介绍家乡山西的英语作文实用20篇

Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end. 爱情先甜后来酸。

All roads lead to Roma.条条大道通罗马。

As you make your bed,so you must lie in it.自食其果。

Don′t count your chickens before they are hatched.切莫过于乐观。

Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.不能以貌取人。

Failure is the mother of success.失败是成攻之母。

It′s easy to be wise after the event.事后诸葛亮。

Labour is lihgt where love doth pay. 爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。

Learn to walk before you run.循序渐进。

Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。

Love makes obedience easy. 爱情使服从变为易事。

Love makes one fit for any work. 爱情使人适合任何工作。

Love makes the world go round. 爱情使世界运转。

Love me little and love me long. 不求情意浓，但愿情义长。

Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

Love needs no teaching. 爱情无需教导。

Love not at the first look. 切莫一见钟情。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

When love puts in,friendship is gone. 爱情进入，友情完结。

My name is Liyuanyuan.

Im a boy and I am 12 yeas old, there are 4 people in my family. My father is a Chemistry teacher. He teaches chemistry in Zhengxin senior high school. My mother is a Chinese teacher. She teaches Chinese in the university.

I have an elder brother; he is a junior middle school student and is preparing for the entrance exam. Im tall and I have a pair of big eyes. Now, I am in Grade 5, my study is not very good, but I like English, so my English is better than others. I like singing, drawing, playing basketball. I like to read English story books in my free time.

Sometimes I surf the Internet and download the English study materials. Because it also enlarges my vocabulary words. I think one day I can master English. Thank you.

我的名字叫黎圆圆，我是男孩，今年12岁，我们家有四口人，爸爸是一个化学老师，他在正心高中教化学，妈妈是个语文老师，她在大学里教书，我有一个哥哥，他是初中生，他准备参加入学考试，我很长的很高，眼睛很大，现在我已经五年级了，我学习不是非常好，但是我喜欢英语，所以我的英语比别的科目好，我喜欢唱歌、画画、打篮球，在空余的时间我喜欢读英语故事书，有时也会上网和并下载英语学习资料，因为这样可以增加我的词汇量，我想我会掌握好英语。

Name: Melvin

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: May, 1982

Citizenship: Junan county, Linyi, Shandong

Major: English (B.A)

⊿ Objective

Assistant of your office or the manager; Interpreter of company or organization which concerns international business; College or vocational university‘s teacher.

⊿ Education Background

September 2002 to July 2006, Shandong University of Architecture ⊿ Main Skills

About English

Have past the Test for English Major -4; fluent oral English, and good pronunciation.

Major target: ESP of technology, esp. architecture and real estate, and also international business.

About GermanAbout Chinese

Have got the Certificate of Chinese, the score is 86.2

About Computer

Have a good command of computer, knowing the basic maintain of hardware and software;

Good sense of Visual Foxpro language.Intersted in web page design, and had mastered the MACROMEDIA, which including Dreamweaver,Flash and Firework.

Skilled in Microsoft Office, including FrontPage.

⊿ Work Experience

Have part time job in Shanghai Yaru Consulting Co.Ltd during 2004 and 2005 summer holiday.

Did the market research for Shandong Shiguang Boiler Co.Ltd (shanghai branch) in shanghai.

Experiences on be a tutor of junior, senior middle school students and college students.

Many times of doing promotion sales for stores during the campus life.

⊿ ActivitiesFrom 2004 to 2005, be the minister of the Network Department and Publicity Department of the Students Union.

⊿ Awards & Honors

In the year of 2004, awarded the "Model student stuff "prize of our school.

In the year of 2004, won the third level scholarship of our school.

In the year of 2003, won the "Excellent Student" prize of our school.

⊿ Interests

Have intensive interest in traveling, photographing; Reading,esp.on business, economy and computer.

⊿ Self-Evaluation

Strong sense of responsibility, good spirit of teamwork. Can learn new things well in short time.

It is said that Chengdu is a city which if you come you cant leave.It has a long history.there stands Du Fus thatched cottage ,The Temple of Zhugeliang and some other place of historical interest.They are all so famous that many foreign tourists like to come here.Chengdu also has a comfortable weather for people who live in there.Even though in the winter it is still warmer than any other cities in China.Besides,as Chengdu people are fond of eating,they have created many delicious food such as hot pan,Three Big guns,and some others.

My name is zhangyifan, this year 15-year-old boy, my special features is writing.I am an introverted person, very happy can spend a junior high school with everyone .I hope in the future day can spend amusedly with everyone for three years, increasing a perfect but substantial recollection for our lifes!

