英语版介绍沈阳故宫的论文.doc

Shenyang Imperial PalaceAs is well known to all, our country is a vast, ancient civilization with a long history, places of interest are world-famous. The civilization represents the ancient and glorious culture of the motherland, and it is the symbol of the Chinese nation .We should carve 5,000 years of Chinese history in the heart, cherish the cultural heritage of ancient peoples left us, because it represents not only the image of the Chinese nation but the traditional virtues of the Chinese people.As far as I am concerned, it is my honor to join this practice .I would like to share what I have learned from this practice with you. On one hand, it gives us a good opportunity to face the challenge. In the practice I introduced Shenyang Imperial Palace in English to the foreigner .Because the Shenyang Imperial Palace is a great magnet for foreign tourists. Nothing is more interesting than to do this for me .I was so excited during the practice. On the other hand ,as a college student ,especially an English major .I think it is necessary to have the ability to introduce some the places of great interest in English .What s more, it can practice our spoken English and promote the qualities of study.I would like to show you the details about Shenyang Imperial Palace. I divide the paper into 4 parts .In the first part, I make a summary about Shenyang imperial palace .In the second part, I will demonstrate the history of Shenyang imperial palace .In the third part, the construction structure will be shown, it includes all features about the Shenyang Imperial Palace .The last part comes to the conclusion. Lets start at the first part .The Shenyang Imperial Palace is famous for the unique architecture art and special history at home and abroad .It occupies a land area of more than 60,000 square meters, comprising over 20 courtyards, 300 houses and 70 buildings. In the palace the building preservation is completed, and it is one of two big palace architectural complexes. It has her characteristics in the construction .At the present it is the most important tour spot in Shenyang. Let me tell you the history about Shenyang Imperial Palace in the second part .In 1625 Nurhachu moved the capital city to Shenyang. In1634 Nurhachu began to construct the place and it was completed in 1636, after that it was expanded in the Qiang long and Jiaqing reign. After them four emperors of Qing Dynasty had come back from Beijing to this palace for 10 times and enlarged its area and added its buildings .They were Emperor Kangxi ,Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang .Therefore ,until 1783 the palace was finally finished. Shenyang Imperial Palace is one of the two royal palaces well kept in China. As the capital it has left us many stories.In the previous part, I will compare the features of Shenyang Imperial Palace with Forbidden city .In the next following part, I have talked about the features of construction structure in the Shenyang Imperial Palace .If you stand in the palace and you are careful, you can find the differences between the Forbidden city and Shenyang imperial palace. In Shenyang Imperial palace chambers are higher than halls, which is contrary to the style in Forbidden city in Beijing .Before Qing Dynasty strived for the power ,the manchu was a graze and hunt nation .By the influence of living habit they built the residential in higher place to fight against the wild animals and flood .this is the reason .At the same time carefully ,you can find the other two differences ,one is all of the tiles of imperial palace in Beijing is yellow but in Shenyang it was yellow with a green edge ,this because the monarch comes from the steppe, the green is the symbol of the grassland. The other is the plague of the imperial palace, the Chinese was in the right and the manchu is in the left .from this we can see the manchu focus on the left side before they move to Beijing. Each of the building has it is own story.After talking about the differences between two palaces, lets enjoy the features of construction structure in the Shenyang Imperial Palace. We can divide the whole construction into three sections: the east, middle and west. First I want to introduce the middle section .It includes five buildings ,the Grand Qing Gate ,the Feilongge ,the Xiangfengge ,the Holy Administration Hall and the Phoenis Tower .lets enjoy the features of buildings one by one. The layout of middle section is similar to three Chinese courtyards .The first courtyard is the office area .It starts from the Grand Qing Gate on the south and ends at Holy Administration Hall .The main entrance to the palace is the Grand Qing Gate .We can see the large brand on the left and a structure model of 1:100 on the right. From the brand and model we can see the summary of the palace. In addition, the Grand Qing Gate is also called Meridian Gate. Because the emperor considered himself as the son of Heaven and the palace should be the center of universe .The Grand Qing Gate was built in 1632 and is was the place where the civilian officials and military