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故宮英語導遊詞精選

故宮導遊解説詞

女士們、先生們:

今天有幸陪同大家一道參觀,我感到很高興。這裏就是世界聞名的故宮博物館,一般大家都簡稱它為故宮,顧名思義,就是昔日的皇家宮殿。自1911年清朝末代皇帝愛新覺羅.溥儀被迫宣告退位上溯至1420年明朝第三代永樂皇帝朱棣遷都於此,先後有明朝的14位,清朝的10位,共24位皇帝在這座金碧輝煌的宮城裏統治中國長達五個世紀之久。帝王之家,自然規模宏大,氣勢磅礴,時至今日這裏不僅在中國,在世界上也是規模最大,保存最完整的古代皇家宮殿建築羣。由於這座宮城集中體現了我國古代建築藝術的優秀傳統和獨特風格,所以在建築史上具有十分重要的地位,是建築藝術的經典之作,1987年已被聯合國教科文組織評定為世界文化遺產。

故宮又稱紫禁城,究其由來,是由天文學説和民間傳説相互交融而形成的。中國古代天文學家將天上所有的星宿分為三垣、二十八宿、三十一天區。其中的三垣是指太微垣、紫微垣和天市垣。紫微垣在三垣的中央,正符合“紫微居中”的説法。因此,古人認為紫外線微垣是天帝之座,故被稱為紫宮。皇帝是天帝之子、人間至尊,因此他們也要模仿天帝,在自己宮殿的名字上冠其紫字,以表現其位居中央,環視天下的帝王氣概。還有一個説法就是指“紫氣東來”。傳説老子出函谷關,關令尹喜見有紫氣從東來,知道將有聖人過關。果然老子騎了青牛前來,喜便請他寫下了《道德經》。後人因此以“紫氣東來”表示祥瑞。帝王之家當然希望出祥瑞天象,那麼用“紫”字來命名也就順理成章了。“禁”字的意思就比較明顯了,那就是皇宮禁地,戒備森嚴,萬民莫近。此話決無半個虛字,在1924年末代皇帝被逐出宮後這裏正式開放以前平民百姓別想踏近半步,大家可以想像紫禁城過去是多麼崇高威嚴,神聖不可侵犯啊!

紫禁城建在北京,是有其歷史的,也因為這裏是一塊風水寶地,説起來話長。故宮從明永樂四年(1406)開始修建,用了14年的時間才基本建成,到今天已有570多年的歷史。大家看到了,故宮是一級紅牆黃瓦的建築羣,為什麼這樣呢?據道家陰陽五行學説認為,五行包括金,木,水,火,土,其中土佔中央方位,因為華夏民族世代生息在黃土高原上,所以對黃色就產生了一種崇仰和依戀的感情,於是從唐朝起,黃色就成了代表皇家的色彩,其他人不得在服飾和建築上使用。而紅色,則寓意着美滿,吉祥和富貴,正由於這些原因,故宮建築的基本色調便採用了紅,黃兩種顏色。

故宮佔地72萬多平方米,有宮殿樓閣9900多間,建築面積約15萬平方米。四周有高9.9米,號稱10米的城牆,牆外一週是52米寬的護城河,俗稱筒子河。城南北長約960米,東西寬約760米,城上四角各有一座結構奇異,和諧美觀的角樓,呈八角形,人稱九樑十八柱,七十二條脊。城四周各設一門,南面的正門是午門,北門叫神武門,東門叫東華門,西門叫西華門。故宮在施工中共徵集了全國著名的工匠23萬,民夫100萬人。所用的建築材料來自全國各地。比如漢白玉石料來自北京房山縣,五色虎皮石來自河北薊縣的盤山,花崗石採自河北曲陽縣。宮殿內墁地的方磚,燒製在蘇州,砌牆用磚是山東臨清燒的。宮殿牆壁上所用的紅色,原料產自山東宣化(今高青縣)的煙筒山。木料則主要來自湖廣,江西,山西等省。由此也可以看出當時工程之浩大。

我們眼前的建築叫午門。午門是紫禁城的正門,俗稱五鳳樓。明代,每年正月十五,午門都要懸燈賜食百官。到了清代這種活動就取消了。每年農曆十月初一,都要在這裏舉行頒佈次年年曆儀式,清代乾隆年間因避乾隆帝“弘曆”的名字,故將“頒歷”改稱“頒朔”。清代,皇帝舉行朝會或大祀,以及元旦,冬至,萬壽,大婚等重大節日,都要在這裏陳設鹵簿,儀仗。此外,國家凡有徵戰凱旋時,皇帝在午門接受獻俘典禮,如果皇帝親征也從午門出駕。

