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故宫英文导游词 篇1
Lying at the center of Beijing， the Forbidden City， called Gu Gong， in Chinese， was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum， it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape， it is the world‘s largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9，999 buildings. The wall has a gate on each side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate， to the north is the Gate of Devine Might (Shenwumen)， which faces Jingshan Park. The distance between these two gates is 960 meters， while the distance between the gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. There are unique and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city outside. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern section， or the Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation. The northern section， or the Inner Court was where he lived with his royal family. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China was driven from the Inner Court， fourteen emperors of the Ming dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. Having been the imperial palace for some five centuries， it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. Listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987， the Palace Museum is now one of the most popular tourist attractions world wide.
Construction of the palace complex began in 1407， the 5th year of the Yongle reign of the third emperor of the Ming dynasty. It was completed fourteen years later in 1420. It was said that a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans were driven into the long-term hard labor. Stone needed was quarried from Fangshan， a suburb of Beijing. It was said a well was dug every fifty meters along the road in order to pour water onto the road in winter to slide huge stones on ice into the city. Huge amounts of timber and other materials were freighted from faraway provinces. Ancient Chinese people displayed their very considerable skills in building the Forbidden City. Take the grand red city wall for example. It has an 8.6 meters wide base reducing to 6.66 meters wide at the top. The angular shape of the wall totally frustrates attempts to climb it. The bricks were made from white lime and glutinous rice while the cement is made from glutinous rice and egg whites. These incredible materials make the wall extraordinarily strong.
Since yellow is the symbol of the royal family， it is the dominant color in the Forbidden City. Roofs are built with yellow glazed tiles; decorations in the palace are painted yellow; even the bricks on the ground are made yellow by a special process. However， there is one exception. Wenyuange， the royal library， has a black roof. The reason is that it was believed black represented water then and could extinguish fire.
Nowadays， the Forbidden City， or the Palace Museum is open to tourists from home and abroad. Splendid painted decoration on these royal architectural wonders， the grand and deluxe halls， with their surprisingly magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy "modern civilians".
故宫英文导游词 篇2
Ladies and gentlemen, children: Hello, everybody! Welcome to the Imperial Palace. Im glad to be able to serve you today. Im the guide Li Dong, and everyone calls me Xiao Li. The Imperial Palace is the largest royal garden Museum in China. I am very happy to have the opportunity to accompany you to enjoy its beautiful architectural art and spend this wonderful time together.
The the Imperial Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing. Today, it is called the Imperial Palace. It is unique, exquisitely carved, ancient architectural masterpiece in China.
Tourists, now we have come to the hall of Taihe. The Imperial Palace is the three main hall of the temple, built in the 5 meter high white marble platform, the platform is surrounded by carved dragon pillars. Approached the Taihe palace, you will find the Queens place of residence, there are dragon, golden dragon throne and Lek powder column.
Tourists, we continue to go forward, now come to Zhonghe hall, Zhonghe hall in the temple of Taihe, is one of the three main hall of the Imperial Palace. The hall is a square hall with a single spires. Yellow glazed tiles four corners to save the top, is the place of the royal life.
Then go inside is then, Paul hall and hall is located, is the the Imperial Palace Hall three tail. There are things on both sides of the house for the art history museum, on display from the primitive society to the Qing Dynasty six thousand years of Chinese art treasures.
It goes to the depth of the Imperial Garden. It covers an area of eleven thousand square meters. It centers on the palace of Qinan. It is the back garden of the emperor.
Ladies and gentlemen, our tour of today is about to end. Its a great pleasure to spend this wonderful time with you. If I have any suggestion or request for my tour guide today, please put forward some valuable advice and I will try my best to correct it. I wish you all a good time. Thank you
故宫英文导游词 篇3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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.
(In front of the Gate of Supreme Harmony)
The Forbidden City consists of an outer countyard and an inner enclosure. The out count yard covers a vast space lying between the Meridian Gate and the Gate of Heavenly Purity. The ―three big halls‖ of Supreme Harmony, Complete Harmony and Preserving Harmony constitute the center of this building group. Flanking them in bilateral symmetry are two groups of palaces: Wenhua (Prominent Scholars) and Wuying (Brave Warriors) . The three great halls are built on a spacious ―H‖-shaped, 8-meter-high, triple marble terrace, Each level of the triple terrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marble balustrades carved with dragon and phoenix designs. There are three carved stone staircases linking the three architectures .The hall of supreme Harmony is also the tallest and most exquisite ancient wooden-structured mansion in all of China. From the palace of Heavenly Purith northward is what is known as the inner court, which is also built in bilaterally symmetrical patterns. In the center are the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Union and Peace and Palace of Earthly Tranquility, a place where the Emperors lived with their families and attended to state affairs. Flanking these structures are palaces and halls in which concubines and princes lived. There are also three botanical gardens within the inner count, namely, the imperial Garden, Caning garden and Quailing garden. An inner Golden Water River flows eastwardly within the inner court. The brook winds through three minor halls or palaces and leads out of the Forbidden City. It is spanned by the White Jade Bridge. The river is lined with winding, marble
–carved balustrades. Most of the structures within the Forbidden City have yellow glazed tile roofs. Aside from giving prominence to the north-south axis, other architectural methods were applied to make every group of palatial structures unique in terms of terraces, roofs, mythical monsters perching on the roofs and colored, drawing patterns. With these, the grand contour and different hierarchic spectrum of the complex were strengthened. Folklore has it that there are altogether 9,999 room-units in the Forbidden City. Since Paradise only has 10,000 rooms, the Son of Heaven on earth cut the number by half a room. It is also rumoured that this half
–room is located to the west of the Wenyuange Pavilion (imperial library). As a matter of fact, although the Forbidden City has more than 9,000 room-units, this half-room is nonexistent .The Wenyuange Pavilion is a library where ―Si Ku Quan Shu‖- China `s first comprehensive anthology-was stored.
