists mainly visit the hail of mental cultivation, the palace of eternal spring(changchungon)，the palace of assisting the empress(yikungong)and the palace of gathering elegance(chu_iugong)。

the hall of mental cultivation is on the south side of the si_ western palaces, located in the inner court and close to the outer court. after emperor yong zheng of the qing dynasty moved his living quarters here, this palace had become the most important building besides the hall of supreme harmony in the forbidden city.

after the third qing emperor yongzheng moved his residential area from the palace of heavenly purity to here, the rest of the qing emperors all resided here; then it became the place where the emperors conducted state affairs and held their private audiences.

on february 12th, 1912, empress dowager longyu, the empress of emperor guang_u ,had to issue the imperial edict in declaring the abdication in the hall of mental cultiences.

(1)the central hall(正殿)

the central hall is the main hall in the hall of mental cultivation. it was the audience chamber where the read documents, gave audience to the high-ranking officials, summoned his ministers for consultation, and received important ministers. the emperor我是可爱的点点s throne is placed in the center of the hall. behind the throne are bookshelves with a blue curtain on both sides. the books on the shelves were written by the previous emperors about their e_periences and lessons in ruling the country so the newly enthroned emperor could learn lessons from them. an imperial desk is located in front of the throne with some incense burners in front of the imperial desk. above the throne, a plaque is hung bearing the chinese characters meaning “just and benevolent” in emperor yongzheng我是可爱的点点s handwriting. in the center of the coffered, is a sculpture of a dragon playing with a huge pearl.

(2)the western chamber(西暖阁)

the western chamber was partitioned into different rooms. a horizontal board with four chinese characters “qin zheng qin _ian”(diligent in handling state affairs and respectful to the talented)， in emperor yongzheng我是可爱的点点s handwriting, is hung on the wall in one of the western chambers. it was the place where the emperor read reports, signed documents, and discussed the important military and political affairs with his officials.

(3)the room of three rare treasures(三希堂)

there is another room in the western chamber specially named the “room of three rare treasures.” in 1746, emperor qinglong had a collection of three precious outstanding calligraphy masterpieces which he kept in this chamber. they were written by three famous calligraphy of the jin dynasty (265~420ad)， wan _izhi, wang _ianzhi and wang _un(“clear sky after snow” by wang _izhi,“ mid autumn ”by wang _ianzhi and“ bo yuan ”by wang _un“。 emperor qianlong believed that they were rare treasures; hence the name the ”room of three rare treasures‘。 in this room people can see the royal seat ne_t to a small reading and writing desk containing writing brushes and ink stones. since the western chamber served as a place for the emperor to discuss the important military affairs with his military officials, a bock partition was built in front of the western chamber which served as a soundproof wood wall to prevent the secret talks between the emperor and his ministers from being overheard.

(4)the eastern chamber(东暖阁)

the eastern chamber is the chamber that has special historical significance. it was here that empress dowager ci_i gave audience behind the screen during the reigns of emperor tongzhi(1862~1874)and emperor guang_u(1875-1908)。 so the well-known “power behind the throne” or “holding court behind the curtain” was staged here by empress dowager ci_i since 1862.

the palace of gathering elegance is where empress dowager ci_i once lived when she was an imperial concubine. it was here that she gave birth to a son who later came to the throne as the throne as the eighth emperor of the qing dynasty, emperor tongzhi. the palace of gathering elegance was restored several times during the qing dynasty. in 1884, they spent a great amount of silver to refurbish the hall to celebrate empress dowager ci_i我是可爱的点点s 50 th birthday celebration, empress dowager ci_i lived here for about ten years. even today, we still can see an inscription of “eulogy of longevity” inscribed on the eastern wall written by two scholars to wish her a long life for the birthday celebration of empress dowager ci_i. the last hostess in this hall was empress wan rong, wife of the last emperor puyi.

the imperial garden is located on the north-south a_is almost at the northern end of the forbidden city. it is rectangular in shape; 90 meters long from north to south, 130 meters wide from east to west, and has an area of 12,000 square meters. the imperial garden contains more than 20 different types of building, pavilions, terraces, towers, rockeries, etc. this fully shows the colorful and rich atmosphere of the imperial palace. the pine trees and cypress trees are green and lu_uriant; the flowers are in blossom, and intermittent rockeries and pavilions make a sharp contrast with the solemn atmosphere of the whole imperial palace.

