我的家乡英语作文80词带翻译(合集20篇)

My hometown has many scenic places, there are four spring like Longtan cave, fruit fragrance has a charming scenery and pinnacle, psc...... But my favorite is the mountain of my hometown.

In the hot summer day, my father took me to climb the mountain and looked up from the foot of the mountain. "The peak is so high that it seems to be in the sky." Look at the steep stone steps, one layer and one layer. It seems that there is no way to find it, alas! As I wanted to give up, my father said to me, "do things to the end!" At last, I began to climb the mountain. I grabbed the weeds with my hands. My legs pressed hard. Soon we climbed half the mountain, and I climbed and climbed in this steep mountain. I didnt know that I was so flexible. At this time, my stomach rumbled up, suddenly a red fruit aroma drifting, I smell the fragrance found a tall red fruit tree, the tree node is full of big and sweet red fruit, I just want to greedy DC slobber, climbed up the tree to pick one to eat, suddenly. A ripe red fruit from the tree fell down, I quickly picked up the red fruit, Dakoutaikou to eat it, "ah, really sweet!".

After a long time, we arrived at the top of the mountain and looked out. It turned out that Miyi was located in the mountain. I roared, "ah... Ah... Ah...! " I hear the echo from the mountain.

I love my hometown, I love the mountain of my hometown.

When I got home, it was very dark. Why? There is no electric. Every year in

Beijing, there is lack of electric to supply. Because there are a lot of

factories. And it is very cold in winter. So the government decided: supply

electric to resident and the factories must stop working. My house is in the

manufacturing district. I was unlucky. It was very cold. So my father use the

electric making machine to make electric. Oh! What a unlucky winter!

当我回到家，这是非常黑暗。为什么呢?没有电。每年在北京，还有就是缺少电力供应。因为有很多工厂。这是非常寒冷的冬天。因此，政府决定：供应电对居民和工厂必须停止工作。我的房子是在生产区。我是不幸的。这是非常寒冷。所以，我的父亲用途电制造的机器使电。哦!什么是倒霉的冬天!

Read the book "treasure island" over the weekend, let me have deep feeling.

"Treasure island" is a story of treasure. One is called the pirate captain flint bought 700000 pounds worth of treasure in the treasure island, the protagonist of the story Jim accidentally got a treasure map, and some people treasure together. Treasure hunters and pirates launched a life and death struggle, finally, treasure hunters finally found the treasure.

I like the story of Jim, he is smart and brave, for example, after they got on the treasure island, and pirates, one day, Jim out of their camps, in the evening, he walked into the camp of the pirates, pirates leader didnt kill him, because love Jim wanted him to join the pirates, but he keep up, determined not to join the pirates. He that let me admire very much. Also, when sailing captured by pirates, Jim and the ships anchor partition, let the boat with the wind rocking, the pirates to stun, the pirates were shaking all night, and drank the wine, ships were robbed Jim come back the next day.

In the book, and Im impressed with a person, he is silver. Silver looks graceful on the surface, like a gentleman, but hes murderous pirate leader. In the ship as a cook, he, usually, people on board the ship like a family, but, in his convened a bunch of pirates, to treasure island, but decide to deny, and Jim they played out.

Everywhere in our life, but also has a "hypocrite", such as silver we should see through their camouflage, dont be fooled disguise.

周末读了《金银岛》这本书，让我深有感悟。

《金银岛》讲的是一个关于寻宝的故事。一个叫弗林特的海盗船长在金银岛上买了价值70万英镑的宝藏，故事的主人公吉姆偶然得到了一个藏宝图，和一些人一起寻宝。寻宝者和海盗展开了一场生死搏斗，最后，寻宝者终于找到了宝藏。

我最喜欢故事中的吉姆，他聪明机智而且很勇敢，比如说，在他们登上金银岛后，和海盗交战，有一天，吉姆出了他们的营地，到晚上，他却闯入了海盗的营地，海盗头子因为很喜欢吉姆所以没有杀他，想让他加入海盗，他却临危不乱，坚决不加入海盗。他的这一点让我非常敬佩。还有，当帆船被海盗占领，吉姆又把船的锚索隔断，让船随风摇晃，把海盗晃晕，海盗们被晃了一夜，加上喝了酒，第二天船就被吉姆抢了回来。

