旅游英語景點介紹—湖南鳳凰 Feng huang

　　【簡介】國家歷史文化名城鳳凰古城始建于明嘉靖三十五年(1556)，至今已有四百多年歷史，雖歷經(jīng)滄桑，仍保存完好，古風(fēng)依舊。新西蘭著名詩人路易.艾黎深情地稱之為“中國最美麗的小城”。位于湖南省湘西土家族苗族自治州的西南部，土地總面積1745平方公里。因背依的青山酷似一只展翅欲飛的鳳凰而得名。史稱“西托云貴，東控辰沅,北制川鄂，南扼桂邊”。人文景點有沈從文故居及墓地、熊希齡故居、北門城樓、東門城樓、連接兩城樓的城墻、虹橋、萬名塔、文昌閣等。古城現(xiàn)有文物古建筑68處，古遺址116處，明清時代特色民居120多棟，各種廟祠館閣30多座，是中國西南現(xiàn)存文物建筑最多的縣份。城內(nèi)還有古色古香的石板街道200多條。自然景觀有國家森林公園南華山，有集“奇、險、秀、峻”為一體的奇梁洞，有鳳凰八大景：東嶺迎暉、南華疊翠、奇峰挺秀、溪橋夜月、龍?zhí)稘O火、梵閣回濤、山寺晨鐘、蘭徑樵歌，還有美麗的沱江及風(fēng)情萬種的吊腳樓等。2001年12月，鳳凰古城被國務(wù)院批準為國家歷史文化名城。2005年9月，鳳凰景區(qū)被批準為國家地質(zhì)公園。2007年6月，鳳凰古城堡及沈從文故居被列為全國重點文物保護單位。

ladies and gentlemen , welcome to fenghuang, the place where we"re arriving is "one of the two most beautiful town in china"----the old town of fenghuang, it"s a very important point that connects huaihua hunan and tongren guizhou together.and it"s the hometown of mr shengcongwen.

fenghuang has wonderful natural landscapes,it"s very hot for travelling since the old time. even a lot of teleplays were produced here.fenghuang is also a dradle for famous people ,shencongwen and xiongxiling are both spent their childhood here.now, let"s set out to enjoy these fantastic good views.

the former residence of shencongwen

this is the former residence of shencongwen,a very famous auther, archaeologist and historian in china.

lined in the zhongying street in the south part of the fenghuang old town, the residence is a typical spacious ancient countryard with special tectonic style of ming and qing dynasty. walk into the yard, you can find that there is a small patio in the center of the countryard. which is built with red rock. around the patio , there are about 10 rooms which are small but decorated by special carved wooden windows .it"s so beautiful.

this countryard is built by mr shen"s grandfather in 1866 on dec.28,1902. shencongwen was born in the old countyard.and spent his childhood here. in 1917,when he was 15 years old, mr shen left family and joined the army. from 1917 to 1922, mr shen had lived with soildiers, farmers, workers and some othercommon people,and know their tragic lives. this special experience stunned up his enthusiasm of writhing . so in 1919, mr shen went to beijing alone, and began his hard writing . after his series of works west of hunan &fringe town were punished, mr shen became nation -wide well -known.at that time, he was even as famous as luxun, another famous auther in chiese literature area. it"s said that shencongwen is the one who is the most possible to win the prize.

mr shen devoted all his life to writing,his 5-million word works are though as the precious legacy to the world literature.meanwhile, these works are also very veluable date for researching the history of hunan province and even china.

this 100-years-old countyard was renovated in 1989.the 1st room on the right hane is for displaying mr shen"s photos.and what displayed in the 2nd room are mr shen"s handwritingarticles.at the left side,you "ll find a list of mr shen"s work of different additions. in the center of the middle room .there is a mr shen"s line drawing hanging on the wall. the left fringle room is mr shen"s bedroom and another one on the right is full of marble desks and chairs.