Hangzhou, more than 6 milion chinese people live in the city. This old city is known well because of its great west lake. Famous old explorers, Marco Polo, said, "This city is the most enchanting city in all the world." In addition, its great lake is one of the highlights of China. If you visit here, you will certainly agree.The West Lake area and the surrounding hills to the south have been largely responsible for Hangzhou's reputation as "Paradise on Earth." West Lake is known for its panoramic scenery, weeping willow trees, flowering peach trees, rockeries, ancient stone bridges, and hills
Shandong Province is located in the east of China, downstream of Yellow River and between the capital city Beijing and the biggest commercial city Shanghai. It is one of the most important coastal provinces. It covers 156.7 thousand square kilometers, about 38 percent of the size of State of California in the Unites States. Shandong has 3,100 kilometers of coastal line, and has a large population of 92, 48 million. Shandong has a warm-temperate monsoonal climate. It has hot summers with centralized rainfall as well as short springs and autumns with an average annual temperature ranging from 11
I've been in Daegu for almost two months by now. As being an exchanged students from China, I'm often been asked such questions as what's my impressions of Korea, Keimyung and the differences of my hometown as well.Actually, I really enjoyed my new life here,warm-hearted teachers and friends who helped me a lot made me feel at home. I'm also satisfied with the study environment that I have more chances to make progress of Korean language and English as well. Now I'd like to tell you something about my hometown Puyang. He'nan province. Puyang is located in the northwest part of Henan province i
I was asked a few weeks a go by a student to compose a short article on Canadian culture. I sat on the request for sometime. I spent days thinking and talking with other Canadians about how one can define our culture. Everyone I polled produced the same short list, “Hockey, Poutine, Tim Horton’s…” and then they all ended the conversation with the same comment that I was embarrassed to admit: “I don’t think we (Canadians) really have a culture.” That comment is true. Yet it is not a sad truth, it is one that should be celebrated. Canada doesn’t have ‘a’ culture, we have many cultures. We are a
Hello, my name is Jennifer Moore and I am from Bristol, Virginia, USA. Bristol is unique in the fact that it is located two different states, Virginia and Tennessee. The picture of the Bristol city sign is actually showing you the division between the two states. Bristol is located in the Appalachian Mountains, so we are somewhat similar to Korea in the fact that we have a lot of mountains surrounding us, but I think our mountains would be considered babies compared to Korean mountains.Bristol is actually a lot smaller than Daegu, we only have a population of 45,000 compared with Daegu’s 2.1 m
The "International Corner" is a space where foreign students can introduce their culture. Foreign students can use this space freely if they want to write an English article. If you want to submit an article, please send an email to gazette.kmu.ac.kr
I come from Philippines a country that composes of more than 7000 islands. But I particularly live in Cebu or better known as the Queen City of the South, the second largest City in Philippines. Cebu is known to be the source of the best mangoes and the best guitars. Cebu is actually the first Spanish settlement in the country, the Spaniard conquered the natives and Christianize them in 1521. Since then, people in Cebu are the most devoted Catholic Christians in the country. You can find lots of Spanish heritage such as the old Port San Pedro and old Spanish houses and churches. Even the langu
Several days ago, I received a letter from Gazette’s editor. She asked me whether I could write a passage to introduce my hometown, I felt very happy to accept this assignment because I always wanted to have a chance to introduce my lovely hometown to Korean and other foreigners. It is a great honor for me. But I think I will not write an expository writing, I just want to write a prose.My hometown is Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province which locates in the central of China. As far as I am concerned, the biggest allure of this city is her character----mediocrity. You may wonder how could