西安英文导游词

第 1 页 共 3 页 西安英文导游词西安英文导游词 Inside the fourth courtyard there is a structure called the Phoenix Pavilion a place where worshipers wait for services The pavilion in fact is a complex of three small buildings The six gabled structure in the central part is adjoined by two three gabled buildings on each side which make it look like a flying phoenix hence its name Just at the back of the pavilion there is a fish pond and beyond it is a platform with an area of 700 square meters Acrothe platform stands the 1 300 square meter prayer hall It holds over 1 000 worshipers at a time The ceiling is decorated with over 600 panels The walls of the hall as well as the panels are decorated with patterns of trailing plants and Arabic letters The shrine at the western end of the hall is where the imam and worshipers chant the Koran and pay homage while facing in the 第 2 页 共 3 页 direction of Mecca The Moslems in China share much the same customs with their brothers and sisters elsewhere in the world They worship five times a day at dawn at noon in the afternoon at dusk and at night The Constitution of China acknowledges that each citizen has the right freedom of religion and that each ethnic group has the freedom to preserve or reform its own customs Of course the Moslems in China enjoy equal rights with other ethnic groups and their religious beliefs and customs are respected everywhere in the country Huaqing Pool is situated about 35 kilometres east of the city of Xian 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 site was extended into a palace in the Han dynasty and renamed the Li Palace In the Tang 第 3 页 共 3 页 dynasty Li Shimin 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 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 ow