Yuejiang Tower Scenic Area

賽項：2014年第四屆南京市導游大賽

選手：季映雪（三等獎）

選送：秦淮區旅游局

Ladies and gentlemen, good morning!

Now, we are on the way to Yuejiang Tower Scenic Area, which is located in the northwest of Nanjing.

Yuejiang Tower is standing on the top of Lion Mountain, near the bank of the Yangtze River . It is one of the 10 famous cultural towers in China.

On the left, that is the marvelous and splendid Yuejiang Tower. 600 years ago, ZhuYuanzhang defeated his strong rival ChenYouliang , which set up the basis for the reign of Ming Dynasty and for taking Nanjing as the capital. Therefore, he planned to build a tower to memorize it. He named the tower as Yuejiang and ordered every civil minister to write an article named Record of Yuejiang Tower, but, this construction plan was cancelled due to several reasons. Till 2001, after 600 years of no tower but having records, Yuejiang Tower was eventually finished and opened up to the public, which became the fourth famous tower in China, following Huanghe, Yueyang and Tengwang Tower.

On the way to Yuejiang Tower, we can learn more about Nanjing's history as well as its cultural connotation along the Yangtze River.

Now we are passing the earliest railway station called Nanjing West Railway Station which is located on the bank of Yangtze River. It was first constructed in 1909 and was rebuilt as Nanjing Xiaguan Railway Station by Kuomintang government in 1930. After the liberation in 1949, the station was under reconstruction and named as Nanjing West Station which is still in use. The station had once become the flourishing transportation center in East China.

In front of us is Grand Heaven and Earth Mall, which is located in the commercial center of former Xiaguan District. It is one of the key trading programs of Nanjing 11th Five-year Project. With the great promotion of the project named Yangtze River Time, the Grant Heaven and Earth Mall is taking its task to further historical heritage and to import the most advanced commercial activities, so as to build a five-star entertainment and shopping center for citizens in Nanjing.

Dear guests, this road is called Zheng He Road. Zheng He was the great navigator who started the voyage to western oceans from the moat of Jinghai Temple in 15th century.

On the left side of the road, there is Nanjing Jinghai Temple, It was given the name of Jinghai by the emperor Zhudi, meaning all seas were calm. On August 29,1842, the Nanjing Treaty was signed, which was the first unequal treaty in the modern history of China.

On the east side of Jinghai Temple, you can see Tianfei Palace. It was built in the 5th year of Yongle period in the Ming Dynasty, which was 1470, when Zheng He came back after the first voyage. In order to appreciate the safety on the sea on the mercy of the goddess Mazu, which is called Tianfei in Chinese, Emperor Zhu Di gave the approval to build Tianfei Palace.

Later, it became a popular tradition to visit Tianfei Palace for worship and outing activities around Mazu's birthday each year.

Ladies and gentlemen, now, in front of us is Yifeng Gate, which is one of the 13 city gates built in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this gate was the main channel to the Yangtze River of Xiaguan area, which played an important strategic role in the period of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Republic of China and Anti-Japanese War.

Dear guests, Yuejiang Tower is here. Please follow me and enjoy more interesting stories and marvelous sceneries.

Thank you for listening.

關鍵詞點擊

長江

長江發源于“世界屋脊”——青藏高原的唐古拉山脈各拉丹冬峰西南側。干流流經青海、西藏、四川、云南、重慶、湖北、湖南、江西、安徽、江蘇、上海11個省、自治區、直轄市，于崇明島以東注入東海，全長約6300千米，比黃河（5464千米）長800余公里，在世界大河中長度僅次于非洲的尼羅河和南美洲的亞馬遜河，居世界第三位。但尼羅河流域跨非洲9國，亞馬遜河流域跨南美洲7國，長江則為中國所獨有。

長江干流自西而東橫貫中國中部。數百條支流輻輳南北，延伸至貴州、甘肅、陜西、河南、廣西、廣東、浙江、福建8個省、自治區的部分地區。流域面積達180萬平方公里，約占中國陸地總面積的20％。淮河大部分水量也通過大運河匯入長江。

長江干流宜昌以上為上游，長4504公里，流域面積100萬平方公里，其中直門達至宜賓稱金沙江，長3464公里。宜賓至宜昌河段習稱川江，長1040公里。宜昌至湖口為中游，長955公里，流域面積68萬平方公里。湖口至出海口為下游，長938公里，流域面積12萬平方公里。

知識拓展

下關火車站

南京下關車站位于下關區龍江路8號。1908年滬寧鐵路建成通車后，稱為滬寧鐵路南京車站；國民政府定都南京后，改稱南京下關車站；汪偽時期，一度稱為南京車站；1968年底，位于玄武湖北側的南京火車站建成后，定名為南京站；下關火車站因相對位置處于西部，所以更名為南京西站。

下關車站初建于清光緒三十一年（1905年）。1930年，國民政府鐵道部對車站進行重建。1947年，國民政府對下關火車站進行擴建。擴建工程由基泰工程司楊廷寶建筑師設計，徐順興營造廠建造，當年完工。1948年，又增建站臺1座。1949年，國民黨軍隊撤退時，車站中央大廳遭到毀壞。中華人民共和國建立后，南京市人民政府重新修造，建成了1800平方米的候車廳。南京下關火車站作為民國時期南京的重要門戶，在當時發揮了巨大的作用。

1912年元月1日，孫中山由上海到南京就任中華民國臨時大總統，便是經過下關火車站進入南京城的。

1946年的“下關慘案”就發生在下關火車站內。當年5月5日，國民政府還都南京。此后，蔣介石集團以南京為中心，策動反共內戰。1946年6月23日，上海市各界群眾10余萬人舉行反內戰、要和平的群眾大會，推選出以馬敘倫、胡厥文、閻寶航、雷潔瓊等11人為代表的上海人民和平請愿團，前來南京向國民政府請愿。當請愿團于當晚到達下關火車站時，擔任津浦鐵路調查統計室主任的中統特務頭子陳叔平，糾集一批暴徒，偽裝成蘇北難民，把請愿代表圍困在候車室和西餐廳，大喊大叫乃至大打出手，毆傷包括代表團團長馬敘倫在內的代表團成員多人。前往歡迎代表團的民盟代表葉篤義、現場采訪的《大公報》記者高集、《新民報》記者浦熙修也遭毒打。暴徒們行兇鬧事5個多小時。這就是駭人聽聞的“下關慘案”。