關於“推出午門斬首”的説法,可能是由於戲劇午台上及野史小説敷衍而來的。實際上是明代朝廷命官犯罪,有的在午門廷杖,當然嚴重的可能也有被當場打死的。

(進午門後金水橋前)

現在我們已經到了故宮裏面,在正式遊覽之前,我先介紹一下故宮的佈局和參觀路線。故宮佔地72萬多平方米,在這樣大的面積上,集各種建築手法,建造一組規模如此宏大的建築羣,不但沒有紛雜現象,反而給人以結構嚴謹,色彩輝煌和佈局規整的感覺,最主要的手段是建造中突出了一條極為明顯的中軸紅,這條中軸線和整座北京城有機地結為一體,北從鐘樓,南至永定門,總長度約8公里,皇家禁區苑內的部分約佔三分之一。宮內重要建築都在這條中軸線上,其它建築分東西對稱分佈。整個宮殿的設計和佈局都表現了封建君主的“尊嚴”和對封建等級制度的森嚴。

故宮分外朝內廷。現在我們在外朝的最南端正,前面是太和門。門前有一對青銅獅子,威嚴,兇悍,成了門前橋頭的守衞者,象徵着權力與尊嚴。皇帝貴為天子,門前的獅子自然最精美,最高大了。東邊立的為雄獅,前爪下有一隻幼獅,象徵皇權永存,千秋萬代。我們眼前的這條小河,叫金水河,起裝飾和防水之用。河上五座橋象徵孔子所提倡的五德:仁、義、禮、智、信。整條河外觀象支弓,中軸線就是箭,這表明皇帝受命於天,代天帝治理國家。

(在太和門前)

故宮建築分為“外朝”與“內廷”兩大部分。由午門到乾清門之間的'部分分為“外朝”,以太和、中和、保和三大殿為中心,東西兩側有文華、武英兩組宮殿,左右對稱,形成“外朝”雄偉壯觀的格局。三大殿前後排列在同一個龐大的“工”字型漢白玉石殿基上,殿基高8米,分為三層,每層有漢白玉石刻欄杆圍繞,三台中有三層石雕“御路”。太和殿俗稱金鑾殿,是故宮最高大的一座建築物,也是國內最高大、最壯麗的古代木結構建築。乾清門以內為“內廷”,建築佈局也是左右對稱。中部為乾清宮,交泰殿、坤寧宮,是封建皇帝居住和處理日常政務的地方。兩側的東、西六宮是嬪妃的住所,東、西一所是皇子的住所。“內廷”還有為皇家遊玩的三處花園——御花園、慈寧花園、乾隆花園。內金水河沿“內廷”西邊蜿蜒繞過英武殿、太和門、文華殿流出宮外,河上有白玉石橋,沿河兩岸有曲折多姿的白玉雕欄杆,形似玉帶。故宮建築絕大部分以黃琉璃瓦為頂,在陽光下金碧輝煌,莊嚴美觀。

故宮中的建築除了突出中軸線外,還用了各種手法,使宮城中各組建築獨具特色。比如殿基的處理,殿頂的形式,吻獸和垂脊獸的數目,彩繪圖案的規制等等。這樣,不僅使主要建築更顯得高大,壯觀,而且還表現了宮中建築的等級差別。民間傳説故宮有房9999間半,説天上的皇宮一共有房10000間,地上的皇帝自稱“天子”,不敢與其同數,所以就少了半間。這半間房在哪兒呢?它指的便是文淵閣西頭那一小間。實際上紫禁城有房9000餘間,所謂的這半間是根本不存在的。文淵閣西頭一間,面積雖小,僅能容納一個樓梯,但它仍是一整間。文淵閣樓下是藏我國第一部《四庫全書》的地方,為了照顧佈局上的美觀,所以把西頭一間建造的格外小。

(經過太和門之後)

女士們、先生們,前面的大殿叫太和殿,俗稱金鑾殿,是故宮內最大宮殿。建築面積2377平方米,重檐廡殿頂,是殿宇中最高等級,為外朝三大殿中最大的一座。太和殿建在三層重疊的“工”字型須彌座上,由漢白玉雕成,離地8餘米,下層台階21級,中,上層各9級。

