介绍闹钟的英语作文【20篇】

I have a small mobile phone, is my dad gave me in the Internet, why call it a small mobile phone? Listen to me explain to you slowly.

This phone is The Times of childrens mobile phone, is my favorite cat form of appearance, but also pink! I can like it, though it is not a smartphone, function is very simple, can not play games on QQ, but its dad specially selected for me, I asked dad why people use smart phones, bought so original mobile phone back to me. Dad told me that the phone has a unique model of parents, can through the global satellite positioning, so dad can find me at any time! So that is what it boils down to. I see my dads a piece of my heart, to embrace this original mobile phone.

My cell phone is my little assistant, it when I need help, always help me, such as one time, I was in cram school, the teacher in advance the class was over, but dad still dont know, how to do? My cell phone is like my best friend reminded me that call dad, tell him ahead of the class was over, hurry up to pick me up. At another time, I have a cold, what what to eat to vomit, but I decided to go to cram school insists on that day, the class to the half of the time, I was really sick, sick, for the sake of my health teacher approval I returned home early, so I picked up my little assistant called to tell my dad, my dad arrived immediately, took me to see the doctor, go home for a rest, the second day I am all good!

Small mobile phone with me, can play a lot in my study and life indelible role, so I love my small mobile phone!

我有一部小手机，是爸爸给我在网上淘的，为什么叫它小手机呢?听我慢慢解释给你们听吧!

这款手机是贝倍安的儿童专用手机，外形是我最爱的猫咪形的，而且还是粉色的呢!我可喜欢它了，虽然它不是智能手机，功能十分简单，不能玩游戏不能上QQ，但是它是爸爸特意给我挑选的，我曾问爸爸为什么在别人都用智能手机了，还给我买了这么原始的手机。爸爸告诉我，这款手机它有个独特的家长模式，可以通过全球卫星定位，这样爸爸就可以随时找到我啊!原来是这样啊!我明白了爸爸的一片良苦用心，就欣然接受了这原始的手机。

我的手机是我的小助手，它在我需要求助的时候，总是帮助我，比如有一次，我上补习班，老师提前下课了，但是爸爸还不知道啊，怎么办?我的手机就好像我最好的朋友提醒我，打个电话给爸爸，告诉他提前下课了，快点来接我。还有一次，我感冒了，吃什么吐什么，但是那天我还是决定坚持去上补习班，结果课上到一半的时候，我实在不舒服了，吐了一地，为了我身体着想，老师批准我提前回家，于是我拿起我的小助手打电话把情况告诉爸爸，爸爸马上赶到，接了我去看了医生，回家吃了药好好休息，第二天我就全好了!

小手机伴随着我，在我学习和生活中发挥了许多不可磨灭的作用，所以我爱我的小手机!

我们每个人都有自己喜欢的动物，那么，关于介绍动物的英语作文应该怎么写？今天小编为你整理了关于介绍动物的英语作文，希望对你有用。

The snake is a long and thin animal that lives in graor other dark places. A snake has no legs or feet, but it can move very fast on its stomach. Snakes usually have green, yellow or black skins, which make them difficult for their enemies to find them.Some kinds of snakes live in water. They can swim as freely as fish.

Snakes are cold-blooded animals. In winter they hibernatein holes which are narrow enough only to hold the snakes bodies. The snakes can sleep through a whole winter without eating and moving. They can not feel any pain. The hibernation period lasts about five months. When spring comes, the snakes come out and begin their normal life.

Snakes can take many things as food, such as mice, sparrows, frogs,birds eggs, pests and so on. People sometimes can see a snake eat a sparrow. First it moves close to the sparrow, then it puts out its tongue and brings the sparrow into its mouth and swallows it, which makes a lump in the snakes body. After some time the lump disappears.

As snakes are dreadful-looking, people are afraid of them. Many people drive them away whenever they see snakes. But in Chinese fairy tales, snakes are by no means bad. They seem to have human feelings. They can change into pretty girls. People like and respect them. The most well-known is the story about the White Snake and the Blue Snake.

In fact, snakes are not as dreadful as they look. They can help us to kill mice and pests. They can provide us with delicious meat. Their blood is a good drink. Poisonous snakes are especially useful. We can make valuable drugs with them.

