温州英文简介

My Hometown--Wenzhou

Wenzhou is located in southeastern of Zhejiang Province. It used to

be called Yongjia. It has a history which goes back to about 2000 BC.

At that time, Wenzhou was famous for its pottery production. In the 2nd

century

BC

it

was

called

the

Kingdom

of

Dong'ou.

Under

the

Tang

Dynasty,

it was promoted to prefecture status and given its current name in AD

675. The name Wenzhou was formed from the nearby Wenqiao Mountains (

温

峤岭

) and the addition of the -zhou

Also,

Wenzhou

’

s

present

name

derives

from

its

mild

climate.

Wenzhou

has

a

humid

subtropical

climate

with

short,mild,dry

winters

and

long,hot,humid summers. Summers are similar to the remainder of the

province,

but

winter

is

much

milder,

partly

due

to

the

southerly

location

and partly due to the sheltering effect of the surrounding mountains.

Heavy

rainfalls

occur

in

late

spring

and

early

summer

due

to

the

monsoon,

while

typhoons

are

common

in

late

summer

causing

considerable

damage

and

destruction.

Some

places

in

Wenzhou

suffers

from

typhoons

very

much.

And

every summer, people from

these places

have to

be ready

to against

typhoons

’

attacks.

Throughout

its

history,

Wenzhou's

traditional

economic

role

has

been

as

a

port

giving

access

to

the

mountainous

interior

of

southern

Zhejiang

Province. In 1876 Wenzhou was opened to the foreign tea trade, but no

foreign settlement was ever established there. Between 1937 and 1942,

during

the Second Sino-Japanese War,

Wenzhou

achieved importance

as

one

of the few ports still under Chinese control. It declined in the later

years of the war, but began to recover after coastal trade along the

Zhejiang coast was re-established in 1955.

Wenzhou natives speak Wu Chinese, which is the spoken language of

the people from Hangzhou ,Suzhou ,and Shanghai. However, geographic

isolation and the immigration of Southern Min Chinese speakers from

nearby Fujian Province have caused Wenzhou's spoken language to evolve

into

a

dialect

that

is

a

mixture

of

various

dialects.

As

a

result,

people

from all over China, including those who from other regions of Zhejiang

and Fujian have trouble understanding the dialect in Wenzhou, which is

known as Wenzhouhua.

Banyan (ficus microcarpa) is the city tree of Wenzhou which has a

long history of growth. The tree has a magnificent appearance, lush and

evergreen.

In

February

1985,

ficus

microcarpa

was

rated

as

the

city

tree.

On

10th

July,

1985,

it

was

decided

in

the

14th

meeting

of

the

6th

Wenzhou

Municipal Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress that:

Banyan and Camellia are nominated as the city tree and flower which

reflect the natural landscape of the city and vibrant and enthusiastic

spirit

of

the

people

and

he

lp

to

inspire

the

people’s

patriotic

feelings.

Camellia is the city flower of Wenzhou. Wenzhou is the main region