Neighbors have a lovely little white rabbit. I often go to the neighborhood to tease it to play. It is snow and white, when it rolled into a group, like a furry snowball. Red eyes like two sparkling rubies, cleverly turn around. Long and big ears of a movement on the "brush" about the vertical up. The short and small tail is like a small pile of balls attached to the buttocks behind. Rabbit front legs short, hind legs long, powerful hind legs as long as the back of a pedal, it pops out very far.

Little white rabbit favorite fresh leaves. It is funny three petals to eat things to always "tut, tut, tut" to ring, and eat quickly, as if afraid of being robbed like. I often hold the leaves in front of it dangling, the white rabbit to see the leaves on the eyes like light, forelegs lifted, neck stretched long, kept chasing leaves turn. When it was about to eat the leaves, I moved the leaves again, and it was anxious to go and drill in the cage. A chance to snatched leaves to hide in the side with relish to eat up.

Ah! Neighbors small rabbit really cute.

My hometown is famous Flower City. Because home roadsides, school yard and could see the figure of sweet-scented osmanthus tree, so called the Flower City.

In a flash, the golden autumn came. This is the sweet-scented osmanthus Hanbaoyufang season, the city of sweet-scented osmanthus are open. I walk in the street, smell the refreshing fragrance, can not help but come to a tree, looking at the long hiding in a green and leafy in the sweet-scented osmanthus that, ah! So beautiful, why Yao Guihua never dazzle own beautiful? I can not help but observe off a sweet-scented osmanthus, but I still do not understand why.

I sat on the ground, I looked at the floor of the sweet-scented osmanthus, ah! I really like sprinkle a layer of snow. This charming sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance really beautiful!

I love the sweet-scented osmanthus, more love Flower City!

One possible version:

Changes in My Hometown

Great changes have taken place in my hometown these years. There used to be old and low houses on the streets,but now you can see people live and work in tall buildings. In the past, you could always see rubbish everywhere. But now the environment is clean and tidy. Many trees are planted on both sides of the street, so the air is very fresh.There were not any buses in my hometown, so most of us used to walk to work or go to school by bike.However, life is much better now. Many people buy their own cars, so they go out by car.

My name is Jiao Rui. Im 9 years old. My birthday is May 16. Im a dog. My

weight is 95 Jin and my height is 143 cm. Im in grade 3 of Nanjing No.2 primary

school. My hair is black, my eyes are small, I am a single eyelid, my skin is

black. My mother said, "Im too fat.". I said, "although Im burnt and fat, Im

the fastest runner in my class. My favorite sport is swimming. shuttlecock. Play

football I like swimming best. I can swim six times in the natatorium. The coach

said I have made progress. I like not only sports, but also reading books. I

recommend Cao Wen to you

Everyone has hobbies. Hobbies are the important things in our life. I also have hobbies. Next,let me tell you.

Exercise is my one hobby. I love sport. The more exercise I do,The more healthier I have. After I have dinner,I often go for a walk with my sister on the streets,and when class is over,I usually play badminton with my friends. Sometimes I play ping-pong,too. So I think I live in a wonderful life.

Reading is my the other hobby. In weekends,I often read some novels. Such as《Jane Love》. 《Zhao Hua Xi She》and so on. That can make me improve my Chinese.

This is my hobbies. If you have hobbies,you can exchange with me.

根据以下要点提示写一篇60-80词的短文。

1、在学校学习汉语、英语、数学、历史和一些其他学科；

2、我学习很努力，最喜欢的学科是英语，经常找机会练习英语；

3、现在中国已经加入世贸组织wto，并且2008年奥运会将在北京举行，英语正变得越来越重要；

4、我将更加努力学习英语，将来为祖国作贡献。

I study Chinese、English、maths and History and some other subject at school.I study hard. My favorite subject is English.I often find chance to practice English.China has joined WTO and Beijing will host the 2008 Olympics,English is more and more important .I will study hard and be dedicate to my homeland.

我的家乡天桥岭座落在长白山脚下，是一个风景秀丽的边疆小镇。小镇的东侧有一条迂回延绵的丝带——嘎呀河。河水清澈见底，河岸景色迷人。 My hometown Tianqiao Ridge is located at the foot of Changbai Mountain, a beautiful frontier town.There is a roundabout ribbon on the east side of the town -Gaya River.The river water is clear, and the scenery of the river bank is charming.

