（自我介绍）hello, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Henanprovince。First, please let me introduce myself to you.My name is apple , I?ll be your local guide during your stay here ,This is MrZhang ,our driver ,He is conscientious and seasoned.(有责任心和经验)。So you are in good hands when riding inhis coach, to avoid getting a wrong bus .we?d better remember the number andthe features of our bus .the number is 21806 and its color is red, if you haveany special interests, please let me know, my job is to smooth your way and trymy best to answer your questions ,we highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.I hope that during your stay in Henan you can not 0nly satisfy your eyes andstomach but also experience the real Chinese culture and have a better understandingof the Chinese people , it will take ushalf an hour to our destination, ShaoLin Monastery. During this time, I?dlike to give you a brief introduction about Henan province.

　　（介绍河南）Henan province ,also called ?yu? for short,meaning a man pulling an elephant ,is situated right in the heart of China ,soit is also named ?central Plain? or ?centralState?, covering an area of 167000 square kilometers, with a total populationof 100 million ,which is the largest of all provinces in China.

　　As we all know, the Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization, is our mother river. Andit runs through 8 cities of Henan province, as its name means ,the province islocated to the southern bank of the Yellow River,

　　A great number of history books andexcavation have proved that 8000 years ago, Chinese ancestors started thecivilization here. So every year, many Chinese descendants from home and abroadto worship the fathers. The last few years has seen the development of Henan province. Especially in the industry and agriculture.The GDP of Henan has been ranked top in the middle area.

　　Henanprovince is famous not only for its long history and rich culture,but also forits beautiful natural scenery. For the overseas tourists , Henanprovince is just like a natural history museum with splendid culture civilization.

　　Zhengzhou,which is the capital and largest city of Henanprovince in central China.A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the centre of political, economic,technological, and educational of the province, as well as a majortransportation hub for Central China. Zhengzhou is also named mall city .It wasonce the capital of Shang dynasty 3500 years ago

　　and now is a modern commercialcity. That makes it closely relate to shang, which means commerce and trade inchina. Because of that, Zhengzhouis one of the Eight Great Ancient Capitals of China and holds important statusof modern mall center in connection with other places.

　　Zhengzhou experiences amonsoon-influenced, four-season humid subtropical climate, with cool, drywinters and hot, humid summers. Spring and autumn are dry and short.

　　Well, our bus is coming tothe downtown area of Dengfeng city. Dengfeng has a long history. A number ofsites in and around the township are well worth visiting them. Foremost on thelist is the Shaolin Temple the birth place ofboth Kungfu and Zen Buddhism.

　　Nowladies and gentlemen, our destination has arrived, please carry your items withyou, and get down the bus one by one carefully. Then let?s visit it together.