Scenic Spots and Historical Sites(míng shèng gǔ jī)

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

Scenic spots and historic sites refer to famous places with beautiful scenery and ancient relics.

China is one of the oldest civilized countries in the world with many places of interest. Walking in these famous mountains and rivers, on the one hand, you can appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, on the other hand, you can also feel the profound history and culture of the motherland.

The most intuitive cultural phenomenon in places of interest is the vast sea of inscriptions and couplets.

essential information

[source] Chapter 45, Volume I of ordinary world by Lu Yao: "all the places of interest in the capital have been visited more than twice." The places of interest in China are worth visiting. [usage] combined; used as an object; refers to a famous place with beautiful scenery and ancient relics. the so-called couplets of places of interest refer to the couplets written and engraved for a certain place of interest. Scenic spot couplets are mostly used in pavilions, pavilions, temples, famous mountains and rivers and other places of historic interest. China has a long history, vast territory and the most famous scenic spots in the world. When ancient and modern celebrities come to these famous mountains and rivers, historic sites and resorts, they are often excited and happy because of the scenery. these couplets are either engraved on pavilions or pasted on temples and tombs In order to express their interest and feelings, the far-reaching couplets left by them not only add color to the landscape and beautify the environment, but also are places for tourists to hang on to the past and rely on history. They not only cultivate people's sentiment, but also enjoy the nature, so they have been praised for generations. As far as the creative techniques are concerned, the scenic spot couplets can be divided into scenery writing, history chanting, narration, lyricism and argumentation. crazy to the point that the world wants to kill; drunk to the point that the emperor can't shout. This is Tai Bai Lou Lian, Caishiji, Dangtu, Anhui Province. There are many praises in Li Bai's life. However, the author of couplets takes typical examples and uses a short seven character couplet to sketch a few strokes just like a cartoon to depict the poet to the degree of expression. The whole couplet is short in meaning, neat in antithesis and ingenious in diction. Let's look at the second couplet again: Xinsong hates not to be a thousand feet high; evil bamboo should be cut ten thousand poles. This is a couplet written by Comrade Chen Yi for Du Fu's thatched cottage, which is a collection of Du Fu's poems. He also added a postscript with ingenuity: "this excellent poem of Du Fu is of the most practical significance, which is praised by poets of all ages." It can be said that it is original and full of new ideas. the Yellow Crane Tower has a wonderful couplet, which is even more amazing: when will the Yellow Crane come back, and take the golden cup to see the thousand year old grass of Zhouzhu; today, the white clouds are still there, ask who plays the Jade Flute, the May plum blossom in Luojiang City. This is a combination of the folklore of the Yellow Crane Tower built by Luban and the crane crossed by Lu Zu's flute. It combines narration, lyricism, discussion and scenery together, vividly depicting the beautiful and spectacular human and natural landscape of the Yellow Crane Tower. please look at the following couplet: the heart is in Hanbao, and there is no division. First, master, then master; famous in the world, why argue about Xiangyang and Nanyang. This is written by Gu Jiajuan, a magistrate in Nanyang, Henan Province in the Qing Dynasty, from Xiangyang, Hubei Province. Because Zhuge Liang was famous all over the world, the two provinces argued for Zhuge Liang's former residence. Gu Jiajuan did not dare to offend the local gentry, and was afraid of betraying the name of Sangzi, so he wrote this wonderful couplet. It is fair to praise Zhuge Liang and smooth the dispute between the two provinces. However, this controversy did not subside. When the second group of "Longzhong pair" sheetlets of "Three Kingdoms" stamps were issued in January 1991, Hubei and Henan provinces competed for the place of the first ceremony of "Longzhong pair" and formed a delegation to Beijing to appeal, so that the design was blocked. The Institute of history of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Institute of Wei, Jin and southern and Northern Dynasties of Beijing Normal University specially organized a seminar on Zhuge Liang's bow. Most of the historians agree that Zhuge Liang's bow was in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. At the same time, historians also believe that like Wenwu Chibi, Zhuge's achievements in Xiangyang and Nanyang can coexist. Gu Jiajuan's couplet is worthy of the name. In 1985, the China Tourism newspaper initiated and organized the national people to select the 10 best scenic spots in China.