(1)the hall of imperial peace( qinandian 钦安殿)

the hall of imperial peace is the main building in the imperial garden and also the only religious building built along the central a_is, which is located inside the tian ti gate. it is a taoist temple and inside the hall the statue of the king of _uan wu, made of gilded bronze, used to be enshrined. _uan wu was believed to be the god of water who could prevent the palace buildings from catching fire. on the first day of each chinese lunar year, the first and fifteenth day of every month in the lunar calendar, and at the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter every year, a table with a tablet of king of _uan wu was set up for the emperor to come here for offering sacrifices to the god of water.

(2)the twin cypress trees(连理柏)

the twin cypress trees are two 400-year-old cypress trees in front of the hall of imperial peace. because these two trees, with their branches entwined, look like two lovers embracing they are called twin cypress trees.

(3)the big incense burner(铜香炉)

the big bronze incense burner is 4 meters high and has si_ smoke outlets in the shape of two dragons playing with a ball. it is the largest bronze incense burner in the forbidden city.

(4)four pavilions(四季亭)

the four pavilions are located on the left and right of the hall of imperial peace, two on each side, representing the four seasons of the year. the two pavilions to the east of the hall of imperial peace are: pavilion of floating green (fu bi ting) and pavilion of 1,000 autumns (qian qiu ting)。 fubi and chengrui pavilion, on the northern part of the imperial garden, are square sized pavilions with a fishpond under them. it is a wonderful sight in summer when water lilies are in blossom with gold fish swimming among them. qianqiu and wanchun pavilions are the structures with two layers of eaves, which are round shaped above and square blow for the ancient people believed that heaven was round while the earth was square.

(5)the pathway(甬路)

the pathway in the imperial garden was paved with tiny cobblestones. on the winding path, there are more than 900 multi-colored mosaic designs, such as scenes of water and mountains, historical figures, birds and flowers, folk stories, etc. the designs are rich and colorful covering a wide range of subjects such as: sword fighting between guan yunchang and huang zhong of the three kingdoms, heron, goat, crane and deer enjoying spring time, the summer palace in spring time, as well as the henpecked husbands, etc.

(6)the piled elegance hill(dui_iushan 堆秀山)

the piled elegance hill is near the north gate in the imperial garden. it is an artificial hill of taihu rocks which came from taihu lake in jiangsu province. the pavilion which stands on the rockery is called “imperial view pavilion”。 in the old days, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the emperor would climb up to the imperial view pavilion with his empress and concubines to enjoy the scenic beauty both in and outside the imperial palace. the old saying in china goes that on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month people climbing up hills can escape any misfortune. that is why even today the chinese people, especially the aged, still climb up the hills to celebrate the double ninth festival every year in this way.

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everybody is good! i am you the tour guide. you can call me _iao chen.

qin terra cotta warriors have been unearthed in _i 'an, it is the only one like you, are e_quisite art treasures. who knows the area have how old? yes, that's 20000 square meters, there are about 50 basketball court, nearly eight thousand pit with the warriors. you want to know the origin of his? let me tell you: there used to be a few farmers play well together, found some pottery, they went on well drilling, found that it was a channel. trickling down look, they discovered the qin terra cotta warriors. good! everybody together to have a closer look at!

the variety of the terracotta warriors scale not only, and personality is distinct. you see, the burly, head, cranes, wearing armor, sword in hand is what figurines? he is the general figures. the appearance of the poses, a see will know that they are battle-hardened, mission leader!

you come with me. the height of 1. 8 m what figurines, well-built, trim, wearing a shirt, wear armor, armed with weapons of figurines? yes, that's the warriors.

who knows in short armour, under wear tight pants, left hand bows and arrows, what is right hand holding the reins of the figurines? wrong, is a cavalry figurines. you see, every terracotta warriors is a very fine art treasures. look carefully, they look different,, approached them, seem to still can feel the slight breath! ha ha!!!!!!!!!!

well, there are many wonderful things, everyone visit freely and enjoy yourself. activity time, please pay attention to safety!

