介绍我的家乡的英语短文【推荐20篇】

我的家乡叫东台。这是个美丽的地方，这几年，她的面貌发生了巨大的变化。旧城改选后的小区，高楼大厦鳞次栉比，过去老百姓想都不敢想，他们能从低矮的草屋，搬到了宽敞明亮的大楼房内。小区设有免费的汽车停车场、齐全的健身设施，人们在闲暇之余都会去那里健身。

现在的东台老百姓不出远门就可以欣赏一场场精妙绝伦的“文化大餐”。在这儿建起了漂亮的体育馆，每隔一段时间就会有一些大明星来这里表演节目。《欢乐中国行》也曾来到东台，在这里举行了一场热闹无比的演唱会，让东台的老百姓大开眼界。

在我们东台建立了仙湖农业生态园，为什么说是“仙湖”？因为那里曾经有神仙住过。那儿的植物不仅美，而且多。有楚楚动人的菊花、有含苞欲放的月季花、有碧绿的仙人草、还有那火红火红的枫叶……。生态园的正中央有一个大的金鱼池，那里的金鱼在快活的游来游去。

我们这儿还有美丽的滩涂风光，在那里，可以品尝到活蹦乱跳的虾，张牙舞爪的螃蟹，鲜嫩无比的文蛤。东台的鱼汤面、陈皮酒，也是闻名天下的。

听我的介绍，你一定动心了吧？这就是我的家乡“金东台”。我和家乡张开双臂欢迎您。

Respected Professors，Good afternoon! Im great honored to meet you here.  Im ，26 years old ， born in city ， Province.In the year of ，I entered University， majoring in Machincal Designing and Producing. During those 4 yearsstudy，I worked hard and I was always active in various activities. I gained the first scholarship for four times and I joined the Communist Party at the college.

However，with time going on ，the more I experienced， the clearer I realized that Im really interested in the Enterprise Management .I find many enterprises have the problem of an unmatched management to its developing speed . Im eager to learn more about management and I hope I can study further in this University.

So I resigned in August ， 2008 and started the way to pursuing my studies. After about half years hard work， Im finally standing before your honorable professors now. Im really excited. Though Ive sacrificed much on my way to pusuing studies， I believe its worthwhile. I believe working hard will finally be prepared. Thank you !

我的家乡在天水，那里四季分明、气候宜人，适合种很多蔬菜和水果。比如苹果、蜜桃、板栗、辣椒等。

天水最有名的水果要数花牛苹果了，它的样子又大又圆，圆得像皮球一样，味道又香又甜，非常有名。

春天，一朵朵白色的小花挂满了枝头，每朵小花好像都带着快乐的微笑，芬芳的香味还吸引来了许多蜜蜂和蝴蝶玩耍。

秋天，一个个红红的苹果挂在绿叶底下，就像一个个红灯笼。农民伯伯的脸上洋溢着开心和快乐。还有许多外地人专程到天水来买花牛苹果呢！

我爱天水，更爱天水的花牛苹果！

My parents work in a shoe factory. They get up at five thirty. They first get breakfast ready. Then they go to work by bus. They work there from eight to five. They come home at about six and prepare super for us. Mother washes clothes in the evening, Father often makes toys for toys for us. They are busy all day.

Autumn, with the joy of harvest, with a cool atmosphere, with golden feet, quietly came. Autumn of the field, is the golden ocean, is a symbol of harvest, is the peasants uncle years of effort. Full of hearty smile everywhere. It is no exaggeration to say that the autumn field is a sign of harvest, a tree, a red glowing apple, a yellow pear, a purple grape, a sweet pomegranate, a curved banana and sour grapefruit. The fruit you fight me to fight, just listen to "boom" is heard, with a dewdish big red glowing apple fell from the tree down. Pomegranate smile grinned his mouth, belly to break, and that a crystal, gem-like, shining dazzling fruit dripping honey, greedy a few children saliva DC. They seem to say to people, "Come on! Come! Come and try!"

The peasant uncle took the sickle and cut it hard. The growers climbed up the fruit trees and took the fruits one by one and put them in a big basket. Said: "This is really a good harvest this year!" "Yes! You look at this fruit, that applause!" "You see you see, how a grain of millet full, alas, if the weather every year, harvest Good year after year!

Autumn field really beautiful ah!