(After walking past the Gate of Supreme Harmony)
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 the 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. On the corners of the eaves a line of animal-nails were usually fastened to the tiles. These animal-nails were later replace with mythical animals to ward off evil spirits. There are altogether 9 such fasteners on top of this hall. The number nine was regarded by the ancients to be the largest numeral accessible to man and to which only the emperors were entitled.
There was a total of 24 successive emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties who were enthroned here. The ball was also used for ceremonies which marked other great occasions: the Winter Solstice, The Chinese Lunar New Year, the Emperor` s birthday, conferral of the title of empress, the announcement of new laws and policies, and dispatches of generals to war .On such occasions, the Emperor would hold audience for his court officials and receive their tributes.
This area is called the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, which covers a total of 30,000 square meters, Without a single tree or plant growing here, this place inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and grandeur. In the middle of the square there is a carriageway that was reserved for the Emperor. On both sides of the road the groud bricks were laid in a special way seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise, making up fifteen layers in all. The purpose of this was to prevent anyone from tunneling his way into the palace. In the count yard there are iron vats for storing water to fight fires. In the whole complex there are altogher 308 water vats. In wintertime, charcoal was burned underneath the vats to keep the water from freezing .Why so vast a square? It was designed to impress people with the hall` s grandeur and vastness. Imagine the following scene. Under the clear blue sky, the yellow glazed tiles shimmered as the cloud-like layers of terrace, coupled with the curling veil of burning incense, transformed the hall of supreme Harmony into a fairyland. Whenever major ceremonies were held, the glazed, crane-shaped candleholders inside the hall would be it, and incense and pine branches burnt in front of the hall. When the Emperor appeared, drums were beaten and musical instrument played. Civilian officials and generals would kneel know in submission.
The last Qing emperor Puyi assumed the throne in 1908, at the age of three, His father carried him to the throne. At the start of the coronation, the sudden drum-beating and loud music caught the young emperor unprepared .He was so scared that he kept crying and shouting,‖I don’t want to stay here. I want to go Home.‖ His father tried to soothe him, saying, ‖It` all soon be finished .It` all soon be finished ‖The ministers present at the event considered this incident inauspicious. Coincidentally, the Qing dynasty collapsed three years later and there with concluded China `s feudal system that had lasted for more than 2,000 years.
(On the stone terrace of the Hall of Supreme Harmony)
This is a bronze incense burner. In it incense made of sandalwood would be burnt on important occasions. There are altogether 18 incense burners, representing all of the provinces under the rule of the Sing monarchs. On either side of the Hall, 4 bronze water-filled vats were placed in case of fire. Next to the terrace on either side, there is a bronze crane and tortoise, symbols of longevity. This copper-cast grain measure is called ‖jialiang.‖ It served as the national standard during the Qing dynasty. It was meant to show that the imperial ruler were just and open to rectification. On the other side there is a stone sundial, an ancient timepiece. The jialiang and the sundial were probably meant to show what the Emperor represented: that he was the only person who should possess the standards of both measure and time.
In the very forefront of the Hall of Supreme Harmony , there are 12 scarlet , round pillars supporting the roof. The hall is 63 meters from east to west and 37 meters from north to south, It is 35 meters in height. In front of this architechture, there stands a triple terrace with five staircases leading up to the main entrance .It has 40 gold doors and 16 gold-key windows with colored drawings on the pillars and beams. In the middle of the hall, a throune carved with 9 dragons sits on a 2-meter-high platform. Behind the throne there is a golden screen and in front of it, there is a imperial desk . The flanks are decorated with elephants, Luduan(a legendary beast), cranes, and incense barrels. The elephant carries a vase on its back that holds five cereals(i. e. rice, two kinds of millet, wheat and beans),which was considered a symbol of prosperity. As ancient legend has it that luduan can travel 18,000 li (9,000 kilometers )in one day and knows all languages and dialects. Only to a wise adjust monarch will this beast be a guardian.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony is also popularly known as Jinluan Dian (gold bell hall or the throne hall). The floor of the hall is laid with bricks that turn it into a smooth, fine surface as if water has been sprinkled on it .The so-called golden brick, in fact, has nothing to do with gold. Reserved exclusively for the construction of the royal court, it was made in a secretive, and complex way, and, when struck, sounds like the clink of a gold bar. Each brick was worth the market price of one dan (or one hectoliter ) of rice.