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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, shan_i, shaan_i, and gansu--and two autonomous regions--ning_ia and inner mongolia, binding the northern china together.

historical records trace the construction of the origin of the wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 b.c. during the reign of king cheng of the states of chu. its construction continued throughout the warring states period in the fifth century b.c. when ducal states yan, zhao, wei, and qin were frequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the yinshan and yanshan mountain ranges. walls, then, were built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments. later in 221 b.c., when qin conquered the other states and unified china, emperor qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further e_tensions to form the basis of the present great wall. as a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north of the yinshan range in the han dynasty(206 bc--1644 bc.), which went to ruin through years of neglect. in the many intervening centuries, succeeding dynasties rebuilt parts of the wall. the most e_tensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the ming dynasty (1368--1644) when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the ming dynasty wall that visitors see today. the great wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with shan_i province as the dividing line. the west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. in the eastern part, the core of the wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks. the most imposing and best preserved sections of the great wall are at badaling and mutianyu, not far from beijing and both are open to visitors. the wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast. there are ramparts, embrasures, peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoyles to drain rain-water off the parapet walk. two-storied watch-towers are built at appro_imately 400-meters internals. the top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers. the highest watch-tower at badaling standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like 我是可爱的点点climbing a ladder to heaven我是可爱的点点. the view from the top is rewarding, hoverer. the wall follows the contour of mountains that rise one behind the other until they finally fade and merge with distant haze. a signal system formerly e_isted that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital. this consisted of beacon towers on the wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the wall. at the approach of enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfire did this at night.

emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant places within a few hour long before the invention of anything like modern communications. 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 我是可爱的点点tian _ia di yi guan我是可爱的点点 (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) jiayuguan pass was not so much as the 我是可爱的点点strategic pass under the heaven我是可爱的点点 as an important communication center in chinese history. cleft between the snow-capped qilian mountains and the rolling mazong mountains, it was on the ancient silk road. zhang qian, the first envoy of emperor wu di of the western han dynasty (206 b.c-24 a.d), crossed it on his journey to the western regions. later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too. the gate-tower of jiayuguan is an attractive building of e_cellent workmanship. it has an inner city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference. it has two gates, an eastern one and a western one. on each gate sits a tower facing each other. the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each. juyongguan, a gateway to ancient beijing from inner mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains. the cavalrymen of genghis khan swept through it in the 13th century. at the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the cloud terrace, which was called the crossing-street dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the yuan daynasty(1206-1368). at the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls. the vividness of their e_pressions is matched by the e_quisite workmanship. such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient chinese carving. the gate jambs bear a multi-lingual buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in sanskrit(3), tibetan, mongolian, uigur(4), han chinese and the language of western _ia. undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of buddhism and ancient languages. as a cultural heritage, the wall belongs not only to china but to the world. the venice charter says: 我是可爱的点点historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events.我是可爱的点点 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.

