年夜饭用英文介绍(最新19篇)

I am cheerful, modest, self-confident and good at communicating with others. I study industriously and rigorously. Whenever I come across a problem in study, Im able to consult with an open mind and try my best to get an indepth knowledge. Possessing the honest credible moral character, a sense of teamwork and responsibility for my work, I have strong endurance, willpower and hard-working quality of the work to identify persistent optimism, the courage to face difficulties and challenges.

At the same time, I have taken an active part in all kinds of activities in order to improve my personal qualities. From these experiences, I have not only realized the importance of unity and cooperation, but also learned a lot of social knowledge, and I believe all these will play an important role in my future career.

It is my plesure to meet you .today i am here to apply for the position of foreign trade clerk(or assistant)。

now let me tell you a little bit about myself.i am from jiangxi province . there are four members in my family,my parents,my elder sister and i. i am always a energetic and enthusiastic person that have many hobbies .well ,i am fond of all kinds of outdoor activities such as playing tennis , doing some physicalsports and so on. (you can also say i am interested in…or doing sth is also my favourite activity)this year i will gratuade from tian jin foreign studyings university, with major in foreign trade(or international trade)。

i really like this industy very much.if i am so lucky enough to be employed by your company,i will put what i have learnt together with my energy into my job and make some contribution to your company.

thank you very much!

Hi,everybody. Good to be here. Facing the audience, a thought occured to me. Mama has alway told me not to make a fool in public. But somehow I just couldnt follow what she said exactly. Well some people always treat me as a crazy loon. For Im never part of any crowd and have some dreams far-off look. Id even crash into someone with my nose stuck in a book. Now Im standing on the stage, giving a speech in English. Circumstance being that Im pretty nervous. Maybe some guy would just think that itd embarass me as frightened speechless. Never mind. Im always good for a laugh.

It is said that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them.

Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe in him. They think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe.

On the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So when children go to bed that night, they hang up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it‘s really their parents who fill the stockings.

Another name for Father Christmas is Santa Claus.

译文：

据说，在公元300年，有一个善良的老人，他的名字是圣尼古拉斯。他总是愿意帮助穷人，常常送礼物给他们。

如今，圣诞老人是一个虚构的人物，但几乎所有的孩子都相信他。他们认为他是一个快乐长长的白胡子和一个长长的红色长袍的老人。

在第二十每年的十二月份的第四夜，父亲从寒冷的北方一些圣诞归结土地的壁炉烟囱提出的儿童床礼物或填补他们的袜子。因此，当孩子上床睡觉，那天晚上，他们就挂上他们的袜子，并在圣诞节早晨醒来发现他们装满礼物。当然，这需要他们的父母谁填补了袜子。

圣诞老人的另一个名字是圣诞老人。

[介绍圣诞老人的英文作文及翻译

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,I’m HuangDong from FuJian Province.Its my pleasure to be here in front of you to introduce myself.I’m a freshman now studying in Materials Science and Engineering and I Just enter the university . About my character, I can’t describe it well, but generally speaking ,I am a hard_working student especially when I do the things I am interested in. And I am optimistic and confident. Sometimes I prefer to stay alone, reading, listening to music, but I am not lonely, In my spare time,I often go shopping with my friends,surf on the Internet and do some sports,such as running,table tennis and roller_skating. I like badminton very much.I even got the 4th place in the badminton Competition in my school,which was a very glorious memory.But now since I’m faced with School and activities,I can’t spend too much time doing sports.But this busy life has also taught me how to balance between study and entertainment.Also I love English very much.I often write compositions to improve my witten ability, but I know my English is not good enough,I still need to make an effort.

This is a brief introduction of myself.At last I really look forward to being admitted and becoming part of the class. Thank you very much.

早上好,先生们女士们,我HuangDong从福建省。我很高兴能来这里在你面前介绍自己。我是大一的学生现在就读于材料科学与工程,我今年刚进入了大学。 我的性格,我不能描述得很好,但一般来说,我是一个努力工作的学生尤其是当我做的事情我感兴趣。和我乐观和自信。有时我喜欢一个人呆,阅读,听音乐,但是我并不孤独,在我的业余时间,我经常和我的朋友去购物,网上冲浪和做一些运动,比如跑步、乒乓球和滑旱冰。我非常喜欢打羽毛球。我甚至得到了第四位的羽毛球比赛在我的学校,这是一个非常辉煌的记忆。但是现在因为我面对学业和活动,我不会花太多的时间做运动。但这种忙碌的生活还教我如何学习和娱乐之间的平

