西安主要景点英文介绍(景点翻译)

1.华清宫;

The Huaqing Pool is located in the Lintong District 30 km

east to the urban area of Xian. With Mount. Li to its

south and the Wei River to its north, it boasts the natural

hot springs. The favorable geographical condition and

natural environment make it one of the cradles where

ancient people settled and . It was also a favorite place

for emperors to buildtheir palaces as a resort. Since

ancient times, it has ever been a famous bathing and

tourist destination.

According to historical records and archeological

the Huaqing Pool has a history of 6000 years for the use

of hot springs and a history of 3000 years of royal

gardens. Over these years, the cultural relics excavated

near the source of hot springs prove that over 6000

years ago primitive residents had used the hot spring. In

West Zhou, King Youwang ordered the construction of Li

Palace on the site. Then the emperors of the following

dynasties join in the line. After Emperor Xuan Zong

ascended the throne, he commanded the construction

of Huaqing Palace on a large scale. The construction was

built along the Lishan Mountains range, and the former

spring well was designed into a pool. Roads were built to

reach the top of Lishan Mountain and one two-way road

to Changan linked Huaqing Palace with Daming Palace

and Xingqing Palace in the capital city. In the year 747 .,

the new palace was completed and emperor Xuan Zong

named it Huaqing Palace. Because there are many hot

spring pools in the palace, it is also called Huaqing Pool

With the third peak of Lishan Mountain and the source

of hot springs on the axis and the hot springs as the

center, the palace was laid out in four directions. This

design, on the one hand, made a good use of the hot

springs; on the other hand, it represented a precise and

strict layout. Inside the palace, there were officials

bureaus and houses and hot pools. In addition, some

recreational places such as the Rooster Fight Pit and

Polo Field etc. for emperor Xuan Zong and Lady Yang

were also available. At that time, the history of Huaqing

Pool reached its climax.

2.西安城墙

Xi'an city wall is the Ming Dynasty the years in policy of

Zhu Yuanzhang "high walls, wide accumulate grain, slow

the guidance of kings" under, built on the basis of the

Tang imperial. Completely around the "defense" strategy

system is greater than the thickness of the wall height,

solid as a mountain, the top of the wall and practicing

sports can. Walls include moat, drawbridge, building

gate, watchtower, is buildings, towers, fortresses,

parapet, forts and other a series of military facilities.

Since the completion of the wall after three major

renovations. Longqing two years (1568), Shaanxi

provincial governor Zhang Zhi presided over the

restoration of Tucheng first into brick city; Qing Emperor

Qianlong 46 years (1781), Shaanxi governor, Bi source

host on the walls and towers were renovated; since 1983,

in Shaanxi Province and Xi'an Municipal People's

Government of the city wall the large-scale renovation,

construction has been the demolition of the east gate,

north gate of the watchtower, on the South Gate

building, suspension bridge, and built around the park,

so that this ancient building glow in the old style, has

become a tourist attraction for visitors in Xi'an.

3.西安碑林博物馆

Forest of Stone Steles Museum

The treasure house of ancient calligraphy and stone

carving art of China, the Museum of Forest of

Stone Tablets, which is located at the site of Confucian

temple in SanXue Street, Xi’an. This museum was set up

in 1087 and it collected more than 3000 stone tablets

from the Han dynasty through the Qing dynasty. The

whole area consists of 3 parts: Confucian temple,

exhibition of stone tablets and stone carvings.

4.书院门

there is a well-known street -Shuyuanmen Ancient

Cultural Street. It is also named ‘the Arts Street’, located

on the eastern side of the southern gate of Xi'an. From

the Bell Tower, walk along the South Avenue to the

South Gate, you see a traditional archway on the east

side of the road, that is Shyuanmen: he 200-m street is

in the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The street is under the south ancient city wall behind

the Forest of Steles , both sides of the slab stone road

are lined with buildings in the Ming and Qing styles.

Various crafts and arts are sold on this crowded street all

year long. Historical relics, calligraphy, paintings,

antiques, jewels, jade and folk art fine works are all

tourist favorites.

The name of Shuyuanmen, which means the gate of the

academy of classical learning, has its roots in Guanzhong

Shuyuan (namely, the academy of classical learning in

the area of central Shaanxi Plain. Guanzhong Shuyuan is

the highest seat of learning in Shaanxi in Ming and Qing

dynasty. Being the first-rate one in northwest area, it is

also one of the four well-known academies of classical

learning in China. The origin of Guangzhong Shuyuan

also has an old story. It is said that a high official called

Feng Congwu, once submitted a written statement to

the emperor, but only to be dismissed from office

because he said the emperor was addicted to wine and

women all day long without solving state affairs. Feng

Congwu went home and began to give lectures in

Baoqing Temple. Later, the senior official Wang Keshou

in Shaanxi province also joined him. From then on,

thousands of people came here to listen to their lectures.

