山西省名胜古迹英文介绍.pdf

1 山西名胜古迹英文介绍山西名胜古迹英文介绍 The Great Courtyard of Chang s 常家庄园 Grottoes rock cave 石窟 The cave is constructed by cutting into cliffs in which there are images or statues of Buddhas murals and stone cavings that tell Buddhist stories such as the dunhuang yungang and longmen grottoes in China Poet 诗人 Famous mountains and great rivers 名山大川 Pagoda tree 槐树 The Chinese people nation 中华民族 Run at full speed 飞奔 Flow v 流淌 The Heaven Pool 天池 Coffin n 棺材 Sea buckthorn 沙棘 Prime minister 宰相 The level ground of lotus 荷花坪 lotus n 荷花 Perfume scent n 香味 Calabash n 葫芦 Carve v 雕刻 Tower n 塔 2 A warlord a man on horseback 军阀 The farmer house 故居 Precipitous adj 陡峭的 Greasy adj 油腻的 腻嘴的 Torrential adj 湍急的 The embryonic form 雏形 The Lantern Festival 元宵节 yangko n 秧歌 a popular rural opera in my hometown Qitai Yangko Opera 祁太秧歌 Jinju Opera 晋剧 Flour n 面粉 A steamed bun 馒头 Jujube n 枣子 Jujube tree 枣树 The Three Kingdoms Period 三国时期 山西部分名胜介绍 1 晋祠 Memorial Temple of Jin Jinsi This temple is located at the fountainhead of the Jin shui River twenty five kilometers southwest of the city of Taiyuan The weather here is warm in winter and cool in summer and the land is beautiful Ancient 3 buildings blue springwater and superb clay sculpture have been attractions to tourists for centuries Legend says that the Memorial Temple of Jin was first built in the twelfth century B C The first attraction here is the Immortal Spring so named because the spingwater has flowed steadily for centuries If you walk along the spring and down the stone steps you will find a big pool of crystal clear water that gushes out from the walls Bypassing the pool you will come to the uniquely constructed Flying Bridge over the Fish Pond Spring in front of the Hall of Holy Mother Shengmudian This double wooden bridge in the shape of a cross is supported by thirty four stone posts embedded in the spring Crossing the bridge you come to the Hall of Holy mother the center of the temple The Holy Mother was regarded as the noble model of motherhood in feudal Chinese society Flanking the sculpture of Holy Mother is an array of forty two young maidens each with distinct expression and posture They are perfect examples of the skill of the Song Dynasty Not far from the hall is a grove of ancient cypress trees once of which is said to have been planted during the Western Zhou Dynasty making it more than two thousand years old 2 太原 Taiyuan Metropolis of Cathy Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province Ideally situated in the Taiyuan Basin in the central part of the province it is bordered by the Taihang 4 Mountains in the east and the Luliang Mountains in the west The Fenhe River flows through the city Taiyuan has grown into a booming industrial city in the past few decades Its network of railway lines provides a link to all parts of the country and its coal and steel industries occupy an important position in China s industries system The turbulent history of Taiyuan can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period more that two thousand years ago But it was not until the Tang Dynasty about one thousand years ago that Taiyuan really became Known as a metropolis of Cathay The first empress in Chinese history Wu Zetian 624 705 was born here When she came to power she appointed Minister Cui Shenqing as governor of Bingzhou Taiyuan He was instructed to have a bridge built over the Fenhe River to connect the towns of Xicheng West City and Dongcheng East city making Taiyuan a true metropolis With its mountains and its river Taiyuan was an important military town for which war strategists of various dynasties contested For more than a thousand years many battles were fought here In A D 975 Zhao Guanyi of the Song Dynasty dispatched 400 000 troops to