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黄帝陵Goodmorning,Ladiesandgentlemen.TodaywearegoingtovisitTheYellowEmperorMausoleum,knownasthefirstChinesemausoleum.ThetombplacesatQiaoshan,Huangling,Yan'an,China.TheYellowEmperorMausoleumareawasarchaeologicallyprovedtobeaprimitiveclansettlement,forunearthingpotteryandstonetoolswithevidentYangshaoCultureFeatures.ItisoneoftheKeyHistoricalSiteunderStateProtectionofChina.InorderforeveryonetohaveaprofoundunderstandingabouttheYellowEmperorMausoleum,IwillintroduceHuangdifirst.HuangdiisalegendaryChinesesovereignandculturalherowhoisconsideredinChinesemythologytobetheancestorofallHanChinese,OneofthelegendaryFiveEmperors.Accordingtoancientrecords,HuangdiwasthesonofShaoDian,thegrandsonofFuXi.HisnamewasGongsun.BecauseheresidedintheXuanyuanhill,hewasreferredtoasXuanyuan.Foradvocatingagriculturalproduction,hewasalsoknownasHuangdi.HuangdihasbeencreditedwiththeinventionoftheprinciplesofTraditionalChinesemedicine,theHuangdiNeijing(InnerCanonofHuangdi).ThelegendofhisvictoryinthewaragainstEmperorChiYouattheBattleofZhuoluisseenastheestablishmentoftheHanChinesenationality.(黄帝）WearenowintheXuanyuansquare.Hereisthestartingpointofworshipingthemausoleum.TheXuanyuansquaregroundusednaturalpebblesfromqinlingrange,atotalof5000pieceswhichrepresents5000yearslonghistoryoftheChinesenation.InfrontofuswasPrintingpool.LegendhasitthatthepoolwasHuangdi’spenwashingplace.PrintingpoolcamefromriverZuwhichisregardedastheancestoroftheriver.Whennightcomes,therewillbeabeautifullandscapeabovetheriver.（印池）Now,wearethroughthebridgeXuanYuan.Thebridgeusedgranitestones,anditwasknownasthethefirstmodernChinesestonebridge.ThepathlinksXuanYuanbridgeandtemplecourtyardhas95steps,representingHuangdi’sloftystatus.Ascendthestairs,wecanseeabroadsquare.Inrecentyears,ritualsmostlyareheldhere.Nowpleaselookbackatthexuanyuansquareagain,Ibelieveyoucanfeelthegrand、solemnandprimitiveambience.（轩辕桥）XuanyuanTempleislocatedinthenorthofZuwater.Pleasefollowmeintotheholyplace.Itissaidthattheancienttemple,whichaimedtoworshiptheYellowEmperor,wasoriginallybuiltatthewestfootofBridegeHillintheHandynasty.ButintheSongdynasty,ithadbeenmovedhere.Consistingoffouryards,thetemplehasdoorsofhisarchitecturalstyleofhandynasty,decoratedwithhiprooftops,whitewallsandblackglazedtiles.Soitlookstallandterrifying,simpleandsplendid.AndthethreeChinesecharactersofXuanYuanMiaowaswrittenbyMrJiangDingwen.(轩辕庙）EnteringthegateofXuanYuantemple,wecanseeatoweringcypressisgreetingusonourlefthand.Theoldtreeisabout4700yearsold.LegendhasitthatthecypresswaspersonallyplantedbyHuangdi.In1982,theBritishforestryexperts,includingpeelcamehereafterexamining27countriesoftheworld.Theyexclaimedthatthiscypresswasthefatherofworldcypresses.In1998,thetreewasidentifiedasoneofChineseonehundredfomoustrees.（黄帝手植柏）ThispavilioniscalledStonePavilion.Therearefoursteles.ThefirststeleontherightisainscriptionwrittenbySunYat-senwhenhewasthetemporarypresidentofR.O.C.ThesecondonewaswrnttenbyChiangkai-shekin1942.Ontheleftside,thefirststelewaswrittenbychairmanMaoin1937whenthekuomintangandtheCommunistPartyworshipedHuangditogether.Thesecondsteleontheleftsidewaswrittenbydengxiaoping（碑亭）Leavingthepavilionandcontinuingtowalkin,wecanseeanengravedblockontheleftside.ThestoneengravedwithapairofhugeHuangdifootprints.ItissaidthattherearethreepairsofHuangdifootprints.Onepairisinhenan,anotherisinshandong,andthelastoneishere.Accordingtolocalpeople,ifsomeonehitsthebigtoewithacoinacrossthefence,hewillbelucky.（青石块）ThereisacypressinleftfrontofXuanYuan.EveryyearbeforetheTomb-sweepingday,thetreeholewilloverflowjuicelikeateardrop.AftertheTomb-sweepingday,juicestopsoverflowing.Becauseofthis,thecypressisknownasthemostunusualoneamongallcypresses.（古柏）Now,thearchitectureinfrontofusisXuanYuanPalace.ThepalacewasbuiltinMingdynasty.Goingintothehall,thedemireliefHuangdistatuecameintoourview.Theiconofournation’sancestorisbasedonthepictureoftheeasttempleHanWubeamandwasenlargedandsealedupontheapprovalofstateadministrationofculturalheritage.Thenewancestorworshiphallwasbuiltin2004andliesinthenorthofXuanYuantemple.OntheTomb-sweepingDayof2004,forthefirsttimethenationaletiquetteeboceremonywasheldhere.HuangditempleinheritsHanTangstyle,anditisacombinationbetweenancienttraditionsandthenewera.Beforethehouseofancestorsaregranitepavement.Thesquarecoversanareaofmorethan10000squaremeterswhichmakesitcanaccommodate5000festivalactivities.（轩辕殿）Thereisanothermonumentbeforetheburial,engravedwithqiaoshanlongyumeaningthatitistheplacewhereHuangdigothetheheaven.LegendhasitthatHuangdilivedmorethan100yearsold.TheGodwasmovedbyhisgreatachievements.Hesentadragonhelpwithhisascension.Huangdiwassurroundbypeoplewhodidnotwanthimtoleavecompletely.ThedragonleapedandcarriedHuangditotheheaven.PeopletoredownHuangdi'sskirt,bootsandswordinchaos.PeopleburiedHuangdi'sbootsswordandclothesasamemorial.AccordingtoShihChi,allemperorsworshipHuangdihere,sothisplaceisundoubtablelyrecognizedasHuangdi’smausoleum.Beforethestele”qiaoshanlongyu”,thereisanothersteleengravedwith“HuangdiTemple”writtenbyGuomoruoin1958.（黄帝陵）Ok,everyone,somuchfo