参观故宫英语作文经典20篇

Bike-sharing has been advocated by the government in recent years. It

offers help to the people who is in a hurry to reach the destination soon, the

more important is to let more people back to the simple traffic style and reduce

private cars, so as to protect our environment. But some people make use of this

policy to take advantages of others. News report that some middle age men and

women force people to give charge after finishing using bike-sharing, because

they look after the bikes. It is known to all that bike-sharing is free, which

is the convenience government offers to the public. It is ridiculous to charge.

When the news exposed, the public know the truth and the ones who take charge

are criticized. Under the government’s supervision, now bike-sharing is more

popular.

Dear Sirs,

In reply to your advertisement in on Qinnan Daily of May 6, I respectfully offer my services for the position of secretary.

I am twenty years old and going to graduate from vocational school. I am a business management major. Besides, Ive learned English for more than eight years and I am familiar with computer operation. In the last three years, Ive been one of the editors of our student newspaper, which makes me experienced in writing and editing. I do well in my study and my scores are outstanding in my class. From above-mention, I am sure that I will be qualified for secretary.

I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to further discuss my qualifications and your needs. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely yours,

Zhang Hong

Sunflower is a kind of beautiful flower. It has golden color and a round face. It looks like the sun， that is why people call it sunflower. Besides， it looks like a warm smile， too. When you look at it， it seems smile to you. It can bring warm to people. So， I like sunflower very much. During the day， its face turns to the sun all the time. When autumn comes， it is ripe. Therefore， we can eat its seeds. They are very delicious.向日葵是一种美丽的花。它有着灿灿的金色和圆圆的脸蛋，看上去很像太阳，这就是为什么人们叫它向日葵。而且，它看起来像一个温暖的笑脸。当你看着它的时候，它好像在对你微笑。它能够给人们带来温暖。所以，我很喜欢向日葵。白天，它总是面向太阳。秋天来了，它就成熟了。因此，我们可以吃它的种子，它的种子很好吃。

People always believe that when there is pressure, there is motivation, it

seems that pressure equals motivation. We need pressure, it makes us keep move

on, with pressure, we know what to do and how to fulfill our targets. Without

pressure, we are just like a child, never grow up, having no idea of

responsibility. It is pressure that makes us become mature, we should have

pressure, it indeed equals motivation at the certain level. While having too

much pressure is bad for our mind, it is just like a burden that presses our

mind, making people hard to take a breath. Nowadays the case of people commit

suicide is increasing, the reason is that people can’t take a breath from much

pressure, they feel there is no hope in life, no matter what they do, life just

frustrates them. We should have the right attitude towards pressure.

假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记述你和同学们向学校提推荐，解决自行车存放问题的过程。

注意： 1。 词数不少于 60。

2。 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

范文：

There was a problem with the parking place for bikes in our school， I noticed the entrance was small and almost blocked。 So my classmates and I had a discussion and wrote a report。 Then we went to meet the schoolmaster in his office and gave the report to him。 He accepted our suggfestions。 Soon afterwards， a second entrance was opened to the parking place。 Now it is easy to park our bikes there。

为了增广见闻，老师为我们办了一次春游──去故宫博物院参观。我们搭上车 ，一路上我们从车内眺望窗外，发现了一幢与众不同的建筑物。屋顶的形状长得很像庙宇，但是青绿色的。一开始我还以为要来这里拜拜，像泄了气的皮球似的，并垂头丧气的下了车。

我们在又长又宽的楼梯上走着，我走得汗流浃背，好像这阶梯永无尽头一样。好在，不必爬得很高，就可以到“庙门口”了。我从室外往里头一看，发现里面根本没有什么神像，看起来比较像是博物馆。左顾右盼后才看到在一面牌子上写着“故宫博物院”几个字，而且门外也有好多人在排队等着参观呢!一走进院里，第一个投映在我眼前的是古代战争时所使用的头盔，虽然已经过了好几百年了，但它们仍金光闪闪。