ministers to present themselves before the emperor daily .Please pay attention to the gate .It ia a special gate .The special feature of the gate is the tile color .They are all yellow tiles but engraved with green borders .Yellow symbolizes the ground and the royal right while green represents sea and mountains .The combination of them means controlling the vast areas on the earth. The buildings to the east and south of Grand Qing Gate were the Feilongge and Xiangfengge.The Hall of Holy Administration is the main building in the middle part of the palace and it was the center of the military, administrative affairs in Qing Dynasty and had witnessed many national ceremories. Feilongge and Xiangfengge were for storing music instruments. Holy Administration Hall was Emperor Huangtaijis office. In front of the hall are Rigui and Jiangliang, which were used as measure instruments and supposed to be the symbol of unity. In accient construction, office area is usually in the front part and residential area is in the rear .Behind the Holy Administration Hall there were the Phoenis Tower and the Qingning Hall. The phoenis tower was built on a terrace 3.8 meters tall It was the tallest building in Shenyang at that time. It is amazing watching sunrise in the morning on the tower and Phoenix Sunrise is one of the famous Eight fascinating Scenes in Shenyang. Look upward ,there is a board hanging up on Phoenix Tower and Emperor Qianlong inscribe Ziqidonglaion it ,which meant the Qing Dynasty in Beijing immigrated from Shenyang .There are 24 staircases on the Phoenix Tower representing 24 seasonal divisions point in Chinese lunar calendar .They often held some gatherings or parties here. Walking through the tower are the rear chambers .The one on the north in the middle was called Qingning Hall, which was prepared for emperor and empress. The other four lying on both sides were for concubines. The main buildings were different from other buildings with a door was opened in the wall of the east room and the other rooms were connected together like a bag. The beds are made of mud and brick and with fire and smoke tunnels were called kang in Chinese. In order to get heat and keep room warm in winter, we can see the people is so intelligent at that time, they created the kang for us. There is a pole standing on the ground for smoke through .Near the top of the pole there are many boxes filled with food for feeding crows. It was said that Nuerhachu was saved by crows .Crows are considered sacred in Manchurian culture though in Chinese culture crows are regarded as birds bringing bad luck. All the chimney were built on the rear of Qingning hall from the ground with 11 layers .they represented the 11 emperors from Emperor Huangtaiji to the last emperor Puyi .This chimney was the highest one at that time .In Chinese ,the sound of chimney tong is the symbol of unity. To the north further is rear courtyard called Yuhua Garden. It is a really beautiful garden. These are the main scenes in the middle section of the palace. . After visiting the middle section of the palace, let us turn to the eastern section .Its representative building is the Great Administration Hall flanked by Ten Princes Pavilions .This part was built in 1625, and they were the earliest building in Shenyang Imperial Palace .Great Administration Hall is the place ceremonies and handled state affairs .Great Administration Hall was built with eight sides representing the style of military tent and also Eight Banner military system. The ten pavilions was special, five on each side, they were the commanders office at that time. There are a story about the military system of early Manchurian Period .Nuerhachu divided his troops in four parts and each part has its own color banner .the four kinds of banner :red ,blue , white and yellow .As the troops expanded quickly ,another four parts were added and therefore another four kinds of banner were needed . Then there were altogether eight kinds of banner .This was the famous army” Eight Banner Army” .What a special army it is! In the western section, the Book Source Pavilion, Theater Platform, (Jiayintang), (Yangxizhai) and Nine Halls will be discussed .The western section was built in Emperor Qianlongs reign from 1782 to 1783 .The Book Source Pavilion is built in 1773 and the largest encyclopedia library in Chinese history. This set of history books is composed of seven sections, more than 36,000 volumes. We can see that Book Source Pavilion covered with black tiles .In Chinese history, black refers water .The pavilion was built for storing books and its biggest threat was fire .So black tiles suggest water covering it on the top as a way of protection .Good Proserty Admiration Study was for Emperor reading while the Theater Platform was for Emperor, his empress and concubines watching plays. I enjoy this palace, in Shenyang Imperial Palace we can see the traditional architecture up close and marvel at the treasures of the imperial family and its court .It pays to visit, as if we came to a world full of stories. Every building has special style a