Ming Tombs suffer from human damage

时间：2007-06-30 02:27:21

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Chinanews, Beijing, June 29 – The Ming Tombs in Beijing, which was listed by the United Nations as a world cultural heritage site in 2003, is suffering from serious damages.

 

“The landscape in the Ming Tombs is being destroyed,” said Li Dezhong, deputy director of the Ming Tombs Office.

 

Local farmers grow crops near the Ming Tombs and there are many residential1 houses, shops, and amusement grounds set up nearby. These have greatly damaged the integrity of the natural landscape in the vicinities of the Ming Tombs, Li said.

 

The Beijing municipal government recently urged local government in the Ming Tombs to set plans to relocate residents out of the area and tear down all buildings that damage the natural landscape of the Ming Tombs.

 

Located in the southern slope of the Tianshoushan Mountain in Changping district, the Ming Tombs is the resting place for thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

 

The Yongling Tomb, the burial place for Emperor Shizong and his three empresses, is located near Yongling Village. Although it is not as big as Changling, a tomb that has been open to the public as a tourist site, Yongling is considered as one of the best preserved one of all the 13 tombs.

 

However, this reporter found a large dirty pigsty2 standing3 well beside the Yongling Tomb, in sharp contrast to the royal wall surrounding the tomb. When visiting the tomb, many tourists are repelled4 by the unpleasant smell from the pigsty.

 

Yongling is not an exception. In many other tombs, such as Shaoling and Jingling5, many residential houses have sprung up just beside the walls of these tombs. Outside the walls, numerous tourist facilities crowd on both sides of the street, serving as an important source for boosting local economy.

 

Residential houses, commercial facilities and entertainment venues6 have destroyed the natural landscape and integrity of the Ming Tombs. Commercial activities might generate some profit for local economy in the short run, but the degradation7 of the cultural relics8 was degraded will cause local government to lose more in the long run, an expert told this reporter.

 
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1 residential kkrzY3     
adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的
参考例句：
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
2 pigsty ruEy2     
n.猪圈，脏房间
参考例句：
  • How can you live in this pigsty?你怎能这住在这样肮脏的屋里呢？
  • We need to build a new pigsty for the pigs.我们需修建一个新猪圈。
3 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
4 repelled 1f6f5c5c87abe7bd26a5c5deddd88c92     
v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开
参考例句：
  • They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
5 jingling 966ec027d693bb9739d1c4843be19b9f     
叮当声
参考例句：
  • A carriage went jingling by with some reclining figure in it. 一辆马车叮当驶过，车上斜倚着一个人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Melanie did not seem to know, or care, that life was riding by with jingling spurs. 媚兰好像并不知道，或者不关心，生活正马刺丁当地一路驶过去了呢。
6 venues c277c9611f0a0f19beb3658245ac305f     
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点
参考例句：
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
7 degradation QxKxL     
n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变
参考例句：
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
  • Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
8 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

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