介绍家乡 英文版

A Brief Introduction about My Hometown

My hometown is in Guangfeng County. It is located in the east of Shangrao City, northeast of Jiangxi Province, bordering with Zhejiang Province and Fujian Province.

Although Guangfeng is a very small county, which means only 1378 square kilometers, it is one of the strongest economic counties in Jiangxi Province and has the titles of “National Health City”,“National Double Support Model County”“National Civilized City”“Chinese Excavator Township”.

Guangfeng has a population of about one million, but there are only 32,000 hectares of arable land. This characteristic of a large population with relatively little land had forced almost one third of the people to leave their hometown to become self-employed. It is these migrant workers who make Guangfeng achieve an annual labor income about 3 billion Yuan.

Guangfeng has a semi hilly semi mountainous terrain. The long-term interaction between water, air and rock bring land into splendid Danxia landform and Karst scenery, thus formed a great many scenic spots such as Nine Fairies Lake, Tongboshan Mount., the East Rock, the Baihua Rock and the Tianguiyan Cave. There are lots of places of historic interest and scenic beauty in my hometown, many of which are temple, including Boshan Temple, Lingjiu Temple and Xiyan Temple and attracting the

tourists in an endless stream.

In the course of urbanization and modernization, the traditional culture is under constant onslaught, but it does not fade. Recently years, the county government has intensified efforts to carry forward the traditional culture. The dragon dance which is on the verge of disappearing comes to life again in the Spring Festival. Like most parts of the country, people in Guangfeng celebrate the Tomb-sweeping Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-autumn Festival, etc. We also have some unique festivals, for example, the Huazhao Festival. It is on the lunar calendar February 12 when many flowers are in bloom, young boys and girls will have a dating. They are likely to meet their future partner. One of the most interesting custom is Kujia. Girls were asked to learn Kujia from the age of 11 and began to cry a month before the wedding. Their cry is not only for sadness, but also for longing and wish.

As a food aficionado, of course I will not forget varieties of delicious foods in my hometown. The most famous and popular food is the stir-fried rice noodles. Many places have their stir-fried rice noodles, only the taste of that from my hometown is so persistent and unforgettable. Besides, delicious foods like Majia Grapefruit, Tiangui Pear, Silver Goose, sugar cake, qingtang(looks like wonton) always arouse appetite and nostalgia when I am far away from home.

I love my hometown and welcome your visit.