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河南八大经典英文解说词

1.少林寺
（自我介绍）hello, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Henanprovince。First, please let me introduce myself to you.My name is apple , I’ll be your local guide during your stay here ,This is MrZhang ,our driver ,He is conscientious and seasoned.(有责任心和经验)。So you are in good hands when riding inhis coach, to avoid getting a wrong bus .we’d better remember the number andthe features of our bus .the number is 21806 and its color is red, if you haveany special interests, please let me know, my job is to smooth your way and trymy best to answer your questions ,we highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.I hope that during your stay in Henan you can not 0nly satisfy your eyes andstomach but also experience the real Chinese culture and have a better understandingof the Chinese people , it will take ushalf an hour to our destination, ShaoLin Monastery. During this time, I’dlike to give you a brief introduction about Henan province.
（介绍河南）Henan province ,also called ‘yu’ for short,meaning a man pulling an elephant ,is situated right in the heart of China ,soit is also named ‘central Plain’ or ‘centralState’, covering an area of 167000 square kilometers, with a total populationof 100 million ,which is the largest of all provinces in China.
As we all know, the Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization, is our mother river. Andit runs through 8 cities of Henan province, as its name means ,the province islocated to the southern bank of the Yellow River A great number of history books andexcavation have proved that 8000 years ago, Chinese ancestors started thecivilization here. So every year, many Chinese descendants from home and abroadto worship the fathers. The last few years has seen the development of Henan province. Especially in the industry and agriculture.The GDP of Henan has been ranked top in the middle area.
Henanprovince is famous not only for its long history and rich culture,but also forits beautiful natural scenery. For the overseas tourists , Henanprovince is just like a natural history museum with splendid culture civilization.

Zhengzhou,which is the capital and largest city of Henanprovince in central China.A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the centre of political, economic,technological, and educational of the province, as well as a majortransportation hub for Central China. Zhengzhou is also named mall city .It wasonce the capital of Shang dynasty 3500 years ago and now is a modern commercialcity. That makes it closely relate to shang, which means commerce and trade inchina. Because of that, Zhengzhouis one of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals of China and holds important statusof modern mall center in connection with other places.
Zhengzhou experiences amonsoon-influenced, four-season humid subtropical climate, with cool, drywinters and hot, humid summers. Spring and autumn are dry and short.
Well, our bus is coming tothe downtown area of Dengfeng city. Dengfeng has a long history. A number ofsites in and around the township are well worth visiting them. Foremost on thelist is the Shaolin Temple the birth place ofboth Kungfu and Zen Buddhism.
Nowladies and gentlemen, our destination has arrived, please carry your items withyou, and get down the bus one by one carefully. Then let’s visit it together.

Shaolin Temple
Well, ladies and gentlemen:
Here weare, Shaolin Temple, in the region of SongMountain, Dengfeng City, Henan Province, is reputedto be the Number One Templeunder Heaven. Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei dynasty , had the templebuilt to accommodate the Indian master Batuo ,ShaolinTemple means “temple in the thickforests of Shaoshi Mountain”.
Shaolin Temple embraces many exciting attractions; the first sight we see is the Shanmen Hall. Hung on its top is atablet reading 'Shaolin Temple'. The tablet wasinscribed by the Emperor Kangxi during the Qing Dynasty. Under the stairs ofthe hall stands two stone lions made in the Ming Dynasty . The hall enshrinesthe Maitreya Buddha.
Next we arrive at the Hall of Heavenly Kings. The gate of the hallis guarded by two figures depicting Vajra .Inside the hall are figures of theFour Heavenly Kings who are responsible for inspecting peoples' behavior,helping the troubled, and blessing the people.
Please follow me, this is the Mahavira Hall.The Mahavira Hall’s center is just before your eyes. Both importantcelebrations and regular prayers are held here. 18 Buddhist Arhats stand alongthe eastern and the southern walls of the hall. Buddhas of the Middle, East andWest are enshrined in this hall, respectively Sakyamuni Buddha, PharmacistBuddha and Amitabha Buddha. On both sides in front of the hall of Mahavira, standthe Bell tower and the Drum Tower symmetrically .They were used to report hoursfor the temple .Normally the bell is used in the morning while the drum, in theafternoon, hence the saying “morning bell and afternoon drum”.
Having seen the highlights in the temple courtyards ,let’s visitanother leading section of the Shaolin Temple Sightseeing Zone , named the Pagoda Forest which stands at thefoot of Shaoshi Mountainabout half a kilometer west to Shaolin Temple. It is aconcentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks and abbots of the temple. Arough count shows more than 240 tomb pagodas of various sizes from the Tang,Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties , making it the biggest pagoda forestin China.Most of the pagodas are stone and brick structures.Their shapes are varied,including polygonal, cylindrical, vase-like, conical and monolithic, making thepagoda forest an exhibition of ancient pagodas, carvings and calligraphy ofvarious dynasties.
Besides, it isknown that martial arts have been practiced at the temple throughout itshistory. A legend had it that Bodhidharma found monks weak and unhealthy afterlong time meditation practices, so he developed the martial arts to strengthenthem, which formed the basis of Shaolin Kungfu. However the unique aspect ofShaolin culture is the combination of Shaolin Kungfu and Chan Buddhism.
Ok ,ladies andgentlemen, the explanation of the Shaolin Temple has come to an end .Now youcan have a free look and take some pictures as well .See you on the bus an hourlater .Wish you a pleasant tour .Thank you!