太和殿始建於公元1406年,經歷了三次火災和一次兵燹的毀壞,現在大家看到的是清朝建的。四個屋檐上各有一排動物,原來是釘子,用來固定瓦片用的,後來換成了神話傳説中的動物,據説可以辟邪,而且數量越多,表明建築越重要。太和殿上有9個,9是陽之極數,依次為7、5、3、1,平民百姓家是不允許有這種裝飾的。

明清兩朝曾有24個皇帝在此登基,宣佈即位詔書。元旦、冬至、皇帝生日、冊立皇后、頒佈法令、政令、派將出徵、金殿傳臚以及賜安等等,皇帝都要在這裏舉行儀式,接受文武百官朝賀。

這個廣場是太和殿廣場,面積達3萬平方米。整個廣場無一草一木,空曠寧靜,給人以森嚴肅穆的感覺。正中為御路,左右地面鋪的磚橫七豎八,共15層,以防有人挖地道進入皇宮。周圍有一些大

缸,是做什麼用的呢?在故宮裏一共有308個大缸,是用來儲水防炎的,缸下可燒炭加温,防止冬天缸水結冰。為什麼要建這麼大的廣場呢·那是是為了讓人們感覺到太和殿的雄偉壯觀。站在下面向前望去:藍天之下,黃瓦生輝。層層石台,如同白雲,加上香煙繚繞,整個太和殿好像天上仙境一樣。舉行大典時,殿內的琺琅仙鶴盤上點上蠟燭,香亭、香爐燒檀香,露台上的銅爐、龜、鶴燃松柏枝,殿前兩側香煙繚繞,全場鴉雀無聲。皇帝登上寶座時,鼓樂齊鳴,文武大臣按呂級跪伏在廣場,仰望着雲中樓閣山呼萬歲,以顯示皇帝無上權威與尊嚴。

清朝末代皇帝溥儀1908年底登基時,年僅3歲,由他父親攝政王載灃把他抱扶到寶座上。當大典開始時差,突然鼓樂齊鳴,嚇得小皇帝哭鬧不止,嚷着要回家去。載灃急得滿頭大汗,只好哄着小皇帝説:“別哭,別哭,快完了,快完了!”大臣們認為此話不吉祥,説來也巧,3年後清朝果真就滅亡了,從而結束了我國2000多年的封建統治。

(在太和殿的石台上)

這是銅香爐,,是皇帝舉行典禮時焚燒檀香用的。這裏一共有18座,代表清朝18個省。殿外左右安放四個銅缸,象徵”金甌無缺“,作為貯水防火之用。台基東西兩側各有一隻銅製仙鶴和龜,是長壽的象徵。這個由鉛鑄造成的器具叫嘉量,嘉量是當時量的標準器,表示皇帝公平處事,誰半斤,誰八兩,心中自然有數。對面還有一個石頭做成的器具叫做日晷,是古代的測時儀。皇帝的意思是:量和時的基準都在自己手裏。

太和殿正面有12根圓紅柱,東西約63米,南北進深約37米,高35米,殿前丹陛三層五出,殿前後有金扉40個,金鎖窗16個,整個大殿雕樑畫棟,豪華富麗。殿內中央設有2米高的平台,上面擺放着雕有9條金龍的楠木寶座。後面有金漆圍屏,前面有御案,左右有對稱的寶象、角端、仙鶴、香筒等陳列品。象馱寶瓶,內裝五穀,象徵太平景象、五穀豐登。角端是我國古代神話傳説中的一種神獸,可“日行一萬八千里”,通曉四方語言,只有明君,它才捧書而至,護駕身旁。

太和殿也叫金鑾殿,為什麼這麼叫呢?因殿內為金磚墁地而得名。金磚墁地平整如鏡,光滑細膩,像是灑了一層水,發着幽暗的光。那麼金磚真的含金嗎?其實這是一種用特殊方法燒製的磚,工藝考究,複雜,專為皇宮而制,敲起來有金石之聲,所以稱作“金磚”。燒這種磚,每一塊相當於一石大米的價錢,可見金磚雖不含金,但也確實貴重。