The hall is supported by a total of 72 thick pillars .Of these, 6 are carved in dragon patterns and painted with gold and surround the throne. Above the very center of this hall there is a zaojing, or covered ceiling, which is one of the Specialities of China `s ancient architure. In the middle of the ceiling is a design of a dragon playing with a ball inlaid with peals. This copper ball, hollow inside and covered with mercury, is known as the Xuanyuan Mirror and is thought to be made Xuanyuan, a legendary monarch dating back to remote antiquity. The placing of the caisson above the throne is meant to suggest that all of China` s successive emperors are Zuanyuan` s descendants and hereditary heirs. Now you might have noticed that the Xuanyuan mirror is not directly above the throne. Why? It is rumored that Yuan Shikai, a self-acclaimed warlord-turned emperor moved the throne further back because he was afraid that the mirror might fall on him .In 1916 when Yuan
Shikai became emperor, he removed the original throne with a Western-style, high-back chair. After the foundation of the People` s Republic of China in 1949 the throne was found in a shabby furniture warehouse. It repaired and returned to the hall.
(Leading the tourist to the bronze vats either on the east or the west)
the water vats in front of the palaces or house were called ―menhai,‖ or sea before the door by the ancient Chinese. They believed that with a sea by the door, fire could not wreak havoc. The vats served both as a decoration and as a fire extinguisher. They were kept full of water all year round. During the Qing Dynasty, they were altogether 308 vats in the palace enclosure. They were made of gilt bronze or iron. Of couse, the gilt bronze vats were of the best quality. When the allied forces (Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the United States, Italy, Japan and Austria) invaded Beijing in 1900 under the pretext of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, the invadersransacked the imperial compound and scraped and gold off the vats with their bayonets. During the Japanese occupation of Beijing, many vats were trucked away by the Japanese to be made into bullets .
(In front of the Hall of Complete Harmony)
The square architecture before us is called the Hall of Complete Harmony. It served as an antechamber. The Emperor came here to meet with his countiers and add his final touches to the prayers which would be read at the ancestral Temple. The seeds, snowers and prayer intended for spring sowing were also examined here. The two Qing sedan chairs here on display were used for traveling within the palace during the reign of Emperor Qianlong.
(In front of the hall f Preserving Harmony)
this is the Hall of Preserving Harmony. During the Qing Dynasty, banquets were held here on New Year` s eve in honour of Mongolian and Northwestern China` s xingjiang princes and ranking officials. The Emperor also dinned here with his new son-in-law on the wedding day. Imperial examinations were also held here once every three years. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were three levels of exams: the county and prefectural level, the provincial level and national level. The national exam was presided over by the emperor. The civil service exam in ancient China started during the Han Dynasty. It served the purpose of recruiting Confucian scholars to the ministers and high officials. During the Tang and Qing dynasties reinstituted and ancient system. Once every three years, three hundred scholars from all over the country came to Beijing and took exams for three day and night. This system was abolished in 1905.
(Behind the hall of preserving harmony)
this is the largest stone carving in the palace . It is 16.73 meters long, 3.07 meters wide and 1.7 meters thick .It weighs about 200 tons. The block was quarried in Fangshan County, roughly 70 kilometers away. To transport such a huge block to Beijing, laborers dug wells along the roadside half a kilometer apart, and used the groundwater to make a road of ice in the winter. Rolling blocks were used in the summer. In 1760, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty ordered the carving of the existing cloud and dragon design in place of the old one which dated back to the Ming Dynasty. Note : From here, the tour can be conducted via three different routes: a western route(Route A), a central route (Route B) or an eastern route (Route C) .The commentary for each follows.
故宫英文导游词 篇4
Dear visitors, hello, and welcome to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, my name is Dai Rongrong, everyone call me wearing a guide. Let me introduce a world heritage site - the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City has four doors, which in turn is the meridian gate, creature, DongHuaMen door, gate xihua. Is the main gate of the imperial palace is meridian gate, the door of the palace, the meridian gate of the front entrance to the only access to the emperor at ordinary times, meridian gate, is into the Forbidden City. The Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace during the Ming and qing dynasties, is the world's largest and most complete existing ancient wooden buildings, it was built Ming yongle four years, in 1406, lasted 14 years to complete, a total of 24 emperors successively in this reign.
The imperial palace is the most attractive building three main halls, are taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace, is wood, yellow glazed tile roof, green white stone base, decorated with resplendent and magnificent picture, when you are touring, one is appreciate their colorful architectural art, 2 it is to watch the precious cultural relics on display in indoor, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace total collection of more than 100 pieces of cultural relics.
The Forbidden City is the crystallization of the wisdom and sweat of a few hundred years ago the laboring people, enslaved workers when he first built with craftsmen hundreds, buyaku millions, there was no train, car, no crane, each stone tend to weigh a few tons, such as insurance now and behind the eaves, the steps of a piece of cloud dragon carved stone weighs about 2500 tons, is fully reflect the height of the ancient Chinese working people wisdom and creation ability.
The tourists, the next time to let your touring, but remember: oh, please do not throw garbage, lest destroy the beautiful and magnificent world heritage site.
故宫英文导游词 篇5
Dear visitors, we are visiting the Imperial Palace in Beijing. The the Imperial Palace is the palace of the two emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is one of the scenic spots on the list of world heritage sites in China.
Look here, this is our destination - the Imperial Palace. Please get off and visit. Look, how magnificent the the Imperial Palace is! It is a grand palace built by 230 thousand migrant workers and military workers after 14 years. It is the earliest palace in the East with 9999 rooms. It is the largest palace group in the world.
