【正文】 fs 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 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 and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong was cut, processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions.(Inside the South Gate of the Temple of Heaven)Ladies and Gentlemen: Wele to the temple of Heaven.(After selfintroduction)preserved cultural heritages of are basically two kinds of visitors who e here: local pensioners who do exercises here in the morning and evening and sightseers both from home and in all, there are 12 million visitors very we are going to go along the route that leads to the will take roughly one you, the emperor also walked along this route to pay tribute to the God of Heaven.(Along the Southern Sacred Road leading to the Circular Mound Altar)The largest group of architectures ever to be dedicated to Heaven, the Temple of Heaven served as an exclusive altar for Chinese monarchs during the Ming and Qing was decreed that rulers of successive dynasties would place altars in their own capitals to worship Heaven and pray for good why? The ancient Chinese believed that Heaven was the supreme ruler of the universe and the fate of mankind, and thus worshiping rites dedicated to Heaven came into Heaven the ancient Chinese referred to was actually the Universe, or those days, there were specific rites of was especially true during the Ming and Qing dynasties when elaborate ceremonies were Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 during the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming in the southern part of the city, this grand set of structures covers an area of 273 better symbolize heaven and earth, the northern part of the Temple is circular while the southern part is whole pound is enclosed by two walls, a square wall outside a round outer area is characterized by suburban scenery, while the inner part is used for inner enclosure consists of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest and the Circular Mound Altar.(Along the Imperial Passage leading from the Southern Lattice Star Gate in front of the Circular Mound Altar)The Circular Mound Altar is enclosed by two walls, each containing four groups of Southern Lattice Star Gate, each in turn consisting of three doors, with 24 marble doors on the passage facing north, you will notice that with each pair of doors on is narrower than the reflects the feudal hierarchy: the wider door was reserved for monarchs, while the narrower one was used by the day of the ceremony, the emperor would don his ritual costume and be ushered in by the official in charge of religious ascended the three terraces in the forefront to pay tribute at the alter.(Atop the Circular Mound Alter)we are now on the top terrace of the Altar, or the third terrace has a flight of 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 concentric rings of number of stones in the first ring is 9, in the second, 18, up to 81 in the 9th the number of carved balustrades on these terraces is a multiple of why?第五篇：沈陽(yáng)故宮的英文導(dǎo)游詞Shenyang Imperial PalaceHello, everyone!Please allow me to express a warm wele on behalf of Shenyang 39。m with great pleasure to be your tourist guide and from now on I will show you around Shenyang Imperial Palace, where the founder of Qing Dynasty Nuerhachi and his son Huangtaiji Imperial Palace, Fuling tomb and Zhaoling Tomb made in the early period of Qing Dynasty are the three famous historical sites in Imperial Palace with a history of over 360 years started in 1625 and was roughly acplished in 1636 during the reign of Nuerhachi and them four emperors of Qing Dynasty had e back from Beijing to this palace for 10 times and enlarged its area and added its were Emperor Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing and , until 1783 the palace was finally Imperial Palace is one of the two royal palaces well kept in other one is Forbidden City in Imperial Palace was entitled “Historic Culture Relics Preserved Buildings” in 1961 by the State palace is an emperor museum bining the architectural styles of the minorities of Man, Han and palace covers an area of 60,000 square meters, prising over 20 courtyards, 300 houses and 70 whole construction is divided into three sections: the east, middle and let39。s pay a visit to the buildings in the buildings in the middle layout of middle section is similar to a Chinese pound with three first courtyard is the office starts from the Grand Qing Gate on the south and ends at Holy Administration Phoenix Tower to Purity and Tranquility Hall is the residential all lay out on the same main entrance to the palace is the Grand Qing Gate, also called Meridian Gate because the emperor considered himself as the son of Heaven and the palace should be t the center of Grand Qing Gate was built in 1632 and is was the place where the civilian officials and military ministers to present themselves before the emperor spec