How to introduce your hometown in English?

1. How to introduce your hometown in English? Tyng SHIH YONG-TING, National Experimental High School at Central Taiwan Science Park

2. Brainstorming What makes your hometown special? Why do you think the feature is unique? How can you introduce it? How can you release it?

3. Warm-up What do you want to introduce? The only one? A unique one? A different one?

4. Main Activity Surf the Internet and read books for information Find your target and narrow it down to a spot, an item, an industry, or a feature. Take pictures, take notes, and find related information

5. Wrap-up Arrange what you have Revise it with friends Hand it to the teacher Release it and share it with friends

6. The introduction to Fengshan City

7. Fengshan is the administration center of Kaohsiung County. In the past, it was called Xiapitou, Lower Pond Head, and Caodianzai, Cottage Store. Not until the period of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty has it started being called Fengshan, Mountain Phoenix, for the reason that there is a phoenix-shaped mountain nearby.

8. The densely populated city sits between the southwestern part of Kaohsiung County and the southeastern part of Kaohsiung City. With one train station, five MRT stations, one bus station, you can reach the scenic spots, historic sites, and shopping districts with ease.

9. Caogong Canal • Caogong Canal, the irrigation system flowing on Kaohsiung Plane, quenches the thirst for water in winter when the rain is scarce, increasing the crop production. The canal connects the water resources between Lotus Pond and Gaoping River.

10. Caogong Temple • Caogong Temple, the temple of Duke Cao, was built in memory of the magistrate Cao Jin, who constructed the canal with the assistance of local people, solving the predicament of the water destitution.

11. With the construction, the crop production dramatically increased. From then on, people have appreciated his deeds by building the temple. Besides, they also named a road, a tree, and a school Caogong. Therefore, you can see his name almost everywhere in the central Fengshan.

12. The Remains of Fengshan Fort

13. Taiwan had become the territory of mainland China since 1683, at the end of the period of Mingzheng, the Koxinga's regime. In 1684, there were one province and three counties established on the island, and Fengshan County was one of them. Initially, the administration center was located at Xinglong Village at Pizaitou, Pond Head, which now is Zuoying. Soon afterward, the city was invaded by the anti-government rebels of Lin Shuang-wen Incident.

14. Therefore, in 1788, the city was moved to Siapitou, Lower Pond Head, which now is Fenghsan. At the very beginning, the fort was made of bamboo. After several reconstructions held by the magistrates Wu Zhao-lin and Cao Jin, it transformed into the fort made of coral stone, strengthening the military defense. In contrast to the fort in Zuoying, it was called the New Fort.

15. Pingcheng Emplacement • Pingcheng Emplacement, the most intact quadrangle-shaped artillery fort, lies behind Caogong Temple.

16. Chenglan Emplacement • Chenglan Emplacement, an octagon-shaped artillery fort with firearms hole, stands across from Kaohsiung County Stadium.

17. Xunfeng Emplacement • Xunfeng Emplacement, an artillery fort with an elegant book-shaped board decoration stands behind Longshan Temple.

18. East Side Gate • East Side Gate is the only existent gate of the fort. It stood by one of the most prosperous docks in the Qing Dynasty, which are Tainan, Lugang, Monga, Yanshui, and Fengshan.

19. Inland Harbors in Taiwan • Pizaitou Harbor, Fengshan, Kaohsiung

20. Mazu Harbor, Fengshan, Kaohsiung

21. Beidou was named Baoata by the plain aborigines and then Baodou by the Chinese immigrants in the past. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the pivot of the traffic for produce and product exchanges between the mountains and the seashore. However, after the completion of Taiwan Railway and the block of Zhuoshui River, its place was taken by Yuanlin. • Baodou Harbor, Beidou, Changhua

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23. Cultural Heritage in Taiwan

24. Qingshui Temple, Danshui, Taipei • Star Gods: Fu, Lu, and Shou • Prosperity, Posterity, and Longevity

25. Huangxi Academy, Dadu, Taichung • A complex of education, religion, and administration

26. Mingzhi Academy, Taishan, Taipei • Word Respect Pavilion • It is a historic site which shows the Chinese respect for words. They used to burn pieces of paper with words here, instead of throwing them away.

27. Confucius Temple, City, Changhua • High Wall

28. Wenchang Temple, City, Miaoli • Painted Guardians

29. Wenchang Temple, North, Taichung • Koji Pottery

30. Wenchang Temple, Dajia, Taichung • Temple Square

31. Chaoyuan Temple, Wuqi, Taichung • Calligraphy Inscription

32. Martial Arts Hall, City, Nantou • Budo Hall • Nantou County History Museum

33. Temple Art Museum, Douliu, Yunlin

34. Taiwan Historica, Zhongxing, Nantou

35. Old Street, Yuanli, Miaoli

36. Market Brothel, Linyuan, Kaohsiung

37. Elementary School, Qingshui, Taichung • Qingshui Elementary School

38. Preparatory School, Daan, Taipei • National Taiwan Normal University

39. Lin's Family Garden, Wufeng, Taichung • The garden is in the integrated style of the Western architecture and the Chinese geomancy with a slight use of the Japanese setting.

40. Blacksmith Street, Fengshan, Kaohsiung • An iron-forging place specifically for the agricultural industries in the past, offering a variety of metal tools for farming.

41. Fire Station, Huwei, Yunlin

42. Police Station, Wuqi, Taichung

43. Shiqiuling Tunnel, Renai, Keelung • Liumingchuan Tunnel, in memory of the first governor of Taiwan Province in the Qing Dynasty • The tunnel built in 1890 was the most challenging part of the construction for the first railway on the island.

44. Gongweixu Tunnel, City, Miaoli • Built in 1903 for the Western Railway Line and reconstructed in 1938. • The intact structure with the autograph of Kodama Gentaro (the president in Japanese Occupation Time) Kodama Gentaro: 兒玉源太郎

45. The Monument to the Recovery of Taiwan • The war monument was in memory of the victory of the Russo-Japanese War. Few decades later, with the change of the central government, it is now the monument for the territory regaining of Taiwan by China.

46. The Monument to Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa • A leading general who took over Taiwan after the Sino-Japanese War. After landing on Yanliao in the northeastern tip of Taiwan, he proceeded to Keelung and Taipei, and then he died of malaria in Tainan. Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa: 北白川宮能久親王

47. Cemetery Francais in Keelung • The fire of the war was ignited by the dispute over the territory of Vietnam between the Qing and the French.

48. Taichung Creative and Cultural Park • Taichung Wine Distillery

49. Kaohsiung Railway Station • Vision for Kaohsiung

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