Dear Sir / Madam :

Hello!I was a senior at Hunan Normal University, students going into the  community, I was full of expectation for the future.I believe, Well begun is  half done (good beginning is half the success).I hope your company is the  starting point for my success that I can, together with your company to create a  brilliant tomorrow.

I was born in the border town of scenic rivers -- Riverside.outstanding  performances in 2003, I admitted to the Hunan Normal University School of  Economics and Management, and thus opened a new chapter in my life.School  classes since I have been secretary of the corporation, not only the heavy  workload of my job training and tempering,I have the ability to solve problems  more tempered, I can calmly analyze the problems faced and thoughtful.And all of  this to my professional choice will have a profound impact.

I do our own work, the school also took an active part in the various  activities, and to encourage students to participate,for their advice; In daily  life, I was able to closely unite students, I believe that a collective effort  is a powerful,Only when we engage in, we can all work.The socialist  modernization drive is comprehensive quality management talentsSo I learn  professional knowledge, the main English andcomputers, in English, I cultivation  my hearing, said,Reading, writing ability; in the computer, I start from the  basic knowledge, and further understand the function of the OFFICE,INTERNET also  studied the basic knowledge can be used flexibly.

End professional after the election, in order to broaden their knowledge, I  also participated in the study and computerized accounting.mastered the basic  application and Excel and other accounting software applications.To make their  professional knowledge to mastery learning, I read a textbook case of the  MBA,such as strategic management, corporate governance, financial management and  capital operation, and to use their training to work.With Love width of the sea,  the days of His Career, I hope that your company can give me a chance to display  his talent.I will work hard, study hard expertise to the company to live up to  my expectations.

Miss Hou is my English teacher, she is 28, we all like her.

My English is really bad at first, I am afraid of having Miss Hou’s class, when she finds this, she doesn’t blame me, she tells me that the only way I can learn English well is to fall in love with English, she asks me to watch English movie, it works.

Miss Hou is my favorite teacher.

My hometown is a small village in Chaoyang County of Liaoning province. If you come here, the countless festival customs will make you open your eyes. One of the most popular and favorite festivals is the annual Spring Festival in my hometown.

The Spring Festival has always been paid attention to, so the preparation for the pre Festival is also a long time, usually one month or half a month before the festival. During this period, people will always catch up with the big collection. The people coming back from the collection must be big bags of small balls, just like a big move, and those packages will have money hanging, couplets, some tobacco, sugar, tea and so on. The Spring Festival is six or seven days from the time, the hostess will take home are cleaned inside and out, clean and neat, so as not to give the guests a bad impression. One day before the Spring Festival, people were busy. The morning is posted paste antithetical couplet, register fund, at noon the hostess will be a sumptuous meal to invite two parents, one family enjoyable, fun. The night is more lively, eat dumplings and set off firecrackers, lamps and candles of a myriad families crowded.

The genius of the Spring Festival is a real buzz. On this day, people are busy getting up early to prepare breakfast, "for", everything must be careful, not negligence. The laobiye offerings are better than we eat dinner. First of all, right in the middle of a big plate, or put on three with red spots Steamed Buns, or put a plate of dumplings, and two small plates on both sides of large plate on it, put some orange, apple, and sugar, and incense to incense constantly, listening and speaking this one family can bless peace throughout the year. To finish for Lafayette, we can eat a meal. Dumplings are this day will eat meals, but not less packets must eat, the rest is good, which means "May there be surpluses every year". After dinner, we all want to put on new clothes, new shoes and socks, which represents the "new year". People will go to visit high streets and back lanes during the day, they see the elders to see knock, and comes with a spring festival!" And now this kind of custom has been forgotten by people. This day is also the most children a happy day, because not only can follow their parents to go to the door, enjoy a good treatment, but also can get lots of gift money. Theres a lot of money. If you want to buy anything, youll be happy. Children can not be punished by their parents even if they make mistakes, because it is the Spring Festival, and they are all festive and do not care about those unhappy things.

One month after that, relatives came to my house every two or three days. I was the happiest person because I could eat delicious food again. This is the time when people get the fastest weight, because they have a good date every day, so people begin to worry about their body.

Although I am now studying in a strange land, I cant go home very often, but I always cherish the memory of the Spring Festival in my hometown. That lively scene even missed the hometown that I raised for over ten years.

