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1、十三陵的英文导游词---不是一般的费劲THEMINGTOMBSTheMingTombsare40kilometersnorthof Beijing City onthesouthernslopesof TianshouMountain.Theyaretheburialgroundsof13MingDynastyemperors.InJuly2003thesitewasdesignatedaworldculturalheritagesitebyUNESCO.EmpressXudiedinthe5th yearofYongle(1407).ZhuDisentZhaoHong,secretar
2、yoftheMinistryofRitesandageomancer----LiaoJunqingalongwithmanyotherstoBeijinginsearchofanaus piciousplaceforthetombs.ItissaidthatthisgroupofpeoplefirstselectedtheareaofTuJiaYing,whichmeansslaughter-house,andassuch,itcouldn'tbeusedastheburialground.Nexttheyselect edthefootof Yangshan Mountain,Chan
3、gping.However,sincethesurnameoftheemperor(Zhu)isahomophoneforpigandbecauseavillagenamed'wolfmouthravine'waslocatedthere,theydecidedagainstusingthatarea.Later,theyfoundYan-jiataiwestof Beijing.Again,since'Yanjia'wasthehomonymofthedeathoftheemperor,itwasalsodeemedunsuitable.Itwasnotuntilthe7thyearo
4、fYongle(1409),thattheyfinallychosethepresent Heavenly Longevity Mountain astheircemeterygrounds.Thewholeareacovers40squarekilometers.Ithasmountainstoitseast,westandnorth,and Dragon Mountain and Tiger Mountain areoneithersideofitssouthernentrance.The13tombsgo fromnorthtosouth.Theyarearrangedinthem
5、annerofthe Imperial Palace,withtheadministra tionareainthefrontandlivingquartersintherear.Infrontofthetombsaredivinepasses,stone archwaysandsteeltowers.The Precious City and Ming Tower standovertheUnderground Palace.Therewere16emperorsduringtheMingDynasty.BuriedintheMingtombs,are13Mingemperorsand
6、23empresses,aswellasmanyconcubines,princes,princessesandmaids.Theother3emperors,EmperorZhuYuanzhang,ZhuYunwenandZhuQiyuareburiedinotherlocations.ThefounderoftheMingDynasty,ZhuYuanzhang,establishedhiscapitalinpresentdayNanjing wherehewasburiedafterhisdeath.HistombiscalledXiaoling(TombofFilialPiety
7、).ThebodyofthesecondemperoroftheMing,ZhuYunwen,ismissing.Somesaidthathediedinafire,whileotherssaidthathewenttoatempleandbecameamonk.Thereisnofinalconclusionyet.TheseventhMingEmperorZhuQiyu,wasburiedasaprincebyhiselderb
