Golden Whip Stream Tourism Guide Words
 2017-05-07 11:35:45   Zhangjiajie Toptourism Website  

Golden Whip Stream-金鞭溪-Jinbianxi(金鞭溪导游词中英文版)

Hello, Friends, Welcome to Zhangjiajie for sightseeing. Now the first spot you will visit is Jinbianxi-- Golden Whip Stream.

Jinbianxi is one of the most beautiful valleys in the world. It is about 7.5km long and 30-50m wide. Jinbianxi is like a blue silk ribbon around the matchless beauty, which displays the beauty of "3000 strange peaks and eight hundred fine waters" to the utmost.

Then, what a valley is Jinbianxi after all? Shen Congwen, a famous Chinese writer, praised it to be "Maid of Zhangjiajie". Wu Guanzhon-the then promoter of Zhang jiajie and a famous Chinese painter, praised it as "A world in children stories". Now let's go and unveil the mysteries of Jinbianxi along the footprints of Mr.Shen and Mr.Wu.

Please carefully look at the strange plants on the left side.They are the National First-class Protective Plants--dove trees. The dove tree is a perennial woody flower, which generally blossoms in the end of spring and beginning of summer. The flower is white, but its stigma has slight purplish red, like a dove's head and mouth, and its flower has two long and big bracts, like a pair of wings. The whole shape of the flower is like a flying dove. This is a peculiar kind of trees of China and foreign friends endearingly call it "The Chinese Dove Flower".
Please look at both the sides of the valley before you. What you are seeing is a tall and luxuriant tower-like tree--dawn redwood, also one of the national first-class protective plants. The dawn redwood is a very ancient tree. People once thought it had thoroughly disappeared as a result of the assault by the Quaternary Period Glacier. In 1941, the botanist of our country discovered it in Modaogou of Wanxian. Sichuan Province. In 1982,when Zhangjiajie was developed ,we found large areas of dawn redwoods and other rare plants of over 3,000 species growing here .This is really a huge wealth the great nature has bestowed us.

Please look to the right front. Before us ,the stone pillar towering into the sky is the Jinbianyan--the Golden Whip Rock, well-known far and wide. Jinbianxi is named just because it always runs past Jinbianyan.This rock is 378m high, just resembles a lifted steel whip, directly pointing into the sky, making people watch it with awe. What's more, its stone structure is that of red quartzose sandstone and limestone,which,in the sunshine,illuminates golden lights,and hence the name Golden Whip Rock. It is the highest, steepest and most magnificent stone peak in the scenic area of Zhangjiajie. As people praise: "Everywhere you can see famous mountains and great rivers. Only Golden Whip Rock is the most marvelous of all the marvelous".
Look, there is something more marvelous still. A huge peak is leaning closely onto the left side of the magic Whip. It resembles a powerful eagle, with its head lifted. One of its wings is flapped, ready to soar into the sky, while the other is still mightily half-embracing the Golden Whip Rock.So it is called "The Condor Guarding the Whip", also one of the ace scenic spots of Jinbianxi.

After seeing the spectacle of Golden Whip Rock, you may wonder why the nature should be so mysterious. As demonstrated by science, three hundred and eighty million years ago, it was a vast sea here. About one hundred million years ago, as the result of lash by sea waves, quartzose sandstone deposited over 500m thick on the sea floor. Later, this place became dry land after the strong rise by the new structure movement. When the land surface rose, with the action of flowing water, some small sands and stones were washed away. Besides, rocks collapsed under the action of gravity, and were washed slowly by rainfalls and streams. All these factors have made Zhangjiajie area a rocky and woody landform of peculiar quartzose sand stone, which is composed of a series of pillars and peaks, square mountains and valleys. Seeing this marvelous scenery, we cannot but sigh for the uncanny craftsmanship of great nature.

We are enjoying singing birds and fragrant flowers in mountains. Please notice those strange-shaped flowers along the stream. They rather resemble lobsters.Right,they are called "Lobster Flower". It is a rare herbaceous plant, which sprouts in spring, blossoms in summer,and bear fruits in autumn and whose leaves fall in winter.
People say that Wulingyuan has two bright eyes, and now we see one of them--Purple Grass Pond(Zicaotan).It is so called because a kind of purple grass was said to always grow on the wall of the pond. Here, the river course abruptly widens, and the waters rushing down from Shadaogou. After about 15m of repeated blocking, no longer have so many ripples and waves, The surface of the pond is as tranquil as a mirror. The pond, with a width of 4m and a depth of about 5m,is the hoted for the national secon-class protective animals--giant salamanders, and once was the production place of the renowned Golden Whip Fish. Now, my explanation is come to an end. Thank you.