殿內共有72根大主柱,支撐其全部重量,其中6根雕龍金柱,瀝粉貼金,圍繞着寶座周圍。在殿中央有一藻井,是從古代“天井”和“天窗”形式演變面來,為中國古代建築的特色之一。主要設置在“尊貴”的建築物上,有“神聖”之意。在藻井中央部位,有一浮雕蟠龍,口銜一球(球為銅胎中空,外塗水銀),此球叫軒轅鏡,傳説是遠古時代軒轅黃帝制造的,懸球與藻井蟠龍聯在起,構成游龍戲珠的形式,懸於帝王寶座上方,以示中國曆代皇帝都是軒轅的子孫,是黃帝正統繼承者。它使殿堂富麗堂皇,雍容華貴。鏡下正好對着寶座,據説是袁世凱怕大球掉下來把他砸死,故將寶座向後挪到現在的位置。關於龍椅,這裏面有段故事。1916年(民國五年)袁世凱登基時,把原來的寶座搬走了,換了一把西式高背大椅,上飾他自己設計的帝國徽號。據説他的腿短,因而將椅座降低。新中國成立後,為了尋找那把龍椅,根據過去的一張照片,在破傢俱庫找到了一把破椅,經專家鑑定,這椅子就是皇帝寶座,後經修復展出。

(帶客人至太和殿東或西側銅缸處)

古人把陳設在殿堂皇屋宇前的大缸,稱為“門海”,門海者,蓋“門前大海”之意,古人相信,門前有大海,就不怕鬧火災。因此,大缸又稱為吉祥缸。它既是陳設品,又是消防器材。在科學不民達的古代,宮中沒有自來水,更沒有消防器材。因此,缸內必須長年儲滿水以備不虞。

清代時,共有308口大缸,按其質量分類三種,即鎏金銅缸、燒古銅缸和鐵缸,其中最珍貴的是鎏金銅

缸。然而這些鎏金銅缸沒有逃脱侵略者刺刀刮體的厄運。侵略者是誰?是英、美、德、法、俄、日、意、奧八國聯軍。為了鎮壓中國人民反帝的義和團運動,1900年的8月13日至8月15日,八國聯軍攻陷北京,進佔紫禁城。救死扶傷和軍官們燒、殺、搶、掠,從宮中及頤和園等處動掠奪的文物在各侵略國使館區堆積如山,至今仍有大量文物被倫敦、巴黎、紐約博物館攫為已有。這一切包括眼前這口缸上的道道刮痕都已成為帝國主義侵略中國的鐵證。是偽統治時期,大缸被拉出宮門,裝上日本侵略軍的卡車,用去製作子彈,再反過來屠殺我國人民。

(中和殿前)

眼前這個方形建築是中和殿。皇帝舉行大典前,先到此暫坐休息,會見一些官員。皇帝去天、地、日、月四壇祭祀時,前一天也要在中和殿裏看祭文。每年二月皇帝到先家壇舉行親耕儀式,前一天要來這裏閲視種子、農具、祝文。這裏現在陳列的是乾隆年間的兩面三刀頂肩輿,即八抬大轎

城角

故宮的四個城角,每一個角上有一座九樑十八柱七十二條脊的角樓,建造的可好看了。這四座角摟是怎麼蓋的呢?北京有這麼個傳説——

明朝的燕王朱隸在南京做了永樂皇帝以後,因為北京是他做王爺時候的老地方,就想遷都北京,於是就派了親信大臣到北京蓋皇官。朱隸告訴這個大臣:要在皇宮外牆——紫禁城的四個犄角上,蓋四座樣子特別美麗的角樓,每座角樓要有九樑十八柱、七十二條脊。並且説:“你就做這個管工大臣吧,如果修蓋的不好是要殺頭的!”管工大臣領了皇帝的諭旨後,心裏非常發愁,不知如何蓋這九樑十八柱、七十二條脊的角樓。

管工大臣到了北京以後,就把八十一家大包工木廠的工頭、木匠們都叫來,跟他們説了皇帝的旨意,限期三個月,叫他們一定要按期蓋成這四座怪樣子的角樓,並且説:“如果蓋不成,皇帝自然要殺我的頭,可是在沒殺我的頭之前,我就先把你們的頭砍了,所以當心你們的腦袋。”工頭和木匠們對這樣的工程都沒把握,只好常常在一塊琢磨法子。

三個月的期限是很短的,一轉眼就是一個月了,工頭和木匠們還沒想出一點頭緒、一點辦法來,他們做了許多樣型,都不合適。這時候,正趕上六七月的三伏天氣,熱得人都喘不上氣來,加上心裏煩悶,工頭和木匠們真是坐也不合適,躺也不合適。有這麼一位木匠師傅,實在呆不住了,就上大街閒遛去了。

