描写北京故宫的英语作文(合集20篇)

Beijing has a history of over 3,000 years with a population of nearly 13

million and a lot of places of interest around it. In recent years, the city of

Beijing has been advancing very quickly. You can see more museums, parks an

shopping centers here and there. More and more highways and overhead walkways

have been built up. Whats more, a lot more buses which burn cleaner fuel, such

as CNG or LPG, are put into use, to prevent air from being polluted. Water in

the rivers is clean again. Wherever you go, you can see green trees, grass and

beautiful flowers. All these make life in Beijing more convenient, pleasant and

colorful. Beijing is still advancing to the bright future.

大家好，很高兴认识大家。今天我来做你们的导游，大家可以叫我程导或者小程。今天。我将带你们去游玩故宫。

故宫是明朝和清朝两代的皇宫，被誉为世界五大宫之首。它又叫紫禁城。“紫”是天上君王居住宫殿的颜色，那皇上自要与“紫”字沾边，这样才能显示出皇家气概。“禁”是指这里守卫森严，只要是没有得到皇上召见的私自入城就一律砍头。就连大臣也不放过，下手一点都不留情。所以这里又称紫禁城。

故宫南北长960米，东西宽750米，全面积有72万平方米。有592年历史，从1407年到1420年玩工，历时十余年。施工中征集全国著名工匠10万多名，民夫100万，所用的材料也都是来自全国各地，可想而知，当时建筑故宫多么辛苦啊!现在我们来到的是故宫博物管。下面剩下的时间大家去游赏，请带好随身物品，不要乱丢垃圾，有孩子的看好孩子。好!解散!

很高兴可以和大家想见，如果有缘，希望下次还可以再做你们的导游，祝你们玩得开心，一路平安!再见!

老舍笔下，济南的冬天是温晴的。可在祖国的首都——北京，那儿的冬天也是别有一番韵味呢！

北京的冬天是寒气逼人的。街边的冷风不停地刮着，似一把把锋利的小刀，直刺得你脸生疼。可如此寒冷的天气，竟也不下一点儿雪。太阳虽然照耀着大地，可就连那阳光也是冷的。冷的奇异，冷的安心。

北京的冬天是绿的。北京的街道两边大多都种着松树，所以走在大街上，依然能看到的绿色。甚至有些小草，都忍不住探出头来，枯草中透出点点绿色。这片绿色，为寒风呼啸的北京带来一丝生机。

北京的冬天是冷的，又是热的。寒冷没有挡住人们的脚步，男男女女，老老少少纷纷走出家门，来到城市中。看，前门大街上，人来人往川流不息，人们热情的交流着。古老的城市，热闹的人群，人人脸上都带着笑容。北京，这座古老的城市，也被人们的热情所感染了。

北京的冬天，冷也冷出一番滋味。寒冷竟使水面都接了厚厚的冰，人们在冰上行走比在地面上稳当。坐在冰车上，手拿着冰叉扎在冰面上，一点一点地向前滑行。滑出了笑声，滑出了别样乐趣。回头再看看那些熟练地滑冰者，他们全副武装，冰刀滑过冰面，滑出了一片优美的舞姿，滑出了一片心中的乐土。

寒冷的冬天、常绿的冬天、热情的冬天、欢乐的冬天交织在一起。织出了北京的冬天。

I like the flowers in full bloom in the spring, because of her beauty; like the sun like the fire, because of her enthusiasm; also like snowflakes flying in the winter, because shes lovely; but I love the fruit of the fall.

Fall to the harvest season is also coming, we came to the countryside orchard picking fruit.

Into the orchard, the first thing that catches the eye is the apple tree, one by one like a small ball so much apple red glowing, like a childs smiling face; pears like and Apple like the United States, one by one off the white coat , Exposed Huang Chengcheng body; persimmon is not far behind, clawed leaves, revealing the fat body, hanging on the branches, from a distance, like a light lantern; a string of golden banana like a necklace wear In the banana tree "neck", the banana tree dressed more beautiful. The most striking is the grapes, clusters of grapes, green and green, like a piece of agate like, shining charming glory, so you can not help but shed saliva. Went to the grapevine, tiptoe, take off a big grape, peel the skin, to see the transparent crystal like meat, people can not wait to put the meat into the mouth, gently a bite, that juice immediately Overflowing mouth, really sweet ah! People eat the first, but also want to eat second, third ... ...