Beijing Forbidden City

Beijing Palace Museum is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as the Forbidden City. All the palaces in the past dynasties "set up palaces like heaven" to show that the monarchy was "ordered by heaven". Because you are the son of heaven, the palace of the son of heaven is like the forbidden area of the "Purple Palace" where the emperor of heaven lives, so it is called the Forbidden City. The Palace Museum was built in 1406 and 1420 respectively. There were 24 emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Palace Museum covers an area of 720000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 150000 square meters. It is 750 meters wide from east to west, 960 meters long from north to south, and has 9999 houses. It is the largest and most complete ancient palace complex in the world. In order to highlight the supreme authority of the emperor, the Palace Museum has a central axis running through the north and south of the palace city. On this central axis, according to the ancient system of "the former dynasty and the later Dynasty", there are three main halls (Taihe hall, Zhonghe hall and Baohe Hall) and three later palaces (Qianqing palace, Jiaotai palace and Kunning Palace) which symbolize the center of the regime and the residence of the empress. In the inner court (to the north of Qianqing gate), a secondary axis centered on ningshou palace, the palace of Taishang emperor, and the palace of cishou palace, the palace of Taifei, is formed on the left and right respectively. These two secondary axes are Zhongxing with the outer Taihe gate, corresponding to Wenhua Hall on the left and Wuying hall on the right. Between the two secondary axes and the central axis, there are Zhai palace and Yangxin palace, followed by the six Eastern and Western palaces where concubines lived. The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing. Today people call it the Forbidden City, which means the imperial palace of the past. To meet the need of defense, the whole building of the Forbidden City is surrounded by two solid lines of defense, surrounded by a 52 meter wide and 6 meter deep moat, followed by a 3-kilometer-long city wall, which is nearly 10 meters high and 8.62 meters wide at the bottom. There are four gates on the wall, including Meridian Gate in the south, Shenwu gate in the north, Donghua gate in the East and Xihua gate in the West. There are four turrets at the four corners of the wall. The turrets have three eaves and 72 ridges. They are exquisite and unique in shape. They are Masterpieces of ancient Chinese architecture. Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City: the Taihe hall, commonly known as Jinluan hall, is the first of the "three main halls" of the Forbidden City. It is built on a five meter high white marble platform surrounded by carved dragon stone columns. This is the largest building in the palace complex. The hall is 36 meters high, 63 meters wide and covers an area of 2380 square meters. On the two meter high platform in the middle of the main hall is the gold lacquer dragon throne. Behind the throne is the elegant screen, as well as the dragon pillars and exquisite dragon caisson. The emperor's accession to the throne, birthday, Spring Festival, winter solstice and other celebrations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were held here. Zhonghe hall in the Forbidden City: Zhonghe hall is behind Taihe hall and is one of the "three main halls" in the Forbidden City. The hall is a square one with single eaves and sharp roofs. Each side is 21 meters, each with three rooms. There are 20 corridor columns, yellow glazed tiles with four corners and a gilded top in the middle. When the emperor had something to do, he took a rest in the hall of Supreme Harmony and accepted the worship of the cabinet, the Ministry of rites and the bodyguards. The day before the ceremony, the emperor also read the memorials and congratulatory speeches. Baohe Hall of the Forbidden City: located behind Zhonghe hall, Baohe hall is one of the "three main halls" of the Forbidden City. In the Qing Dynasty, on the new year's Eve and the Lantern Festival every year, the emperor entertained the princes, nobles and ministers of culture and military. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the three-year palace examination was moved from Taihe hall to here. The verandahs on the East and west sides of Baohe hall are now transformed into art galleries of the past dynasties, displaying about 6000 years of Chinese art treasures from the primitive society to the Qing Dynasty. Qianqing Palace: Qianqing palace is the main hall of the inner court. There is a throne in the palace and a plaque on it. It is the bedroom of the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the place where they usually deal with political affairs. It was moved out after Yongzheng. Every year on New Year's day, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival, winter solstice, longevity and other festivals, a family banquet is held here as usual. In addition, after the death of the emperor, the coffin is stopped in this hall. Jiaotai Hall of the Forbidden City: after the Qianqing palace, Jiaotai hall was the place for the empress to celebrate her birthday in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 25 pieces of jade seals in the hall; on the west side, there is a self ringing bell built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong; on the east side, there is a bronze pot dripping leak, and the iron plate that emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty banned the internal officials from interfering in political affairs also stands in the hall. Kunning Palace: in the Ming Dynasty, Kunning palace was the Queen's bedroom, also known as the middle palace. During the Shunzhi period, it was rebuilt after the Qingning palace in Shenyang. At the same time, the West warm pavilion was changed into a place for worshiping gods, where court sacrifices, evening sacrifices and spring and autumn sacrifices were often held. The East warm pavilion was used as the bridal chamber for the emperor's newlyweds, and the four emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu, all held big weddings here. It was built in 1420 A.D. in Yongle of Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1655 A.D. in Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty. Palace Museum: the Palace Museum is the residence of Empresses of Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1852, Cixi lived here when she first entered the palace and was granted the title of LAN GUI Ren. Cixi, who was promoted to Yipin in March of the sixth year of Xianfeng, gave birth to Tongzhi emperor here. Empress Dowager Cixi, who lived in Changchun palace in 1884, moved to the palace to celebrate her 50th birthday, and rebuilt the palace, which cost 630000 taels of silver. Yangxin Hall of the Forbidden City: Yangxin hall is an I-shaped hall. The front hall has a width of three rooms, a width of 36m, a depth of three rooms, and a depth of 12m. Yellow glazed tile Hill roof, Ming, West indirect volume shed Baoxia. The front eaves column position, each adds two square columns, the appearance looks like 9. The imperial garden of the Forbidden City: the imperial garden, formerly known as gonghouyuan, is now commonly known as the imperial garden. It covers an area of 12000 square meters and has more than 20 buildings. Taking the Qin'an hall as the center, the landscape architecture adopts the pattern of primary and secondary complementation, left and right symmetry, with compact layout and classic beauty. Duixiu mountain in the northeast of the hall is made of Taihu Lake stones, on which the imperial Pavilion is built. Every year, the emperor ascends here after the Double Ninth Festival.

the great wall

Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Simatai Great Wall, Shanhaiguan, Jiayuguan, Hushan Great Wall, jiumenkou Great Wall, etc. Badaling Great Wall: located in Changping, Beijing, the Badaling Great Wall is the best preserved and the most beautiful of the Ming Great Wall

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