接着我们继续向前走，看到了以前的书法，那些优雅的文字就像美丽的天鹅似的，姿态万千。还有古代的画，画上的景色栩栩如生，就像真的一样。到了古埃及区，见到了人人惧怕的木乃伊，那恐怖的模样真让人心惊肉跳。走着走着，忽然发现我们迷路了，这使得我们心慌意乱。一路上我们还看见了一块朽木，我心想：“这种破破烂烂的东西竟然也敢摆出来展览?”在一阵慌乱之中，发现了老师，才让我们喘了一口气。我们深怕再次迷路，所以赶紧溜出了“迷宫博物院”。

结束了这趟旅程，我回忆起来，真是非常的惭愧。不管怎么说，院里的物品都是我们祖先留下来的珍贵宝物，实在不能说是破破烂烂的东西呀!

The Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on

the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival， everyone in the family

will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front

of the house.

On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away

from their homes will try to come back for the union. After dinner， people will

light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with

their own toy lanterns happily.

At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon

while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can

look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that

there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To

protect the frighten the dragon away.

中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日，在八月十五号。在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子，把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的，灯笼挂在屋前。

晚上有一顿美餐，离家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后，人们点亮灯笼，一般是红色的圆灯笼。孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯笼。

晚上月亮又圆又大，人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去，展望未来。据说天上有一条龙，它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮，孩子们要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。

The summer holiday is going to the end. I am happy in the holiday, because

I do a lot of things. Now, the new term is coming, so I must make a plan for it.

In the new term, I must work harder. I did not do very well in the last term.

Therefore, I want to make progress in the new term. Besides, I want to do some

more readings. Books are the best resources to get knowledge. So I want to make

good use of books to improve myself. Finally, do exercise regularly. A healthy

body is the basic of other things. I must take part in exercise to keep healthy.

And doing exercise makes me relaxed and happy. I hope all my plans can come true

in the new term.

As it is known to us, Ping An was chosen to perform on the CCTV Spring

Festival Gala with his melodious and strong voice. Also, he had a great

achievement on this dream stage. Although he hadnt gain the popularity among

the audience at the beginning, he always kept his dream in mind and never gave

it up. It is his success that brings home to me the power of dream.

A life without a dream is a life without a sun. Therefore, in no

circumstances can we give up our dream. Unquestionably, dreams are of great

importance. For one thing, a person having a dream will be considered to be more

responsible and unswerving. For another, in pursuit of our dream, there is a

chance that good habits and positive attitudes can be formed, contributing to

our success.

As for our students, what we should do is to choose a healthy seed and

plant it on fertilized soil. Firstly, knowledge is the foundation of dream

realization, so we should spend much time in study to enrich ourselves.

Secondly, it also takes perseverance and confidence if we want to realize our

dreams. Last but not least, we should not be craven and timorous but brave when

we meeting obstacles.

Almost every kid will be asked the question of whom do you like better,

your mother or your father. There is no doubt that mother is very great as she

gives you the life, while father is also of importance. Father’s Day is invented

to show gratitude to fathers. Its coming has a story.

The first person to propose the idea of Father’s Day was Mrs. Dodd in 1906.

She wanted a special day to honor her father, whose wife passed away many years

ago. At first, Mrs. Dodd wanted Father’s Day to be celebrated on her father’s

birthday, but later President Johnson signed a paper to declare the third Sunday

of June was Father’s Day. Since then, it became an international day. It is not

only to honor one’s father, but also the fathers of all the people.

Father’s Day reminds people to show gratitude to their fathers, who loves

you all the time and no matter what difficulty you meet, he will stand by your

side. So however busy we are, we should call them now and then.

When someone asks me: What is your Chinese dream? I will answer it without

any hesitation: to be a good doctor. The reason why I want to be a doctor is

that I want to save people’s lives as possible as I can. When I was young, I had

a terrible car accident. Thanks to the doctors, they brought me back to life.

From then on, to be a good doctor has always been an inspiration to me. I will

study hard to make sure that my dream will come true in the future.

Chinese dream is made up of every ordinary people’s dreams. We should do

our best to make our dream come true.

With the development of information industry, there are more and more

people shopping online. Shopping online means shopping on the Internet without

going out. Therefore, on the one hand, shopping online has its advantage. One

the other hand, shopping on line also has its disadvantage.

