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1、钟楼与鼓楼The Bell Tower and The Durm Tower大家好！我们是来自陕西师范大学附属中学高二二班的韩会东、王 靖淅、刘馨怡。下面有我们来为大家介绍钟楼与鼓楼Hello everybody!We are Han Huidong,Wang jingxi,Liu xiyi from The highschool aftiliated to Shannxi Normol University Class 2 Senior grade 2.Now we are going to introuduce The Bell Tower and The Durm Tower.在西安繁华
2、的东西南北四条大街交汇处，巍然屹立着一座雕梁画栋 、气势雄伟的古典建筑物，它古时用来在清晨敲钟报时，故称钟楼从建 成之日起，钟楼就一直被看作是古城西安的象征，现为陕西省重点文物 保护单位。In the downtown area of Xian at the intersection where the North,South,East and West Streets meet,stands a magnificent classical building.With carved beams and painted rafters,its known as the Bell Tower.It
3、 has gained its name from the function it used to perform,to tell the time in the morning.Ever since its establishment,the tower has become the symbol of Xian.Now it is a historic monument in Shaanxi Province. 钟楼始建于1384年。最初位于西大街的迎祥观。当时，这里是西安 城的中心。公元1582年，西安城扩建，钟楼位置偏到城西侧，于是将原 来的钟楼拆掉，在扩大了的西安城正中，重新修建了钟
4、楼。The Bell Tower was first built in 1384 in the Yingxiang Temple which used to be located in the center of the city.The tower was moved to its present place in 1582 as a result of the city expansion programme.关于钟楼，民间流传着种种神奇的传说。明朝关中几次发生地震， 死伤几万人。于是就有人说，西安市中心有一条大川流过，川中有条蛟 龙在兴风作浪，因此引起了地震。西安知府对此话深信不疑，即命
5、全城 铁匠赶制了一条百余丈的铁链，将蛟龙锁住沉入川底。后又征用5000名 能工巧匠，在蛟龙被锁住的市中心夜以继日地赶俢钟楼，以便将蛟龙牢 牢地锁压川底，使它再无法兴妖作怪。说也奇怪，自从修了这座钟楼， 西安也就再没有发生过地震。There have been various legendary tales about the Bell Tower.In the Ming Dynasty tens of thousands people were killed in several earthquakes on Central Shaanxi Plain.People said that a g
6、igantic dragon in the huge undercurrent that flowed beneath the city caused all those quacks. When the goverer of the city heard this,he ordered all the smiths in the city to make a chain 300 meters long to chain the dragon at the bottom of the under- current,right in the center of the city.He then
7、ordered 5,000 skillful craftsmen to build the tower over the place where the dragon was chained so that it would be weighed down to the bottom of the under-current forever,its eveil spells.这个传说听起来十分荒诞，然而并不是一点缘由也没有。明太祖朱 元璋出身贫苦，父母早逝后，只好给别人放羊，后又出家当了和尚。他 当皇帝后，怕全国各地出现真龙天子和他争位，于是就下令各地广俢钟 楼镇压龙气。秦中自古帝王州，龙气尤
8、盛，朱元璋当然更为害怕。因而 西安的钟楼不但修得早，而且也修得高。The tale may sound absurd;however,it is not without reason.The first emperor of the Ming Dynasty was born in a poor family.His parents died when he was young.He had to work as a shepherd,herding sheep for the rich landowners.Later he went to a temple and became a mon
9、k.When he ascended the throne,he was afraid of being deposed by someone of real “dragon“.Therefore,he ordered bell towers to be built all over the country to repress the “dragon spirits“.Xian has been the site of imperial capitals ever since ancient times.Just as popular then as now,the saying that
10、the“dragon spirits“ must be running rampant here comes from this belief.This made Zhu Yuanzhang,the emperor,all the more afraid.Therefore, the Bell Tower in Xian was not only built earlier,but also taller than the other ones in the country. 钟楼基座是正方形，占地1377.4平方米，高8.6米，宽35.5米，全部 用青砖砌成。楼为砖木结构，高36米。外部重檐
11、3层，但内部仅上下两层 。楼檐四角攒顶，檐下饰有彩绘斗拱。“斗拱”是我国古代木结构建筑的 特点之一。在世界建筑史上也是独一无二的。它不但能使建筑物更加牢固 ，而且更加美观。斗拱在商代就已出现，在我国青铜器的花纹上，可以看 到较完整的斗拱图像。建国后，市人民政府对钟楼进行了3次大规模的修 葺，使这座古建筑又放出了昔日的光彩。现在，沿钟楼内木楼梯盘旋而上 ，古城风貌尽收眼底，在晴朗的日子里，还可以看见远处的终南山呢！The square-shaped based of the tower occupies an area of 1337.4 square meters and is 8.6 met
12、ers high and 35.5 meters wide. The base was completely laid with blue bricks. The building proper is a mixed structure of bricks and wood, and it is 36 meters high. Three storeys of eaves are seen from the exterior of the building. The interior of the building is only two storeys. The eaves are supp
13、orted by colorful dougong-a unique Chinese architectural style of brackets inserted on the top of column and crossbeams. They not only made the whole building firm, but also look artistic. In fact, the dougong architecture has a long history, dating far back to the Shang Dynasty. A comparatively com
14、plete design of dougong can still be seen, from the engravings on bronze wares dating back to the Warring States Period .Since 1949, the Municipal Government of Xian has launched three repair programmes on the tower. As a result, the tower now looks as great magnificent as when it was first built hu
15、ndreds of years ago.Today,if you climb the Tower by way of its wooden stairs,you will command an extensive view over the whole city.If you are lucky to go on a fine day,your eye sight might reach as far as Zhongnan Mountain in the far southern suburb of the city.和钟楼遥遥相对，在钟楼西北方半华里处，可以看到又一座宏伟的 古建筑鼓楼。它
16、创建于公元1380年，比钟楼早4年。以前楼上悬架 一面大鼓，傍晚击鼓报时，与钟楼上的钟形成“晨钟”“暮鼓”，故称作鼓 楼。后来不再用来报时，是在战争时才擂鼓报警。About 300 metres to the northwest of the Bell Tower,stands another magnificent building_The Drum Tower,which was built in 1380,four years older than the Bell Tower.There used to be a huge drum in the tower which told the time at dusk;hence,the name Drum Tower.The bell in the Bell Tower and the drum in the Drum Tower,have been referred to as“The Morning Bell“and the “Dusk Drum“. Later,the drum was no longer
