介绍北京的英文导游词

介绍北京的英文导游词

【篇一：北京故宫英文导游词】

北京故宫

女士们、先生们，

欢迎大家来到北京，北京是中国的首都，也是我国的四大古都之一。2008年奥运会的成功举办更使这座古老的城市为许多外国朋友所熟知。大家稍作休息，请允许我自我介绍一下。我是大家北京之行的

地接导游员我的名字叫温辉辉，那在我身边的这位是我们的司机张

师傅。我们将会竭尽全力为大家提供最优质的服务。像我一样热情

好客的北京人将以他们最热情的方式欢迎世界各地发朋友来到北京。在北京期间我们将游览故宫、长城、颐和园等景点。希望古老而又

时尚的北京会给大家留下一段美好的回忆。

在北京我们游览的第一个景点就是故宫。提起故宫大家首先会想到

它是中国皇帝居住过的地方。但故宫的价值可不仅仅在于此。它更

是我们中国历史、中国文化以及中国建筑的一个缩影。

故宫位于北京城的中心，是明清两朝的皇宫。它是世界上显存最大、最完整的宫殿建筑群。至今约有六百年的历史，先后有24位皇帝在

这里统治全国近500年。故宫又名紫禁城，那是因为在封建社会皇

帝拥有最高的权利因此这个地方是禁止一般人进出。紫色是象征这

北极星的颜色，这被认为是宇宙的中心所以又名紫禁城。

紫禁城的建筑布局是对称的分为前朝和内廷。前朝以太和、中和、

保和三大殿为主体是举行大殿、朝贺、筵宴行使权力的地方。其中

太和殿是故宫中规模最大等级最高的建筑。皇帝登基及册立皇后等

重大仪式都在此举行。内廷以乾清宫、交太殿和坤宁宫为主体，是

皇帝的寝宫和处理日常政务的地方。坤宁宫以北是御花园，是皇帝

及其家人

游玩的地方。

新中国成立以来，故宫得到良好的维护。1961年，故宫被入世界文

化遗产名录。如今的故宫已是中国最大文化珍藏品博物馆，收藏着

几百万件珍贵文物。

现在我要问大家一个问题，故宫的房间是九千九百九十九间半吗?

传说天宫的房间是一万间，人间的皇帝作为天帝的儿子，皇宫自然

不能超过天宫，于是故宫便造了九千九百九十九间半。其实古代建

筑是以“四柱一间”为标准的。经过古建筑专家实地调查统计，故宫

所有的房间数量是8707，并非传说所言。

俗话说百闻不如一见，带着您满心的好奇让我们走进故宫，让我们

感悟中国文化感受中国帝王的兴衰历史。

ladies and gentlemen，

welcome to beijing.beijing is the capital of china as well as

one of the four ancient capitals in china.many foreign friends known beijing because of the the success of the olympic games. please sit back and relax. iam your local guide for your beijing tour ,you can call me amry.this is our driver mr. zhang.we will make every effort to provide the best quality service.like me, beijingers are always ready to welcome friends from all over the world with their most hospitality.during you beijing tour we will visit the forbidden city、great wall、summer palace and other attractions.i hope that the old as well as fashion beijing will

leave you a good memory.

the first attraction of our tour in beijing is the forbidden

city.the first thing people would think of when talking about the forbidden city is it the place where chinese emperors used to live and hold their courts. .but the value of the forbidden city is not limited to this.it is a microcosm of chinese history, chinese culture and chinese architecture.the forbidden city is located

in center obeijing. it was imperial palace of both ming and qing dynasties.with a history of over 600 years, it is the largest and most complete palace complex that still exists in the world. 24 emperors had rule the empir from here for more than 500 years. forbidden city is also called purple forbidden city .in the

feudal[fju:dl]封建时代的 society ,emperors had supreme至高的power , so this residence was certainly a forbidden place . purple was the symbolic[simb?lik] 象征color of the north star which was believed to be the center of the cosmos宇宙 .so it got the name of purple forbidden city.

the building arrangement within the forbidden city is symmetrical对称的.and it is divided into two parts :the outer court and the inner court .the former is the place where emperors handled courts事物 and held different ceremonies仪式.it consists of taihe ,zhonghe and baohe halls.taihe hall is the

largest hall within the forbidden city.it was the location where ming dynasty and qing dynasty emperors hosted their enthronement and wedding ceremonies .the inner court consists of qianqing, jiaotai and kunming halls where the emperor lived and handled day-to-day work.the lmperial garden lies on north of the kunming hall. it looks like a natural picture.this is the place where the emperor and his family play. since the founding of new china, the forbidden city has been well maintained.it was made part of the world cultural heritage list in 1987.tody as the largest museum of cultural relics in china, it collected and displayed one million precious relics .

now i want to ask you a question.how many houses are there in the forbidden city? it was said that there were 10000 rooms in the complex of the heaven palace .as the son of the heaven , emperor had to build only 9999.5 rooms .actually ,there are only 8707 rooms in the forbidden city.

as the saying goes, seeing is believing.with curiosity, lets walk into the forbidden city.lets appreciate chinese culture and feel the history of the rise and fall of the chinese emperors.

