青岛旅游的英语作文简单（热门20篇）

When it comes to the most unforgetable trip,different people may have different opinions.As far as i am concerned,the trip i went to Beijing with my sister is the most unforgetable experience.After we got off from Guangzhou,we took plane and then we arrived at midnight.Both of us were curious about this city and we began to hang around.However,when we arrived at the hotel that we booked,my sister cryed and said she lost her wallet.Therefore we spent several hours in the rodes we passed by and tried our best to find as carefully as we can.Fortunately,after the hard work,we did find the wallet in a conor.How lucky we were!

Dear teachers, students are good:

My name is Xiao Ming, is a confident, cheerful, friendly and active girl, I have widespread interest hobby, piano, reading, playing chess, listening to the story, to host performances and also has a strong interest in, hosted by my kindergarten graduation performance, first prize in a good result.

Mom and Dad, the kindergarten teachers careful cultivation, I have become a qualified primary school students, in the next six years to learn life, can and dear teachers, the students become the best friends! We all together happy to learn, happy to grow!

Thank you!

亲爱的老师，同学们好：

我叫小明，是一个自信，开朗，友好，积极向上的小女孩，我有着广泛的兴趣爱好，弹琴、看书、下棋、听故事，也对主持和表演也有着浓厚的兴趣，由我主持的幼儿园毕业演出，获得了一等奖第一名的好成绩。

在爸爸妈妈，幼儿园老师的精心培育下，我已成为一名合格的小学生，希望在今后六年的学习生活中，能和亲爱的老师，同学们成为最好的朋友！我们大家一起快乐地学习，快乐地成长!

谢谢大家！

It Pays to Be Honest

Once a child asked such a question: What can I benefit from being "a good child"? Among the many answers he received one ran like this: "A good child" is the most precious gift God gives to you. And the same can be said for being honest. It pays to be honest.

Yes, its true that dishonesty exists almost everywhere in the society. Consumers often found themselves being blackmailed by those merchants selling shoddy products; and there are students

cheating in order to pass the exams or get high marks; moreover, we are not short of examples that many rich professionals evade the taxes by sacrificing the interests of government.

But havent we seen their results? "A fall into the pit, a gain in customers wit", which would surely drive those dishonest merchants out of business. Regret of wasting time yet being

empty-handed would accompany those dishonest students all their life. On the contrary, we could have all they lost, especially a good reputation and a clear conscience, which are the best qualities of human beings. Thats why we say "It Pays to Be Honest".

[寒假旅游的英语作文

今天一早，我和我的家人来到了青岛。听导游介绍：“青岛位于山东半岛南端、黄海之滨。青岛市地处山东半岛东南部，东、南濒临黄海，东北与烟台市毗邻，西与潍坊市相连，西南与日照市接壤。1994年2月，被列为全国15个副省级城市之一……”

我们先来到了海底世界，一到门口我就发现了一个标牌“没看过海底世界，就别说你来过青岛！”馆内向游客开放的共有五大展区，分别是极地动物展示区、极地童话城堡、神秘的海兽区、精品鱼类区和精彩的海洋动物剧场。馆内有白鲸、企鹅、海獭、海象等十余种极地动物。其中我最喜欢的要数美人鱼表演了，我在那里怀着兴奋的心情看了两场，分别是美人鱼公主和王子、孙悟空大闹海龙宫。当然我们还去了水母展馆，里面有各种各样的水母。

下午我们去了五四广场、线桥、八大关、奥帆基地、崂山、音乐广场……我们乘坐着游轮，吹着海风。忘却了一切烦恼，海风是凉爽的，就像春天姐姐降临了一样。

晚上，我们就要离开青岛，要到日照去了。我最后一次朝窗外望了望那美丽的青岛，再见吧！青岛！你是最美丽的！

I like to travel, its really fun. You can go to any places you want, beautiful landscape, clearly blue sky, different cultures and lots more you can met if you go travel. Landscape shape most peoples desiry, what I mean is, there are lots of places that theyre famous because of the pretty landscape. Cultures are another. You can met different groups of people if you go travel, its really cool. I like it not only because of these several different reason, I also likes to hang out with my friends to go together and play around those beautiful places. My dream is to travel around the whole world, which, well, might not be true, because I have so many other things to do in my life, but Ill try to achieve it. I have read a story about a person named Gorden, who actually went almost all of the places in the world. I kind of like that and admire of him. I like travel, seriously I do. Another reason is that I like adventures. Adventures are cool, it gives you more experiences and, as I mentioned that Gorden, he met lots of difficulties when he went travel. He went to Amazon, which therere so many snakes and aligators. A friend of his actually died in that trip!!! Its sometimes a bad thing for travel, too. Anyway, I just like to travel!! I like to met all those sorts of difficulties (I didnt mean to die!). Mountain biking is also a kind of travel, and that, I dreamed of doing it!!! Mountain biking is so cool!! One sentence at last, I love travelling and trips!

