天安门英文导游辞
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Tian’anmen Rostrum
Tian’anmen( the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center of
Beijing. It was first built in 1417 and named Chengtianmen( the Gate of
Heavenly Succession). At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was seriously damaged
by war. When it was rebuilt under the Qing in 1651, it was renamed
Tian’anmen, and served as the main entrance to the Imperial City, the
administrative and residential quarters for court officials and retainers. The
southern sections of the Imperial City wall still stand on both sides of the
Gate. The tower at the top of the gate is nine-room wide and five –room deep.
According to the Book of Changes, the two numbers nine and five, when
combined, symbolize the supreme status of a sovereign.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian’anmen was the place where state
ceremonies took place. The most important one of them was the issuing of
imperial edicts, which followed these steps:
1) The Minister of Rites would receive the edict in Taihedian( Hall of
Supreme Harmony), where the Emperor was holding his court. The minister would
then carry the decree on a yunpan( tray of cloud), and withdraw from the hall
via Taihemen( Gate of supreme Harmony)
2) The Minister would put the tray in a miniature longting( dragon
pavilion). Beneath a yellow umbrella and carry it via Wumen( Meridian Gate),
to Tian’anmen Gate tower.
3) A courtier would be invested to proclaim the edict. The civil and
military officials lining both sides of the gateway beneath the tower would
prostrate themselves in the direction of the emperor in waiting for the decree
to the proclaimed.
4) The courtier would then put the edict in a phoenix-shaped wooden box
and lower it from the tower by means of a silk cord. The document would
finally be carried in a similar tray of cloud under a yellow umbrella to the
Ministry of Rites.
5) The edict, copied on yellow paper, would be made known to the whole
country.
Such a process was historically recorded as “ Imperial Edict Issued by
Golden Phoenix”.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties Tian’anmen was the most important
passage. It was this gate that the Emperor and his retinue would go through on
their way to the altars for ritual and religious activities.
On the Westside of Tian’anmen stands ZhongshanPark( Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s
Park), and on the east side, the Working People’s Cultural Palave. The Park
was formerly called Shejitan( Altar of Land and Grain), built in 1420 for
offering sacrificial items to the God of Land. It was opened to the public as
a park in 1914 and its name was changed in 1928 to the present one in memory
of the great pioneer of the Chinese Democratic Revolution.
The Working People’s Cultural Palace used to be Taimiao( the Supreme
Ancestral Temple), where tablets of the deceased dynastic rulers were kept.
The stream in front of Tian’anmen is called Waijinshuihe( Outer Golden
River),with seven marble bridges spanning over it . Of these seven
bridges,historical records say the middle one was for the exclusive use of the
emperor and was accordingly called Yuluqiao( Imperial Bridge). The bridges
flanking it on either side were meant for the members of the royal family and
were therefore called Wanggongqiao( Royal’s Bridges). Farther away on each
side of the two were bridges for officials ranking above the third order and
were named Pinjiqiao( ministerial Bridges). The remaining two bridges were for
the use by the retinue below the third order and wre called
Gongshengqiao( common Bridges). They anr the one in front of the Supreme
Ancestral Temple to the east and the one in front of the Altar of land and
Grain to the west.
The two stone lions by the Gate of Tian’anmen, one on each side were
meant as sentries. They gaze toward the middle axis, guarding the emperor’s
walkway. In front of the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao.
They are elaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary
dragon. Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns. The story of
Huabiao may be traced to a couple of sources. One of the versions accredits
its invention to one of the Chinese sage kings named Yao, who was said to have
set up a wooden pillar in order to allow the ordinary people to expose evil-
doers, hence it was originally called a slander pillar. Later it ws reduced to
a signpost, and now it serves as an ornament.
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天安门英文导游辞 Tian’anmenRostrum Tian’anmen(theGateofHeavenlyPeace),islocatedinthecenterofBeijing.Itwasfirstbuiltin1417andnamedChengtianmen(theGateofHeavenlySuccession).AttheendoftheMingDynasty,itwasseriouslydamagedbywar.WhenitwasrebuiltundertheQingin1651,itwasrenamedTian’anmen,andservedasthemainentranc...
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