“我的家乡在高邮,风吹湖水浪悠悠。岸上栽的是垂杨柳，栽的是垂杨柳，树下卧着的是黑水牛，黑水牛，唉吆喂……”每当听到这首优美歌曲的时候，我就非常自豪，因为，我的家乡在高邮。

高邮有美丽的高邮湖。白天，那里有数不完的人。湖面上有很多大大的机板船、小小的帆船，还有豪华的油轮、矫健的摩托艇，这时的高邮湖像一个活泼的少年。湖边的渔民在兴高采烈地打渔，湖岸上人们争着嚷着买刚捕捞上来的新鲜鱼虾，来游玩的人有的在摩托艇上冲浪，有的在惬意的小船上拍照，还有的在油轮上边看风景边吃烧烤，高邮湖高兴地笑了，它笑得合不拢嘴，湖面上的波浪一刻也不平静，你看，就连湖岸上的垂柳也舞动她的身姿为高邮湖助兴呢。

到了晚上，高邮湖很平静，像是一位辛劳的母亲，在一阵阵清凉的微风吹拂下，悄悄地进入了梦乡。

在古老的“九州之一”的徐州市郊，有一座云龙山，是游览胜地。它虽没有怪石嶙峋的奇峰，没有层峦迭障的山峦，但它却以自己秀丽的风景和众多的文物古迹，吸引着无数游人。

晨曦给山罩上了一层薄薄的轻纱，远处山丘若隐若现，不由使人想起古老的民间传说来：有一年，徐州九十九天不下雨，地干裂了大口子，庄稼枯黄了，人都要渴死了。天上有条小青龙知道了，为了解救徐州人民，它腾云驾雾，私自降了一场大雨、徐州人民得救了。可是玉皇大帝发了怒，把它贬到人间，变成石头，这便是云龙山。”

太阳出来了，金色的阳光给山岭渐渐地脱去了那层轻纱，显露出一幅壮观的景象，莽莽苍苍的云龙山宛如一条蛟龙。一条崎岖的石阶路蜿蜒而上，石阶两旁挺立着松柏，枝繁叶茂，遮天蔽日，形成一条天然的绿色通道。树林里不时传出叽叽喳喳的鸟叫声，沿着这蜿蜒崎岖的通道，即可攀上山顶。

山顶有放鹤亭，它姿态奇丽，有浓郁的古建筑风味。诗人苏东坡与好友张天骥在一起饮酒赋诗，写下了“云龙山下试春衣，放鹤亭前送落辉，一色杏花红十里，君郎归去马如飞”的佳句，流传后世。放鹤亭前花圃内，繁花点点，争芳斗艳，淸香四溢，亭子四周数株千年古柏奇丽壮观，有的象团团烟云，仿佛随时都可飞向蓝天，有的象撑开的雨伞，伸出长臂遮云挡雾……穿过太阳门便到了兴化寺。大雄宝殿倚山而建，前髙数丈，后墙仅三砖高，大佛端坐殿内，金碧辉煌、令人赞叹不已。寺内东厢房里，十八罗汉塑象姿态各异，栩栩如生。有的捋胡须，有的搨扇子，有的仰面朝天，有的闭目养神，有的盘腿而坐，还有的手托顽皮的猴子玩耍……

近看，美丽的徐州尽收眼底，只见那公路纵横，烟囱林立，车水马龙，高楼毗连耸入云端。银光闪的云龙湖明亮如镜，灿烂的阳光仿佛给它镶上一圈金色的花边，宛如姑娘多褶的衣裙。高大的建筑和挺拔和大树倒映在湖中，随着荡漾的碧波，时而聚时而散……暮霭升起，晚风习习，山上奇花异草随风送来缕缕清香。微风好象是母亲的手抚摸着你，阵阵松涛声又象在为你奏出一曲雄壮的交响乐，使人流连忘返，陶醉在人间仙境之中。

Good morning, my dear teachers, my dear professors. I am very glad to be here for your interview. My name is song yonghao, I am 22 years old .I come from luoyang, a very beautiful ancient city. my undergraduate period will be accomplished in changan university in July ,2004;and now, I am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

Generally speaking, I am a hard working student especially do the thing I am interested in. I will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when I was sophomore, I found web design very interesting, so I learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, I stayed with my personal computer for half a month, and I am the first one in my class who own his homepage. Furthermore, I am a person with great perseverance. During the days preparing for the first examination, I insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like. And just owning to this, I could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.

Well, in my spare time, I like basketball, tennis and Chinese chess. Also English is my favorite. I often go to English corner to practice my oral English on every Thursday, and write compositions to improve my witting ability .but I know my English is not good enough, I will continue studying.