So Guanzhong Shuyuan was set up there. After nearly

four or five centuries’ history, the old street near the

south city wall has fallen into disrepair. Then being

carefully planned and designed, it was rebuilt into an

imitation of ancient business street with a style of Ming

and Qing dynasty in early 1990s.

Today, Shuyuanmen is a place of tourist interest for the

combination of both antiques and handicrafts. It is

lined with row upon row of more than 100 diverse shops,

such as shops for paintings, four treasures for study, seal

or collection of ancient seals, etc. On the second and

third floor of the attic , there are many black tablets with

golden-colored calligraphies on them, such as Wencuige,

Zuishuxuan, Jukanzhai, Haoyuegong, etc. Modern

handicrafts are the main items in this street, among

which you could find the four treasures in the study,

pottery figurine, calligraphy and paintings and imitation

of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses , baccaro ware,

seal cutting, carving,and so on. These all together made

the street permeated with an elegant and cultural

atmosphere.

5.钟楼

The Bell Tower Drum Tower and the City Well in Xi’an

The Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beams

and painted rafters, has been served as the symbol of

Xi’an. It stands in the center of the downtown area

where the north street, the south street, the west street

and the east street meet. And the tower house a huge

bell which in ancient times was use to strike the time

every morning. This is how the tower got its name. now

it is an important historical monument in shaanxi

Province. The Bell tower was first built in Ying Xiang

temple in 1384 during the Ming dynasty. It was moved

to its present site in 1582 as a result of the city‘s

expansion program. Ladies and gentlemen, There is a

story about the Bell Tower. It’s said that the first

emperor of Ming dynasty , Zhu yuanzhang , he was born

in a poor family. Both his parent died when he was

young, and he had to live a hard life. Later, he went to a

temple to become a monk. When he ascended the

throne, he was afraid of being deposed by someone of

“real dragon”. Therefore, he gave orders to build bell

tower all over the county to repress the “dragon spirits”.

Xi’an has been the imperial capital city since ancient

times. So the “dragon spirits ” must be very strong here.

That’s why the bell tower in Xi’an was not only built

earlier, but also bigger than the other ones in the

country. The base of the tower is 1, square meters in size,

meters high and meters wide. It was laid with blue

bricks all over. The whole building is 36 meters above

ground. It is a brick-and –wood structure. The eaves are

supported by colored “dou gong” a traditional structural

system in which brackets are used to join columns and

crossbeams, the use of dou gong made the whole

building firm and beautiful.

6.小雁塔

The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Jianfu

Temple. It’s one kilometer south from the downtown

area .The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Tang

Dynasty.). It has fifteen storeysand it’s about forty-five

meters above ground. In 1555, there was an earthquake

in Huaxian of this province . As a result, the top two

storeys of the pagoda were destroyed. The present

structure has only thirteen storeys . There is a story

about the small wild goose pagoda . When Yi Jing

appealed to the imperial court for funds to build a

pagoda, so as to preserve the Buddhist scriptures , the

Emperor Li Xian asked the Empress for advice as he often

did . When she heard of this, she ordered all the imperial

concubines and court maids to donate money for the

construction of the pagoda .The ladies were so generous

in their donation that there was still money left over

even after the project was completed.

7.陕西省历史博物馆

Shaanxi History Museum is located in the northwest of

the Xi’an Wild Goose Pagoda. It was built in 1983 and

was open on June 20, 1991. Shaanxi History Museum is

China’s first large-scale modern national museum; it

marks that China’s museum career has entered into a

new development mileage. The Museum has the style of

Tang dynasty buildings of “central palace hall with four

worship houses around” with orderly, harmonious,

vigorous and grave construction, melting the national

tradition, local characteristics and the spirit of time into

an organic whole. The Museum covers an area of 65,000

square meters. It has a building area of 55,600 square

meters, the cultural relic reservoir area of 8,000 square

meters, and exhibition hall area of 11,000 square meters.

Its collection of cultural relics reaches 370,000, dating

from the simple stone that human used at the initial

stage in ancient times down to all kinds implements in

social life before 1840; the time span covers more than

one million years. The cultural relics are rich in number

and types and have high grade and wide value, among

which Shang bronze is exquisite; terracotta figurines of

past dynasties are of varied types and postures; gold and

silver ware of Han and Tang Dynasty is unique across the

country; wall paintings of Tang tomb have no equals in

this world. It is called a collection of variety of boutiques

carnival.