At this time, the side of the children have picked up a basket full of fruit, I do not want to show weakness, learn their way, began to pick up, but I like everything, had to pick each fruit, the sky has been In the evening we are happy and happy.

Autumn orchard is really linger!

Nowadays, people prefer to travel by air. This is because air travel has

some advantages. First of all, airplane, the miracle created by man, is the

fastest means of transport. It takes the least time for one to travel by air

from one place to another. Besides,travelingby air is convenient and

comfortable. Friendly air hostesses are affectionate and considerate. They look

after passengers all the way to their destinations. In addition, on long

distance flights there are films and music for people to entertain

themselves.

As a popular saying goes, "Everything has two sides." The same is true of

air travel. It has some disadvantages, too. For one thing, air travel is

expensive. The average Chinese are not rich enough to afford expensive air

fares. So they prefer to take trains, which save a lot of money. For another,

although passengers are assured of their safety, they are still worried about it

during the journey because flying always involves more or less risk.

As far I am concerned, the advantages mentioned above exceed the

disadvantages. If I were given choice between traveling by air and by train, I

would certainly prefer the former, especially the long distance journey, because

time is the most important thing I have to take into consideration whatever I

do.

I went to Beijing more than eight times. Beijing is the capital of China. It’s a big city. I am very familiar with Beijing. It takes an hour and forty minutes from Nantong to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings in Beijing. It’s a modern city. My family visited the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Palace Museum, the Beihai Park, the Space Museum, etc. I went to the countryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. I went shopping in WangFuJing. I bought lots of souvenirs and other things. I like eating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. Don’t miss the Beijing Duck. It is really nice.

In the corner of my living room, stood a small fish tank. Fish tank four or four square, four walls like a trapped that goldfish. Fish tank is very small, can only accommodate two small goldfish. Since the other goldfish died, the rest of the goldfish no partner.

My family sometimes changed water for goldfish, but many times forgot to feed it, but it never starved to death. Although I rarely see it, but every time I see it, it is still very pleasant to swim. Sometimes, it saw me, more in the water with the tail, as if very happy.

One night I could not sleep, out of the living room to find something dry, but pay attention to the fish that fish. It swim alone, never stopped. This goldfish, even in such a harsh environment without any biological friends companion, lack of food, may not be sufficient space for the event. But also feel that this is a miracle: it is always healthy and happy to live. Small goldfish have succumbed to all the factors that are detrimental to it, the requirements of the living environment is just a box of water.

If this goldfish compared to people, perhaps, it is a poor, livelihood is enough to make ends meet, but he is still optimistic to live. Maybe he will look forward to the future, and the world really have such a person. Now, the society is rapidly changing, willpower weaker can not stand the changes in society, so self-mutilation reported when heard. Do not we even a goldfish is not it?

Work in this society, in addition to stress wisdom, but also need enough resilience - who knows you will not be demoted, deducted artificial, or even dismissed? As the goldfish, the harsh environment is not the same The most important thing is, how will you go to face if everyone is faced with difficulties and obstacles. Can think of the spirit of the goldfish, social negative emotions can be greatly reduced. Can everyone smile to face adversity, is not it more effective than escape?

My grandmother is seventy years of age who has a head of gray hair。 My grandmother get along well with her neighbours。

She is a kind—hearted person and is always ready to help others， so whenever people get into difficulties， they often go to her for help。 She is respected by all her neighbours。

My gradmother enjoys watching Beijing Opera on TV and she shows much interest in the Dialogue of CCTV。 She leads a simple but happy life。

She often tells me to be honest。 She expects me to work hard at my lessons and be a useful person to the society in the future。 I love my granny very much。

I have a lovely puppy. It is a squirrel dog, it is a woman. Its name is "Chi Chi", she has been 3 months, and it is in the annual Christmas Eve birthday.