春天到了，冰雪融化，万物复苏。几场春雨过后，嘎呀河褪去了身上厚厚的“棉被”苏醒过来。鸭鹅也开始了“曲项向天歌，红掌拨清波”的嬉戏，还不时地拍扇着翅膀，激起层层波纹。河水一漾一漾的，把岸边的几茎小草滋润得更加嫩绿了。微风中不知名的野花在草丛摇曳，时隐时现。那一排排杨树也急匆匆地抽出了嫩绿的枝叶。远处高山隐隐透出绿意，而那一片片的粉红又在山腰处突显，因为那里有一簇簇的映山红在怒放，美丽极了!

夏天是嘎呀河一年中的季节。白天，老人在远处的河边钓鱼;小孩子们在河里捉小鱼、小虾;大人们带着孩子们在河里游泳，一件件衣服在那些阿姨们快乐的笑声中被清洗干净。

夜晚的河边，微风习习，白玉盘般的月亮挂在天空，倒映在水中，更加明亮，月光洒在河面上，河面铺满了银光。人们饭后漫步在堤坝上，耳边是青蛙、不知名的虫子的叫声，眼中是月光下静静流淌的河水，让人们不愿迈出回家的脚步。

秋天的河是最美的。风平浪静的水里一群小鱼顶着水游过来，明镜一样的水面顿时漾起了一道道波纹。一阵秋风吹来，岸边的杨树叶子落了下来，仿佛像一只只蝴蝶在翩翩起舞，不时落入水中，它们变成小船，在水面上轻轻漂荡。岸边的田野被一片金黄色所包围，颗粒饱满的庄稼在微风中欢笑，而远处的群山则披上五彩的.花衬衫，绿的、黄的、红的……

冬天来了，虽然天气寒冷，但是嘎呀河依然不寂寞，放眼望去，冰面上到处都是玩耍的孩童，滑冰刀、溜冰车，一阵阵欢笑声回荡在河面上。

多么美的河，多么美的河岸景色!我真是希望这种美好一直保持下去，但是近几年，那一堆堆垃圾、废弃的木耳菌袋出现在了河岸上，河水里，这不仅影响了河水周围的环境，更重要的是影响了水质，影响到了我们的身体健康。真是希望家乡的人们能齐心协力共同维护好我们的嘎呀河!

我的美丽家乡是淄博市，那里有许多好玩的地方。张店公园是我最喜欢的地方，我经常去那里去玩。

公园里面有一个湖，清清的湖水里有许多好看的鱼，有大红色的、红黄色的、白色的、金色的，还有黑色的。只要往湖里撒上一点鱼料，一群鱼就都围过来了，湖水就变成了一幅五颜六色的图画。我看小鱼吃得非常香，我就高兴地离开了。

现在来到的这个地方,是我最喜欢的儿童乐园。那里有很多好玩的项目，秋千、单杠、跷跷板、滑梯，还有实木攀登和迷宫，我和爸爸妈妈经常在这里比赛。

我又来到一个小山上，看见上面有一个小亭子，小亭子四面都有风，很凉快。我在上面休息了一下，就离开了公园。

其实，像张店公园这样既美丽又好玩的景点，在淄博可不止一处哦!我喜欢公园，我爱美丽家乡。

我的家乡在湖北天门市，那里一年四季景色动人，可是我最喜欢的是冬天。

冬爷爷来给秋姑姑换班，秋姑姑带着她金色的衣裳走了。

冬天来了，就说明要过年了。

湖北的冬天很冷，但一到晚上就十分热闹，因为到了晚上，我们小区的孩子就要放烟花来玩，可热闹了，就连八十八岁的老爷爷和老奶奶都来一起玩。

到了初八就下雪了，非常非常冷，冷得双腿都颤抖。

睡了一夜后，一起来，遍地都是厚厚的雪，常常会没过膝盖，很难走动。大雪给大地披上了一件白皑皑的大衣，瞧，那池塘中的水面都结成了冰，要是有穿溜冰鞋，就可以在上面愉快地玩耍。

哇！眼前一片冰封雪地的景色，多么壮观！我眼前的这棵树，不知叫什么，竟不是光秃秃，还长着叶子，真是太神奇了。

家乡的冬天，你虽然寒冷，可是，却给我们带来了无比的欢乐，所以，我很喜欢你。

安庆，这样一个美丽的城市，他没有大都市那样的喧闹，也没有小村庄那样的寂寥，就是这样一个可爱的小城，它的饮食有着自己的特色。

“肉食者鄙，未能远谋”，许多地方特色的饮食都不是大鱼大肉的，我所写的，自然也不是肉类，那是一个很普通的食物。

上学的路上，很多同学都会见到街边支着一口大锅，锅边是个烧炭火的炉子，在一旁就是一张大木桌，一个技法娴熟的人正在桌上揉着面。说到这里，相信每个安庆人都不会陌生，这就是今天我所要介绍的美食——安庆特有的早点——侉饼油条。