衡。我也非常喜欢英语。我经常写作文要提高我的威滕能力,但我知道我的英语不够好,我仍然需要努力。

这是一个简要介绍我自己。最后我很高兴成为班级的一部分。非常感谢你。

dear personnel officers:

i am wumei, a junior in sichuan teacher university. i major in english and minor in japanese. i am writing to inquire the position you offered in the advertisement. here are my qualifications that prompt me to make application now.

as an english major, i have obtained skillful english writing ability and rich experience in dealing with the work requires knowledge about english background.

my interest in computer also has prompted me to forward my resume for your review. at present, i am working for the web site of shop.renren.com and in charge of the bbs program.

i am confident that i will make a successful addition to your program.

i am available if you dial the number: 13011819794.

yours sincerely,

wumei

Good morning, my name is jack, it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for a interview,I would like to answer whatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today, eventually enroll in this prestigious university in September.

Now I will introduce myself briefly, I am 21 years old, born in Heilongjiang province ,northeast of China, and I am curruently a senior student at Beijing XX uni. My major is packaging engineering. And I will receive my bachelor degree after my graduation in June. In the past 4 years, I spend most of my time on study, I have passed CET4/6 with a ease. And I have acquired basic knowledge of packaging and publishing both in theory and in practice. Besides, I have attend .

Several packaging exhibition hold in Beijing, this is our advantage study here, I have taken a tour to some big factory and company. Through these I have a deeply understanding of domestic packaging industry.

Compared to developed countries such as us, unfortunately, although we have made extraordinary progress since 1978,our packaging industry are still underdeveloped, mess, unstable, the situation of employees in this field are awkard. But I have full confidence in a bright future if only our economy can keep the growth pace still.

I guess you maybe interested in the reason itch to law, and what is my plan during graduate study life, I would like to tell you that pursue law is one of my lifelong goal, I like my major packaging and I wont give up, if I can pursue my master degree here I will combine law with my former education. I will work hard in these fields ,patent ,trademark, copyright, on the base of my years study in department of p&p, my character? I cannot describe it well, but I know I am optimistic and confident. sometimes I prefer to stay alone, reading, listening to music.

[美国大学面试英文自我介绍

介绍健身房 Introduction to the gym

你的朋友Dennis想到你常去的健身房锻炼身体，写一封电子邮件给他，向他介绍健身房的基本情况。电子邮件的开头部分已经写出。其余部分应包括以下内容：

1．健身房内的基本设施。

2．健身房开放时间和联系电话。

DearDennis,

You want to know about my gym．

The gym is”In Shape”...

健身房内的基本设施，健身房开放时间和联系电话。

Dear Dennis,

You want to know about my gym．The gym is“In Shape”...

The surrounding there is pretty well, they have all kinds of exercises machines, such as walker, etc... and of course you could take a warm bath after your exercises.

here is the schedule of it:

Monday to Friday: 9 am to 5 pm

Saturday: 8 am to 8 pm

Sunday: Closed

Their number is : 1-718-568-4540

Good Luck!

Pisci Ni

亲爱的丹尼儿，

你想知道我的健身房，健身房是“在形状”…

周围有相当好的，他们有各种各样的练习机，如学步车等。当然，在你的练习之后，你可以洗个热水澡。

这是它的日程安排：

星期一至星期五：上午9时至下午5时

星期六上午8点到下午8点

星期日：关闭

他们的电话是：1-718-568-4540

好运！

pisci

跑步 Running

I like many kinds of sports, such as swimming, running, table-tennis and badminton. But I like running most. Running is a good activity for people to keep healthy and relieve pressures. Besides, it’s very easy for me to running. I can run in the morning or after class. And I can run alone. I don’t have to find a partner to run with me. After running, I always feel good and relaxed. It has become a part of my life.

我喜欢很多种运动，比如游泳，跑步，乒乓球和羽毛球。但是我最喜欢的是跑步。跑步是人们保持身体健康和释放压力的运动。此外，我觉得跑步很容易。我可以在早上或课后进行跑步。我也可以一个人跑，不需要找伴一起跑。跑步过后，我总是感觉很好很放松。跑步已经成为我生活中的一部分。

[介绍健身房英文作文

My name is XXX. I am a fresh graduate student majoring in preschool education. I think I have some advantages in preschool education.

First of all, the social situation, the kindergarten teachers are generally female, this to some boys physical and mental health have indirect effect, so the lack of unique masculinity and tend to maternal. Therefore, it is a very important job to promote the development of male kindergarten teachers and promote their sexual education. In addition, I have a great interest in the preschool education industry.