Ok, that is all, thank you for your attention.

Today, as the development of technology, people can change their faces by doing plastic surgery, because of the commercial ads, people are highly effected by the exaggerated facts that they can be the shining stars. So people pay special attention on the outlooks, they want to look perfect, as far as I am concerned, the true beauty is nothing with perfect looking, only the inner beauty makes you shining. In the fairly tale of Cinderella, the prince chooses the poor girl instead of the beautiful girls, because he admires Cinderella’s inner beauty, though she is nobody. Though it is just a story, it tells people that inner beauty makes one outstanding. People can make their faces perfect, but there is no way to fulfill their inner beauty by technology. Inner beauty is the most precious thing, beautiful outlook will fade away with the time, but inner beauty won’t, it only getting valuable.

Everyone has hobbies.Hobbies are the important things in our life.I also

have hobbies.Next,let me tell you.Exercise is my one hobby.I love sport.The

more exercise I do,The more healthier I have.After I have dinner,I often go for

a walk with my sister on the streets,and when class is over,I usually play

badminton with my friends.Sometimes I play ping-pong,too.So I think I live in a

wonderful life.

Reading is my the other hobby.In weekends,I often read some novels.Such

as《Jane Love》。《Zhao Hua Xi She》and so on.That can make me improve my

Chinese.

This is my hobbies.If you have hobbies,you can exchange with me.

Good afternoon,

It’s my great pleasure to stand here for this interview.

First, let me introduce myself. My name is ** and you also can call my English nickname **.

I like a word said by Napoleon: I succeeded because I will it; I never hesitated. I believe in all time: If you think you can, you can.

I come from **, the capital of ** province and will graduate from the management of department of ** university, in July this year. In undergraduate period, I achieved scholarship when I was sophomore and junior, meantime I became the chairman of pingpong club.

In term of which, you could feel I am an optimistic and active man. Moreover, I am a thoughtful student. Specially, I am pretty good at learning form daily life and study. It is energetic of me to think some meaningful issues. When I face to problems, I am capable of analyzing and settling them by myself. If the matter is special intricate, I also can corporate well with others as a team.

In spare time, I have broad interests like many other young people. Sport and reading are my favorites. I am also a pure sport fan. In all of these, I do well in playing Pingpong, there are several medals I won as the captain of school or department team include individual game and team games. Taking part in some sport game can help me study energetically.

In this fast-change time, I am also skillful in operating computer and network. Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line. In additional, I am familiar with searching for information in internet.

I have past cet6 test, however, I am aware that there’s lots of room to develop my English speaking.

In the past one year, I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination. In this course of studying, on one hand, I gain knowledge in some fields, more importantly accumulated enough study ability and willpower for further developing in this famous school. Now all my industrious work has gain return for this opportunity to present myself here.

I will appreciate it very much if you could send me the chance to further my study toward management.

“六安瓜片”是国家级历史名茶，中国十大经典名茶之一。

“六安瓜片”又称片茶，为绿茶特种茶类，采自当地特有品质，经板片，剔去嫩芽及茶梗。通过独特的传统加工，工艺制成的形似瓜子的片形茶叶，它色泽宝绿，有8个茶叶单片，起润有霜，叶底程黄绿两色，形成汤色澄明绿亮，香气清高，回味悠长等特品。 “六安瓜片”炒制工具是原始的生锅，芒花撸锰蓟鸱妫斯し础!傲补掀辈唤鐾庑魏每矗兜篮煤龋匀松硖逡埠芎谩9喜枥锖0%—30%的茶蛋白和脂肪，还是消暑的饮品，可以清心明目，提神消乏。我美丽家乡的瓜片也是指定为招待国宾的一种礼茶。

六安的茶富有诗意美。它与中国的丝绸、瓷器一样受到外国友人的喜爱与赞美。早在十七世纪，一位英国诗人华尔拉就用这样的诗行来赞美中国的茶。

He often do Beckham hairstyle, feet wear large shoes, love to play golf, who is he? He is my father. I tell you my fathers story!

National Day holiday, Dad took our family to do a very meaningful trip, the first stop, my father chose Shanxi Wutai Mountain, dad talked about an important allusion, Wutai Mountain is a Buddhist mountain, for the Manjusris temple, Manjusri Is the students of the first payment of God, in particular, Manjusri is the father and my patron saint, each of us will have a patron saint. Wutai Mountain in the road on both sides of the beautiful and beautiful autumn, full of mountains and plains are covered with golden white poplar, really beautiful, our family also a shadow it!