I went to the zoo with my friends last Sunday.It was hot and sunny that day.It took us about two hours to get there by bus.There were thousands of people in the zoo.We saw lots of animals,such as,pandas,kangaroos,polar bears,gifaffes,elephants,tigers,wolves,snakes and so on.We also saw the elephant show.The elephants were so clever that they could do lots of things like us.At noon we had a picnic in the zoo.And then we thew the rubbish into the dustbin.We didnt go home until 5:00 in the afternoon.Although we were tired,we felt happy.

上周日我和朋友们去了动物园.那天天气很热、晴朗.我们乘公交大约两个小时才到那.动物园里有成千上万的人.我们看见了许多动物.如：熊猫、袋鼠、北极熊、长颈鹿、大象、老虎、狼、蛇等等.我们也看了大象表演.大象是如此聪明的动物,他们能象我们人类一样做动作.中午我们野餐并把垃圾扔到了垃圾箱.我们直到10点才回家.尽管我们很累,我们去非常高兴.

Six years old, my father and mother to play in Jinan.

Arrived in Jinan, my mother said to me: "Taishan in Jinan, we have to go to Mount Taishan?" I heard a surprise, the original world famous Taishan in Jinan! I quickly answered: "Yes, yes, we Go now.

We ride to the foot of Mount Tai. I look at the top of Mount Tai, how can not see the head, I am afraid of some. But my father said: "You want to see the beauty, it can only board the top of the mountain, infinite scenery in the Xianfeng it!" I listened, did not hesitate to climb to the top of the hill. Boarded the hillside, I am tired, legs a little soft, they would like to sit down and rest for a while, my father pointed to the front, I looked at it, was actually Nantianmen. Dad said to me: "In the myth, the East China Sea Dragon King is in this was beaten by this meal, after the Nantianmen, the scenery more beautiful." I heard, the spirit of the lifted, they summon the courage to continue climbing. After the Nantianmen, the distance has been carried out more than half of the. I and my father tired of panting, intends to sit on the stone steps for a while. My mother scolded: "This is not a place to rest, to rest back to the hotel lying, really unpromising." I heard, said to my father: "We are tired, we can not let the mother to let us fall." , And pulled me away, I think: see how my mother also trained us.

Finally boarded the top of the hill, looking around, I saw the clouds around the clouds, white clouds floating at my feet, I am intoxicated, as if to the Temple. In the distance, a mountain peak of the forest, the magnificent, pines and cypresses, lush, a good paradise on earth! As Dad said, infinite scenery in the Xianfeng ah!

Climbing is the will of the temper, is the embodiment of perseverance. The mountain so that I understand the "world is no trouble, as long as the climb" the truth.

[高中英语作文旅游

暑假里，爸爸、妈妈带我去青岛游玩。青岛可好玩呢!不信你听我讲。

我们第一站去“海底世界”看那里的鱼儿，五颜六色，形态各异，真惹人喜爱。有紫色的、有白色的、有黄色的。有白色和黄色相间的，有蓝色和紫色相间的，还有一条墨黑墨黑的。我最喜欢紫色和蓝色相间的鱼，它的尾巴像燕子的尾巴一样，比身子还要大，游来游去，高贵极了!这一条黄色和白色相间的鱼，游的时候像仙女下凡一样美丽。那一条墨黑墨黑的鱼，从很远的地方望过去，就像一朵朵乌云在飘动。还有一条全身雪白的鱼，可他的头上好像戴了一顶红帽子一样，红的如火。人们都在迫不及待地把照相机拿出来拍照。

第二站我们去了海边，青岛美在房子。也许你要问，房子有什么美的?可青岛的房子与众不同，很别致。尖顶的、圆顶的、斜坡的，式样绝不雷同;再配上各种颜色------粉白、蛋黄、浅绿、咖啡等色，越发显得小巧可爱。从高处俯视，在一大片绿中，这儿有一个红色房面，哪儿镶嵌着一个白色小阳台，它们巧妙地点缀着丛丛的绿，仿佛上帝在造人时信手向下撒落的，丝毫没有人工的痕迹，使人赏心悦目，别提有多美了!

