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北京故宫英文导游词 FORBIDDEN CITY紫禁城 In frontof themeridian gate Ladies andGentlemen: I ampleased toserve asyour guidetoday. This isthe palacemuseum;also knowas thePurple Forbidden City.It isthe largestand mostwell reservedimperial residencein Chinatoday.Under Ming Emperor Yongle,construction beganin
1406.It took14years tobuild theForbidden City.The firstruler whoactually livedhere wasMingEmperorZhudi.For fivecenturies thereafter,it continuedto bethe residenceof23suessive emperorsuntil1911when QingEmperor Puyiwas forcedto abdicatethe throne.In1987,the UnitedNations Educational,Scientific andCultural Organizationrecognized theForbiddenCitywas aworld culturallegacy. It isbelieved thatthe PalaceMuseum,or ZiJin ChengPurple ForbiddenCity,got itsname fromastronomy folklore,The ancientastronomers dividedthe constellationsinto groupsand centeredthem aroundthe ZiweiYuan NorthStar.The c...。