Zhizhis body is about 27 centimeters long. Its hair is gray and long, plush, feels like a mass of cotton. Its head and the ball is almost the size of a pair of black and watery eyes like two glass balls. Tail is thick and short.

Chi Chi can like me. Morning, I went to school, the dog always bowed his head, as if unwilling to let me go like. I went to it and said to it: "I want to go to school, and then play with you at noon!" After school, my first thing is to feed Chi Chi, every time I was holding the food to stay in it The head, she will use two legs to the ground, the body upright, the food swallowed, finished. I said, "Handshake." It put the little claws on my hand and kissed me earnestly. When I sleep, I sometimes use my hot tongue to lick me up.

I like puppy Chi Chi.

北京之旅第二站是天安门和故宫，我和爸妈一大早就来到了天安门广场，但天安门前已经有很多人在排队了，没想到他们来的这么早。

还没到天安门前，远远就能够看见天安门城楼上挂着一幅毛同志的相片，整个天安们城楼看上去非常雄伟。

走进天安门，首先看到的是端门，再进去，看到的是午门，走进午门就是故宫了，所以说午门就是故宫正大门了，进故宫需要另外买票，其他是免费的。走进午门，庞大的故宫建筑群就映入我们的眼帘了。

故宫很大，有三大殿，有三宫六院，有御花园等，最引人注目的非三大殿莫属，分别是太和殿，中和殿以及保和殿，听爸爸说，太和殿是古代皇上举行生日，婚礼等大典的地方，而且是三大殿中最大的殿。中和殿是皇上去太和殿举行大典时休息的地方。保和殿则是每年除夕皇上赐宴的地方。

再往里走就是御花园了，御花园是宫廷里皇上后妃休息、游赏的地方。里面有罕见的白皮松，还有一棵奇怪的松树，它有两个树根但是只有一个树干，还有经历了千年，树身像铠甲一样的千年古树，花园里还有很多假山和盆景，在这里就不一一介绍了。

故宫真的很大，很快半天的游玩就过去了，我们也要离开故宫了，真的有点恋恋不舍。

描写家乡的变化初中英语范文篇一

Changes in My Hometown

My hometown used to be a backward place, because it was deep in the mountains, where there were no nice buildings and the roads were so narrow and dirty. People lived a poor life.

我的家乡过去是一个落后的地方，因为它在深山里面，那里没有漂亮的建筑物，公路也是又小又脏的。人们的生活都很贫苦。

While in recent years, with the development of society, my hometown has been greatly changed. Now the roads are getting much wider. There are many different cars and buses running on the roads. Trees and flowers are planted on the two sides of the roads. They can provide us with oxygen and fight against the pollutants. So the sky becomes cleaner and brighter. Whats more, you can see many modern and beautiful buildings everywhere, and the living conditions are improving. People are enjoying a comfortable life now.

近年来，随着社会的发展，我的家乡发生了很大的变化。现在的路是越来越大了。有许多不同的汽车和公交车在道路上运行。道路两边种满了树木和鲜花。他们可以为我们提供氧气，与污染物抗争。现在天空变得更清洁、更明亮。更重要的是，你随处可见到许多现代和美丽的建筑，人们的生活条件也得到了改善。现在人们在享受舒适的生活。

描写家乡的变化初中英语范文篇二

Great changes have taken place in my hometown for recent years.big department stores and factories are everywhere. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the big streets.with the development of the society，The life of the us is greatly improved.

I used to live in a small house and small houese surround the whole city. the qaulity of our life is very low,people were always worried that they would have no money for using or they can not get what they like. we could seldom see any foreign tourists.

But now, with the support of the government . My hometown has developed quickly and has changed a lot.people are living in a rich and high quality society,almost each person has a car,the transportation is convinient,meanwhile. more and more high buildings are being built which brings our hometown a new look. many wonderful places have been opened up that attracts many tourists.

Also,the people in my hometown are getting busier, everywhere you can see peoples footprints.

