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FamenTemple
InChina,manytempleshousetreasuresandartifacts,butthesheerquantityandqualityoftreasuresintheFamenTempleisrare.SituatedinFamenTownofFufengCounty,about120kilometers(about74.57miles)westofXian,FamenTempleisrenownedforstoringtheveritablefoursliversofthefingerboneoftheSakyamuniBuddha.
FamenTemplewasestablishedintheEasternHanDynasty(25--220),forcarryingforwardBuddhism.ThemostrepresentativestructuresinthetemplearetheFamenTemplePagodaandFamenTempleMuseum.
Atthecenterofthetempleisthe13-tieredoctagonalpagodaunderwhichitissaid,asliverofthefingerboneofSakyamuniburied.In1981,subsidenceofthepagodaledtoreconstruction,duringwhich,anUndergroundPalacewasdiscoveredunexpectedlyin1987.Manyroyaltreasuresandjewellerywerefoundhere-morethan2,000piecessurroundedtheTangmandala(geometricdesigns,usuallycircular,symbolizingtheuniverse).ThemostpreciousarethefoursliversofveritablefingerboneoftheSakymuniBuddha.Atpresent,thisisthebiggestBuddhistundergroundpalacesofardiscovered.Fromthegrandarchitecturalstyle,itissaidtohavebeenestablishedintheTangDynasty(618-907).Butwhy,andhowsuchprecioustreasureswerestoredunderthepagoda.TracingbacktoamostflourishingtimeinChinesehistory,formerly,FamenTemplewastheroyaltempleduringtheSuiDynasty(581-618)andTangDynasty.EmperorsinSuiandTangbelievedthatenshriningandworshipingtheboneofSakyamuniwouldbringrichesandpeacetothelandanditspeople.Soanofferingoftreasuretothefingerbonewasmade,itwashousedintheUndergroundPalace.
Duetotheappropriatecollectionandfurtherexpoundingoftheculturalconnotationsofthetreasurestothepublic,theFamenTempleMuseumwasestablishedin1987,whichincludesmostoftheprecioustreasuresfromtheTangDynastyremovedfromUndergroundPalace,includinggoldandsilverware,coloredglazeware,porcelainandsilks.Owingtomoreandmoretouristsandtheircuriositytotherelics,twonewexhibitionhallswereestablishedin2000.Theexhibitionareaexpandedfrom500squaremetersto3,000squaremeters,whichwellcatersfortheinterestoftourists.
Nowadays,this,themostfamousBuddhisttemple,FamenTemple,playsasovereignroleinChinesereligion,andappealstotouristsfromallovertheworld.
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FamenTempleislocated118km(73miles)westofXianandwasbuiltduringtheEasternHandynasty(25-220AD)tostorearelicofBuddha抯fingerbone.In1987thelargestBuddhistundergroundpalaceinChinawasalsouncoveredhere.
Thetemplehousesmanyprecioustreasuresincludingmorethan2,400goldandsilveritems,glazedwares,porcelain,pottery,jewelryandtextileproductsoftheTangimperialcourt.
岳麓书院英文导游词
Goodmorning!LadiesandGentlemen：
TodaywewillgoandvisittheYueluAcademy!YueluAcademy
isoneofthefourfamousacademiesinChina,
anditwasestablished
byZhudong,magistrateofTanzhouprefecturein976A.D
atthetimeofNorthernSongDynasty.
Theacademyaccepteddisciplesthroughout
theSong,Yuan,MingandQing
Dynasties.Itwasonlyin1903thattheacademy
wastransformedfromaschool
oftraditionalConfucianlearningto
aninsituteofhigher
learningandin1926itwasofficially
namedHunanUniversity.
Earlyin1015,EmperorZhenZongoftheSongDynastyawarded
theacademyhidMajesty’sown
handwriting“YueluAcademy”onatablet.
Formthenonmanyfamous
scholarsandgreatthinkersgavelectureshere,
amongthemwereZhangshi,
ZhuxiandWangYangming,thusmaking
agreatimpactontheprovince’
scultureandeducation.
Mostoftheexistingbuildingsherewereconstructionsof
theMingandQingDynasties,andthebulkoftheengravedstoneplates
and
inscribedtabletshaveallbeenkept
intact,In1956theacademy
waslistedasahistorical
siteattheprovinciallevelandlater,
in1988itbecame
ahistoricalsiteatthestatelevel.
Thelastrestoration
projectstartedin1981
andthemajorpart
wascompletedin1987.
Now,hereweareatthe“HeXiPlatform”,“HeXi”meansthe
“thesplendour
ofthesunrise”,ItwasnamedbyZhuxi,agreatidealistphilosopher
oftheConfucian
schoolduringtheSongDynasty,Theplatformwas
firstbuiltonthetop
ofYueluhill,byZhanshi,andlaterin1528,
apavilionwasbuiltonit,Butitbecamedesertedwiththepassing
time.In1790Luodian,themasteroftheacademy,builtaplatformat
thepresentsite,In1820,thesucceedingmaster,OuyangHoujun,
renamedit“HeXiPlatform”inordertomemoryZhuxiandZhanshi.
Itwasrestoredin1868.
