2021年广东概况英文导游词的范文

1、广东概况英文导游词的范文 Guangdong Provin _, bordering on the South China Sea, is located in the souther _ost of Chinas _inland. It adjoins Fujian Provin _ on the east, Jiangxi and Hunan provin _s on the north and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west, with Hong Kong and Macou lying to its south respecti

2、vely on the east and west banks of the Pearl River estury. It covers an area of about 180,000 square kilometers of land and 420,000 square kilometers of sea with a total population of 94,500,000. Located on the subtropical zone, Guangdong enjoys a mild cli _te and a rich rainfall, with an average an

3、nual temperate of 22.3 _ntigrade and a rainfall of 1,700 mm. With Guangzhou as its capital, Guangdong Provin _ now has jurisdiction over 21 prefecture-level cities, among which Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou are the three earliest Economic Special Zones opened to the outside world. Four prefectural ci

4、ties-Chaozhou, Meizhou, Foshan and Zhaoqin-enjoy a reputation of “National Historical and Cultural City”.Moreover, there are still 19 cities or counties that have been awarded with the honorable title of “National Ex _llent Touri _ City”. During the Pre-Qin period, Guangdong area was inhabited by th

5、e NanYue ethnic people. Qin unified South China in 219 A.D. and set up Guilin, Xiangjun and Nanhai prefectures. Todays Guangzhou is where the Nanhai Prefecture was located. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasy, a former Qin _nding general, Zhao Tuo by name, founded the first local state in the

6、 presentday Guangdong area, the Kingdom of Nanyue, thus promoting the fusion between the Han and the Yue ethnics and aelerating the social, economic and cultural progress in South China. Under the Wu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period, the region to the north of Hepu was named Guangzhou, which rul

7、ed the Nanhai, Changwu and Yulin prefectures. Hen _, the name of “Guangzhou” came into being. At that time, Chinas foreign trade channel starting from Panyu was established, which is the origin of the Maritime Silk Road. In Ming Dynasty, Guangdong became one of the 13 provin _s. The early Qing Dynas

8、ty inherited Mings system and set up Guangdong Provin _. The name of “Guangdong” was officially adopted. The gover _ent of Qing established Guangdong Customs in Guangzhou, which is the first official establishment of customs in the history of our country. The late Qing Dynasty witnessed the birth of

9、 national capitali _ and national industry, and the “Westernization Movement” in which the Chinese people learned from the West in search of a road of wealth and power. With Kang Youwei and Liang Qi _ as the leading exponents, the Bourgeois reformists wrote books to disseminate their ideas and popul

10、arize their reformist thoughts, which were gradually developed into a political practi _, and eventually led to a capitalist reform movement. Guangdong is also the original pla _ of Chinas modern revolution. Sun Yat-sen from Xiangshan county led and founded the first bourgeois political _ in China:

11、the Tong Meng Hui(Revolutionary League). He led the Huanghua Gang Uprising, the Law-Protecting Movement and also suessfully achieved the First Cooperation of the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. Sun Yat-sen was honored as “the Forerunner of Democratic Revolution” and “Father of the Republic of Ch

12、ina”. Sin _ the 1980s, Guangdong, a pla _ propitious for giving birth to great men, was the first provin _ to open to the outside world and quickly became one of the most economically The Pearl River Delta today has attained fruitful attai _ents. It has entered a new era of vigorous development. In

13、the long pro _ss of historical development, the unique Lingnan(the area covering Guangdong and Guangxi) culture has formed after the exchange, clash, and fusion of various cultures. In Guangdong Provin _, there exist three groups of people: Guangfu, Chao-shan, Kakka, which are corresponding to Guang

14、fu culture, Chao-shan culture and Kakka culture respectively. The Guangfu group appeared the earliest, which lives in the Pearl River Delta and some other counties and cities in the middle and west part of Guangdong Provin _. The Kakka group can best reflect the fusion and transfor _tion between Lin

15、gnan culture and Central Plain culture. It is distributed _inly over Meizhou region. The Kakkas have inherited the fine tradition from the Central Plain culture, such as practicing frugality, self-esteem and self-relian _, showing respect to teachers and attaching great importan _ to education. The