Panda is one of the scarcest animals. People in the world like it very much. there used to be many pandas in China long ago. As the balance of nature was destroyed and the weather was getting warmer and warmer, pandas became less. But at present, the number of pandas is increasing year by year. there are now so many pandas that some are being sent to other countries so that people there can enjoy them.

Nowadays, the biggest nature park for panda in China is in Sichuan. there is a research centre for nature and wild life there. Scientists hope that one day they will have enough pandas to be set free and let them live in the wild again.

My favorite animals are swans.they are white.they can swim very well.I think they look like a beautiful girl in a white dress.they have a pair of wings and they can also fly well.I believe they are angles from the sky.they bring us love and make us happy.they are always friendly to us.We cant hurt them,because they are our friend.I love them!I like dogs,too.they are not beautiful,but they are the best friends.they keep the thieves away.Dogs have the best listening and eyes.they can hear in the nosiy,see in the dark.If we are in danger,they will help us at once.And they dont mind their lives.So,I love them.

Elephant is the largest animal on land today. It weights some ninety kilograms and is about one metre high when born. When it is 12 years old, it studs over three meters and does not grow any more. Elephant is usually grey in color, having a long trunk with large ivory tusks protruding from each side of its mouth. Usually moving in groups and caring for each other, Elephant is know to be a very and gentle creamre. For many years people have used the strength of these poweful animals to move trees and heavy logs. Elephant has been and is a vital tool for people to do many things that would normally be imposs-ible. Elephant is and will continue to be one of the greatest creatures man has ever come into contact with. Its size. beauty, and power willforever be useful to man.

[关于介绍动物的英语作文

I am a first-year student in Nanjing University. Every day, I have a very busy and full schedule.

Education is very important to students. The reason is that our achievement determines whether or not we can early out duties to our country in the future.

I get up early every morning to prepare my lessons. Then I attend classes. The last two periods in the afternoon are usually free. I spend them either on the sports ground or in the library. In the evening I try to complete all the assignments on time.

On the weekends, I like to watch TV or go to the films.

Being a student is hard work, but studying makes you a useful person and it is also full of joys when you are ahead of your classmates in all subjects.

Qingdao is an important economic center and coastal open cities,is a national historical and cultural cities and scenic tourism resort.

The southern tip of Shandong Peninsula,Qingdao is located in an area of 10,654 square kilometers,with a total population of 6.99 million.Which the urban area of 1102 square km,population 2.24 million.Has jurisdiction over City South,City North,the Quartet,Licang,Laoshan,Shenyang City,Huangdao seven areas and Jimo,Jiaozhou,Jiaonan,roughness,Lacey five county-level cities.Mild climate,a temperate monsoon climate,annual average temperature of 12.2 degrees.

Filed Qingdao people often think of here is the bustling modern city and the world-famous summer resort.Qingdao set foot on this land,a dizzying variety of villas:pointed,round,high,low,stone ,.hillside beside the road were built.Yin Yin planting trees at the roadside,another expanse of Loudong red tiles,red and green Xiangying,Different scenery.

My name is Yin Zhaoyi. Im nine years old. Im from Hengyang, Hunan. I love writing and reading.

I was a lively and cheerful girl, face, round eyes, long eyebrows, high nose, black hair, big mouth, short stature, long limbs.

Today is Sunday. I asked my mother if I could go to the library to read books. My mother said yes, I went straight to the library happily, and there were very few people in the library. I picked up a book and looked up. An hour passed, and two hours passed. Until 6 oclock in the evening, I found it was 6, and I ran home at full speed.

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?

小学英语自我介绍的作文4

Hello,everyone. Now please allow me to do an introduction. My name is Li

Lei. I’m 14 year old. My birthday is on October 11th. My favourite book is

twilight. I really love to read the books about vampires. My hobby is singing.

Some people say I’m a good singer.My favourite singer is Justin Biber.I think he

is a great singer. I love to sing his songs. Besides singing, I love shopping

very much. If I have time, I will go shopping with my friends.I’m really good at

English, if you have any questions, you can ask me, I will do my best to help

you. We can be the best friends forever. Thank you.

The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in china, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.