conquer Taiyuan In view of the fact that local forces of various dynasties often set up separatist regimes by force of arms he had the town burned down completely because of what he believed were unduly great ambitions to 5 rule here Seven years later A D 982 general Li Mei of the Song Dynasty began the reconstruction of the town establishing the city of Taiyuan as we know it today 3 云冈石窟云冈石窟 Yungang Caves one of China s four most famous Buddhist Caves Art Treasure Houses is located about sixteen kilometers west of Datong Shanxi Province There exists 53 caves most of which are made during the Northern Wei Dynasty between 460 and 494 AD and over 51 000 stone sculptures It extends one kilometer from east to west and can be fallen into three major groups The first group including Cave 1 Cave 2 Cave 3 and Cave 4 are at the eastern end separated from others Cave 1 and Cave 2 have suffered from rigors of time and the weather Cave 3 an afterthought after the Northern Wei Dynasty is the largest grotto among Yungang caves Tours normally begin from the second group ranging from Cave 5 to Cave 13 Yungang art manifests its best in this group Cave 5 contains a seated Buddha with a height of 17 meters In Cave 6 a 15 meter high two storey pagoda pillar stands in the center of chamber and the life of the Buddha from birth to the attainment of nirvana is carved in the pagoda walls and the sides of the cave The Bodhisattva was engraved in Cave 7 The rare seen Shiva Statue in Yungang with eight arms and four heads and riding on a bull is illustrated in Cave 8 Cave 9 and Cave 10 are 6 notable for front pillars and figures bearing musical instruments Musicians playing instruments also appear in Cave 12 Cave 13 has the Buddha statue with a giant figurine supporting its right arm The rest caves belong to the third group Cave 14 has eroded severely Cave 15 is named as the Cave of Ten Thousand Buddha The caves numbered 16 to Cave 20 are the oldest complex and each one symbolizes an emperor from the Northern Wei Dynasty and the subject of Emperor is the Buddha is embodied The caves from No 21 onward are built in the later times and can not compare to their better preserved counterparts 4 壶口瀑布壶口瀑布 The Hukou Waterfalls of the Yellow River is the only Yellow Waterfall on earth The river narrows and cascades dramatically into a stone pond more than 30 meters below creating the famous Hukou Waterfalls The gentle water turbulent and gains speed as itrushed forward till it finally cascades over the waterfall forming an illusion of water being poured from a kettle hence its name Hukou or Kettle spout Like thousands of tumbling dragons or enraged animals that have just been set free the yellow water plunged down the pounding against the stones echoes like thunder The most dramatic changes occur during deep winter and early spring when the river surface becomes frozen Sometimes the subsidiary falls freeze into icicles creating images of crouching beast on top of the cliffs 7 5 部分名胜英文名部分名胜英文名 1 华夏根祖 洪洞大槐树 华夏根祖 洪洞大槐树 Root of China The Grand Scholartree Hongdong 2 民族之魂 黄河壶口 民族之魂 黄河壶口 Soul of the Nation Hukou Falls of the Yellow River 3 中国儒商第一家 常家庄园 中国儒商第一家 常家庄园 Best Preserved Manor of Knowledged Merchant in China Chang Family Mansion 4 武帝故里 解州关帝庙 武帝故里 解州关帝庙 Hometown of War God Temple of Guan Yu Xiezhou 5 众仙朝元 永乐宫 众仙朝元 永乐宫 Pilgrimage of Immortals Yong Le Palace 6 登临远望 鹳雀楼 登临远望 鹳雀楼 Ascend High and Command a Distant View Guanque Tower 7 建筑宝库 平遥古城 建筑宝库 平遥古城 Treasure house of Architectural Art Pingyao Ancient City 8 民俗精华 乔家大院 民俗精华 乔家大院 Essence of Folk Custom Qiao Family s Living Quarter 9 以乔家大院为场景拍摄的著名电影电视剧照 以乔家大院为场景拍摄的著名电影电视剧照 Stage photos of well known films and TV plays using Qiao family s living quarter as shoot location 10 龙兴之地 晋祠 龙兴之地 晋祠 8 Bi