A beautiful town-----Fenghuang

Now I ‘ll talk about a beautiful town---Fenghuang. Fenghuang translate into phoenix in English, which represent perfection in chica, so it is a very nice name. The sight and people of the town are so good as the name.
Fenghuang, an old and small town, is located in the west of my hometown----Hunan province. It has several hundred years’ history and it still keeps its original character. The live of the town is very natural and plain and the people in the town are very friendly and warm-hearted. There isn’t big city’s noise and fright. When you live there, you will feel very comfortable and leisure.
The town is embraced by a bi mountain and a river flows along it. There are green trees and clear water, so the whole town is full of poetry and art. Every day a lot of artist come here to draw the nature. The river nurture the Fenghuang people. They wash clothes in the river and in summer they swim in the river. All the buildings of the town are located in both of the river and they are kept the old style. These buildings have more than 100 years’ history. They are made of wood and brick and most of them are called Diaojiao Building because they are built along the river and part of the building is over the river. Because all the people of the town live in both sides of the river, the main vehicle is boat. They go from one side to the other side by boat. When they are boating, they usually sing songs and say “hello” to the people they meet in the river. So when you go there, you can sit in a boat and travel long the river. You can enjoy the beautiful sight of the mountain along the river when you are listening to local people’s graceful songs which are very particular and different from pop songs we sing. The street of the town is made of stone and is very narrow. When you walk along the street, you will feel you return to the old times.
There are three races in the small town, including Tujia, Miao, Han. The population of the town is mostly Tujia and Miao which are minorities. They have particular and traditional customs. Everyone in the town likes singing songs. when you are there, you will hear songs in everywhere at any time. These songs are different from the pop songs and are made by themselves, but they are very graceful. when you listen, you will like it, they usually sing songs between mountains or between river and it mostly happens between one man and one woman. Usually, one in the one side of the mountain or river sings toward the other in the other side of the mountain or river, and the other answers the song. They use the songs to make friends and transmit emotion. Every April 8th, June 6th,
the young men and young women from different places of the town go to one place to sing songs. If one man has feeling to one woman, he will sing song to the woman, if the woman friendly answers the sing, it means she also has feeling to the man and she will make a date with the man in the songs. Their clothes are distinctive, especially embroiders, headband, ribbon, waistband.
Their local products are: bacon, ginger sugar, green tea, samshu. Their food is acid and spicy and I like this kind food very much.
Fenghuang is such a magic and interesting place and every year, millions travelers from different places go there to enjoy the beautiful sight and its original customs. It is regretfully, I haven’t gone there, I’ll have a trip there when I go back to China.