The area where the palace is located is called imperial city. Its 2500 meters wide. 2700 meters long from north to south, the imperial city by tall and sturdy Chengzhuan brick, surrounded by a door -- door: East Donghua; The Imperial Palace (included in the Beihai, the sea, the South China Sea). The top of the altar and the temple, built by the royal temple and other buildings. Its very spectacular.
Miyagi is called the Forbidden City. In the Imperial City, the north and the south are about 960, rice, about 760 meters, and the rectangular plane. The palace is surrounded by brick walls, corners and a beautiful wall is surrounded by open towers. Donghua east gate; West Xihua; North - South Gate - shenwumen. The Meridian Gate built in the city high Jun magnificent, here is the Meridian Gate, the weather is mighty guarded, Ban Zhao place.
The Forbidden City, and the extension part roughly in two areas. North Korea is the emperor in his place, have after harmony. The three big hall. Each building in the white marble platform, as can be imagined, how precious ah!
The northern part of the whole palace is the Royal Garden - Summer Palace. There are the hall of Chin an in the garden. There are a variety of flowers, green pines and verdant cypresses, Guaidan Fu Li, water beads in the the Imperial Palace is the most warm place. The beautiful scenery of the Imperial Palace is great! I say I cant say it, or please do your own sightseeing.
故宫英文导游词 篇6
Ladies and gentlemen:
The Palace Museum is located in the center of Beijing. It is also known as the Forbidden City in the old days. Actually it was the imperial palace for the emperors and served as both living quarters and the venue of the state administration in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its name, on the one hand, comes from ancient Chinese astronomers' belief that God's abode or the Purple Palace, the pivot of the celestial world, is located in the Pole Star, at the center of the heavens . Hence, as the Son of God, the emperor should live in the Purple City. On the other hand, except for palace maids, eunuchs and guards, ordinary the Forbidden City and the Purple City.
It took 14 years to complete the magnificent palace. Construction began in 1406 and finished in 1420. The following year, in 1421 the capital of the Ming Dynasty was moved from Nanjing to Beijing. Starting from the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Di to the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty Pu Yi, altogether 24 emperors lived here for a total of 491 years. 14 of then were Ming emperors and 10 were Qing emperors.
The Forbidden City covers an area of 72 hectares with a total floor space of about 163,000 square meters. It is rectangular in shape, 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west with a10-meter high city wall surrounded and encircled by a 52 meter-wide moat. At each corner of the surrounding wall, there is a magnificent watchtower which was heavily guarded in the old days.
The Forbidden City now consists of more than 90 palaces and courtyards, 980 buildings with rooms of 8,704. Most of the structures in the Forbidden City were made of wood with white marble, stone or brick foundations. The building materials were from parts of our country. The timber came from Sichuan, Guizhou, Guandxi, Hunan and Yunnan provinces in southwest China. But in the Qing Dynasty, the timbers were transported from northeast China. Other construction materials, including brick, stone and lime, were used by both Dynasties. The golden bricks that paved the halls were manufactured in Suzhou, refined bricks used to build the foundation of halls were made in Linqing, and lime came from Yizhou. White marble was provided regularly by Fangshan County and glazed tiles by Sanjiadian.
The Forbidden City can be divided into two parts: the Outer Court and the Inner Palace. The Outer Court consists of three main buildings where the emperors attended the grand of rear three main buildings and the six eastern palaces and six western palaces where the emperor used to handle daily affairs and the living quarters for the emperor, empress and imperial concubines to live in.
The Forbidden City is the best-preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world. In 1987 it was listed as the world cultural heritage by UNESCO.
The Meridian Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City. It is called Meridian Gate because the emperor believed that the meridian line went right through the Forbidden City and his imperial residence was the center of the whole universe. It is 35.6meters high with five towers on the top, so it is also nicknames as the “Five-Phoenix Tower.”
The Meridian Gate was the place to announce the new lunar year calendar on the first day of 10th lunar month every year. Lanterns would also be hung up on the Meridian Gate on the 15th day of the first lunar month during the Ming Dynasty, when all the officials would have a feast in the Forbidden City and ordinary citizens, when all the officials would have a fast in the Forbidden City and ordinary citizens would go to the Meridian Gate to look at the beautiful lanterns. When a general returned from battle, the ceremony of “Accepting Captives of War” was held here. The “Court Beating” also took place here.
The gate has five openings. The central passageway was for the emperor exclusively. But apart from the emperor, the empress could use the central passageway on the day of the imperial wedding ceremony. However, after the palace examination, the first top three outstanding scholars were allowed to go through the central gate. The high-ranking civil and military officials went in through the side gate on the east. The two smaller ones on both sides at the corner were for the lowranking officials. During the Palace Examination all the candidates went in from these two side-gates according to the odd number or even number.
