云南介绍英文翻译汇集19篇

Good morning, everyone! I am glad to be here to introduce myself. 各位早上好，很高兴在这里介绍自己。 Although this is my first time to introduce myself in English, but I believe that I can make a good

performance . and hope that through this simple introduction, you can

remember my name ，remember my face and i believe that we will become friends in no distant future。 虽然这是我第一次用这种方式介绍自己，但是我相信我会有个良好的表现。希望通过这 个简单的介绍，更多的人们能认识我，记住我的样子。也同样相信我们不久有机会会成为朋 友。 My name is TB and I am 24 years old, born in HEBEI province. I graduated from QinGdao University. My major is Hotel Managerment. I spend most of my time on study and I’ve acquired basic knowledge of my major. It is my long cherished dream to be an manager in hotel and I am eager to get an opportunity to fully play my ability. 我叫 tb，24 岁。河北人。毕业于青岛岛大学。所学的专业是旅游管理。上学期间努力 学习专业知识，现在我同样希望能有机会实现我做酒店管理的愿望，充分发挥自己的专业能 力。 In addition to the above-mentioned , in my spare time I like playing badminton, listening to pop music and surfing the Internet. Playing badminton can exercise my body, let me have more perseverance. Listen to music can make me relax, make me more confident. Internet can eich my knowledge, so that I have more experience. 除了上面说到的，在我的业余时间，我喜欢打羽毛球， 听流行音乐和上网冲浪。打羽毛球可以锻炼我的身体，让我有更多的毅力。听音乐可以让我 放松，让我更有信心。互联网可以丰富我的知识，扩充更多的知识。 ok .Thats a little about myself，thank you 好，那就是关于我的简单介绍。谢谢。

the mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in october in gregorian calendar.

每年农历八月十五日，是传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋。

the festival has a long history. in ancient china, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. historical books of the zhou dynasty had had the word "mid-autumn". later aristocrats and literary figures helped expand the ceremony to common people. they enjoyed the full, bright moon on that day, worshipped it and expressed their thoughts and feelings under it. by the tang dynasty (618-907), the mid-autumn festival had been fixed, which became even grander in the song dynasty (960-1279). in the ming (1368-1644) and qing (1644-1911) dynasties, it grew to be a major festival of china.

中秋节有悠久的历史，和其它传统节日一样，也是慢慢发展形成的，古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭月的礼制，早在《周礼》一书中，已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来，在中秋时节，对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月，观赏祭拜，寄托情怀，这种习俗就这样传到民间，形成一个传统的活动，一直到了唐代，这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视，中秋节才成为固定的节日，《唐书·太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”，这个节日盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。

folklore about the origin of the festival go like this: in remote antiquity, there were ten suns rising in the sky, which scorched all crops and drove people into dire poverty. a hero named hou yi was much worried about this, he ascended to the top of the kunlun mountain and, directing his superhuman strength to full extent, drew his extraordinary bow and shot down the nine superfluous suns one after another. he also ordered the last sun to rise and set according to time. for this reason, he was respected and loved by the people and lots of people of ideals and integrity came to him to learn martial arts from him. a person named peng meng lurked in them.

相传，远古时候天上有十日同时出现，晒得庄稼枯死，民不聊生，一个名叫后羿的英雄，力大无穷，他同情受苦的百姓，登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个多太阳，并严令最后一个太阳按时起落，为民造福。后羿因此受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺，心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。

hello， i’m han yueyuan 。 i’m a girl。 i’m 11 years old。 i’m form hangzhou。 i have long hair ， small eyes， small mouth。

i like english very much。 i’m very happy every day。 my favourite food is cake ，because it’s sweet。 my favourite fruit are apples。 they are tasty and healthy。 an apple a day keeps doctor way。 my favourite day is fridays， because we have english on the fridays。

on the saturdays and sundays i often do housework，i’m helpful。 i can wash the clothes， water the flowers， make the bed。 i can’t do the dishes， but i’d like to try。 do you like me?

[英文自我介绍作文200字

Elder sister, my name is XXX, I think I was a lively and cheerful, sunny boy positive. My motto is: simple life, practical work, to do their best. What is the simple life?

Is easy, communication with the people to be polite and friendly, but also keep a smile, with a sincere heart. What is the practical work? Is the treatment of learning and work, have to be out laughing and smiling face, conscientious, strict in demands, for what they are doing to take their share of responsibility. And what is called best? That is the last person to form their own the style, then this Style provides a reference for others to learn and live by themselves and others

Of course, I also have their own shortcomings and deficiencies, such as lack of social experience, not enough work experience, and this is the main reason why I want to join in this department, hope the skills take quite high on their own, to broaden its scope of communication, but also a strength of their own community contributions.

