My hometown, Gutian County, is a mountain city in eastern Fujian. Its natural conditions of being surrounded by mountains and rivers make it full of fruits and vegetables and full of fish and shrimp all year round. She is well-known both at home and abroad as the "City of Edible Fungi". The white Tremella flowers are like clouds covering our beautiful home. Girl Zhusun in a long skirt looks like a beautiful princess. And shiitake mushrooms. Coprinus comatus. Abalone mushroom. Russulas… they come in all shapes and flavors, traveling from my hometown to dinner tables around the world.
Cuiping Lake in the east of the city is a beautiful artificial lake, which nurtured the first national key project of New China-Gutianxi Hydropower Plant. Therefore, our hometown is also known as the "Hometown of Hydropower".
My hometown is full of fruits all year round, including peaches, pomegranates, navel oranges, persimmons, watermelons... too many to count. They are all the finest fruits, which are very attractive. .
I often see "foreigners" wearing colorful clothes on Gutian Street. They are overseas Chinese who have come back to taste fruits and snacks from their hometown. By the way, our hometown is also the number one hometown of overseas Chinese in Eastern Fujian and a key hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian. I heard from adults that the overseas population of Gutian folks is more than 300,000, which is almost as large as our local population. Despite my young age, I have already made several foreign friends through overseas relatives.
My hometown is also a famous "hometown of culture". The small mountain town is filled with a peaceful cultural and sports atmosphere. There are many amateurs performing Fujian opera, singing and dancing every day in the stadium. My favorites are the lantern riddle guessing every Mid-Autumn Festival and the dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival. My classmates all participate in various sports competitions after school.
Five years ago, brother Zhicheng won another trampoline gold medal at the National Games, for his hometown people