噢!青岛，你仿佛瑰丽的花朵开放在胶东半岛上，以你特有的芬芳吸引着五湖四海的游客们。

Last summer holiday, I went to HaiNan with my family. The weather was pleasant! The sky was blue more than I could describe, the sea was blue and bright more than I could believe. Walking by the sea is just like being in the oil painting! We sailed to an island called Xidao. I swam there. Swimming in the sea is quite different from that in a pool. Bedsides swimming, we also had a good meal there. We had a nice seafood dish.

And I bought back many beautiful shells. If you want to have a look, you may ask me. Or, we may go to Hainan together, for I am always hoping to come to that place again. I really like that place, a place of blue and brightness.

在一条条诱人的马路两旁，便是青岛那密密麻麻的、式样奇特的房屋了。在这里德国人留下的痕迹随处可见。最明显的恐怕就要算是这些耸立在马路两旁的“人”字顶的楼房了。

登上小渔山顶上插入云霄的观赏阁最高处，俯瞰青岛市容，就会望见整个青岛是一片红、一片发灰的红，就像从阴雨中露出的晚霞。那一片片的红，便是那一个个的“人”字顶组成的。假如你走在街上或巷子里，猛然抬起头向马路两旁看看，又会发现你的身边立着一块块的黄，这就是土黄色的楼墙。红色的顶，配着黄色的墙，便构成了青岛的奇观。但是濒临海岸的新盖的一幢幢楼房，就大不一样了，这些楼房完全摆脱了德式的尖顶的古老式样，换上了新颖的外形。屋顶冲向蓝天，高大的窗户仿佛能吞掉大海，还有楼前那花园似的庭院，映衬着高高翘起的屋檐，这具有民族色彩的，而又现代化的建筑多有气派！住在里面又该多么舒适啊！社会主义的中国人民，已经可以完全按照自己的意愿，设计自己的建筑了。我相信，等我下次再来青岛的时候，矗立在海边的摩天大楼，一定会把那一片淡灰色的红屋顶掩没住，出现在眼前的青岛，将是一个崭新的世界！

青岛的马路像迷宫里的路，只是它交错相通，不会把你困在里边，也不会突然冒出一条死路来。青岛市内，除了三四条主要的长马路以外，便是短小的，分布得像蜘蛛网似的街道了。这些街道虽然很不起眼，名字却叫得很响。每一段马路都有一个馒头状的山脊，不是上坡，便是下坡。上坡不难，很容易登上馒头似的脊背，而下坡时就有趣了，不时望见蓝色的海水。

在青岛我们每走一段路，都得小心翼翼，要不，你本来往东走着，三回两转地却绕到西边去了。为了避免这种麻烦，一边走一边问是最好的办法。在别的地方，问路是要选人的。只有老大爷、老大娘或警察才肯热心地为你指路，有的人则会给你一副冷冰冰的目光之后，继续走他自己的路。可青岛人不是这样。无论大人小孩、无论在什么时候，都会有人告诉你怎么走，乘几路车，甚至在汽车上，还会有人专门为你报站。我对这些人真是感激不荆

正是这些人，正是这些人的一副副真挚而热情的面孔，使旅游者们很快地适应了青岛的生活，踱着轻盈而悠闲的步子你看，在青岛主要的马路中山路上，外地人比本地人还要多，在拥挤不堪的商店里，你甚至难找到一个本地人，正是这些穿戴各具特色的，而又在旅游中得到充分休息的人们，汇成了青岛海潮般滚滚的人流。

记得在我们踏上归程的那一天，在青岛火车站的月台上，我快活得像一只小鸟。是呀！马上就要回家了。然而随着汽笛的长鸣，当我感到火车启动的那一瞬间，我的心中却燃起了一股留恋之情，我猛地走向窗口，目送着这座渐渐远去的海滨之城。在火车上经过一夜的颠荡，我们终于到了家，出站走了不远，前门的广告牌就跃入眼帘，四个巨大的字——“青岛啤洒”被鲜艳的底画托着，使人感到那么亲切！顿时，我仿佛又回到了青岛，仿佛又走在那曲折的小巷里，又站在那戈壁式的房檐下，又汇入了那海潮般的流……。

暑假里，小姑带着我和弟弟去青岛旅游。

我们坐上火车，火车飞快的在铁轨上奔驰着，不一会儿，我们就来到了美丽的城市——青岛。

我们又坐上了公共汽车，目的地就是栈桥在去栈桥的路上，我看到了一座座高楼大厦，它们粼次纸比的排列着，好漂亮呀!