描写家乡的变化初中英语范文篇三

In recent years, my hometown has changed greatly, because of new road and railway has been built. Previously, my hometown was closed to the outside world. Several years ago, the government paid much money on changing the basic equipment of my hometown. Building new roads is the biggest project. It took about half a year to build the new road. After finish, people have more methods to make money. And we have more communication with other places, which is a good way to develop ourselves. About two years latter, the railway was built. After that, there have been more and more changes happened in my hometown. Now, my hometown has developed into a big and rich town. People live a happy life.

最近几年，由于建成新的公路和铁路，我的家乡发生了很大的变化。以前，我的家乡与外界隔绝。几年前，政府花了大量资金改变家乡的基本设备。新建公路是最大的工程。新建公路大约花了半年时间。公路建成后，人们找到了更多赚钱的方法。而且，我们可以与其他地方互通，这是我们发展自己的好方法。大约两年后，铁路修好了。从那以后，我的家乡发生了越来越多的变化。现在，我的家乡已经变成一个富裕的大城镇。人民过着幸福的生活。

The summer is coming. I like summer very much.

In summer days, I can do a lot of things, such as swimming, eating ice cream, drinking cold water. Besides, the summer holiday is my favorite time.

I don’t have to go to school in holidays, so I can play with my friends. I can travel with my parents, too.

I want to go many places, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen and so on. This is why I love summer.

Last summer holiday I went to Paris with my parents by plane. First we visited the Arc and Triomphe, and we took many photos. Then we went to the Notre Dame, which is very wonderful. We saw a lot of interesting things. Finally we came to the Eiffel tower, and there were so many people, but they were all friendly. After that we sat on the grass, looking at the view. We felt very happy.

去年暑假我和父母坐飞机去了巴黎。我们先参观了阿尔克和凯旋门，我们拍了很多照片。然后我们去了巴黎圣母院，那里很壮观。我们看到很多有趣的东西。最后我们来到埃菲尔铁塔，那里人很多，不过他们都很友好。之后，我们坐在草地上，看风景。我们都非常高兴。

What a pleasant trip! I will never forget it.

真是一个愉快的旅行!我永远都不会忘记的。

来北京的第一站，是故宫，故宫又叫紫禁城，是明、清两个朝代的皇宫，是皇帝居住和办公的地方。

穿过午门，你会看到一条“金水河”，河面上架有五座精致的汉白玉石桥，叫“金水桥”，中央的一座为主桥，为帝后行走专用。

走过“金水桥”，放眼望去，金黄色的琉璃瓦顶、朱红的城墙和柱子、在阳光的`照耀下尽显其豪华壮丽、气势磅礴的古典神韵。

来到太和门前，两尊铜狮格外显眼，东面的为雄性，其右腿逗弄一只绣球，俗称“狮子滚绣球”，象征皇权布满全球，西面的为雌性，其左腿逗弄一只小狮子，体现了母爱的温暖，象征皇嗣昌盛，许多 游客都会在此拍照留念。

再往前走，就看到了最高等级的太和殿，它建在三层汉白玉铺成的8米多的台基上，形式尊贵、面积最大、高度最高、装饰豪华，重大的仪式都在这里举行。

向太和殿的东北方向走去，有一处著名的景观——九龙壁。九龙壁是一种琉璃照壁，上面雕有九条巨龙，各戏一颗宝珠，色彩亮丽、神态各异、翻腾在海水山石之间，身姿矫健，活灵活现。

最后来到御花园，我们看到了久负盛名的京城名柏“连理柏”，为清乾隆间种植，园里还有许多古树，姿态奇绝……

故宫的美景真是太多啦，说也说不尽，有机会我还会再来细细游赏。

My family has a lively and lovely puppy, his name is little bit.

It round the head with a pair of ears like apricot, feels furry, a pair of bright and flexible big eyes, to the evening, but turned into two small bulbs, round shiny, a gold Yellow hair shiny, smooth like oiled like oil, very beautiful, golden claws like four plum blossom, he ran up a little voice did not, that is how the matter, I ran to ask my mother, My mother told me that it had a soft mat under the soles of the feet, so he did not have a little sound, the most interesting is that it is a small tail, always leisurely to shake, it cried like a mighty The fighter, it naughty up very cute.

