Ticket rush for listening to bell chime on New Year's Eve

时间：2007-12-03 08:06:14

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Chinanews, Suzhou, Dec. 1 – Suzhou Tourism Bureau plans to organize a bell chime activity at Hanshan Temple to welcome the arrival of the New Year in 2008. The plan of the activity was settled recently.

 

The Temple of Cold Hill has been in Suzhou for more than 1,400 years now. It became a famous temple in China after the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji wrote a poem about it. In this poem, Zhang wrote: "Beyond the Suzhou walls the Temple of Cold Hill rang the bell,/ Which reached my boat breaking the midnight still." In Suzhou, the activity of listening to the bell chime at the Temple of Cold Hill to welcome in the New Year has been held in the city for 28 years. Every year in the past, thousands of Chinese from home and abroad came on New Year's Eve to listen to the chiming of the bell, which is said to have been practiced in the city for more than 1,000 years.

 

On next year's New Year's Eve, local tourism department will display a newly built bell and the bell inscription1 to visitors. The bell inscription will be the largest stone-carved one ever made in China and the bell will be the largest bell in China ever made for a Buddhist2 temple. The bell will be made by a company in Wuhan in a shape typically seen in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The bottom of the bell will measure 5.188 meters in diameter. Its surface will be inscribed3 with scripts taken from a 70,000-word Buddhist classic. Its bottom will be decorated with pictures copied from the Flying Maiden4 Fairies series. The copper5 bell will weigh 108 tons and on New Year's Eve, visitors can hear the bell being struck 108 times at midnights.

 

So far, all tickets for the activity have already been sold out, the reservation having ended 20 days earlier than previous years. Another difference is that in previous years, most overseas visitors came to Suzhou from Japan and South Korea. This year, however, a lot more visitors will come from European countries and the United States. Many French visitors will join the group tours to attend the activity and people from other parts of Europe and the United States will reserve a ticket as individual visitors. Now, many large tourist agencies in Shanghai have begun to organize some overseas group tours for the event, said Yan Linxing, director of the Festive6 Events Organization Department at Suzhou Tourism Bureau.

 
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1 inscription l4ZyO     
n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文
参考例句：
  • The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
  • He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
2 Buddhist USLy6     
adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
参考例句：
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
3 inscribed 65fb4f97174c35f702447e725cb615e7     
v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接
参考例句：
  • His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
  • The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 maiden yRpz7     
n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的
参考例句：
  • The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
  • The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
5 copper HZXyU     
n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的
参考例句：
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
6 festive mkBx5     
adj.欢宴的，节日的
参考例句：
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

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