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1000介绍自己的英语作文
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+ 加入清单Hello, everyone! My name is BaiXinyu. My English name is Amy. I’m 13 years
old. I am in Class 7, Grade 7 in the 29 Middle School. I love my new school, it
is very big. I have big, black eyes, short hairs. I am very tall and slim. I’m a
sunny、friendly girl. My teachers and classmates all like me. There are three
people in my family: my father, my mother and me. I have a dog, he is white. He
is so lovely and simple. Oh, he’s a poodle. I love him very much. I have a lot
of hobbies. Such as drawing pictures, reading books, doing exercises……I like
reading, because it called me lots of about would. I am good at swimming, and I
like water, it is very cool! But I don’t like skiing, it’s difficult with me.
This is me, do you know?
你好,每个人!我的名字叫BaiXinyu。我的英文名字叫艾米。我13岁。我在课堂上7,在29中学7年级。我爱我的新学校,这是非常大的。我有大,黑色的眼睛,短头发。我非常高又苗条。我是一个阳光明媚的,友好的女孩。我的老师和同学都喜欢我。我家里有三个人:我爸爸,我妈妈和我。我有一只狗,他是白色的。他是如此可爱和简单。哦,他是贵宾犬。我非常爱他。我有很多爱好。比如画画,看书,做练习……我喜欢阅读,因为它给我很多的。我擅长游泳,我喜欢水,它非常酷!但我不喜欢滑雪,和我是很困难的。这就是我,你知道吗?
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篇1:高中英语作文介绍春节
全文共 509 字
+ 加入清单As the new bell tolled, the Chinese people exclaimed with excitement, "the New Year is here! New Year! Ah! What a wonderful New Year! I am excited to run back and forth in my home, unable to restrain my joyful mood, the Spring Festival composition 600 words. When I ran to the balcony, all of a sudden, the fireworks fly on the sky, in a flash, Fried opened, and some like countless meteor, some like colorful flowers, some like golden coat, and like the golden sun, the earth was like the day. How beautiful!
篇2:自我介绍英语含翻译
全文共 453 字
+ 加入清单I am a lovely girl, I like to make friends, but I am more introverted, so there are only two good friends in my class. Do you know why? Let me tell you.
My courage is relatively small. In the first grade, almost no one came to play with me. My two good friends, we were in a kindergarten. From grade one to grade six, I had few friends.
Im going to go to junior high school. I hope I can have more good friends. Would you like to be a good friend of mine?
篇3:优秀小学生英语自我介绍
全文共 1609 字
+ 加入清单Good morning everyone! Today I am very happy to make a speech here. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is xiaoxiao. I am from No.1Primary School. I live with my parents and we love each other deeply. I like my family, my school, my motherland. How lucky I live in such a happy family, such a strong country, such a modern time.
At school, I study Chinese, Math, English, Computer, and so on. I like all of them. I am a monitor, so I often help my teacher take care of my class. I think I am a good help. And I like Tuesday best because we have English, music, computer and P.E. on Tuesdays.
When I am at home, I often help my mother do some housework and my mother says I am a good help, too. My mother is a teacher. She works hard. She is kind. Many people like her. She often teaches me the way of learning well. (If you want to learn English well, here is some of my advice. At first, you must read many articles and know many words. If you meet up with some new words, you can look them up in the dictionary. You should know their meanings, how to read them and spell them. If you keep working hard, you will be successful. Then, you ought to speak English as much as possible. 可省) In any case,remember an old saying; Nothing is impossible in the world if you put your heart into it.
In my spare time, I have many hobbies. I like reading, playing the piano and dance. I am so good at dancing that I have got many awards.
This is me, a lovely pupil in the school, a dear apple of my parents’ eyes, and a little bud of the country. Please remember me, xiaoxiao from No.1Primary School. That’s all, thank you.
篇4:英语作文介绍济南
全文共 484 字
+ 加入清单I live in Jinan.Itvery beautiful.Its famous for the springs.Its said that there is 72 springs in Jinan.On the other side,there are many mountains here.The most beautiful mountain is Qianfo Mountain .It lies in the south of Jinan.Daming Lake is other sineary .In Daming Lake Park,swillows are here and there.Air is fresh.Fish is swimming
freely.When you come here,youll be fancinated by it. Quancheng Sguare which is in the middle of the city is a mordern work.
