武当山英文导游词Today we’ll visit the famous sacred place of Taoism-----Wudang Mountain. Now I would like to outline the general situation of this mountain. It is not only one of the first batch （[bætʃ]）national level scenic spots （首批国家级旅游景点）of China but also the heritage of the world.Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located in Shiyan City, northwest of Hubei Province. In the late period of the Easten Han Dynasty, Taoism道教was born and Wudang Mountain was respected as the immortal 不朽的([i'mɔ:təl]) mountain of Taoism.Besides the refined(微妙的) and elegant natural sceneries , the ancient architectures are grand [ɡrænd] and magnificent . The ancient complex of Mt. Wudang, inherited继承down since the Ming dynasty, is revered令人尊敬的for its typical royal style, as proved by the saying of “ constructing the Forbidden City in the north and redecorating Wudang in thesouth”. In 1994, the ancient architectural complex of Mt. Wudang was listed in the Catalogue目录['kætəlɔɡ] of the World Cultural Heritage. The complex consists of palaces and temples forming the nucleus核心['nju:kliəs] of secular and religious building exemplifying举例the architectures in Wudang Mountain can date back into the Tang Dynasty, and was expanded in later dynasties, and reached its climax顶点['klaimæks] in the Ming Dynasty. The whole complex adopted采用royal architecture style, utilizing利用['ju:tilaizi ŋ] fully the natures, showing exotic layout.异国情调的布局Now we’ve reached our destination---Wudang Mountain. A few minutes later, we will reach our first station----the needle-rubbing well.The buildings of the Needle-rubbing Well were located at a high point. According to Wudang Taoism, it was this exact point that receives the first beam of pure positive sunshinewith surroundings as a whole, and unique in taste and features among the buildings in Wudang Mountain. Meanwhile（at the meantime）, the Grand Hall, having absorbed the techniques of various times' artisans, demonstrated展示，证明['demənstreit] great achievements of architectures in Ming and Qing Dynasties, therefore, worthy of visiting and researchingThe palace is in front of us. Compared with your imagination, what do you think of the palace? Dazing是晕眩and full of praise [preiz] from travelers the inner part of the Grand Hall is. Let’s enter the hall. Carefully painted and well carved [kɑ:v], the Hall is magnificent in vigour 气势, crafty on idea, smooth and natural with sculpting雕刻法, unsophisticated[ʌnsə'fistikeitid]and gracious by decoration, solemn庄严肃穆的['sɔləm] and exquisite over displaying. In the hall, five shrines神龛[ʃrain] are set there. Around theshrines hundreds of rare antiques古玩dedicated. Most of the precious antiques, dynamic动态的[dai'næmik], vivid, and wonderful to see, were the images of Gods by clay sculpture泥塑and goods for worshipping during the Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties.In the middle of the Shrine dedicated the image of Zhenwu. With a height of 4.8meters, the image is the biggest clay sculpture. Another divine神圣的image made by paper and covered with golden leaves is the best preserved 保存[pri'zə:vd] and most ancient paper image ，which comprehensively displays广泛地，最大程度地展示了the marrow精华on craftwork of paper pasting裱糊['peistiŋ], sculpting, gilding镀金, colored drawing, and has great value in researching ancient paper pasting.The fastigium屋脊of the Grand Hall consists of six flying colored glaze彩釉[gleiz] dragons. An Aquarius is surrounded by the dragons that are painted in three different colors. Due to the heaviness and highness, the Aquarius has to bedrawn by four iron ['arən] chains [tʃein]铁链. Each end of the chain is attached to the hand of a divine kid, it is said that the four kids of deity 神明['dirti] has stuck to their positions in order to keep the Aquarius steady no matter it is chilly 寒冷, scorching灼热, rainy, windy or thundering. Because their spacial positions are even higher than the superior 上级的[sju:'piriə] God, the four kids are also called Super Gods.After the rebuilding in 1412 A.D., the Grand Hall had been repaired about ten times in different times. Therefore, it can maintain its basic features. In 1994, the experts on world’s relics from UN inspected Wudang Mountain and said, "Here, we witness the sample of traditional remedial治疗[ri'mi:diəl,means to the ancient buildings".Now we are leaving for the Golden Summit, which is regarded as the symbol of the Wudang mountain .We will go there by tram rail索道. Now we have got to the station. Let’s get of the bus and get on the tram rail. On the way toGolden Peak by tram rail, we are now traveling among the peaks, and then we are floating in the clouds, just like gods. We have reached the main peak .It is 1612 meters high. The Golden Palace is located here. Standing in front of the Golden Palace, you can have overall view of the beautiful scene of Wudang Mountain,。