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everybody is good! welcome to badaling scenic area tourism.

the great wall is one of the seven wonders of the world. it is the blood of the working people in ancient china, is also a symbol of ancient chinese culture and the pride of the chinese nation. visitors, we have come to the famous badaling great wall, on both sides of the mountain, is the pine and cypress, like hidden-away east, birds sounds, gurgling streams, is full of poetic. to the distance, you can see the great wall is divided into south and north two peak, winding in the mountain ridges, long teng hu yue, spectacular, the scenery is very spectacular. the great wall built around the mountain, ups and downs, twists and turns. this period of the great wall of the wall is made of neat huge stone is some stone for up to 2 meters, weighing hundreds of pounds. internal fill soil and stones, to the top of the wall where the ground covered square brick, very smooth. the wall of the lateral horse-refraining pits of building has 2 meters high, and have made a in, ne_t shot mouth, for look and shooting. every city wall, built a fortress of square chengtai type. chengtai have high low and high called the enemy, is the watchman sergeant and accommodation; low called taiwan, height and the wall was similar but prominent wall, have the crenel around, is where the patrol.

badaling at an altitude of 1000 meters, the twists and turns of the great wall, such as the dragon take off on the mountains. it is not only a hardworking, the crystallization of the wisdom of the chinese nation, is also an e_cellent representative of ancient architecture engineering. the badaling great wall, the distant, rolling hills, _iongchen, stiffness of the north to the mountain. due to the great wall and grand great wall for to the mountain, to the mountain is more dangerous.

here are the beacon tower, also known as beacons, wolf yantai. independent buildings is not connected to the great wall. once the enemy pounce, communicate its kindle wars and light smoke during the day is called 我是可爱的点点ran, called flint fire at night. when the ming dynasty, also on the relationship between the war with the enemy made a strict rules: the enemy hundreds, burning a smoke point a gun; five hundred people, burning two smoke point two guns; more than one thousand people, three smoke san pao; more than five thousand people, four smoke four guns; more than ten thousand people, five five gun smoke. in this way, on the border of the military intelligence can rapid transfer to the imperial city ouchi. see the beacon tower, and then tell you a story, called 我是可爱的点点must play leud我是可爱的点点 : the zhou dynasty had a king named weeks you king, he has a beautiful woman, her temper is very strange, always don我是可爱的点点t smile, think of some way to you king. he lit up a distress signal (fire), as a result, drew leud come white, she laughed, you king is also very happy. but, really have an enemy to attack, you king lit the fire, but no one come, and he was killed by the enemy. there is a story, called 我是可爱的点点meng jiangnu cry great wall collapse我是可爱的点点 : legend was meng gusheng a daughter named meng jiangnu. because of qin shi huang to build the great wall, need a lot of manpower. qin shi huang was caught many people go to the great wall.

all of a sudden, i do not know where to come up to a rumor: only the wan _i is buried under the great wall, can make the great wall and solid, qin shi huang was, sent people seize wan _i. wan _i good fled to bangladesh. people see wan _i meng home good handsome, talented, good let meng jiangnu and wan _i of their marriage. the two men marry less than 10 days, good wan _i is the rulers who grasp to go to repair the great wall. in the fall, meng jiangnu saw her husband hasn我是可爱的点点t come back, give him the woolies. along the way, reject, hardships, day and night, all the way to the great wall. local people told her: wan _i good would have buried under the wall. she was grief-stricken, crying. instantly, and dark, the great wall was crying collapsed in eight hundred. just then, qin shi huang to have the great wall, with fine features, when he saw meng jiangnu just want her to do concubine. for qin shi huang meng jiangnu agree to her three conditions: one is for wan _i is a grave; the second is to make good full chao wenwu festivals wan _i; three is in the middle of the great wall and the tomb of wan _i good repair a like flying grand bridge. after three things done, she threw herself into the sea.

visitors, this is three stories about the great wall. now the great wall tourist stop here, thank you!

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大家上午好,欢迎大家来到风光秀丽的江北水城-----。 good morning, welcome you to beautiful jiangbei shuicheng -----。 聊城。 liaocheng. 孔子曰：有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎? confucius said: there are friends from afar? (对外省游客：山东民风纯厚，朴实无华，豪爽仗义的山东人热情欢迎各位嘉宾来此观光做客)首先做一下自我介绍…….今天能够担任大家的导游,我感到十分荣幸,希望我们共同度过一段轻松,愉快的时光。 (e_ternal province visitors: shandong customs are simple and honest, unpretentious, bold and generous attempts shandong people are very warm welcome to guests to appear on this tour) first introduced himself to do something ... .... today, tour guides can take you, i am very honored and i hope our common spend a rela_ed, enjoyable time.

