陕西西安华清池英文导游词

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　　Huaqing Pool is situated about 35 kilometres east of the city of Xi’an. Historically, the Western Zhou dynasty saw the construction of the Li Palace on the spot. In the Qin dynasty a pool was built with stones, and was given the name Lishan Tang (the Lishan Hot Spring). The site was extended into a palace in the Han dynasty, and renamed the Li Palace (the Resort Palace). In the Tang dynasty, Li Shimin (Emperor Tai Zong) ordered to construct the Hot Spring Palace, and Emperor Xuan Zong had a walled palace built around Lishan Mountain in the year of 747. It was known as the Huaqing Palace. It also had the name Huaqing Pool on account of its location on the hot springs.

陕西西安华清池英文导游词

　　Huaqing Pool is located at the foot of the Lishan Mountain, a branch range of the Qinling Ranges, and stands 1,256 metres high. It is covered with pines and cypresses, looking very much like a like a dark green galloping horse from a long distance. So it has the name of the Lishan Mountain (Li means a black horse).

　　The Tang dynasty Emperor Xuan Zong and his favourite lady, Yang Gui Fei used to make their home at Frost Drifting Hall in winter days. When winter came, snowflakes were floating in the air, and everything in sight was white. However, they came into thaw immediately in front of the hall. It owed a great deal to the luke warm vapour rising out of the hot spring. This is the Frost Drifting Hall that greets us today.

　　Close by the Frost Drifting Hall lies the Nine Dragon Pool. According to legend, the Central Shaanxi Plain was once stricken by a severe drought in the very remote past. Thus, by the order of the Jade Emperor (the Supreme Deity of Heaven), an old dragon came at the head of eight young ones, and made rain here. Yet when the disaster was just abating, they lowered their guard so much that it became serious again. In a fit of anger, the Jade Emperor kept the young dragons under the Jade Cause Way

　　堤), with the Morning Glow Pavilion and the Sunset Pavilion built at both ends of it respectively, to make the young dragons spout cleat water all day long to meet the needs of local irrigation. Besides, he had the old dragon confined to the bottom of the Roaring Dragon Waterside Pavilion situated at the upper end of the Jade Causeway, and obliged him to exercise control over the young.

　　Bend Corridor west of the Nine Dragon Pool leads directly to the Marble Boat, which resembles a dragon boat on the water surface. In the Marble Boat lies the Nine Dragon Tang (the Nine Dragon Hot Spring where Emperor Xuan Zong used to take baths). At the head of his court ladies and hundreds of his officials, he would come to the Huanqing Palace to spend his winter days in October of the Lunar calendar and return to Chang’an City as the year drew to its close. The Nine Dragon Hot Spring was originally built with crystal jade, whose surface was decorated with the carvings of fish, dragons, birds and flowers. In it

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　　From the name, we know that it is a place full of natural beauty and romance, and also there are interesting stories behind. "Hot spring" is a cool place for a wonderful bath or shower, especial in winter times. Well, the hot springs we are going to visit today are not merely hot springs, but also there are many historic things in it.It is a combination of natural beauty and cultural abundance.

　　The Huaqing Hot Springs is located at the foot of Lishan Hill,30km east of the city of xi'an. Because of the hot springs, it used to be a scenic spot and a place for relaxation in as early as the zhou Dynasty, about 27 centuries ago. This place was a place favored by emperors and his concubines. In the history of China, there were many dynasties. And the Tang Dynasty was the peak of the feudal society ,and was considered to be the most flourishing episode of history. It was in the Tang Dynasty that the palace was built on the hot springs. Talking about the Huaqing Hot Springs, we must mention two names, emperor xuangzong and his favorite concubine yangguifei.

　　Xuangzong was a successful emperor. He brought the feudal society to the peak.During his throne, people led a peaceful and happy life,. They two love each other very much, and the place they always visited was the Huaqing Hot Spring. In this beautiful place, they enjoyed their golden private time. During the winter, emperor xuangzong would leave the capital city chang'an and came to the hot springs with his sweetheart yangguifei. It was a paradise for them, a place full of romance and peace. Besides the romance inside, you may wonder what are really in the Hot Spring.I will tell you However, due the time limit, I will not be able to tell you one by oen, instead, I will pick up some of them. The Huaqing Hot Spring is mainly consisited of these elements as follows: The Frost-drifting Hall, the Nine Dragon Pool, the Five Room Hall, the Remonstration Pavilion, the beacon tower and the museum of imperial pools. I would like to pick up the Frost-drifting Hall, the Nine-dragon Pool and the Beacon Tower.

　　The Frost-drifting hall is the very place where emperor xuanzong and his favorite concubine made their home. It was called frost-drifting because the steam from the hotsprings went up into the air and when it met the cold air, frost turned up, floating in the air.

　　As for the Nine-dragon Pool, there was a legend. The legend goes that long long time ago,cental shaanxi plain was serevely striken by a drought. Knowing the fact, Jade emperor order nine dragons, eight young ones and an senior one to make rain there. However, when the disaster did not abate, the dragons slacked off. Jade emperor was very angry for this, out of anger, he kept the dragon underground to spout clear water all year around for irrigation.

　　Well, the most exciting always comes when I talk about the beacon tower. What was a beacon tower anyway? A beacon tower was very important in times of wars because they served as messenge senders. And how did they work as messenge senders? ---burning wolf;s droppings.

　　Why wolf's droppings,but not that of the pigs? Because when wolf's droppings were burnt, the smoke went straight up into the air, and people could see it from a long way off. There is a very interesting story in this place. And the story has a lot to do with a king and his concubine. It was said that king you in the zhou Dynasty loved his concubine, baoshi, a lot. He loved her so much that he could sacrifice his everything, even his throne. However, one thing made the king very upset and anxious. The concubine, the beauty never smiled. King you did not know the reasons.

　　Out of love, he decided to find sollutions to the problem at any cost. Then one of his ministers proposed that the beacon be burnt. When the lady saw soldiers hurrying around with sweart all over their body, she would smile. The king adopt the proposal, and immediately put it into practitce. He ordered the beacon tower be burnt. When his people saw the heavey smoke in air, they picked up the)ir helmet and weapons and rushed to the tower only to find that there was no danger at all, and they were totally fooled. The lady smiled, the king was very pleased, and he kept on using the same method. For the first several times, his people came to see what was happening. However, oneday, when enemies really came, the king burnt the beacon tower, however, this time no one came to rescue. The king was killed in desperation, and his regime disapeared. Later, people produced a famous saying"A single smile cost a regime".

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