1.金鞭溪因何而得名
Jinbianxi is named just because it always runs past Jinbianyan

2.被稱為“最富有詩意的溪流”是Golden Whip Stream金鞭溪

3.金鞭溪有著“千年長旱不斷流，萬年連雨水碧清”美譽
Suffering from thousand years of drought,its water will never run dry; Suffering from endless excessive rain, its water will always be green.

4.金鞭溪是世界時最美麗的峽谷之一，整個峽谷全程？
It is about 7.5km long

5.金鞭溪就好比是張家界這位絕代佳麗身上的？
It is like a blue silk ribbon around the matchless beauty.

6.著名文學家沈從文先生讚譽金鞭溪是
Shen Congwen praised it to be "Maid of Zhangjiajie"

7.當年張家界的宣傳者著名畫家吳冠中讚譽金鞭溪是
Wu Guanzhong praised it as "A world in children stories"

8.請介紹國家一級保護植物珙桐
The dove tree is the National First-class Protective Plants. The dove tree is a perennial woody flower, which generally blossoms in the end of spring and beginning of summer. The flower is white, but its stigma has slight purplish red, like a dove's head and mouth, and its flower has two long and big bracts, like a pair of wings. The whole shape of the flower is like a flying dove. This is a peculiar kind of trees of China and foreign friends endearingly call it "The Chinese Dove Flower".

9.張家界國家森林公園的標誌景點 Golden Whip Rock金鞭岩

10.金鞭岩是整個張家界景區最高、最鬥、最壯觀的石峰，人們稱讚它是“名山大川處處有，唯有金鞭奇上奇”
"Everywhere you can see famous mountains and great rivers. Only Golden Whip Rock is the most marvelous of all the marvelous".

11.請述說張家界的國家一級保護植物水杉
The dawn redwood tree is a tall and luxuriant just like tower. It is also one of the national first-class protective plants. The dawn redwood is a very ancient tree. People once thought it had thoroughly disappeared as a result of the assault by the Quaternary Period Glacier. In 1941,the botanist of our country discovered it in Modaogou of Wanxian. Sichuan Province. In 1982,when Zhangjiajie was developed, we found large areas of dawn redwoods and other rare plants of over 3,000 species growing here .This is really a huge wealth the great nature has bestowed us.

12.張家界的楠木共有多少種？試舉5例 Nanmu trees
光葉石楠Photinia glabra; 紅葉石楠Photinia fraseri; 虎皮楠Daphniphyllum oldhami;           
香楠Machilus zuihoensis Hayata; 赤楠Syzygium buxifolium.

13.娃娃魚的學名 Giant salamander 大鯢

14.全世界只有哪些國家有娃娃魚？
China, Japan and America. 中國,日本,美國

15.娃娃魚因何而得名(Baby fish)
It is named just because its voice like the babies' cry

16.著名的“娃娃魚之鄉”
The hometown of the baby fish, The Sangzhi country of Zhangjiajie(張家界桑植縣)

17.張家界一種其一的映花楠有何特徵
There are many fantastic furrows on the board of it, such as mountain peaks, running water, flowers, grass, sun, moon, and even flying birds and running wild animal.
映花楠板子上有十分奇特的紋路，有山峰，有流水，有小草，有花朵，有太陽，有月亮，有飛翔的小鳥，有奔跑的野獸。

18.位於水繞四門柏柳岩下孤臺上的人文景觀是 Zhangliang's tomb張良墓。

19.金鞭溪沿溪遍佈著一種形狀怪異的什麼花 The Lobster Flower龍蝦花

20.金鞭溪的龍蝦花是一種珍貴的草本植物，它什麼時候發芽？什麼時候開花？什麼時候結實？什麼時候落葉？
It is a rare herbaceous plant, which sprouts in spring, blossoms in summer, and bear fruits in autumn and whose leaves fall in winter.

21.位於張家界二級保護動物娃娃魚生活的溫床在哪？
The Purple Grass Pond (Zicaotan)

22.紫草潭因何而得名。
It is so called because a kind of purple grass was said to always grow on the wall of the pond.