Goodmorningeveryone:IamfromBaoDingcityHeBeiProvince.nowIwillintroducemyhometown.Baodingisanancientcitywiththousandsyearsofhistory!itislocatedinthecentralofhebeiprovinceandsituatedinthecenterofShiJiaZhuang,BeiJingandTianJin,soBaoDingisalsocalledthecapitalSouthgate.Ithasalonghistory,sotherearelotsoffamousscenicspotsandhistoricalattractions.nextIwillintroducesomeofthem.firstisTheZhi liGovernor'sOffice.itwasbuiltintheseventhyearoftheEmperorYong Zheng’sreign(A.D.1729),famousfiguressuchasZengGuoFan,LiHongZhangandYuanShiKaialsoworkedinit.RanZhuangtunnel,perhapsmostofushadlearneditinourmiddleschool.ItisasmallvillageinQingyuanCounty,Baodingcity.DuringtheAnti-JapaneseWarperiod,themilitia(民兵)inRanzhuangdugthesubwaystofighttheJapanesepuppetArmy(日伪军).NowRanZhuangtunnelstandsites(冉庄地道战遗址)areveryimportantbattlegroundofwarsitesonthenorthChinaintheAnti-JapaneseWarperiod.BaoDingisthecradleofgenerals,thefirstarmyofficerschoolwasbuiltinBaoDing,WuPeiFu,SunChuanFang,JiangJieShi,YeTing,LiJiShen,zhangzhizhong,FuZuoYietc,morethan1,700generalswerealldevelopedbyBaoDingarmyofficerschool.BaiYangDianlakeisoneofthefamousscenicspots,itiscalled"PearlofNorthChina",thetotalareais366squarekilometers,theChinaNationalTourismAdministrationclassifiedItasaAAAAAscenicarea.Intermsofenvironment,thelakeishometoabout50varietiesoffishandmultiplevarietiesofwildgeese,ducksandotherbirds.Thelakeandsideparksalsoarehometoavastnumberoflotusandotherpreciousplants.thereareallkindsoflotuses,inaugustlotusesareinfullbloom,itisthebestviewingperiod.furthermoreThefamourswriterSunlihadwrotealotofworksthatallsearchspotsfrombaiyangdianlake.BesidesBaoDinghasmanyothersfamousscenicspots,suchasYeSanPo,WesternQingTombs,LangYaShan,Yiriver,JingKetowerandsoon!NowIwon’tintroducethemonebyone.NowIintroducetheBaoDingspecialty,thereisthetriplegemofBaoding,ironballsisthebestfamousofthem.Itisapieceofsportsequipment,Baodingpeopleareveryfondof,especiallyforthemiddle-agedandelderlypeople.Yougenerallyuseahandtoholdthetwoironballsandmovethemaroundinyourhand.Ithelpsmovethemuscles,activatecollaterals(活络)andstrengthenthebody.Lookattheoldgrandpa.Idon’tthinkIcanholdfiveironballsinhandascalmlyashedoes.AnotherspecialtyisYiShuiinkstand,itisoneofthebestGiftstoshare.itcandatebacktotheTangdynasty.ThematerialoftheinkstandisdrawnfromtheriverbankofYiRiver.Thestoneisakindofviolet(紫色的)andsoftaqueousrock(水成岩).The most famous local specialty food is the Donkey Burger (驴肉火烧).itiswell-knownsnackpopularinnorthChina.Ittastesdelicious,theoldandtheyoungbothlikeeatit. NowBaodingisthenationalHighandNewTechnologyIndustryDevelopmentZone,Baoding-Chinaelectricvalley,Baodingpeopleareverysimple,kind-hearted,warmandhospitable.Ifyoucametomyhome,Iwouldbeveryhappytobeyourguide.WelcometoBaoDing!!thankyou!!