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苏州英语导游词5篇

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Welcometo Luzhi ancient town forsightseeing. Luzhi ancienttown isabout 25 ki lometerssoutheastof Suzhou.Thereare manylakesand riversaround theancienttown,and"smal l bridges,flowingwaterand people"can beseen everywhere.Therefore, itcan besaid that Luzhi isatypical "watercountry".

Luzhiwascal led Ful i in ancient times. Itwasnotunti l theQingDynastythat itwas renamed Luzhi . Luzhi,originated from Liuzhi .The so-cal led"sixstraight"meansthatthe three rivers of Dazhi,Xiaozhiand zhishangjingintheeastoftheancienttown can reachsixplaces. "Yong" isanauspicious Unicornnamed luduaninthemythsand legendsof theZhan Dynasty. Itstheimageyou seeonthissculpture. It is saidthat ithasthe special function of fastwalking,understanding al l kinds of words and wel l-informedinformation,which can ensurethesmooth weatherand protect thepeace of the people.Therefore, ittakesthe homonym of"Lu"and"six" inWudialectand namesthetown "Luzhi".Atthesametime, ittakes luduanasthetown logooftheancienttownand standshere,which ful lyshows the good wishesof Luzhi peoplefora better l ife.

Luzhi ancienttown belongs toWuzhong District of Suzhou city.Theareaoftheancienttown isonly1.1square ki lometers.Theancient town isadjacent to WusongRiver inthenorth and ChenghuLake inthesouth. Ithaswidewatersand rivers.Sinceancienttimes,it is rich in rice,wheat, freshwaterfish,matgrass, Lingou and otheraquaticplants. Itcan becal ledagenuine"landoffish and rice".

Theancienttown isnotonlyrich inwaterproducts,butalsohasa longhistoryand strongcultural atmospherecomparedwithotherancienttownsinthe south of theYangtze River.Thehistoryof theancienttowncan betraced backtothespringandAutumnperiod and theWarringStates period 2500years ago.At that time,Helu, the kingof Wu,andfuchai,the kingof Wu,successivelybui ltthe Li palace here.ZhangLingshan in thesouthwestof thetown istheburial placeof ZhangCang, thePrimeMinisteroftheWesternHan Dynasty; Lu guimeng, a poetof theTang Dynasty,once l ived inseclusion in thewestof Bai l iantemplein theancienttown,andsti l lhashis tomb.Sincetheestabl ishment of Ful iAcademyin theYuanDynasty,theancienttown hasalwaysattached great importancetoeducation and trained countless scholars. In the earlyyearsof theRepubl icof Chinain moderntimes,theancient towntooktheleadin settingup newschools.Ye Shengtao,Wang Boxiangand Shen

Baihan,the famous educators,taught here,and cultivated manyexcel lent talentsforthe ancient town.

The long historyand profound cultural accumulation have leftmany historical sites and celebrityfootprintsforthe ancienttown.From the ancienttemples,gardensand streetstotheancienthousesof historical celebrities,thewholezhanzhentown is l ikeadazzl ingMuseum of historical rel ics.Amongthem,wecan notonlyfeel the vicissitudesof history,but alsoget the nourishmentofculture.At present,the ancienttown preserves historic sites andcultural landscapessuchastheancient castletemple, Lu guimengsCi,Shengtao memorial hal l,Shen house,Xiao house,Wanshengriceshop,WangTaomemorial hal l,etc. In particular,thepaintedarhatstatuepreservedintheancientcastletempleistheonlynationalkeycultural rel ics protection unit intheancienttown of Jiangnan.Mr. Fei Xiaotong,vice chairman of the National PeoplesCongressand a famous sociologist,wrotethewords "the firstwatertown inChina"aftervisitingtheancienttown.Today, "the first watertowninChina"hasbecometheprideoftownpeopleandthepronounofLuzhiancienttown.Thetownwasnamed asa famoushistorical andcultural town in Jiangsu Province in 19q4,andwas l isted asoneofthe 13scenicspotsof Taihu Lake scenicspot.Now,pleasefol low

metothe ancienttowntoappreciatetheuniquestyle of"thefirstwatertown in China".

