乌镇旅游稿英文版.doc

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is OU YANG GUIHUA. Before our journey today, I’d like to ask you a question. Do you know who she is? Yes, she is liu ruo ying. One day in 2007, she filmed a propaganda video in a small town. Standing by the river in a ancient house, she was enchanted by the idyllic and poetic scenery here. She said, once you arrive here, you will definitely not want to leave here. So can you guess what this small town is? Yes, it is wu zhen. Wu zhen is one of the six?ancient water towns in china?with a history?of?2000 years. Do you know why it is called wu zhen? There is a legend. It is said that there was a general called Wu Zan in Tang Dynasty who was highly skilled in military drill and was very brave. One day, he was dispatched to suppress the rebellion of feudal provincial in Zhe Jiang province. Unfortunately, he was killed by the rebels’ sudden strike at one night and died for his own country. Subsequently, people there named their village after his family name—WU to commemorate him. Wu zhen consists of four parts, the east , west, south ,and north gate. today, only the west gate and the east gate are open to the tourists. Today, we are to travel this beautiful town from east gate to west gate.. First,we should know how can we reach there? Because wu zhen dose not have train station, so we must arrive at tong xiang first, then reach wu zhen by bus. And then we are expected to buy the admission ticket.The ticket price is about 220 yuan. And you will get a discount with your student card.and then,we are going to enter the east gate. After entering it ,we will see a 高杆船. So what is 高杆船 used for? 高杆船 is also called蚕花船,which is used for worshiping to ?get a?good harvest of silkworm cocoon[k?k?n]（蚕茧）. In Tomb-sweeping day every year, the will act a variety of difficult moves on the mast, such as杆梢倒立、双手脱杆、独卧杆身、凌空旋转, mitating the process of silkworm going ?into the bushes to spin their cocoons(上山、吐丝、结茧). The performer sometimes should leap from