Introduction of Bell Tower

1、鐘鼓樓英文簡介The Drum and Bell TowersThe Drum and Bell towers are situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Beijing Inner City to the north of Di' anmen Street. The Drum Tower was built in 1272 during the reign of Kublai Khan, at which time it stood at eh very heart of the Yuan capital D

2、adu. At that time it was known as the Tower of Orderly Administration (Qizhenglou). In 1420, under the Ming Emperor Yongle, the building was reconstructed to the east f the original site and in 1800 under the Qing Emperor Jiaqing, large-scale renovations were carried out. In 1924, the name of the bu

3、ilding was changed to the Tower of Realizing Shamefulness (Mingchilou) and objects related tot eh Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of Beijing and later the May 30th Massacre of 1925 were put on display. Nowadays, the upper story of the building serves as the People's Cultural Hall of the

4、East City District. The first level of the Drum Tower is a solid square terrace four meters high, 55.6 meters long and 30 meters wide. The front and rear of the terrace are pierced with three arched openings and the two sides with one opening each. The broad, squat multi-eaved wooden structure built

5、 atop the terrace is impressive with its red wall and yellow glazed roof. In ancient days, the Drum Tower was the time keeping center for the whole city and was equipped with bronze clepsydras (water clocks) and drums that were beaten to mark the hours. The four bronze clepsydras, which once functio

6、ned in the Drum Tower, were reputed to date from the Song Dynasty. Set between these four devices was a large bronze gong, which through a series of mechanical devices was linked to the water clocks and sounded each quarter of an hour. When the system of telling time with incense coils, which burned

7、 for hours were introduced, the clepsydras fell into disuse. In ancient times the upper story of the building housed 24 drums, of which only one survives. Its head is made of an entire ox hide and is 1.5 meters in diameter. A sword score on the side of the drum is a souvenir of the Eight-Power Allie

8、d Forces' invasion of Beijing in 1900. In the Qing Dynasty, the hours were marked at night beginning at 7:00 p.m., a procedure that was popularly called "setting the watch." At this hour, the drums were sounded 13 times. After the watch had been "set" in this fashion, each su

9、bsequent two-hour interval was marked by a single drum beat. Civil and military officials oriented their lives around these time signals. At the sounding of the third watch (1:00 a.m.) officials attending the morning court audience rose from there beds and at the fourth (3:00 a.m.) assembled outside

10、 the Meridian Gate (Wumen). At the sounding of the fifth watch (5:00 a.m.) they entered the Imperial Palace and knelt on the Sea of Flagstones (Haimen) before the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian) to await instructions from the emperor. Close behind the Drum Tower stands the Bell Tower, a 33-meter

11、-high edifice with gray walls and a green glazed roof. Each face of the base of the building is pierced with an arched opening and each side of the Bell Pavilion, which stands on the platform, has an arched gateway as well. The Bell Tower first came into use during the reign of the Ming Emperor Yong

12、le, which it was converted, from the main hall of the former Temple of Eternal Peace (Wanningsi), which had been built during the Yuan Dynasty. The new Bell Tower was destroyed by fire after only a brief existence and it was not until 1747 that Emperor Qianlong undertook the reconstruction of an att

13、ractive durable stone structure. This building was so sturdy that he only damage that it suffered during the Tangshan earthquake of 1976 was the loss of a single stone animal head decorating the roof. The Bell Tower originally housed a huge iron bell. But because its tolling was not loud enough, thi

14、s was replaced by a massive cast bronze bell over 10 inches thick that is in perfect condition today. The iron bell was moved to the back of the Drum Tower where it has remained for over 500 years. As recently as 1924, the bronze bell could be heard ringing out the 7:00 p.m. chime from a distance of

15、 over 20 kilometers. According to legend, an official named Deng tried unsuccessfully for over a year to cast the bell. On the eve of the final casting, his daughter, fearing that further delays and loss of working time would bring blame on her father, decided to sacrifice her life in order to move

16、the gods to bring about a perfect casting, and threw herself into the molten bronze. Her panic-stricken father could only recover a single embroidered slipper from the flames. The casting was a success and the emperor, moved by the young girl's spirit of sacrifice, named her the "Goddess of

17、 the Golden Furnace" and built a temple in her honor near the foundry. By the ordinary people she was remembered as the "Goddess Who Cast the Bell." After the bell was installed, the chimes could be heard clearly and resonantly all across the city. But on stormy evenings, the bell wou

18、ld emit a desolate moaning sound similar to the word xie, which means "shoe" in Chinese. Recalling the old legend, mothers would comfort their children with: "Go to sleep! The Bell Tower is tolling. The Goddess Who Cast the Bell wants her embroidered slipper back." Address: Gulou