在书中，还有一个人让我印象深刻，他就是西尔弗。西尔弗表面上看起来举止文雅，像一个绅士，但是，他却是杀人不眨眼的海盗头子。他在船上担任厨师，平时对船上的人就像是亲人一样，但是，在他召集了一帮海盗，到岛上寻宝时，却翻脸不认人，和吉姆他们打的你死我活。

在我们的生活中，也处处有着像西尔弗这样的“伪君子”，我们要识破他们的伪装，不被伪装所蒙骗。

"Reading a good book is like talking to a man of noble." This winter holiday, I can not control their own curiosity, opened a "Notre Dame DE Paris", entered the author Victor Hugos inner world.

This book tells the story of two completely not an amazing stories of people all over the world.

Roams about the entertainer lada is a beautiful love, beauty. She not only looks beautiful, and a noble mind. When the poet grand hang a pivotal moment in the ancient kingdom of tile is going to be a beggar, she in the form of willing to marry him without hesitation and save the poet; When vice bishop crowe Hadley etc all kinds of despicable means to force her, she also shows unprecedented calm, she also to surrender, to show her the gallows in righteously...

Quasimodo is an extremely ugly deaf blind bell ringers. He was abandoned by the family and the society as a whole. Instead of pollution but bad luck instead of his heart, make him become a kind person. He has saved lada love, beauty, also often help homeless orphans. Fate gave him the chance to fall in love with love, beauty lada, but at the conclusion of his life, god opened a great joke with him -- in another world with love, beauty of love. Story is tragic, but they left spirit is eternal!

Yes, a person cant because their deficiency and desperate, more than the pursuit of beauty. We should learn to sincerely treat to others. Want to know to cherish life, respect for each and every one of the world.

“读一本好书，就象和一位高尚的人谈话。”今年寒假，我控制不住自己的好奇，翻开了《巴黎圣母院》，走进了作者雨果的内心世界。

这本书讲述了两个完全不是一个世界的人神奇故事。

爱斯美拉达是个美丽的流浪艺人。她不仅外表美丽，还有一颗高尚的心灵。当诗人格兰古瓦即将被乞丐王国绞死的关键时刻，她毫不犹豫地以愿意和他结婚的方式救下了诗人;当副主教克洛德利等用种种卑鄙的手段逼迫她时，她也表现出了前所未有的镇定，她还宁死不屈，在绞刑架前显出了她的大义凛然……

卡西莫多是个极其丑陋的聋瞎敲钟人。他遭到了亲人及整个社会的遗弃。但厄运不但没污染他的心，反而使他成为了一个善良的人。他多次救下了爱斯美拉达，还常帮助无家可归的孤儿。命运给了他爱上爱斯美拉达的机会，可上帝却在他生命结束之时跟他开了个莫大的玩笑——在另一个世界与爱斯美拉达相爱。故事是悲惨的，可他们留下的精神却是永恒的!

是啊，一个人不能因为自己先天不足而自暴自弃，更不能过分追求外表美。我们应该学会真诚地善待他人。要懂得珍爱生命，尊重世界上的每一个人。

My hometown Shao Dong, is a land of fish and rice, orange township, there is also a prosperous city. Although Shao Dong is not big, but I love Shao Dong.

I love the hometown of reservoir. On one occasion, we went to the cave to play, passing a reservoir, the endless blue waves with the water, to break out. Green mountains with clear water. Waterfowl like received an invitation from nature, hurried to the reservoir above the dancing, just like a beautiful landscape painting.

I love the hometown of the field. The late autumn season, casing of orange trees, small lanterns hung, approached a look, this is where the lantern, was shimmering oranges! In the whole stream, small groups of fish in the play, grass carp as reserved gentleman, easygoing to swim in deep water; Carp like naughty children, the high jump. Rice in the field waves rolling, during the day, people in the field cultivation; In the evening, people with a fishing rod leisurely sitting on the river.

I love my hometown city. At a young age, the city is full of garbage, sunny day is grey, rainy day is mud, really let a person feel sick. Now, wide cement road convenient; These skyscrapers, can take the lift to the top; Busy pedestrian street in the supermarket and lively, everywhere surging crowd; Center of the park under the big tree, there are rows of the bench to rest to the person, there are many small bench next to fitness equipment; And one small unit of the courtyard, the yard has a garden, pavilions, white wall, the wall covered with ivy and grasses, herbs, or feel more tender in accordance with the people.

