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1000介绍父母的英语作文
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+ 加入清单My mother is 38 years old, but she never tells others how old she is. She says she just doesnt want them to know about it! My mother is a well-known doctor in our area. She works hard. She often gets up very early in the morning and rushes to the hospital to look after her patients. She is kind to her patients and treats them the way she treats her family. Sometimes I wonder whom she loves more, her patients or me.
My father is 40 years old. He has short hair, big eyes and a small mouth. He is my best friend.
My father is a teacher. Just like my mother, he is very busy. He doesn?ˉt have any holidays or weekends. Every morning he goes to school very early and stays with his students until late in the afternoon. It seems that he never gets tired! His students love and respect him. He always tells my mother how good it is to be a teacher, because his students make him feel young. He thinks my mother should be a teacher, too! But so far she hasnt taken his advice.
I will be a new student in my fathers school this summer. I will work harder and I hope one day I can be a good doctor like my mother.
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篇1:大学英语介绍家乡
全文共 1083 字
+ 加入清单HuangMei is my hometown. It is in the East in HuBei.It is East on the city named AnQing of AnHui.And it is south to the city named JiuJiang of JiangXi. It is a great city in my heart.It has a long history for about 1800 years in China .Example .The temple named SiZu and WuZu were in HuangMei for a long years-old.Today,Every year many visitor come different part to there.As a daughter from Huangmei.I leaved it away for about seven years. But I miss it everyday .Even in a lot of my dream in the night .I belive HuangMei will be richer and richer .The new year 2009 will going .Tonight I hope everything will be well in my new 26 years-old.All my friends will be well.I must work hard in the new year.I will be ain growth as my hometown .
中文:我的故乡在黄梅.黄梅位于湖北省的东部,它东接安徽省安庆府,南邻江西省九江市.在我心中,它是一座伟大的县城.它在中国史上约有1800余年的历史,像闻名遐迩的四祖寺,五祖寺在黄梅有很长时间的历史了.每年,都有来自不同地域的许多游客去那.我自离开故乡已是七载余,但是我却每天思念故乡,以致在梦里都是如此.作为从黄梅走出来的女儿,我坚信我的故乡会越来越富饶.新的2009就要来临,今晚我祝福新的一年将万事顺利,我所有的朋友都好.在新的26岁年轮里,我必须努力工作,我会像我的家乡一样成长.
篇2:介绍山西的英语
全文共 2346 字
+ 加入清单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.
篇3:大学英语30秒自我介绍
全文共 469 字
+ 加入清单Hello ! I m XX ,I feel I will be fit for the job needed in your company. I’m 22 years old and in good health. After graduation from XXXXa middle school, I have studied IT for many years. I am a better man.Do well in personal responsibility ,I am good at both operating a PC,I like palying basketball.computer and listening to the music.I’m interested in the position .
I want very much to be accepted by your company. I’ll work hard if I can be a member in your company.
篇4:介绍舞蹈英语作文80字小学
全文共 999 字
+ 加入清单Since I was very small, I was very shy in the public place, so I always
avoided giving performance in front of so many people. Though I tried hard to
get over it in school, I still felt uneasy in the public place. When I came to
the job market, I realized that I must get over my fear, or I would lose my
stage.
I still remembered the horrible experience for my first interview. Early in
the morning, I got a called that I was given a chance to the job interview. I
felt so excited. When I came to the company, I found there were other six young
people competed with me, then I started to feel nervous. The employers asked us
to sit in the round table and introduced ourselves one by one. When it was my
turn, I lowed down my head and spoke in low voice. Then the employers continued
to let us give speeches in the stage. I lose confidence and made the horrible
performance.
This interview taught me a lesson that I must get over my fear, or I will
lose chances. So I practise hard and dare to stand in the stage.
