各位游客朋友们大家好，欢迎大家来到丽江古城参观游览。我是您此行的
导游员。 Good morning, my dear friends, welcome to Lijiang ancient town. I am your tourist guide.
丽江古城坐落在玉龙雪山下丽江坝子的中部，因四周青山环绕，城中碧水滢滢，宛如一方碧玉大砚而取名为“大研镇”。古城始建于南宋后期，距今约有800年的历史了，历代均为滇西北的政治、军事重镇。
Lijiang ancient town is located on the foot of the Yulong snow mountain and in the middle of Lijiang basin. It is surrounded by green hills and filled with blue lakes, just likes a huge jade ink stone, which is “yan” in Chinese the pronunciation. So it was named “Dayan Town”. With long history of 800 years, the ancient town was originally built in the late Southern Song Dynasty and had the important political and military status in history.
细心的朋友也许已经发现，丽江古城是一座没有城墙的古城，这是为什么呢？这是因为丽江世袭统治者姓木，筑墙势必如木字加框而成“困”字，所以木氏土司因忌讳而不设城墙。
My dear friends, maybe you have found that Lijiang ancient town has not the wall around it. Do you know why? Because the family name of the hereditary rulers in Lijiang was Chinese character “MU”. If the wall around the town was built and the rulers’ family lived in, it would like the Chinese character MU changing to the “KUN” with the meaning of being trapped. Because of this taboo, the wall was not built.
古城布局以三山为屏、一水相连，以水为脉，顺势自然。玉河水在这里分为西河、中河和东河，河水在古城里再分成更多的支流，走街过巷，穿墙进屋，形成家家流水，处处小桥的景观。被誉为是“高原姑苏”和“东方的威尼斯”。古城街道布局中“经络”设置和“曲、幽、窄、达”的风格、错落有致的设计艺术在中国现存古城中是极为罕见的，于1997年被联合国教科文组织列入世界文化遗产名录。
The town is defended by three mountains and different parts of the town are linked by Yu Rivers. It is naturally laid out. The Yu River consists of West River, Middle River and East River. The rivers go through the streets, alleys and flow along the houses, forming more tributaries. The scenery of the small bridges over the flowing streams is known as “the Gu Su city on the plateau” and “Venice in the east”. The layout of body channels, the style of “winding, deep, narrow and convenient” and well-arranged design are rarely reserved in Chinese ancient town. It had been listed as the world culture heritage by the UNESCO in 1997.
说话间，我们就到了古城门口了，请大家随我一起进去参观游览吧！（也可以不要）
Ok, we are at the gate of the ancient town. Please follow me to visit in the town.
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