Shao Dong is my beautiful hometown, I love my hometown Shao Dong.

我的家乡邵东，是鱼米之乡、蜜桔之乡，也有繁华的城市。虽然邵东不大，但我爱邵东。

我爱家乡的水库。有一次，我们去岩洞玩，路过一个水库，一望无际的水面泛着碧蓝的波涛，此起彼伏。青青的山护着清清的水。水鸟们像是接到了大自然的邀请，匆匆赶到水库上方跳起舞来，真像一幅美丽的山水画。

我爱家乡的田野。深秋时节，满园的桔树上，挂着一个个小灯笼，走近一看，这哪里是灯笼，明明是闪闪发光的蜜桔呀!在一条条小河里，三五成群的鱼儿在嬉戏，草鱼像矜持的绅士，逍遥自在地在深水里游着;鲤鱼像淘气的孩子，比赛跳高。白天，田野里稻浪滚滚，人们在庄稼地里耕作;傍晚，人们拿着鱼竿坐在河边悠然自得地钓鱼。

我爱家乡的城市。幼时，城里到处都是垃圾，晴天是灰，雨天是泥，真让人难受。现在，宽阔的水泥路四通八达;一栋栋高楼大厦拔地而起，可以坐电梯到顶层;繁华的步行街和热闹的超市里，到处可见涌动的人群;中心游乐园的大树下，有一排排给人休息的长椅，长椅旁边有许多小巧的健身器材;而一个个小小的单位庭院，院子里都有花坛、亭台、粉墙，墙上爬满了爬山虎和野草闲花，更觉娇嫩依人。

邵东是我美丽的家乡，我爱家乡邵东。

Christmas Day is important in western countries. It comes on December 25. People have several days off from their work. They go back home to get together for a big dinner. There is a Christmastree in each family. It is decorated with small things and brightlights. During Christmas Day, many shops are busy selling goodsas presents. On that day people often exchange presents. Childrenlike the festival because they can receive many beautiful presents.

圣诞节在西方国家是很重要的节日，它是指12月25日那天。人们有几天假期。他们回到家中举办一个家庭宴会。每个家庭都有一棵圣诞树，树上全是小的装饰品和亮亮的灯。圣诞节期间，许多商店忙着卖一些作礼物的商品，人们互相交换礼物。孩子们喜欢这个节日，因为他们可以收到许多美丽的礼物。

My hometown yichang, is a place of picturesque scenery, is a world famous city of water and electricity. Yichang is the famous three gorges dam, the beauty of the yiling square, is a good place to travel.

Yiling square open every day music fountain, play is the music of the world famous musicians, fountain, along with the music rhythm dance. If you rely on the close, sometimes water mist spray on your body, the whole body wet. Square, there are many old man jump some dancing, bashan dance, I feel or our children jump of good, ha ha!

The three gorges dam is the worlds most famous dam, the highest dam, whenever the dam flood discharge, spurts out big water column magnificence, very spectacular, let me see the awe. Whenever the holidays, tens of thousands of visitors.

I love my hometown, a beautiful scenery, charactizing a fine spring day. I love my hometown, Im proud of my hometown, proud!

我的家乡宜昌，是一个山清水秀的地方，也是世界闻名的水电之城。宜昌有著名的三峡大坝，美丽的夷陵广场，是个旅游的好地方。

夷陵广场每天都会开放音乐喷泉，播放的都是世界著名音乐家的乐曲，喷泉则随着音乐变换节奏翩翩起舞。如果你靠的近了，有时水雾会喷在你的身上，全身湿淋淋的。广场上有许多老人跳一些交谊舞，巴山舞，我觉得还是我们小朋友跳的好，呵呵!

三峡大坝是世界上最有名的大坝，最高的坝，每当大坝泄洪的时候，就会喷出大水柱气势雄伟，十分壮观，让我一见便肃然起敬。每当节假日，有成千上万的游客前来旅游。

我爱我的家乡，一个山清水秀，鸟语花香的地方。我爱我的家乡，我为我的家乡而感到骄傲，自豪!