You are welcome to Jinan.
篇5:大学英语社团自我介绍
全文共 662 字
+ 加入清单Good morning ladies and gentlemen!I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .First of all , my chinese name is XX and my english name is XX .I am XX years old. I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond of English.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngsters.I like reading books, especially those about XX . Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.It is my long cherished dream to be a member of English . I think Im a good team player and Im a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure.
That’s all. Thank you for giving me this chance.
篇6:考博英语口语自我介绍
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+ 加入清单Good morning, Dear Professors:
Thank you for giving me the chance to interview and it is my pleasure to introduce myself to you. My name is LiFeng. I major in and I will graduate from the.. Medical University in July, 2006. Hope a chance to work and develop in your department. During the past three years, under the strict guidance of my tutor, professor in college of , I have learned systematically the theory of profession and got the basic manipulative skills about .. With the help of my supervisor, I have successfully finished the subject “ ” and grasped some experimental skill , such as cell culture, DNA extraction and other molecular biology technique; abstraction, separation, I passed the CET band 6 test in2002, after that, I tried my best to learn Medical English and mastered a lot of professional vocabulary. I am good at listening, speaking, reading and writing.. I can manipulate computer proficiently and master Microsoft Office software, also be familiar with SPSS and Photoshop, etc. During three-year study in research, I studied hard and strived for excellence in our field. I benefit from working together with excellent colleague. I developed quality of diligence, responsibility, kindness and honesty. My internship in college of .. could qualify me for this job, and I believe I can be fit for the position quickly. I am looking forward to working in your department. If I am admitted, I will be thankful and try my best to work for you.
篇7:自我介绍英语含翻译
全文共 557 字
+ 加入清单My name is Yin Zhaoyi. Im nine years old. Im from Hengyang, Hunan. I love writing and reading.
I was a lively and cheerful girl, face, round eyes, long eyebrows, high nose, black hair, big mouth, short stature, long limbs.
Today is Sunday. I asked my mother if I could go to the library to read books. My mother said yes, I went straight to the library happily, and there were very few people in the library. I picked up a book and looked up. An hour passed, and two hours passed. Until 6 oclock in the evening, I found it was 6, and I ran home at full speed.
篇8:参加英语大赛的自我介绍
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+ 加入清单Dear distinguished guests and judges.My name is Black.Im fourteen years old.Im a middle school student.I like playing sports,such as football,basketball...However,my favourite sport is basketball.I play basketball very well.I usually play basketball with my friends on Sunday.
Im humorous,so I like reading humorous books.Theyre very funny.Im friendly,too.I have many friends.I love them.
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篇9:英语作文介绍西安
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+ 加入清单The city of xi an is my beautiful home, which has the wall, the wild goose pagoda, the drum tower, the terracotta warriors... It is. My family has my familiar smiling face, familiar family, xi an is the city of the city is my honor and my pride.
In the spring of a lot of people gathered outside the wild goose pagoda, because they know that master xuan zang in starting to get true through, so the people respect him very much as the quality of the firm and meticulous spirit, where there will be a wonderful fountain performance and a wonderful song.
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The bells and drums of the bell tower are so wonderful in autumn.
All the buildings in the winter are covered, the white snow is so beautiful!
故城西安是我美丽的家,那有城墙、大雁塔、钟鼓楼、兵马俑……。我的家有我熟悉的笑脸、熟悉的家人,西安被评为古城是我的荣誉也是我的骄傲。
春天的大雁塔的外面聚集了许多的人,因为他们知道当年的玄奘法师在出发去取真经的,所以人们非常敬重他那样坚定的品质和一丝不苟的精神,哪里还会有精彩的喷泉表演和美妙的歌声。
夏天的兵马俑里聚集着许多的中外游客,他们冒着火辣辣的太阳来到这里一定会很辛苦的,当然我们也不会虐但他们的。
秋天,钟鼓楼的钟声和鼓声是多么的美妙。
冬天所有的建筑物都盖上了,白白的积雪真美丽阿!
