【正文】 ing, ―It39。第一篇：北京六大景點(diǎn)英文導(dǎo)游詞之十三陵At a distance of 50 km northwest of Beijing stands an arcshaped cluster of hills fronted by a small is where 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty(13681644)were buried, and the area is known as the Ming of the tombs started in 1409 and ended with the fall of the Ming Dynasty in over 200 years tombs were built over an area of 40 square kilometres, which is surrounded by walls totalling 40 tomb is located at the foot of a separate hill and is linked with the other tombs by a road called the Sacred stone archway at the southern end of the Sacred Way, built in 1540, is 14 metres high and 19 metres wide, and is decorated with designs of clouds, waves and divine served as the national capital during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Ming and Qing rulers who all built massive tombs for themselves, Yuan rulers left no similar burial the difference? This has to do with people39。ll all soon be 39。d like to show you around the hall of mental cultivation and the imperial hall of mental cultivation is situated is in the western part of the innermost enclosure and is symmetrical to Fengxian(enshrinement of forebears)Hall in the hall was built during the Ming is a Hshaped structure consisting of an antechamber and a main hall is surrounded by front of the hall is the Office of Privy Emperor Kangxi of Qing the Dynasty came to power the Hall of Heavenly Purity served as the living quarter of the Yongzheng chose to live in this hall and attended to every day state affairs from the sake of protecting cultural relics, this hall is not open to the can have a look at the inside from the central hall was the audience chamber where the emperor read memorials, granted audience to officials and summoned his minsters for western chamber of the hall was where the emperor read reports and discussed military and political hall consists of many inner rooms and is decorated with images of Buddha and miniature the screen wall there hangs a picture of two emperors in the Han a southern room there three rare calligraphic scrolls, hence the name of the room ―Sanxitang‖(Room of Three Rare Treasures).The room on the eastern side is of historical interest because it was here that Empress Dowager Cixi usurped power and made decisions on behalf of the young bamboo curtain was used to separate Dowage Cixi was born in 1835 in Lu39。s Eve in honour of royal family ambassadors were received here during the lateQing important ―one thousand old men39。s reign, 25 jade seals representing imperial authority were kept in this seals were allowed out of the room without the prior consent of the each flack there is a water clock and a chiming clock.(Inside the palace of earthly tranquility)This used to be the central hall where successive Ming empresses the Qing dynasty, it was converted into a place where sacrifices and wedding ceremonies were room on the western side was used for sacrifices and the room on the east was the seeding CLadies and Gentlemen:You have seen the three main halls of the Forbidden I39。s of Manchurian nationality and her father was a provincial governor from south she was 17 years old, she was selected to bee a concubine of Emperor Xianfeng and moved into the Forbidden gave birth to a son when she was 21years old and was made a concubine the following the emperor passed away in the summer of 1861, her son ascended the throne and title of Cixi, meaning ―Holy Mother‖ was conferred upon her and she became the Empress that same year Empress Dowager Cixi carried out a count coup d39。s ancient the middle of the ceiling is a design of a dragon playing with a ball inlaid with copper ball, hollow inside and covered with mercury, is known as the Xuanyuan Mirror and is thought to be made Xuanyuan, a legendary monarch dating back to remote placing of the caisson above the throne is meant to suggest that all of China39。also know as the Purple Forbidden is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in took 14years to build the Forbidden first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural 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 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 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 , purple is associated with auspicious word jin(forbidden)is selfexplanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and offexplanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and offlimits to ordinary red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also represents happiness, good fortune and is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese 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 Forbidden City is rectangular in is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east has 9,900 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square 52meterwidemoat encircles a —high wall which encloses the —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the are four entrances into the city: the Meri