一段英语口语自我介绍汇编20篇

The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals value,the pursue of democracy and freedom,the promotion of deploitation and competition and the need of realistic and practicality.Its core is individualism:self first,personal need first,pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design.This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons,it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity.

Hello ,everybody .

My name is xxx .I‘m 14 years old . Im a girl. I have long/ short hair and big/small eyes.

I used to study in XX Primary School. Now I am studying in ~~ Middle School. I did a class in the primary school . Im crazy about English. Now English teacher surnamed ~~ . And I hope we will get along.

Each place has its own unique delicacy, in my hometown, many snacks, when the number of the most famous mung bean jelly.

Mung bean jelly although the approach is very simple, but it is a sigh. The production method is: first with warm water to soak mung bean, and then use the powder machine to grind, ground into a slurry, with a filter basket, then leave mung bean powder, mung bean powder and water according to a proper proportion of blending, boiled, Sheng and pot inside, let it cool, forming, can the. Eat when you can put some spices, if you love to eat spicy, add some chili oil, to keep you cool home, jelly on the table, a fragrant smell, is full of high streets and back lanes irresistible fragrance.

The jelly taste good. When you put the jelly in the mouth, also did not eat, then slipped into the belly, suddenly, full of fragrance. I still love to eat spicy, so every time you eat, are sweating, even if the flow so much sweat, but still love to eat more, eat more, eat more so our family became a frequent visitor to the Museum of jelly.

There are a lot of people love to eat bean jelly, so mung bean jelly has become my hometowns most famous delicacy.

Such delicious food is already let you unable to hide greeds, what are you waiting for? Come to my hometown and taste it!

I am xxx and I am 12 years old. My favorite sports include basketball， swim and football. One of my favorite stars is Liu Xiang because he is the fastest runner in the world and a pride of our country.

I have love fruits like watermelon， grapes， banana， and so forth. When I have time， I like watching TV， playing games on my computer， surfing the web， and reading. I have a lot of friends and we often play football together.

[小学自我介绍英语作文

Chengdu City Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province in China, has been recognized as “the land of abundance” for a long time. With rich cultural heritage, Chengdu is one of the most popular destinations for tourists in China. People who once step onto the land of Chengdu city will quickly fall in love with life there. It seems that Chengdu people are living a happy life with less pressure from their occupation, family or from the conflict social competition. Children, for example, can enjoy the child-only facilities in the parks. They can play with peers and make friends with each other. For teenagers and adults, the various entertainment places and snack streets are indispensable part of their life. The old in Chengdu can also sit in a teahouse with a cup of tea after dinner and gossip their family. The pace of life in Chengdu is slower than in other big cities. People tend to spend more time and efforts to create and experience happiness.

Chengdu is a city where one comes and doesn’t want to leave. There are many famous scenic spots such as Jingli, Kuanzai Street, Tianfu Square and Chengdu Panda Base. In Chengdu, one can not only enjoy shopping in Tianfu square, walking on the ancient streets and buy souvenirs in traditional houses or stores on Jingli and Kuangzai Street, but also play with cute pandas and help feed their cubs in the Panda Base. Furthermore, watching a Sichuan Opera Show will also provide a newcomer with unforgettable and precious memories. The delicate face-changing in Sichuan Opera has become a symbol of Sichuan culture.

I am _x and I am 12 years old. My favorite sports include basketball, swim

and football. One of my favorite stars is Liu Xiang because he is the fastest

runner in the world and a pride of our country.

I have love fruits like watermelon, grapes, banana, and so forth. When I

have time, I like watching TV, playing games on my computer, surfing the web,

and reading. I have a lot of friends and we often play football together.

Go down the hillside and see a piece of green sugar cane forest. The tall and tall sugar cane stood there straight, as if waiting for the soldiers to review, great and mighty! That kind of like a spear-like leaves, hand in hand, shoulder and shoulder, honey honey layers. The breeze passing, dancing, rustling.

