英语作文My Hometown(我的家乡)

My Hometown- Cangzhou

My hometown is Cangzhou, which is located in Hebei Province. It has been founded in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

My hometown is historically famous for martial arts, many people love it,

in order to keep fit, we dong exercise as a important part in our daily life. In the evening, you can see a lot of people walking in the street or dancing in the square, especially in summer. Besides martial arts, Wuqiao County in Cangzhou is famous for acrobatics. Chinese acrobatics has a very long history and is an excellent and precious cultural legacy of the Chinese nation, People in Wuqiao today, young or old, often possesses astonishing acrobatic ability. It is no wonder that the county has produced many of the most famous acrobats. Wuqiao performers can be found in acrobatic troupes throughout China and across the world. When Premier Zhou Enlai visited European countries, he found Wuqiao acrobats nearly each time he met with overseas Chinese. He said happily, “Wuqiao is really worth the title of 'home of Chinese acrobatics'.”

And what’s more, it is also well-known for its historic thousand-year-old 40-ton sculpture, the Iron Lion of Cangzhou. The sculpture is the largest cast-iron sculpture in the world, cast in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The lion is a symbol of the city, and Cangzhou is also known as “Lion City”.

Cangzhou's urban center is a heavily industrial city but the city's administrative territory also includes strongly agricultural areas, and is renowned in China for its Chinese jujube fruits. The North China Oil Field is within Cangzhou City's jurisdiction. Cangzhou also encompasses a large fishing port and the modern, coal-exporting Huanghua Harbour.

Cangzhou, though predominated by the Han Chinese majority, is home to a sizable population of the Muslim Hui minority.

Cangzhou is a beautiful city, and I love my hometown.