南通英文介绍.ppt

Nantong 南 通 Nantong is a city in Jiangsu Province. It is in the west of the Yellow Sea. And it is besides Yangtse River, separating with Shanghai because of the river. In the early 20th centry, it developed very fast. So it is called the first modern city in China. Nantong is famous for one mountain ,one water and one person The Wolf Mountain（狼山） Langshan is a well-known hill of Nantong City.There are 5 mountains in NanTong. Langshan is the tallest one.it is not high but very noticeable and beautiful. For thousands of years, it has been praised by a lot of artists. The Song dynasty calligrapher Mi Yuanzhang , named it “First Mountain”;What’s more, Wang An’shi , the great writer, also felt amazing after the tour of Langshan . Langshan is 106.94 meters above sea level, is the highest one and the most graceful, with so many cultural relics. the other four mountains such as Zhongxinggongyue, Langshan became the first of these five mountains. According to a legend story, Langshan had its home on The White Wolf, but also,due to the mountain is denominated after the shape of wolves. In Song Chunhua years (990 ~ 994 A.D.) Reign Yang Jun indecent thought of the name---- The Wolf, The Wolf changed to the Lang Shan, and then mostly, because of the purple mountains of rock, so to the next following generations , the mountain is also known as The Purple Mountain Lang , Nantong City, which also got the "Purple Lang," another name for this elegant. Overlooking the city from the Yangtze River, we can see clearly that Langshan Hill links with Junshan and Jianshan hills to the east and with Ma'an and Huangni hills to the west . Standing on the top of Langshan Hill, we can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery surrounding water which can extend to our horizon. The main places of interests include the Great Sage Hall and the Faru Hall. 法乳堂取“佛教正法滋养弟子之法身，犹如母乳之于幼儿”之义，我们说如饮醍醐，醍醐是牛奶的精华，这里命名法乳堂，也比喻佛法是人间思想的精