Bypassing the sugar cane forest, presented in front of me is the vast expanse of rice fields. Rice ripe, heavy rice paddle bent rice Wo waist, a burst of autumn wind scouring, rice waves laughing, rolling, a layer of driving a layer of Yong Xiang far away. Farmer uncle standing on the edge of the river, see this grain full of rice, my heart is how sweet it!

Through the paddy fields, I strolled through the field path. Look, the sorghum red face, corn and yellow and large, sweet potato seedlings grow very lush, after the land covered with fields. Fan big taro leaves, with the autumn wind swinging west pendulum.

Suddenly, a burst of fragrant nostrils. I look forward, the original is a large orchard. Red persimmon like a small lantern like hanging in the branches, very bright. Orange tree more lively, and large and small orange red Yan Yan, yellow 嶝 嶝, and more bending the branches. A sentence, like a bell, as if the jingle is ringing.

Ah, autumn poetic, colorful autumn, it makes people beaming, it is people feast for the eyes.

Everyone has hobbies. Hobbies are the important things in our life. I also have hobbies. Next,let me tell you.

Exercise is my one hobby. I love sport. The more exercise I do,The more healthier I have. After I have dinner,I often go for a walk with my sister on the streets,and when class is over,I usually play badminton with my friends. Sometimes I play ping-pong,too. So I think I live in a wonderful life.

Reading is my the other hobby. In weekends,I often read some novels. Such as《Jane Love》. 《Zhao Hua Xi She》and so on. That can make me improve my Chinese.

This is my hobbies. If you have hobbies,you can exchange with me.

In my mind, mother is the greatest. Because my mother not only gave me life, gave me lots of love. When I meet with difficulties, always can hear mother encouraging words, and when I am happy, my mother is also the most happy.

Remember, when I was two or three, economic difficulties in the home, in order to life, mother left me to work in another city. That day, my mother and I are very miss each other. My mother often calls, is to listen to my voice. And every time I hear the phone ringing, I will be the first to pick up, because I guess may is mothers call, but many phone not mom, that moment I felt very disappointed. As long as I heard my mother to come back to see me, I will jump for joy. But mother come back each time only two or three days of time, and separate time is so long. After mother left, I miss my mom every night to cry, want to mother came back with me. Let me the deepest impression a telephone is: mom, lets move to changsha, I am very happy, because I can always and mother living together.

Finally reunited, but mother because of work need to travel a lot. Every time mother on a business trip, I hate to mother, looked at his mother out of the house, I will run to the window and looked at his mothers shadow gradually disappeared in the crowd. I wonder: mom is in order to make my life better, just work so hard. When I grow up must repay mother well. Now, I want to said to mother: mom, I love you!

Autobiography

My name is ________. I am graduate from ________ senior high school and major in ________. There are ________ people in my family. My father works in a computer company. And my mother is a housewife. I am the youngest one in my family.

In my spare time, I like to read novels. I think reading could enlarge my knowledge. As for novels, I could imagine whatever I like such as a well-known scientist or a kung-fu master. In addition to reading, I also like to play PC games. A lot of grownups think playing PC games hinders the students from learning. But I think PC games could motivate me to learn something such as English or Japanese.

My favorite course is English because I think it is interesting to say one thing via different sounds. I wish my English could be improved in the next four years and be able to speak fluent English in the future.

[中学生介绍自己的英语作文

Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history,replete with pirates,rebel leaders,and European merchants.Now linked to mainland Fujian by a causeway,Xiamen retains a strong international flavor.Known in the West as Amoy,Xiamen has a long history as a port city,and later became a center of British trade in the 19th century.Their foreign settlements,later taken over by Japanese invaders at the start of World War II,were established on the nearby small Gulangyu Island.Many of the old treaty-port and colonial buildings in Western styles survive.Xiamen was declared one of China’s first Special Economic Zones in the early 1980’s,taking advantage of the city’s heritage as a trading center and the proximity to Taiwan.Today Xiamen is one of China’s most attractive and best-maintained resort cities.Xiamen was founded in 1394 at the beginning of the Ming dynasty as a center of defense against coastal pirates.Its prosperity was due to its deepwater sheltered harbor,that supplanted nearby Quanzhou,the port that had been the center of the maritime trade with the Indies.

