英语介绍中国的十大古镇.ppt

Ten Great Ancient Towns In China,Zhouzhuang(周庄）is located in the southeast of Suzhou City. With a history of nearly 900 years, it attracts tourists from the whole world.,Zhouzhuang (周庄),It is so quiet and peaceful here .The simple buildings reserve the original architectural style of the fishing village town.,Shen Hall （沈厅）,Zhang Hall （张厅）,And the most representative residential areas are Shen Hall and Zhang Hall.,Xi tang （西塘）,Xitang is in Jiaxing County of Jiaxing City.The town has over 1000 years of history and culture.,The bridges and alleys in Xitang are unique for their special designs.,Shipi Alley （石皮弄）,In Tongli(同里）the most famous scenery is “a garden, two halls, three bridges“. A garden refers to Tuisi(退思）Garden. This park only embraces a small area yet its designers has managed to endow it with an ever-changing landscape.,Two halls refer to Chongben(崇本）Hall and Jiayin(嘉荫）Hall.,Three bridges mean Taiping(太平）Bridge, Geely(吉利） Bridge and Changqing（长庆）Bridge.Different shapes with various rivers and bridges are eye-opening experience for tourists.,Wuzhen(乌镇）is located in the northern Tongxiang City.There are many towns like Wuzhen that are beautiful pearls in south China.,The people together with the bridges and water form a beautiful picture. Architectures are in the fishing village style ,Wuzhen is more elegant with distant history and culture.,Lijiang Town(丽江古镇) is officially called “Dayan Town“- “Dayan“ literally means a “great inkstab“, a graphic description of the town's location on a piece of rich flatland fed by a river and surrounded by green mountains.,There is no other town in China like Dayan which incorporates the folkways of so many people and the architectural styles of both north and south China.,Nanxun(南浔）lies to the north of Taihu .Nanxun is a town in the south of Yangtze River.There are long history, famous persons and beautiful scenery. Nanxun is a rarely wealthy town in modern Chinese history.,Ancient City Pingyao(平遥古城）is the most completely reserved city of the Ming and Qing dynasty in China. It is an ancient town in the Central Plains of Han Nation type. The wall in Pingyao ,built as long as 6.4 km in 1370, is the largest wall in Shanxi Province.As a cultural city,Pingyao which has 2700 years of history is the only city to declare to the whole success of the World Heritage ancient town（唯一以整座古城申报世界文化遗产获得成功的古县城）.,Wuyuan(婺源) has a long history of the ancient county in Jiangxi Province. It is the hometown of Zhu Xi's and the father of Chinese railway Zhan Tianyou.Some people say it is the home of Chinese traditional culture.There are perfect ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties and idyllic atmosphere and scenery.,Gongtan(龚滩) which is located in the west of Chongqing is one of the famous rapids in the Wujiang.Gongtan town.It has always been an important port for thousands of businessmen .It used to be an important water-transfering station of salt in Sichuan.,Water and land transportation is developed rapidly now,and all trades are prosperous.It is famous for the Diaojiao buildings and blue flagstone streets.,Mudu(木渎）is located in Suzhou.Within beauty and rich products,Mudu is surrounded by mountains like Lingyan(灵岩) and Lion Mountain. Therefore,Mudu is called “pot of gold“(聚宝盆）.,Every river and every bridge in Mudu has its own beautiful old legend and is of highly ornamental value（观赏价值）. Besides,Mudu is the only ancient town in the type of gardens .,Thanks,