I remember one time I was writing homework, the dog ran to me, put my blue ink to the spilled. I am very angry, I just want to pick up the broom to beat him, it wang called up, it seems to me: "Im sorry, you do not hit me, I am not intentional, please forgive me." Look at this scene , I put the broom down, it seems to know that I do not hit it in my legs and walked around, as if to thank me.

Look, this is my dog - little bit. It is very cute, I love it very much.

Love AutumnI like autumn. I love the falling leaves in autumn. They cover the ground with golden yellow. When you walk on them, they rustle beneath your feet, just as if they are singing to you.

I know trees get ready for their next years rebirth by doing this, so I enjoy them without any sad feelings. The fields in autumn are fruity. People are easy to have good mood in a harvest season. So cant autumn sights bring happiness to us as well?

After school, I can not wait and Chen Xiaobin go to his house to see the dog, a see the dog, my heart was thinking: this little dog really cute, really want to touch it. Its body is about 20 cm long, the head and tail color is black and dark, the body is milky white. Round head, chubby body, round and big eyes sparkling, really like two glass balls. The ears of the triangle are sometimes bowed and sometimes raised.

Xiaobins mother put the index finger into his mouth, the puppy thought it had milk to drink, and relish the "milk" with relish, and in a moment it spit it out because it feels strange. It saw outsiders, like a shy little girl, at the door to play around. Aunt picked up the puppy, I could not help but touched it, feeling it like a cotton quilt as soft, but also like my home that most lovely plush dog.

It is really a loving puppy it!

At the beginning of May each year five China is the most traditional festival, the Dragon Boat festival.

In the festival, we get up early in the morning. Suddenly, I heard a smell of fragrance. I ran over to see it. What a big pot of zongzi! How sweet it is! Greedy dead me! Look at the next pot, wow! There is also a big basin of snowy white duck eggs and garlic. It looks lovely and I want to eat. Mom said, "hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth." After I washed, I sat around the table. Dad put rice dumplings, duck eggs, eggs and garlic on the table. Our family finished our breakfast happily and cheerfully.

Then I went to the vegetable market with my father and mother to buy rice field eel and amaranth, and I asked my mother why I want to buy these things. My mother said, "this is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival". I still dont understand, but nodded. Later, my mother took me to buy some green grass to go home. Give me a bath with wormwood soaked mother, I asked why the mother with wormwood bath? Mother said, "because this mosquito doesnt sting you." The mother and the rest of the ed in the door, I asked my mother why the wormwood are ed in the door? Mom said, "because this mosquito will not fly to our house."

After the bath, my mother told me that there was another name called "dolls Day" on the Dragon Boat Festival. At last, mom wore colorful knits on my hands. Today, I know a lot of knowledge about five sessions. I am so happy.

以前，我总是听爸爸说，北京是一个很美丽的城市，于是，我非常希望爸爸能带我去一次北京。今年暑假，在我的再三请求之下，爸爸终于同意带我去北京玩了！在北京，我去了很多著名的旅游景点，有天文馆，天安门，科技馆，北海……其中最让我记忆深刻，难以忘怀的就是那金碧辉煌的故宫了。

故宫给我的第一印象是“大”。从天安门城楼向北望去，整个金光闪闪的故宫便完整地映入了我的眼帘。哇！好大啊！只见一排排宫殿整齐有序地排着队，仿佛是一个个列队等待检阅的士兵。我试图数数有多少间宫殿，却怎么也数不清。爸爸告诉我，故宫里一共有九千九百多间宫殿，怎么数得过来呢！