到了栈桥，小姑领着我和弟弟先到一个宾馆把带的东西放下，然后，我们拿着照相机去了海边。

走在桥上，一阵阵凉爽的风再身边吹过，真舒服呀!我仿佛就像一只翩翩飞翔的海鸥，在大海上自由自在的飞。

看这一望无际的大海，海浪扑打在礁石上，溅出朵朵浪花，浪花不停的跳跃着，奔跑着，唱着歌儿向大大小小的礁石冲击。

晚上，海面渐渐的宁静了下来，我望着窗外，看着海面上飘着一个个启明灯，为青岛增添了一番美景。

青岛太漂亮了，我爱青岛!

Last week my parents and I went to Europe for a visit. We had a wonderful time there.

It took us about ten hours to fly from Beijing to Budapest, Hungary. And then we visited France, Germany, Italy and other countries. Europe was really beautiful.

The sky was blue, and the sunshine was bright. There were not so many tall buildings there as we had expected. Most of the people there were polite and friendly.

I was glad that when I spoke a little English, they all understood. After we stayed there for half a month, I began to miss my hometown. I couldnt live there for a whole life, though it was beautiful.

In China, Children’s Day is celebrated on June 1 and is formally known as “the June 1 International Children’s Day”. Schools usually hold activities such as camping trips or free movies on Children’s Day to allow students to have fun, and children might also receive small gifts from the government. Entrance ceremonies of the Young Pioneers of China are usually held on June 1 as well. InChina, it is a big day for children. On June 1, except join some activities, their parents also take children to parks or fairground to have fun, and then have a big dinner. In general, McDonald’s and KFC are the most popular.

在中国，儿童节是在六月一日这天庆祝，正式的说法是六一国际儿童节。学校会举行很多活动，比如露营或观看电影，允许孩子尽情欢乐，孩子们也会拿到很多小礼物。中国少先队员宣誓仪式也通常在这天举行。六一儿童节在中国是为儿童庆祝的一天。这一天，他们除了会参加很多活动外，爸爸妈妈还会带着孩子去公园，游乐场玩，他们还会大吃一顿，通常麦当劳和肯德基是最受欢迎的。

Im very happy that we visited Xian last year.We enjoy those days in Xian very much.Xian is a great city,it has long history and great views.We went to the Xian museum,and the great two towers.I also saw the great ancient soldiers,and a lot of wonderful things.Xian also has clean and wide streets,high buildings and a lot of good food.I love the noodles!Xian is so lovely that a lot of people go to visit it.I also saw many foreign visitors,they were all very interested in Xian.I was so proud about xian,and our great country.

带翻译：

我很高兴我们去年参观了西安。我们很喜欢在西安的那些日子。西安是一个伟大的城市,它有悠久的历史和伟大的观点。我们去了西安博物馆,和伟大的两座塔楼。我也看到了古代伟大的士兵,很多美好的事情。西安也有清洁和宽阔的街道,高楼和很多好的食物。我喜欢面条!西安太可爱了,许多人去参观它。我还看到许多外国游客,他们都是西安非常感兴趣。我对西安非常自豪,和我们伟大的国家。

几年前，我去了青岛，那里有美丽的五四广场，多彩的海底世界，一望无际的大海……但我最喜欢的还是那巍峨壮丽的崂山。

一句古话说：“泰山云虽高，不如东海崂。”的确，崂山是无与伦比的。

去崂山的路上，我一直不停地问爸爸，崂山是什么样子，爸爸却说到了就知道了。在窗外，我隐隐约约看到了连绵起伏的崂山，在大海边挺拔的站立着。

下车了，我兴高采烈的朝着这个“巨人”走去。渐渐山变得清晰，我眼前浮现出了如诗如画的情景，看到了一条条曲折蜿蜒的山路，抬头仰望，是奇松怪石，身旁还有几棵老树……我被这幽深的景色迷住了。

走在山路上，路边有几棵小石子，形态各异；身旁是郁郁葱葱的树木，迎风飘动‘还有树枝上的小鸟，歌声悠扬悦耳，仿佛在欢迎我这来自远方的小客人。我呼吸着清新的空气，心旷神怡。

我爬累了，便在树荫下乘凉、休息，感到清爽舒畅。当我陶醉在着清新的世界中时，又被大大小小的瀑布迷住了。

一匹瀑布顺流直下，我惊叹极了，思绪也像瀑布一样变得汹涌澎湃。这使我不禁想到了李白的诗句“飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天”。

