乐山英文介绍.ppt

1、My hometown leshan,学 生：,老 师：,学 号：,我的家乡 乐山,geographical position,Coordinates: 2934N 10346E,Leshan is a prefecture level city located at the confluence of the Dadu Qingyi and Min rivers in Sichuan Province. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the red basin in southern Sichuan, about 120km

2、from chengdu.,From Google Maps,Geography and climate,Leshan has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate and is largely mild and humid. Winter is short, mild and dry, with a January average of , and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot and humid, with highs often exceedin

3、g , yet extended heat waves are rare. The daily average in July and August is around . Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and more than 70% of the annual total occurs from June to September.,scenery,the Giant Stone Buddha,At 71 metres (233 feet) tall, the statue depicts a seated

4、maitreyaBuddha with his hands resting on his knees. His shoulders are 28 metres wide and his smallest toenail is large enough to easily accommodate a seated person. There is a local saying: The mountain is a Buddha and the Buddha is a mountain. This is partially because the mountain range in which t

5、he Leshan Giant Buddha is located is thought to be shaped like a slumbering Buddha when seen from the river, with the Leshan Giant Buddha as its heart.,山是一座佛， 佛是一座山。,The mountain is a Buddha, The Buddha is a mountain,海通法师,Construction was started in 713, led by a Chinese monk named Haitong. He hoped

6、 that the Buddha would calm the turbulent waters that plagued the shipping vessels traveling down the river. When funding for the project was threatened, he is said to have gouged out his own eyes to show his piety and sincerity. After his death, however, the construction was stuck due to insufficie

7、nt funding. About 70 years later, ajiedushidecided to sponsor the project and the construction was completed by Haitongs disciples in 803.,the Giant Stone Buddha,Mount Emei,Mount Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, and is traditionally regarded as the bodhimanda(道场), or place

8、 of enlightenment, of the bodhisattya Samtabhadra（普贤菩萨名号）. Samantabhadra is known in Mandarin as Pxin Ps (普賢菩薩).,scenery,Mount Emei,At 3,099 metres , Mt. Emei is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China,金顶,普贤菩萨 Pxin Ps 梵音名号 Samantabhadra ， 或 Vishvabhadra,sunrise,food,Falling into the Sichuan cuisine family, Leshan is noted for its food culture in that it has all the street food from its surrounding areas, which has made it the one-stop street food city. Typical specia