四年级英语介绍一本书演讲稿【精品20篇】

I am Xu Chenxi, a lively and cheerful boy, round head, a head of black hair, bright eyes, nose greatly, and a mouth not to how to talk.

I like playing badminton, skating, playing chess... But my favourite is playing badminton, every time and children played sweating like a pig, very happy.

I do my homework and disadvantages, careless, and sometimes not directly see the direct writing program.

This is me, I want to break the shortcomings in this term, do a good student.

我是许晨曦，一个活泼开朗的小男孩，圆圆的脑袋，一头乌黑的短发，明亮的眼睛，大大鼻子，还有一张不怎么会说话的嘴巴。

我喜欢打羽毛球，溜冰、下棋……但我最喜欢的是打羽毛球，每次和小朋友打得汗流浃背，痛快极了。

我也有缺点，做作业马虎，有时不直接看节目就直接写下去。

这就是我，我想在这个学期改掉这个缺点，做一个好学生。

导语：“海外青山山外海，凭高纵目气增豪。”这是清代诗人黄日纪描写厦门胜景的诗句。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Xiamen is a major city on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China.It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province .

The local vernacular is Amoy,a dialect of Southern Min,also called Hokkien.Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian province as well as overseas.While it is widely spoken in and around Xiamen,the Amoy dialect has no official status,and the official language of all government business is Mandarin.

Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and tree-lined beaches.Gulangyu,also known as Piano Island,is a popular weekend getaway with views of the city and features many Victorian-era style European edifices.Xiamens Botanical Garden is a nature lovers paradise.The Buddhist Nanputuo Temple,dating back to the Tang Dynasty,is a national treasure.Xiamen is also famous for its history as a frontline in the Chinese Civil War with Taiwan over Jinmen (also known as Jinmen or Quemoy) 50 years ago.One attraction for tourists is to view Kinmen,a group of islands a few kilometres away and under Taiwanese control,from Xiamen island.

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厦门位于中华人民共和国东南沿海的一个主要城市。它是作为副省级城市，福建省的管理。

当地的方言是淘，闽南方言，也叫Hokkien。Amoy被广泛的使用和理解在福建省南部地区以及海外。虽然它是在厦门被广泛使用，厦门方言没有官方地位，及所有政府业务的官方语言是普通话。

厦门和它周围的地区是闻名的风景和绿树成荫的海滩。顾朗宇，也被称为钢琴之岛，是一个受欢迎的周末的城市美景和特点的许多维多利亚时代风格的欧洲建筑。厦门植物园是一个自然爱好者的天堂。佛教南普陀寺，可以追溯到唐代，是国家的宝贵财富。厦门也是著名的历史在中国内战与台湾Jinmen一线(也被称为Jinmen或金门岛)50年前，一个吸引人的地方是游客看金门，一组岛屿几公里远，在台湾的控制，从厦门岛。

题目：许多人认为飞机是20世纪最伟大的发明，你是怎么认为的？

首段：引题飞机的发展史；

第二段：飞机的好处——快速；

第三段：飞机的好处——舒适；

第三段：飞机的好处——安全；

最后：否认是20世纪最伟大的发明。

at the beginning of the 20th century, the art of motorzied flying was just starting to take shape, and a century later, at the beginning of the 21st century, the motorized flight has become an irreplaceable means of transportation for modern people.it has immense bearing on our lives.

the airplanes widely used reach the average speed of 500 to 1000 kilometers per hour, indisputablely the fastest means of transportation. they are 20 times faster than ships, 7 times than cars, and 5 times than trains. in a world like ours where efficiency is second to none ,taking airplanes sounds fantastic.www

taking airplanes is more comfortable. passengers are free from the fatigue they may suffer when traveling by bus or train, and the cosy, noi -free cabin and the first-class servere offered both in terms of food and entertainment, convinces people that it is well worthy of paying more for it.

the mass media which are only too happy to cover the reports on air crashes occasionally occurring around our world may mislead the readers that taking flight is dangerous. actually the flight trip is considerable safer than road trip.

however, it would be termerity to claim that the motorized flight is an invention unmached by others. after all, it works in traveling alone. computer technology has introduced inventons like internet , which tend to eliminate the traveling. besides, nuclear energy, penicillin, mobile phone, credit card, hybrid rice breeding, tv set ,to name but are few, are all deniable inventions extremly important for human being.

