西安鐘鼓樓英文導遊詞
西安鐘鼓樓英文導遊詞
西安鼓樓始建於明洪武十三年（公元1380年），比鐘樓的建造時間稍早。鼓樓建於高大的長方形臺基之上，臺基下闢有高和寬均為6米的南北向券洞。以下是西安鐘鼓樓英文導遊詞，歡迎借鑑！
西安鐘鼓樓英文導遊詞
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen:
Today we will have three places to visit—the Bell Tower the Drum Tower and the City Well. First we come to the Bell Tower.
The Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beams and painted rafters, has been served as the symbol of Xi’an. It stands in the center of the downtown area where the north street, the south street, the west street and the east street meet. And the tower house a huge bell which in ancient times was use to strike the time every morning. This is how the tower got its name. now it is an important historical monument in shaanxi Province.
The Bell tower was first built in Ying Xiang temple in 1384 during the Ming dynasty. It was moved to its present site in 1582 as a result of the city‘s expansion program.
Ladies and gentlemen, There is a story about the Bell Tower. It’s said that the first emperor of Ming dynasty , Zhu yuanzhang , he was born in a poor family. Both his parent died when he was young, and he had to live a hard life. Later, he went to a temple to become a monk. When he ascended the throne, he was afraid of being deposed by someone of “real dragon”. Therefore, he gave orders to build bell tower all over the county to repress the “dragon spirits”. Xi’an has been the imperial capital city since ancient times. So the “dragon spirits ” must be very strong here. That’s why the bell tower in Xi’an was not only built earlier, but also bigger than the other ones in the country. The base of the tower is 1,337.4 square meters in size, 8.6 meters high and 35.5 meters wide. It was laid with blue bricks all over. The whole building is 36 meters above ground. It is a brick-and –wood structure. The eaves are supported by colored “dou gong” a traditional structural system in which brackets are used to join columns and crossbeams, the use of dou gong made the whole building firm and beautiful.
Well, next we will visit the Drum Tower nearly.
The Drum Tower stands 500 meters to the northwest of the Bell Tower. It was built in 1380. There used to be a huge drum in the tower, which told the time at dark, and that is how the tower got its present name. Besides marking the time, the drum was also used to give warnings to people in times of war. The base of The Drum Tower is 1,924 square meters in size, and 34 meters in height. It was built with blue bricks. The Drum Tower has a rectangular shape and shows tier and the outside eaves are decorated with networks of wood arches.
At last, we will visit the famous city wall of Xi’an. The most complete and the best preserved city wall in china.
The city wall of Xi’an is an extension of the prior Tang dynasty structure. It was stared in 1370 and finished in 1378 and has a rectangular –shaped construction. It is over 4 kilometers from the east to west and about 3 kilometers from the north to south. And the total length is 13.7 kilometers. It stands 12 meters high, 12-14 meters wide across the top and 15-18 meters thick at the button. On the top of the city wall, there is a rampart every 120 meters, which extends out from the main wall. The top of the rampart is at the same level as the top of the wall. The ramparts were built to allow soldiers to see those enemies who would try to climb up the wall. The distance between every two ramparts is just within the range of arrow shot from either side. This allowed soldiers to protect the entire wall without exposing themselves to the enemy. There are altogether 98 of them on the city wall and each has a sentry building on top of it.
There are four main gates of the city wall-one on each side-named the east gate, the west gate, south gate and north gate. The four gates of the city wall were the only way to go into and out of town. In Xi’an, each of the four gates consists of three gate towers. The main gate tower is called ZhengLou which is located on top of the main part of the city wall. It is the inner one and is also the main entrance to the city. Zha lou is the gate tower which a suspension bridge and located outside of the city wall. It’s used to lift and lower the suspension bridge. Jian lou is the arrow tower and located in between the Zhenglou and Zhaloutowers. There are square windows in the front and on the two sides to shoot arrows. Jianlou and Zhenglou are connected by walls and the encircled area is called Wongcheng in which soldiers could be stationed. From Wongcheng, there are also horse passages leading to the top of the wall. There are altogether eleven horse passages around the city.
A watch tower is located on each of the four corners of the wall. The one at the southwestern corner is round, probably after the model of the imperial city wall of the Tang dynasty. But the other three are square and are higher and larger than the sentry building on the ramparts. This shows the strategic importance of the corners of the city wall.
All right, we have finished visiting the famous city wall of Xi’an. Thank you.
西安鐘鼓樓簡介
西安鼓樓是所存在中國最大的`鼓樓，位於西安城內西大街北院門的南端，東與鐘樓相望。鼓樓始建於明太祖朱元璋洪武十三年，清康熙三十八年和清乾隆5年先後兩次重修。樓上原有巨鼓一面，每日擊鼓報時，故稱“鼓樓”。
鼓樓橫跨北院門大街之上。鼓樓和鐘樓是一對孿生兄弟，相距僅半里，互相輝映，為古城增色。鼓樓是明洪武十三年（公元1380年）建成的，比當初的鐘樓早建4年。樓基面積比鐘樓樓基大738.55平方米，通高34米，雄傑秀麗不亞於鐘樓。古時樓上懸掛一面大鼓，傍晚時擊鼓向全城居民報時，故稱鼓樓
古時擊鐘報晨，擊鼓報暮，因此有“晨鐘暮鼓”之稱。同時，夜間擊鼓以報時，“三鼓”，就是“三更”，“五鼓”就是“五更”，一夜共報5次。明代的西安城周長11.9公里，面積是8.7平方公里，鼓樓地處西安城中部偏西南，為使鼓聲能傳遍全城，就必須建造高樓，設定大鼓。明、清兩代，鼓樓周圍大多是陝西行省、西安府署的各級衙門，這些衙門辦公和四周的居民生活都離不開鼓聲，鼓聲亦成為當時人們最熟悉的悅耳之聲了。李允寬所書寫的“聲聞於天”的匾額，畫龍點睛，說明了鼓樓的實際意義。
現在樓內設有樓梯，登臨樓上，憑欄便能眺望全城景色。西安鼓樓是城內明清建築物的主要標誌和代表之一。
從50年代開始，人民政府曾多次修繕鼓樓，90年代又貼金描彩，進行了大規模的維修，為進一步開發和利用文物資源，促進文化旅遊事業的發展，恢復 “晨鐘暮鼓”，1996年西安市決定重製鼓樓大鼓。重製的大鼓高1.8米，鼓面直徑為2.83米，系用整張優質牛皮蒙制而成。鼓腹直徑3.43米，重1.5 噸。上有泡釘1996個，寓意1996年制，加上4個銅環共2000年，象徵公元2000年，催人奮進，跨入二十一世紀。該鼓聲音洪亮、渾厚，重槌之下，十里可聞，是中國最大的鼓。在鐘樓和鼓樓之間，開闢為鐘鼓樓廣場，綠草紅花點綴其間，造型獨特的聲光噴泉不時變換，是古城人民休閒、娛樂的好去處。