西安城墙英文导游词

【篇一：the bell tower drum tower and the city well in

xian(西安城墙英文解说词)】

the bell tower drum tower and the city well in xi‖an 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. well, next we will visit the drum tower nearly.

the drum tower stands 500 meters to the northwest of the bell tower. it was built in 1380. there used to be a huge drum in the tower, which told the time at dark, and that is how the tower got its present name. besides marking the time, the drum was also used to give warnings to people in times of war. the base of the drum tower is 1,924 square meters in size, and 34 meters in height. it was built with blue bricks. the drum tower has a rectangular shape and shows tier and the outside eaves are decorated with networks of wood arches.

at last, we will visit the famous city wall of xi‖an. the most complete and the best preserved city wall in china.

the city wall of xi‖an is an extension of the prior tang dynasty structure. it was stared in 1370 and finished in 1378 and has a rectangular –shaped construction. it is over 4 kilometers from the east to west and about 3 kilometers from the north to south. and the total length is 13.7 kilometers. it stands 12 meters high, 12-14 meters wide across the top and 15-18 meters thick at the button. on the top of the city wall, there is a rampart every 120 meters, which extends out from the main wall. the top of the rampart is at the same level as the top of the wall. the ramparts were built to allow soldiers to see those enemies who would try to climb up the wall. the distance between every two

ramparts is just within the range of arrow shot from either side. this allowed soldiers to protect the entire wall without

exposing themselves to the enemy. there are altogether 98 of them on the city wall and each has a sentry building on top of it.

there are four main gates of the city wall-one on each side-named the east gate, the west gate, south gate and north gate. the four gates of the city wall were the only way to go into and out of town.

in xi‖an, each of the four gates consists of three gate towers. the main gate tower is called zhenglou which is located on top of the main part of the city wall. it is the inner one and is also the main entrance to the city. zha lou is the gate tower which a suspension bridge and located outside of the city wall. it‖s used to lift and lower the suspension bridge. jian lou is the arrow tower and located in between the zhenglou and

zhaloutowers. there are square windows in the front and on the two sides to shoot arrows. jianlou and zhenglou are connected

by walls and the encircled area is called wongcheng in which soldiers could be stationed. from wongcheng, there are also horse passages leading to the top of the wall. there are altogether eleven horse passages around the city.

a watch tower is located on each of the four corners of the wall. the one at the southwestern corner is round, probably after the model of the imperial city wall of the tang dynasty. but the other three are square and are higher and larger than the sentry building on the ramparts. this shows the strategic importance of the corners of the city wall.

all right, we have finished visiting the famous city wall of xi‖an. thank you.

【篇二：西安古城墙导游词】

西安古城墙导游词 各位游客：

中国拥有数百座古代城墙，其中以北京、南京、西安的古城墙规模最大，但北京、南京古城墙先后被拆毁或严重残缺，而始建于公元1370年的西安古城墙迄今仍保存完整。日本天皇访华来西安时，放着“世界第八大奇迹”秦俑坑不看，却登上了始建于600多年前的西门城楼，领略了这座古代城墙的雄姿。下面请大家跟我一起实地去参观西安古城墙。 【城墙的起源】

各位游客，这几天我们已经在车行晨曦或晚霞中领略了古城墙的多彩多姿和古朴深沉。现在我们来到城墙脚下，请大家走上城墙游览。 大家一定想知道城墙的真正含义是什么。“城墙”一词原是从“城”字引申而来。“城”按《说文》解释，是“盛”的通假字，“盛”是纳民，所以“城”字的本义是土围民而成国，由此引出城墙一义。被誉为中华民族脊梁的万里长城的“城”宇，同样是城墙的意思。只是后来随着社会的发展，“城”字又包含了今天城市的解释。“城”字最早出现在周朝的金文中，从字形看活生生地体现了古代城墙的军事用途。城墙的军事作用是保卫私有制，而在意识形态上看，城墙的形体规模又是等级森严的宗法制的严格体现。显然统治者营造城墙，是用它来保护自己，宣示国威。现在我们看到的西安城墙，是中国历史上最著名的城垣建筑之一。它从明洪武三年（公元1370年）朱元璋下诏修城开始动工，至洪武十一年（公元1378年）完工，历时8年，是在隋唐京城的皇城基础上扩筑而成的，经过历代修葺，基本上保

持着完整的封建社会城垣建筑的面貌，反映了中国古代筑城技术的杰出成就。

【城垣规模和结构设施】

各位游客，那么西安城墙到底有多大呢？它的结构又是怎样的？据测算，西安城墙周长11.9千米，其中东城墙2590米，西城墙

2631.2米，南城墙3441.6米，北城墙3241米。这样的规模在国内外都是比较少见的。

大家看见城墙四门外筑有护卫城门的小城，那叫瓮城。所谓瓮城，意为敌人一旦进入，就会受到瓮城城墙上面的四面夹击，犹如瓮中之鳖，无法逃脱。瓮城外还筑有拱卫瓮城的小城，古称羊马城。古时候大城门的启闭有规定时间，关闭城门后尚未回城的人可连同自己牵的羊、赶的马等，进入羊马城以及今环城公园地带歇息，等候开城门后再进城。西安的羊马城在清末已全毁。记得1986年在西安城安定门（西门）瓮城北门外约17.5米处发现羊马城北侧门道，长5.5米，宽2.4米。现在大家能看到南门瓮城外侧已修复的羊马城，墙体长198米，高 9.5米。

护城河外曾有拱卫四城门的四个夯筑土城叫郭城。据《西安府志》卷九记载：唐天佑年间，韩建筑东郭小城和西郭小城。宋、金、元皆因之。明洪武年间拓城时，东郭小城大部分被包在大城内，留在城外的即为东郭新城。明后期西郭小城记。目前，四关郭城墙体仅存部分残段，郭门仅在地名上留有其名称。

现在我们来到西安城内东北处，这里曾经是明秦王府城，简称王城。明初，朱元津封其次子为秦王，命其坐镇西安，加强对西北的控制。整个秦王府城分为两重城墙。外城墙称萧墙，全系土筑成。内城墙因外砌青砖，故称砖墙。明灭后，萧墙被毁。清雍正年间，西安修庙宇，秦王府的建筑多被拆除，砖城改为八旗教场。目前秦王府砖城只存夯土城残段若干处。

明代建西安城时，全城城门有4座：“长乐”、“永宁”、“安定”、“安远”。门名刻于大城门洞外的青石门据上。大城城门上所建的楼房称城楼，也叫正楼，是守城指挥官的指挥所。瓮城城门洞上所建之楼称箭楼，因楼壁辟有箭窗，是当时发箭防御之用。到了民国时又开辟了4座城门，俗称小四门：中山门（小东门），在现在的东新街东端，是为纪念孙中山修建的；勿幕门（小南门），在今天的四府街南端；玉祥门（小西门），在莲湖路西端，解放后，此门被拆；