[小学四年级优秀精选英语作文

I will appreciate it that you give me an opportunity to introduce myself now. My name is yjbys and you can call me yjbys . I come from xxxxxxxx. Now I am a senior student and I will graduate from Nanhai Neusoft Institude of information Technology. My major is Networking . I am not only good at my major but also English . I will do my best in my working if you can give me the chance. Thats all. Thank you for your listening.

我最喜欢的老师

My favourite teacher is Miss Huang. She is a beautiful lady. She has two big eyes, a high nose and a little red mouth. There is always a smile on her face.

我最喜欢的老师是黄老师。她是一位漂亮的女性。她有两只大大的眼睛，一个高高的鼻子和一张小小的红唇。她的脸上总带着笑容。

Miss Huang likes singing and collecting posters. She is good at playing the piano. In the evening, she always sits in front of the piano and plays nice music. She is good at dancing, too. Sometimes she teaches us dancing.

黄老师喜欢唱歌和收集海报。她钢琴弹得很好。晚上，她常常坐在钢琴前弹奏优美的乐曲。黄老师跳舞也很棒。有时她也会教我们跳舞。

Miss Huang likes dogs very much because the dog is very friendly and cute. Her favourite color is blue. Because blue is the color of the sky and the sea.

黄老师非常喜欢狗，因为狗很友好也很可爱。黄老师最喜欢的颜色是蓝色，因为蓝色是天空和海的颜色。

This is my favourite teacher. Our classmates all like her very much.

这就是我喜欢的老师。我们班的同学都非常喜欢她。

编辑点评：这篇小作文情感真挚，写出了真情实感，在教师节之际，特别适合表达对老师的感激之情。

My father is a very respectable man in the world.Although he is not tall and strong as any of the heroes described in the novels,not handsome as any of those stars of stage and screen, he is the greatest man in my eyes.As a worker in a steel factory, he worked hard for me and my mother in his whole life, none penny was spent for himself.

He would never buy drinks on street under the torrid noonday sun for saving money to buy me an ice-cream.

cheerful，open-minded,warm-hearted...all nice words I can put on my dear father.

you would have fun with him all day long during the talk with him.

He is a very easy-going man so thats why he has so many friends.To help anyone who ever or never helped us means a lot to him.

I love my dad as I love myself, i pray to God that He could let me be his daughter in my next life if there is...

Things about Me

I am Andrea. Perhaps the word "average" can best describe me. I am of average height, average weight and of average complexion. I have a thin face, double-lid eyes and a pointed nose. My hair is black, short and straight. I have never worn my hair long.I look like both my mother and

my father, but I have inherited their best parts.

lam a teacher, and I like my job. I believe her or his students can sometimes teach a teacher. Actually I have learnt a lot from my own teaching experience and my students. One particularly good thing about being a teacher is that I am learning something new each day and thus making progress each day. This is wonderful. Of course the income is modest, but on the other hand, quite stable. I keep growing all the time. I find great rewards both monetarily and mentally.

I have many hobbies: reading books, raising pets, making dresses, etc. I like volleyball very much, but I cant play it very often, because it is a team sport. It is difficult to get enough people to play volleyball with me. Its a shame. I derive great pleasure out of my hobbies.

Generally speaking, I am open, honest and easy-going. I hate hypocrisy and injustice. Fairness is very important to me. I try to be fair in everything I do. I have great appreciation for physical and spiritual independence. I am a bit disorganized and impatient sometimes.

I dont have many friends, but I do have a few. I have both male and female friends. We do sports together, go shopping together; and we exchange our views and ideas and share happiness and sadness. Of course we help each other if necessary. I always consider myself a lucky person. I am lucky in my family, I am lucky in my career, I am lucky in my friendship, I am lucky in many.

