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【开场白】
Dear tourists, good morning! Welcome to the Chen Family Temple, hailed as the "Pearl of Lingnan Artistic Architecture"! I am your tour guide today and I am very glad to introduce you this architectural treasure that integrates Lingnan folk arts and crafts!
尊敬的游客们，早上好！欢迎来到被誉为“岭南建筑艺术明珠”的陈家祠！我是今日为您服务的导游，非常荣幸能向各位介绍这座融合岭南民间工艺的建筑瑰宝！
【概况】
(Chen Family Temple was first built in 1888 (the 14th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty) and completed in 1894. It’s an outstanding representative of Qing Dynasty ancestral hall architecture in Guangdong.) Chen Family Temple is used as a place of their clannish activities on special occasions as well as a shrine for offering sacrifices to their common ancestors. And, it is also called Chen Clan Academy, for it was a school for children of the Chen families. It is known as “the Pearl of Lingnan Artistic architecture”, because the temple structure itself is a comprehensive expression of the exquisite Guangdong folk arts and crafts. Hence, in 1959, it became the Guangdong Folk Art Museum.
（陈家祠建于清光绪十四年（1888 年），1894年落成，是广东清代宗祠建筑的杰出代表）。陈家祠用以供奉他们的共同祖先，并作为他们在喜庆或其他场合进行宗族活动的地方。(英汉互译)陈家祠又名陈氏书院，是陈氏子弟读书求学的学堂。（1.陈家祠有那些功能？）(英汉互译)在建筑装饰艺术上，陈家祠集广东民间工艺之大成，被誉为“岭南艺术建筑明珠”，故1959年辟为广东民间艺术博物馆。（2.为什么陈家祠被誉为“岭南艺术建筑明珠”）
(Notably, the Chen Family Temple has a rigorous layout with clear primary and secondary structures. Following the traditional Chinese symmetrical layout along the central axis, it consists of 9 halls, 6 courtyards, 10 side rooms and long corridors, fully following ancient architectural principles and showing solemn, balanced and harmonious beauty.
值得一提的是，陈家祠的建筑布局极为严谨、主次分明。整体采用中国传统中轴线对称布局，由九座厅堂、六个院落、十座厢房和长廊巷组成，完全遵循古代建筑原则，尽显庄重、平衡的和谐之美。)
【正门】
Let’s start from the main entrance. The two portraits on the door-leaves are door-gods. Original they were two legendary gods-- Shentu and Yulei-- said to catch ghosts and protect the house from evil. Attired in fancy armors and holding ropes, they looked awe-inspiring.
让我们从大门开始。(英汉互译)首先可以看到大门上的人像为门神，最初的门神为神茶和郁垒,是传说中能制服恶鬼护卫宅第的神。他们身披盔甲，手拿绳索，丑怪凶恶。
The stone drums at the main entrance are a symbol of social status of the Chen family. In the feudal society, people could place a pair of drums in front of their house only when someone in their family obtained an academic degree of “jinshi” or higher, a title given to the successful candidates in the imperial examination. In 1893, the year before the temple was completed, a member of the Chen family, Chen Botao, achieved the title of “Tanhua”, the third-place scholar in the highest imperial examination, and so these drums were placed here in his honor.
(英汉互译)正门外两侧的石鼓为门第的象征。在封建旧中国，只有当某家族中有人在科举中取得进士以上的名次时才能在其宅第前安放大鼓。（3.请介绍一下陈家祠正门外两侧的石鼓。）光绪十八年（1893年），即陈家祠落成前一年，陈氏家族中一个叫陈伯陶的人中了探花，故在此安放了这对石鼓。(4-4.为什么正门外两侧的石鼓是陈家门第的象征？)
On the right side behind the stone drum outside the gate, there is a relief sculpture called “To Be Conferred a Title of Nobility” with implicative meaning. The bird, the deer, the bee and the monkey combine to imply that the Chen family would be awarded noble titles, high salaries and official positions by the imperial court, because the Chinese characters for bird, deer, bee and monkey are homonymous respectively with “title”, “salary”, “grant” and “marquis”.
在门外石鼓右侧后方，有一被称为“爵禄封侯”的浮雕，寓意深远。鸟、鹿、蜜蜂和猴子结合在一起，意味着陈家族的人将被朝廷授予学术荣誉，并被任命头高薪的高级官员，因为“鸟”““鹿”“蜜蜂”““猴子”的汉字分别与“爵”“禄”“封”“侯”的汉字同音。（4-1.广州陈家祠大门外右边石鼓后的墙上的石雕爵禄封侯寓意什么？）
On the wall, on either side of the main entrance is a picture carved on bricks, depicting different stories from Chinese historical novels. They are regarded as representative works of the exquisite Guangdong brick-carving.
(汉译英)正门外两边墙上的砖雕描绘了两个不同的历史故事，是广东砖雕艺术的代表作。
【首进大厅】
Passing through the main entrance, we arrive at the front hall. The wood carvings here are extraordinary, perfectly embodying the saying “no wood without carving”. Look at this inverted Chinese “Fu” (meaning “happiness” or “good fortune”)-- it’s on the back of the wood carving, so it’s placed upside down. In Chinese, "dao" (inverted) and "dao" (advent) are homophones, so the inverted “Fu” implies “happiness arrives”.
