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大雁塔英语导游词范文

大雁塔英语导游词范文1

Whenyou visitXian,you mustwanttoseethesecond bigwi ldgoosepagoda.ThisancientTang Dynasty pagoda isa unique symbolof theancient cityof Xian.Theancientsonce lefta poem that"drivingmountainsandshiningatnight,the morningbel lofthewi ld goosepagoda is inthesouthof the city".Asoneof the eightscenicspots in Guanzhong, thebigwi ld goosepagodastandshigh intheCienTempleinthesouthernsuburbofXian,about4ki lometersawayfromthecitycenter. It isoneof thefamousBuddhistpagodasinChina.

Dayan Pagodawasformerlyknown asCien Temple.CienTemplewasoriginal lynamedWuloutemple. In648ad,when LiZhi,EmperorGaozong,wasthecrown prince,heorderedtobui ldatempleinjinchangfang,Changan, in memoryofthekindnessof hisdead mother,empresschangsun. Facingthe Hanyuan Hal lofDaming Palace inthenorth, it coversan area of 26570squaremeters and is surrounded bybeautiful scenery. It isthemostmagnificent and spectacular Buddhisttemplein Changan,the

capital of theTang Dynasty.Now,pleasecome with metovisitCienTempleand Dayan Pagoda.

[CienTemple-stonel ion-Bel land DrumTower -DaxiongHal l-Sutra l ibrary]

Dear tourists,Cien Templeisatemplebui lt bythe royal fami ly.Ithasaprominentposition andagrand scalethatnoothertemplecan match.Thetemple was composed of 13 courtyards, coveringanareaof 340 mu, seventimestheareaof thetemplenow. Itsarchitecture is magnificent and its decoration is gorgeous.Theexistingareaof CienTempleis32314squaremeters,about48.5mu.

Lets takea lookatthis pairof powerful stone l ions infrontofthe Mountain Gateof thetemple.Strangetosay,general lyspeaking, things introduced intoourcountryfrom foreign countriesare always introduced into the real objects first,and then there areworks of artbased onthereal objects.The l ion settled in China,butthefirstexception is thel ionstoneart,andthenthereisthe reall ion.As weal l know, the l ion wasintroduced intoChina from PersiaintheEastern Han Dynasty,whi lethestonel ion was introducedintoChinafromIndiaat thesametimeasBuddhism.Thel ionhasthe function of protectingthe Dharma and avoidingevi l .Buddhism

bel ieves that "the Buddhaisthel ionamongthepeople",sothel ionisoften engraved infrontof the Buddha platform,which iscal ledprotectingthe Dharma l ion.Atthegateof CienTemple, there arefourstonel ionssittingsymmetrical lyontheleftand right,andtwoof them are closetothegate. It is notclearwhen theywerecarved.On the eastside is thel ion,teasingatthefootof hydrangea.Onthewest sideisthel ioness,witha pairof cubsatherfeet, cal led thel ioness. It seemsthat thesel ionsare also arranged intheorderofmaleleftand femalerightaccordingtopeopleshabits.Thetwol ionsontheoutsidearecarved in 1785and 1930 respectively.Theheightof thetwo pairsof stonel ions is morethan 1.7 meters,andeach pairweighsat least 250 kg. Itsstrangethat thesetwosol idmonsters madeof eightfaceted majesticstones,even if theyaregentlypattedwith theirhands,wi l lalso makea metal sound l ikecopperbut notsteel,which iscrisp and pleasant.Tourists, can youguess the reason?

Walkingintothetemple, therearetwo smal l bui ldings.TotheEast,thereisa bel l tower.There isan iron bel l cast intheJiajingperiod of the Ming Dynasty,weighing 15tons.To the west is thedrumtower, inwhichthereisabigdrum. Fora longtime, "themorningbel lofthewi ld goosepagoda"hasbeenwidelyspreadasoneoftheeightscenicspots inGuanzhong.But inthepast,people

thoughtthat "the morning bel l of thewi ld goose pagoda" referstothebel lof thesmal l wi ldgoosepagoda in Xian. Infact, this scenerefers tothebigwi ldgoosepagoda,becausethebel lof thebigwi ldgoosepagoda weighs 30000Jin. Itwascast in Octoberof the 27thyearofJiajinginthe Ming Dynasty(1548A.D.),morethan 100yearsbeforethebel lof thesmal lwi ld goosepagodawas moved intothetemple.

