坎兒井英文介紹

坎兒井，是“井穴”的意思，早在《史記》中便有記載，時稱“井渠”，而新疆維吾爾語則稱之爲“坎兒孜”。坎兒井是荒漠地區一特殊灌溉系統，普遍於中國新疆吐魯番地區。坎兒井與萬里長城、京杭大運河並稱爲中國古代三大工程。吐魯番的坎兒井總數達1100多條，全長約5000公里。下面本站小編爲大家帶來中國旅遊景點坎兒井英文介紹，歡迎大家閱讀!

the karez system, an irrigation system connected byunderground channels, is considered as one of thethree great ancient projects in china,

坎兒井系統,一個通過地下通道連接而成的灌溉系統,被認爲中國古代三大工程之一,

the other two being the great wall and the grandcanal.

另外兩個是長城和大運河。

There are nearly one thousand karez totaling fivethousand kilometers in length in turpan.

在吐魯番有近一千個坎兒井總計五千公里長。

The structure of the karez basically consists of wells, underground channels, ground canal andsmall reservoirs.

坎兒井的結構基本上由豎井、地下渠道、地面渠道和小型蓄水池四部分組成。

In spring and summer, a great amount of melting snow and rainfall flow down from the bogdaand karcawuquntag mountains north and west of the turpan depression into the valleys andthen seep into the gobi desert,taking advantage of the mountain slopes,

在春季和夏季,吐魯番盆地北部的博格達山和西部的喀拉烏成山上的大量積雪和雨水流下山谷，潛入戈壁灘下。

the working people ingeniously created the karez to draw the underground water to irrigate thefarmland,

人們利用山的坡度，巧妙地創造了坎兒井，引地下潛流灌溉農田。

the water in the karez will not evaporate in large quantities even under the scorching heat andfierce wind,

坎兒井不因炎熱、狂風而使水分大量蒸發，

hence ensuring a stable water flow and gravity irrigation.

因而流量穩定，保證了自流灌溉。

As far back as the han dynasty,the karez was recorded in shi ji(the historical records) and thencalled "well canal".

早在漢代,坎兒井被《史記》(史書)記錄,隨後被稱爲“井渠”。

Most of the existing karez in the turpan area were built during the qing dynasty and in afteryears,

吐魯番地區現有的坎兒井大多數建於清朝及以後。

nowadays large stretches of fertile oasis land are still irrigated by karezes.

現在大片大片的肥沃的土地仍由坎兒井灌溉。

The karez in the wuxing township are open to visitors

新城西門村五星鄉的坎兒井對遊客開放