故宫英文导游词 篇7
Hello and welcome to the Forbidden City to visit, my name is Chen, you call me Chen guide line. I'll introduce you to the palace, after introducing taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace, dry, and the qing. The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is China's important historical relics protection, 1987 by the UNESCO "world cultural heritage" list. Two views are the origin of the Forbidden City, the first one is in accordance with the theory of ancient Chinese horoscope, the north star in transit, the Forbidden City just to the north star, corresponding to the nature and man; The second is: for the palace is purple, it is beat city, so the imperial palace is also called the Forbidden City. In the Ming dynasty emperor yongle began to build the palace, to the Ming yongle eighteen years (1420). After more than five hundred years, a total of 24 emperors living here. There are 10 m high wall around the Forbidden City and 52 m wide moat. City, north and south long 961 m, 753 m wide, covers an area of 720000? . The palace building layout along the central axis to expand, palace building area of 163000? . The hall of supreme harmony is the emperor summoned minister to hold and discuss state affairs. Since 1420, after the completion of burned repeatedly, and rebuilt many times, see today is the qing dynasty emperor kangxi thirty-four years (1695) reconstruction. The hall of supreme harmony construction area of 2377? , the equivalent of 50 classrooms, 35.05 m high, equivalent to ten stories tall, is the largest temple in the Forbidden City. The hall of supreme harmony decoration is very luxurious, spread inside the brics, sets up the throne. The brics, but the brics is not made of gold, the brics is meant for use by the palace a quality shop place brick, made in places such as suzhou, songjiang, excellent materials, production process complicated. Because of its strong fine texture, knock up a metallic sound, therefore the brics. Before the hall of supreme harmony has a broad platform, called Dan positions, commonly known as the platform. Platform display sundial, jia quantity each, turtles, copper crane each pair, bronze dings 18. Everybody look on both sides of the hall of supreme harmony, there are a lot of big tank? It is stem what of, by the way, is a fire. The bottom of the tank has a groove, because the water freezes in winter, fire into the groove can not let the water freezes. The hall of supreme harmony is the most is always important in the Forbidden City palace, many will go out from this historical decisions. After the hall of supreme harmony is zhonghe palace, is the place where the emperor rest forwards. Baohe Palace is located in and behind the house, is where the first position. Exam's first name, second name is pound of eye, the third is the number three. I don't know the emperor sits on the above, the examinee is nervous shiver. The emperor put position within the palace, the emperor is more visible attaches great importance to the first position. The palace after half is the place where emperors and concubines life and living. Qing dynasty palace is the largest palace harem, is the emperor's bedroom. Palace hanging above the throne "legitimate" plaque, reportedly emperor himself prince name on the "legitimate" plaque, heir to the throne were determined by this method, and reduce the fight for the throne since the massacre. Palace of earthly tranquility is the queen's bedroom, it is the only one on the central axis of the living quarters for the concubine, also from dry recently, qing reflects the status of the queen in the palace, "behind a successful man, there is always a successful woman" this sentence for here. In front of the palace of earthly tranquility there is a small palace hall, it is the queen in the art festival handsel. Just important palace on the central axis, which we paid a visit to the back of the central axis is the imperial garden, both sides have some palace, the first part is the hall of supreme harmony as the center, in the second part is the living quarters for the some concubines and maids. Explanation is completed now, please visit freely.
故宫英文导游词 篇8
Everybody is good! Welcome to the Palace Museum tourists sightseeing. Today, I will take you visit the Forbidden City, in the hope that visitors can enjoy me!!!!!!!
The tourists! The Palace Museum is in the Ming and qing dynasties imperial palace, the Forbidden City built on the basis of a collection of ancient buildings, collection, imperial palace culture art as one of the large-scale comprehensive museum. The Forbidden City covers an area of about more than 100 square meters, construction area of about 1 square meters. A total of 24 emperors lived in the Forbidden City, the first is the Ming dynasty yongle emperor zhu di, the last one is the qing dynasty xuantong emperor, puyi, ruled the country for 491 years. So the Palace Museum of history is very long!
Visitors, please look up, this is the meridian gate, in ancient times, what kill people to kill in front of the meridian gate! From the meridian gate, we can see the jinshui bridge. From the jinshui bridge in the past, a gate, can see the Palace Museum of taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace, is the place where the emperor emperor, very grand. Out of Baohe Palace, a gate of heavenly purity, came to the palace of heavenly purity, this temple and palace of earthly tranquility, legend built the Forbidden City, is in order to world peace, to take these three places? Kun ning door, is the imperial garden, the garden scenery beautiful, there are a number of strange stone, come across these stones, remember pictures to commemorate!
Before the gate is her virginity and creature door, our trip to the Forbidden City is over. Look at this magnificent palace, and some loathe to give up?
故宫英文导游词 篇9
Good visitors, everyone! I am honored to be your guide. Today, I will lead you to tour the Imperial Palace together.
The Imperial Palace, also called the Forbidden City, is the largest and most complete ancient architectural group in the world. It is incomparable, was founded in 1406 four years Le Yongming, and took fourteen years to complete.
The Imperial Palace is called the Forbidden City, it is because the "purple" is the Imperial Palace, the monarch should of course be involved with purple words. "No" means was heavily guarded, dont say is the ordinary people, even the emperor summoned officials not official nor secretly into the city, otherwise it will provoke fatal disaster, the Royal is forbidden, so also known as the Forbidden City.
Now, in front of us is the temple of Taihe.
The temple of Taihe has several entrance and exit. The balustrade on the staircase engraved beautifully.
Come to the hall of Taihe, look up, and the hall of Taihe is like a giant giant. Taihe hall is 35 and 05 meters high, with an area of 2377 square meters, with a total of 55 rooms and 72 large columns. It is the tallest building in the Imperial Palace.
