泰安英文介绍a(共3页).doc

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上1Taian is located in the middle part of Shandong Province, bordering upon Jinan, Qufu and Zibo. Because of its important geographical position and convenient traffic conditions, Taian becomes the indispensable part of the Eastern Coastal Economy Belt and the Economic Zone around the Bohai Sea. Taian is in the region from longitude 11602 to 11759 east and latitude 3538 to 3628 north, with 176.6 kilometers in length from east to west and 93.5 kilometers in width from south to north, covering an area of 7,762 square kilometers. It consists of two districts (Taishan District and Daiyue District), two county-level cities (Xintai City and Feicheng City) and two counties (Ningyang County and Dongping County), having a population of 5.5 million people. Situated in the continental half-moist monsoon climate district of the Temperate Zone, Taian enjoys a pleasant climate with an annual average solar radiation amount of 117.9 kilocalories per square centimeter, an annual average sunshine time of 2627.1 hours, an annual average temperature of 12.9℃ and an annual average precipitation of 697mm. The total amount of annual average usable water resource is 1.92 billion cubic meters, among which the amount of usable surface water is 1.39 billion cubic meters.Taian is remarkable for its culture and tourist resources, among which Mount Taishan is popular in the universe. In 1982, Taian has been authorized by the State Council, to be among the first group of the tourist city opening to the foreign tourists. The name Taian is right derived from Mount Taishan and an idiom "Guo Tai Min An" meaning "The country is prosperous and its civilians live in peace". Relying on the gifted tourist resources of Mount Taishan, Taian has been honored with "An Excellent Tourist City of China" and "The National Sanitary City". Taian has a long term of industrial construction and development. It has advantages in the traditional items, such as energy, metallurgy, machinery, electron, chemical industry, building materials, textile, biological medicine, food and beverage. Through the year-long construction and development, a modern high-tech industrial system has been formed and rapidly developed2 Mount Taishan, with a scenic area of 426 square kilometers and an elevation of 1,545 meters, is located in the middle of Shandong Province. As one of the cradles of Chinas ancient culture along the Yellow River, Mount Taishan is called DaiZong (the paramount mountain) and DongYue (the Eastern Mountain, means the first of the Five Sacred Mountains). It was listed as World Cultural and Natural Heritage site in 1987 and Global Geopark in 2006, by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). To the tourists in the universe, Mount Taishan is a fantastic attraction of China, which is among the first group of "Top Ten National Tourism Brands", "Tourist Areas Listed As Grade 5A", "National Civilized Tourist Areas", and is No.1 of "Focuses of Tourist Areas in 2008", "Top Ten National Famous Mountains", "Top Ten European Popular Tourist Areas". Mount Taishan is also honored to be the first "Calligraphy Mountain" in the nationwide.Formed about 28 hundred million years ago, Mount Taishan is well known for its picturesque landscapes, including steep cliffs, deep canyons and gorges, astonishing apexes, fantastic rocks, luxuriant vegetation and refreshing springs, etc. Sunrise, Sunset Glow, Golden Belt of the Yellow River and Sea of Clouds are its four wonders. Besides, according to the characteristics of different scenic areas, Mount Taishan is divided by five valleys into six areas, which is defined respectively secluded, spacious, beautiful, mysterious, elegant and wonderful.Combined the magnificent natural scenery with the brilliant historical culture, Mount Taishan is not only a popular tourist scenic area but also an epitome of Chinas history and culture. From ancient time till now, Mount Taishan is believed as a blest and sacred mountain which is capable to benefit the country and its civilians, symbolizing peaceful life and harmonious politics. Beginning with the First Emperor of Qin over 2,200 years ago, more than a dozen emperors came to this reverend peak to hold ceremonies to pay their homage to the mountain and the gods of heaven and earth. The civilians worship the mountain with sincere esteem. Buddhism and Taoism coexist harmoniously in the mountain. There are 22 ancient construction complex, over 100 other buildings, more than 1,800 above carved stones, nearly 20,000 ancient trees and numerous poems and masterpieces written by scholars throughout different dynasties. For example, there are masterpieces of ancient constructions as Dai Temple, the South gate to Heaven, BiXia temple; precious stone inscriptions of past dynasties as Qin dynasty stone inscriptions, inscriptions rocks of the Diamond Sutra, cliffs with inscriptions of Tang dynasty; ancient trees like pine tree。