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1000介绍长城的英语作文
全文共 473 字
+ 加入清单The Great Wall was renovated from time to time after the Qin Dynasty. A major renovation started with the founding of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, and took 200 years to complete. The wall we see today is almost exactly the result of this effort. With a total length of over 6,000 kilometers, it extends to the jiayu Pass in Gansu Province in the west and to the mouth of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province in the east. What lies north of Beijing is but a small section of it.
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篇1:自我介绍参赛英语
全文共 841 字
+ 加入清单My name is Ruby Lin, and an actor of the same name, my parents want me to become an educated girl. I am 12 years old. I am from the 4 class in 6 years in XX road school. I have many hobbies: badminton, painting, playing chess and so on. Among them, I like playing the piano most, because playing the piano can make me forget all worries and intoxicated. Besides, I won many gold medals in the piano competition. I have passed the ten level now.
In school, my academic record is pretty good, and I can get the best in every school. In the eyes of the parents, I am a lively little girl; in the eyes of the teacher, I am a positive student; in the eyes of my classmates, I am a helpful, optimistic and cheerful classmate; and in my own eyes, I am a unique girl, a girl full of personality and ideal. Please remember me, Ruby Lin. Thank you all.
篇2:介绍英语老师的英语
全文共 510 字
+ 加入清单My English teacher is Miss Yu .She has two big eyes ,a small mouth and long curly black hairs .She is very beautiful . She is good with kids ,she likes piaying English Games with us .So we like having English Class very much .She is love us very much .We are good friends .She comes our class every morning ,and teaches us to read English Words.So our English lesson is the best
we all love her
我的英语老师是余老师她有两只大眼睛一张小嘴吧和一头乌黑靓丽的长卷发.她很美.她对孩子们很好她喜欢和我们玩英语游戏.所以我们喜欢上英语课.她非常爱我们.我们是好朋友她每天早晨都来教我们读英语单词.所以我们的英语成绩是最好的.
我们都很爱她
篇3:介绍春节的英语作文书信篇
全文共 1224 字
+ 加入清单导语:春节是中国最隆重的节日,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
假定你是李华,你的美国朋友Mike想了解中国的春节,请你给他写封回信介绍这个节日。要点如下:
1)春节的由来及寓意;
2)春节的庆祝活动;
3)邀请他到来中国欢度春节。
注意:
1)词数100左右;
2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3)开头和结尾已为你写好。
范文:
Dear Mike,
In your last letter, you mentioned that you want to know something about the Spring Festival. I am writing to tell you about it. Spring Festival has a long history, which was originally celebrated to scare away a fierce beast “Nian”. Slightly different from that in the past, it is now given new meanings and regarded as a way forpeople to enjoy reunion with their families however far they live or work. On the New Year’s Eve, each family has its members gathered together. They tell each other their lives in the past year, exchange gifts and eat a lot of delicious meals in the warmth of the family. Children can get lucky money in red paper. People have a good time, holding opera performances, and other celebrations.
I hope you will come here and experience this wonderful festival.
Yours,
Li Hua
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亲爱的迈克,
在你的上一封信中,你提到你想知道春节的一些事情。我写信是想告诉你这件事。春节有着悠久的历史,最初是为了吓走一只凶猛的野兽“念”。略有不同,在过去,现在是赋予了新的内涵和作为人与他们的家人不管他们居住或工作的团聚。除夕之夜,每个家庭成员都聚在一起。他们在过去的一年里告诉彼此的生活,交换礼物和吃了很多美味的饭菜在温暖的家庭。孩子们可以用红纸得到压岁钱。人们有一个很好的时间,举行歌剧表演,和其他庆祝活动。
我希望你能来这里体验这个美妙的节日。
你的,
李华
篇4:英语学生自我介绍
全文共 677 字
+ 加入清单Hi, boys and girls, good morning, it is my plearsure to take this change to introduce myself, my name is ***, i am 10 years old。 About my family, there are 4 people in my family, father, mother, brother and me, my father and mother are all very kind, welcome you to visit my family if you have time!
I am a very outgoing girl(boy), I like reading、playing games and listening to music, of course, I also like to make friends with all the people in the school, I hope I will be your best friends in the sckooe life。
嗨,男孩和女孩们,早上好,很荣幸能有这个机会来介绍我自己,我叫***,我今年10岁。关于我的家庭,我的家庭有4个人,爸爸,妈妈,弟弟和我,我爸爸妈妈都是很友善的,欢迎你来我家玩如果你有时间!
