白马寺的英语导游词 篇4

　　Luoyang is a thousand year old capital. There must be many world-famoushistoric sites, such as Longmen Grottoes, Tianjin bridge, Baima temple and soon. My favorite is Baima temple.

　　When I was seven or eight years old, I had the honor to visit Baima Templeonce. I'm totally attracted by the first ancient temple in China after twothousand years of wind and rain.

　　The ancient temple was built in 68 ad. In 1961, it was announced by theState Council as one of the first batch of key cultural relics protection unitsin China. There are many magnificent buildings in Baima temple, such as Tianwanghall, Great Buddha Hall, Daxiong hall, reception hall and so on. Moreover, Baimatemple is also the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, and also known as "Zuting"and "Shiyuan".

　　It is said that one night in AD 67, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han and Mingdynasties had a dream of an immortal with a golden body surrounded by light,flying from afar and landing in front of the imperial palace. Emperor Hanmingwas very happy. The next day when he went to court, he told his dream to hisministers and asked them what was sacred. Taishi Fuyi was erudite and versatile.He told the emperor of the Han and Ming Dynasties: "it's said that there is aGod in the Western Tianzhu (India), who is called Buddha. He can fly in theillusion and radiate light all over his body. The emperor, you may dream ofBuddha!" so the emperor of the Han and Ming sent envoys Qin Jing, Wang Zun andother 13 people to the western regions to pray for Buddhism. Three years later,they returned to Luoyang with two Indian monks, jayamotong and zhufalan. Theybrought back a number of sutras and Buddha statues and began to translate someof them. It is said that forty two chapters of the Sutra is one of them. Theemperor ordered the construction of China's first Buddhist temple in Luoyang,the capital of China, to house famous Indian monks with high moral standing andto store the precious sutras and statues they brought.

　　Baima temple is not only the first ancient temple in Chinese history, butalso a place with many vivid Buddha statues and magnificent buildings.

　　When I visited Baima temple, I saw many vivid Buddha statues. There are notonly Maitreya, the "joyful Buddha", which is vivid and interesting, but also thefour majestic heavenly kings. There is a big contrast. I was deeply impressed byanother scene. That's Qiyun tower. Although this pagoda is not very magnificent,it has a curved body, which gives people the feeling of exquisite and small.

　　Baima temple is an ancient temple that has experienced thousands of yearsof wind and rain. It is the pride of our people in Luoyang!