[关于自我介绍的精编英语作文

My home village is a small one. It’s in Yuxian county of Shanxi Province. Small as it is， it’s very beautiful.

There are many hills around my home village and they are more beautiful than some big mountains. In spring， we can fly kites which are made by ourselves on the top of the hills. The kites fly very high.In summer， the trees are green and the grass is green， too. It is green everywhere on the hills. There are so many wild apple trees on the hills. The wild apples are nice to eat. In autumn， the corns under and around the hills are ripe. So we eat them almost every day. In winter， when it snows， all the ground is covered with snow. We can play with snow and sometimes we eat the clean snow with sugar. In my hometown the sky is blue， the air is clean， the water is sweet and the people are very friendly. I love my hometown!

我的家乡是位于山西盂县的一个小村庄。它虽然小但非常美丽。

家乡被群山环绕，这些小山甚至比大山川还要美丽。春日里，我们在山巅放飞自制的风筝;夏天里，漫山遍野是长得绿油油的草木，各种野果美味诱人;秋日里，山下和山周围的玉米熟了，我们几乎天天能尝到新鲜的玉米;冬日里，雪花飘飘，大地银妆素裹，我们玩雪，有时还就着糖吃几口干净的白雪。我的家乡天空蔚蓝，空气清新，水儿甜美，人们好客。我爱我的家乡。

[介绍我的家乡的英语作文

Today, I introduce myself to you. My name is Wang Jun, 7 years old, grade three in experimental primary school.

I have a round face, red and red, like an apple, with a small dimple on my face when I laugh. My eyes round and bright, like a grape like.

My personality is very mild, and many children are willing to be friends with me. Sometimes, I play in the yard, and I always find a lot of little brothers and little sisters behind me to play with me, and they all like to call my sister. Sometimes, others have broken my toy, I always lose my temper, and say it doesnt matter.

I have a lot of hobbies, like painting, playing the piano, reading, singing, playing chess. However, I love playing the piano, when he finished his homework when I opened the piano, carefully playing beautiful music. Listen to that melodious sound, I forget everything. After my efforts, I also took part in the piano competition. Although I was small, I also won the praise of my uncle and aunt.

Students, do you know me? Would you like to be a friend with me?

今天，我为大家介绍自己。我的名字叫王君，今年7岁，在实验小学上三年级。

我长着圆圆的脸，红红的，像苹果一样，笑的时候脸上露出小小的酒窝。我的眼睛圆溜溜、亮晶晶的，像葡萄似的。

我的性格非常温和，许多小朋友都愿意和我做朋友。有时，我在院子里玩，总发现身后有许多小弟弟和小妹妹来和我玩，她们都喜欢叫我姐姐。有时，别人把我的玩具弄坏了，我总不发脾气，还说没关系。

我的爱好很多，喜欢画画、弹钢琴、看书、唱歌、下棋 。但是，我最喜欢弹钢琴，每当做完作业，我就打开钢琴，认真地弹着优美的曲子。听着那悠扬的琴声，我忘记了一切。经过我的努力，我还参加过钢琴大赛。虽然我小，可是还赢得了叔叔阿姨的表扬。

同学们，你们了解我吗?愿意和我做朋友吗?

Shanxi Province got its name due to its location to the west of Taihang Mountain.Shanxi neighbored on Hebei,Henan,Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia & Autonomous Region.It is located to the east of the Yellow River,and is also known as Hedong.Shanxi belonged to Jin State in Spring and Autumn Period,so it is abbreviated in Jin.Shanxi occupies an area of 156,000 square kilometers (about 60,000 square miles) and has a population of over 32 million,including its minority ethnic population.Its capital is Taiyuan City.

When to go

Being at a high altitude,Shanxi Province has a cold and dry climate and has an annual rainfall of between 400-600 millimeters.The province is also frequently plagued by sandstorms,especially in the spring,so it is often useful to bring along both sunglasses and a hat when visiting.Generally speaking,the provinces climate is the best between May and October.

