苏州园林英文介绍.pptx

现代文明的国际化都市与 优雅的江南水乡;In heaven, there is paradise. On earth, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.?- Chinese saying ;上有天堂，下有苏杭?;What do you know about  Suzhou?;Suzhou?(Simplified Chinese:?苏州； Traditional Chinese:?蘇州;?ancient name: 吳) is a city with a long history on the lower reaches of the?Yangtze River and on the shores of?Lake Taihu?in the province of?Jiangsu,?China. The city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges,?pagodas, and meticulously designed?gardens, which has become a great tourist attraction. Suzhou has also been an important center for Chinassilk?industry since the?Song Dynasty?(960-1279), and continues to hold that prominent position today. ;It is part of the?Golden Triangle?region. The GDP per capita was ￥66,826 (ca. US$7649) in?2004, ranked no. 5 among 659 Chinese cities. 2008年苏州的国内生产总值（GDP）为6698.26亿元人民币，总量居中国大陆第5位（仅次于上海、北京、广州和深圳）、华东地区第二位（仅次于上海）、中国地级市第一位。 人均国内生产总值为78,236元（超过10,000美元），列中国大陆第三位（仅次于深圳和广州）、华东地区第一位（已超越上海）。 ;A detailed map with all the sights ;2021/7/5;Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 ; 苏州园林是指中国苏州城内的园林建筑 ，以私家园林为主，起始于春秋时期的吴国建都姑苏时（公元前514年），形成于五代，成熟于宋代，兴旺于明代，鼎盛于清代。 到清末苏州已有各色园林一百七十多处，现保存完整的有六十多处，对外开放的园林有十九处。占地面积不大，但以意境见长，以独具匠心的艺术手法在有限的空间内点缀安排，移步换景，变化无穷。 1997年，苏州古典园林作为中国园林的代表被列入《世界遗产名录》。是中华园林文化的翘楚和骄傲。 ; 沧浪亭、狮子林、拙政园、留园分别代表着宋（公元948～1264年）、元（公元1271～1368年）、明（公元1369～1644年）、清（公元1644～1911年）四个朝代的艺术风格，被称为“苏州四大名园”。 ; The Surging Wave Pavilion 沧浪亭;2021/7/5; Celebrated for the delights of the wilderness of mountain and forest scenery,the Surging Wave Pavilion?is the oldest among the existing classical gardens ofSuzhou. On the whole the present garden of the Surging Wave Pavilion still keeps the style of the Song. It features a range of man-made mountains inside the garden and waterscapes outside. Proceeding past the pure expanse of water over a zigzag bridge of stone and through the entrance, one comes to the garden and catches sight of man-made mountain covered with age-old trees and bamboo, running