最后，经过我和爸爸的努力，终于爬上了山顶。我们气喘吁吁，但却无比兴奋，因为一路上又长了许多见识，赏了不少景观。在山顶上，一切事物尽收眼底，我我看到了茫茫的大海、绿绿的田野，云雾在我头上飘荡，我仿佛置身于天堂之中，赞叹不已。

想不到大自然的鬼斧神工竟这样神奇，祖国的壮丽河山竟是这样美妙，我被深深折服了。我深深陶醉在着天堂之中……

[青岛崂山巨峰旅游攻略作文

My parents and I go to guilin tourism, heard that there are a lot of places of interest.

On that day, my parents and I went to guilin famous rock hole - the reed flute.

We came into the cave, cave dark inside. Commentator the flashlight to light for us, give us commentator rock: the rock, the world-famous strange form strange.

We started towards the rock, and began to listen to the lecturers explain rocks. The first piece of rock is: fruits, representing the there are plenty of fruits and vegetables, a nodal melon, Chinese cabbage, chayote, apples, grapes and watermelon... The second rock is a vacant lot, named: crystal palace. I think here somehow, the ground is very smooth, I found a rock touch, a cold fish. Suddenly, the scene to turn off the lights, colorful light appeared on the rocks, like many stars shine in the underground. There are still some ancient music played as if the "wonderland". For a couple of rock hole again, we are at the north fujian "lion", on a big rock, sit a fierce lion, welcome tourists visit the reed flute again next time.

On this day, I saw all kinds of rocks, also let I plug in the wings of imagination.

我和爸爸妈妈一起去桂林旅游，听说那里有很多名胜古迹。

就在那一天，我和爸爸妈妈就去了桂林著名的岩石洞进行观光——芦笛岩。

我们一进到芦笛岩，洞里面黑漆漆。解说员打开手电筒来为我们照明，给我们解说山石：山石闻名中外，奇形古怪。

我们开始走向岩石，并开始听解说员讲解山石。第一块山石是：瓜果飘香，代表着有许许多多的瓜果蔬菜，有节瓜、有大白菜、有佛手瓜、有苹果、有葡萄、有西瓜……第二块山石是一个空地，名叫：水晶宫。我觉得这里莫名奇妙的，地面非常的光滑，我找了一块大岩石摸一摸，冷冰冰的。突然，现场关灯，岩石上出现了五颜六色的光芒，像许多颗星星在往地下照耀。还有奏起了一些古老的音乐，仿佛到了“仙境”。再走了几个岩石洞，我们到了“雄狮送客”，在大大的岩石上面，坐着一只威猛的狮子，欢迎游客们下次再来参观芦笛岩。

这一天，我看到了各种各样的岩石，也让我的想象力插上了翅膀。

st summer holiday, I took a trip to Yunnan. It is in the southern part of our country .It is really a very beautiful place grand mountains, clean rivers and kind people. Trees and flowers are seen everywhere. Every year there are lots and lots of visitors.Maybe you have heard about Shi Lin (stone forests). There are all kinds of strange stones. Some of the small stones look like graceful girls; and the big stones look like handsome men. Other stones look like cats, peafowls, double-edged swords, mice,

elephants and so on. Of all the stones, the stone like a beautiful girl in a legend is the most famous .Its name is A Shima.

I also went to Li Jiang. The roads in that city are just like the Eight Diagrams. Any road in the city goes to the center of Li Jiang. A river runs through the whole city. If you go along the river, youll never get lost. There are many ethnic minority people in Yunnan. They are very cordial. And they all like singing and dancing. We danced with them around the campfire that night. I really had a good time.

I like the elephants and fruits there best. An elephant is even taller than me! I even mounted the elephant, though I was very afraid at first. But the elephant seemed very friendly. I took some photos with it. The fruits there are very fresh and delicious. They are very good for our health.

The trip to Yunnan impressed me GREatly. I will never forget it.

