九门八点一口钟(国外英语资料).doc

九门八点一口钟 Nine doors and eight point one clocks Talking about the gate of Beijing, a doggerel is summed up: nine seven four nine eight point one imperial, door bell. Inner nine is the inner city with nine gates. Namely： Is the South three, namely the Zhengyang gate. Front door. Because the door is named in front of the Imperial Palace. It is the left side of Chongwenmen, because the Yuan Dynasty called a Wangyeh hade lived here, so we put the door that Hardman is on the right side of the front door; Xuanwumen, formerly known as the door. On the east side of the city wall, the two doors open are: Chaoyangmen, the Yuan Dynasty, and the gate of qi. Another gate is Dongzhimen, the city gate for transporting firewood and wood. The two city gate on the west side of the city wall is Fuchengmen. It is a city gate that uses camels to deliver coal to the city. Another seat is Xizhimen. It is the gate of special water transportation. When the emperor drew water from the Yuquan mountain carriage, he pulled it down. The two gates in the north have Deshengmen, and go out to war. They must start from Deshengmen in order to win the battle. On the north side of the city gate, called Andingmen, go out to fight, win victory also, when entering the city into Andingmen, a symbol of the eradication of the enemy, the realization of stability. The Tiananmen, Tiananmen Square, Dongan gate and Xian gate four gate. The minister dynasties, in accordance with the regulation of the East West into the imperial civil service, from Donghua toward the door. So in order to entry into the civil service in Dongcheng, convenient, like Liu Luoguo lived in Inverness alley dongcheng. Say, nine doors, eight point one bells. All the gates of the city were shut at night. Before closing, it is necessary to hit point. The point is an ancient percussion instrument. It is made of copper. It is similar to the shape of a peach. It is flat like shape. It is raised in the middle and is worn through two holes. When it