北京-天坛英文导游词.doc

北京-天坛英文导游词 (Inside the Suth Gate f the Teple f Heaven) Ladies and Gentleen: ele t the teple f Heaven (After self-intrdutin) preserved ultural heritages f hina There are basiall t inds f visitrs h e here: lal pensiners h d exerises here in the rning and evening and sightseers bth fr he and abrad All in all, there are 12 illin visitrs ver ear N e are ging t g alng the rute that leads t the alter It ill tae rughl ne hur ind u, the eperr als aled alng this rute t pa tribute t the Gd f Heaven (Alng the Suthern Sared Rad leading t the irular und Altar) The largest grup f arhitetures ever t be dediated t Heaven, the Teple f Heaven served as an exlusive altar fr hinese narhs during the ing and Qing dnasties It as dereed that rulers f suessive dnasties uld plae altars in their n apitals t rship Heaven and pra fr gd harvest But h? The anient hinese believed that Heaven as the supree ruler f the universe and the fate f anind, and thus rshiping rites dediated t Heaven ae int being The Heaven the anient hinese referred t as atuall the Universe, r nature In thse das, there ere speifi rites f rship This as espeiall true during the ing and Qing dnasties hen elabrate erenies ere held The Teple f Heaven as built in 1420 during the reign f Eperr ngle f the ing Dnast Situated in the suthern part f the it, this grand set f strutures vers an area f 273 hetares T better sblize heaven and earth, the nrthern part f the Teple is irular hile the suthern part is square The hle pund is enlsed b t alls, a square all utside a rund ne The uter area is haraterized b suburban sener, hile the inner part is used fr sarifies The inner enlsure nsists f the Hall f Praer fr Gd Harvest and the irular und Altar (Alng the Iperial Passage leading fr the Suthern Lattie Star Gate in frnt f the irular und Altar) The irular und Altar is enlsed b t alls, eah ntaining fur grups f Suthern Lattie Star Gate, eah in turn nsisting f three drs, ith 24 arble drs altgether Standing n the passage faing nrth, u ill ntie that