19、 Xidajie, Dongcheng District;Entry ticket: 6 yuan;Traffic: Bus No.s 5 or 60, and Trolley-bus No. 107.The Bell Tower Drum Tower and the City Well in Xian The Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beams and painted rafters, has been served as the symbol of Xian. It stands in the center of the d

20、owntown 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 Be

21、ll 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 citys expansion program. Ladies and gentlemen, There is a story about the Bell Tower. Its said that the first emperor of Ming dynasty , Zhu yuanzhang , he was bo

22、rn 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 repr

23、ess the “dragon spirits”. Xian has been the imperial capital city since ancient times. So the “dragon spirits ” must be very strong here. Thats why the bell tower in Xian 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

24、 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,

25、 the use of dou gong made the whole building firm and beautiful.bell tower and drum towerAncient Chinese used mainly for timekeeping of the building. Clock Tower and Drum Tower of collectively. Bell Drum Tower there are two types of built in the palace with a built in the city center, many for the t

26、wo-storey building. Court in the Bell-Drum started in the Sui Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty ends. In addition to time it, but also as a restraint etiquette when North Korea will be used. Cities in the Bell-Drum dedicated time for the building early. Village Square, the ancient system of cities (see Lane

27、) imposed a curfew in the morning and evening for the headstock Square door drumming signal. Hongwu years of the Ming Dynasty in Xi'an Bell Tower Drum Tower is the oldest example. In addition, the Tang Dynasty are also located inside the temple bell and drum, the Yuan, Ming period the developmen

28、t of the Clock Tower, Drum Tower built relatively specifically do worship Buddha purposes.答案補(bǔ)充 鐘鼓樓中國古代主要用于報(bào)時的建筑。鐘樓和鼓樓的合稱。鐘鼓樓有兩種，一種建于宮廷內(nèi)，一種建于城市中心地帶，多為兩層建筑。宮廷中的鐘鼓樓始于隋代，止于明代。它除報(bào)時外，還作為朝會時節(jié)制禮儀之用。城市中的鐘鼓樓早為專用報(bào)時建筑。古代里坊制城市（見里）實(shí)行宵禁，早晚擊鼓為啟閉坊門的信號。建于明洪武年間的西安鐘樓鼓樓是現(xiàn)存最古老的實(shí)例。此外，唐代寺廟內(nèi)也設(shè)鐘和鼓，元、明時期發(fā)展為鐘樓、鼓樓相對而建，專供佛事之用。答案

29、補(bǔ)充 北京鼓樓建于明永樂十八年，是建在高磚臺上的一座殿堂式建筑，臺基高達(dá)4米，臺上有5間重檐的木構(gòu)殿樓，樓高46米多。紅墻朱欄、雕梁畫棟，非常雄偉壯麗。北京城內(nèi)的鐘樓和鼓樓位于京城中軸線北部終點(diǎn)的，由于其類似城樓的建筑形式，飛檐翼角的獨(dú)特形態(tài)，因此具有很高的藝術(shù)價(jià)值和審美情趣，而成為著名的人文景觀。答案補(bǔ)充 Beijing Ming Dynasty Yongle Gulou eighteen years, are at high brick platform to build a palace-style architecture, platform as high as 4 meters,

30、, multi-storey 46 meters. very magnificent. Beijing city's Clock Tower and Drum Tower is located at the northern end of Beijing's central axis, and because of its similar tower of the building forms, cornices unique angle wing patterns, it has high artistic value and aesthetic appeal, and to

31、 become well-known human landscape.陜西風(fēng)味小吃英文簡介Xi'an was one of the most important cradles of Chinese civilization. It marked the start of the famous "Silk Road" that linked China with central Asia and the Roman Empire. And it served as the first capital of a unified China and capital of

32、 11 dynasties periodically from the 11th century B.C. to the early 10th century A.D. Xi'an, or Chang'an as it was called in ancient times, is known as the city of "Everlasting Peace." Located between rivers and mountains in the center of the fertile Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Provi

33、nce, Xi'an-the provincial capital-was a natural place to nurture the nation's civilization.In the Neolithic Age, about 6,000 years ago, excavations show a matriarchal clan was formed at Banpo village in the region. Thousands of years later, the Zhou Dynasty kings established their capital in

34、 settlements only a few miles from the present-day city. In 231 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of unified China, set about enlarging the settlement of Xiangyang, about 15 miles northwest of the city. This town, established under earlier Qin rulers as the capital, became heavily populated, so that in 213 B.C., Qin Shi Huang decided to move his court to the south bank of the Wei River. A vast pala