The temple of Taihe is like the fairy temple in the mythology. It is magnificent and beautiful. It is the place where the emperor held the grand ceremony. Its located in the throne two metres high, dragon column has six Lek powder around the gold throne. Have a different attitude and beautiful shape, and exquisite crane stove Ding front, rear and carved screens. The decoration of the whole hall is splendid and magnificent, and the beauty of the hall of Taihe is exclaimed.
Todays trip is here. I hope this trip will bring you joy, thank you.
故宫英文导游词 篇10
Dear friends, today I am going to show you the most complete and most beautiful palace in ancient China, &mdash, &mdash and the Imperial Palace. Before I have a formal visit, I'll give you a brief introduction to the tour guide.
The the Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City, is the palace of the 24 emperors of the two dynasties of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. It is located at the center of the central axis of Beijing. It covers an area of about 720 thousand square meters. It is the largest palace building of the existing scale. The Forbidden City the present temple has 2631, one of the most famous buildings after harmony, Wenhuage, Wuhan Yingge etc.. The the Imperial Palace of Beijing is the key cultural relic protection unit in China, and is also a national 5A scenic area. It is also selected and selected "the world cultural heritage list". It can be seen that the historical value and cultural significance of the the Imperial Palace Museum.
Listen to my simple introduction through the guide words, I think you have a simple understanding of the the Imperial Palace. Love at the palace drama friends expect very much, want to see the queen, concubines living place, but I have to tell you that the drama shooting palace is not the Imperial Palace, but specifically for the filming of the building modeled on the the Imperial Palace. Therefore, there are many houses in the Imperial Palace that cannot be entered, but only far away. We hope you will strictly abide by the requirements, so as not to damage the historical relics. At the same time, I hope you do civilized passengers, no littering, no graffiti, with the hope that we.
After listening to the the Imperial Palace tour guide, I think you can't wait. Now we are going to have a tour. Please follow my footsteps to uncover the mysterious veil of the Imperial Palace.
故宫英文导游词 篇11
Hello everyone！ My name is Shen Lei. Its your tour guide. You can call me Shen guide. First of all, I wish you a pleasant trip. When you get off, please take care of the stairs.
Let me introduce the the Imperial Palace to you. The the Imperial Palace in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing. Today it is called the the Imperial Palace, which means the palace of the past. It is the Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle mobilized countless skilled craftsmen, magnificent buildings built in 14 years. The the Imperial Palace covers an area of 720 thousand square meters, with a total of more than 9000 houses. It is the largest and most well preserved ancient imperial palace in the world. The palace along a north-south axis arranged, symmetrical, neat layout. The Imperial Palace is also the 4 door, a Front Gate Meridian Gate, Donghua gate, east gate of Simon Xihua door, the north gate Shenwu gate. In the most notable is the three seat hall: the hall of Supreme Harmony, and hall and Paul hall, I also not described in detail later, you can have a free tour.
Around the three main hall, we went to the latter part of the the Imperial Palace, the palace of Heavenly Purity, Thai Temple and the lamps as the center, there are six things on both sides of the East and West six palace palace, is mainly the emperors and empresses lived. And the outer court building magnificent, Neiting very rich flavor of life. Which is used to the emperors palace, the Queens palace in the Ming Dynasty is the palace of earthly tranquility. We walked to the palace of earthly tranquility, behind the Imperial Garden, here is for the emperor and empresses rest, play place, there are towering pine and cypress, precious flowers and exquisite rocks.
Well, I introduced here is over, you can visit 17:30, after collection from the east gate of Donghua out of the door. Please dont litter in the park, free writing, I wish you a pleasant journey!
故宫英文导游词 篇12
Dear visitors, everybody is good. Hope I can bring you the best service.
Now please follow me to the imperial palace the biggest palace in the taihe temple to see see! Here is the Ming and qing emperor summoned, calling the shots, officials held a celebration. Whole house surface width of 11, 5, deep outside corridor column, outside the house, a total of 72 big pillars. Temple of 35 meters high, inside headroom 14 meters high, 63 meters wide, covers an area of 2377 square meters, is the nation's largest wooden hall.
I'll give you introduce other palace!
Now we came to the house and. Zhonghe palace for emperors en route to the hall of supreme harmony exercise manners. Baohe Palace, is the emperor entertains WaiFan nobility and wenwu minister in Beijing. We take a look at the mandarin house. It is the crown prince of Ming dynasty DouShuChu. Gate of heavenly purity was the palace at at home and abroad, the parting of the imperial palace, the north is the imperial palace. Palace of heavenly purity is the Ming and qing emperors lived and dealing with affairs. CiNing palace is the place where the emperor lived.
We can visit freely now, but I want to remind everyone must pay attention to keep the palace environment.
故宫英文导游词 篇13
Ladies and Gentlemen:
My name is , welcome to the palace museum I am very pleased to be your guide. Before the visiting I’d like to remind you the museum is the fire-control area. Please don’t smoke .
The palace museum also known as the Purple Forbidden City，it is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China. The construction of the palace started in 1406 in the Ming dynasty. It took 14years to complete. For five centuries, it continued to be the residence of 23 emperors till 1911. .At present, the palace is an elaborate museum that presents the Chinese traditional architecture and court treasures . In 1987, it was listed as apart of world cultural heritage by UNES CO.