篇10:记植树节的英语日记
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+ 加入清单It was fine on March 12 ,2001 . I got up early that day . All the students in our school went to the hill to plant trees .
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篇11:小学英语作文自我介绍
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+ 加入清单My name is Yang Yang, I am thirteen years old. I am a student from Class 3, Grade 2. I am very friendly and easy-going. I like to help others. All my friends and classmates like me very much. I like playing basketball and volley ball. I often play with my classmates after school. I am good at singing, I won the first prize in the singing match last year. Id like to be a friend of you, how about you?
我的名字叫杨洋,我13岁。我来自二年级3班。我很友善也很随和。我喜欢帮助别人。我的朋友们和同学们都非常喜欢我。我喜欢打篮球和排球。我放学后经常跟同学一起打。我很擅长唱歌,去年的歌唱比赛我还赢得了一等奖。我很乐意做你的朋友,你呢?
篇12:2024小学生自我介绍英语
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+ 加入清单Hello, my name is_______. I am_______ years old. Now I am studying in_______Primary School. I am in Grade _______, Class_______.
I live in_______. There are _______ members in my family—father, mother and me. My father is a_______ but my mother is working in _______. I love both of them.
In my spare time, I like _______, and my favorite colour is_______. Also I love__________very much, such as ________________.
I hope I can learn English well, because I think it very important. But_______ is favorite subject, because it is very interesting.
I wish I can become a_______in the future.
篇13:求职自我介绍英语版
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+ 加入清单Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is Youtheme, 24. I come from GuangZhou,the capital of GuangDong Province. I graduated from the ****** department of *****University in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.
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I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University,I will stare no effort to master a good command of advance ******
篇14:大学关于自我介绍的英语作文
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+ 加入清单I was graduated from xx xx college graduates, I have a bright and cheerful disposition, treat people sincerely, treat serious and responsible work, good at communication, coordination has the strong organization ability and team spirit; Lively and cheerful, optimistic and aspirant, has the compassion and good at teaching parallel; Self-motivated, diligently study can improve their ability and comprehensive quality. In future work, I will be with abundant energy, studies assiduously the spirit to work hard, steadily improve their ability to work, and the company synchronous development.
Strong self-learning ability, self-study at school a lot of computer knowledge, can skilled assembling computer, know the computer maintenance, familiar with Windows, office software, familiar with the interne resources. Auto cad ps/" target = "_blank" software such as photoshop; Will be written in c language program in general.
Solid professional knowledge, have positive work attitude, ability to work independently, and vastly team spirit, has the good cultural quality at the same time; Endowed with initiative, good people management and communication and coordination ability.
I am strong adaptability, a strong sense of responsibility, hard-working unremittingly, and have good team spirit. After engaged in service industry, the assistant job, accumulated the rich service industry and management experience and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to skillfully operate word office software and equipment, in order to fit for the demand of the modern office, please give me a chance, I will also you to dazzling brilliance.
Treat serious and responsible work, good at communication, coordination has the strong organization ability and team spirit; Lively and cheerful, optimistic and aspirant, has the compassion and good at teaching parallel; Self-motivated, diligently study can improve their ability and comprehensive quality. In future work, I will be with abundant energy, studies assiduously the spirit to work hard, steadily improve their ability to work. In the four years of work, in order to prudent working style, positive work attitude seriously, carefully to complete the job. I work steadfast, hard work, if lucky enough to be hired I will try my best to create benefits for your organization, to reflect their own ability and value.