走着走着,聽見老遠傳來一片蟈蟈的吵叫聲,接着、又聽見一聲吆喝:“買蟈蟈,聽叫去,睡不着,解悶兒去!”走近一看,是一個老頭兒挑着許多大大小小秫秸編的蟈蟈籠子,在沿街叫賣。其中有一個細秫秸棍插的蟈蟈籠子,精巧得跟畫裏的一座樓閣一樣,裏頭裝着幾隻蟈蟈,木匠師傅想:反正是煩心的事,該死的活不了,買個好看的籠子,看着也有趣兒,於是就買下了。

這個木匠提着蟈蟈籠子,回到了工地。大夥兒一看就吵嚷起來了:“人們都心裏怪煩的,你怎麼買一籠子蟈蟈來,成心吵人是怎麼着?”木匠笑着説:“大家睡不着解個悶兒吧,你們瞧??”他原想説你們瞧這個籠子多麼好看呀!可是他還沒説出嘴來,就覺得這籠子有點特別。他急忙擺着手説:“你們先別吵吵嚷嚷的,讓我數數再説。“他把蟈蟈籠子的樑啊、柱啊、脊呀細細地數了一遍又一遍,大夥被他這一數,也吸引得留了神,靜靜地直着眼睛看着,一點聲音也沒有。

木匠數完了蟈蟈籠子,蹦起來一拍大腿説:“這不正是九樑十八柱七十二條脊麼?”大夥一聽都高興了,這個接過籠子數數,那個也接過籠子數數,都説:“真是九樑十八柱、七十二條脊的樓閣啊,”

大夥兒受這個籠子的啟發,琢磨出了紫禁城角樓的樣子,燙出紙漿做出樣型,最後修成了到現在還存在的角摟。

北京-故宮英文導遊詞 The Fobidden City

FORBIDDEN CITY(紫禁城)

(In front of the meridian gate)

This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build the Forbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.

It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan(North Star). The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. In folklore, the term ‖an eastern purple cloud is drifting‖ became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the Hanghu Pass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people.

The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic. Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.

The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,9

00 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters .A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a

9.9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: the Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate(Western Flowery Gate )to the west ,the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) to the east.

Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province. Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province er was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions.

The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entrance to the forbidden City. It is also knows as Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year in hornor of their counties also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with sticks.

篇二:英文導遊詞系列之故宮 午門

故宮 午門

思路:概況——歷史沿革——午門(外形、建築特點)——作用

Good morning teachers, my topic is General Information of the Forbidden City in front of Meridan Gate.

The Forbidden City is located in the center of BJ. It used to be the former Imperial Palace for the M&Q Emperors. It is the best-preserved imperial palace in China, the largest ancient palatial structure in the world, and it is also the largest piece of ancient Chinese architecture still in existence today.

Now, let show you something about the history of the Forbidden City In 1368, after the 1st emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he made Nan Jing as it's capital. But after the 3rd Emperor Zhu Di came to the throne in 1402, he decided to move the capital from Nan Jing to Bei Jing. Upon the decision of moving the capital, a large-scale construction of the Forbidden City started in 1406 and based on the model of the Imperial Palace in Nan Jing. But was more splendid and larger. The construction took 14 years and was completed in 1420. in the following year, 1421, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved from NJ to BJ.

When the Qing rulers took over BJ, they just stayed in the former imperial palace but rebuilt and renovated most of the buildings. So the situation of the Forbidden City was much better than it was in the Ming Dynasty. But in the later of Qing Dynasty, because of the corruption of the Qing Government, and the slack management of the Forbidden City, it once again fell into a declined and waned condition.

Later on, Qing Dynasty was overthrown by 1911 Revolution led by Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen. But according to the 19 articles of the preferential treatment for Qing court, after 1911, the last Emperor Pu Yi and his royal family spent another 13 years in the Forbidden City until 1924, they were driven out of the palace.

Starting from the 3rd emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, to the last emperor Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty, there were a total 24 emperors who lived and handled state affairs in the Forbidden City. On the October 10th 1925, the whole complex was converted into a museum and opened to the public, and in 1987, it was listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO.

The Forbidden City covers an area of 72 hectares. It is rectangular in shape, 960 ms long from north to south, and 750 ms while from east to west, surrounded with a 10-m high city wall and encircled by a 52-m wide moat. At each corner of the surrounding wall, there is a magnificent watchtower, which was heavily guarded in the old days. Each of the 4 watchtower has 9 beams, 18 pillars and 72 ridgepoles.

