湘西介绍英语.ppt

that’s all , thank you * The author of 《cities on the border》 He was the first Prime minister(总理)of The Republic of China (1912-1949)(中华民国) in 1913. SongZuyingThe golden phoenix flying out the mountain village Some delicious food Bacon（腊肉） Rice cake (年糕） Mould tofu(霉豆腐 ) Smoked sausages(烟熏香肠) Rake intestinal blood(血耙肠) Rice tofu(米豆腐) The melon in August(八月瓜) The style of building(建筑风格) The diaojiao building(吊脚楼) Clothes（服饰） Customs(风俗) Sacrifice(祭祀) Crying marriage(哭嫁) Activities(活动) Mao goose(茅古斯)（一种舞蹈） Club later（社巴节） ------Xiangxi （湘西） Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.(湘西土家族苗族自治州) Now, let me lead you to the mysterious of Xiangxi Driving Corpses(赶尸) Origin?of?driving?corpses As?we?all?know,the?Chinese?always?miss?their? hometown.So?they?want?to?return?back?to?the ?birthplace?after?they?died.But?there?are?many? mountains?in the?western of?Hunan.The?roads?are ?rugged.What's?more,the?people?that?died?there?were?always?too?poor?to?afford?the? transportation?expense.It?is?difficult?to?transport?the?corpses（死尸）.Because?of?these,someone?had?invented?this ?method. Earlier,if?you?are?in?the?mysterious?mountain ?village?of??Xiangxi,you?are?likely?to?see?dead ?bodies?walk.Next?day?in?the?village,a?line?dead?bodies?with?wide?black?shroud（尸布）come?out?of?the?house?. Driving?corpses?is?a?kind? of?traditional?witchcraft （巫术）.It?can?make?the?dead? body?walk.The?people who?guide?the?dead? dodies are?called?the?cast? corpses?potter(赶尸匠或红衣老司) Method of poison(蛊毒) centipede（蜈蚣） Scorpion（蝎子） Taratulas(毒蛛) Let’s see some beautiful scenery Fenghuang is one of the most beautiful ancient towns in China. The minoritis(少数民族) Tujia and Miao living there generations by generations, Most houses are built near The tuojiang,they are called Diaojiao buildings, a special house type of Tujia. These in fenghuang was built in Qing Dynasty. As most old cities, there are many shops on the sides of the streets. They sell specialtis of Xiangxi, such as Ginger sugar(姜糖