山西英文介绍-ppt2003版.pptVIP

My Hometown Shanxi ProvinceName:FengYanming The basic situation of Shanxi Shanxi is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northern part of the country. It borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north. The provincial capital city is Taiyuan. Shanxi is endowed with an abundance of cultural sites from its long history. Most of the ancient structures were built before the Liao and Song Dynasties. So it is the reason why Shanxi is often called the Chinese Ancient Architecture Museum. The more obvious of these include: the Buddhist wonder of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, the Ancient City of Pingyao which was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization联合国教科文组织) in 1997. Shanxi ’s history There is a old saying that Five thousand years civilization at Shanxi. Shanxi has a long history, the humanities ceremony, with rich historical and cultural heritage. She is known as the Chinese ancient cultural museum , also known as the cradle of Chinese civilization”. Do you know, “NvWaBuTian legend happened in Shanxi. Historically, many emperors treated Shanxi as capitals. Such as Yao, Shun, Yu ,Xia dynasty and so on. What’s more ,I think Shanxi was famous for Traders and Shanxi exchange(晋商和山西票号）.There were many ancient buildings witnessed of Shanxi economy thriving. Shanxis festivalDragon head(龙抬头） According to legend, the second day of lunar February is a day that everything come back to life ,we called this day “dragon head”. In shanxi, people are used to cut hair on this day.Haishijie(寒食节 )The day before the Qingming festival, jinzhong area of people, every family no fire, this day eating cold food , in order to remember Jiezitui .Locals called this day “HanShiJie .Shehuo(社火)On Lantern Festiyal,people will Take floats(搭彩车)、Hang lantern(挂彩灯)and perform all kinds of Street art performance(街头表演)like Ha