Asweal l know,mosttempleshavethe main hal l, andso doesCienTemple. Itsmainhal l is locatedonthehighplatforminthecenterofthetemple. Itwasbui ltfrom1458A.D. to 1466A.D. andwas overhauled in 1887A.D.Thethreestatuesabovethemain hal larethethreebodystatuesof ShiYingand Mou Ni .Theoneinthemiddleiscal led Dharmastatue,theonein thewest iscal ledBaoshenstatue,andtheoneinthe East iscal ledYingshenstatue.Shiyingmuni, thefounderof Buddhism,wasoriginal lyaprinceofancient Indiasyingpi lawei kingdom.Hewasborn in 565 BCanddiedin 486BC,aboutthesametimeasConfucius.Yingye,oneof thetoptendisciplesof Sakyamuni, isontheeast sideof thethreebodyBuddha,andAnanda,oneof thetopten disciplesof Sakyamuni, isonthewestside.On bothsidesarestatuesof eighteenArhatsandXuanzang.

Behindthemain hal l istheSutra l ibrary,whichcontainsimportant classicssuch astheTibetan Tripitaka.Downstairs isthelecture hal l,where Buddhists preach Buddhistscriptures.There isabronzestatueof Amitabha,morethan 1 meterhigh. Insidethehal l,thereisa Buddha seatoffered byXuanzanghimself,aswel lasastatue seatof thefourheavenly kingsof qingxiangshi intheTangDynasty.This stoneisbluestone produced in LantianYushan. It iscrispand pleasant totheear.

[origin of thenameof Dayan Pagoda-Xuanzangand TemplePagoda -Architectureand cultural rel icsof Dayan Pagoda]

Dear tourists,when we walkout of the Sutra l ibrary,we cansee the magnificent wi ld goose pagoda.Whenyou seethisTangDynastybui lding,you must be both surprised and curious. Firstofal l,whyisthetowernamedaftergeese?

Accordingto Indian Buddhist legend,therewere twoschoolsof Buddhism,MahayanaandHinayana,and HinayanaBuddhismdidnotavoid meat and fishiness.Oneday, itwas Bodhisattva givingday,butamonkina HinayanaTemplecouldntbuymeatfordinner.Atthistime,a groupof geeseflewbyinthesky.A monklooked atthegeese and said to himself, "todaythereisno meat inthehouse.Themerciful Bodhisattva wi l l neverforget what dayit is."Beforethe

voicefel l, theleadinggoosefolded itswingsand fel l totheground.Sothe monks inthetemplewereshockedandthoughtthat it mustbe the manifestation of Bodhisattva.They bui lt a stone pagoda atthe sitewherethewi ld geesefel l .Theygaveup meatand turnedtoMahayana Buddhism.Therefore,the pagoda isalso known asthebigwi ld goose pagoda.

At the Dayan Pagoda,peoplewi l l natural lythinkof Xuanzang,thefamous monkof Tang Dynasty,who wasthefirstabbotof CienTemple. It issaidthat inthethird yearof Yonghui reign of TangDynasty(652AD),masterXuanzang,a famous monk,bui lt thebigwi ld goosepagoda intheWestcourtyardof CienTemplewiththepermission of EmperorGaozonginordertoarrangetheScriptures,Buddha statuesand rel icshebroughtbackfromthewesternregions.Construction started in March of thatyear,underthesupervision of Xuanzanghimself,and was completed in oneyear.