导语：小编给大家带来了有关勤奋，意志与成功的英文谚语，在英文写作中加入，不单单可以提升文章的格调，还能增加分数哦，赶紧背起来!

1. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

2. No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。

3. Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

4. Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

5. Genius is nothing but labor anddiligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。

6. Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

7. Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

8. No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。

9. There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

10. No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。

11. Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

12. The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。

13. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。

My name is Li Haoyi. Im nine years old. Im a monkey. School: Park Primary School, class two (3).

I was a lively and cheerful and brave pupils in the class is worthy of the name "big star". I was very good at math. I was sealed by Mr. Zhou as a representative of math class. I also got the good praise from Mr. Huang.

Once, I saw in the exercises when the teacher Huang and Professor Zhou refers to me, I think that is calling me. After the exercise, the teacher let my mother come to school, I was more nervous! When my mother talked to the teacher, I knew that my sister was praised. (call to a false alarm.)

Look, this is me!

Gooda fternoon, teachers! My name is XuLulu. I`m 11. I come from Class1 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. There are 4 people in my family. My father is tall. My mother is pretty.My sister has a long hair. And I`m a good student. However, my home is near the school, I often get up early. Because I must work hard. after school, I like playing computer games and reading books. I`d like to eat apples. They are sweet and healthy. And I like Tuesday best. We have English, music, computer and P.E. on Tuesdays. My math teacher is Miss Huang. Her class is so much fun. So my favourite class is math. And I like Chinese and English, too. This is me. An active girl. Please remember XuLulu. Thank you very much!

俗话说得好，“民以食为天”，每个地方都有特色美食，而我今天要介绍的是云南的特色美食——过桥米线。

过桥米线已有一百多年的历史。相传，清朝时滇南蒙自市城外有一湖心小岛，一个秀才到岛上读书，秀才的妻子常常弄了他爱吃的米线送去给他当饭，但等出门到了岛上时，米线已经不热了。后来一次送鸡汤时，秀才妻子发现鸡汤上覆盖一层厚厚的鸡油，那鸡油就像锅盖一样，可以让汤保持温度。于是每次去送饭时，她先把肥鸡、筒子骨等熬好清汤，上覆厚厚的鸡油；米线在家烫好，而配料切得薄薄的到岛上用滚油烫熟，之后加入米线，鲜香滑爽，这种吃法一直流传至今，因为到岛上要过一座桥，后世就把它叫做“过桥米线”。

过桥米线由四部分组成：一是汤料覆盖有一层滚油；二是佐料，有油辣子、味精、胡椒、盐；三是主料，有生的猪里脊肉片、鸡脯肉片、乌鱼片、以及用水过五成熟的猪腰片、水发鱿鱼片；辅料有煮过的豌豆尖、韭菜、豆芽丝、姜丝、玉兰片；四是主食，即用水烫过的米线。

一次，我和妈妈去一家米线店吃过桥米线，我亲眼看到了过桥米线是怎么做的：只见厨师把各种料绰水，漂凉后装盘，接着他把香菜、葱切碎和油辣椒及烫过的米线一同上桌，然后他又把鸡油烧热装入碗中，倒入烧开的清汤，加调料上桌，最后他把肉片烫成白色，再下米线，撒少许葱花、香菜即成。

终于可以吃了，我一筷子夹了一块肉就朝嘴里送，被烫得哇哇大叫，妈妈笑着说：“由于汤表面有一层鸡油，所以汤很烫，所以刚在汤里烫熟的菜是不能吃的，要漂凉后才能吃。”我把肉片放在盘子里，过了一会儿，我夹起它，一口吞下，真是太好吃了！

看到这儿，你是不是也流口水了呢？有机会你也去尝尝吧！

自我介绍是每一个职场中人都必然要经历的一件事情，是让面试官更直接了解你的方法。下面是小编为您带来的是一份钟全英文自我介绍相关内容，希望对您有所帮助。

Hello, I am Zhang Bingwei, a student of Xian Electric Power College, Department of power engineering and thermal power plant. My family is from Zhouzhi County, Xian City, Shaanxi province.