The second station went to the Great Wall of Beijing, wow! Here is like a dragon, many people are climbing the Great Wall, my father and I have climbed to a beacon, the father said: "The Great Wall is the emperor Built to prevent the Huns attack, the project with millions of migrant workers, spent decades to build. "This project is really great! See in the outer space see.

The third station, we went to Tianjin, visited the aircraft carrier, this aircraft carrier is Chinas former Soviet Union to buy the retired warships, people visit, really happy, our country has its own aircraft carrier, and can surround our great motherland, No longer be oppressed by the powers. We went to Tianjin famous antique snack street, my father he bought me a sugar with a dragon.

It was time for us to go home for a happy six-day trip. Ah, but I feel good to pack up a happy mood, ready to go to school slightly.

有句话说得好：什么地方都有属于自己的特产。果真如此，你看：郯城的银杏、沂蒙的煎饼、嘉兴的梅菜、新疆的红枣等，我的家乡在山东青岛开发区，这里就盛产海鲜。

海鲜有许多种类，比如鱼，他们的肉可以做成汤，味道鲜美；它们的肝可以制成鱼肝油，营养丰富；鱼的眼睛可以让眼睛恢复疲劳，充满活力。再比如蛤蜊，蛤鲜，蜊美，是这里的家常便饭……

其中，海参和鲍鱼最为名贵。

海参是生活在海边至8000米的海洋软体动物。他的身体呈圆筒状，浑身长满肉刺，海参大约有5厘米，个头虽小，但营养最大，有延缓衰老、提高免疫力、增强大脑记忆能力，具有抗疲劳的功能，可以 预防各种肠胃疾病和各种肝脏疾病。 它的发制方法很简单： 取干海参，放在40—50度的温水中。一般浸泡12—14小时，每8小时换一次水，若有硬心，必须再泡，知道泡软。然后剪开参体，除去肉脏洗净泥沙备用，在浸泡过程中不要沾油腻，盐，负责影响质量。

海参可以用鸡汤清炖，切片炒或切成细块加鱼、肉、鸡蛋。（作料需煮熟。）海参也可以甜吃，加蹄膀、鸡蛋、桂圆、冰糖清炖，味道极佳。它是一种营养丰富的海产品，实为海中八珍之第一珍，实在是名不虚传。

鲍鱼味道鲜美，便让人流连忘返，难以忘怀。鲍鱼的壳最为有趣，把壳洗干净，便会呈现出七彩光芒：红、橙、黄、绿、青、蓝、紫，七种颜色在一起，交织，旋转，凝聚，升华！我想：如果在壳中放一颗闪闪发光的珍珠，必定会绚丽夺目吧。鲍鱼的做法最为简单，把水倒进锅里，煮开，放上鲍鱼，再加点盐，炖熟，一盆原汁原味，色香味俱全的炖鲍鱼就做好了。

怎么样？听完我的介绍，你迫不及待地想尝一下吧？

一转眼，几年过去了，我的家乡变化可大了！瞧，整个城市就像一个大森林，街道上干干净净，没有一点灰尘，绿树成荫，鲜花盛开，空气中弥漫着清新的味道，我们生活在绿色的世界里。

除了环境美，现代的科学技术也先进，各种机器人会处理各种垃圾、污水、废气，变废为宝。

我看见家乡这么美，脑海里出现了十年前家乡的情景：虽然高楼林立，马路宽敞，但绿化很差，道路两旁树木很少，刮风时，尘土飞扬，五颜六色的塑料袋到处可见，唉，空气糟透了。

那时人们不重视环保，不爱护身边的环境。就说我们小区的小花园吧，小花园中心有一个小水池，刚修完时，池水清澈见底，里面养了许多金鱼，可人们观赏时总把塑料袋，瓜果皮，树枝扔在水里，时间一长，小水池的水浑浊不堪，人们路过都是捂着鼻子，鱼儿也都死了，这都是人们不爱护环境造成的。

人们终于认识到保护环境的重要。一点点地开始爱护环境，用行动建设家园，保护家园……

你看，如今我们在这么美好的环境里生活，多么幸福啊！我们要把保护环境进行到底，让家乡永远这么美丽。

Chinese students celebrate their birthdays in different ways. But the stn way is to have fun by drinking, singing and dancing. On the birthday, one usually receives nice gifts and good wishes frofriends and parents. Sotis, parents will prepare a special dinner or a cake to show th(eir love for their children. Since birthday celebration is one of the iortant activities in ones life. It can be done in re aningful ways. For exale, we can buy so flowers or cook a delicious al for our thers on that day. In this way, we exprethanks to our parents in return for their love

My name is Fang Yu, 11 years old this year, grade five.