[BaoshengTemple]

Luzhi ancienttown is famous, to a large extent,becausethereisa BaoshengTempleMuseuminthetown,whichwasoneofthefirst batch of national key cultural rel ics protection unitsannouncedafterthefoundingof newChina.Sofar, Luzhi isprobablytheonlyancient town in the south of theYangtze Riverwith national keycultural rel ics protection units.

Baoshengtemplewasbui lt inthe periodof LiangTianjian inthenorthern andSouthern Dynasties. Ithasa historyof 1500years.LikethefamousHanshanTempleoutsideGusuCity, it isoneofthe480temples intheSouthern Dynasty. In history, ithasbeen usedrepeatedly.Atthattime, thereweremorethan5000templesandthousandsof monks inthetemple,coveringhalf of theancienttown.Bythe earlyyearsof theRepubl icof China,almostal l thebui ldingsinthetemplehadcol lapsed,andsomeofthetempleshadbeen rebui lt intoschools. Inthe1920s,whenthe Daxionghal lcol lapsed,the statueof arhatonthewestwal lof thehal l wasdestroyed. Later,undertheinitiativeof CaiYuanpei,Gu Jiegangandotherfamousscholars, in 1932,anAntiquitiesMuseumwasbui lton

the siteof Daxionghal l to protectthestatueof arhat.Afterl iberation,the peoplesGovernment renovated theancienttemple.The existingancienttemplegatewas rebui lt in964accordingtotheoriginalappearanceof thegateduringthereignof Emperor

Qianlongof the Qing Dynasty.The word"BaoshengTemple"on themountaingateis inscribed byMr. FeiXini,a contemporarysweeper.

Throughthetwo Mountain Gatewiththetitle of"FuyangXianmi",you can seetheheavenlykinghal l standinginthemiddleof the courtyard.Tianwanghal lwasbui lt intheMing Dynastyandrebui lt in theTongzhi period of the lateQing Dynasty,but itsti l lretainsthestyleof the Ming Dynasty.However,the basin typepl inth of the Bu column isa rel icof the Northern SongDynasty.Accordingtotextual research, theTianwanghal l was rebui lt on thesiteofthelastdynastyhal l intheChongzhenperiodoftheMingDynasty. It is said that therewasnoiron nai l used intheconstruction of Tianwanghal l,andthejointwascompletelyconnected bytenon,which showstheexquisite craftsmanship ofwoodworking.The original four clay statues of Vajra in the hal l wereal l destroyed bytheJapaneseduringtheAnti Japanesewar. In 1956,Tianwanghal l was l isted asa cultural rel icprotection unit in JiangsuProvince.

TothenorthofthecourtyardofTianwanghal l istheMuseumof antiquitiesbui lton thesiteof Daxionghal l .Therearetwotreasuresof theancienttempleinthecourtyard.Standingonthewest side isa blue stone Scripture bui lding,which original lystood infrontof theheavenly kinghal l,nexttothe stonewith a coi led poleontheeast side, toexorcise evi l spirits. JingchuangandJiashiarerel icsof the NorthernSong Dynasty. Infact, Jingchuangisa kind ofBuddhiststone carvingthat began to appear in theTang Dynasty. Itis general lycomposed of cover, column and seat.The pi l lar isengraved with Buddha statue,Buddha nameorSutra.ThehandwritingontheexistingQingshiScripturebui ldingisno longerclear.Ontheeast sideof the courtyard, thereisan iron clock,about

1.5 metershighand 1 meter indiameter,which wascast inthelateMingandearlyQingDynasties.Ontheclock, thereisanauspicioussayingof"good weather,good harvest".