聊城古称东昌府，位于山东省西部，黄河下游。 the old name for dongchangfu liaocheng, shandong province is located in the west, the yellow river lower reaches. 总面积8715平方公里，人口566万。 a total area of 8715 square kilometers, population of 5.66 million. 聊城处于京九铁路与济邯铁路，济聊馆高速公路的交汇点上，是呼南应北，承东接西的重要交通枢纽，交通十分便利。 liaocheng in the beijing-kowloon railway and jinan han railway, ji-chat hall on the intersection of highways, is call the south should be the north, linking the east with the west important transport hub, the traffic is very convenient. 从聊城一个小时可以到达济南国际机场，四小时到达青岛港，实现了一个小时上天，四个小时下海的'战略目标。 liaocheng an hour can be reached from the jinan international airport, four hours to reach port of qingdao to realize heaven for an hour, four-hour sea's strategic objectives.

聊城市内镶嵌着江北最大的城市内湖――东昌湖。 embedded within the jiangbei liaocheng city's largest lake - lake dongchang. 它始建于宋熙宁三年，就是1070年，共有八大湖区，水面面积6.3平方公里，略小于杭州西湖，是我国江北地区最大的城市内湖。 it was built in song _ining three years, that is, in 1070, a total of eight lake, surface area of 6.3 square kilometers, slightly smaller than west lake in hangzhou is china's largest cities jiangbei lake. 千顷湖水，晴如许，明如镜，景色秀丽，民间有我是可爱的点点南有杭州西子秀，北有聊城胭脂美我是可爱的点点的说法。 1000 ares lake, sunny, such as promise, bright as a mirror, beautiful scenery, people have 'the south, hangzhou west show, the north liaocheng rouge beauty' argument. 湖水环绕着1平方公里的古城，古城中央耸立着巍峨的光岳楼，京杭大运河像一条玉带侧城，湖而过，形成了我是可爱的点点城中有湖，湖中有城，城、湖、河三位一体我是可爱的点点的独特格局。 1 square kilometer lake, surrounded by ancient city, the ancient city stands a towering central light yue house, beijing-hangzhou grand canal, like a jade belt side of the city, lake and had formed a 'city within a lake, there are city, town, lake, river trinity' a unique pattern.

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hi! hello, i am your tour guide _iao lin, today by i lead you to visit the world cultural heritage, beautiful scenery of the summer palace, we hope you have a good time, play fun.

now we have been to the summer palace, the summer palace formerly qingyi park, built qing dynasty emperor qianlong fifteen years as ad 1750, beijing in the qing dynasty, is the famous 我是可爱的点点three mountains five gardens我是可爱的点点 built in the last one. also is one of china我是可爱的点点s four big gardens, on march 4, 1961, the summer palace was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, in august 1998 was rated as the world cultural heritage, the summer palace on may 8, 2007 by the national tourism administration approval for the state 5 a-class tourist scenic spot.

the summer palace gates, around the hall, came to the famous promenade. the promenade is 720 meters long, divided into 273 rooms, each cross on the sill between painted with colorful painting, painting the character, the grass, the landscape, as well as some historical stories and myths and legends.

tourists now here we are at the foot of longevity hill, you look at that whether there is a three layer architecture of anise pyramid stand that is halfway up the mountain, buddhist incense under the rows of resplendent and magnificent palace, is to go to the temple.

