Welcome to Yunnan, Welcome to Tengchong! It’s my honor to be your guide. Today we are going to visit the volcanoes and hot springs in Tengchong, which are the most famous here.
As we will get there in a few minutes, first allow me to give you a brief intoduction of Tengchong. Tengchong is located in the southwest of China and occupies an area of 5800 square kilometers. There are 23 nationalities here, such as 汉、傣、回、白 nationalities and so on. When we mentioned Tengchong, three things will come into mind, which are: the volcanoes and hot springs having 10,000 years, the border city having 1,000 years and the fair of jade having 100 years.
Later we will get to the volcanoes and the hot spring, so now I can tell you something about the latter two ones. They all can reflect the long history Tengchong has. Tengchong is a city on boarder. And because of its location, it has been an important place for military reasons. And that’s a part of its history. It’s also regarded as the county of manners, and it is the hometown of so many famous people. And another part of its history is that Tengchong is one trade center of jade between China and Burma. So don’t forget to get a round to the jade fair. I think you will feel interested.
OK, everyone, here is the Library of the Volcanoes. Now let’s have a look at 。The volcanoes in Tengchong are famous in China, and it’s one of the four groups of volcanoes in China. The strong extravasations are the cause of the landform of Tengchong. There is a lieder in Tengchong saying that:” Such a place Tengchong, nine in ten mountains have no peaks.” It’s very vivid, from that you can see so many volcanoes are in Tengchong. There are 97 volcanoes in Tengchong now with high value of tourism and scientific research.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to serve as your guide today.
This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build the Forbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.
It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City)， got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan (North Star) . The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. In folklore, the term “an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the Hanghu Pass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people.
The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic. Red represents happin.
Anyang city in henan province is the most northern, east longitude 113 ° 35 114 ° 58, north latitude 37 ° 12 and 36 ° 22, is located in jin, ji, yu, the junction of three provinces, according to the borders of shanxi taihang mountains west, north separates the was with the handan city, hebei province, is adjacent to puyang city, east south connected to hebi, xinxiang. For the mountains in the west and east is plain. Jurisdiction one city (went)， four counties (anyang county, tangyin, huaxian county enjoys, neihuang)， four area (wenfeng, beiguan district, I, suburban) and a provincial high and new technology industrial development zone, 95 townships (town)， 3293 administrative villages. With a total area of 7413 square kilometers and a population of 5.21 million. Municipal district covers an area of 247 square kilometers (area is 69 square kilometers)， a population of 760000.
Anyang is one of the seven ancient capitals in China, the national famous historical and cultural city, is the birthplace of oracles hometown, the zhouyi. 1300 BC shang king PanGeng moved the capital to Yin (now anyang suburb xiaotun area)， the king of eight generation of 12, 254 years. The first to use the words of the Chinese nation - oracle, the worlds largest bronze - SiMuWu big square unearthed here. In "China 100 archaeological discovery" of the 20th century, the discovery and excavation of anyang city sites of the late shang dynasty digging on top. In addition, water conservancy, the king of the famous yu play, joined fu hao, shu qin phase, hsi-men pao hong powers, mother-in-law deficit and other historical story took place here. In anyang cultural relics is more, a total of 8 from national level cultural relics protection units, 32 provincial cultural relics protection units. Long history, splendid culture, for the history of anyang left behind the precious cultural heritage, in November 1952, chairman MAOs visit anyang, put forward the high hopes for us. In September 1956, Mr Guo moruo left "huan anyang water is not empty, three thousand years ago is the royal park" the famous poem. - total - also in February 1991 and June 1996 visit anyang twice, and handwriting phrase: "carry forward the national culture, ancient capital of anyang built"， "play to the hard work of the red flag canal spirit" self-reliance.
Anyang sufficient energy, mineral resources and rich resources of agricultural and sideline products. The power with a total installed capacity of 1.01 million kilowatts, with an annual output of 2.83 million tons of raw coal, natural gas in capacity of more than 100 million cubic meters, daily water supply is 420xx0 cubic meters. Western mining, coal, iron ore, limestone, marble and other resources have some reserves, is the national high quality oil production base in the eastern plains. Huaxian county enjoys is the first major grain-producing county, henan province, is known as the "granary" of the north. Neihuang jujube, area and yield are the crown of the country, known as jujube township and enjoys a good reputation both at home and abroad. Anyang mild climate, distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine, moderate rainfall, belongs to the warm temperate zone continental monsoon climate. Annual average temperature 13.6 ℃， annual average rainfall of 606.1 mm.
Anyang transportation is convenient. Beijing-guangzhou railway across the city, the beijing-zhuhai expressway, 106, 107 national road runs through north and south. AnLin, soup which railway branch lines to the west in the mining and oil fields in the east. At present, is actively preparing to counter local railways in Lin, and the jingjiu railway line. Urban road interweave, convenient public transportation routes, has formed outside the local network, on-line three vertical and three horizontal transportation network.
Anyang tourism resources are rich. There are both rich cultural tourism resources, and unusual natural tourism landscape. In Yin ruins museum garden, city as the main line in the You shells cultural tour and to yue fei temple, the red flag canal patriotism education demonstration base as the main line of traditional education constitutes the anyang tourism characteristic cultural tourism. In addition, the tianning temple tower (wenfeng tower)， the mausoleum of hadrian, hippocrene temple grottoes (Buddha ditch)， Yuan Lin, MingFu temple tower, tower of temple of revised also with its unique cultural connotation has attracted many tourists. Anyang, natural scenery beautiful varied from small sea breeze scenic area, pearl spring scenic spot, and the charming taihang grand canyon, Lin Lvshan natural scenery, the Chinese and foreign tourists linger on. Unique air sports foundation, because of its creations of natural terrain and are very popular among parachuting, gliding sports enthusiasts. Has been called "the eighth wonder of the world" artificial tianhe red flag canal, has become a rare tourist attraction. At the same time, and the matching of the hotel industry, catering industry, business and other service facilities.