Now standing in front of us is the Meridian Gate which is the main entrance for the Former Imperial Palace. It is so named because the emperor considered himself the ‘Son of the Heaven’ and the Palace the center of the universe, hence the north-south axis as the Meridian line.
Beyond the Meridian Gate we can see the Inner Golden Water River. Why did people dig a river channel here? It has two reasons: first, it functions as decoration for the imperial palace; second, it is used for the fire control. The river is spanned by five bridges, which symbolize the five virtues preached by Confucius: benevolence, righteousness, intelligence, and fidelity. The river takes the shape of a bow and the north-south axis is its arrow. This layout shows that the emperors ruled the country on behalf of Heaven.
Now we have been in the outer court of the palace. At the north end of the courtyard ,one after another, stand the three main halls: the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Preserving Harmony.
Now let’s visit the Hall of Supreme Harmony first. The Hall of Supreme Harmony , rectangular in shape, 27 meter in height, 2300 square meters in area, is the largest and the most important hall in the palace complex. It is also China’s largest existing wooden structure palace. This hall used to be the throne hall for ceremonies, such as the Spring Festival, the emperors birthday and enthronement, and the dispatch of generals to battles. On such coactions, there would be an imperial guard of honor standing in front of the Hall and extending all the way to the Meridian Gate. Just imagine, what a grand sight it was.
The hall of the Central Harmony is smaller and square with windows on all sides. Usuallythe emperor rehearsed for ceremonies here.Behind the Central Harmony Hall is the Hall of Preserving Harmony in which banquets and imperials examinations were held here 。
故宫英文导游词 篇14
HI，everbody! My name is your tour guide, Zhu Rui refined, today I will take you to visit the Palace Museum, you can call me zhu guide.
Now let me make a brief introduction for you, the imperial palace is one of the world's largest existing ancient royal palace buildings, the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City. "Purple" is the color of heaven Kings palace, then of course the human emperor with the purple words. "Forbidden" refers to where the heavily guarded, don't say it's ordinary people, even the senior official without the emperor summoned or into the city will not be accepted, otherwise it will be for revenge, "ban" royal, so also called the Forbidden City, the whole city was built in 1420, is located in the north of tiananmen square. The entire courtyard is divided into two parts, namely the "power" and "bed". "Power" is the place where the emperor held a grand ceremony, in taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace and mandarin house on either side of the things and the hall of martial valor. After the "bed" emperors and empresses, underage children where they live, mainly dry, tai qing temple, palace of earthly tranquility and natural things. In addition, there are many other various inside the imperial palace, have different USES the size of the palace. It is said that when there are nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine palace, the Forbidden City enough! In 1911, sun yat-sen led the revolution overthrew the feudal society of China for more than two thousand years. Qing emperor abdicated in 1912. On October 10, 1925, the national Palace Museum opened to the public for the first time. In 1949, after the founding of new China many times to repair of the Forbidden City, to make it more brilliant. The Forbidden City in Beijing in 1987 by UNESCO "world heritage list".
You see, the Forbidden City around some purple color of wall, it is about 10 meters high, about 3.5 kilometers long. Walls were built all around tall gate, south palace front door for the meridian gate. The north gate of creature, four corner of the wall stands a unique style, modelling beautiful turrets. Wall surrounding a is 52 meters wide moat, make the palace a fortified castle.
Next, you with me to see the most gorgeous architecture, the defendant is called "during" the hall of supreme harmony. This is the place where the emperor held a ceremony, to see you, hall 28 meters high, 63 meters wide from east to west, north and south, 35 meters long, there are 1 meter in diameter big column 92, around the throne of six pillar of big call "PanLongZhu", is made of drain powder gold lacquer. Right in front of us is the emperor's seats - the throne, located in inside is 2 meters high on the stage, the former has a pleasing cranes, furnace, the tripod with two handles, the throne is a gold plated, armrest is silver plated, four incense burner is made of wood, is gorgeous. Work behind the folding screen. The whole hall decorated splendid and solemn gorgeous.
Finished visiting the hall of supreme harmony, everyone with me to go back again, to go look at zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace. The three temple construction, zhonghe palace is take a break before the emperor went to the hall of supreme harmony held a ceremony etiquette and exercise. Baohe Palace is the emperor fete nobility of sweet and wenwu minister in Beijing. Baohe Palace is the most amazing behind a piece of stone. Stone 16.57 meters long, 3.07 meters wide, 1.7 meters thick, more than 200 tons. Vulture on the rough sea, walking on dragons. Hear here, everyone can not help but want to say truly was China's valuable cultural heritage of the imperial palace!
In the Palace Museum collection of precious relics, a total of more than 1052653 pieces according to the statistics, 1/6 of the total number of national cultural relics, there are a lot of thing is a unique national treasure. Set up past dynasties in several Palace Museum, pride, watches and clocks, etc., of the people can go to a free enjoy, to deepen our understanding of the Forbidden City.
To this end, the interpretation of good, I please visit freely, remember to pay attention to health, in addition to the photos, you don't take anything; Besides, you don't leave anything. At 11 in front of the Baohe Palace collection, don't delay!
OK, you can now free, optional tour. After three hours set here. I wish you all have fun.
故宫英文导游词 篇15
HI，everbody! My name is your tour guide, Zhu Rui refined, today I will take you to visit the Palace Museum, you can call me zhu guide.