History

Shanxi is one of the birth places of Chinese civilizations with a long history and traditional culture.As early as one hundred million years ago,the ancestors of the Chinese lived and propagated in this region.Legend tells us that the Yellow Emperor,founder of the Chinese nation,once lived in Shanxi for a certain period.Today,many Neolithic sites from that period can still be seen dotted across the vast expanse of the province.

What to see

Shanxi is endowed with an abundance of cultural sites from its long history.Most of the ancient structures were built before the Liao and Song Dynasties.So it is the reason why Shanxi is often called the Chinese Ancient Architecture Museum.The more obvious of these include:the Buddhist wonder of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong City,the ancient city of Pingyao which was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997,the oldest and tallest ancient wooden pagoda in China,the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County and the remote Shuanglin and Jinci Temples,which are well worth the long journeys for the visitors.

Of course,there are a number of natural magnificent and beautiful places that can also be seen in Shanxi.The most famous of them include Wutai Mountain with the longest and most prestigious history in the four most well-known Buddhist holy lands of China,the whistling rage of the Yellow Rivers Kettle Spout waterfalls (Hukou Waterfalls) and one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China - Mt Hengshan.

I love my home in Jilin City, Jilin City is a surrounded by mountains, the famous Chuanliubuxi the Songhua River in the town of the beautiful city. Here the mountains of water beauty more beautiful.

The mountains of Jilin City: It is located in the urban areas in the two famous (Beishan) (Longtan Mountain), located in the suburbs (Mopanshan) (Suzaku Hill). First, "(Beishan) there is the religious holy places, the mountains there are many temples, the annual temple fair and Jidian, when many of the visitors to this Tour." Saying that "(the Longtan Hill) mountains ancient architecture lush trees air Fresh, so people become a good place for morning exercises. "Saying that" (Mopanshan) is a famous mountain temple "Lingyansi", where incense heyday. "Saying that" (Suzaku Hill) is a forest park, the mountains A horseback archery skiing, and other entertainment projects, many of the day to attract visitors. "

Jilin City in the waters: the famous Songhua Hu of Jilin City in the suburbs, where there are rich water resources, there are delicious Songhua Hu wild fish, is a tourist resort in the Holy Land. Is also available in the Songhua River from the city Chuanliubuxi.

Jilin City of the United States: Jilin City has many, many lovely people, the special police in Jilin City is a model for studying the police, special police in Jilin City for the safety of their bloody sweat, you can say that they are also the most lovable person. Jilin City cab drivers, they are the example. Jilin City in a lot of unexpected events, they always冲在最前面also played an important role, for example: the scene rescue Jianyiyongwei Shijinbumei, etc. in their possession of the obvious.

Jilin City, my home and I love my praise in Jilin City of Jilin City.

When I was five years old, my mother decided to send me to learn dance

class, at first, I was afraid, because I knew nobody there. But as when I went

there, I found there were a lot of children who were at my age, we became

friends soon. Now I like the dance class so much, I can dance with my friends,

we have great fun.

Hello,this is Li Chunfei.I graduated from Xian siyuan University and majored in accounting.Its a pleasure to meet you.Be patient with me,Im a little bit nervous.

I was once a poor student of English, and it was my biggest headache and trouble maker.

I got sick and tired of learning boring grammar rules and lifeless words. But through hard work

in practicing speaking English and breaking away from the traditional grammar games, I found myself a totally different and exciting new world.Id like toshare my learning techniques with my students of future and be their friend.

Education has always been the most important thing in my life,and English is in my free/spare time.(English is my favorite subject.)So educating young people is

the most important thing I do with my life!Lets work together to lift the English education of China to a higher level.We can do it.

Thank you for your valuable time.

[应聘英语教师自我介绍

Everyone has a really good friend or Zhixin Ren, so I have a friend like her grown very ordinary, very pure, performance is also very good, she is adorable, but her character is very cheerful, I particularly like him.

He helped me a lot of busy, I have once physical education class, careless, wrestling has. Her to send me to school medical room, and she still takes care of me and asked if I have things to buy me water to drink, I am very grateful to her, so呀was my best friend.

