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PAGE  PAGE 32 灵谷寺英语导游词简单 Linggu Temple 1：景点概况（1分钟）（灵谷寺的历史沿革 御赐“天下第一禅林“国民革命阵亡将士公墓”的由来） Linggu Temple is located in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing,on the east of DR.SunYat-sen’sMausoleum.It was first built for a famous monk named Baozhi under the reign of the Liang Dynasty . As time went by ,the name of the temple had changed foe several times.In 1381 emperor zhuyuanzhang wantde the place to be his mausoleum and then he issued an order to move the temple away and rebuilt it in the area where it is now. The emperor granted the temple to be Linggu Buddhist Monastery(灵谷禅寺)and autographed ― No. One Buddhist Monastery(第一禅林)‖ for the gate of temple himself When the temple was first built up, it was very large and magnificent, covering an area of more than 500 mu (about 33.3 hectares or 82 acres) and having hundreds of halls and rooms, which had accommodated over 1000 monks at its most prosperous time..In 1928,Linggu Temple had been destoryed beyond all recognition（面目全非）So Chiang Kai-shek changed it into ―cemetery for the KIAsof the National Revolutionnary Army‖. 2：万工池、文武方门、大仁大义坊（2分钟）（万工池”名称及其由来 文武方门的建筑特点、门匾和题者、以及门前石狮的由来 大仁大义坊的建筑特点、正面和背面的匾额、貔貅的作用和来历） Acrossing the Emperor Bridge,we come to the Set-free Pond for the pilgrims to do good works.According to the legended ,when emperor zhuyuanzhang found this place full of enchanting scenery without water ,he ordered tens of thousands of armymen to dig a pond ,so it is also called Tens of Thousands of Armymen’s Pond. Now we come to . a three-arch square gate of both c