2.清明上河园
（自我介绍）hello, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Henan province。First, please let me introduce myself to you .My name is Apple , I’llbe your local guide during your stay here ,This is Mr Zhang ,our driver ,He isconscientious and seasoned.(有责任心和经验)。So you are in good hands when riding in his coach, to avoid gettinga wrong bus .we’d better remember the number and the features of our bus .thenumber is 21806 and its color is red, if you have any special interests, pleaselet me know, my job is to smooth your way and try my best to answer yourquestions ,we highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation. I hope thatduring your stay in Henan you can not 0nly satisfy your eyes and stomach butalso experience the real Chinese culture and have a better understanding of theChinese people , it will take us half anhour to our destination, Park with ‘Up-theRiver-on-Chingming-Festival’ views in Kaifeng. During this time, I’d like to give you a brief introduction about Henan province.
（介绍河南）Henan province ,also called ‘yu’ for short,meaning a man pulling an elephant ,is situated right in the heart of China ,soit is also named ‘central Plain’ or ‘centralState’, covering an area of 167000 square kilometers, with a total populationof 100 million ,which is the largest of all provinces in China.
As we all know, the Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization, is our mother river. Andit runs through 8 cities of Henan province, as its name means ,the province islocated to the southern bank of the Yellow River, A great number of history books andexcavation have proved that 8000 years ago, Chinese ancestors started thecivilization here. So every year, many Chinese descendants from home and abroadto worship the fathers. The last few years has seen the development of Henan province. Especially in the industry and agriculture.The GDP of Henan has been ranked top in the middle area.
Henanprovince is famous not only for its long history and rich culture,but also forits beautiful natural scenery. For the overseas tourists , Henanprovince is just like a natural history museum with splendid culture civilization.
（介绍开封）While Kaifeng is located on the alluvial plainson the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is a key tourismcity along the banks of the river. It is 70 kilometers from Zhengzhou, the provincial capital. (地理位置)
The city has a history of around 2700 years,serving as the capital for 7 dynasties, Kaifeng reached its peak when servingas the capital of the Song Dynasty, which is equal to the the Tang dynasty inChinese history ,they both scored great achievements in many fields .Its magnificence,grandness and splendor made it the center of the politics, economy and culturein China ,as well as a flouring metropolis (大都市)of the world,papermaking, gunpowder, printing and compass ,Chinese four great inventions were all discovered here and been used widely.
Kaifengis also famous for its flowers, the chrysanthemum. Every autumn, aroundOctober, there will be many visitors come here to enjoy flowers. And the wholecity will be decorated with flower here and there.
The bustling sight of Kaifeng was vividly reflected in the famouspainting Up the River on Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan.the park we aregoing to visit is just named after the painting. The painting described thespectacles on the flouring Bian River on Chingming Festival;all the constructions in the park were of typical Song Style with an adoptionof some modern technology. So when you walking in to the park, you’ll find youthrough time and space to the Song Dynasty.
Now ladies and gentlemen, our destination hasarrived, please carry your items with you, and get down the bus one by onecarefully. Then let’s visit the dreaming park together and enjoy the classicalatmosphere.