翻译：每个人都有一个真心的好朋友或者是知心人，我就有一个这样的朋友，她长得很普通，很纯洁，成绩也很好，她是个活泼可爱的人，她的性格非常开朗，我特别喜欢他。

他帮我很多的忙，有一次，我上体育课时，一不小心，摔跤了。是她把我送进校医室的，她还很照顾我，问我有没有事，给我买水喝，我非常感谢她，所以呀是我最好的朋友。

In my neighbor Liu grandmother at home, there is a very cute little white rabbit. Long ears, red eyes, small nose, short tail, a white hair, it became a lively and lovely little white rabbit.

When the white rabbits eat, vigilance of the incredible, it first walked around the food, and staring at the food, walked for about a minute, and then slowly close to touch the food with his feet, and then flew Open to determine the safety, and then come back to eat! Sometimes, the little white rabbit and I am very warm. I got my hand close, at first it was very frightened, flew away, motionless, and then slowly approached, rubbed my hand with my head, and I gently stroked it, it was happy to roll on the floor, naughty The

If the white rabbit would like to sleep, then, will lie on the side, motionless, while fell asleep. Little rabbit is very cute when sleeping! It is lying on the body, four legs straight, and sometimes, it is still asleep legs still moving it! May be dreaming! Children, this little rabbit is very cute, right?

大家好，我是1号，__。

在我成长的过程中，除了父母以外，对我的教育和培养最多的便是我的老师，在我的每个老师中，他们都培养我的独立自主的能力。使我很受启发，所以，我最大的梦想就是成为一名人民教师。然而，在我的初中三年生活里，我想希望保持我的自主能力，并且提高我的成绩，使自己成为一个遵规守纪，勤奋学习，全面发展的学生。在学习上，我想我能够上课仔细听讲，弄懂每一个问题，认真完成作业，回家做好预、复习工作。在空余期间多看书，扩展知识面，提高阅读以及写作能力，积累好句好段。早晚多听读外语，多积累一些单词，提高英语各方面的水平，从良好的基础上向着更高的目标出发。而在接下来短短的半个学期中，我希望能在期中考试中取得优秀的成绩，使我离三年内的目标更近。

在我的心里，我希望我所在的班级不一定是全年段的前几名，但我希望这个班级是充满友好、友爱、团结的氛围的，为了实现我对班级的憧憬，我愿意为这个良好的氛围做到：

1、遵守班规;

2、学习自觉，主动帮助身边学习上有困难的同学;

3、与同学和谐相处;

4、积极参加各种活动，为班级争光;

5、认真对待，领导、老师布置给我的任务。

在我除学习之外的时间里，我喜欢看看电影、电视剧，逛逛街。希望大家能够记住我，我叫林桂妮。

Anyone seen pandas today I went to the zoo. Giant panda it has a fat body wearing a big glasses it loves eating bamboo is a national level to protect animals.

In 20xx the national wild giant panda 1590 only. Adult pandas from 120 ~ 180 10 ~ 20 cm long, 60 ~ 110 kg weight. Trunk tail is white, two ears, eyes, legs, and shoulder are all black, I eat other plants, and even dead animals. , appetite is big, also to spring or a stream to drink every day. Living between 2400 ~ 3500 meters mountain bamboo forest. The living environment humidity is very big, a fairly large temperature difference. The pandas scientific name actually called "panda", meaning to "bear" like a cat, that is to say, "nature is similar to bear, and the appearance is similar to the cat.

The panda only more than 160 people have to protect giant pandas.

谁都见过大熊猫今天我去了动物园。大熊猫它长着一身胖胖的身体戴着一个大大的墨镜它很爱吃竹子是国家一级保护动物。

20xx年全国野生大熊猫有1590只。成年大熊猫120~180尾长10~20厘米，体重60~110千克。躯干是尾白色，两耳、眼周、四肢和肩胛部全是黑色，偶食其它植物，甚至动物尸体。日食量很大，每天还到泉水或溪流饮水。居住于海拔2400~3500米的高山竹林中。其生活环境湿度很大，温差也比较大。熊猫的学名其实叫“猫熊”，意思即为“像猫一样的熊”，也就是说“本质类似于熊，而外貌却相似于猫。

熊猫只剩160多大家一定要保护大熊猫。

My mother is a teacher .She is not tall and a little fat .She has big eyes and long hair .