Dear tourists,you must have seen journey to the west,one ofChinasfourfamousworks,andtheTVseriesof thesamenameadapted from it. IstheTangmonkinjourneytothewestthefamous monkXuanzangof theTang Dynasty?MasterXuanzang,witha commonsurnameof Chen,wasa monkin Luoyangattheage of 13.Hewasdi l igentand eagerto learn.Aftervisitingteachers

al loverthecountry,hedecidedtoexplorethe essenceof Buddhismin India,thebirthplaceof Buddhism Itsveryimportant.Xuanzangstarted from Changan in thethird yearof Zhenguan (A.D.620__)andtraveled alongtheSi lk Road throughtheGobidesertwithoutbirds and animals.He traveled westward toTianzhu.Aftercompletinghisstudies inthe19thyearof Zhenguan(A.D.645),hereturned to Changan. Ittookhim 20__yearstotravel 50000ki lometers.Through morethan 100 countries and regions,heretrieved 657 Buddhist scripturesand gained a high status in India.After returningto China,with the support of the Tang royal fami ly,hegathered erudite eminent monksfromal loverthecountrytoform an unprecedented Buddhist scripture translation site,andacted asthetranslatorhimself.Thequal ityand quantityoftranslated Buddhistscriptures arefarmorethan thoseof theirpredecessors,which ushered in a newera inthehistoryoftranslation in China.Atotal of 75 Buddhistscriptures and 1335volumes have been translated,and a record of the western regionsof theTang Dynastyhas been written,which hasattracted theattentionof scholarsal lovertheworld. Itshould besaidthatjourneytothewest is written inthebackground of xuanleis goingouttothewestto seekscriptures intheTang Dynasty,but theTang

monkin the storydoes not referto Xuanzang,buta figure in anartistic l iterary work.

Dear tourists,when the Dayan Pagoda was bui lt, it was 60meters high,with 5 floors,bricksurface,earth coreand CD ladder.In the centerof the reartower, therearelotsof plantsandtreesgrowing in the cracksof bricks,which are gradual ly decadent.Afterseveral renovationsduringthe reign of EmpressWu Zetian inChangan,EmperorXuanzonginTang Dynastyand Emperor

Changxingin laterTang Dynasty, thebigwi ld goosepagoda was4.5metershigherthanthe original oneand addedtwo floors. Each sideof thegroundfloor is25 meters long,thebaseissquare, thesidelength is45 meters to 48meters, there areticket doorson al l sidesof eachfloor,andtherearestairs in thetower.Onthel intelof thebottom floorof the pagoda,there are exquisite l ine carved Buddhastatues,especial lythe pictureof Sakyamuni Buddha onthe l intel ofthewestgate.The photooftheabandoned hal latthattimeisengraved on it. It issaidthat itwaswritten byYan Liben,a greatpainterof theTang Dynasty. It isa precious material forstudyingthe Buddhistculture and architectural artof futuregenerations.Thebricknicheson theEastandwestsidesof theSouthGateof thepagoda areinlaid withthe stelesof prefacetothethree sacredrel igionsof theTang Dynastywritten byEmperorTaizong Li Shimin

of the Tang Dynastyand prefacetothe threesacred rel igionsof theTang Dynastywritten byEmperor Gaozong Li Zhi of theTangDynasty.Thetwo steles were written by Chu sui l iang,a famouscal l igrapher in theTang Dynasty.Theyare the bestof the steles intheTangDynasty.Theyare preciousoriginal cal l igraphicinscriptions protected bythe state.They are important material forthestudyof ancientcal l igraphy. Itcan besaidthatthesquarebrickPagoda with wooden structureisa masterpiece of Buddhistarchitecture in China,with itssimpleshape,majestic momentum,remarkable national characteristicsand thestyleof the times.

Tourists, since the completion of the great wi ld goose pagoda,celebritiesof al l ages have left a good sentenceto recitethroughtheages.Du Fu praised"theskyishigh, thewind is strongal l thetime",and Cen Shen praised "thetower is l ikegushingout,toweringinthe skyalone;steppingoutof theworld,pedal ingthroughthevoid".Thepoetsmagnificentdescription andphi losophical exclamation often resonate when people cl imbthetower.

大雁塔英语导游词范文2

Dayan Pagoda,anancientTangDynastypagoda, isa uniquesymbol of the ancient cityof Xian.Asoneof theeight scenicspots