Park withUp the River on chingming Festival
Welcome to the Park with Up the River on ChingmingFestival, After seeing the grand Opening ceremony, pleasefollow me .Iwill take you to an ancient Kaifeng of a thousand years ago.
Walking into the gate ,the first sight we see isthe three-by-sixteen-meter hug relief on a screen wall. In front of which thereis a big statue of Zhang Zeduan, the well known Northern Song painter with hisfamous scroll painting in his hands, titled A Deep Love for Dongjing, as asymbol
Of greetings and welcomes to visitors,
Now let me give a brife introduction about thefamous painter and his great scroll painting, Zhang zeduan was called Zhengdao,was born in present Shandong Province in the Northern Song Dynasty and died inSouthern Song .His was travelling to Kaifeng to study when he was young, andwas accomplished in painting. He had once served as a painter in the paintingstudio of the Imperial Academy.
While the famous painting UP the River on QingmingFestival is really a mirror to the flourish and prosperity of the capital city Kaifeng in the NorthernSong Dynasty. It describes all kinds of people and objects,they were reflectedvividly .from which we can see the whole Northern Song ,So it is really animportant evidence for historicans and scholars in the study and research ofpolitics , economy , culture ,science, architecture, military defenses and thesociety in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The park covers an area of about 33hectares.consisting of 8 functional parts including the areas of hotels ,folk custoe, food street, culture andentertainment , flowers and birds, bustling capital, shopping plots andcomprehensive service based on the scroll painting.there are so much interestingthings for you to see in the park. You can go through the rainbow bridge, mountthe city gate. have a visit to the Hongfu Monastery, go shoppong in the silkstore, have a stay in an ancient post house, have a taste of seasonable food inthe restaurant of ancient style, and so on. you can also visit a traditionalweave room ,enjoy the popular acrobatics and other folk arts like the new yearpainting house, paper-cut .local kite and puffed-sugar-figures,etc.
Now, let’s first go to the Rainbow Bridgewhich was well-known in the northern song dynasty. As one of the 10 famousancient bridges in China,it was a wooden-structured bridge built in 1050 AD, playing a very importantrole both land and waterborne transportation. While it was destroyed inwarfare. the present Rainbow Bridge was set up 1998completely following the original pattern and style in painting. It’s a singlearched bridge, 25 meters long and 5 meters wide, with 2 ornamental columns, and2 nine-meter high vertical shafts on both sides, on top of the shafts is a dogvaneformed by a plate with a white crane standing on. The crane can be turned withwind and tells the direction of the wind when it points to a certain positionof the crossed wooden bar. The river under the bridge was BianRiver, which was originated from theancient Luo RiverinLuoyang. Theriver was a most important and bsiest water artery for transportation fromnorth to south in the North Song Dynasty, it linked the three big river ,theyellow river ,the Yangse River, and the Huai River.it had brought so manyadvantages to the development of the North Song Dynasty, boats and vessels busyat carryong foods and grains sailed from south to north day and night ,so agreat number of hotels ,restaurants, shops were built densely along the banks,which brought more benefits to the capital city and made Kaifeng aworld-famous flourishing metropolis during the North Song Dynasty.
After seeing the bridge, you can take part in theclassical wedding, the beautiful girl thrown a silk ball on the loft to see ahusband. Of course ,you can also watch the shows like operas, drum playing, acrobatic,andso on. Enjoy the atmosphere here happily. But please remember the time ,and we’llmeet at the gate of the park 1 hours later. See you later!

3.黄帝故里
Hello,ladies and gentlemen,welcome to Henan province。First, please let me introduce myself to you .My name is Apple , I’llbe your local guide during your stay here ,This is Mr. Zhang ,our driver ,He isconscientious and seasoned.(有责任心和经验)。So you are in good hands when riding in his coach, to avoid gettinga wrong bus .we’d better remember the number and the features of our bus .thenumber is 21806 and its color is red, if you have any special interests, pleaselet me know, my job is to smooth your way and try my best to answer yourquestions , we highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation. I hopethat during your stay in Henan you can not 0nly satisfy your eyes and stomachbut also experience the real Chinese culture and have a better understanding ofthe Chinese people .
Then, I’d like to show you the courseof our journey. We start from Zhengzhoucity to