She loves me very much,but she is very strict to me, she requires me to develop good study habits especially in study .

Once I finished my homework ,but I did not check my homework because I wanted to play .

My mother checked my homework and fond many mistakes .

So she scolded me and let me corrected it . My mother love me very much ,but She is hard to me .I love my mother .

She is the most beautiful and best mother for me.

Hello, everyone! My name is and my English name is . I’m 15 years old. I’m a student in a very beautiful school called Liangbing Middle School and I am in Class 1 Grade 7. My hometown Liangbing is also a beautiful town.

I’m very happy and I like to make friends with others. I also like singing but traveling is my favorite, I have been to many interesting places in China but I haven’t been to other countries. What a pity!

At school, I study Chinese,math, English, history, politics and so on. I like all of them. I often help my teacher take care of my class and I think I am a good helper. I live with my parents and we go home on time every day.

When I am at home, I often help my mother do some housework and my mother said I am a good helper, too. My mother is a barber.She cuts hair very well.She is kind.Many people like her. she often teaches me the way of learning well, if you want to learn English well, here is some of my advice. At first , you must read many articles and know many words, if you meet up with some new words, you can look them up in the dictionary, you should know their meanings, how to read them and spell them. If you keep working hard, you will be successful. Then, you ought to speak English as much as possible. Remember an old saying, Nothing is impossible in the world if you put your heart into it. That’s all, thank you.

导语：On this day, commemorative activities held throughout the United States to show respect for the flag and love of America.在这一天，美国各地举行纪念活动，以示对国旗的敬重和对合众国的热爱。下面是由小编为你整理的介绍美国国旗英语作文，欢迎大家阅读。

American flag for a rectangular shape, length and width ratio of 19:10 for the Stars and Stripes (the Star-Spangled Banner), the upper-left corner flag for the blue stars surface area of the stars a few provisions in the respective departments, the United States is the state flag on the number of a few of the stars. Star 13 is outside the red and white stripes, 13 stripes on behalf of the original 13 colonies in North America. According to Washington, said: symbol of the United Kingdom with red stripes, white stripes and a symbol of freedom from it. More general argument that the red symbol of strength and courage, a symbol of purity and innocence of white, blue is a symbol of vigilance, perseverance and justice. In 1818 the U.S. Congress pass the bill, red and white flag on the fixed width for the 13, the number of five-pointed star should be in line with several states of America. Each additional state, the national flag on a star to increase, the general in the new states to join the second year after the implementation of July 4. So far has been the national flag to 50 stars, representing the 50 U.S. states. June 14 each year as "the development of the anniversary of the American flag." On this day, commemorative activities held throughout the United States to show respect for the flag and love of America.

美国国旗为长方形，长宽之比为19：10，为星条旗(the Star-Spangled Banner)，旗面左上角为蓝色星区，区内的星数于有关部门规定，美国的州数就是国旗上的星数。星区以外是13道红白相间的条纹，13道条纹代表最初北美13块殖民地。据华盛顿说：红色条纹象征英国，白色条纹象征脱离它而获得自由。更普遍的说法认为，红色象征强大和勇气，白色象征纯洁和清白，蓝色则象征警惕，坚韧不拔和正义。1818年美国国会通过法案，国旗上的红白宽条固定为13道，五角星数目应与合众国州数一致。每增加一个州，国旗上就增加一颗星，一般在新州加入后的第二年7月4日执行。至今国旗上已增至50颗星，代表美国的50个州。每年6月14日为“美国国旗制定纪念日”。在这一天，美国各地举行纪念活动，以示对国旗的敬重和对合众国的热爱。

[介绍美国国旗英语作文

The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.

This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.

Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.

With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.

Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.