Xuanwu Lake

賽項：2012年第二屆全國導游大賽

選手：畢卉（三等獎）

選送：秦淮區旅游局

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's a great honor to share one story with you.

On my day off, I'd like to bring my book and hammock to Xuanwu Lake Park. The breeze is blowing, and there are many tourists in the park. I'm looking for one cozy place to tie my hammock. When I lay down and close my eyes to enjoy the wind and the fresh air, I apparently feel the fresh breeze together with raindrops blowing. I just get up and find nobody there! I walk along the lakeside, the road is wet like rain before, there are some birds flying around the lotus flowers on the lake with tiny mist, this picture of fairyland really attracts me.

Nearby, an elder is smiling to me. I'm so surprised about his dressing and I asks: “Dear sir, are you making films here?” He smiles to me and says: “Do you want to know something interesting about Xuanwu Lake? Follow me.”

Suddenly, everything around us seems to be moving. I can't believe that was real. I seem to see a lot of soldiers with many ships made by wood, and the flags are fluttering in the wind under the name by “Wu”! “We are at the Three Kingdom Period. It's the first time the lake was put into use. After that, in Song dynasty the place you see convert more lakes into farmland.” With what he said, the scene changed; we can see vast tracts of fertile farmland, curl smoke and tree-lined village besides the lake.

What a concordant picture! “When history moves to Ming Dynasty ,this lake is closed around 250 years I want to tell you about why and how!”

Then we move again, when we stop, we are in front of one traditional building called “Huangce archives”. “What is that for?” I asked. That wise man said “It's a collection of the whole country's household registration and taxation into one book which we call Huangce. Huang means yellow only used for royal, and whole book is covered by yellow silk, that's why we get the name.” We open one book. We can see officials write every man's name and possess the land by himself precisely.

“Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang built 960 rooms in 4 isles, wrote 2,000,000 books, those isles all in the middle of the lake. On the other hand Xuanwu Lake is located far from the city. It's best defense against fire, a man-made destruction. That's why he chose the natural barrier, Xuanwu Lake, to build Huangce archives.” And in case of fire, the emperor said “No cooking on the isle , no lighting in the evening, and no bringing the open fires, otherwise people will be killed!” There is none fire accident happened in Xuanwu lake. In case of safety, the emperor built stone tablet set up around the lake. Civilians and animals are forbidden inside.

Around the lake there are full-time military defense, no fishing and no living closed to the lake, but they allowed the civilians to fish twice a year only in winter. “They force us to move our home from generation, no drinking and no farming in the lake!”

At this time, the old man said angrily “You know I'm the victim of this havoc, they just buried me besides those rooms to protect it to avoid mice disaster. How can he do that to me! Just because he is the emperor?”“No! My descendants will find out I didn't die to protect the emperor's property, I died to show my dignity.” His voice is getting louder and louder.

Then I heard a hurried step behind me, the wise man said to me “My child go, cherish the life that you are living, and learn lessons from my story! Good luck!” He disappeared suddenly. I tried my best to run, but I fell down, when I opened my eyes, I lay down on the grass, and the book was open on the page of Mao's story.

If you want to know more about Xuanwu lake ,welcome to Nanjing. I'll be with you!

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明朝

明朝（1368年―1644年）是中國歷史上最后一個由漢族建立的大一統中原王朝，共傳十二世，歷經十六帝，享國276年。

元末爆發紅巾起義，朱元璋加入郭子興隊伍。1364年朱元璋稱吳王，建立西吳。1368年朱元璋稱帝，國號為大明，因皇室姓朱，又稱朱明，定都于應天府；1420年朱棣遷都至順天府，以應天府為陪都。明初歷經洪武之治、永樂盛世、仁宣之治等治世，政治清明、國力強盛。中期經土木之變由盛轉衰，后經弘治中興、嘉靖中興、萬歷中興國勢復振，晚明因東林黨爭和天災外患導致國力衰退，爆發明末農民起義。1644年李自成攻入北京，崇禎帝自縊殉國。明朝宗室在江南建立南明，隨后清朝趁亂入關，擊敗大順、大西、南明諸政權；1662年永歷帝被殺，南明滅亡。

明代疆域囊括漢地，東北抵日本海、外興安嶺，后縮為遼河流域；北達戈壁沙漠一帶，后撤至明長城；西北至新疆哈密，后退守嘉峪關；西南臨孟加拉灣，后折回約今云南境；并在青藏地區設有羈縻衛所，還曾收復安南，明代極盛國土面積約達一千萬平方公里。

明朝是繼漢唐之后的黃金時期。明代無漢之外戚、唐之藩鎮、宋之歲幣，天子守國門，君王死社稷。清朝官方評價明朝為“治隆唐宋”、“遠邁漢唐”。