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1、一．中国著名旅游景点英文介绍1.TheGreatwall TheGreatWall,locatedinnorthernChina,is6,700kilometerslongandthusknownasthe“10,000-liGreatWall”.Constructionofthewallwentonformorethan2,000years,from7thcenturyto14thcenturyAD.ThewallhasbecomeasymbolofbothChina’sproudhistoryanditspresentstrength. 2.ThePalaceMuseum T
2、hePalaceMuseum,alsocalledtheForbiddenCity,islocatedinthecenterofBeijing.TheimperialpalaceusedbyemperorsoftheMingandQingDynastiesisthelargestandmostcompleteancientwooden-structurebuildingcomplexintheworld.ConstructionoftheForbiddenCitystartedin1406andlasted14years.24emperorswereenthronedthere.
3、 3.Zhoukoudian:HomeofthePekingMan RemainsofthePekingMan(homoerectus)arelocatedontheDragonBoneHillatZhoukoudianVillage,FangshanDistrict,Beijing.Inthe1920s,archaeologistsdiscoveredthecompleteskullofPekingMan.Later,moreskullbonesaswellasstoneandboneinstrumentswereunearthed.PekingManlived690,000ye
4、arsago,duringPaleolithictimes.FindingsindicatethatPekingManknewhowtomakefires. 4.Qinshihuang’sMausoleumandTerra-cottaArmy Qinshihuang’sMausoleumislocatedinLintongDistrict,35kilometerseastofXi’an,capitalofShaanxiProvince.Constructionofthemausoleumlasted38yearsandinvolvedover700,000workers.Over
5、theyears,atotalof50,000importantculturalrelicshavebeenunearthed.In1980,twobronzepaintedhorse-drawnchariotswereunearthed.Theyarethelargestandmostcompletebronzechariotsandhorsesdiscoveredsofar.In1974,farmerswhowerediggingawellabout1.5kilometerseastofQinshihuang’sMausoleumdiscoveredthreevaultscon
6、tainingQinshihuang’sBuriedLegion.Thelargestofthethreevaultscontains6,000life-sizeterra-cottawarriorsandhorses.Thecollectionofwarriorsisoftendubbedthe“eighthwonderoftheworld”. 5.TheMogaoGrottoesatDunhuang DunhuangGrottoescompriseoftheMogaogrottoes,West1,000-BuddhaCave,andYulinCave.TheMogaoGrot
7、toes,representativeofthethreesites,arelocated25kilometerssouthwestofDunhuangCity,GansuProvince.Constructionofthegrottoesbeganin366AD.Thewell-designedgrottoesareatreasurehousecontainingpainting,sculptures,documents,andculturalrelics. 6.
