我的家乡是白洋淀，那也是小兵张嘎的老家。今年回家乡，我对家乡有了新的认识。

My hometown is Baiyangdian, which is also the hometown of Xiaobing Zhang GA. I have a new understanding of my hometown when I go home this year.

前几年，由于缺水，白洋淀成了干涸的大坑。1987年在党和政府的领导下，家乡的人民为白洋淀引来了水，白洋淀又生机勃勃地活了起来。

A few years ago, due to lack of water, Baiyangdian Lake became a dry pit. In 1987, under the leadership of the party and the government, the people of their hometown brought water to Baiyangdian, and Baiyangdian was alive again.

回到家乡的第二天清晨，我便约了儿时的伙伴骑车前往我日夜思念的白洋淀。一路上，林木茂密，鸟语花香，空气清新，柏油路宽阔笔直。来到白洋淀大闸，哦，这里万头攒动，人声鼎沸。这里有农民，也有城里人，有卖食品的，有租游船的。我惊奇地问：“这里怎么变得这么热闹了？”伙伴们告诉我：“咱这里已开辟为新的旅游点了！”我站在大闸上往淀里望去，只见水面上停泊着排排龙舟，十分壮观。伙伴搞来一条小划艇，我们向淀中心划去。白洋淀水清见底，成群的鱼虾在水中穿梭，五颜六色的水草浮在水中。远处大片大片的芦苇向水天相接处伸展着。伙伴告诉我，如今，芦苇塘承包以后，长势非常好。芦苇成了白洋淀地区人民发家致富的宝贝。

The next morning when I returned to my hometown, I asked my childhood partner to bike to Baiyangdian, which I miss day and night. Along the way, the trees are thick, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the air is fresh, and the asphalt road is wide and straight. Come to Baiyangdian gate, oh, there are so many people here. There are farmers, there are city people, there are food sellers, there are boat renters. I asked in surprise, "why is it so busy here?" My friends told me, "we have opened up a new tourist attraction here!" I stood on the gate and looked into the lake, only to see rows of dragon boats on the water surface, very spectacular. Our partner got a small rowboat and we rowed to the center of the lake. Baiyangdian Lake has clear water, groups of fish and shrimp are shuttling in the water, and colorful aquatic plants are floating in the water. In the distance, large tracts of reeds stretch towards the water sky junction. My partner told me that the reed pond has grown very well since it was contracted. Reed has become the treasure of Baiyangdian people.

荷花也是白洋淀的“特产”。我们的小船划到了荷花潭，只见四周有芦苇的天然屏障，中间弥漫着鲜艳的荷花。粉的、白的，亭亭玉立，花瓣上露珠滚动，真是动人极了。

Lotus is also a special product of Baiyangdian. When our boat reached the lotus pond, there was only a natural barrier of reeds around it, with bright lotus flowers in the middle. Pink, white, slim and graceful. The dew on the petals is rolling. It's very moving.

快中午了，我们上了岸来到我的姑妈家。村里青瓦房舍连成一片，昔日摇摇欲坠的茅草土坯房不见了踪影；姑妈家中的摆设也由往日的一张桌子、两个凳子和一个火炕，变得现代化了，彩电、冰箱、新式家具，已远远超过了城市人的水平。姑妈说：“自从白洋淀有了水，这里就一天比一天富足了……”白洋淀得天独厚的自然条件，加上这里人民的艰苦奋斗，换来了白洋淀五业兴旺的今天。

It's almost noon. We went ashore to my aunt's house. The green tile houses in the village are linked together, and the crumbling thatched Adobe houses in the past are gone; the furnishings in my aunt's house have also been modernized from a table, two stools and a hot Kang in the past, and the color TV, refrigerator and new furniture have far exceeded the level of the city people. My aunt said, "since Baiyangdian has water, it has become richer and richer day by day..." The unique natural conditions of Baiyangdian, together with the hard work of the people here, have brought about the prosperous five industries of Baiyangdian today.

白洋淀变了，我的家乡变了，变得更美了，更富了！我深信随着改革开放，随着党的富民政策，白洋淀会越变越美。

Baiyangdian has changed, my hometown has changed, become more beautiful, richer! I firmly believe that with the reform and opening up and the party's policy of enriching the people, Baiyangdian will become more and more beautiful.