The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.

This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.

The Hanshi (cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.

On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.

In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.

People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "gods lanterns."

The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the gregorian calendar.

导语：梅西在2010年世界杯成为了阿根廷队的灵魂人物，身披自马拉多纳、里克尔梅传承下来的蓝白衫10号球衣，是潘帕斯雄鹰冲击大力神杯的绝对核心。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

This Argentinian strikers footballing career started in 1995 at Newells Old Boys,where he played until the year 2000.At the age of 13,Lionel Messi crossed the Atlantic to try his luck in Barcelona,and joined the Under 14s.Messi made spectacular progress at each of the different age levels,climbing through the ranks of the different youth teams and then Bar??a C,followed by Bar??a B and the first team in record time.

In the 2003-2004 season,when he was still only 16,Messi made his first team debut in a friendly with Porto that marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium.The following championship-winning season,Messi made his first appearance in an official match on October 16,2004,in Barcelonas derby win against Espanyol at the Olympic Stadium (0-1).

With several first team players seriously injured,the services of several reserve team players were called upon,and Messi became a regular feature of Bar??a squads.On May 1,2005,he became the youngest player ever to score a league goal for FC Barcelona - against Albacete when Messi was only 17 years,10 months and 7 days old.

At the Under 20 World Cup in Holland,Messi not only won the title with Argentina,but was also the leading goalscorer and was voted best player in the tournament.Aged 18 years,he had become one of the hottest properties in the world game.Shortly after,he made his first full international appearance in a friendly against Hungary.

His breakthrough as a player came in the 2005-06 season,starting with an amazing performance in the Joan Gamper Trophy match against Juventus.He was also outstanding at the Santiago Bernabéu,in Barcelonas unforgettable 3-0 win,and also at Stamford Bridge,in the Champions League match against Chelsea.Injury kept him sidelined for much of the latter stage of the season.Messi played a total of 17 league games,6 in the Champions League and 2 in the Copa del Rey.Messi scored eight goals.

​导语：相信很多外国人来到中国都会想了解我们的家庭生活，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I live with my father and mother in a very big house in Dongguan. My parents are both very busy. They leave for work very early in the morning and don’t return home until late in the evening.

When I am home on weekends from school, we spend a lot of time together. We talk about my studies, my health and my school life. I love my parents very much.

My grandparents are still living, but they don’t live with us. Their health is good and they both do sports very early in the morning. My grandmother does gymnastics with elderly women her age in the park. Both of my grandfathers play basketball in the morning and sometimes they go swimming.

Chinese people eat rice for every meal, but I don’t like rice because I think it is tasteless! We eat meat, fish and vegetables. My family eats noodles and congee. My favorite is noodles.

I often play computer games because I like it so much. I often watch Japanese cartoon movies with my parents on the weekends. On long holidays we take trips, too.

That is my description of typical family life in China.

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我和爸爸妈妈住在东莞的一所大房子里。我父母都很忙。他们很早就动身去上班，晚上很晚才回家。

当我周末放学回家时，我们花很多时间在一起。我们谈论我的学习，我的健康和我的学校生活。我非常爱我的父母。

我的祖父母还活着，但他们不住在我们这里。他们的身体很好，他们都很早就开始运动。我祖母和公园里同龄的老年妇女做体操。我爷爷两个早上都打篮球，有时去游泳。

中国人每顿饭都吃米饭，但我不喜欢米饭，因为我觉得米饭很无味!我们吃肉，鱼和蔬菜。我的家人吃面条和粥。我最喜欢的是面条。

我经常玩电脑游戏，因为我很喜欢它。我经常在周末和我的父母一起看日本卡通片。在长假期间，我们也去旅行。

这是在中国的家庭生活。

Good afternoon .I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .First of all ，my english name is ...and my chinese name is ..If you are going to have a job interview ，you must say much things which can show your willness to this job ，such as ，it is my long cherished dream to be ...and I am eager to get an opportunity to do...and then give some examples which can give evidence to .then you can say something about your hobbies .and it is best that the hobbies have something to do with the job.

What is more important is do not forget to communicate with the interviewee，keeping a smile and keeping your talks interesting and funny can contribute to the success.

