Li Yiyan

My parents and I live in a staff dormitory in Tiangui Mountain Scenic Area in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. Here, the four seasons are distinct. I travel through the corridor of time, capturing the beauty of each season.

The creek began to flow, the weather gradually warmed up, the ice melted, and spring arrived. The mountains turned tender green, and at this time, the warm spring breeze blew the peach blossoms, and clusters of pink dotted in the tender green, like a string of beautiful notes. A flock of birds played the string of notes, and a beautiful music came out.

The sun scorched the earth, a hot wind blew, and summer came. At night, the concert in the grass began, and people carried stools to the courtyard to cool off, chat, look at the stars, and listen to the concert in the grass. Summer is a splendid and enthusiastic season, a carnival of life, and a feast of nature. I indulged in this boundless beauty, feeling the enthusiasm and vitality of summer.

Autumn always taps the earth with the most delicate brush. The ginkgo biloba leaves on Tiangui Mountain are yellow, and this ginkgo tree is 500 years old. The ginkgo biloba leaves that fall on the ground form a golden carpet, and every year I go with my friends to pick up ginkgo biloba leaves and put them in a book. Autumn is the harvest season. Autumn is strong, and love is also deep.

Winter, the quiet poet of the season, walks lightly, giving the earth a different charm. In the early morning, the mist is light, and the first thing that catches your eye when you go out is the lake not far away, and on the frozen ice, the willow branches hang crystal ice beads, reflecting the morning sun, shining. The pine trees in the south stand proudly, like guardians of winter. Winter is quiet and powerful, it shows the charm of nature in a unique way, and makes people feel awe and love.

The four seasons of the hometown are like a long poem, every sentence is full of emotion, and every scene is worth recalling.

(This article is selected from the "People's Daily +" client "Hometown in Words" essay contest, slightly deleted)

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