我是一个很外向的女孩(男孩),我喜欢阅读、玩游戏和听音乐,当然,我也喜欢与学校里所有的人交朋友,我希望我会在sckooe生活是你最好的朋友。
篇5:介绍清明节习俗的英语作文
全文共 2216 字
+ 加入清单清明节的习俗除了讲究禁火、扫墓,还有踏青、荡秋千、蹴鞠、打马球、插柳等一系列风俗体育活动。下面语文迷小编精心为大家整理了关于清明节习俗的英语作文,希望对你有帮助。
The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.
The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.
This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.
The Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.
On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.
In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.
People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "gods lanterns."
The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.
篇6:高中英语作文自我介绍150字
全文共 743 字
+ 加入清单Hello,everyone here.Now,please let me introduce myself to you.I am the only girl in my family. For my own hobbies, I love traveling,listening to music and reading.From these hobbis, you can see,I would like to live a free life.Of course, everyone has some strong points.without myself exception,for instance,both of playing the piano and drawing are my strong points.At present,I am satified with my life. The activities in school are great.My teachers and classmates are friendly to me.For my parents,both of them are managers.They are always busy working.As for my ideas of going abroad to study, I think it is useful and wonderful if we have the chance to do so.I also would like to go abroad to study to improve myself.Thats all.Thank you.
篇7:介绍九华山的英语作文
全文共 881 字
+ 加入清单导语:山九华山是中国佛教的四个神圣的山脉之一。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
Jiuhuashan(also called "Mount Jiuhua", literally "Nine Glorious Mountains")
Mount Jiuhua is one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism. It is located in Qingyang County in Anhui province and is famous for its rich landscape and ancient temples.
Many of the mountain’s shrines and temples are dedicated to Ksitigarbha (known in Chinese as Dìzàng, Traditional Chinese:),
who is a bodhisattva and protector of souls in hell according to Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Pious Buddhists often come to this popular attraction in Anhui to climb to Greater Tiantai peak, which is regarded as Jiuhuashan’s most important peak, although it is not the tallest.
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(也称为“九华山山”字面上的“九光荣山”)
山九华山是中国佛教的四个神圣的山脉之一。它位于安徽省庆阳县并以其丰富的景观和古老的寺庙。
很多山的神殿、寺庙都致力于地藏(中国传统在中国被称为地藏)
菩萨保护灵魂的入地狱率根据大乘佛教的传统。虔诚的佛教徒经常来这个流行的吸引力在安徽爬到天台峰这被认为是九华山最重要的高峰虽然它不是最高的。
篇8:自我介绍英语作文600字
全文共 1888 字
+ 加入清单My name is Wang and Wei Wei. I am studying in class six (seven) of twenty-three schools in Datong city of Shanxi province. My black hair, a pair of big eyes and bright, pretty nose and small. This is quite satisfactory, but I seem to lack a mans masculinity, wood has become a boat, you have to do.
I love reading, who makes the book the grain and pillar of the human spirit? It is still the ladder of human progress. I often swim in the sea of books, they are like a magical elf, quietly impart knowledge to me. I learn a lot of things in a middle school, it can be said that this is the love of reading the gain! I remember one time, I started reading from the morning, and when I slowed my book from the book, I had five p.m. and I thought I had just seen it for a while.
My study is also the top class in my class. The three giants of Chinese, math and English often give me a light green light. Of course, there is also a time of red light, even when there are Ever-victorious general, failed to do!
......
Every man has his faults. After all, I still have a shortcoming.
I often absent-minded, not forget this, is to forget that. In grade four or five, it is common to forget to bring back the homework book at night. Oh! This is a difficult problem. Yesterday, I was reminding myself that I didnt need to make up lessons tomorrow morning, but I just forgot that when I walked half way, I could hardly remember it. What else could I do to go home?
The second disadvantage is that I do not like to clean up my room. My books can be seen everywhere: on the study table, on the bed, in the bookcase... Well, its everywhere, anyway. If you want to find something smaller here, it will take at least ten minutes.
The third disadvantage is that there is some carelessness in learning, often not to forget the decimal point, that is, to forget the name of the unit. This is my natural enemy, too.
篇9:以介绍学校的图书馆为话题的初中英语作文
全文共 586 字
+ 加入清单There is a library in our school. It is open from eight oclock in the morning till half past five in the afternoon. We often go there to borrow books.