I hope you will give them a wonderful speech .Good luck to you !

这就是我(This is me)

Hello, everybody! My name is Michael. Im a happy boy. Because I laugh everyday. I have a big family. There are three people in my family, my mother, my father and I. My parents are managers and Im a student. I study in Grade Seven, Class Eleven, Dongzhou Middle School. Its a nice place. There are many students in my class. I have a good teacher, Miss Jiang. My favorite lessons are English and Math. I like dogs very much. I have only one dog. Its name is Doudou. Its a pretty dog.

Oh, I forgot to tell you something about my old friend. His name is Tad. His hobby is playing basketball. So he is taller and stronger than I. He has two big eyes and long hair. He is my best friend.

This is me, a happy boy!

My name  . I am from . There are people in my family. My father works in a computer company. He  a computer engineer. My mother works in a international trade company. She  also a busy woman. I have a older ster and a younger brother. My ster  a junior in National Taiwan University. She majors in Englh. My brother  an elementary school student. He  8 years old.

Because of my father, I love surfing the Internet very much. I play the on-line game for about 2 hours every day. I wh I could be a computer program designer in the future. And that  why I am applying for the electronics program in your school.

Dear Sir/Madam:

My name is ××× , and I will graduate from Xian FanYi University in the year 2015, My major is secretary in English department.

It’s my great pleasure to have this opportunity to improve our mutual understanding. During the three –year college study, I tried my best to learn all kinds of knowledge, and weigh the hard work of my teachers and myself; I have mastered English listening, speaking, writing and reading skills.

Moreover, I have a good command of business English and the basic theory, public relationship of secretary. Meanwhile, in order to enlarge my knowledge, I always read some newspapers and magazines about business and trade, and I used to do some representative of business in my spare time. At the same time, I learnt computer skills during my summer vacation, and now Im familiar with Office 2007. It is my three –year college life that makes me form my life attitude. Also my three-year college life that makes me rich in knowledge, and its also my three-year college life that makes me form my life attitude. Honesty, Trust, Diligence is principle of how to be a man.

As a college graduate, I believe "where there is a will, there is a way", and I will try my best to do a good job in my business. So I sincerely hope that I can make a position in your company so that I can serve for the company in the future.

Yours faithfully,

[求职用英语自我介绍

Spring Festival is the most important and popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival ,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.During Spring Festival ,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have a big meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.

I love Spring Festival.

春节是中国最重要和最受欢迎的节日。在春节之前,人们通常打扫卫生和装饰他们的房子。他们去花集市买一些花。春节期间,大人通常给孩子压岁钱。人们经常聚在一起,一顿大餐。有些人吃饺子吃晚饭。

我爱春节。

Good morning/afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my great honor to be here and have this interview.

First of all, may I introduce myself please. My name is ....I"m ...years old. And I"ve just graduated from ... High School. I"m an active and optimistic person in daily life, and I like singing, shopping and watching TV with friends very much.

And most impotantly, I would like to let you know that, I"ve been interested in universities/institues of International relations, espeically its majors and environments, since my first year in high school. and I"ve also tried to know some more about them in my free time. My total points of the university entrance examination might not be good enough for our shool, however, I"ll be grateful if I have the chance to be a student here, and I"ll do my best in my study and college life and be an useful person in the furture.

Thank you very much!

简单的英文自我介绍怎么说

一些企业是外资企业或者业务范围有设计到英语的话，很有可能在面试过程会要求做一个简单的英文自我介绍，这个难倒了很多非专业英语人士，根本不知道应该怎么说。

其实英文自我介绍并不是很难，你只要记住面试官也是英文菜鸟就好了，表现出你的自信和大方，当然在不好的英语能力你也要尽可能使自己的自我介绍流利一些。下面给出一个范文，希望对大家有所帮助。

I am very gald to introduce myself .I am from Liaoning Province. I graduated from Shandong University and majored in Microbiology. I love music and looking books, especially the history books.

I am honor that I have the opportunity to take part in the interview. Of course,I hope I can joy in our company，Please give me the chance. Thanks very much.

