龙门石窟英文导游词[修改版]

第一篇：龙门石窟英文导游词龙门石窟 Ladies and gentlemen, now let’s appreciate the great works of ancient Chinese. Wha

第一篇：龙门石窟英文导游词 龙门石窟 Ladiesandgentlemen,nowlet’sappreciatethegreatworksofancientChinese.Whatwecan seenowisthefirsttempleinthewesternhill---QianxiTemple,whichwasbuiltintheearlyTang Dynasty.ThewordQianximeanshiddenstreaminChinese.Duringtheconstructionofthe temple,theworkersfoundahiddenstreamattheplaceofthecave,hencethename. AfterseeingtheQianxiTemple,thecaveinfrontusaretheBingyangCaves.Thecaves consistofthethreelargecaves,theNorth,theMiddleandtheSouthCaves.Theywereallbuilt undertheimperialcourtoftheNorthernWeiDynasty.Theprojectwasnotfinishedinthe NorthernWeiDynastyexceptthecentralonebecauseofapalacerebelling.Thereare11big statuesinthemiddlecave.Sakyamuniisofdignifiedandsereneappearance,whilehisdisciple andBodhisattvaareofslenderfigureandelegantlook,whicharethetypicalstyleofthelate NorthernWeiDynasty.Thefloorisengravedwithlotuspatternsandontherooftopisarelieveof flourishinglotusflower.TheSouthCavewascompletedinthelateSuiDynasty,andtheNorth CaveintheearlyTangDynasty,eachwithastyleoftheirowndays.IntheWestHillof Longmen,thereareseveral“themost”cavestofeastyoureyes.Justnow,wevisitedthe Ten-thousandBuddhaCavewith15000Buddhistimages,whichhasthemostBuddhaimages, andtheLotusCavewith2cm-highBuddhaimages,whicharethetiniestBuddhaimages. Andnow,we’vecometoanother“most”,theFengxianTemple,thesymbolorthesoulofthe world-knowngreatLongmen-grottoes,builtintheTangDynasty,anditisthelargestgrottoin LongmenTemplewithawidthof36metres(about118feet)andalengthof41metres(about 136feet).Thereareninemajorfiguresofvariousfacialappearancesandtemperamentsinthe templethatwerebuiltinaccordancewiththeBuddhistriteandtheirrelationshipsbytheartists. ThemostimpressivefigureisthestatueofVairocanaBuddhasittingcross-leggedonthe eight-squarelotusthrone.Itis17.14metres(about56.23feet)intotalheightwiththeheadfour metres(about13feet)inheightandtheears1.9metres(about6.2feet)inlength.Vairocana meansilluminatingallthingsinthesutra.TheBuddhahasawell-filledfigure,asacredandkindly expressionandanelegantsmile.AtthesidesofVairocanatherearetwostatuesofVairocana Buddha'sdisciples,KasyapaandAnanda,(HeavenlyKingandGreatMenofStrength)wearing prudentanddevoutexpressions.Thevariousappearancesanddelicatedesignsarethe representationsofEmpireTang'spowerfulmaterialandspiritualstrengthaswellasthehigh crystallizationofpeople'swisdoms. Ladiesandgentlemen,hereisthe“PrescriptionCave”,knownasYaofangDonginChinese, because140prescriptionswereengravedatthedoorwayorinsidethecave.Itwasstartedinthe NorthernQiDynastyandcompletedintheearlyTangDynastywithdurationof200years.The prescriptionspreservedinthecaveboasttheearliestofalltheprescriptioncarvingsofancient times.ThenwecometotheGuyangCave.ItistheearliestcaveinLongmenGrottoes.Ithasa historyofover1500years,andwasdevelopedonthebaseofanaturalcave.Therearethree