篇5:自我介绍高一英语
全文共 838 字
+ 加入清单Introduce Myself
介绍一下我自己
My name is Li Hua. I was born in Dalian, Liaoning province in February 1977. I started school in 1984 when I was seven,and I studied in Guangming Primary School from 1984 to 1990. After that I went to No.6 Middle School of Dalian and graduated this summer. The main subjects ! studied at school included Chinese, Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry and Computer. I like English and Computer best and I am very good at them. Last year I won first prize in the school computer competition. In my spare time I enjoy listening to popular music and collecting stamps. My favourite sports are swimming in summer and skating in winter.
我的名字叫李华。我出生在大连,辽宁省1977年2月。我在1984年开始上学在我七岁的时候,我从1984年到1990年在光明小学学习。之后,我去了大连六中,今年夏天毕业。主要的科目!包括在学校学习语文、数学、英语、物理、化学和电脑。我最喜欢英语和计算机,我非常擅长。去年我在全校电脑竞赛中获得了一等奖。在我的业余时间我喜欢听流行音乐和集邮。我最喜欢的运动是在夏天游泳,冬天滑冰。
篇6:小学英语作文自我介绍
全文共 528 字
+ 加入清单My name is Yang Yang, I am thirteen years old. I am a student from Class 3, Grade 2. I am very friendly and easy-going. I like to help others. All my friends and classmates like me very much. I like playing basketball and volley ball. I often play with my classmates after school. I am good at singing, I won the first prize in the singing match last year. Id like to be a friend of you, how about you?
我的名字叫杨洋,我13岁。我来自二年级3班。我很友善也很随和。我喜欢帮助别人。我的朋友们和同学们都非常喜欢我。我喜欢打篮球和排球。我放学后经常跟同学一起打。我很擅长唱歌,去年的歌唱比赛我还赢得了一等奖。我很乐意做你的朋友,你呢?
篇7:介绍山西大同的英语
全文共 1413 字
+ 加入清单Datong is a city with a long history. As early as Palaeolithic age, there were ancient people living in this area. During the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC), Datong region belonged to the Yanmen County of Zhao Kingdom. After Qin (221BC - 206 BC) unified the whole of China, the Great Wall was built west of Datong City. Datong got the name Pingcheng County that means peaceful city in Chinese because of years of harsh battle with the Hun. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589), Pingcheng was settled as the capital of Northern Wei Kingdom for 96 years and became ruinds at the year 526. After a long term of recovering, it became an important strategic county during Sui (581-618), Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-979). Liao Dynasty (916-1125) made Datong the auxiliary capital in 1044 and Jin (Kin) (1115-1234) retained it as a big city comprised of seven counties and three towns. During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Datong belonged to Zhongshu Province and had become a ’grandiose and beautiful city’ according to the description of the Italian traveler Marco Polo. In Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Datong belonged to Shanxi Province and became Datong County during the domination of Republic of China. Datong was invaded by Japanese army in 1937 and became the capital of the so-called Northern Shanxi Self-Government. Finally in 1949, Datong was peacefully liberated.
篇8:小学生一分钟英语自我介绍
全文共 588 字
+ 加入清单Good morning teachers and classmates,im glad to be here for self-introdution.My name is ** and i come from grade seven class ** .I have a family of four,my mother ,farther ,brother and me.we are getting along with each other ,i usually help my mother do house work when my farther is out of home and i am a deligted person and willing to help others while in trouble.I like watching TV and playing basketball with my partners in part time .I also need others encuragement while i dont pass eaxminaion .so i fee that we should help each other.Thank for giving me a chance of makng a speech
篇9:10:介绍小兔子的英语作文
全文共 1402 字
+ 加入清单My family has a rabbit, it is very cute.
It is fat, full of ten pounds heavy. It is snow and white body, far from look, like a large group of cotton lost to the ground. Its ears are long, longer than I use the ruler. It is compared with other rabbits, the most special place is the eyes, the other rabbit eyes are red, and it is black. Its body feels soft and slippery. Its tail is short, small, plush, like sticking a small pomp in the buttocks.
