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My name is Jia Deng Hui.I am nine years old.This is my friend Fung Ju Lin.He's my best friend.We live on an islandnear Xingping.

Xingping is in Guangxi Provincein south China.This area is very famous for thekarst peak mountains and Li river.The Li river is 440 kilometres long.

When it rains it's hard to seehow beautiful the landscape is.But visitors still come hereto admire the views.Even though it's winter.Here is the famous viewon our 20 yuan note.If you come to Chinayou will use a 20 yuan note.And then you'll know the pictureof those mountains is where I live.This rocks says "20 yuan note view."

My mum sells fruit here.It's really hard to sellfruit right now,because it's raining a lot,and very cold.We grow lots of fruit on the islandwhere I live.My mum has her own orange trees.

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She explains lots of thingsto my friends and I.She says the best time for orangesis December to January.We have four differentkinds of oranges.Some are sweeter than others.We all eat a lot of fruit.My mum says,"If you throw away the bad ones,"the good ones have morechance to grow."

I like oranges,but my favourite is pomelo.There are lots of pomeloson our island.They've all been picked now,so they get taken offto the markets.Nearly every day you can see themloaded onto boats.

I have breakfast by the fireat 7:30.My mum usually makes merice with meat.At eight o'clock every morningI leave home.My house is really closeto the river,so it only takes a minuteto get there.My dad is really good at fixingboats. This is how he earns money.

My friend Fung Ju Lin and Ialways go to school together.All the children on our island haveto cross the river to get to school.From the harbour we walkthe rest of the way.Classes start at 8:40.If you come to Xingpingyou HAVE to take a river trip.My friends and I live here,so we just play around on boats.

The temperature is really cold now.Our lifejackets help tokeep the wind and rain out.It's very cold for the fishermen,too.Winter is not a good seasonfor catching fish,because there are hardly any fishin the river in the winter.Some of the fishermen usecormorant birds to help them fish.

Lots of the views werepainted by Chinese painters.And written about by many poets.One poem is by a famousChinese poet called Han Yu."The river winds like agreen silk ribbon,"while the hills are likejade hairpins."But you should come when it's warmerto see the famous views.