Of course, I engaged in this industry for preschool education will have a lot of difficulties, I also have many shortcomings, I understand the characteristics of education is just some superficial understanding of my own, and my lack of work experience, professional position. These I can clearly see, I believe that I had a strong will, for their own shortcomings, I will make unremitting efforts and work in training, learning to make up, so as to enhance their ability to constantly improve themselves. For the reform of traditional education, although I will not play a key role, but I also hope to contribute to their own strength, because I carry the ideals of early childhood education career.

Finally, I sincerely hope that the leadership of the garden will give me a chance to realize my dream, and I believe that I will eventually be qualified for the job, not strength, but luck. Also, I will make my biggest contribution to the garden.

Gooda fternoon, teachers! My name is XuLulu. I`m 11. I come from Class1 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. There are 4 people in my family. My father is tall. My mother is pretty.My sister has a long hair. And I`m a good student. However, my home is near the school, I often get up early. Because I must work hard. after school, I like playing computer games and reading books. I`d like to eat apples. They are sweet and healthy. And I like Tuesday best. We have English, music, computer and P.E. on Tuesdays. My math teacher is Miss Huang. Her class is so much fun. So my favourite class is math. And I like Chinese and English, too. This is me. An active girl. Please remember XuLulu. Thank you very much!

From a middle class family， I was born in Hsin Ying， Tainan on October 10 th， 1965. My father is a civil official at Tainan City Government. My mother is a house wife good at cooking. Although I am the only child of my parents， I am by no mans a spoiled one. On the contrary， I have been expected to be a successful man with advanced education. I study hard at school. Besides texts knowledge， journalism is my favorite; whenever reading， my heart is filled with great joy and interesting.

Being good is must; successful， however， is plus. Father adopts the idea of his father. Especially in military service， I realized it more precisely. People said: Military service makes a boy to man， I agree that.

I realized the importance of English and began to study diligently when I was eighteen. I did not start in my early age， but I hope that I could pass the test of General English Proficiency Test. And this is my best wish at the moment.

[大学生简单的英文自我介绍

It is known to all that panda is our national treasure. Its lovely image is favored by people from all over the world. When I see the panda, I am so excited, its black eyes and round fat body shape look so cute. The pandas are very lazy, they just eat and sleep all the day. People always play the joke that if you have not enough sleep, you will look like a panda.

众所周知,熊猫是我们的国宝。其可爱的形象深受来自世界各地人们的喜爱。当我看到熊猫,我很兴奋,它的黑眼睛和圆胖的体型看起来很可爱。熊猫非常懒惰,他们除了吃饭就是睡觉。人们总是开玩笑说,如果你没有足够的睡眠,你会看起来像一只熊猫。

The early Thanksgiving has no fixed dates, temporary decision, by the states until after the independence, to become a National Day of Thanksgiving. Every Thanksgiving Day this day, the United States national lively very, christians according to custom to church to do Thanksgiving prayer, urban villages and towns are everywhere costume parade, theater or sports competition, etc. Respectively a year of relatives will be back from the country and the family reunion, taste to "Turkey" give priority to a meal.

Americas most famous local celebration was started in 1924 Macys Thanksgiving Day parade (Macy s Thanksgiving Day making).

Every Thanksgiving Day this day, the United States national jollification, people according to custom to church to do Thanksgiving prayer, urban and rural towns everywhere make-up marches, drama performances and sports competitions, such as schools and shops are given by the regulation off. Children to imitate the indians appearance in strange costumes and draw on facebook or wear a mask to the street singing, trumpet. Scattered in exile abroad will be home for the family, the family sit together, munch delicious Turkey, and the family said: "thanks!" . After Thanksgiving, the school will let the students draw a Thanksgiving picture, most of the students are drawing is Turkey.

At the same time, the hospitality of americans also not forget this day invite friends, bachelor or away from home for the holidays. Since the 18th century, the United States began to appear a give poor people a basket of food customs. There was a group of young women want to choose a day in a year for good, think that Thanksgiving is selected the most appropriate nevertheless. So Thanksgiving Day arrived, they were fitted with a full basket of food personally delivered to the poor. Soon it far or near, there are many people learn their appearance to do. No matter who meet, they would say: "thank you!"