In my heart, my father is a great man, he wakes up early and goes to work,

in the event, he goes home late. He is working so hard, all he does is for the

family and to support my education. Once I ask him if he is tired, he smiles and

says that I am his sweet burden. I feel so moved, his love for me is so

deep.

在我心里，我的爸爸是个伟大的人，他很早就起来上班，在晚上，他很晚才回家。他一直都很努力工作，他所做的一切都是为了家庭和支持我的教育。曾经我问他是否感到很累，他对我微笑，说我是他甜蜜的负担。我很感动，他对我的爱是如此的深。

Today, as the development of the medical, people can slow down their aging. As for the celebrities, they use the developed technology to keep young, seeing their unchangeable faces in the screen for so many years, the audience also want to imitate the celebrity, they believe that by using the developed technology, they can keep young all the time. While in my opinion, the way to keep young is to hold a young heart, some people look young outside, but in their hearts, they are old enough and refuse to keep pace with the time. While for another group, even they have wrinkles, they are curious about all the things and are willing to change. My grandpa is old, but he knows all the fashionable things, sometimes I have to ask him for the new things. The young heart is the way to keep young forever.

今天，随着医疗的发展，人们能够延缓衰老。对于名人来讲，他们使用高科技来保持年轻，看到他们常年在屏幕上保持不变的容颜，观众也想要模仿名人，他们相信通过使用高科技就能一直保持年轻。然而在我看来，保持年轻的方法就是拥有一颗年轻的心，一些人表面看起来年轻，但是在他们的心里，他们足够的老，并且拒绝去与时俱进。对于另外一些人来讲，虽然他们有皱纹，但是他们对一切都保持好奇，并且愿意去改变。我的爷爷年纪大，但是他对一切时尚的东西都了如指掌，有时候我不得不问他关于新的事物。年轻的心是永葆青春的方法。

Everybody has a daily schedule. We do the same things almost every day. My

day is probaly like yours.

每个人都有日程安排。每天，我们总是做着相同的事情。我的一天就有可能像你们一样。

Heres my daily routine. I get up at 6:30 every morning. I take my time

waking up,but then I wash up quickly. I brush my teeth,comb my hair and put on

school uniform. I pack my bag for school and I leave. I never miss breakfast,so

I either eat at home or eat on the way to school. But I always eat hurry. After

school,I go to a cram school like all my friends. I study and finish my homework

for the day. Finally,I go home and I take a break. I have dinner with my

family,watch a little TV. I am usually in bed by 9:30.

这个就是我的日常安排，每天早上6点30起床。我花了一些时间起床，然后很快地洗漱完毕。我刷牙、梳头发以及穿上校服。我整理好书包后离开(家)。我从来不会不吃早餐，所以我可以在家或在去学校的路上吃早餐。但我总是吃得很匆忙。放学后，我就像我的朋友那样去补习学校(学习)。我学习并完成了当天的作业。最后，我回家并休息了会儿。我与家人一起吃晚饭，看一会儿电视。我常常在9点半的时候上床睡觉。

This is my routine from Monnday to Friday. However,the weekends are

different. I can wake up late. Then. I can do whatever I like. I believe my

routine is typical. It is probably a lot like yours.

这就是我从周一到周五的例行日程。可是，周末(安排)就不一样了。我可以很晚起床。然后我可以做任何我喜欢的事。我相信我的日程是很典型的。这就可能与你们的日程非常相似。

Since home have computer, I have all day in front of the computer machine. Surf the Internet query data is my knowledge become more abundant; On the QQ is I made a lot of close friends, can talk to worry; Online library is I opened up the sight; And online shopping let me understand a truth: dont penny cheap!

Remember the first time, I am in dangdang sold a "cultural common sense a tong". I registered an account on the net, now this thing need to mail, so I went to register an email... I have an account, just like that. In dangdang shopping because there are other shopping site where no - door-to-door delivery and payment. In order to covet petty gain I chose the letters.

Day after day passed, I havent wait until the book until the eighth day finally give up! All of a sudden whim: to buy a camera online. When I again into the dangdang, now, he cant pay again offer door-to-door delivery services. So I instead to taobao. I have registered an account, check all information finally found the way to get pay treasure, with all their pocket money all the charge into the account did not have a camera with the rest of the money to my sister bought only aloe vera gel, optional is both express hope to send to.

The next day, sister and I go nowhere, the third day and wait for the product. Ah! This is my online shopping experience.