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welcome to ______!may i introduce my chinese colleagues to you this is mr ____ from (china international travel service). he will travel with you throughout the trip in china. this is mr ____,our driver. his bus number is ___. my name is ______. i am from cits.my job is to smooth your way,care for your welfare, try my best to answer your questions, and be your guide/interest during your stay in ______. if you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader and s/he will let us know. we`ll try our best to make your stay in ____ a pleasant one. we highly appreciate your understanding and co-operation.

emple of solitary joy is located at inside west city gate of ji county, tianjin city. it is known for its refined architecture skill in channel’s ancient buildings and has got the reputation of si_ best. these are: the earliest dingshan gate (gate of withstanding hill) of the ground hall preserved now; the earliest chiwei object on the hill gate preserved now; the earliest plane distribution which took pavilion as the center on the architecture plane; the biggest clay sculptured statue of eavara inside a pavilion in china; the avalokiteavara is also the most ancient high storeyed one; the more precious fact is that the temple of solitary joy has stood unscathed after thousand years of rain, snow, wind and frost and 28 big attacks, hence the most durable ancient monastery of thousand years.

entering the temple , the first comes to sight is 10 m high gate, on the arch of which there hangs a horizontal inscribed board: temple of solitary joy. the single eaves ground hall roof was the roof building form during the western tsin (ad265-316) and southern and northern dyansty (420-589) period, which was called siadading in ancient time and now it is called big roof. on the two ends of the plane ridge, there are inward chiweis. chi denoted sparrow hawk in ancient time, which is a kind of fierce bird. the stand base of the gate is comparatively low, but the hall pinnacle is much higher above eaves and the pottery animal figures look sturdy; solemn and sturdy. there is no ceiling inside the pinnacle, therefor the painted beam and purlieus are visible. the whole piece is e_quisitely wrought, simple arranged and skillfully done, for which people gasp in administration.crossing the gate, one comes to the core building - avalokitesvara pavilion, 23 m in height. form outside appearance, it is two storeyed, but inside there is a hidden storey, thus three storeyed in fact. on the eaves corners, pottery unicorns are sculptured, on which little buddha statues ride. copper bells are hung under eaves corners, swaying with the wind, a specially refined scene. the most attractive thing is the structure of dougong (sets of brackets on top of the columns supporting the beams within and roof eaves without——each set consisting of tiers of outstretching arms called gong, cushioned with trapezoidal blocks called dou). it is made of overlapping dougong shaped wood blocks and bow shaped horizontal wood bars by adopting 24 forms with each layer stretching out as bracket, big in upper part and small in lower part, thinly scattered, steady and sturdy. it makes eaves of the pavilion look like flying, far and deep in the sky, a beautiful and magnificent view.

entering the avalokitesvara pavilion, the very sight is a huge standing avalokitesvara statue. if one stands by it, his height is only up to her ankle. the statue, 16.27 m in height, is the biggest clay sculpture of avalokitesvara in china. two statues of attendant bodhisattvas under the knee of avalokitesvara are also 3 m in height. on the crown of the head of avalokitesvara, there are 10 small avalokitesvare’s heads, hence it is called 11 faces avalokitesvara. reviewing around the inner part of the pavilion, one can discover that pillars of high and low storeys are not directly linked through, but the pillars of the upper storey are inserted into the arch head of that of lower storey. the upper storey of the pavilion is in a form of si_ corners empty well, while the lower storey is in a form of square empty well. this kind of structure is not only beautiful and strong, but also adds the space of the upper part of budha statues. on the four walls inside the pavilion, colorful murals are painted, the theme of which is the images of 16 arhats and 2 ming dynasty emperors, which are the earliest subjects of buddhism. on he murals, 2 m high arhats with 3 heads and 4 arms are e_tremely lifelike and ming emperors on the four walls are full of power and grandeur. on the upper part of the murals, there are mountains, forest, cloud and river, while on the lower part, there are paintings of secular themes with vivid and natural lines, which embody the superb the skill and arts of painting of ancient buddhism in china.

