Falling in love with modern and ancient Hangzhou

Falling in love with modern and ancient Hangzhou

By Umedjon Yunusaliev (OCA Young Reporter from Tajikistan)

 

Hangzhou, China, September 28, 2023: The People's Republic of China is an attractive and prosperous country. 

 

In particular, Hangzhou is one of the most beautiful and largest cities in China - and today it is at the centre of the sports world for hosting the 19th Asian Games.

 

While Hangzhou now has a spectacular sky line, with gleaming office blocks and state-of-the-art sports stadiums to host the Asian Games, it was not always like this.

 

In the past it was famous for its large markets for buying and selling goods. People used to come here from the surrounding districts and distant mountains to sell their goods and buy food.

 

 It is known from historical sources that, at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries, there were castles, courts, pharmacies, hospitals and teahouses in Hangzhou. People were engaged in agriculture, crafts, animal husbandry, horticulture, blacksmith, pottery, and leatherwork among other crafts and industries.

 

This city of the heart - “Heart to Heart, @Future” - is rightly called the city of youth, because this city was built by the hands of the smart and talented young people of China.

 

When we walk on the streets of this city every day, its prosperous avenues bring joy to our hearts. The people of the city constantly strive for the development of the city and its cleanliness. 

 

Every year, in order to make the streets and avenues of the city even more beautiful and attractive, they plant decorative plants and trees, colorful flowers in the summer season.

 

With grace and love, when I first visited this beautiful city, I loved it very much. This is the city of youth because the entire population seems to be young. The level of their services is excellent. It has kind and open-hearted people. The weather here is stable and you can love this city without any excuse!

 

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