南京景点英语导游词.docx

南京景点英语导游词

导语：南京是中国四大古都、首批国家历史文化名城，有着许多值得一看的景点。以下是小编带来的南京景点英语导游词，供大家阅读和借鉴。

篇一：Dr.SunYatsen’sMausoleum

AmongthehistoricalandculturalattractionsinNanjing,thebestknownisDr.SunYatsen’sMausoleum.

Dr.SunYatsen’sMausoleumsitsonthesouthernslopeofthePurpleMountainintheeasternsuburbsofthecity.DesignedbyayoungarchitectLuYanzhi,themausoleumtookmorethan3yearstobuildandcost1.5millionsilverdollars.TheconstructionbeganonMarch12,1926andcompletedin1929whenDr.SunYatsenwasburiedthereonJune1.

Dr.SunYatsen,alsonamedSunWenorSunZhongshan,isconsideredasthefatheroftheChinesedemocraticrevolution.BorninapeasantfamilyinGuangdongProvincein1866,hehadhisprimaryeducationinHonolulu,Hawaiisponsoredbyhiselderbrotherfrom1878to1883.Hewassosadwhenhesawthepovertyofthecountryuponhisreturn.Chinahadbeenasuperpowerforcenturies.ButsincethemiddleofQingDynastyinthe1800’s,Chinabegantodecline,whichowedagreatdealtothecorruptionsandincompetenceoftheQinggovernment.Foreigninvasionsandpeasantrebellionsmadeitevenworse.TheOpiumWarin1840endedwiththe“TreatyofNanjing”.Chinawasforcedtopayanindemnityof21millionsilverdollarsandcedeHongKongtotheGreatBritainandopen5freeportcitiestothewesterners,whichwereGuangzhou,Xiamen,Fuzhou,NingboandShanghai.FollowingwerethewarsagainlaunchedbyFrancein1883andJapanin1894.TheChinesepeoplelivedinamiserablelife.Theywerereferredtothe“sickmanoftheOrient”bythewesterners.Dr.SunYatsendreamedtosavethenationbypracticingmedicineandthatledhimtoHongKongtolearnmedicinewhenhewas21yearsold.However,itdidnotwork.TherealitymadehimgiveuphismedicalcareerinhishometownandMacaobutturntopoliticsin1893.

Fromthenon,hekeptpetitioningtotheQinggovernmentforreformsbutwasneverresponded.Atgreatdisappointme