本人是毕业于xx学院xx专业毕业生,本人性格开朗,待人真诚,对待工作认真负责,善于沟通、协调有较强的组织能力与团队精神;活泼开朗、乐观上进、有爱心并善于施教并行;上进心强、勤于学习能不断提高自身的能力与综合素质。在未来的工作中,我将以充沛的精力,刻苦钻研的精神来努力工作,稳定地提高自己的工作能力,与公司同步发展。
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对待工作认真负责,善于沟通、协调有较强的组织能力与团队精神;活泼开朗、乐观上进、有爱心并善于施教并行;上进心强、勤于学习能不断提高自身的能力与综合素质。在未来的工作中,我将以充沛的精力,刻苦钻研的精神来努力工作,稳定地提高自己的工作能力。 在4年的工作中,以谨慎的工作作风,认真积极的工作态度,细心完成本职工作。本人工作踏实,刻苦耐劳,如有幸被录用我将会竭尽全力为贵单位创造效益,以尽情体现自身能力和价值。
篇15:空乘英语面试自我介绍
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+ 加入清单我的名字是......我…岁了,我的体重是…kgs.and高度.....厘米。我学习英语大约…年学校我最喜欢的科目是英语,我经常和我的同学用英语交谈。在我的业余时间,我喜欢打篮球和游泳。我的健康状况很好。我想我能适合这份工作,因为我喜欢这项工作,我喜欢学习新的东西。我准备好对付的人。我有很多的耐心和关怀,所以我想我可以做的好。最后,我希望你们能给我这个机会,如果你选择我,你永远不会遗憾永远。
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篇16:介绍七夕的英语作文
全文共 2787 字
+ 加入清单The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.
This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.
Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.
With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.
Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.
篇17:英语作文介绍中国新年
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+ 加入清单It is the day that the families get together.
The spring festival is usually in the February ,sometimes in January.In the spring festival,every family all paste the lucky inscriptions,they fire the cracker,they eat the dumplings.The day before the new years first day is the new years eve,same as the christmas eve,all the families get together to have the new yaars dinner,wishes each other,talk about the wishes about the new year.Small children will receive the money given to children as a lunar new year gift.
篇18:介绍中国长城英语
全文共 1899 字
+ 加入清单The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten thousand Ii Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it s more than 6 000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.
The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the dif ferent parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.
The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the the towers as a warning when the enemy came.
It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."
中国的万里长城被称为“万里长城”。事实上,它有6000多公里长。它蜿蜒地从西向东,穿过沙漠,越过高山,穿过山谷,直到最后到达大海。它是世界奇观之一。
长城有二十多个世纪的历史。它的第一部分是在春秋时期建造的。战国时期,有更多的城墙被用来保卫不同王国的边界。正是在秦朝,秦国把帝夫的发福部分统一为一个帝国。为了把敌人赶出他的帝国,秦始皇把所有的城墙连在一起。于是,长城诞生了。
长城的宽度足以让五匹马或十个人并排走。沿着墙的是瞭望塔,士兵们常常在那里守望。当敌人到来时,在塔上点燃了火作为警告。
在古代没有任何现代机器的情况下,很难建造这样一堵墙。所有的工作都是手工完成的。成千上万的人死了,被埋在他们建造的城墙下。长城不仅是由石头和泥土建成的,而且是几百万人的血肉所组成的。
今天,长城不仅对中国人,而且对来自世界各地的人都有兴趣。他们中的许多人都知道中国著名的谚语:“没有到达长城的人不是真正的人。”
篇19:植树节英语作文
全文共 2660 字
+ 加入清单In order to make our campus is dressed up more beautiful, our school organized a tree-planting activity on the day of the Arbor Day. The teacher led us grade six students group work, digging, planting, watering. We girls are responsible for na saplings, pouring water. Oh! Is all some novel and tree species, have small boxwood, pine trees, palm trees, there are some unknown, never seen before. So we several girls around miss zhao chirp ask this ask that around you. One is called "photinia x ball", miss zhao kua to it like a flower, but I didnt see anything strange. Soon throw it outside the cloud nine. Male teachers and the boys tired of full head big sweat, dust. We girls or nosy ran to take saplings, running water. Though very tired, however, after looking at green beautiful campus, we are all so happy.
Autumn, I just stepped into the campus, was fascinated by the view, especially the line "photinia x ball". It at the top of the topmost bright red like fire, lower leaves bright green. In the set off of clover particularly bright. Our campus more vibrant under their dress up.
