【正文】 第一篇：天壇導(dǎo)游詞(英)The Temple of HeavenThe Temple of Heaven was constructed in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of the Ming Emperor was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties used to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for a good ancient Chinese, Heaven was an unfathomable could bring mankind not only luck, but also was the supreme power in the emperors had to attach great importance to it and calling themselves “sons of heaven”.Being the chief altar of the five altars in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven is the largest, the finest in structure and the bestpreserved plex of Chinese ancient sacrificial has been inscribed on the World Heritage List on , Temple of Heaven covers an area of about 273 hectares, it was made up of two altars in the north and Circular Mound Altar in the south was the place where the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven used to be held every year on the winter solstice, while the Altar of Praying for a Good Harvest in the north used to pray for a good harvest every year in Circular Mound Altar was built in year on the winter solstice, the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties would be here to perform the ceremony of worshipping you can see, there are two walls encircle the inner wall is round and the outer one is square which symbolize that heaven is round and earth is altar is 5 meters the upper part of the altar, you can see a round slab in the center, which is surrounded by are all 9 or its is it? This is because in ancient China, the highest odd number below ten or its multiples were considered the most powerful and auspicious symbolized the Supreme Ruler of you reach the top terrace, don’t forget to stand on the central round was named “Heaven Heart Stone”.If you say something in a low voice on it, you can get a loud emperors came here each time to stand here and praying to the God of building in front of us is the Imperial Vault of is one of the main buildings of the Temple of was used to put or store the tablets of the God of Imperial Vault of Heaven is meters high and 191 square meters in symbolizes the vast and boundless “heaven”.The blue glazed tiles on top of the hall symbolize the blue Temple of Heaven is the only place where there is this kind of is also the most valuable color in are three doors in front of the stone platform is surrounded by white stone is a circle of eight pillars inside the hall and another circle of eight pillars outside the hall, which support the ceiling is built in bracket system in three concentric is painted with the pattern of the dragon and is a golden dragon in the center of the The center of the hall there is a golden dragon shrine, in the shrine is placed the tablet of the God of God of Heaven is the main object of the worship during the reign of the emperors of the Ming and Qing The ceremony every year, the emperors would pray before the tablet of the God of Heaven and performed three kneeling and nine the two sides of the tablet of the God of Heaven there placed the tablets of ancestors of the emperors, which were signified that the emperors had bee gods after they two annexes standing on the right and left of the Imperial Vault of Heaven were used to store the tablets used in the tablets placed in the east annex were tablets of the god of the sun, the seven north starts, the wood, fire, earth, gold and water, the twentyeight constellations and all the stars in the those in the west annex were the tablets of the god of the moon, cloud, rain, wind and the day of the ceremony, about two hours before daylight, these tablets together with the tablets of the God of Heaven and the emperor39。s ancestors were invited out to the Circular Mound altar and placed in order until the emperor came to perform the grand third stone in front of the hall is called the “three Echo Stone” When in paratively quiet circumstance, if a person standing on this stone makes a call or a handclap, it produces three of the special construction of the courtyard, the Echo Wall reflects the sound very a sound spreads to the wall, it will reflect through the center of the courtyard to opposite side of the wall, where it reflects back circular wall is called the “Echo Wall”, which constructed of tightly fitted top of the wall is covered with blue glazed persons standing on the opposite sides of the wall can hear each other speaking clearly, just like talking through the 39。s why it is called the Echo road we are walking on was named “Heavenly Bridge”.It’s 360 meters long and 30 meters are three paths on it: the left path was reserved for the central path was for the God of Heaven while ministers used the right southern end of the bridge is 1 meter high and the northern end is 4 meters high, which symbolized that the emperors step by step until they rose to the emperor gets here, he would enter a yellow tent and change his clothes into the sacrificial costumes before the , we have reached the Hall of Prayer for Good ’s the central building of the Altar of Praying for Good , the image of the hall has been recognized as the symbol of hall was first built in 1420 and was first called “The Great Sacrifice Hall”, where the sacrifices both to haven and earth were offered during the beginning years of the Ming 1545, the 24th year of the reign of the Ming Emperor Jiajing, it was glazed tiles on the top of the hall were blue on the upper part, yellow in the middle and green in the lower 1752, the 17th year of the reign of the Qing Emperor Qianlong, it was renovated time all the glazed tiles on the top the hall was changed into blue color and the hall was named “The Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest”.This name has been maintained till hall is a coneshaped structure with triple eaves and a gilded ball on the part under the eaves is all painted with the pattern of the dragon and ’s 38 meters high, sits on a threetiered platform made of white is admired not only for its majestic appe