During the three years at the University, through my hard work, I have made outstanding achievements, my school also served a two-year member of the study, through communication with the teachers and students to study and communicate, make my communication and organizational ability has been improved, as in my period, our class won second out of a class of civilization the title and the games, my ability to get teachers and students alike.

On the basis of theoretical courses, I took part in many curriculum design and training, so that my knowledge of theoretical courses deepened. I am in Shijiazhuang for a period of cognition for a summer internship in Baqiao power plant, power plant two week cognitive training, I recently participated in the simulation training of unit 600 thousand in two weeks, so I have a comprehensive understanding of the thermal power plant and power system.

In my spare time and holidays, I like to play table tennis, play football, play badminton and play chess with my friends. I am good at playing table tennis and I have won a personal excellence award.

My biggest advantage is being sincere, friendly, hard-working, honest and trustworthy, and have a very strong team spirit, steadfast, earnest, strong sense of responsibility, I always refuse to be cowed or submit in the face of failure, not a coward.

你好，我是张兵伟，是西安电力高等专科学校、动力工程系、火电厂集控运行专业的学生，我家来自陕西省西安市周至县。

在大学的三年期间，通过我的努力学习，我取得了优异的成绩，我在校还担任过两年学习委员，通过与老师和同学沟通学习、交流，使我的交际和组织能力得以提高,在我担任期间,我们班还获得了文明班级的称号和运动会总分第二名,我的能力得到老师和同学的一致好评。

在理论课的基础上，我参加了许多课程设计和实训，使我的理论课的知识进一步加深。我参加石家庄为期一个暑假的电厂认知实习，还参加了灞桥电厂为期两周的认知实习，我最近又参加了60万机组为期两周的仿真实训，使我对发电厂整个热力和发电系统有了全面性认识。

在业余和节假日空闲时间，我喜欢和朋友一块打打乒乓球、踢踢足球、打打羽毛球、下象棋，我最擅长是打乒乓球，曾获得过个人优秀奖。

我最大优点是为人真诚,待人友好,能吃苦耐劳,诚实守信,又有非常强的团队精神,意志坚定,做事认真，责任心强，不屈不挠，在失败面前我永远不是懦者。

[一份钟全英文自我介绍

以下是小编今天整理的英文谚语及其翻译的内容，欢迎大家查看。

Ill news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

From saving comes having.

富有来自节约。

No cross, no crown.

不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难之交才是真朋友

He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得越高,摔得越重。

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

East or west, home is best.

在家千日好，出门时时难。

Dont trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自寻烦恼。

Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

休要班门弄斧。

Doing is better than saying.

行胜于言。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚，人以群分。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠犬不咬人;爱叫的狗很少咬人;善吠的狗很少咬人;

Bad news has wings.

坏消息总是不胫而走,坏事传千里。

As the tree, so the fruit.

长什么树,结什么果。

An idle youth, a needy age.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

A good wife makes a good husband.

有好妻子就有好丈夫。

A good medicine tastes bitter.

良药苦口,忠言逆耳。

A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜于美貌。

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。

A good conscience is a continual feast.

白天不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊

A good beginning makes a good ending.

良好的开端就是成功的一半。 善始者善终

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境出人才。

A constant guest is never welcome.

久住非佳宾,常来不欢迎。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)

Hello, everyone. My name is Kelly. I am friendly and honest.I am good at English and maths. I like surfing the internet,playing computer games, watching TV and traveling. I also like playing table tennis and I am good at it ,too. I often play table tennis with my friends on weekends. And I want to be a famous table tennis player when I grow up. What I like most is to see the seagulls flying freely in the sky so I often go to the sea in summer. My favourite colour is white because I think white is symbolize purity.

大家好 我的名字叫KELLY .我很友好、诚实.我擅长英语和数学. 我爱上网、玩电脑网络游戏、看电视 和旅游.我也喜欢打乒乓球.我经常和朋友们在周末打乒乓球,长大了我想当一个乒乓球运动员.最喜欢在海边看着海鸥自由自在的飞翔,因此在夏天我经常去海边.白色是我的最爱.因为我觉得白色是纯洁的象征.

Good morning !

It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview,

I hope i can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed.

Now i will introduce myself briefly

I am 26 years old,born in shandong province .

I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003.

I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.

In July 2003, I began work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because Im capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job.

And in August 2004,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position.

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 the chance.

早上好!