Before you know it is a year of Arbor Day is coming. This years Arbor Day what kind of? Yes, just in my yard "photinia x ball"! I took the idea to tell dad, dad said, we will open a family meeting tonight, to you to make a speech, if you can convince everyone is kind of "photinia x ball". My father and I hand-clapping said: "its a deal!" In the evening I take "baidu" to "photinia x ball" back again, and added: "red" photinia x ball ", not only can beautify our home, more a symbol of our life thriving!." Listen here my father puts his thumb up and says: "say of good, kind of it. Tomorrow morning I go to buy saplings."
So my family also planted "photinia x ball". I believe that with the accelerating pace of the new rural construction, not only my life would be like "photinia x ball" thriving, the common people life will be more prosperous, our motherland will surely will be more prosperous!
为了把我们的校园装扮的更加美丽漂亮,我们学校在植树节那天组织了一次植树活动。老师带领我们六年级的同学们分组劳动,挖坑、栽种、浇水。我们女生就负责拿拿树苗、浇浇水。呵!都是些新奇树种,有小黄杨,有松树,有棕榈树,还有一些不知名、从未见过的。于是我们几个女孩子就围在赵老师身边叽叽喳喳地问这问那。其中有一种叫做“红叶石楠球”,赵老师把它夸得跟一朵花似的,我却没看出什么稀奇。很快就把它抛到了九霄云外。男老师和男生们累的是满头大汗,一身尘土。我们女生还是叽叽喳喳的跑去拿树苗,跑来浇水。尽管很累,不过,看着绿化后的美丽的校园,我们个个都是那么的开心。
秋季开学时,我刚踏进校园,就被眼前的景色迷住了,特别是那一行“红叶石楠球”。它顶端枝梢鲜红如火,下部叶片亮绿。在三叶草的映衬下格外鲜艳夺目。我们的校园在它们的装扮下更加生机盎然。
不知不觉又是一年植树节要到了。今年植树节种什么呢?对,就在我家院子里种“红叶石楠球”!我把这个想法告诉了爸爸,爸爸说:今天晚上我们就开个家庭会议,你来做演讲,如果你能说服大家的话就种“红叶石楠球”了。我和爸爸击掌说:“一言为定!”晚上我就把 “百度”到的“红叶石楠球”的背了一遍,并作补充说:“火红的‘红叶石楠球’,不仅能美化我们的家园,更象征着我们的生活红红火火!。”听这里我爸爸竖起大拇指说:“说的好,就种它了。明天一早我就去买树苗。”
就这样我家也种上了“红叶石楠球”。我相信随着新农村建设步伐的不断加快,不仅我家的生活会像“红叶石楠球”一样红红火火,全国老百姓生活也会更加红火,我们的祖国也必定会更加繁荣昌盛!
篇20:介绍故宫的四六级英语
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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 .In 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 9,900 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 .Timber 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 .They also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with sticks.
Qing emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new year. Qing Emperor Qianglong changed the original name of this announcement ceremony from ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )to avoid coincidental association with another Emperor` s name, Hongli, which was considered a taboo at that time. Qing Dynasty emperors also used this place to hold audience and for other important ceremonies. For example,when the imperial army returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperor presided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.
(After entering the Meridian Gate and standing in front of the Five Marble Bridges on Golden Water River)
Now we are inside the Forbidden City.Before we start our tour, I would like to briefly introduce you to the architectural patterns befour us .To complete this solemn, magnificent and palatial complex, a variety of buildings were arranged on a north-south axis, and 8-kilometer-long invisible line that has become an inseparable part of the City of Beijing. The Forbidden City covers roughly one –third of this central axis. Most of the important building in the Forbidden City weree arranged along this line. The design and arrangement of the palaces reflect the solemn dignity of the royal court and rigidly –stratified feudal system.
The Forbidden City is divided into an outer and an inner count.We are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer count. In front of us lies the Gate of supreme Harmony .The gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions ,symbolizing imperial power and dignity. The lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its kind. The one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ball is said to represent state unity. The other one is a female. Underneath one of its fore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial succession. The winding brook before us is the Golden Water River. It functions both as decoration and fire control .The five bridges spanning the river represent the five virtues preached by Confucius :benevolence, righteousness, rites, intellence and fidelity. The river takes the shape of a bow and the north-south axis is its arrow. This was meant to show that the Emperors ruled the country on behalf of God.