Thereisafamousplasticwal larhat inthemuseum.Undertheeavesin frontof the museumisa plaqueinscribed by Mr.ChangYinren.The"nineArhats"onthel intelof theMuseumof antiquitieswas written byZhangTing,a professorof theCentral Academyoffinearts.Accordingto Wu Jun Fu LiZhi, theoriginal Daxiong hal lwas bui lt in 1013.Duringthe Northern Song Dynasty, therewereBuddha statuesof Sakyamuni and eighteenArhats inthe hal l,which

wascopied byYangHuizhioftheTangDynasty.YangHuizhi isanativeof Wu CountyinTang Dynasty,whoisasfamousasWuTongguang, the"sage of painting".Becauseclaysculpturesare notas easyto preserveas stoneand wood carvings, it is not easyforYangHuizhisauthenticworkstobe mi l lenniumold.

In 1918, historianGuJiegangvisited Baoshengtempleattheinvitation of YeShengtao and Wang Boxiang.Awel l preserved workof Tang Dynastys masterpieces attracted the attention of historians.In 1922,Gu Jiegangfound that thestatueof a memberof theLuohantribewasbadlydamaged and in urgentneedof protection,so he ran around and cal led forthe rescueof"artworksof 1100years ago". Later,underthe careand advocacyof Mr.Hu Shi andMr.Cai Yuanpei,a"preservation Committee of Luzhi Tangsculpture"was establ ished to col lect funds and invite famouspaintersand sculptors suchasXu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Jiangxiaostorkand HuaTianyoutostudyanddrawuppreservation plans. Inviewof thecol lapseoftheoriginal main hal l, itwasdecidedtobui ldanAntiquities Museumonthesiteof thehal l topreservetheseprecious art rel ics.

The museumstarted construction intheautumn of 1930andwascompleted intheautumnof 1932.TheAntiquitiesMuseum

was original lya Roman style red brick bui ldingwith flat roof.Becausetheflat roof was easyto accumulatewater, the leakage ofthe roof was found in theearly1950s, sotheAntiquitiesMuseumwas renovated and theflat roof was changed to a sloping roof.Afterchangingit intothetopof theslope,although itcandrainwater, itdoes not coordinatewith theoveral l architectureof thetemple.Soin 1987, itwas rebui ltagain,andthe roof waschangedto Xieshan singleeaves type.

Whenyou enterthemuseum,you can seea statuewal l arhatfacingsouth.Thestatuesof Arhatscan beseen in manytemples,eitherfivehundredArhatsoreighteenArhats,butthey hardlyhaveanybackground,whichisdifferenthere. InadditiontothenineArhatsonthewal l,therearerocks, cloudsand spray,whichgivepeoplea feel ingof beingneartheseaand heaven.Exceptforthetwo Arhats whoarediscussing Buddhist scriptures, the restof thenineArhatsare scattered and sitting,with differentshapesandexpressions,givingpeoplea veryvivid, real istic and natural feel ing,which makes thewholedesigna l ittleless rel igiousandaddsa bitofhuman affinity He Li .

High inthe middleis Bodhidharma, theforefatherof Zen.Becausethereisnohiminthe 16Arhatsand 18Arhats, some

peoplethinkthatthestatueinthemiddleisXiaoYan, EmperorWuof LiangDynasty,which isa portrayalof his resignationwhen hewas trapped inTaicheng.Totheeastof DharmacaveisthevenerableJiaxi,also known as "WangYan Luohan",withthickeyebrowsand bigeyes.At first glance,he isan Indian.Hisclothesarethe mostgorgeousof al l theArhats.

Under "WangYan Luo Han",thereisapairof Luo Han.TotheEast is thevenerable nuojulu,who is kind-hearted and kind-hearted.Heseems tobepreachingscriptures, soheisalso cal led "preachingarhat".Sowho is helecturingto?Lookatthe statueof Ximei,whois l isteningattentively.This is "l isteningtotheSutraarhat".Hisnameisashdodovenerable.

To the east of the"preaching arhat" is the batara.Because ofhis pecul iarfacial expression,he isalso cal led "embarrassed

Rohan".

To thewestof the Dharma patriarch is thevenerabletanthidra.Look at his broad-minded,fat,detached look,known as "barefootarhat.".

In the westof"barefootarhat",theone with angry eyes is theonewhoguards Bojia. From hisangrylook,heiscommonlyknown