【篇二：北京英语导游词】

北京长城英语导游词

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ladies and gentlemen:

welcome to the great wall. starting out in the east on the banks of the yale river in leaning province, the wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to jiayuguan in the gobi desert, thus known as the ten thousand li wall in china. the

wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the yanshan and yinshan mountain chains through five provinces——liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, and gansu and two autonomous regions——ningxia and inner mongolia, binding the northern china together.

historical records trace the construction of the origin of the wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 b.c. during the reign of king cheng of the states of chu. its construction continued throughout the warring states period in the fifth

century b.c. walls, then, was built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments. later in 221 b.c. the most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the ming dynasty (1368——1644) when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly

the ming dynasty wall that visitors see today.

the great wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with shanxi province as the dividing line. the west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. in the eastern part, the core of the wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks. the

most imposing and best preserved sections of the great wall are at badaling and mutianyu, not far from beijing and both are open to visitors.

the wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast. two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals. the top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military

equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers. the

highest watch-tower at badaling standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like climbing a ladder to heaven.

there stand 14 major passes (guan, in chinese) at places of strategic

importance along the great wall, the most important being shanghaiguan and jiayuguan. yet the most impressive one is juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of beijing.

known as tian xia di yi guan (the first pass under heaven), shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north china with the northeast. it had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here. it was the gate of

shanghaiguan that the ming general wu sangui opened to the manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by li zicheng and so surrendered the whole ming empire to the

manchus, leading to the foundation of the qing dynasty. (1644-1911)

as a cultural heritage, the wall belongs not only to china but to the world. the venice charter says: historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical

events. the great wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. in 1987, the wall was listed by unesco as a world cultural heritage site.

【篇三：北京景点英语导游词】

the great wall

the great wall, like the pyramids of egypt, the taj mahal in india and the hanging garden of babylon, is one of the great wonders of the world.

starting out in the east on the banks of the yalu river in liaoning province, the wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to jiayuguan in the gobi desert, thus known as the ten-thousand-li great wall in china. the wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the yanshan and yinshan mountain chains through five provinces--liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shanxi, and gansu and two autonomous regions ningxia and inner mongolia, binding the northern china together. historical records trace the construction of the origin of the wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 b.c. during the reign of king cheng of the states of chu. its construction continued throughout the warring states period in the fifth century b.c. when ducal states yan, zhao, wei, and qin were frequently plundered by the nomadic peoples living north of the yinshan and yanshan mountain ranges. walls, then, were built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments. later in 221 b.c, when qin conquered the other states and unified china,emperor qinshihuang ordered the connection of these individual walls and further extensions to form the basis of the present great wall. as a matter of fact, a separate outer wall was constructed north of the yinshan range in the han dynasty, which went to ruin through years of

neglect. in the many intervening centuries, succeeding dynasties rebuilt parts of the wall. the most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the ming dynasty when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the ming dynasty wall that visitors see today.

the great wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with shanxi province as the dividing line. the west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. in the eastern part, the core of the wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks. the

most imposing and best preserved sections of the great wall are at badaling and mutianyu, not far from beijing and both are open to visitors. the wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast. there are ramparts, embrasures, peep-holes and apertures for archers on the top, besides gutters with gargoyles to drain

rain-water off the parapet walk. two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals. the top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers. the highest watch-tower at badaling

standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like climbing a ladder to heaven. the view from the top is rewarding, hoverer. the wall follows the contour of mountains that rise

one behind the other until they finally fade and merge with distant haze.

a signal system formerly existed that served to communicate military information to the dynastic capital. this consisted of beacon towers on the wall itself and on mountain tops within sight of the wall. at the approac

h of enemy troops, smoke signals gave the alarm from the beacon towers in the daytime and bonfire did this at night. emergency signals could be relayed to the capital from distant places within a few hour long before the invention of anything like modern communications. there stand 14 major passes at places of strategic importance along the great wall, the most important being shanhaiguan and jiayuguan. yet the most

impressive one is juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of beijing. known as tian xia di yi guan, shanghaiguan pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north china with the northeast. it had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here. it was the gate of shanghaiguan that the

ming general wu sangui opened to the manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by li zicheng and so surrendered the whole ming empire to the manchus, leading to the foundation of the qing dynasty. jiayuguan pass was not so much as the strategic pass under the heaven as an important communication center in chinese history. cleft between the snow-capped qilian mountains and the rolling mazong mountains, it was on the ancient silk road. zhang qian, the first envoy of emperor wu di of the western han dynasty , crossed it on his journey to the western regions. later, silk flowed to the west through this pass too. the gate-tower of jiayuguan is an attractive building of excellent workmanship. it has an inner