We can borrow five books at a time and keep them for two weeks. If we cant finish reading them in two weeks, we can go and renew them. The librarian is always ready to help the students. If the book you want is out, she will help you to choose another one. We always take good care of the borrowed books. We can also look through newspapers and magazines in the reading-room, but we are not allowed to take them out of the reading-room.
篇10:简单应聘英语自我介绍
全文共 1376 字
+ 加入清单Respected business leaders:
My name is ××× , and I will graduate from Xian FanYi University in the year 2015, My major is secretary in English department.
It’s my great pleasure to have this opportunity to improve our mutual understanding. During the three –year college study, I tried my best to learn all kinds of knowledge, and weigh the hard work of my teachers and myself; I have mastered English listening, speaking, writing and reading skills.
Moreover, I have a good command of business English and the basic theory, public relationship of secretary. Meanwhile, in order to enlarge my knowledge, I always read some newspapers and magazines about business and trade, and I used to do some representative of business in my spare time. At the same time, I learnt computer skills during my summer vacation, and now Im familiar with Office 2007. It is my three –year college life that makes me form my life attitude. Also my three-year college life that makes me rich in knowledge, and its also my three-year college life that makes me form my life attitude. Honesty, Trust, Diligence is principle of how to be a man.
As a college graduate, I believe "where there is a will, there is a way", and I will try my best to do a good job in my business. So I sincerely hope that I can make a position in your company so that I can serve for the company in the future.
Yours faithfully
篇11:介绍自己的英语作文
全文共 799 字
+ 加入清单Hello,everyone. Now please allow me to do an introduction. My name is Li Lei. I’m 14 year old. My birthday is on October 11th. My favourite book is twilight. I really love to read the books about vampires. My hobby is singing. Some people say I’m a good singer.My favourite singer is Justin Biber.I think he is a great singer. I love to sing his songs. Besides singing, I love shopping very much. If I have time, I will go shopping with my friends.I’m really good at English, if you have any questions, you can ask me, I will do my best to help you. We can be the best friends forever. Thank you.
大家好,现在请允许我做自我介绍。我的名字叫李蕾。我今年14岁了。我的生日在10月11日。我最喜欢的小说是暮光之城。我非常喜欢那些关于吸血鬼的书籍。我的爱好是唱歌。有人说我唱得很好听。我最喜欢的歌手是贾斯汀比伯。我认为他是个很棒的歌手。我很喜欢唱他的歌。除了唱歌,我还喜欢逛街。如果我有时间,我就会和朋友去逛街。我的英语很好,如果你有什么问题,你可以问我。我会尽我最大的努力帮助你。我们可以成为一生的好朋友。
篇12:介绍我的妈妈英语作文
全文共 513 字
+ 加入清单My mother is a teacher .She is not tall and a little fat .She has big eyes and long hair .
She loves me very much,but she is very strict to me, she requires me to develop good study habits especially in study .
Once I finished my homework ,but I did not check my homework because I wanted to play .
My mother checked my homework and fond many mistakes .
So she scolded me and let me corrected it . My mother love me very much ,but She is hard to me .I love my mother .
She is the most beautiful and best mother for me.
篇13:介绍朋友的作文英语
全文共 567 字
+ 加入清单I have a good friend. Her name is Linda. She is from China.
Linda was ten years old three years ago. But she is thirteen years old now. Three years ago, she had long hair. She was short and thin. However, she has shorter hair than three years ago. She is taller now. She is still thin. She often wears glasses. She was shy and quiet three years ago. Now, she is still shy and quiet. But , she is more hard-working. Her favorite sport is basketball. She likes eating junk food . Also, she is popular .
Do you like my friendDo you want to make friends with her.
篇14:自我介绍英语优秀作文
全文共 808 字
+ 加入清单Hello, everybody, let me introduce myself a minute you know me, know me and accept me.
I am from Shandong xxx, 20 years old this year, my hometown in Chongqing, Sichuan has given me straightforward character, and yet steady, then the long journey to the city of Nanjing to study.
In fact, when the first came to college to learn with a certain ideal of my heart out, some depressed at first, but after some time, I recognize the truth, it is optimistic about the Internet Professional. "The 21st century is the century of network interconnection."
This remark is not false, as the Internets development, it has stuck for the 21st century to take off.
Later, interest in continuous culture process, I began to become interested in the Internet the next three years, I will continue to progress in the study spent.