这真的是我的荣幸能有这个机会参加面试,

我希望我能成为一个好今天的表现。我相信我能成功。

现在我将简要介绍一下我自己

我26岁,出生在山东省。

我毕业于青岛大学。我的专业是电子。我毕业后,我得到了我的学士学位在2003年。

我花大部分时间在学习上,我已经通过了CET4/6。我对我的专业的基础知识有了在我的学校的时间。

2003年7月,我开始工作一小型私人企业作为技术支持工程师在青岛城市。因为我有能力担负起更多的责任,所以我决定改变我的工作。

2004年8月,我离开青岛到北京,为外国企业工作作为一个自动化软件测试工程师。因为我想改变工作环境,我想找一个更具挑战性的工作。分别摩托罗拉是一个全球性的公司,所以我觉得我可以获得最多的工作在这种公司ennvironment。这就是为什么我来这里竞争这个职位。

我认为我是一个良好的团队合作精神,我一个人的伟大的诚实给别人。我能在巨大压力下工作。

这是所有。谢谢你给我这个机会。

Dear Kate,

亲爱的凯特,

This term I moved to a new house and studied in a new school. But I always missed my friend. My old house was move comfortable than this new house. I wanted to go back to my old house.

这学期我搬到新房子,在一所新学校学习。但我总是想念我的朋友。我的老房子是比这舒适的新房子。我想回到我的老房子。

Everything was strange for me,so I couldnt study better. I felt nervous in the first test. And I got bad scores,I felt very sad. The teacher shouted at me. And then,I felt under too much pressure and very tired. My parents were also sad with me. When my classmates knew this thing,she helped me,and gave me some advice. Later,I thought I can be better next time.

一切对我来说是陌生的,所以我不能更好的学习。在第一个测试中我感到紧张。我得到糟糕的成绩,我感到非常难过。老师对我大吼大叫。然后,我感到太多的压力和很累。我的父母和我也难过。当我的同学知道这件事,她帮助了我,给了我一些建议。之后,我想我可以更好的下一次。

I hope to get on well with everyone and get a good mark soon.

我希望和每个人都相处得很好,很快就取得好成绩。

My name is ***. ** is my given name. *means sweet and* means person, so my name means a sweet-tempered girl. I actually am! But you can call me June, for your convenience, j-u-n-e, its similar to my Chinese name Jun. I am from Enping, a small city in the southwest of Guangdong Province, near HongKong and Macao. Maybe you have never been there before, its well known for the hot springs there.

In 2003, I got the highest score in the College Entrance Examinations in my city and entered Zhongshan University. My major is Computer Science. My GPA ranks in the top 40% among all students, but I have stronger C programming skills than many others. Also, I was the first one to learn Java in my class.

I was chosen by a teacher of mine to participate in his project. The project was about a LAN chat room, and I developed the instant messaging system in it. I was the only female student in this project team.

Besides study and the project, I worked in the Student Union for two years, first year as a member, next year promoted to be the General Secretary. My colleagues describe me as a reliable and considerate person.

IBM is top on my job hunting list for of the reasons you hear every day. I look forward to joining a famous company as it means good training, good pay, and good people to work with, just like you gentlemen!

[计算机英文自我介绍作文

dear personnel officers:

i am wumei, a junior in sichuan teacher university. i major in english and minor in japanese. i am writing to inquire the position you offered in the advertisement. here are my qualifications that prompt me to make application now.

as an english major, i have obtained skillful english writing ability and rich experience in dealing with the work requires knowledge about english background.

my interest in computer also has prompted me to forward my resume for your review. at present, i am working for the web site of shop.renren.com and in charge of the bbs program.

i am confident that i will make a successful addition to your program.

i am available if you dial the number: 13011819794.

yours sincerely,

wumei

I’m glad to introduce myself to you. My Chinese name is Ma Lin, but you can call me Rock, my English name. I chose Rock to be my English name because I want to be as tough as a rock, hehe. I was born and raised in Guangdong, so I speak both Cantonese and Mandarin.

I’ll soon graduate from Zhongshan University, majoring in accounting. I think you may have interviewed quite a lot of students from our school, so you know this major prepares us for CGA and most courses are taught in English. My GPA is 3.6, it ranks number 9 in the 115 students in my grade. And I’ve passed 15 exams in CGA, I anticipate I will get the CGA qualification in 2009.

Besides having good academic performance, I was actively involved in student activities. I was in charge of Student Welfare (生活委员) in my class, and in the Student Union of our school. I enjoyed this position because what I did was very important to everybody, although it was mostly small details.