Put it in a cage, it sometimes dangling his sticks with a stick tossed, as if playing acrobatics; sometimes dangling sticks hit the cage, as if in a strange cage off it, to break the cage; Sometimes it will be lying motionless, as if to think about what mathematical problems like. Once it was released, the first thing it did was run around and then smell it here, as if it were looking for something delicious. If there is any sound, it will immediately erect ears, look around, as if to see if there is no danger.
Once, I came home from school to see it lying in the yard, four feet overturned, motionless. How did the little bunny? I hurried to the past, press it by his belly, did not respond, touched its front legs, still motionless, I dialed its hind legs, or no response. Well, the rabbit is dead, just when I want to be sad, it suddenly touched the nose, haha, it is installed in the original die!
You see, my familys little rabbit cute?
篇10:大学英语30秒自我介绍
全文共 309 字
+ 加入清单HI,my name is XXX, I 19 years old this year, Im from x, I love of reading and the Internet, I am a outgoing person, like making friends. In this university, I will actively participate in various activities to enrich my university life, I will also constantly exercise oneself, let oneself become more mature.
篇11:英语简历自我介绍模板
全文共 772 字
+ 加入清单Hannah Oyler
21 Balsom St
Ventura, CA 94120
__________________
Objective
To obtain a position as a photographer for a major metropolitan newspaper.
Notable Achievements
Time Magazine, Top Photos of the Year 1999 for California Wildfire at Night
Banaker Excellence in Photography Fellowship, 1995.
Experience
Ventura County Times
Staff photographer, 1996 - Present
Regular coverage included: Sports, Lifestyle, & Metro. Successfully met tight deadlines.
Los Angeles Times
Summer Intern, 1995 & 1996
Assisted lead sports photographer. Selected and assembled equipment according to subject material, anticipated conditions. Gained valuable knowledge of function and limitations of various types of cameras, lenses, and films.
Education
University of Southern California
B.A., Photography, 1996
篇12:英语介绍我的房间
全文共 573 字
+ 加入清单I have my own room now. It is not big. There is a small blue bed in it. Because I love plants, I grow some sun flowers on the desk. Every time I am tired of doing homework, I will watch it. Then I will be relax and full of energy. Except for this, my room has a bookshelf. There are many books on it. There is a lovely rabbit clock on the bed to wake me up every morning. I finally have my own place. I love it very much.
现在我有我自己的房间了。房间不是很大。里面有一张蓝色的小床。因为我喜欢植物,所以桌子上种了一些太阳花。每次我讨厌做作业的时候,我就会看看它。然后我就会放松并充满活力。除了这些之外,我的房间里有一个书架。架子上有很多书。床上有一只可爱的兔子时钟,每天早上都是它叫醒我。我终于有了我自己的地方。我非常喜欢它。
篇13:介绍朋友的作文英语
全文共 567 字
+ 加入清单I have a good friend. Her name is Linda. She is from China.
Linda was ten years old three years ago. But she is thirteen years old now. Three years ago, she had long hair. She was short and thin. However, she has shorter hair than three years ago. She is taller now. She is still thin. She often wears glasses. She was shy and quiet three years ago. Now, she is still shy and quiet. But , she is more hard-working. Her favorite sport is basketball. She likes eating junk food . Also, she is popular .
Do you like my friendDo you want to make friends with her.
篇14:介绍八一建军节的英语作文
全文共 1090 字
+ 加入清单八一建军节这天,全国人会举行各种活动,庆祝建军节的诞生。下面是语文迷为大家提供的建军节的作文,希望对你有帮助。
Officers and men of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and the people across the country have held various activities these days to celebrate Chinas Army Day,which falls on August 1.
The Headquarters of the General Staff and other departments of the army held tea parties and performances to express regards to veterans.The navy,air force,military universities and institutions,and various military area commands held rap sessions,seminars,contest and entertainment activities to express greetings to officers and men and their families.
Across the country,army soldiers had parties with the local people to mark the day.Governments at various levels and people of all walks of life held activities to show respect and regards to the army.