篇15:中考英语作文范文自我介绍500字
全文共 450 字
+ 加入清单根据以下要点提示写一篇60-80词的短文。
1、在学校学习汉语、英语、数学、历史和一些其他学科;
2、我学习很努力,最喜欢的学科是英语,经常找机会练习英语;
3、现在中国已经加入世贸组织wto,并且2008年奥运会将在北京举行,英语正变得越来越重要;
4、我将更加努力学习英语,将来为祖国作贡献。
I study Chinese、English、maths and History and some other subject at school.I study hard. My favorite subject is English.I often find chance to practice English.China has joined WTO and Beijing will host the 2008 Olympics,English is more and more important .I will study hard and be dedicate to my homeland.
篇16:优秀小学生英语自我介绍
全文共 402 字
+ 加入清单Hi everybody, my name is XX ,whats your name?
Im 11 years old, how old are you?
My favourite sport is swimming, whats your favourite sport?
My favourite food is hamburgers,what food do you like?
There are three people in my family, which are : my father, my mother and me. How much people are there in you family and who are they?
I love my home ,Do you love your home also?
Thats all.
Best Regards,
thank you!
篇17:英语作文介绍别人
全文共 745 字
+ 加入清单There he sat, staring out the window with his dazed eyes. His face is almost like a scrunched piece of pa-pe-r with wrinkles carved deep into his skin. His caving mouth can hardly close nowadays and there is often a trickle of saliva wandering aimlessly down the side of his chin.Strands of thin, grey hair crawls messily over his almost bald head.And the once deep blue eyes are now covered with a layer of opaque white.What he sees is no longer clear, but they are all the same beautiful. The blurred window sills and the distance skyscrapers,all present him with a new beauty that he never appreciated when he was young.Age is cruel.However, what to the outside world may seem like an old man in despair is to him only a way of peaceful life.
篇18:自我介绍英语
全文共 895 字
+ 加入清单good morning/afternoon/evening, my name is xxx. it is really a great honor to have this opportunity/chance to introduce myself.
generally speaking ,i am a hard working student especially do the thing i am interested in. i will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. furthermore,i am a person with great perserverence. during the days preparing for the colledge-entrance examination,i insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like.and just owning to this,i could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.
well ,in my spare time ,i like basketball, tennis and chinese chess. and english is my favorate subject.i often go to english corner to practise my oral english on every thursday,and write compositions to improve my witten ability .but i know my english is not good enough ,i will continue studying hard.
ok, that is all,thank you for your attention.
篇19:大一英语口语考试自我介绍
全文共 711 字
+ 加入清单Hello, everyone! Im Feng Biyu, a girl of 19 years old. As you can see, I am very glad to get along with all of you and I hope we’ll have a good time in our subsequent study.
My hometown is in SiHong, Northern JiangSu Province, a beautiful place with a lot of clear rivers and lakes. When boating on HongZe Lake, I always feel free and relaxed. It is really a wonderful place to enjoy your life.
I graduated from SiHong Middle School. It was set up in 1949 and now it is more than 60 years old.
I have a lot of friends in my middle school. We love each other. Time goes by, but our friendship will never go away. They cheer me up, make me happy and do some help when I meet with difficulties.
Thats all, thank you!
篇20:介绍中国故宫英语
全文共 7081 字
+ 加入清单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. Beijing Forbidden City is the head of the worlds top five palace. The Forbidden City was built begin in 1406 and it took 14 years to built it. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. North to south is 961 meters, and 753 meters from east to west. And the area of about 725,000 square meters. The Imperial Palace has 8704 rooms. In 1987 the Forbidden City was recognized a world cultural legacy. [这是故宫博物院,也被称为紫禁城。它是北京现在最大、保存最完好的宫殿。北京故宫是世界五大宫殿之首。紫禁城建于1906年,历时14年建造完成。第一个明朝统治者朱棣便住在这里。故宫南北长961米,东西宽753米,建地面积725,000平方米。宫殿共有8704个房间。在1987年紫禁城成为世界文化遗产。
Forbidden City building Classified as "outside in" and "inner court" two parts. 太和palace中和palace and保和palace are the center of the outside in, Where the emperor would hold meeting and exercise of power. 乾清palace、交泰palace、坤宁palace are center of Inner court . Feudal emperors and princess lived here.
故宫的建筑分为“外朝”与“内廷”两大部分. 外朝以太和殿、中和殿、保和殿三大殿为中心,是皇帝举行朝会和行使权力的地方。内廷以乾清宫、交泰殿、坤宁宫后三宫为中心是封建帝王与后妃居住之所。
The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are 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. Dragon, lion and other animals are a symbol of good fortune and dignity. The pine trees and cypress saipris trees and the pavilions make people feel beautiful and quiet.
