South-district—Leshan-Giant-Buddha

Southdistrict—OnthewayLeshanGiantBuddhaGoodafternon,mayIcomein?Dearmadam,Dearsir,thisismyIDcard.MynameisChenfei.Dearmadam,Dearsir,today,I’mgoingtoshowyouGiantBuddha,mayIbeginnow?thankyou!途中Goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen,todaywewilltourLeshanGiantBuddhaScenicArea.DepartingfromChengdu,after2hoursand150kmofdriving,passingPengshan,Meishan,Wewillreachthereinabout5minutes.介绍乐山LeshancityislocatedinsouthwestofChengdu,coveringanareaofabout13thousandsquarekilometers,thislandhasemergedtheGiantBuddhaandtheMountain-Emei.In1996,theGiantBuddhaandMt.EmeiwereincludedinUNESCONaturalandCulturalWorldHeritage.In2000,LeshanwasconferedasOutstandingTourismCityofChina.位置1Nowwearecrossingtheriver,thisbridgewascalledMinjiangBridge.Itwasconstructedin1971.Thebridgeisabout500minlengthandcanwithstandseriousfloods.ThebridgelinkedtheGiantBuddhaScenicAreawithDowntown.三江BelowethebridgeisthefamousMinriver,Leshanisacitysurroundedbythreerivers,theyareQingyiRiver,DaduRiverandMinRiver.TheMinriveristhemainriverflowingthroughSichuan.TheseriversnurturedtwoofthemostfamousliteratorsinChineseHistory——SuDongpoandGuoMoruo.AsearlyasSongdynasty,therewasasayingthat：“Inchina,themostbeatifulplacewithmountainandwaterisinSichuan,what’smore,inSichuan,themostbeatifulplacewithmountainandwaterisinLeshan.”Leshanhappenstobeoneofsuchwonderfulplaces.Beauseofthis,LeshanisalsobeingcalledExcellentEcologicalCitybyUnitedNation.旅游业TourismhasbecomethemainindustryinLeshan,About30millionpeopleathomeandabroadcametoLeshanin2013,theyspokehighlyoftourisminLeshan.佛教Leshanisatourismcity,Notonlythat,itisalsoabuddhistcity.Mt.Emeiisoneofthe“fourbuddhismmountains”inChian.Asweknow,ThefourfamousChineseBudhistattvahaveeachoftheirownashram,Mt.EmeiistheashramofPuxian.NotfarfromMt.EmeiisLeshanGiantBuddha,oneofthemostmagnificenttouristattractionstopeople.TherearemanyotherBuddhacarvingsintheworld,forexample,theBamyanBudhhainAfghanistan,MuogaokuBuddhainDunhuang,andmanymoreothersscatteredthroughouttheworld.HoweverwheneverwetalkaboutgiantBuddhastatues,thefirstthingcometoourmindistheLeshanGiantBuddha.Why?Becauseitisthelargestcarvedstonestatueintheworld.So,BuddhismisnotcreatedinChina,butitwascarriedforwardbychinese.MoreandmorebelieverscometoLeshantoworshipthebigbuddhaandMt.Emeiforthousandsofmiles.位置2Howtimeflies!Pleaselookforward,themountainaheadofusisMountainLingyun,andthebigBuddhaissittingquietlyinthemountain.WhycallitLingyun?becausethemountainissoaringthroughtheskiesandreachingtheclouds.转换Aswespeak,wehavealreadyreachedMt.Lingyun.Pleasebringyourpersonalbelongingswithyou.Let’sgetoffthebusandfollowmeclosely.UNESCO[ju:'neskəu]nurture['nɝtʃɚ]培育Ecological生态的mining['maɪnɪŋ]矿业ashram['æʃrəm]修行的处所bodhisattva[,bodɪ'sʌtvə]菩萨scatter分散['skætɚ]serene[sə'rin]平静的encourage鼓励[ɪn'kɝrɪdʒ]LeshanGiantBuddhaScenicAreaGoodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen,nowweareattheentranceoftheLeshanGiantBuddhaScenicArea.地理位置LeshanGiantBuddhaislocatedintheeastofLeshancity.It’sastonestatueofBuddha,andwasconstructedintheTangDynasty.TheBuddhasitsontheMtLingyun,wherethethreeriversconverges,theyareQingyiriver,DaduriverandMinRiver.独特性Threegenerationsofpeopletook90yearstocompletetheBuddha,andithasbeingsittinghereformorethan1200years.ItistheworldlargestcarvedstoneBuddha.Ithasbeingsaidthat“themountainisthebuddha,andthebuddhatakesthesizeofthemountain.”游览线路MayIhaveyourattention,please!ladiesandgentlemen,wewilltourtheMt.Lingyun,LeshanGiantBuddhaandfinallyDongpoBuilding.Itwilltakeabout2hours.Pleaseremembermymobilephoneandcallmeifyouneed.Pleasebecarefulandprotecttheenvironment.讲解点Alright,ladiesandgentlemen,aftervisitingtheMt.Lingyun,WearenowstandingatthefootoftheGiantBuddha.I’msurethateveryoneissurprisebythegreatstonestatueinfrontofyou.PleaselookatthebigBuddha!Thestatueoccupiestheentirehillside,hisheadreachesthetopofthecliff,andhishandsrestonhisknees,andhisfaceislookingattheLeshancitypeacefully.Withasereneface,heencouragethepeoplekeeptheirinnerpeace.大佛数据HowbigistheGiantBuddha?Iwillshowyou.TheheightoftheBuddhais71m,whichisabout24-layershigh,and18mtallerthantheBamyanBuddha.TheBuddha’searis7minlength,andtwostrongmencanstandinit.TheBuddha’sfootis8.5minwidth,whereisabout100peoplecansitonitatease.Youcanevenputfewtablesonitsfeetandholdafeasttogether.Thus,itishardtodoubtthat,LeshanGiantBuddhaisthelargeststonecarvedBuddhaintheworld.大佛科学性I’msurethereisaquestioninyourmindnow,whyistheBuddhaabletowithstandthechallengeofnatureformorethan1200years.ThereweretwofactorsthathelpedtheBuddharetainitsform.Firstofall,TheBuddhaisbuiltatthebackofMtLingyun.HidinginthebackofmountaincanhelptheBuddhaavoidwinderosion.Secondly,thereisadrainagesystemplacedatvariouspartofBuddha,fromheadtoear,armtochestandeventheclothes.ThedesigncanhelpthebodyofBuddhatoletoutrainwater.大像阁Ontopofthegreatbuddha,therewasapavilionbuilttocovertheBuddhaago.UnfortunatelyitwasdestroyedbywarattheendofMingdynasty.Howeveryoustillcanseetracesofthepaviliononthesideofcliffs.TheBuddhaismagnificentontheappearance,andelaborateontheinnerdesign.Withthesequalities,theBuddhabecamethemountain,andthemountainbecametheBuddha.