厦门是一个岛屿城市有丰富的和戏剧性的历史,充满了海盗,反对派领导人和欧洲商人。现在与大陆福建铜锣,厦门保留了强大的国际风味。在西方被称为厦门、厦门历史悠久的港口城市,后来成为英国在19世纪贸易中心。外国定居,后来被日本侵略者在第二次世界大战的开始,是建立在附近的小的鼓浪屿。西部的许多旧条约口岸和殖民建筑风格生存。厦门宣布中国首个经济特区之一,在1980年代早期,利用城市的遗产作为一个贸易中心和接近台湾。今天厦门是中国最有吸引力的和最好的度假胜地的城市之一。厦门成立于1394年年初明朝作为防御中心沿海海盗。它的繁荣是由于深水庇护港附近取代泉州港,西印度群岛的海上贸易的中心。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Its my honor totell you about the changes of my school.

When you walk around our school, you can see various flowersand trees everywhere. At the same time, you can smell the taste, breathe freshair. Its a nice place for us to study.

Please look at the new building over there. Its ourlibrary that was painted white again this year. It not only looks morebeautiful, but also has increasingly more books than before. Reading differentkinds of books can enhance our horizons and increase our knowledge. I stillremember I entered the school two years ago, the library was old enough and Ialways couldnt find my favorite comic books. Therefore, I often complained tomy classmates that the library was out of fashion that we were not able tolearn fresh knowledge in it.

What was even worse, as a member of school basketballteam, my partners and I had few chances to practice, as the playground was toosmall to play andfull of so many students after school. Luckily, I dont haveto worry about that anymore, because our playground is large enough for all ofus to play games, and basketball court is also bigger. Thats wonderful!

My school has changed a lot, for it is more beautifuland modern. I love my school.

[介绍美丽的校园英语作文

1.Good morning everyone.

大家早上好。

2.Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

先生们，女士们下午好。

3.Good evening, teachers and fellow students.

老师们，同学们晚上好。

4.It’s my great honor to introduce myself to you here.

很荣幸在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

5.It’s my pleasure to introduce myself to you here.

我很高兴在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

6.I’m very happy to introduce myself to you here.

我很高兴在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

7.I’m very glad to introduce myself to you here.

我很高兴在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

8.I feel very honored to introduce myself to you here.

我感到很荣幸在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

9.It is a great pleasure for me to introduce myself to you here.

我是如此的高兴在这儿向大家作自我介绍。

10.It is a privilege to be speaking to you today.

今天能跟你谈话真是我三生有幸。

Shanxi Province got its name due to its location to the west of Taihang Mountain. Shanxi neighbored on Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia & Autonomous Region. It is located to the east of the Yellow River, and is also known as Hedong. Shanxi belonged to Jin State in Spring and Autumn Period, so it is abbreviated in Jin. Shanxi occupies an area of 156,000 square kilometers (about 60,000 square miles) and has a population of over 32 million, including its minority ethnic population. Its capital is Taiyuan City.

When to go

Being at a high altitude, Shanxi Province has a cold and dry climate and has an annual rainfall of between 400-600 millimeters. The province is also frequently plagued by sandstorms, especially in the spring, so it is often useful to bring along both sunglasses and a hat when visiting. Generally speaking, the provinces climate is the best between May and October.

History

Shanxi is one of the birth places of Chinese civilizations with a long history and traditional culture. As early as one hundred million years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese lived and propagated in this region. Legend tells us that the Yellow Emperor, founder of the Chinese nation, once lived in Shanxi for a certain period. Today, many Neolithic sites from that period can still be seen dotted across the vast expanse of the province.