First of all, shopping online is very convenient. People can buy thing only

they have a computer, which can surf the Internet. They don’t need to go out on

a rainy day or under the shining sun. Meanwhile, people can save their time to

finish their work or other things. On the contrary, as people just decide what

they buy depending on the picture placed by the shop owner, they can’t see the

quality before they receive the product. Sometimes people maybe buy the things

are in low quality, or some fake products.

In general, shopping online has its advantage and disadvantage. In my

opinion, I prefer shopping online than shopping on the street.

We can see such signs as “No Smoking” in some public places, which is a

kind of measure taken to ban smoking in public places. However, concerning about

this measures, different people hold divergent opinions. The smokers protest

against that it is a kind of action to deprive of their free right, while the

non-smokers are in favor of banning smoking in public places.

In my opinion, I am inclined to support the latter one—smoking should be

banned in public places. There are reasons accounting for my point. For one

thing, people will be harmed by the second-hand smoking if someone smokes in

public places, especially the infants and children. For another, banning smoking

in public places is also beneficial to the smokers. If they are banned to smoke

in public places, they will restrain themselves from smoking and smoke less. In

the meantime, it is a contribution to reduce the air pollution.

Therefore, I advocate that smoking in public places should be banned so

that we can breathe the fresh air and suffer less from the second-hand smoking.

Let’s work together to create and sustain out green and fresh environment.

Everyone will have some unforgettable memories. These big and small

memories are like the shining stars in my memory, and one of them is the first

time I read science books.

It was the second day of the summer vacation for Daban. It was sunny and a

little sultry in the morning. My father said to me happily, "son, today my

father will take you to climb the mountain and enjoy the beautiful scenery on

the top of the mountain." I readily agreed. So we came to the famous Dayang

mountain in Dongzhu.

My father and I went to the foot of the mountain, looked up, and could not

see the top of Dayang mountain. My father said, "climb to the top of the

mountain and you can enjoy the most beautiful scenery in the world." I look

forward to my father.

At the beginning of climbing, I was full of energy and very relaxed. But

when I climbed to the middle of the mountain, my body became heavier and heavier

like lead. Dad saw me like this, so we rested for a while, and continued to

climb up. After a long time, I saw that I was exhausted when I was near the top

of the mountain. I begged dad to take me down the mountain. Dad encouraged me:

"hold on a little longer, and soon I will be at the top of the mountain Well,

the ancients said, "you will be at the top of the mountain and see all the small

mountains." dont you want to experience this feeling? " I gasped and said, "Dad,

I really cant climb. I cant move my legs anymore. I want to go back..." Dad

helplessly took me down the mountain.

At that time, I didnt stick to it. Unfortunately, I missed the beautiful

scenery at the top of the mountain. Ive learned that if I do anything, work hard

and stick to it to the end, there will be gains. Study is also, persist in the

end will achieve good results.

Earthquake is one of the most severe natural disasters. Its shaking of the

ground caused by the sudden breaking and shifting of large sections of Earths

rocky ourter shell. Its results can be very horrible. The Wenchuan Earthquake in

2008 and Japan Earthquake in 2011 are the most severe earthquakes in recent

years, causing huge casualties and property losses. But earthquakes almost never

kill people directly. Many deaths and injuries in earthquaking result from

falling objects and the collapse of buildings

Part ofthe pleasure of reading

Reading,letevery day Ispentan interesting andhappytimes,and not asyouimagineddull as ditch water,let mefeel a kind ofunique joy!

"Books of human nutrition".Read a good bookthanoverten good friends.Every nightafter work,I took out thebooks they like,justeat with appetitelooks.Reading,let melearn a lot of knowledge,worry,quietlyreading a book,let theheart troubles,withreading timeslipped away;when happy,happyreading a book,let his moodmore cheerful.Readingmakes mefeel a kind ofunique!Maybesome people would say:"of yourspare timewithout a breakah,haveread a Book?"Then I tell you:"dontplay computer games,watch TVis rest,reading is also agoodrest way!"In the reading ofthe human brain andthe body willhave a good rest,readingwithout too manydistracting thoughts,just know,what is good,what is bad,whatto do,what notto do.As long asa little timeevery day weout ofreading,thevision and knowledge.You will beimproved,and the timewill not bewasted,because I think,a waste of timeis the mostregretthing in life.

