
Ladiesandgentlemen
Helloeveryone!MynameisLiHugo.Whatdoyoucallme?JustcallmedirectorLi.I'mgladIcanaccompanyyoutovisittheForbiddenCity.
LocatedinthecenterofBeijing,theForbiddenCityistheimperialpalaceofMingandQingDynasties.Itiscalledthe"ForbiddenCity".ThePalaceMuseumexperiencedtwodynastiesofMingandQingDynastiesand24emperors.ThePalaceMuseumisalarge-scale,750meterswideintheWestandEast,960meterslongintheSouthandNorth,coveringanareaof720000squaremeters,withmorethan150000squaremetersofbuildingsandmorethan1000houses.Itisthelargestandmostcompleteancientbuildinginthehistoryoftheworld.WhenyouenterthegateoftheForbiddenCity,youwillseefivewhitemarblebridges.Whyaretheyfive,insteadofseven,eight,oreventen?Itturnsoutthatemperorsinancienttimesmusthavesuchcharacteristicsasbenevolence,righteousness,propriety,wisdom,andfaith.That'swhytheyarefivestonebridges.
Therearehundredsofstonepillarsonthebridge.Therearecountlesslittlelionscarvedonthepillars.Someofthemnodandfrownasiftheyaresadandunhappy.Someofthemopentheirteethandclawsasiftheyareshowingtheirpower.TheimperialgardenoftheForbiddenCity,formerlyknownasthepalacehouyao,coversanareaof12000squaremeters.
InthecenterofWei'anhall,thegardenbuildingsarebuiltwithstonebricks,andthesymmetricallatticebricksarecompact.TheimperialpavilionwasbuiltonDuixiumountaininthenortheastofthehall.TheemperorascendedhereontheDoubleNinthFestivaleveryyear.
Well,tourists,let'shavearesthere.Youcanalsotakepicturesofyourfavoritescenicspotsandpayattentiontohealthandsafety.