Uncle Thomas, "Magnificent 70 Years of Youth Family National Letter", let us meet in Xi'an, sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Youth League Municipal Committee, the Municipal Education Bureau and the Xi'an Newspaper Media Group, and undertaken by the Xi'an Evening News and Sunshine Newspaper, the "I Love the Motherland Student Letter Collection Activity" has received a positive response from the majority of primary and secondary school students in the city since its launch on June 28. At present, the organizing committee's submission mailbox 2139533627qq.com has received nearly a thousand students to submit summer social practice assignments - write a letter! In order to give more positive guidance to the participants, the organizing committee decided to open a column from now on, from time to time to publicly display the shortlisted works, in addition to publishing in the newspaper, it will also be promoted on the "Young Family Guoxin" WeChat public account and other cooperation platforms.

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Hello Uncle Thomas!

Long time no see! Have you been doing well lately? What is the weather like in Hamburg?

Last summer, my grandparents and I traveled to Europe and stayed at the house of my fourth grandfather in Hamburg, Germany. I remember the first time we met, my aunt asked me to say hello to you, but I had never been so close to a foreigner, so I felt a little shy. Unexpectedly, you first said to me with Chinese "Hello! I smiled awkwardly and quickly said "Hello!" in English. Then your big hand took hold of my little hand, and we kind of knew each other.

After a few days of close contact, we became good friends and I was able to communicate with you in English. You told me that you like China, you like Chinese cities, Chinese cuisine, Chinese history. I ask you have you been to China? You say, "Not yet, I'll go." "I asked again, then how do you know so much about China?" You humorously say, "Travel online!" ”

But, Uncle Thomas, have you ever thought that 100 years ago, China was a country that was slaughtered by others?

Uncle Thomas, I think you should know about Our nation's capital, Beijing! Beijing once had a yuanmingyuan that was unparalleled in the world. In 1860, the British and French forces forcibly invaded Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan; in 1900, the Yuanmingyuan was again destroyed by the Eight-Power Alliance, and the royal treasures were plundered. Now, you can only glimpse the glory of the Yuanmingyuan from the historical records, and you can only find the treasures belonging to the Yuanmingyuan in the British Museum.

However, today's China is no longer the way it used to be poor and weak, and it is left to be slaughtered. Chinese people stood up, China has become the world's second largest economy, people's lives have been improved unprecedentedly, and everyone feels proud to be a Chinese.

Uncle Thomas, you may be wondering, how come China has changed so much? Let me tell you! Because Deng Xiaoping's grandfather proposed the policy of "reform and opening up" in 1978. In this way, you may not particularly understand it, or "reform internally and open up to the outside world," speed up modernization, and better serve the welfare of the broad masses of the people. Did you know? In just forty years, China has gone from rich to strong, created many miracles, achieved manned space flight, and the high-speed railway mileage is the first in the world. This is a very arduous road, a new long march for the industrious and courageous Chinese people to realize the great Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.

Uncle Thomas, it's better to hear than to see. I sincerely invite you to come to my homeland and take a look. I will first take you on a tour of the underground army of more than 2,000 years ago, the Qin Terracotta Warriors, and see the exquisite bronze carriages and horses and the sharp swords that still shine today– the national momentum and the high-tech that has amazed many foreign heads of state. There is also the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a landmark of Chang'an, where the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang translated and stored Buddhist scriptures. There is also the best preserved ancient city wall in the world, but this young monument is a Ming Dynasty building more than 600 years ago.

Uncle Thomas, I'm also going to take you up to the Bell Tower of a Ming Dynasty building in the center of Xi'an. When you stand on the bell tower, you will see the four main streets of east, west, south and north intersect here. Yellow Geely taxis run everywhere in the streets, as well as "BYD" (BYD) pure electric air-conditioned buses. These buses are all China's own brands, and even are local products of Xi'an. They burn "clean energy" and don't pollute the environment.

You know, Xi'an also has a lot of food! Spicy soup, oily noodles, pulled noodles... By the way, Xi'an is located on the Guanzhong Plain, and noodles are a major feature of Xi'an! To put it bluntly, the noodles in our hometown are famous in the world, and I don't know how many times better than the pasta eaten in Europe?

Uncle Thomas, in February this year, the state has approved That Xi'an will be built into a national central city and an international comprehensive transportation hub, and I believe that in the near future, Xi'an will become an international metropolis with historical and cultural characteristics!

Uncle Thomas, once again, we sincerely welcome you to Xi'an. Please believe me, as the host, hospitable Xi'an people, will definitely let you feel the history of our Chinese history of 5,000 years, let you feel the unprecedented development of our China, let you like the ancient city of Xi'an more, let you feel the charm of Xi'an this city!

Looking forward to, waiting, let us meet in Xi'an! Let's have a wonderful time together!

Your "little friend" Zhao Yuanyao in Xi'an

July 25

(The author is the junior high school campus of Xi'an Gaoxin No.1 Middle School.)

Class of 2020 D2 students

Instructor: Yan Jiahui)