红色和黄色作为宫殿墙壁主色调是一种象征。红色代表快乐、好运气、和财
富。黄色是中国人的起源地黄土高原大地的颜色。在唐朝黄色成为了代表帝王的颜色,仅有少数人可以穿它,并且也将黄色用于建筑。龙凤、狮子等动物象征这吉祥和威严。这些松树,柏树,还有小亭子给人以幽美恬静的感觉。
The Forbidden City had three large-scale maintenance. The first time was in 1949 when New China has founded. This maintenance fundamentally changed the old society, and show a magnificent scale.
The second time is in 1973, people has protected the palace professional.
The third time is since 2002, continued in 2020, the palace is re-repiring, and "Open areas" will increase from the current 30% to 70%.
紫禁城总共进行了三次大规模的维修。第一次是在1949年新中国成立的时候。这次维修从根本上改变了宫殿的旧社会形态,展现了宏伟壮观的规模。 第二次是在1973年,人们对它进行了更多专业的保护。
第三次从2002年将一直持续到2020年。将使宫殿的开放区从30%增加到70%。
There are four entrances into the city. The Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate (Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, the Donghua to the east, and the Xihua Gate to the west.
故宫有四个大门,南门为午门,北门为神武门,东门为东华门,西门为西华门。
午门:the shape of the gate is the most high-level form. Wumen gate where the emperor ordered the expedition, and few people can walk through this gate.
午门的形状是最高级别的形式。午门是皇帝下令出征的地方,仅有很少一部分人可以通过这个门。
神武门:Shenwumen is a daily access gate. Now this gate is the main entrance. 神武门是日常出入的门。现在是故宫的正门。
Inside the 太和gate, there are太和palace、中和palace、and保和palace. These three palace are the maintain architecture of the palace museum. Their height of different shapes, and different roof forms, these seem rich and diverse.
位于太和门内, 是太和殿、中和殿、保和殿,这是故宫的三大主要建筑,它们高矮造型不同,屋顶形式也不同,显得丰富多样。
太和殿:This is the most grandeur. And this temple area is the largest one of various in Forbidden City. This temple is the place where the emperor held a major ceremony, like the emperor ascended the throne, birthdays, weddings, New Years Day.
太和殿是最富丽堂皇的建筑,建地面积是紫禁城中宫殿最大的。太和殿是皇帝举行重大典礼的地方,比如:皇帝即位、生日、婚礼、元旦等。
中和殿:zhonghedian is located the back of the taihe temple. Where the emperor to take a break before the ceremony and do a pre-exercise。
中和殿在太和殿的后面,是皇帝去太和殿举行大典前稍事休息和演习礼仪的地方。
保和殿:Baohe temple is a place where the annual New Years Eve kings and emperors entertain the other kings and is also the place where examinations held and successful candidates.
保和殿是每年除夕皇帝赐宴的场所。保和殿也是科举考试举行殿试的地
方。
御花园:There are many pine trees and cypress trees, besides some other precious trees, some rockery, and pavilions. The 万春 pavilion and 千秋pavilion are the preservation of the most beautiful and ancient-style.
御花园里面栽种了很多松柏,和一些珍贵的树种,还有一些假山和小亭子。其中万春亭和千秋亭是目前保存的古亭中最为华丽的。
乾清宫:Palace of Heavenly Purity in the Forbidden City in top court. T here is a throne in the middle of the temple. There are "aboveboard" plaque, two sides of the this court are the places where emperor reading and sleeping. The south of the court is a room that the son of emperor can reading and studying.
乾清宫在在故宫内庭最前面,殿的正中有宝座,内有“正大光明”匾。乾清宫的两头是皇帝读书、就寝之地。厅的南面是皇子读书学习的地方。
坤宁宫:kunning gong in the last surface of the Forbidden City in chambers. Kunning Gong is the Queens chambers in the Ming Dynasty. And then it turns to be a ritual place. 坤宁宫坤宁宫在故宫“内庭”最后面,坤宁宫是明朝皇后寝宫,清代改为祭神场所。
交泰殿:This temple in the Palace of Heavenly Purity and between Kunning Gong. The temple is the Queens Birthday Celebration birthday activities.
交泰殿在乾清宫和坤宁宫之间该殿是皇后生日举办寿庆活动的地方。
东西六宫:There are 6 temples in the east and west. Ming and Qing imperial concubines used to live.
东西六宫是明清时期嫔妃居住的地方。
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 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.