16、Chao-shan group _inly lives in Chaozhou and Shantou. Chao-shan people are adventurous, innovative and ingenious. The significant feature distinguishing the three groups is their different dialects, that is, the “Baihua”(the plain language) based on Guangzhou dialect, the Kakka language based on Meiz

17、hou dialect and the Chao-shan language based on Shantou local dialect. The minorities of Guangdong are distributed _inly in pla _s like Liannan and Ruyuan districts. Local customs such as the Getang (the Singing Meet) and the Wooden Handle Lion of Yao nationality, the Eighth of April Festival and th

18、e Ox King Birthday Celebration of Zhuang nationality, as well as the Third of March Festival and the Second of February Festival of She nationality are of unique flavor. As a vehicle of Lingnan culture, the architectures in Guangdong are also distinctive. Folk buildings unique to the region all pres

19、ent distinct Lingnan characteristics, for example, the Xiguan big house and the arcaded building, the Hakka circular houses; buildings of social institutions, such as the Temple of South China Sea God, Foshan An _stral Temple, the Chen Family Temple and the Panyu Academy; buildings of world cultural

20、 heritage such as the Kaiping watchtowers, and buildings for city defense such as the Xinhui Ya _en artillery fort and the Guangzhou Zhenhai Tower. The Lingnan garden, represented by Qinghui Garden, Ke Garden and Yuyinshanfang Garden, together with Northern Garden and Suzhou Garden, are reputed as t

21、he “three _jor landscape gardens in China.” The folk culture of Guangdong has strong regional features. The Cantonese Opera, Chao Opera and Opera are locally popular. The Lingnan art of potted landscape and bonsai is numbered as one of the five _jor styles in the country. Folk dan _, dragon dan _, l

22、ion dan _ and dragon boating all display special Lingnan flavors. Guangdong Embroidery, together with Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Embroidery and Sichuan Embroidery, is known as one of the four famous embroideries in China. Guangdong _ramics, consisting of Guangzhou decorative por _lain, Shiwan pottery

23、and Fengxi earthenware, had found a _rket overseas as early as the Tang Dynasty. The delicate and exquisite Guangdong carving, including ivory carving, jade carving and wood carving, attains to unrivalled work _nship. Special crafts of Guangdong, such as Duan Ink-stone in Zhaoqing, paper-cut and lio

24、n-head _ in Foshan, palm-leaf handicraft in Xinhui and lacquerware in Yang, boast a long history and extremely high crafts _nship. Guangzhou cuisine is one of the four _jor cuisines in China. As a Chinese saying goes, “to enjoy the best that life has to offer, one has to eat in Guangdong”. Guangdong

25、 cuisine consists of Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang dishes. Guangzhou dishes are characterized by being light, fresh, tender, tasty and crisp. They are particular about color, aro _, taste and appearan _. Chaozhou dishes ex _l in sea food, and especially in soup. Dongjiang dishes, also known as H

26、akka dishes, using much meats for preparation, tend to be greasy and slightly salty. Of them, the most special is the earthenware pot casserole. Apart from the four _jor dishes, the great variety of local delicacies also enjoys great fame all over China. The natural touri _ resour _s of Guangdong ar

27、e also varied and _ny. Among them, there is Mount Danxia, named World Geology Park by UNESCO; Yan _hun Lingxiao Cave and Zhaoqing Seven-star Crags, known for their karst landform; Ten-mile Silver Beach on Hailing Island in Yang that has entered the Guinness Record for its expanse; Nansha Newly-recla

28、imed Wetland Park in Guangzhou, a large-scale wetland reserve for _ngrove; Conghua Hotspring, Enping Hotspring and Zhuhai Imperial Hotspring, all effective in stimulating blood circulation and relaxing muscles and joints, providing skin care and keeping fit; Seven-star Crags and Mount Dinghu, listed

29、 in the first national pla _s of interest; famous wate _lls such as Panlong Gorge Wate _ll in Deqing, Baishuizhai Wate _ll in Zeng Cheng, Mawei Wate _ll at Mount Daxia; other special s _nic spots such as the S _ll Three Gorges of Xijiang River, the Huangteng Gorge Drifting in Qingyuan, the underground river in Lianzhou, the Juren Village at Xie _, and Lingnan Water Country at Minzhong; and a large number of forest parks inc