Unit 8 World Cultural Spots课文衡水体字帖-2023-2024学年高二上学期中职英语语文版（2021）基础模块2

Unit 8 淡墨水字帖 danmoshui.com1 / 1 The Palace Museum is located in the centre of Beijing. It is also called the Forbidden City, which is one of the largest and best ancient structures in the world. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty over 600 years ago and was also the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the Palace Museum has 9,999 rooms because 9 is considered a lucky number in China. It has thousands of precious treasures in it and is a national 5A tourist attraction. Every year, countless tourists from all over the world come to visit the Palace Museum. In order to protect the precious treasures in the Palace Museum, a lot of professional artists and masters are working hard to maintain them. They are protecting Chinese culture with their outstanding skills. People can also buy souvenirs in the styles of the precious treasures in the Palace Museum. In this way, the art of the Palace Museum is becoming more and more popular. 淡墨水字帖 danmoshui.com1 / 1 The Silk Road The Silk Road refers to ancient trade routes connecting China and Europe. There are three Silk Roads: the Northern Silk Road, the Southern Silk Road, and the Silk Road on the Sea. The Northern Silk Road starts from Chang'an (now Xian) to Dunhuang and goes west to Europe. The Southern Silk Road starts from Sichuan Province and goes south to India. The Silk Road on the sea starts from Guangzhou to Southeast Asian countries and Europe. The Silk Road is now on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Culture of the Silk Road The Silk Road contributed greatly to the cultural exchange between China and Western countries. From the second century BC to the fifteenth century AD, great civilisations like China, India, Greece, and Rome made exchanges along the Silk Road. The Silk Road is called the great Cultural Bridge between Asia and Europe. With this bridge, the Four Great Inventions of ancient China (paper making, printing, gunpowder, and compass) were introduced to Western