My hometown is in Yunnan, where there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Of course, there is also a great man in Yunnan who is known to everyone at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. Who is he? He is Zheng He who sailed to the West. Let me tell you slowly!

On July 11, 1405 (the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty), Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty ordered the eunuch Zheng He to lead a large fleet of more than 240 ships and 27,400 crew members on a voyage to visit More than 30 countries and regions in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean deepened the friendly relations between the Ming Dynasty and the South China Sea (today's Southeast Asia) and East Africa. It is known in history as Zheng He's voyages to the West. Each time it set off from Liujiagang, Suzhou, until 1433 (the 8th year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty), it made as many as seven voyages in one day. The last time, when he returned to Guli in April of the eighth year of Xuande's reign, he died of illness on the ship. The Ming Dynasty story "The Three Treasures Eunuch's Journey to the West" and the Ming Dynasty drama "The Three Treasures Eunuch's Journey to the West" refer to his travel adventure as the Three Treasures Eunuch's Journey to the West. Zheng He's navigation far surpassed nearly a century of navigators from Portugal, Spain and other countries, such as Magellan, Columbus, Vasco da Gama and others. He can be called the pioneer of the "Age of Discovery" and the only Oriental. He went to Africa earlier than Dias 57.

Zheng He once visited Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahang, Chenla, Kuri, Siam, Punggala, Adang, Tianfang, Dhofar, Khurumos, and Mugudu They have traveled to more than 30 countries, including Shu, and have reached as far as eastern Africa, the Red Sea, and Mecca, and may have visited Australia, America, and New Zealand.

Zheng He was the pioneer of the world's great age of navigation. Zheng He's voyages to the West were the pinnacle of contemporary navigation, and in the centuries to come, few could match it.

Ah, I love my hometown, and I admire even more the great man in my hometown - Zheng He!