What to see

Shanxi is endowed with an abundance of cultural sites from its long history. Most of the ancient structures were built before the Liao and Song Dynasties. So it is the reason why Shanxi is often called the Chinese Ancient Architecture Museum. The more obvious of these include: the Buddhist wonder of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, the ancient city of Pingyao which was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997, the oldest and tallest ancient wooden pagoda in China, the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County and the remote Shuanglin and Jinci Temples, which are well worth the long journeys for the visitors.

Of course, there are a number of natural magnificent and beautiful places that can also be seen in Shanxi. The most famous of them include Wutai Mountain with the longest and most prestigious history in the four most well-known Buddhist holy lands of China, the whistling rage of the Yellow Rivers Kettle Spout waterfalls (Hukou Waterfalls) and one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China - Mt Hengshan.

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, its a period to honour and to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.

Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.

Hello everybody. My name is Stone. I come from Sichuan province in China.

I am very happy to come here to study with you.When I arrived at this school three days ago, I fell in love with it.It is so beautiful and exciting here, and everyone is kind to me especially Kim.This class feels just like one big family to me.

I’m interested in sports, music and mountain climbing.I also enjoy playing soccer. I would love to play with you sometime.I hope I can become your friend soon. Thank you very much.

American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.

The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.

There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans dont use one, because obviously this greatly complicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implement(器具) is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.

Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save it for the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).

I have a pen friend, Li Xiang. Li Xiang is twelve years old and he comes from Beijing. We like the same magazine and get the information from it. He likes playing football as I do. We share our experience about playing football. For example, I was punished by mother because I was late for home after class. He once got No.1 of a football match in his city. Besides, we talk much about football clubs and stars. Sometimes, we discuss a passage in that magazine we both like. It’s really funny.

我有一个笔友，他的名字叫李想。他今年12岁，是北京人。我们都喜欢一本杂志，也是通过那本杂志认识的。李想和我一样，都喜欢踢足球。我们分享彼此关于踢足球的经历。比如，我曾因为踢球晚回家而被妈妈惩罚，他曾得到过市里足球比赛的第一名。此外，我们还会讨论足球俱乐部和足球明星等。有的时候，我们也会讨论我们喜欢的那本杂志上的文章。这真的很有趣。

What day is it?

今天星期几?

Its Wednesday.

今天星期三。

What do you have on Wednesdays?

星期三你们都有什么课?

We have English, computer and P.E.

我们有英语，计算机和体育。

I like Wednesdays.

我喜欢星期三。

Tomorrow is Friday.

明天星期五。

What do you do on Saturdays?

星期六你都干什么?

I watch TV.

我看电视。

I love Saturdays.

我喜欢星期六。

What about you?

你呢?

I do my homework.

我做我的家庭作业。

"I now declare the rules of the game: a man hides a few things, and a few others go and hide them," said the town. We drew a lot and finally decided to hide three coke bottle caps from our cousin. The cousin pushed us out of the room and hid things by herself... After a while, the cousin came out with a smile and said, "hide it, you cant find it!" We swarmed in, and I thought: the easiest place to hide is probably the most secluded place. So, I will seriously every corner to find it again, did not, in the look at the kid sister, drill under the bed, their tails on the outside, groping hands in it, no, she just want to stand up, "alas!" The little sister cried, and she cried, and she stood up under the bed and hit the bed.

So she stopped the game. Ah! One less opponent, but the cousin is also difficult to deal with, see her in the closet to each piece of clothing to turn over, wow! Not yet! But where exactly? I glanced around, and then I noticed a shiny object behind the curtain.

I pulled the curtain aside. Coke bottle caps! I was happy to jump three feet high, my cousin saw, a look of unconvinced. But shes picking up speed. Look for it here. I made haste, and under the bed and then watch out of the reach of little younger sister, and I found a coke bottle caps, my heart even more excited to get up, then I have found in a book under the last bottle. "Shout! It took me a lot of work! I sighed and said, my cousin, my cousin and my sister are all happy for me. The cousin said, "you are very observant!" I heard it, I was very happy.

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.