The Ministry of Agriculture presented the army 2,500 books and 1,200 VCDs on agricultural technologies.The State General Administration of Sport bought sports facilities and sent them to grassroots army units.Leaders from the All-China Womens Federation held parties with female army pilots.
篇15:英语口语的自我介绍
全文共 825 字
+ 加入清单My name is xxx. 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.
篇16:介绍新疆的英语作文
全文共 2834 字
+ 加入清单导语:走进新疆, 呼吸一口新疆的空气, 走进新疆, 拥抱一下它的自然。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
The northern xinjiang have altay mountain, in the south kunlun mountain, karakoram and altun. Tianshan, xinjiang tianshan mountains as symbol, central, southern traverses formed tarim basin and northern in junggar basin. Traditionally the tianshan region south of call nanjiang, tianshan area north of xinjiang, the name call east hami and turpan basin, xinjiang. Xinjiang abundant and unique tourism resources. Xinjiang tourism magical landscape unique natural, ice and HuoZhou opposite deserts and oasis fain.
Xinjiang tourism culture accumulation massiness, dense nationality amorous feedings, numerous places of interests, which have great potential for exploitation. Xinjiang tourism scenic spot famous natural scenery has tianchi, kanas lake, nalati grasslands, Boston, SaiLiMuHu, bain brooke grassland, etc. Xinjiang humanities rich tourist resources, in the ancient silk road in the south, north, three main line has hundreds of ancient city, ancient tombs, ancient sites caocao thousand-buddha grottoes, humanities landscape, jiaohe city, city, loulan gaochang sites, kilzil thousand-buddha cave, sweet princess tomb of famous international, record the history of junction between Chinese and western culture, showing the ancient xinjiang brilliant culture and picture scroll, attracting more and more tourists. Xinjiang uygur autonomous region is world-famous dance township, melon and fruit of the township, the gentiles.
Xinjiang is a huge-geographical country, is a vast land, mountains and magnificence, vast endless, monuments, ethnic folk throughout numerous, singular. Xinjiang tourism scenic spots have altitude 8600 meters of the world, and second peak 154 meters below sea level minimum depssions, both a Chinese inner-leakage li river, world-now the grassland, and overflow weird gobi dreamland and mysterious desert wonders. Well-pserved original plant and animal species, accentuated advantaged nature colors. Xinjiang land rich and beautiful, the vastness and magical, The people, hospitality, both gracious, enthusiasm, and simplicity, friendly, Here is the poets kingdom, artists of treasure, historians of heaven, travellers paradise!
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新疆北部有阿尔泰山,南部有昆仑山、喀喇昆仑山和阿尔金山。天山,天山作为新疆象征,横贯中部,形成南部的塔里木盆地和北部的准噶尔盆地。习惯上把天山以南地区叫南疆,天山以北地区叫北疆,把哈密、吐鲁番盆地叫东疆。新疆旅游资源丰富而独特。新疆旅游自然景观神奇独特,冰峰与火洲相望,沙漠与绿洲为邻。
新疆旅游文化积淀厚重,民族风情浓郁,名胜古迹众多,开发潜力巨大。新疆旅游景区著名的自然风景有天池、喀纳斯湖、那拉提草原、博斯腾湖、赛里木湖、巴音布鲁克草原等。新疆人文旅游资源丰富,在古丝绸之路的南、北、中三条干线上有着数以百计的古城池、古墓葬、千佛洞、古屯田遗址等人文景观,交河故城、高昌故城、楼兰遗址、克孜尔千佛洞、香妃墓等蜚声中外,记录了中西文化交汇的历史,展示出古老新疆辉煌的文化画卷,吸引着越来越多的中外游客。新疆维吾尔自治区是举世闻名的歌舞之乡、瓜果之乡、黄金玉石之邦。
新疆幅员辽阔,地大物博,山川壮丽,瀚海无垠,古迹遍地,民族众多,民俗奇异。新疆旅游景区有海拔8600米的世界第二高峰,又有低于海平面154米的中国最低洼地,既有一泄千里的河流、万顷碧波的草原,又有光怪陆离的戈壁幻境,神秘莫测的沙漠奇观。保存完好的原始动植物种群,更显出得天独厚的大自然的本色。新疆的土地富饶而美丽、广袤而神奇;这里的人民,热情好客、既豪爽、热情,又纯朴、友好;这里是诗人的王国、画家的宝库,史学家的天堂,旅游者的乐园!