[关于旅游的英文作文

经过一路颠簸终于到了青岛了，想想马上就要见到心目中向往已久的大海，整个人就特兴奋。

今天是个好天气，万里无云，阳光灿烂。我和妈妈很快坐车来到了海边，一下车我就快速的朝海边飞奔过去，在沙滩上，我用心看看了大海，它不像我想的和在电视上看到的一样那么蓝，是绿色的，上面还漂浮着好多海藻。看着我惊诧的眼神妈妈告诉我：“现在的海都被污染了，大海大部分都被海藻覆盖了。”在不远处还有许多船只在捞海藻。

虽然是这样但并不影响我的好心情，我和妈妈换上泳衣，带上游泳圈慢慢地走进了大海，虽然太阳很大，但海水还是有点凉。我和妈妈慢慢往里游了游，活动活动着就不觉得凉了，我和妈妈在海里游着玩着，时间很快就过去啦。

不一会儿，日落的时间到啦，我和妈妈坐在沙滩上看着日落是那样的美丽和宏伟。我看着远方那连绵起伏的群山，浩浩荡荡的大海，再加上日落送来的阳光，是在画家的笔上很难画出来的。呆在这里就宛如呆在人间仙境一样，真是美不胜收。

Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Travel Alone or Travel with a Companion? You should write at least 120 words， and base your composition on the outline below：

1)有的人喜欢独自旅行，有的人喜欢与别人结伴而行

2)两种旅行方式的好处

3)你更喜欢哪种旅行方式，为什么?

Travel Alone or Travel with a Companion?

行文思路

本题属于提纲式文字命题。提纲第1点指出两种不同的旅行方式，提纲第2点要求分别阐述两种旅行方式的好处，提纲第3点要求表明我的倾向，由此可判断本文应为对比选择型作文。

根据所给提纲，本文应包含如下内容：指出人们对旅行方式的不同偏好：有人喜欢独自旅行，有人喜欢结伴旅行;对比阐述独自旅行和结伴旅行各自的好处;表明我更喜欢于哪种旅行方式，并说明理由。

高分范文

travel Alone or Travel with a Companion?

When it comes to traveling way， different people will offer different opinions. Some people like to travel alone， while others prefer to travel with a companion. Of course， everyone has his consideration for his preference.

Traveling alone， one can enjoy more freedom. The traveler can arrange his tour as he wishes without the trouble of humoring others. Moreover， traveling alone tend to bring the traveler unexpected surprise， such as making a new friend and enjoying a different scenery. Compared with traveling alone， traveling with a companion has also its advantages. For one thing， the group members can help and look after each other in the journey. For another， traveling with others who have same interest with， youu can share costs and experiences with them.

[旅游相关英语作文

it is sunny on 11th,april,saturday. My parents and I paid a visit to Qingdao by bus. There are many places of interest in Qingdao. we went to the beach, visited the Musuem and May 4th Square.It got its name in memory of the May 4th Movement. it is composed of the Shizhengting Square, the central square and the coastal park. We also had all kinds of delicious seafood. Although were tired,we had a good time. I want to visit Qingdao again.

Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the worlds largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9,999 buildings. The wall has a gate on each side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate, to the north is the Gate of Devine Might (Shenwumen), which faces Jingshan Park. The distance between these two gates is 960 meters, while the distance between the gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. There are unique and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city outside. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern section, or the Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation. The northern section, or the Inner Court was where he lived with his royal family. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China was driven from the Inner Court, fourteen emperors of the Ming dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. Having been the imperial palace for some five centuries, it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. Listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987, the Palace Museum is now one of the most popular tourist attractions world wide.

Construction of the palace complex began in 1407, the 5th year of the Yongle reign of the third emperor of the Ming dynasty. It was completed fourteen years later in 1420. It was said that a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans were driven into the long-term hard labor. Stone needed was quarried from Fangshan, a suburb of Beijing. It was said a well was dug every fifty meters along the road in order to pour water onto the road in winter to slide huge stones on ice into the city. Huge amounts of timber and other materials were freighted from faraway provinces. Ancient Chinese people displayed their very considerable skills in building the Forbidden City. Take the grand red city wall for example. It has an 8.6 meters wide base reducing to 6.66 meters wide at the top. The angular shape of the wall totally frustrates attempts to climb it. The bricks were made from white lime and glutinous rice while the cement is made from glutinous rice and egg whites. These incredible materials make the wall extraordinarily strong.

Since yellow is the symbol of the royal family, it is the dominant color in the Forbidden City. Roofs are built with yellow glazed tiles; decorations in the palace are painted yellow; even the bricks on the ground are made yellow by a special process. However, there is one exception. Wenyuange, the royal library, has a black roof. The reason is that it was believed black represented water then and could extinguish fire.

Nowadays, the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum is open to tourists from home and abroad. Splendid painted decoration on these royal architectural wonders, the grand and deluxe halls, with their surprisingly magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy "modern civilians".