自从家里有了电脑，我就整天泡在电脑机前。上网查询资料是我知识变得更加的丰富;上QQ是我交了许多的知心好友，能够倾诉心事;网上图书馆是我开拓了眼见;而网上购物让我懂得了一个道理：做人不能贪小便宜!

记得第一次，我是在当当网卖了一本《文化常识一本通》。我现在网上注册了一个帐户，这东西需要邮箱，于是我便去注册了一个邮箱……就这样我有了一个帐户。之所以在当当网买东西是因为这有别的购物网址没有的地方——送货上门再付款。为了贪图小便宜我选择了平邮。

一天又一天过去了我还没有等到书，直到第八天终于送了过来!忽然又突发奇想：到网上买个照相机吧。当我又进当当网时，今非昔比，他不能提供送货上门再付款的服务了。于是我另辟蹊径到了淘宝网。我又注册了一个帐号，查尽资料终于找到了弄支付宝的办法，拿自己所有的零花钱统统充进了这个帐户没了一个摄像机并用余下的钱给妹妹买了只芦荟胶，两样选的都是快递希望早点寄到。

第二天，妹妹的东西到了而我的去不知所踪，第三天也等到了这个产品。啊!这就是我的网络购物经历。

Dear MrYang,

亲爱的杨老师，

How iseverything going! Tomorrw is Teachers’ Day.I would like to express my sincerely wishes to you. You taught me English inthe primary school. That is the time to lay our foundation. And you help me laymy interest on English, which make me feel learn English easily in middleschool. I’m very appreciated that. Thank you very much. If it is convenient foryou, I would like to visit you this National Day. Happy Teachers’ Day again.

一切可好!明天就是教师节了。 我相向你表达我衷心的祝福。你在我小学的时候教我英语。那是打基础的时候。 是你让我对英语感兴趣。这让我在初中学习英语变得容易多了。我很感激。非常感谢你。如果方便的话，我想在今年国庆节去拜访你。再次祝你教师节快乐。

Best wishes,

Lucy

露西

I went to the Peoples Park with my family today. We had picnic in the

park. My mother and grandparents were preparing food, father was playing

badminton with his friend while I was reading under a tree.

今天我跟家人去公园。我们在公园野餐。我妈妈和爷爷奶奶准备吃的。爸爸跟朋友在打羽毛球，我在树下看书。

Save the Wild Animals

Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction, because the environment that they are living in has changed greatly. For example, with the developmet of cities, the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas have become narrowcr and narrower. Many of the wild animals, now are confronted with food crisis. At the same time, man is killing off species just for getting their fur, skin, horns, teeth and meat.

In order to protect our resources of ecology, people should realize that the loss of any species is at least the loss of source of knowledge and a source of natural beauty. There fore, measures of the following should be taken: pollution standards are made to keepdown poisons; killing off certain rare species is prohibited; national parks should be set up as wild life, reserves.

Only if we human beings take some drastic measures can wild animals be preserved.

保护野生动物

许多野生动物正面临绝种的危险，因为它们生活的环境发生了极大的变化。譬 如，随着城市的发展，杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，野生动物的生活区域变得越来越狭小。许多野生动物目前正面临着食物方面的危机。同时，为了获取野生动物的毛、皮、角、牙齿和肉，人类正在屠杀野生动物。

为了保护生态资源，人们应当意识到任何物种的缺失，至少意味着知识资源和自然美的缺失。因此，应采取以下措施：制订污染标准以降低有毒物质;严禁杀害某些稀有物种;应建立国家公园作为野生动植物保护区。

我们只有采取一些有力措施，才能保护野生动物。

我的家乡My Home Town

My home town is a beautiful place. It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice.

But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town. Many people had no work. They lived a hard life.

In 1949 my hometown was liberated. Since then great changes have taken place there. The streets have been widened. Factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and theatres have sprung up one after another. The life of the people is greatly improved.

I love my hometown. All the more I love its people. They are working hard so as to make it still richer and more beautiful.

[关于写家乡的英语作文

July 21

I had a good time last weekend. On Sunday morning, I stayed at home and did my homework. The homework wasnt difficult. After that, I played volleyball with my friends. It was tired, but very exciting. In the afternoon, I cooked dinner for my parents. It was a little difficult, I think. After dinner, I went to swim in the river. I can swim very well. I had a relaxing weekend.