篇17:优秀小学生英语自我介绍
全文共 1609 字
+ 加入清单Good morning everyone! Today I am very happy to make a speech here. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is xiaoxiao. I am from No.1Primary School. I live with my parents and we love each other deeply. I like my family, my school, my motherland. How lucky I live in such a happy family, such a strong country, such a modern time.
At school, I study Chinese, Math, English, Computer, and so on. I like all of them. I am a monitor, so I often help my teacher take care of my class. I think I am a good help. And I like Tuesday best because we have English, music, computer and P.E. on Tuesdays.
When I am at home, I often help my mother do some housework and my mother says I am a good help, too. My mother is a teacher. She works hard. She is kind. Many people like her. She often teaches me the way of learning well. (If you want to learn English well, here is some of my advice. At first, you must read many articles and know many words. If you meet up with some new words, you can look them up in the dictionary. You should know their meanings, how to read them and spell them. If you keep working hard, you will be successful. Then, you ought to speak English as much as possible. 可省) In any case,remember an old saying; Nothing is impossible in the world if you put your heart into it.
In my spare time, I have many hobbies. I like reading, playing the piano and dance. I am so good at dancing that I have got many awards.
This is me, a lovely pupil in the school, a dear apple of my parents’ eyes, and a little bud of the country. Please remember me, xiaoxiao from No.1Primary School. That’s all, thank you.
篇18:艾滋病英语作文:艾滋病的传播
全文共 871 字
+ 加入清单Heard these things, you must know the importance of life? Yeah, the beginning of life is a candle, until your mother give you some "wick", you begin to write the first sentence for precious life poetry. Until you will be called "yi ah yi ah", will speak "mother", a shake a put to walk, will say many, many words, have thought, will feel everything is so beautiful. Till now, did you know if our lives of AIDS, just never see butterflies dance track and spring like washed the sky this truth? If you out the candle, that you see will be darkness, not light.
In order to not let us lose precious life much earlier, from now on, please look around the size of the details.
The classmates! Please drive your mom and dad, relatives and friends, let everybody pay attention to personal hygiene, AIDS is not with us! Let us shout loudly: "AIDS prevention! Cherish precious life!"
篇19:介绍中秋节的英语
全文共 1459 字
+ 加入清单The Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival is one rich in poetic(诗意的) significance. Ancient legends(古代的传说) that became interwoven with this festival‘s celebration further contribute to the warm regard in which it has always been held by the Chinese people. According to the lunar calendar(农历), the seventh, eighth, and ninth months constitute the autumn season. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, precisely in the middle of this season, when the heat of the summer has given way to cool autumn weather, marked by blue skies and gentle breezes. On this day the moon is at its greatest distance from the earth; at no other time is it so luminous. Then, as the Chinese say, “The moon is perfectly round.” In the villages the heavy work involved in the summer harvest has already been completed but the autumn harvest has not yet arrived.
The actual origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival are still very unclear. The earliest records are from the time of the great Han dynasty emperor Wu Di, who initiated celebrations lasting three days, including banquets and “Viewing the Moon” evenings on the Toad Terrace. We know that people during the Jin dynasty (265-420 A.D.) continued the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, and similar accounts have come down to us from the time of the Tang dynasty. During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) houses and gardens were decorated with numerous lanterns and the sound of gongs and drums filled the air.
篇20:介绍故宫的四六级英语
全文共 5870 字
+ 加入清单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.