city and an outer city, the former square in shape and surrounded by a wall 11.7 meters high and 730 meters in circumference. it has two gates, an eastern one and a western one. on each gate sits a tower facing each other. the four corners of the wall are occupied by four watch towers, one for each. juyongguan, a gateway to ancient beijing from inner mongolia, was built in a 15-kilometer long ravine flanked by mountains. the cavalrymen of genghis khan swept through it in the 13th century. at the center of the pass is a white marble platform named the cloud terrace, which was called the crossing-street dagoba, since its narrow arch spanned the main street of the pass and on the top of the terrace there used to be three stone dagobas, built in the yuan daynasty. at the bottom of the terrace is a half-octagonal arch gateway, interesting for its wealth of detail: it is decorated with splendid images of buddha and four celestial guardians carved on the walls. the vividness of their expressions is matched by the exquisite workmanship. such grandiose relics works, with several stones pieced together, are rarely seen in ancient chinese carving. the gate jambs bear a multi-lingual buddhist sutra, carved some 600 years ago in sanskrit, tibetan, mongolian, uigur, han chinese and the language of western xia.

undoubtedly, they are valuable to the study of buddhism and ancient languages.

as a cultural heritage, the wall belongs not only to china but to the world. the venice charter says: historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events. the great wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. in 1987, the wall was listed by unesco as a world cultural heritage site.

the palace museum

hello, everyone，we are now going to pay a visit to a place of special interest. this scenic spot is located at the center of beijing and is characterized by thousands of palatial architectures and purple walls as well as yellow glazed tile roofs- it is simply a sea of palaces. this is the world –famous wonder– the palace museum.

this is the palace museum; also knows as the purple forbidden city. it is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in china today. under ming emperor yongle, construction begans in 1406. it took 14 years 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.

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 palace museum 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 to the north, and the xihua gate to the north, and the xihua gate to the west ,the donghua gate to the east. manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the palace museum. a total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. marble was quarried from 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 palace museum. it is also knows as wufenglou. ming emperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of the chinese lunar year in honor of their counties. they also used this place for punishing officials 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 to ban sou 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.

now we are inside the forbidden city. before we start our tour, i would like to briefly introduce you the architectural patterns before 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 palace museum covers roughly one

–third of this central axis. most of the important building in the forbidden city were 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 palace museum 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.

ladies and gentlemen, the great hall we are approaching is the hall of supreme harmony, the biggest and tallest of its king in the forbidden city. this structure covers a total building space of 2,377 square meters, and is know for its upturned, multiple counterpart eaves. the hall of supreme harmony sits on a

triple ―h‖-shaped marble terrace which is 8meters high and linked by staircases. the staircase on the ground floor has 21 steps while the middle and upper stairways each have 9.

the construction of the hall of supreme harmony began in 1406. it burned down three times and was severely damaged once during a mutiny. the existing architecture was built

during the qing dynasty.

the function of the hall of complete harmony actually is the retiring room. before the emperor held big ceremony, he had a rest in there. and it was also the place where the emperor read the sacrificial scripture before he went to the temple of heaven to worship the god and his ancestors. the layout inside of the hall is same to that hall, also has dragon chair, incense

burners and carpet. you can have a look and take some pictures.

in early time, the function of the hall of preserving harmony likes the banquet hall of the great hall of the people in nowadays. traditionally, the emperor would hold a banquet to the mongolian nobles and envoys in the spring festival. in the

qing dynasty, there also served as the place to hold the imperial examination. in feudal society, the national exam can be divided into four rankings, which are the county exam, province exam, capital exam and imperial exam. the imperial exam is the highest-ranking examination. if you can pass it, you could be a high-ranking official.

ok, later i will guide you to visit the bedroom of the emperor, which called the hall of mantel cultivation. this courtyard is not the largest one, but it is really the most important one. the front building is the office of emperor, and the rear yard is the bedrooms of emperor and empress. the west chamber of the front building is the military office; emperor and military officials discussed military affairs in there. because the military affair is very important in a whole country, built two special walls ward off overhear. the inner chamber is the special room for emperor to collected the art about calligraphy, because it very valuable in china.

the rear yard is the living quarter of emperor and empress. the inner yard is the bedroom of emperor, and the north chamber is the bedroom of empress.

today we preserved the inside layout of these chambers from late qing dynasty. there are five chambers located on the east side; we called them the waiting chambers that each chamber has a concubine wait for emperor in everyday evening. when the emperor finished his daily affairs, he would like to walk along the corridor and select a concubine. in the ming and qing dynasties, emperor has only one empress, but he has abundance of the concubines. the largest number is more than 3000 concubines; even some concubines haven’t one chance to met emperor in their whole life. in early time, you can differentiate the ranking from the small concubine to empress by their pearl earring. the empress has the largest one; we called it the queen of the pearl.

after we visited the hall of mantel cultivation, we will go to visit the last attraction, which is the imperial garden. the scale of the garden is so small. in early time, the emperor is very busy, which has lots of state affairs to handle. if he has only 2 hours to relax, he hasn’t enough time to go out of the forbidden city but go here to play chinese chess or chat with concubines. there are some rockeries built in the garden that all be man-

made. and some fantastic trees in the garden, their name is dragon claw tree. some cypresses are very longevity, aged over 500 years.

ok, we will go out of the forbidden city. please pay attention to the private dealers. we will spend about 5 minutes to arrive the parking lot.