描写故宫的英语作文。

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英文原文：
　　Beijing the imperial palace, old called the Forbidden City, is China's 24 emperors of the Ming and qing dynasties of the palace. It is the essence of ancient Chinese han palace architecture, unique architectural masterpiece, is also the world's largest and most complete existing the ancient wooden structure buildings.
　　Beijing the imperial palace by emperor zhu di was four years (AD 1406) to start building, built in the Ming dynasty yongle eighteen years (AD 1420). The Forbidden City palace buildings are wood, yellow glazed tile roof, green white stone base, decorated with resplendent and magnificent painting.
　　The Palace Museum is located in the center of the central axis of Beijing, covers an area of about 720000 square meters, construction area of about 150000 square meters. The Palace Museum is also included in the world cultural heritage, national key cultural relics protection units, the national AAAAA level scenic spots.
　　中文翻译：
　　北京故宫，旧称为紫禁城，是中国明、清两代24位皇帝的皇宫。它是中国古代汉族宫殿建筑之精华，无与伦比的建筑杰作，也是世界上现存规模最大、保存最为完整的木质结构的古建筑群。
　　北京故宫由明成祖朱棣于永乐四年（公元1406年）开始建设，明代永乐十八年（公元1420年）建成。故宫宫殿建筑均是木结构、黄琉璃瓦顶、青白石底座，饰以金碧辉煌的彩画。
　　故宫位于北京中轴线的中心，占地面积约为72万平方米，建筑面积约为15万平方米。故宫还同时入选了世界文化遗产、全国重点文物保护单位、国家AAAAA级旅游景区。

FORBIDDEN CITY (紫禁城) (In front of the meridian gate) Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased to serve as your guide today. This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build the Forbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi. For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successive emperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy. It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple Forbidden City), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan (North Star) . The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperor was supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant position would be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of his residence. In folklore, the term “an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became a metaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastward immediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the Hanghu Pass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin (forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits to ordinary people. The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic. Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture. The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,900 rooms under a total roof area 150,000 square meters. A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9. 9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest on the four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: the Meridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate (Gate of Military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate (Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the Xihua Gate (Western Flowery Gate ) to the west, the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) to the east. Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build the Forbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers were employed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian County in Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province. Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks and scarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in Shandong Province. Timber was cut, processed and hauled from the northwestern and southern regions