初时感恩节没有固定日期，由各州临时决定，直到美国独立后，感恩节才成为全国性的节日。 每逢感恩节这一天，美国举国上下热闹非常，基督徒按照习俗前往教堂做感恩祈祷，城市乡镇到处都有化装游行、戏剧表演或体育比赛等。分别了一年的亲人们也会从天南海北归来，一家人团圆，品尝以“火鸡”为主的感恩节美食。

美国当地最著名的庆典则是从1924年开始的梅西百货感恩节游行(Macy‘s thanksgiving day parade)。

每逢感恩节这一天，美国举国上下热闹非凡，人们按照习俗前往教堂做感恩祈祷，城乡市镇到处举行化装游行、戏剧表演和体育比赛等，学校和商店也都按规定放假休息。孩子们还模仿当年印第安人的模样穿上离奇古怪的服装，画上脸谱或戴上面具到街上唱歌、吹喇叭。散居在他乡外地的家人也会回家过节，一家人团团围坐在一起，大嚼美味火鸡，并且对家人说：“谢谢!”。感恩节后，学校会让同学们画一张感恩节的画，大部分学生都画的是火鸡。

同时，好客的美国人也忘不掉这一天邀请好友、单身汉或远离家乡的人共度佳节。从18世纪起，美国就开始出现一种给贫穷人家送一篮子食物的风俗。当时有一群年轻妇女想在一年中选一天专门做善事，认为选定感恩节是最恰当不过的。所以感恩节一到，她们就装上满满一篮食物亲自送到穷人家。这件事远近传闻，不久就有许多人学着她们的样子做起来。不管遇到谁，他们都会说：“thank you!”

The Palace Musieum is also known as "forbbitom City which was built in 1408 . it took 14 years for twenty thousand workers to finish the constraction. it covers an area of 720000 square meters. And it is also one of the five greatest imperial palaces in the world.

There are 9999 rooms in the whole Palace. In China the figure 9 is traditionally considered a lucky one.

Nowadays, every Tuesday the palace is open to Chinese students without charge.

In the Palace, there are treasures with history of 5000 years. It is a must for the visitors both home and abroad. I have been very happy since I knew that you would come to Beijing for travelling. Please let me know when you arrive here so that I will be ready to be your guide.

[介绍故宫的英文作文

Yuandan is the first day of the lunar calendar. It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling. It represents a new beginning when people send off the old days and welcome the new ones. As the first day of the year, Yuandan has been considered to be the most important festival since the ancient times.

Customs

1. Kaisui(beginning of the year): According to the Chinese traditional custom, starting from haishi(9p.m. to 11p.m.)of the last evening of the twelfth lunar month, each family must prepare offering s to deities at the altar. At the same time, they too prepare food for the New Year day: The whole family will then stay awake together to attend to the year(called shou sui). After haishi, zishi(11p.m. to 1a.m.)will come, and this is the arrival of New Year(Yuandan). At this moment, people begin the celebration with fireworks. Vegetarian and sweet foods will then be placed are the altar for offerings, and incense be burned to welcome the deities. In the ancient times, it was believed that haishi connected the two years and thus was called kaisui.

At the same night, some families will follow the instruction in Tongshu and place preparing altar in the direction of the "fortune deity" during the "fortune time" to receive the deity. If the direction of the "fortune deity" is at the "ill position", people will choose to receive "happy deity" or "noble deity" instead.

2. There is an apparent difference in the custom of food taking on Yuandan between the Chinese in the northern and southern regions. The northern Chinese has the habit of taking jiao zi(dumpling made of flour with vegetable and meat wrapped inside). Some people may put a sweet or a coin inside jiao zi, hoping to have a sweet year after tasting the sweet and a wealthy year after tasting the coin. on the other hand, the southern Chinese have the taboo for killing on Yuandan. Therefore, they do not take meat in tee morning of Yuandan, so as to avoid bloodshed or mutual slaughter. In order to evade misfortune, they have the first meal of this day without meat. Instead, they take vegetarian food for the sake of virtue.

3. What is special during the New Year is that parents or elders will distribute red packets(ang pao or ya sui qian)to the children. People in the ancient times were more particular in giving away the red packets: the distribution took place on the eve of New Year so that the kids could suppress the past year and enter the New Year. Ya sui has the meaning of overcoming the unpredictable future. Representing the wishes for the healthy psychological growth of the children, ya sui qian symbolises the elders hope to see their children overcome all the unpredictable elements brought by the "year".

[英文作文：元旦节介绍

My hometown is in Jindong District, located in central Zhejiang Jinqu basin, East Chinese Yiwu Commodity City, South China technology hardware city of Yongkang, west of Jinhua City, the advantage is obvious.

My hometown is rich in fruits and vegetables, bergamot, flower seedlings, dairy, livestock and poultry as the "one village one product" features have obvious advantages, is the "China Bergamot village", "Chinese bonsai flower seedlings of the township" and "China strawberry town", "Chinese Fujiminori grape", "China Yuzhi Mao Xiang" and "Chinese duck village", "the source of the East China white peach Township" and "South Chinese cow town", Jinhua ham, Shousheng wine reputation both at home and abroad

But what I want to introduce is that our hometown is the seedling of my hometown. Whenever you go into the Golden East, you can feel a strong fragrance of trees, a green, so happy that you are in a great mood, and very happy in your heart.

