Welcome to my hometown Weifang. It is a beautiful city and I’m sure you’ll like it. This is the first time you come here. Now let me tell you the way to my home. It is midnight when you arrive at the bus station, so you have to live in a hotel for one night. You can live in Fukun Hotel. It is near the bus station. It is a tall building. The next day you can come to my home.

Take a taxi from the hotel. Go along Heping Street. Then you can see a big supermarket Zhongbai Supermarket. Then turn left. Walk along Shengli Street and turn right at the second crossing, then you can see my house on your left. There’s a pay phone in front of my house. You can find it easily.

Hope you have a good trip.

Yours,

Li Wei

【推荐3】There are many interesting things around the world. Here is something fun to visit.

	The Piano House This House in Huainan City of An Hui Province looks like a large piano, with a glass violin in the middle. Some university students in Hefei built it and hoped to bring the city plenty of tourists. It works! Now it has become one of the favorites of tourists in China. If you are a music lover, don’t miss it.
	Singing Roads In Japan, some roads can play music as cars travel over them. Grooves are carefully cut into the road. The spaces between the grooves make different music as cars touch therm. The closer the grooves are, the louder the music will be. Drivers can hear the beautiful songs best when driving at 50 kilometers an hour. And all say they can make them keep wide-awake when they feel tired.
	Mr. Toilet House This large building in South Korea was built by Mr. Toilet in 2007. His real name is Sim. Sim built it to tell people how important toilets are to the health of a society. There is a Children Museum inside. And now it is a popular place for school learning trips and students love it. Opening time: Tuesday-Sunday, March-October 10:00-18:00; November-February 10:00-17:00. Closed on Mondays.

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Changsha is a city famous for its food and here people spend a lot of time eating. Xiang Cuisine (菜系) is one of the Eight Cuisines in China and has a fine look and a hot taste. Street dining and restaurants in the city make every visitor’s mouth hot. From the special snacks (小吃)—Stinky Tofu to the famous Kou Wei Xia (spicy crayfish) at Pozi Street, there are many kinds of delicious food that will not let any visitors down.

Chairman Mao, who was Hunanese, once said that the more chilies (辣椒) one eats, the braver one becomes. It was a joke but it shows that food can make differences to the spirit of a person.

Pozi Street is the most popular place among visitors and it is famous for its spicy crayfish (麻辣小龙虾), a popular street food for Changsha people. The crayfishes are lightly cooked in hot water until they turn red. It would take about five minutes. They are then put in cooking oil, with hot chilies, and garlic sauce (大蒜酱) for just thirty seconds when cooking wine (料酒) and some water are added. The crayfishes are then cooked for another fifteen minutes to give them a spicy taste. The dish is spicy and hot and that’s Changsha people’s favorite!

Besides, there are other delicious foods including chilies with pork, duck dishes, cold dishes, soups, noodles and dumplings. Every evening, a line of restaurants on Pozi Street welcome visitors with bowls of bright-colored (鲜艳的) dishes and no one can say no to them! The crowded street will last (持续) late into the night until about three or even four o’clock!

This is the food culture in Changsha. The people there made mouth-watering (令人垂涎的) food, and the food gives people joy to enjoy their lives in the city.

【推荐2】Many people have the wrong ideas about pigs. Pigs are actually（实际上） very clean animals. On the farm, they live in dirty places, so they become very dirty. But in the wild, pigs keep themselves very clean. They are also very smart. They may be smarter than dogs. So pigs can learn things from people.

Pigs are very friendly animals. Some people raise（饲养）them as pets. Of course, people raise the small kind, not the big kind. Small pigs are very cute. And they don’t break things in the house. Big pigs usually live outside on the farm, not in people’s homes.

【推荐3】The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping (扫墓) Day, which falls on April 4-6 each year. It is one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms. From that date, temperatures begin to rise and rainfall becomes more. It is an important time for farmers to plant seeds in the fields. So the festival has a close relationship with farm work. However, it is not only a seasonal symbol, but also a day of remembering the dead. A lot of families would sweep the tombstones, and burn spirit money to remember the dead. Qingming Festival is also a time for people to do some other activities.

Spring outing

Qingming is the best time for Taqing or a spring outing. People always go out and enjoy the early flowers before summer. It is a fine time to enjoy the beauty of nature during the festival.

Swinging

Swings are very popular among children. As a popular custom on Tomb-sweeping Day, swinging not only stops the coldness from eating cold food, but also develops a child’s bravery.

Kite flying

Flying kites is also an important custom during the Qingming Festival. In the past, people cut the string to let the kite fly freely. This custom can bring good luck and get rid of illness.