北京故宫博物院中英文导游词.docVIP

北京六大景点英文导游词之故宫博物院 hello everyone we are now going to pay a visit to a place of special interest. this scenic spot is located at the center of beijing and is characterized by thousands of palatial architectures and purple walls as well as yellow glazed tile roofs- it is simply a sea of palaces. this is the world C famous wonder C the palace museum. the palace museum has served as the royal residence during the ming and qing dynasties. it was here that a total of 24 monarchs ascended the throne and wielded power for some 500 years. the palace museum as the most beautiful spot of interest throughout beijing is unique for its location: to the northwest is beihainorth sea park famous for its white pagoda and rippling lake to the west is the zhongnahai central and south sea to the east lies the the wangfujing shopping street and to the north id jinshan park. standing in the wanchun everlasting spring pavilion at the top of jingshancharcoal hill park you overlook the skyline of the palace museum. at the southern end of the palace is tian anmen gate of heavenly peace and the famous square named after it . this is the symbol of the people s republic of china. a world-famous historical site the palace museum is on the world heritage list of unesco and is an embodiment of oriental civilization. the palace museum is rectangular in shape 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east to west covering a space of 720000 square meters of which 150000 is building area . it has 9000-strong rooms in it . according to legend there are 9999.5 room-units in all .the whole compound is enclosed by a 10-meter-hign wall and is accessed through four entrances namely the meridian gate in the south the gate of military prowess in the north donghuaeastern flowery gate in the north donghua eastern flowery gate in the east and xihuawestern flowery gate in the west. on each corner there is a turret consisted of 9 roof beams 18 pillars and 72 ridge . encircling the compound the