My family also has a lot of kinds of trees, trees, Lechang, Liriodendron, Michelia foveolata Michelia, gray, Yunshan, Yunshan, Hongkong Daye Prynne Prynne four beautiful flower photo, Ruyuan magnolia, Michelia Martini and so on, many.

All sides of my house are around the mountain, all around the trees, unique. In spring, the drizzle moistens the land. The trees thrive and thrive, and the rain stops. The trees float in the wind and make a lot of noise, just like listening to free music.

In summer, the sun is shining, the trees still straight, and stood there. In the summer, the trees were filled with a kind of perseverance and full of vitality. Other people are envious.

In autumn, some leaves are yellow and falling. Some of them still show their green side. They grow harder than ever before, and branches are stronger. They shelter the fallen trees. In the fall, they showed a scene of mutual help.

In winter, cold and dry to their approach, however, they were not afraid of the station, consistent from beginning to end in that place, no matter how hard the wind, they are also helpless, had slipped away from their side. The rain and snow fall on them, and they cant disturb their "hair" until the coming of spring, and they can still stick to it.

My hometown is the village of seedlings, with thousands of seedlings, so that the residents living inside can have better air and better environment.

I wish all places in the world can be as beautiful as my hometown.

April 13,20xx

P.O. Box 48

Peking University

Peking, China 100013

Dear Sir/Madam:

I was referred to you by Mr. Zhang, a Partner with your Peking office, who informed me that the Shanghai office of your company is actively seeking to hire a Network Maintenance Engineer for your program.

Your position requires top university, Bachelor or above in Computer Science or equivalent field and proficient in Windows 2000 and LINUX System. I feel that I am

competent to meet the requirements. I will be graduating from Graduate School of Peking University this year with a M.S. degree. My studies have included courses in computer control and management and I designed a control simulation system developed with Microsoft Visual InterDev and SQL Server.

During my education, I have grasped the principals of my major and skills of practice. Not only have I passed CET-6, but more important I can communicate with others freely in English. My ability to write and speak English is out of question.

The enclosed resume outlines my credentials and accomplishments in greater detail. I would welcome an opportunity to meet with you for a personal interview.

Sincerely,

Deng Yun

[英文求职信的自我介绍

Hello, my name Is ****, It Is really a great honor to have thIs opportunIty for a IntervIew, I would lIke to answer whatever you may raIse, and I hope I can make a good performance today, eventually enroll In thIs prestIgIous unIversIty In september. now I wIll Introduce myself brIefly,I am ** years old,born In**** provInce and I am curruently a senIor student at ***I.my major Is ****.

And I wIll receIve my bachelor degree after my graduatIon In june.In the past * years,I spend most of my tIme on study,I have passed CET4/6 wIth a ease. and I have acquIred basIc knowledge of ********both In theory and In practIce.

BesIdes, I have attend several ***hold In ****, thIs Is our advantage study here, I have taken a tour to some bIg factory and company. through these I have a deeply understandIng of domestIc ****Industry.

Compared to developed countrIes such as us, unfortunately, although we have made extraordInary progress sInce ***,our ****Industry are stIll underdeveloped, mess, unstable, the sItuatIon of employees In thIs fIeld are awkard. but I have full confIdence In a brIght future If only our economy can keep the growth pace stIll.

I guess you maybe Interested In the reason Itch to law, and what Is my plan durIng graduate study lIfe, I would lIke to tell you that *** Is one of my lIfelong goal,I lIke my major ****and I wont gIve up,If I can pursue my master degree here I wIll combIne law wIth my former educatIon.

I am able to work under great pressure. Thanks for the chance.

Hello, everybody ——! (Bow)My name is XXX, from Hunan XX, I am cheerful, honest, easy to get along with others; likes playing basketball, mountain climbing and running.

I am very pleased and honored to join the “XX” to the family, where not only provided me with a growth exercise, showing a good platform for self, but also for giving me the chance to meet more new colleagues, new friends. - Take this, I am grateful for the leadership, I thank you all so give me a good opportunity. (Bow)

I first arrived, there are many aspects of the knowledge you need to learn, but also hope in future we can work great weekend!

I believe that through our mutual understanding and mutual understanding, we will not only become a career go hand in hand with the struggle of his comrades, life will be like-minded, woe friend.Finally, I would like to be able to work together with you for our common cause to fight!

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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。