Now let me make a brief introduction for you, the imperial palace is one of the world's largest existing ancient royal palace buildings, the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City. "Purple" is the color of heaven Kings palace, then of course the human emperor with the purple words. "Forbidden" refers to where the heavily guarded, don't say it's ordinary people, even the senior official without the emperor summoned or into the city will not be accepted, otherwise it will be for revenge, "ban" royal, so also called the Forbidden City, the whole city was built in 1420, is located in the north of square. The entire courtyard is divided into two parts, namely the "power" and "bed". "Power" is the place where the emperor held a grand ceremony, in taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace and mandarin house on either side of the things and the hall of martial valor. After the "bed" emperors and empresses, underage children where they live, mainly dry, tai qing temple, palace of earthly tranquility and natural things. In addition, there are many other various inside the imperial palace, have different USES the size of the palace. It is said that when there are nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine palace, the Forbidden City enough! In 1911, sun yat-sen led the revolution overthrew the feudal society of China for more than two thousand years. Qing emperor abdicated in 1912. On October 10, 1925, the national Palace Museum opened to the public for the first time. In 1949, after the founding of new China many times to repair of the Forbidden City, to make it more brilliant. The Forbidden City in Beijing in 1987 by UNESCO "world heritage list".
You see, the Forbidden City around some purple color of wall, it is about 10 meters high, about 3.5 kilometers long. Walls were built all around tall gate, south palace front door for the meridian gate. The north gate of creature, four corner of the wall stands a unique style, modelling beautiful turrets. Wall surrounding a is 52 meters wide moat, make the palace a fortified castle.
Next, you with me to see the most gorgeous architecture, the defendant is called "during" the hall of supreme harmony. This is the place where the emperor held a ceremony, to see you, hall 28 meters high, 63 meters wide from east to west, north and south, 35 meters long, there are 1 meter in diameter big column 92, around the throne of six pillar of big call "PanLongZhu", is made of drain powder gold lacquer. Right in front of us is the emperor's seats - the throne, located in inside is 2 meters high on the stage, the former has a pleasing cranes, furnace, the tripod with two handles, the throne is a gold plated, armrest is silver plated, four incense burner is made of wood, is gorgeous. Work behind the folding screen. The whole hall decorated splendid and solemn gorgeous.
Finished visiting the hall of supreme harmony, everyone with me to go back again, to go look at zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace. The three temple construction, zhonghe palace is take a break before the emperor went to the hall of supreme harmony held a ceremony etiquette and exercise. Baohe Palace is the emperor fete nobility of sweet and wenwu minister in Beijing. Baohe Palace is the most amazing behind a piece of stone. Stone 16.57 meters long, 3.07 meters wide, 1.7 meters thick, more than 200 tons. Vulture on the rough sea, walking on dragons. Hear here, everyone can not help but want to say truly was China's valuable cultural heritage of the imperial palace!
In the Palace Museum collection of precious relics, a total of more than 1052653 pieces according to the statistics, 1/6 of the total number of national cultural relics, there are a lot of thing is a unique national treasure. Set up past dynasties in several Palace Museum, pride, watches and clocks, etc., of the people can go to a free enjoy, to deepen our understanding of the Forbidden City.
To this end, the interpretation of good, I please visit freely, remember to pay attention to health, in addition to the photos, you don't take anything; Besides, you don't leave anything. At 11 in front of the Baohe Palace collection, don't delay!
OK, you can now free, optional tour. After three hours set here. I wish you all have fun.
故宫英文导游词 篇16
Hello, everyone, my name is Yang chao, everybody call me Yang guide! Now we are going to visit the unequalled Beijing's Forbidden City.
You see, we went to the grand palace, the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace during the Ming and qing dynasties; The imperial palace is one of the world's largest and most complete ancient wooden buildings, as the largest ancient building group of our country. It makes building the Ming yongle (AD 1406), 14 years to complete, there are 24 emperors in this reign. "Ok, we are now ready to go to temple, visitors, please friends keep up with the team, don't be left behind, or got lost and could not find us!" Ok, now follow me into the hall, there are three main halls of the imperial palace: taihe palace, zhonghe palace and Baohe Palace. Temple built in white marble stylobate on build by laying bricks or stones into 8 meters high, looking like a myth of Joan GongXian que. The hall of supreme harmony is the most gorgeous architecture, commonly known as "during", is the place where the emperor held a ceremony, the temple of 28 meters high, 63 meters, northwest of 35 meters, big column with diameter of 1 meter 92, including six root around the throne Pan Longzhu drain powder gold lacquer. Before the throne in inside is 2 meters high on the stage, a modelling, beautiful cranes, furnace, tripod, work behind the folding screen. The whole hall decorated splendid and solemn gorgeous. Zhonghe palace is take a break and exercise before the emperor went to the hall of supreme harmony held a ceremony etiquette, Baohe Palace is outside the emperor gave New Year's eve feast every year pan Kings. Tourists friends to have a rest first, under the watch of the three main halls, can touch, wait us to delay, to dry, qing tai temple, palace of earthly tranquility as the center, what wings have sixth east and west sixth, is the emperor on weekdays and concubines lived. "Well, the activity of today and is now over! I wish you all have fun.
故宫英文导游词 篇17
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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。