英语畅谈中国文化50主题7

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1、7．GlazedTilesandImperialArchitecture琉璃瓦与宫廷建筑A:IwenttotheForbiddenCityonSunday．Itwasabeautifuldaywithablueskyandwhiteclouds．Theyellowtileslookedgorgeous．B:GlazedtilesareuniquetoChinesearchitecture．TheywereusedexclusivelyonImperialPalacesandbuildings．Junioro

2、fficialsorordinarypeoplewerenotallowedtousethem．That’swhyyoucanonlyseethemintheForbiddenPalace，theSummerPalaceorotherImperialarchitecture．ThereisaplaceinBeijingcalledLiuLiChang,whichmeans“glazedtilefactory’ItiswhereglazedtilesweremadeduringtheMingDynasty.A

3、：Isyellowtheonlycolorforthosetiles?B：No，thereareothercolorssuchasgreen，blue，purpleandblack．Therewerestrictrulesfortheuseofthetiles：yellowtilesforImperialPalacesandgreentilesforthehomesoftheEmperor’sbrothers．A：Soundsspecial!Couldyoutellmemoreaboutthecolors?

4、B：Thecolorsarerelatedtothefiveelementsthatmakeupourworld．Thoseelementsaremetal,wood，water，fireandearth，andtheyarerepresentedbythecolorsofwhite,green，black，redandyellow．Eachelementisalsoinfluencedbythefourseasons．Thefiveregionsonearthareruled，respectively，b

5、yfivedifferentEmperors.TheYellowEmperorisinthecenterandisassistedbytheGodofEarth.IntheeastistheGreenEmperor，whoisassistedbytheGodofWoodandisresponsibleforspring．TheRedEmperorinthesouthisassistedbytheGodofFireandisresponsibleforsummer．TheWhiteEmperorisinthe

6、west．HeisassistedbytheGodofMetalandisresponsibleforautumn．TheBlackEmperorisinthenorth,beingassistedbytheGodofWaterandresponsibleforwinter．So，thecolorsusedintraditionalarchitecturecorrespondtothetheoryoftheFiveElementsandtheFiveRegions.A：Arethosetheoriesuse

7、dinanyofthecontemporarybuildings?B：Notmuch．TheTenMilestonebuildings，builtinthe1950s,followedthetraditionalstylebutnottoday’slandmarkbuildingsinBeijing．ThosebuildingsweredesignedtogetherwithWesternarchitects．Theyseldomuseanyofthetraditionalcolors．A：IfBeijin

8、gusesthefiveOlympiccolorstodressupthecityitwilldefinitelylookveryimpressive．ItwillalsobeintunewiththeFiveColortheory．B：That’saninterestingthought．UnfortunatelythereisnowhiteintheOlympiccolors,otherwiseitwould