故宫给我的第二印象是“绚”。故宫主要有红、金、青、白四种颜色构成了它的“绚丽多彩”。红色是故宫中最多的颜色，你看，那高高的宫墙就是红色的，所有的门和柱子是红色的，就连窗户也都是红色的。故宫的金色主要出现在大大小小无数座宫殿的屋顶，在阳光下，所有的屋顶都金光闪闪，展现出故宫的皇家气派。整个故宫的地面上全都铺满了青色的石板和青灰色的砖头，踩在上面，你仿佛能够听到它们向你讲述这座城的古老故事。故宫里还有很多栏杆，许多栏杆都是由汉白玉雕砌而成，栏杆上雕刻着许许多多形态不一的龙和各种鸟兽，栩栩如生，惟妙惟肖。

故宫给我印象最深的则是摆放在宫殿前的那些大水缸了。这些大水缸直径大约能超过一米，有的是金色的，也有的是黑色的，有的地方被无数人的手抚摸过，变得明亮无比。爸爸告诉我这些大水缸叫作“太平缸”，因为故宫是木头建成的宫殿，所以非常容易着火，人们在这些太平缸里面盛满了水，时刻预备着应对不期而来的火灾。看来，这些大水缸为保护故宫出了不少力呢！

走出故宫的时候，我回头望了望那巍峨的宫墙，心里涌上了对伟大祖国的无限赞美。

Autumn girl sad to go, winter girl happy to come, we are particularly like the winter girl, but I feel the winter girl "start" a bit early.

Just this morning when the flag rose, the cold bitter, cool breeze blowing, like a sharp knife in the face like a few scraped, cold and hurt. I am busy wearing a mask, because the mask is still a little face or a lot of exposed, so I hand cover his face, his face is not cold, but the wind in the hands, hands are frozen red, and I put my hand Pocket, face cold, I have no way, who let me forget to wear gloves today! Had to warm his hand cold face. My classmates saw me blush to tell me, this time to know that the wind sister to make the bad.

I think the winter girl is not intentional, she may want to do good, but become a bad thing, we often appear this situation so we can not blame her, no one can do perfect!

When we raised the flag in the playground, the hat was wearing a hat, and the mask was covered with a mask. Standing on the stage to showcase the students braved the cold weather for our wonderful poetry recitation. As well as Hulusi performance "moonlight under the bamboo tail", melodious music. They are standing straight, like a tree tall and straight trees, I can see their faces below the stage and ears were frozen like a red apple-like, flushed, they neither wear a hat nor Wearing a jacket, must be very cold, I think they are very great people!

Winter morning, although cold, but we still like the winter, hey, this "cold happiness" to the sudden, and sometimes also can not accept!

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.

The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entrance to the forbidden City. It is also knows as Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .They also used this place for punishing officals by flogging them with sticks.

Qing emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new year. Qing Emperor Qianglong changed the original name of this announcement ceremony from ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )to avoid coincidental association with another Emperor` s name, Hongli, which was considered a taboo at that time. Qing Dynasty emperors also used this place to hold audience and for other important ceremonies. For example,when the imperial army returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperor presided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.

(After entering the Meridian Gate and standing in front of the Five Marble Bridges on Golden Water River)

Now we are inside the Forbidden City.Before we start our tour, I would like to briefly introduce you to the architectural patterns befour us .To complete this solemn, magnificent and palatial complex, a variety of buildings were arranged on a north-south axis, and 8-kilometer-long invisible line that has become an inseparable part of the City of Beijing. The Forbidden City covers roughly one –third of this central axis. Most of the important building in the Forbidden City weree arranged along this line. The design and arrangement of the palaces reflect the solemn dignity of the royal court and rigidly –stratified feudal system.

The Forbidden City is divided into an outer and an inner count.We are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer count. In front of us lies the Gate of supreme Harmony .The gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions ,symbolizing imperial power and dignity. The lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its kind. The one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ball is said to represent state unity. The other one is a female. Underneath one of its fore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial succession. The winding brook before us is the Golden Water River. It functions both as decoration and fire control .The five bridges spanning the river represent the five virtues preached by Confucius :benevolence, righteousness, rites, intellence and fidelity. The river takes the shape of a bow and the north-south axis is its arrow. This was meant to show that the Emperors ruled the country on behalf of God.

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