老君山 英文导游词.docx

老君山英文导游词

第一篇：老君山英文导游词Goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen,welcometoLaojunMountain.LaojunreferstoLaozi,thefounderofTaoism.Itissaidhelivedhereinseclusioninhislateyears,andthemountainwasnamedafterhim.ThefirstplacewewillvisittodayistheToaismCultureGarden.TheGardenis100thousandsquaremeters,itisanimportantplacetoinheritandpromoteTaoismCulture.Taoism'soriginsmaybetracedtoprehistoricChinesereligionsinChina.ThefounderofTaoismistraditionallyregardedasLaoziwholivedaround5centuryBC,duringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod.LaoziisthepinyinfortheChinesecharacterswhichmean“OldMaster.”TheTaoTeChingisafoundationalscriptureofTaoism,writtenbyLaozi.ThetimeLaozilivedwasatimeofwarfareandconflict.Hewasreflectingonawaywhichwouldstopthewarfare.Hefoundthatifhumanitywastaken,theconflictwouldend.Thus,hewroteafewpagesofshortverses,whichbecametheTaoTeChing.TheChinesecharacterTaoliterallymeans“path”or“way”,butinChinesereligionandphilosophyitmeans“essentialnature”,“destiny”,“principle”,or“truepath”.TaoismemphasizesThreeTreasuresofTao:namely,humanity,moderation,andhumility.Italsofocuseson“wuwei”(anactionthatdoesnotinvolvestruggleorexcessiveeffort),spontaneity(自发性),andemptiness.Taoismbelievesthatthelinkbetweenhumanandnaturelessenedtheneedforrulesandorder,andleadsonetoabetterunderstandingoftheworld.ThesetraditionsandconceptsnotonlyinfluencedEastAsiabutalsosomeothercountriesintheworld.OK,ladiesandgentlemen,keepmovingplease.ThemagnificentstatueinfrontofusisthestatueofLaozi.Itis59metershighandweighs360tonswhichisthelargestbronzestatueofLaoziintheworld.Lookatthestatue,please!ThebambooslipinhisrighthandistheTaoTeChing,theclassicofTaoism.Andhislefthandpointstotheheaven,whichmeanstopursuethetruthoftheuniverse.Ladiesandgentlemen,nowwearrivedatthetopoftheLaojunMountain.ThisplaceiscalledSouthHeavenGate,becauseitissohighthatitseemsitwilltouchtheheaven.ThebuildingonthisplatformistheLaojunTemple.ItwasoriginallybuiltinNorthWeiDynastyandrebuiltformanytimes.Thepresenttemplewasbuiltinthe2004.Thebuildinginfrontiscalled“Jindingtaiq