穿过正门来到首进大厅，这里的木雕堪称一绝，完美诠释了“无木不雕”的说法。这是倒置的“福”字——因位于木雕背面，故呈倒转状态。中文中“倒置”与“降临”同音，故倒置的“福”字寓意“福运降临”或“幸福来临”。（4.请解释一下陈家祠的“福到” 图（背面的“福”字）。）
Another pattern shows a hen and some chicks are leisurely looking for food under the big leaves of banana tree. The chickens here are likened to the present generations of the family. Also, the big leaves of the banana tree are compared to the great property or great wealth created by past generations, because the Chinese words for “大叶(big leaf)” and the words for “大业” (“great property” or “great wealth” ) are homophones of each other.
(汉译英)请看这幅图案：一只母鸡和数只小鸡正在芭蕉树下悠闲自在地觅食。这些鸡其实比作现世中的两代人；而芭蕉树叶很大，＂大叶＂与＂大业＂同音，故芭蕉的大叶子比作先辈们所开创的＂大业＂。
There is also a picture suggests that young man can learn quickly but great academic achievements needs years to shape, which illustrates the meaning of an English proverb “Rome was not built in a day”. This is to encourage people to study with perennial efforts.
(英译汉)还有一幅图案则提醒人们：年青人学习进步很快，但要在学业上有所成就，却并非一朝一夕的事，很可能要到晚年才成大器。
【聚贤堂】
Passing through the Front Gate, we arrive at Juxian Hall-- the central building of the Chen Family Temple. It is not only the core venue for the clan to hold gatherings and discuss important affairs, but also the soul of the entire architectural complex. The interior is splendidly decorated. Looking at the tops of the balusters are carved various Lingnan fruits: peach, star-fruit, papaya, lychee and so on. They are symbolic offerings to the Chen ancestors.
穿过头门，便来到了聚贤堂。聚贤堂是陈家祠的中心建筑，也是族人举行聚会和议事的场所。堂内的装饰华丽非凡，(英译汉)平台的栏杆柱顶端分别雕有各种岭南佳果，如蟠桃、洋桃、木瓜、荔枝等。这是陈氏族人向他们的祖先供奉的象征性的供品。（5.请解释一下陈家祠 “岭南佳果” 供品。）
【后堂】
Finally, we arrive at the rear hall of the temple and it was a place where the Chen worshiped their ancestors. There used to be ancestral tablets on the shrine, arranged in order of seniority in the family. The one at the top was “Emperor Shun”, who was believed to be the remote ancestor of the Chen family.
(英汉互译)后堂是陈氏族人祭祀祖先的地方。这里的神龛上安放着陈氏祖先的牌位，正中最高者为陈氏远祖舜帝，后世列祖按辈分排列。
【建筑装饰】
The decorative art of the Chen Family Temple has strong Guangdong local characteristics. Decorated from top to bottom and inside out, its column, eaves, ridge, stairs, doors and windows are all decorated with crafts like wood-carvings, brick-carvings, stone-carvings, ceramic sculptures, lime sculptures and iron castings. They are made into flowers and trees, insects and birds, animals and human figures and even architectural complex. These works are not only serve as decorations but are also convey symbolic meanings or depict Chinese historical and mythological stories. For example, peonies symbolize wealth and nobility, twin lotus flowers on one stalk represent conjugal love, and lions stand for power and dignity.
陈家祠的装饰艺术极具广东地方色彩，因为该祠从上至下，从里到外，无论是柱、檐、脊、台阶、门窗等都饰以木雕、砖雕、石雕、陶塑、灰塑或铁铸构件等工艺品。（4-3.你能列出用于装饰陈家祠的雕刻类型吗?）这些工艺品不但起到艺术装饰的作用，而且广罗各种历史、神话故事，一些花、鸟、虫/、鱼、飞禽、走兽雕塑及其构成的图案还隐寓各种意义；如牡丹代表富贵，莲花（并蒂莲）代表夫妻恩爱，狮子代表权力与尊严等等。（4-2.为什么说陈家祠在建筑装饰艺术上具有浓厚的广东地方色彩？）
【结束语】
Dear friends, our tour of the Chen Family Temple ends here. I hope you all have a meaningful time and have a deeper understanding of this place. Every brick and tile embodies the crafts-men’s wisdom, and every carving carries the clan’s expectations. Please protect the cultural relics. Thank you for listening, and wish you a safe and pleasant journey!
亲爱的朋友们，我们对陈家祠的参观至此结束。希望大家在此收获充实而富有意义的时光，对陈家祠有更深的理解与认识。陈家祠的一砖一瓦都凝聚着工匠的智慧，每一处雕刻都承载着宗族的期盼。请保护文物。感谢大家的聆听，祝您旅途愉快、平安顺遂！
