BBC中国新年第二集团聚 Part 6 除夕夜北京钟楼的钟声

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[00:01.50]Back in Beijing, we are in one of the oldest parts of the city, the bell tower.让我们回到北京，这里是北京城里历史最为悠久的地方之一，钟楼。
[00:05.38]It has been on this site since 1420, so it is nearly 600 years old.这座钟楼从1420年起就矗立于此，有近600年的历史。
[00:09.78]That is a long time.这是很长的时间了。
[00:11.20]Look at the view!看着风景！
[00:12.81]Now Beijing has changed a lot but it still has some of its ancient buildings.北京变了很多但是他那些古老的建筑仍然存在。
[00:17.84]And what you can see over there, that is the drum Tower.你从这里看过去，看到的是鼓楼。
[00:22.40]Which is in direct line of sight from here.The bell tower.从这里看过去它和钟楼在一直线上。
[00:26.00]The bell tower houses this gigantic bronze bell.钟楼里面有一座巨大的铜钟。
[00:30.26]It weighs in at a whopping 63 tonnes, and it plays a vitally significant part in the New Year's Eve celebrations.它的重量实在惊人达63吨，在新年庆典的时候这座钟的作用至关重要。
[00:37.67]Precisely at 12 o'clock on the dot, it is struck.时间到达12点整的时候，大钟敲响。
[00:41.85]It is a bit like Beijing's Big Ben and that lets in the New Year.有点像北京的大本钟宣告着新年的来临。
[00:46.29]Now the bell is struck by a big wooden Romeu in the shape of the wheel.用于敲钟的是一根轮状的大木锤。
[00:50.11]It is struck 108 times, significant as a lucky number for the Chinese.要敲108响，108是个重要的吉祥数字。
[00:55.85]Now there is a point, we cannot strike the bell.现在的情况是，我们不能敲响大钟。
[00:59.22]The reason being that some time ago, 原因是在不久以前，
[01:01.28]the bell ringers were practising and the city thought there was an earthquake or a disaster, 敲钟人在练习敲钟大家觉得可能是地震了或者出啥大事了。
[01:06.40]so there is no ringing of the bell until New Year's Eve.所以在除夕之前不可以敲响大钟。
[01:10.51]But you know, it is an incredible feat of even the hearing.这真是一个令人难以置信的工程壮举。
[01:13.65]First it is 600 years ago that the bell,a model was made in butter and beeswax.首先建造时间是600年前大钟的模具是由黄油和蜂蜡制成。
[01:19.85]How mad is that!Butter and beeswax.这有多疯狂啊！用黄油和蜜蜡。
[01:22.80]Then, a massive pit was dark and they worked from the top to the bottom.然后，挖了一个巨大的坑然后工匠从上往下弄。
[01:29.28]They cast it and poured 63 tonnes of molten bronze into that cast.浇筑成模，接着灌63吨青铜溶液到铸件当中。
[01:35.58]Amazing.了不起。
[01:36.41]Ding-dong.叮咚。
[01:37.91]I cannot wait to hear the bell sound on New Year's Eve.我迫不及待要听除夕夜的钟声。

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BBC中国新年 第二集 团聚 Part 6 除夕夜北京钟楼的钟声

BBC中国新年第二集团聚 Part 6 除夕夜北京钟楼的钟声