西安英语介绍词

西安明城墙位于陕西省西安市中心区，墙高12米，顶宽12—14米，底宽15—18米，轮廓呈封闭的长方形，周长13.74千米。城墙内人们习惯称为古城区，面积11.32平方千米，著名的西安钟鼓楼就位于古城区中心。

西安城墙主城门有四座：长乐门（东门），永宁门（南门），安定门（西门），安远门（北门），这四座城门也是古城墙的原有城门。从民国开始为方便出入古城区，先后新辟了多座城门，至今西安城墙已有城门18座。

Xi 'an Ming City Wall is located in the central area of Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, with a height of 12 meters, a top width of 12-14 meters and a bottom width of 15-18 meters. People in the city wall are used to calling it an ancient city with an area of 11.32 square kilometers. The famous Xi 'an Bell and Drum Tower is located in the center of the ancient city. [12]

There are four main gates of Xi 'an City Wall: Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate) and Anyuan Gate (North Gate), which are also the original gates of the ancient city wall. Since the Republic of China。

in order to facilitate access to the ancient city, many new city gates have been opened. Up to now, there are 18 city gates in Xi 'an city wall.

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西安城墙完全围绕“防御”战略体系，城墙的厚度大于高度，稳固如山，墙顶可以跑车和操练。墙高12米，顶宽12—14米，底宽15—18米，周长13.74千米。城门有四：东长乐门，西安定门，南永宁门，北安远门。

每门城楼三重：闸楼、箭楼、正楼。正楼高32米，长40余米，为歇山顶式，四角翘起，三层重檐，底层有回廊环绕，古色古香，巍峨壮观

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen:Today we will have three places to visit—the Bell Tower the Drum Tower and the City Well. First we come to the Bell Tower. The Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beams and painted rafters, has been served as the symbol of Xi’an. It stands in the center of the downtown area where the north street, the south street, the west street and the east street meet. And the tower house a huge bell which in ancient times was use to strike the time every morning. This is how the tower got its name. now it is an important historical monument in shaanxi Province. The Bell tower was first built in Ying Xiang temple in 1384 during the Ming dynasty. It was moved to its present site in 1582 as a result of the city‘s expansion program. Ladies and gentlemen, There is a story about the Bell Tower. It’s said that the first emperor of Ming dynasty , Zhu yuanzhang , he was born in a poor family. Both his parent died when he was young, and he had to live a hard life. Later, he went to a temple to become a monk. When he ascended the throne, he was afraid of being deposed by someone of “real dragon”. Therefore, he gave orders to build bell tower all over the county to repress the “dragon spirits”. Xi’an has been the imperial capital city since ancient times. So the “dragon spirits ” must be very strong here. That’s why the bell tower in Xi’an was not only built earlier, but also bigger than the other ones in the country. The base of the tower is 1,337.4 square meters in size, 8.6 meters high and 35.5 meters wide. It was laid with blue bricks all over. The whole building is 36 meters above ground. It is a brick-and –wood structure. The eaves are supported by colored “dou gong” a traditional structural system in which brackets are used to join columns and crossbeams, the use of dou gong made the whole building firm and beautiful.

Xi'an ancient name Changan, Jing Zhao, and Rome, Cairo, Athens and called the world four big ancient capitals. Is China History Dynasty up capital, capital is the longest, largest capital influence, is the outstanding representative of the birthplace of Chinese civilization, the cradle of the Chinese nation, the Chinese culture, in theChinese first in the ancient capital, has also been given the earliest Oriental capital of the world. Xi'an has the city built 6000 years of history and the history of 1200 years of capital, 13 dynasties established their capitals here Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang,history. Once a China capital and the political, economic, and Cultural Center for 1200years, known as the Museum of natural history, UNESCO established one of the earliest historical city in the world, is the starting point of the Silk Road, is also afamous international tourist destination city.西安位于中国的土地规划中心，长江三角洲，珠江三角洲和北京天津河北路西北和西南门户城市和重要的交通枢纽，地理位置，访问西安，北濒渭河，南秦岭，八水（魏，景，凤，淹水，涌出，陈浐灞，美丽的自然景观，，）。