I have long hair, thin eyebrows below the mosaic of a pair of glossy black eyes, slender figure. My hobbies are playing guzheng and painting. But my biggest hobby is reading and playing chess. Let me first talk about the book bar.

Books are an essential part of my life. I love reading, and sometimes Im crazy about it. Mom said I was a little bookworm. Once, I was reading a book, watching it, my mother asked me to go downstairs to buy sugar. I was seeing a joke and laughing. I later learned that my mother asked me to go downstairs to buy things, and I hurried to buy them. I bought a book again. Mother asked: How did you buy salt? I was so careless!

The next thing is to say chess. When I feel bored, I play chess with my brother. If a tie, I will come here again. If I win, I jump three feet high. If I lose, Ill go to the heart of my happy pet guzheng.

I should say my happy pet, I learned the guzheng for two and a half years, the play is good, the competition still won the two prize! Envy? Painting does not say.

Look at my self - introduction. Do you want to be a friend with me?

我叫方雨，今年11岁，上五年级。

我有长长的头发，细细的眉毛下面镶嵌着一双乌亮的眼睛，苗条的身材。我的爱好有弹古筝、画画。不过我最大的爱好是看书、下象棋。我先说说书吧。

书是我生活中必不可少的一部分。我爱看书，有时看的都着了迷。妈妈说我是个小书迷。有一次，我正在看书，看的津津有味，妈妈叫我下楼买糖，我正看到一段笑话，哈哈大笑。后来才知道妈妈叫我下楼买东西，我连忙去买。买回来我又去看书。妈妈问: 怎么买的是盐? 我真粗心呀!

下面该说象棋了，当我觉得无聊时，就和弟弟下棋。如果打成平局，我还要再来一次。要是我赢了，我一蹦三尺高。要是我输了，我就找我的快乐宠物古筝谈(弹)心去了。

该说我的快乐宠物了，我学古筝两年半，弹的还不错，比赛中还得了二等奖呢!羡慕吗?画画就不说了。

看了我的自我介绍，你想和我成为朋友吗?

Henan has a humid warm-temperate climate. Dry and windy in winter and spring, the province is hot and rainy in summer and bakes in strong sunlight during the autumn months. Rainfall averages about 600-1000 millimeters increasing from north to south, as does the annual temperature which increases from about 12.8C in the north to 15.5C in the south.

Henan province is considered the cradle of Chinese civilization due to its location on the Yellow River. This rich historic heritage has endowed Henan with numerous historic treasures, from primitive dwellings to earliest wheel thrown pottery. The remains of some of the earliest human settlements have been unearthed here, including the over 7000-year-old Peiligang Culture Site, the 6000-year-old Yangshao Culture Remains and the 5000-year-old Dahe Culture Remains. All these cultural remains have profound significance in the history of Chinese civilization.

Luoyang City has been the capital of nine dynasties since the time of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770BC-221BC). There are many historical sites to be viewed in Luoyang as well as the opportunity to purchase replicas of the famed Tang three-glaze horses. Luoyangs Longmen Grottoes, famous for its grand treasure trove of Chinese Buddhist statues, are located 12km (7 miles) south of Luoyang. First sculpted and chiseled around 493 AD when the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) was moved from Datong City to Luoyang, the grottoes of Luoyang house an awe-inspiring collection of sculpted Buddha and other religious subjects.

Kaifeng, one of the ancient capitals, also boasts the following buildings worthy of a visit: Iron Pagoda (Tie Ta) of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Dragon Pavilion (Long Ting) - site of imperial palace of the Song and Jin dynasties - and the 1400-year-old Xiangguo Temple which is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in China. Also on view in Kaifeng are ruins of the Shang Dynasty, an important part of human cultural and historic heritage. The Shang Dynasty Ruins, also known as the Yin Ruins, are famous because of the unique style of the large palace and its grand mausoleums, in which emperors of the Shang Dynasty are buried. The bronze vessels of the Shang Dynasty, which were both finely decorated and popularly used by the citizens of the Shang Dynasty, are well-known at home and abroad.