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welcome to china, welcome to shenzhen

please sit back and rela_, your luggage will be sent to the hotel by another bus,so you do not have to worry about it.

let me introduce my team first. mr _ is our driver,he has 20years of driving underhis belt, so we are in very safe hands. i always call my english name is ___,my chinese name is ____,you may call me ____ or mr__, which is my family name. we are from shenzhen overseas international trave service,on behalf of ___and my colleagues, i ’d like to e_tend a warm welcome to you all.

during your stay in our city, i will be you local guide, i will do everything possible to make your visit a pleasant e_perience.if you have any problems or requests,pls do not hesitate to let me know.

you are going to stay at the crown plaza hotel, a lu_urious ,five star hotel, althouth the hotel is not e_actly in downtown shenzhen, it is strategically located with easy access to many tourist attractions. as you will be staying in our city for two days, you will do well to remember the number of our bus and my phone no., the bus no. is ___ ,my phone no.is____. let me repeat....

there is one thing i must warn you against, you must not drink an tap water in the hotel, because un boiled water might make you ill.

i do hope you will enjoy your time in our city.

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situated in the western outskirts of haidian district， the summer palace is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from central beijing. having the largest royal park and being well preserved， it was designated， in 1960 by the state council， as a key cultural relics protection site of china. containing e_amples of the ancient arts， it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. the summer palace is the archetypal chinese garden， and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world. in 1998， it was listed as one of the world heritage sites by unesco.

constructed in the jin dynasty (1115-1234)， during the succeeding reign of feudal emperors; it was e_tended continuously. by the time of the qing dynasty (1644-1911)， it had become a lu_urious royal garden providing royal families with rest and entertainment. originally called qingyi garden (garden of clear ripples)， it was know as one of the famous three hills and five gardens (longevity hill， jade spring mountain， and fragrant hill; garden of clear ripples， garden of everlasting spring， garden of perfection and brightness， garden of tranquility and brightness， and garden of tranquility and pleasure). like most of the gardens of beijing， it could not elude the rampages of the anglo-french allied force and was destroyed by fire. in 1888， empress dowager ci_i embezzled navy funds to reconstruct it for her own benefit， changing its name to summer palace (yiheyuan). she spent most of her later years there， dealing with state affairs and entertaining. in 1900， it suffered again， being ransacked by the eight-power allied force. after the success of the 1911 revolution， it was opened to the public.

composed mainly of longevity hill and kunming lake， the summer palace occupies an area of 294 hectares (726.5 acres)， three quarters of which is water. guided by nature， artists designed the gardens e_quisitely so that visitors would see marvelous views and be amazed by perfect e_amples of refined craftwork using the finest materials.

centered on the tower of buddhist incense (fo_iangge) the summer palace consists of over 3，000 structures including pavilions， towers， bridges， and corridors. the summer palace can be divided into four parts: the court area， front-hill area， front-lake area， and rear-hill and back-lake area.

front-hill area: this area is the most magnificent area in the summer palace with the most constructions. its layout is quite distinctive because of the central a_is from the yard of kunming lake to the hilltop， on which important buildings are positioned including gate of dispelling clouds， hall of dispelling clouds， hall of moral glory， tower of buddhist incense， the hall of the sea of wisdom， etc.

rear-hill and back-lake area: although the constructions are fewer here， it has a unique landscape， with dense green trees， and winding paths. visitors can feel a rare tranquility， and elegance. this area includes scenic spots such as garden of harmonious interest and suzhou market street.

court area: this is where empress dowager ci_i and emperor guang_u met officials， conducted state affairs and rested. entering the east palace gate， visitors may see the main palace buildings: the hall of benevolence and longevity served as the office of the emperor， the hall of jade ripples where guang_u lived， the hall of joyful longevity， ci_is residence， the hall of virtue and harmony where ci_i was entertained.

front lake area: covering a larger part of the summer palace， opens up the vista of the lake. a breeze fluttering， waves gleam and willows kiss the ripples of the vast water. in this comfortable area there are the eastern and western banks， the seventeen-arch bridge， nanhu island， and so on. on the western bank float si_ distinct bridges amongst which the jade-belt bridge is the most beautiful.