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TopTenTouristSpotsinChinaClass17王笛耿蕊王龄雪CONTENT1TheGreatWall2Guilinlandscape3ThePalaceMuseum/TheForbiddenCityinBeijing4TheWestLakeinHangzhou5Suzhougardens6TheYellowMountaininAnhui7TheThreeGorges8SunMoonLakeinTaiwan9ChengdeMountainResortTerracottaArmyinXi’an10Questions1HowmuchisthetickettotheWestLake?2HowlongistheGreatWall？TheGreatWallTheGreatWall,locatedinnorthernChina,is6700kilometerslongandthusknownasthe“wanlichangcheng”.Constructionofthewallwentonformorethan2000years,from7thcenturyto14thcenturyAD.ThewallhasbecomeasymbolofbothChina’sproudhistoryanditspresentstrength.GuilinlandscapeGuilinisinthenorthofGuangxi.Therearemanyfamousandbeautifulsceneriesthere.IfyoucometoGuilin,youwillknowhowclearthewaterisandhowgreenthehillsare.EveryyearmanytouristscometoGuilinforavisit.Youcanalsovisitthescenicspotsinthecityonfreebuses.ThePalaceMuseumThePalaceMuseum,alsocalledtheForbiddenCity,islocatedinthecentreofBeijing.ThepalaceusedbyemperorsoftheMingandQingDynastiesisthelargestandmostcompleteancientwooden-structurebuildingcomplexintheworld.ConstructionoftheForbiddenCitystartedin1406andlasted14years.24emperorswereenthronedthere.TheWestLakeWestLakeislocatedinthehistoricareaofHangzhou,thecapitalofZhejiangprovince.ItevolvedfromashallowbaythroughwhichtheQiantangRiverflowedintotheEastChinaSea.IntheancienttimesitiscalledQiantangLakeandXiziLake.Bytheway,theentranceoftheWestLakeisfree.TheWestLakeThenameofWestLakewasfixedasearlyastheTangDynasty.IntheSongDynasty,theChineserenowned(著名)poetSuShiwroteapoemtopraisetheWestLakeandcomparedittoXizi(西施),aChinesebeauty.Sincethen,theWestLakehasanothernameXiziLake.AndasitliesinthewestofHangzhou,itisusuallycalledtheWestLake.TheWestLakeCenteringaroundtheWestLake,thescenicareaisanationalscenicareawithatotalcoverof59squarekilometers.Themainattractionsinclude:TenscenesoftheWestLake,LingyinTemple,GeneralYuefeiTempleandPagodaofSixHarmoniesandsoon.TenscenesoftheWestLake：1.SpringDawnatSuCauseway(苏堤春晓)Itisathinstripoflandnearlythreekilometerslongcoveredwithpearflowerandweepingwillowtrees.Whenspringcomeswithcrimsonpeachblossomsandgreenwillows(杨柳),thesceneryisallthemorecharming(迷人的).AtthewesternendofBaiCauseway(白堤)islocatedalake,itisaspecialplacetoappreciatethemoonandtheeffectofmoonlightontheland.Themoonseemsespeciallybrightoverthewater.Thehillslookpurplishbathedinthemoonlight.TheWestLake6.OriolesSingingintheWillows(柳浪闻莺)2.Breeze-ruffledLotusatQuyuanGarden(曲院风荷)3.AutumnMoonovertheCalmLake(平湖秋月)4.MeltingSnowontheBrokenBridge(断桥残雪)5.ViewingFishatFlowerPond(花港观鱼)10.LeifengPagodainEveningCloud(雷峰夕照)7.ThreePoolsMirroringtheMoon(三潭印月)8.EveningBellRingingatNanpingHill(南屏晚钟)9.TwinPeaksPiercingtheCloud(双峰插云)SuzhougardensSuzhouisafamoushistoricandculturalcityinJiangsuProvince,andit’smorethan2,500yearsold.Suzhoufeaturesmorethan200ancientgardens.ThesmallprivategardensareespeciallyfamousnationwideandreflectarchitecturalstyleofSong,Yuan,MingandQingDynasties.TheYellowMountainTheYellowMountaininAnhuiprovince.TheareaofYellowMountainisabout154squarekilometers.Ithasmagicalsceneryeverywhere.Ithasthespecialpines(奇松),grotesquerocks(怪石),theseaofclouds(云海),andthehotspring(温泉)ThethreemainpeaksareLotusPeak(莲花峰),HeavenlyCapitalPeak(天都峰),andBrightSummit(光明顶).TheThreeGorgesTheYangtzeThreeGorgesisoneofthetenbigscenicspotinChina.Extendabout192km,theThreeGorgesmadeupofQutangGorge(瞿塘峡),WuGorge(巫峡)andXilingGorge(西陵峡).ItstartsfromBaidiCastle(白帝城)，toNanjinguan(南津关).SunMoonLakeSunMoonLakeisTaiwan’slargestnaturallake.TheEasternpartofthelakeisroundlikethesun,whilethewesternpartisshapedlikeamoon,sothelakeiscalled:SunMoonLake”.Betweenthe“sun”and“moon”isanislandwhichhaslongbeenasacredplacefortheShaopeople（邵族）.ChengdeMountainResortChengdeMountainResortwastheemperor’sSummerPalaceoftheQingDynastyinChina.ItislocatedinthenorthernpartofChengde,HebeiProvince.Gardenareacanbedividedintolakeparts,plainpartandmountainpart.In1994,itwasincludedintheUNESCO(联合国科教文卫组织)worldheritagelist.TerracottaArmyinXi’anTerracottaArmyinXi’anislocatedinLintongDistrict,35kilometerseastofXi’an,capitalofShaanxiProvince.Constructionofthemausoleumlasted38yearsandinvolvedover700,000workers.Overtheyears,atotalof50,000importantculturalrelicshavebeenunearthed.Youryouthisatimeoftotalempowerment.Yougettodowhatyouwant.Theworldisastunningplace,fullofoutstandingworksofart.Seethiswhileyou’restillyoung.Ifyoudon'tgoofftoseetheworld,youwillneverknowhowexcitingtheworldis!Questions1HowmuchisthetickettotheWestLake?2HowlongistheGreatWall？6700kilometersFreeTHANKYOU