1、冀教版（一起）四年级英语下册拓展资料UNIT 3 My Country and English-speaking CountriesLesson 18 ChinaTiananmen GateOn the national coat of arms of the Peoples Republic of China, the Tiananmen Gate is represented as the symbol of the revolutionary new China. Tiananmen Gate is located north of Tiananmen Square and leads
2、to the Forbidden City. It was built as early as 1417 and mentioned as the main gate of the former Imperial Palace, Chengtian Men. The gate is surrounded by a ring-moat, the Golden Water Spring, which was arranged to guard the Imperial Palace. The 33.7-metre-high Tiananmen Gate was used by the empero
3、r for grand ceremonies, for the launching of military expeditions under his personal command, and for his royal wedding. Imperial edicts were issued from the gate tower. In front of the entire complex stand two ornamental columns with carved decorations on the white marble. They are symbols of heavenly peace and the emperors authority