我有一个很好的时间上周末。星期天早上，我留在家里和我的家庭作业。作业并不困难。在此之后，我打排球我的朋友。这是很累，但非常兴奋。下午，我煮晚餐我的父母。这是一个什么困难，我想。晚餐后，我去游泳，在河里。我可以游得很好。我有一个轻松的周末。

[初二英语日记带翻译

My name is Li Haoyi. Im nine years old. Im a monkey. School: Park Primary School, class two (3).

I was a lively and cheerful and brave pupils in the class is worthy of the name "big star". I was very good at math. I was sealed by Mr. Zhou as a representative of math class. I also got the good praise from Mr. Huang.

Once, I saw in the exercises when the teacher Huang and Professor Zhou refers to me, I think that is calling me. After the exercise, the teacher let my mother come to school, I was more nervous! When my mother talked to the teacher, I knew that my sister was praised. (call to a false alarm.)

Look, this is me!

Everyone has a hobby, some people like swimming, some people like playing

video games. Fishing is my fathers favorite hobby. He goes fishing every Sunday

morning, and goes home in the afternoon.My hobby is playing piano. I started

playing piano from five years old. I like to play it after school. I have a

plan, I want to play a birthday song for my mother, because next monday is her

birthday. I think she will like my present very much.

每个人都有爱好，有些人喜欢游泳，有些人喜欢玩电子游戏。我父亲最喜欢的爱好是钓鱼，他每个星期天的早晨都会去钓鱼，下午才回家。我的爱好是弹钢琴。我从5岁就开始弹了。我喜欢在放学后弹。我有一个计划，我想在给我妈妈弹一首生日歌，因为下周一就是她的生日。我想她会非常喜欢我的礼物的。

I like to eat different kinds of delicious food , however, my favorite

food is dumplings. In my spare time , I like to make dumplings with my mother .

I think home-made dumplings are more delicious than those in supermarket .My

mother knows I love to eat them ,so she makes dumplings at every weekend . I

prefer eating dumplings . How about you

?

【参考翻译】

我喜欢吃各种各样的美味的食物,但是,我最喜欢的食物是饺子。在我的业余时间,我喜欢和我妈妈包饺子。我认为自制的饺子比超市更美味。我妈妈知道我爱吃,所以她在每个周末做饺子。我喜欢吃饺子。你呢？

The food in Shanghai disagree me. I think the food in Beijing is the most

delicious. Seafood in Beijing is very fresh. Prawns in restaurant are all alive.

And there are many food that you can’t see in other cities. It is very cheap

that you eat seafood in Beijing. The less money you pay, the more enjoyable you

are. Maybe my stomach is ill. Whatever food I eat, I am still thin. And I am too

thin, I want to be a litter fatter. So I must eat more.

食物在上海不赞同我。我觉得食物在北京是最美味的。海鲜在北京是很新鲜。大虾在餐厅都活着。而且有很多的食物，你不能看到其他城市推广。你吃海鲜在北京是很便宜的。你付出的更少的钱，更多的愉快你。也许我的胃就是生病。我吃什么食物，我还是薄。而我太瘦了，我想成为一个垃圾箱腰包。所以我必须多吃。

Sichuan is located in the Upper Yangtze Valley in the southwestern part of the country. The second largest of the Chinese provinces, it covers an area of 220,100 square miles (570,000 square kilometres). Szechwan is bordered by the provinces of Kansu and Shensi to the north, Hupeh and Hunan to the east, and Kweichow and Yunnan to the south and by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west and the province of Tsinghai to the northwest. It is the most populous province in China. The name Szechwan means “Four Streams” and refers to the four main tributaries of the Yangtze River, which flows through the province. The capital, Cheng-tu, is located in the centre of the province.

From economic, political, geographical, and historical points of view, the heart and nerve centre of Szechwan is in the eastern basin area, commonly known as the Sichuan, or Red, Basin. Its mild and humid climate, fertile soil, and abundant mineral and forestry resources make it one of the most prosperous and economically self-sufficient regions of China. The area has been seen by some as China in a microcosm and is often viewed as a country within a country. The Chinese call the basin Tien Fu Chih Kuo, which literally means “Heaven on Earth”.