I had a three-month internship in Guangdong Zhengzhong Accounting Firm. I did the inventory check and helped the accountants to make the auditing reports. My boss was pleased with my performance and he asked me to recommend my classmate to join our team.

KPMG is my dream company. What’s more, I have great interest in joining the Tax Department as my long term career goal is to be a tax consultant. I wish my dream could come true today. Thank you!

我很高兴向你介绍我自己。我的中文名字叫马林,但你可以叫我的岩石,我的英文名字。我选择摇滚是我的英文名字,因为我想硬如磐石,呵呵。我出生和成长在广东,所以我讲广东话和普通话。

我很快就会毕业的中山大学,主修会计。我认为你可能已经采访了不少学生从我们学校的,所以你知道这主要编写我们的海巡署和大多数课程以英语教授。我的绩点是3.6,排名第9的115名学生在我的等级。我已经过去了15注册会计师考试,我期望我会的注册会计师资格在2009年。

除了具有良好的学业表现,我积极参与学生活动。我是负责学生福利(生活委员)在我的课上,我们学校的学生会。我喜欢这个职位,因为我所做的对每个人都非常重要,虽然它主要是小细节。

我有一个三个月的实习在广东正中会计师事务所。我没有库存检查和帮助,使会计师的审计报告。我的老板对我的表现很满意,他让我推荐我的同学加入我们的团队。

毕马威公司是我的梦想。更重要的是,我很有兴趣加入税务部门作为我的长期职业目标是成为一个税务顾问。今天我希望我的梦想能成真。谢谢你们!

good morning !

it is really my honor to have this opportunity for a interview,

i hope i can make a good performance today. im confident that i can succeed.

now i will introduce myself briefly

i am 26 years old,born in shandong province .

i was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of XX.

i spend most of my time on study,i have passed cet4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.

in july XX, i begin work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in qingdao city.because im capable of more responsibilities, so i decided to change my job.

and in august XX,i left qingdao to beijing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.because i want to change my working environment, id like to find a job which is more challenging. morover motorola is a global company, so i feel i can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. that is the reason why i come here to compete for this position.

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.

pesonel statement(introduction)

good morning,my dear teachers,my dear professors.i am very glad to be here for your interview.my name is song yonghao,i am 22 years old .i come from luoyang,a very beautiful aicent city.my

undergratuade period will be accomplished in changan university in july ,2004;and now,i am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

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. when i was sophomore, i found web design very interesting, so i learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, i stayed with my pesonel computer for half a month.,and i am the first one in my class who own his homepage. forthermore,i am a person with great perserverence. during the days preparing for the first 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. also english is my favorate.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.

ok, that is all,thank you for your attention.

my hometown------luoyang

i am from luoyang,a beautiful city in henan province. it is famous as the capital of nine dynasties and enjoy yhe honer that luoyang peony is the best in the world.

luoyang played a very important role in chinese history. so it has a profound cultural background and many great heritagesites have been well reverved. such as longmen grotto, one of the three grottoes in china ang white horse temple, being regarded as the cradle of chnese buddhism.

luoyang peony is world-famous. every year, many tourists travel to luoyang to see the beauty of peony .the people in my hometown are friendly, they welcome the travellers from all over the world.i like my hometown very much.

[大学生英语自我介绍范例

Hello, everyone. I can tell you about me! I am a happy girl. My name is Nina, I am 12 years old this year. My hobbies are singing and dancing. I usually play basketball on Saturday. I want to grow up to be a doctor .I didn’t like playing video games, but I like reading some books .I ride bike to school .I go to school from Monday to Friday. I am a good student in my school .Because I so like study .I am good kid too, Do you know? I usually do homework, help my family. My cook food is tasty .I like cat my favorite season is fall. I like warm and sunny. I so like red. This is me! What about you?

大家好。我可以告诉你关于我的!我是一个快乐的女孩。我叫妮娜，今年12岁。我的爱好是唱歌和跳舞。我通常在星期六打篮球。我想长大后成为一名医生，我不喜欢玩电子游戏，但我喜欢读一些书，我骑自行车上学，我从星期一到星期五上学。我是一个好学生，因为我很喜欢学习，我也是一个好孩子，你知道吗?我通常做家庭作业，帮助我的家庭。我的烹调食物很好吃，我喜欢猫，我最喜欢的季节是秋天。我喜欢温暖和阳光。我很喜欢红色。这是我!你呢?

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am pleased to serve as your guide today。

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。