延安英文介绍

Goodmorning,everyone!TodayIwouldliketointroducemyhometown——Yan’an.Firstofall,IwanttotalksomethingaboutthelocationofYan’ancity.ThereisamapofChina,andShaanxiishere.Yan’anishere.Yan’anisaprefecture-levelcityintheShanbeiregionofShaanxiprovince.Itadministers13counties,includingBaotaDistrict,AnsaiDistrict,YanchangCounty,ZichangCounty,ZhidanCounty,WuqiCounty,GanquanCounty,FuCounty,LuochuanCounty,YichuanCounty,HuanglongCountyandHuanglingCounty.Yan’anwasneartheendpointoftheLongMarch,andbecamethecenteroftheChineseCommunistrevolutionfrom1936to1948.ChinesecommunistscelebrateYan’anasthebirthplaceoftherevolution.Duetothehistoricalreasons,manyoftouristattractionsinYan’anarerelatedtotheChineseCommunistParty.SonextIwillintroducethreetouristattractionsinYan’an.ThefirstoneisPagodaHill.It’sthesymbolbuildingofYan’an.ThepagodawasbuiltintheTangDynasty,44metershigh,atotalofnone,thetopboard,thewholecitycanlookapanoramicview.ThesecondistheHukouwaterfalls.TheHukouWaterfallsoftheYellowRiveristheonlyYellowWaterfallonearth.Therivernarrowsandcascadesdramaticallyintoastonepondmorethan30metersbelow,creatingthefamousHukouWaterfalls.ThethirdoneisTombofKingHuangdi.HuangdiwhosefirstnamewasJiandnicknamewasXuanyuanwasborninShouqiu(QufuCityinShandongProvince),andburiedontheslopesofMountBridgeinHuanglingCounty,Yan'anCity.HewasbelievedtheancestorofChinese.Thetombis3.6metershigh,48metersinperiphery,withatabletpavilioninfrontofit,inwhichstandsthetabletwithinscriptionof‘’TheDragon'sBurialPalaceonmountBridge’’.AtthefootofthemountainstandstheTempleofKingHuangdi,Xuanyuanbyname,inwhichgrowsthecypresstreeplantedbyEmperorWuoftheHanDynasty.ThenI’dliketointroducetwospecialculturesinShanbei.OneistheAnsaiwaist-drum.TheAnsaiWaistDrumisfamousaroundtheworld,it’soneofthetraditionalpopularartsofnorthernpartinShaanxiprovince.TheAnsaiwaist-drumdancingboastsalong-standingtraditionandenjoysgreatpopularityinAnsai.Characterizedbyavarietyofdrumbeatstempiandaccompaniedwithfolksongs,percussioninstrumentsandwindinstruments,theuniquedrumdancingcanbegenerallyclassifiedinto“soft-swingdancing”and“martialartsdancing.”Theperformancesceneisquiteimpressivewithdiversifiedarrayswhichintegratedance,song,gymnastics,andvigorousmartialartsmovements.ItservesasadisplayofthetraitsinthecharacterofNorthernShaanxivillagers,whoareknownfarandwideasbeingvaliant,heroic,straightforwardanduninhibited.Thisisthecavedwellingwhichislaidoutinrowsoneatoptheother,lookinglikebuildingsofmultiplefloorsinthedistance.ItisasortofdistinctivecavehousedugintothemountainsfordwellingofmanylaboringpeopleontheLoessPlateauinShanbei.Thebeautyaboutthecavedwellingsisthattheyhelpmaintainlocaltopographyandsaveonfarmlandsbymakinguseofspacethatwouldhavebeenotherwiseleftunused.Theyarewarminwinterandcoolinsummer.Thetemperatureinsideisusually13degreesCelsiushigherthanintheopeninwinterand10degreesCelsiuslowerinsummer.Moreover,thecavedwellingsaresequesteredinpeaceandquietastheyareshutfromthenoiseoftheoutsideworld.CavehouseispraisedanoutstandingfolkarchitecturalartoftheShanbei.Inrecentyears,manycuriousvisitorsarearrivingindrovestostudytheloesscavedwellings.Ifyouwanttoexperiencethefeelingoflivinghere,thereisaspecialhotelforyou——CaveHotel.That’sallfortoday,thanksforyourlistening.Yan’anisareallycharmingcity.Ifyouwanttoknowmoreaboutit,welcomeyoutoYan’an.