My hometown: GuangDong
Introduction:
Descriptions:
1.Geography, population, Climate
2.History
3.Attractions and famous places to visit
4.Traditions, culture, Special event
The conclusion
Today I’d like to introduce my hometown: GuangDong. My talk will cover four main areas. I’ll talk about: first: Geography, population, climate
Then: history
Next: attractions and famous places to visit
Finally: tradition, culture, special event
My hometown: GuangDong in China
I come from China, China is a large, ancient (it’s over 5,000 year old) country, it has an area of over 9,600,000 kilometers, and its population is over 1,300,000,000. There are 56 national groups. China is also a multi-racial, multicultural society. Different national groups have different languages and different culture. China has 27 provinces and 2 administrative areas (Hong Kong and Macau). My hometown is GuangDong ( which was formerly known as Canton to the western world) it is a very large, old province of China.
[Geography, population, Climate]
GuangDong is located 180 KM away from Hong Kong and situated in the southern part of China mainland. It has 3,368 KM of winding coastline which is the longest in the country. It has an area of over 180,000 square KM, It has a famous river called: Pearl River, which cross all over the province through to the South China Sea. There are 74,730,000 inhabitants. GuangDong’s people are very hard work and friendly.
GuangZhong is the capital city of GuangDong, it is an ancient, prosperous, business city.
GuangZhong has a subtropical climate. There are 4 seasons, in spring, it is humid, in summer, it is sweltering hot and wet, also often has typhoon and rainstorm, summer last a long time, in autumn, it is a little cool, turn dry, in winter, it is cold, the autumn temperature averages 19-26 degree. The rainfall averages nearly 1500-2000millimeters.
[History]
GuangZhong is an ancient city with a history of 2,800 years. It is a first seaport city in China was thronged with swarms of foreigners. Now in Shamian, there are lots of western-style buildings and have lots of foreigners. GuangZhong is also called: The spring city, because in a long summer, the city always has lots of green plants and colourful, fresh flowers make it very beautiful. The other name is: Goat City. In GuangZhong, there is a Five Rams Statue. It is a symbol of GuangZhong. Myth legend long, long ago, there were five immortals ridding five ram, each rams carried a stem of rice, they flew through the air to here, they made here abundant of harvest and prosperity. In GuangZhong there are lots of railways, highways, bridges, multi levels of flyovers and waterways, subways, and has a very big and modern international airport. The ferries are still used today.
[Attractions and famous places to visit]
In city, you can visit the Shamian Island, there are lots of western-style building and cofe shops. Climb the White Cloud Mountain with its wonderful views, on the top of mountain you can see different kind of birds. Walk around the YueXiu Park, inside there is a temple and sport playground. Also you can go to appreciate The Chen Family, Sun Zhong Shan Memorial Hall and Six Banyan Trees Temple. If you are a adventurer, I suggest you go to visit The wildlife zoo at day or at night, because the zoo is open for animals all day and all night.
At night, you can enjoy a ferry or a boat to visit The Peal River. It is very nice at night, because on the two sides, there are lots of gorgeous street lanterns. Also you can go to the nightclubs or restaurants for their exciting nightlife. For women, shopping is very enjoyable, because GuangZhong is a very fashionable city, there are many fashionable department stores, shops, markets. A lot of clothes and shoes are made from GuangDong. The prices are cheaper than in the other cities.
Outside the city, you may see beautiful countryside scenery, there are many mountains and hill landscapes. If you like sunbath and swimming, there are many beautiful beaches. If you are interested in traditional buildings, you can visit the famous GuangDong Garden and Temple. For sports enthusiastic people, you can enjoy golf courses.
[Traditions, culture, special event]
GuangDong has its own tradition, it’s different to the other part of China. It has its language, tee culture, gastronomy Cantonese cuisine, building style, religion and superstition, embroidery.
GuangDong has lots of languages, but major’s is Cantonese.
In China, has “eat in GuandDong”, GuangDong has famous food and style. Now in Australia, there are lots of Cantonese restaurants, tee houses, shops open in Charswood, Hurstville, Burwood, China town. You can try famous food in there. Such as various congee, good taste soup and dessert, rice noodle, seafood, fantastic snacks, Dim Sum, Cantonese style cake, herbal medicine, KonFu tee. It’s very health food for people.
GuangDong’s people very believe in Buddha, every festival, the people will go to temple to pray and burn incense. Every first and 15th lunar calendar, lots of people eat vegetarian diet. In the morning, every park and square, most people play TaiJi KonFu, this is very popular exercise in GuangDong. The GuangDong embroidery is famous for its splendid color and vivid pictures.
In China, the most important holiday is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year.( the first day of Chinese lunar calendar to 15th ). In a few days ago, people clean the house, prepare foods, hair cut, buy new clothes, houses are festooned with paper scrolls, decorated with flowers, plants. People will stick antithetical couplet side of the door. All the members of families come together for a New Year’s Eve dinner. In the northern part of China, Dumpling is very popular, but in GuangDong the family prepare other special foods and snacks, everything has different means. After dinner, all family will go to a night market. The night market is very beautiful. There are lots of things to sell. People will buy one bundle flowers or a lovely windmill. This folklore society is different to other province. At the midnight, people will light fire-crackers( but now in city can’t light, in countryside also can do this) and burn incense to pray. During the Spring Festival, the government will supply traditional recreational activities, such as parades, lion dance, dragon-lantern dance, Contonese opera and drama, show, ethnic group cultural dance and performances. The children are very happy for this, because they will get lucky red envelope with money and eat delicious foods. Most people will dress the traditional dress to visit their friends.
The other important festival is The Mid-Autumn Festival, falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, also known as the moon festival. On this day, the moon is the brightest and to be perfectly round and you share” Moon Cakes” with your family and friends.
In different province, there are different legends.
On May 9, it has: The Dragon Boat Festival, on this day, many people play the dragon boat race, eat ZongZi, drink realgar liquor, post poems to commemorate QuYuan( he as the father of Chinese poetry, but he committed suicide when the King fell to invading forces)
These are my hometown GuangDong’s introduction, as you can see GuangDong is a attractive city, She always welcome all world friends to visit her. I’d like to finish up at my speech but first I’m happy to answer any of your questions if I can.