My hometown, Gaoyou, is located at the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain and belongs to the subtropical temperate climate zone. It has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, and abundant sunlight. It is a famous water town in central Jiangsu.

< p> What impressed me most was the criss-crossing rivers and lakes in my hometown. The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south. Gaoyou Lake is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the country. During the summer vacation, my favorite thing is to go to my grandparents’ house in the countryside. Because there are countless winding rivers, people live along the river. Adults rest under the shade of trees by the river; wash clothes and vegetables by the river; do household chores and tell stories by the river; row boats in the river. Children lie down Fishing by the river, jumping into the river to swim, chasing on the riverbed and sitting on small bridges of different shapes... It is really a moving picture of a water town, and it has left many wonderful memories of my childhood. I like standing by the river I was playing in the water on the pier, letting the little fish kiss my little feet, thinking of ways to catch them. Once I accidentally fell into the river. Thanks to my sister who found me in time and pulled me ashore, I escaped. , from then on my grandma often muttered not to let me go into the water.

The rich water resources have given birth to rich aquatic products. My hometown is rich in more than a hundred kinds of freshwater fish, such as shrimps, crabs, turtles, shells, etc. There are many of them, and my favorite is crab. They grow in lakes, rivers, rice fields, ponds, reed swamps... In short, wherever there is water, there are crabs. Children in water towns can swim. In summer, They swam in the river while catching fish, shrimps, and crabs... Crabs often hide in holes in the water. The children slowly touched the river with their hands and feet, found the entrance of the hole, and plunged in. I didn't dare to put my little hand into the hole and catch a big crab. I could only stand on the bank and watch and cheer them on. After a heavy rain, crabs in the river often crawled to the muddy bank to catch them. Many. Specialized crab fishermen light lamps on the river bank at night. Crabs have phototaxis and climb ashore in the direction of the light. The crab fishermen just happen to catch them. People say that the large crabs in Yangcheng Lake are delicious. In fact, the crabs in our hometown are as delicious as the crabs in Yangcheng Lake.

In the rivers and lakes in my hometown, we often see groups of ducks playing in the water. Wearing bamboo hats and raincoats, shouting loud duck calls, they chase each other, which is simply beautiful music. Careful people can also pick up duck eggs in the grass by the river where ducks often hang out. Sometimes the eggs are very big. That must be double yellow. Don't underestimate this group of ducks. They are the famous Gaoyou shelducks, China's famous shelducks that can use both eggs, meat and hair. They have good meat quality, high egg production rate and lots of velvet. Gaoyou duck egg origin product is the first national-level protected agricultural and sideline product in the country. Its egg yolk is like blood and the albumen is like snow. It is delicious after exquisite processing and has a unique flavor. It has six characteristics: loose, sandy, oily, fresh and tender. Its biggest characteristic is that it is the "King of Eggs". Duck down quilts are widely used to make down clothing. Now Gaoyou is the largest down jacket production base in the country. It is said that ducks are raised in the soil and water. The shelducks in Gaoyou are raised in other places, and their meat, eggs The quality of feathers and feathers cannot be compared with that of the place of origin.

My hometown is also worth talking about the reed swamp, with an area of ??about 52,000 acres, of which the reed area is 20,000 acres. At the turn of spring and summer, the reed swamps are The leaves are green, and the blue waves are vast; in midsummer, the pond is full of lotus, the lake is full of water chestnuts, and the reed leaves are rustling, and the fragrance is overflowing; during the Double Ninth Festival, the fish are fat and crabs are strong, and hundreds of fishing boats are going back and forth; in late autumn, the reed flowers are white, the sea of ??clouds is white, and the sea of ??clouds is vast. .The reed marsh is rich in aquatic plants such as water chestnuts, lotus roots, and chicken head rice, as well as wild ducks, egrets and other wild water birds. National key protected birds red-crowned cranes and white-fronted geese also come here to breed and overwinter. When you paddle on the lake, you can walk through What you see, hear, and smell among the reeds... is a feeling of returning to nature and being outside the world.

People say that Zhouzhuang in the south of the Yangtze River is the first in China. The exquisite and unique water town of "small bridges and flowing water and people living in it" is a model, but the beauty of the rough, primitive and natural water town in my hometown makes me even more unforgettable. I love my hometown - the water town of Gaoyou