天坛中英文介绍

1、The Temple of Heave nThe Temple of Heave n is a worthwhile visiti ngplace in Beijing.It is much bigger than the ImperialPalace (the Forbidden City)Summer Palace with an area ofmeters. The temple was built Dyn asty to offersacrificeemperors called themselves they dared not to buildand smaller than th

2、e about 2 700 000 square in 1420 A.D. in the Ming to Heaven. As Chinese “ the Son of Heaven ” , their own dwelli ngForbidde n City bigger tha n the dwelli ng for Heave n.The Temple of Heaven is enclosed with a long wall.The n orther npart within the wallis semicircular symboliz ing the heave ns and

3、the souther n part is square symboliz ingtheearth. The n orther n part is higher tha n the souther n part. This desig n shows that theheave n is high and the earth is low and reflects an ancient Chin ese thought of“ Theheaven is round and the earth is square” .The Temple of Heave n is divided by two

4、 en closed walls in to inner part and outer part.The main buildings of the temple lie at the south and north ends of the middle axis line of the inner part. The most magnificent build ings from south to north are the CircularTerrace, the Imperial Heave nly Vault and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harve

5、sts. Also, there are some additi onal buildi ngs like Three Echo Stones and Echo Wall.Circular Terrace has three layered terraces with white marble. During the Ming andQing Dy nasties (1368A.D.1911A.D.), the emperors would offer sacrifices to Heaven onthe day of the Win ter Solstice every year. This

6、 cere mony was to tha nk Heave n and hopeeverythingwould be good in the future.Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a big palace with round roof and three layers of eaves, the roof is covered with black, yellow and gree n colored glaze represe nti ng the heave ns, the earth and everythingon earth. An

7、otherimporta nt buildi ng in theTemple of Heaven is Imperial Heavenly Vault. If you look at it from far away, you will find that the vault is like a blue umbrella. The structure of it is like that ofHall of Prayer for Good Harvests, but smaller in size. The vault was made of bricks and timber, with

8、white marble railings surrounded.Three Echo Stones is outside of the gate of Imperial Heave nly Vault. If you speakfacing the vault while sta nding on the first stone, you will hear one echo; sta nding on the second and the third stone, you will hear two and three echoes respectively.Ano ther in ter

9、est ing and famous place for you to visit is called Echo Wall owningspecial feature. The wall encloses ImperialHeavenly Vault. Its perimeter is 193 meters.If you and your friend stand at the east and the west roots of the wall respectively and you whisper a word, then your friend will hear clearly w

10、hat you say. Isn t itin terest ing? The phe nomenon utilizes the theory of sound wave.天坛在北京，天坛是一个值得参观的地方。它的面积约为270万平方米，比故宫（紫 禁城）大得多，比颐和园小。天坛始建于明代公元1420年，为祭天之用。由于中国皇帝自称“天之子”，所以他们不敢使自 己的住宅“紫禁城”比天的大。天坛被长长的围墙围着。墙里的北 面部分是象征着上天的半圆环，南部是 象征着大地的方形广场。北部高于南部。 这种设计显示天在上，地在下，反映了 中国古代人民“天圆地方”的思想。两层围墙把天坛分为内坛和外坛。天坛

11、的主体建筑位于内坛中轴线的南北两端。最宏伟的建筑物从南到北依次是圜丘 坛、皇穹宇和祈年殿。还有其他的建筑物，如三音石和回音壁。圜丘坛是三层汉白玉构成的平台。在明朝时期（公元1368年公元1911 年），皇帝将在每年的冬至祭天。此仪式是为了感谢上天并祈愿将来一切都好。祈年殿是 一座大殿，圆顶，有三层屋檐。祈年殿屋顶都铺上了黑色、黄色和绿色的琉璃瓦， 象征着天、地和地上的万物。天坛另一个重要的建筑是皇穹宇。如果从远处看，你 会发现皇穹宇像一把蓝伞。它的结构和祈年殿类似，但规模较小，由砖和木材构成，并被白色大理石栏杆围绕着0三音石位于皇穹宇的门外。如果你面向皇穹宇说话，站在第一块石头上，将听 到一声回音；站在第