旅游英語景點介紹—韶山 Shaoshan

　　【簡介】韶山市位于中國湖南省中部，湘潭、寧鄉(xiāng)、湘鄉(xiāng)3縣市交界處，是湘潭市代管的一個縣級市。韶山地處于處于湘潭市市區(qū)以西，北、東與寧鄉(xiāng)縣麻山鄉(xiāng)、朱石橋鄉(xiāng)、三仙坳鄉(xiāng)毗連，東南與湘潭縣良湖鄉(xiāng)、楠竹山鎮(zhèn)接界，南與湘鄉(xiāng)市龍洞鄉(xiāng)、白田鎮(zhèn)、金石鎮(zhèn)接壤，西與湘鄉(xiāng)市白田、金石鎮(zhèn)相鄰。韶山市面積為247.3平方千米，轄3個鎮(zhèn)、4個鄉(xiāng)，市政府駐清溪鎮(zhèn)。韶山經(jīng)過韶山人民半個多世紀的艱苦創(chuàng)業(yè)，已由一個偏僻落后的山村，發(fā)展成為經(jīng)濟實力不斷增長，教育、科技、文化、衛(wèi)生水平普遍提高的縣級市。韶山是中國各族人民的偉大領袖毛澤東的故鄉(xiāng)，也是他青少年時期生活、學習、勞動和從事革命活動的地方，是全國著名革命紀念地、國家重點風景名勝區(qū)、全國愛國主義教育基地、中國優(yōu)秀旅游城市。

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen!

Today, we will go and visit Shaoshan, the hometown of Chairman Mao. Shaoshan is a small mountain village about 100km southwest of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, with some fairly beautiful scenery and a once typically Hunan village atmosphere, Shaoshan has been irreparably changed by history. On the 26th December 1893, a baby was born in a little house in this village, to a relatively wealthy peasant couple. The child was to grow up to become China’s Great Helmsman, Chairman Mao Zedong, and it was in this region that he spent his childhood and youth, attending school and helping his father with his work.

As the hometown of the great man of the generation, now Shaoshan is one of the important tourist zones in Hunan province. The major tourist sites including the Former residence of Chairman Mao, Memorial Hall of Mao Zedong, Water-dripping Cave and Steles Forest of Mao’s Poems，and so on.

The former residence of Chairman Mao is the most interesting site. Entered through a courtyard, the house is of a sunny yellow, mud brick walls, with a nicely thatched roof, and is found on a wooded hillside, above some lush paddy fields. There are 13 and one half rooms in the Former residence, which include one and half central room, a kitchen, a dining room, three family bedrooms and a guest room. Within the rooms are various personal effects of Mao and his parents, as well as photos from Mao’s life.

This is the central room, used by two families: Mao’s family and their neighbor. So we said that there is only one half of the central room belongs to Mao’s family. And this is there kitchen, where Chairman Mao often helped his mother doing some housework in his childhood. Go through the kitchen was Chairman Mao’s parent’s bedroom, there are two photos of Chairman Mao’s parents on the inner wall, and it was in this room where Chairman Mao was born.

The Dripping Water Cave, about 3 km northwest of the village, is a very popular destination, possibly because of the fact that Mao allegedly spent 11 days here in the early days of the Cultural Revolution Years (1966-76), contemplating the unknown.