我非常开心可以在这里做自我极少，我来自辽宁，毕业于山东大学的微生物专业，我很喜欢音乐和看书，尤其是历史类的书籍。很高兴做自我介绍，我出生在辽宁，专业是国际贸易，毕业于南开大学，我的兴趣是音乐，读书，尤其是经济类的书。

能够来参加贵公司的面试我感到很荣幸，当然我也希望可以加入贵公司，为贵公司服务实现我的理想。请贵公司给我这个机会，万分感激。

Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is Youtheme， 24. I come from GuangZhou，the capital of GuangDong Province. I graduated from the ****** department of *****University in July ，2001.In the past two years I have been prepareing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you.

I am open-minded ，quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time，I have broad interests like many other youngers.I like reading books， especially those about ****.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ，during my college years，I was once a Net-bar technician.So， I have a comparative good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway，I feel great pity for our country’s team.

I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course， if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University，I will stare no effort to master a good command of advance ******

Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is bounded on three sides by mountains. It has a 2500-year history and in ancient times was an important military town. Now Taiyuan is one of Chinas heavy industrial cities and accounts for more than half the national coal mining output.

Taiyuan also has a wealth of tourist attractions and notably among these is the Jinci Temple. This is the citys most attractive temple although the Shuangta Si (Twin-Pagoda Temple) has become a symbol of Taiyuan on account of its unique architecture. Another major attraction is the Tianlong Shan Stone Caves where magnificent sculptures dating from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) may be seen.

Taiyuan benefits from convenient public transport systems as the city is the provincial transportation hub. Accommodation facilities have become more and more advanced over recent years and range from 5-star hotels to a selection of comfortable guest houses.

The gourmand should be aware that Shanxi noodles are highly reputed all over China, as well as the local vinegar. Other local delicacies are the Tou Nao, the Steamed Dumpling, Sausages and Mutton Soup. To accompany these wholesome foods there are Fen Jiu (Fen Wine) and Zhuye Qing (Zhuye Qing Wine). As well as its cuisine the city is noted for products such as finely crafted lacquer ware.

[介绍家乡山西的英语作文

Hello ！welcome to the special Chinese new years edition of discovering China. Im Alina Li and Im Ben Hedges, and today well be taking you through some of the most important traditions of Chinese new year and historical background. We will look at some of the legends behind Chinese new year and how to celebrate it. Here in the US and Chinese across the world.

The Chinese have specific way to celebrate their new year. If you walk down the street in Chinatown during Chinese New Year, you see a variety of ancient traditions such as red banners, firecrackers and lion dance performances, streets are filled with lively celebration.

However, legend has said that the new year has not always been a time of festivity. An Asian Chinese story told a chilly start to this festive holiday, it begins with an ancient Chinese beast called Nian.

Every New Year Nian would rise from swelling in the sea to ravage Chinese village in livestock and hurting people. The villages soon found out from a wise gray-haired old man that the only way to scare the beast away was to set off firecrackers and light lamps and to hang red banners on each door. As the story goes, this was the beginning of a tradition that would last thousands of years.

So this story leads to the creation of many of other traditions for celebrating Chinese New Year. lets take a look at some of these traditions.

The Great Wall

The Great Wall runs across North China like a huge dragon,It winds its way from west to east,across deserts,over mountains,through valleys till at last it reaches the sea.Its the longest wall on the earth,also one of the wonders in the world.

The Great Wall has a history of more than 2000 years.The first part was built during the Spring and Autumn Period.All the walls were joined up in Qin Dynasty.All tile work was done by hand.Thousands of people died while building the wall.Thus the Great Wall came into existence.

Since then,it has been rebuilt and repaired many times.Now the Great Wall,the admiration of the world,has taken on a new look.Its visited by large numbers of people from all partsof thecountry and the world.

长城

长城,像一条巨龙横亘华北地区,它穿过沙漠,越过高山,跨过山谷,由西到东蜿蜒曲折,最后到达大海.它是地球上最长的墙,也是世界奇迹之子.

长城有2000多年的历史.它开始修建于春秋时期.秦朝时,所有的城墙联结在一起.所有工作都是用手完成的,成千上万的人在修建长城时死去.长城就是这样出现的.

目前为止,长城重修多次.现在的长城面貌一新,迎接来角全国和全世界各地的游客.

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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