The Forbidden City can be divided into 2 parts: the Outer Court and the Inner Palace. The Outer Court consists of 3 main buildings. This was the place where the emperors attended the grand ceremonies and conducted state affairs; while the Inner Palace is composed of rear 3 main buildings and the 6 eastern palaces and 6 western palaces. There was the place where the emperor used to handle daily affairs and it was the living quarters for the emperor, empress and imperial concubines. The layout of the Forbidden City is generally designed to the principle of "a Front Court and Rear Palace", which means "the front court for state affairs and the rear palace as the living quarters".

OK, so much for the history part, next, I'll introduce the Meridan Gate.

There are 4 gates in each side of the Forbidden City. The Meridan Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City and also the south gate of Forbidden City. On the top of the gate, there are 5 towers, so it was also nicknamed as the "Five-Phoenix Tower". The main tower is rectangular in shape, which is located in the center with 4 square-shaped tower in each corner. Inside the tower, bells and drums were installed. There are 3 obvious doorways can be seen from the outside of the Meridan Gate and 2 side doorways are hidden from view. But all 5 doorways cane be seen after walking through the Meridan Gate and turning around. This is a typical building method for

this kind of gate——"3 obvious doorways can be seen from the outside, but five doorways can be seen from inside". However, on the day the Imperial Palace Examination results were announced, the 1st top 3 outstanding scholars were allowed to go through the central gate here in the Forbidden City. The high-ranking civil and military officials went in through the side gate on the east, and the royal family members went in through the west. The two smaller ones on both side at the the corner were for the low-ranking officials.

During the Palace Examination, all the candidates went in from the these two side-gates according to their odd or even numbers.

During the Ming & Qing Dynasties, there were mainly two functions of the Meridan Gate: the festival activities and the official ceremonies.

The festival activities mainly were: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double- nine Festival and some other different Chinese folk festivals in the lunar month every year.

The official ceremonies mainly were two: the ceremony of announcing the new lunar year calendar and the ceremony of "Accepting Captive of War".

"Court Beating" also took place in front of the Meridan Gate, which is a kind of punishment to punish those offending officials by beating them on their buttocks with sticks, Fortunately, this kind of punishment was abolished in the Qing Dynasty.

篇三:英語導遊詞北京故宮

北京故宮

女士們、先生們,

歡迎大家來到北京,北京是中國的首都,也是我國的四大古都之一。2008年奧運會的成功舉辦更使這座古老的城市為許多外國朋友所熟知。大家稍作休息,請允許我自我介紹一下。我是大家北京之行的地接導遊員我的名字叫温輝輝,那在我身邊的這位是我們的司機張師傅。我們將會竭盡全力為大家提供最優質的服務。像我一樣熱情好客的北京人將以他們最熱情的方式歡迎世界各地發朋友來到北京。在北京期間我們將遊覽故宮、長城、頤和園等景點。希望古老而又時尚的北京會給大家留下一段美好的回憶。

在北京我們遊覽的第一個景點就是故宮。提起故宮大家首先會想到它是中國皇帝居住過的地方。 但故宮的價值可不僅僅在於此。它更是我們中國歷史、中國文化以及中國建築的一個縮影。

故宮位於北京城的中心,是明清兩朝的皇宮。它是世界上顯存最大、最完整的宮殿建築羣。至今約有六百年的歷史,先後有24位皇帝在這裏統治全國近500年。故宮又名紫禁城,那是因為在封建社會皇帝擁有最高的權利因此這個地方是禁止一般人進出。紫色是象徵這北極星的顏色,這被認為是宇宙的中心 所以又名紫禁城。

紫禁城的建築佈局是對稱的分為前朝和內廷。前朝以太和、中和、保和三大殿為主體是舉行大殿、朝賀、筵宴行使權力的地方。其中太和殿是故宮中規模最大等級最高的建築。皇帝登基及冊立皇后等重大儀式都在此舉行。內廷以乾清宮、交太殿和坤寧宮為主體,是皇帝的寢宮和處理日常政務的地方。坤寧宮以北是御花園,是皇帝及其家人

遊玩的地方。

現在我要問大家一個問題,故宮的房間是九千九百九十九間半嗎? 傳説天宮的房間是一萬間,人間的皇帝作為天帝的兒子,皇宮自然不能超過天宮,於是故宮便造了九千九百九十九間半。其實古代建築是以“四柱一間”為標準的。經過古建築專家實地調查統計,故宮所有的房間數量是8707,並非傳説所言。

俗話説百聞不如一見,帶着您滿心的好奇讓我們走進故宮,讓我們感悟中國文化感受中國帝王的興衰歷史。