So,let us act together now,pick up your book,together to findthe uniquepleasurein reading!

阅读的快乐

阅读,让我每天度过有趣而又快乐的美好时光,并不是像大家所想象的枯燥无味,让我感受到一种独特的快乐!

“书籍是人类的营养品”.读一本好书胜过交十个好朋友.每天晚上做完作业,我拿出自己喜欢的书籍,就津津有味的看起来.阅读,让我学到许多知识,烦恼时,安静的读一本书,让心中的烦恼,随着读书的时间悄然离去;欢乐时,快乐的读一本书,让自己的心情更加的开朗.阅读让我感受到一种独特的快乐!也许有些人会说：“你业余时间不休息啊,就一直看书啊?”那我告诉你：“不一定玩电脑、看电视就是休息,阅读也是一种很好休息的方式!”在阅读中人的大脑和身体也会得到很好的休息,阅读时没有太多的杂念,只知道,什么是好的,什么是坏的,什么可以去做,什么不可以去做.只要我们每天挤出一点时间阅读,那你的视野和知识面就会得到提高,而时间就不会白白浪费了,因为我觉得,浪费时间是一生中最后悔的事情.

所以,让我们一起行动起来吧,拿起你的书,一起在阅读中寻找那独特的快乐吧!

I have to say that music really has a strong attractiveness to me.

Naturally, everyone can choose suitable music to listen to. However, when you

find a kind of music which can bring happiness to you, you will be surprised and

become excited. Music has a magical energy, and it can help people gain good

mood in a great extent.

When you feel sad, you can have a try to listen to soothing music. At

first, soothing music will let you calm down. You will find that you will play

much attention to the music, and then your sadness can be decreased. You will

enter music ocean. You can experience a baptism of your heart. It does not

matter that when you listen to soothing music and you want to cry, you should

just follow yourself feeling to have a thorough release. Music will give you

enough encourage to overcome difficulties.

Music also can double your happiness and arouse the fighting. For instance,

when you solve some very difficult situations and gain success eventually, you

will have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will witness your success.

You will feel satisfied. Music lets you remember the glorious moment and cherish

your success. Music can give you unlimited motivation to achieve goals，because

you still want to listen to glorious music.

In addition, music includes a lot of useful knowledge. People can learn

precious knowledge from music. Because there is different music, we can find out

that different nations have different music thoughts to express. And from music,

we can listen to music culture. Music culture will give you a deeper

understanding to learn foreign culture, such as foreign language, foreign

history and foreign traditional customs and so on. In a word, music has an

important effect on promoting society development.

Music indeed has a magical power to help people and society develop. I

believe that music will still continue to bring us many surprises. As the

development of society, great music will become more important.

Recently, we have little time to keep close contact with nature. We spend

too much time on study or working. We almost forget that how green the grass is,

how beautiful the flowers are, and how sweetly the birds are singing outside our

windows. A saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". It means

that we need to relax ourselves and go out to breathe more fresh air. We can

also climb a hill in the suburbs.Its good for our health.

Lets go outing.

Cars and Air Pollution

Too many cars have created a lot of serious problems in our world. Besides congestion, accidents and fast fuel consumption, cars are responsible for a good part of air pollution in big cities. All the time, they are pumping huge amounts of waste gases into the atmosphere. These gases are very harmful, causing disease and even death.

One possible solution is to design and develop clean cars and clean fuels. In Shanghai, some of the public buses begin to run on natural gas, which does not give off as much carbon dioxide as the petrol. But it may take decades for the new models of clean cars completely replace the traditional ones. Another solution is to develop modern public transportation systems and restrict the use of private cars. If the price of petrol rises constantly and the public vehicles are efficient and convenient enough, most people will not buy private cars. And the total number of cars in big cities will reduce greatly.

On the whole, the elimination of air pollution needs the collective efforts from the government, the public and the environmentalists.

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.

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