北京人早点爱喝豆汁儿，吃焦圈儿，天津人早点爱吃煎饼果子，安庆人爱吃侉饼油条，这三者虽有异曲同工的相似之处，但我认为三者之首乃侉饼油条者也。北京人的焦圈儿不管饱，且吃起来很费时间，而且那豆汁儿味儿也不是什么人都能受得了的。而煎饼果子呢，做得又实在太精细，料子一大堆，最后只是四四方方那么一小块，好吃是不可否认的，就是太芜杂。而安庆的侉饼油条确实是再好不过了，首先，它价格便宜，一顿早饭，能吃的人，一张大饼，一根油条；不能吃的，半张大饼，一根油条，现在加起来，最多也不过三元，换做以前，却只要几角钱。爸爸每每想起小时候的早点，记忆最深的就是这侉饼油条了。

那时候，家里很穷，每天早晨吃饭，不是稀饭就咸菜就是馒头就咸菜，正巧奶奶又不那么会“化败絮为金玉”，爸爸小时候嘴又奇馋，所以一个星期之中，有那么一天早晨，奶奶会给爸爸几角钱，让他去买一张侉饼加一根油条做早餐。爸爸总是会飞奔到一个侉饼油条的摊子边，向那人说：“拿一张饼，一根油条。”并且不要做好了的。因为侉饼油条应趁热吃才香。他看着那人笑着将一张揉好的面饼撒上些糖，再将那撒糖一面往一个装着满满芝麻的小盆中一扑，那面就被粘满了芝麻，然后再在芝麻之上撒一把小葱，用毛刷刷一层油，最后用火钳夹着，伸进炉子，将那什么也没有的一面贴在炉壁上，再来炸油条，见他熟练地将早已做好的两根面粉条叠在一起，两端稍稍压实，再扭一圈，拉长，放入油锅，面粉条边上起了一层白花，且迅速膨胀，这时候，只见那人熟练地用两根长筷子将油条在油锅中来回翻滚，说也奇怪，那油条在这么高温烹炸后，还是那么直，直的就像是原来的面粉条整体放大后变了颜色一样。等油条整体浮上了油锅，就算好了，拿出来放进锅边的一个小铁篮里，再等一会儿，大饼也好了，从锅里取出，去了上面的一些黑炭，将油条放在饼上，用饼一夹，只听“咔擦”一声，爸爸连忙从那人手中接过，给了钱，马上双手抱着大咬一口。刚出锅的饼，香甜；刚出锅的油条，酥脆，二者合而为一，真是松脆可口，妙不可言，一张侉饼一根油条下肚，又充饥，又解馋，真是早点佳品。

现在的生活，早已不是往日那般模样，孩子们早已不用为没有好吃的而嘴馋，早餐的大饼油条早已为我们所不屑一顾，街市上的这种小摊子也是越来越少，侉饼油条最初那朴实醇厚的香甜如今也失色了许多，侉饼油条这样再低廉、再普通不过的食物，成了许多安庆人的回忆，真也不容易。可是，有些东西没有了，也就没有了。

My name is Yang yao, I am a girl, but high forehead, nose slightly tilted,

appears somewhat reiki.

My body is thin, when I was a child often sick. Therefore, mom and dad is

everything depends on me, over time gradually formed the habit of love lost his

temper, a little a bit is not good, to mom and dad lost his temper. Remember

once, have more minutes at 9 o clock, I have finished my homework and went to

watch TV, my mother wont let me see, turn off the TV. I am not talk to her a,

turn on the TV again, just like that, mom, I drive, back and forth several

times, mom finally angry, loudly say: "you are not obedient, give me out." I

have heard, stared at mother, pushed the door open and ran outside. In the end,

still mother took me to back up. You see, at that time, my temper is what kind

of ah!

I gradually grew up, or a lot of temper, I also fell in love with music,

has become a small fan. Mom and dad bought me a tape let me learn many childrens

songs.

I am also a love of labor of a little girl, my mother got up very early

every morning, mom told me dont you wash the clothes today, but when I get up in

the, see home there are a lot of clothes not wash, and every itch I put my

clothes washed. My grandma and neighbors compliment I love work, some neighbors

said that I would do.

I have a fault, is the problem when the teacher let the students to answer,

my heart will be pounding, a long time to calm down.

Friends, capricious, is my personality; Love to sing, love labor is my

hobby. Do you like me?

我叫杨娇，我是女孩，前额却高，鼻子微微翘起，显得几分灵气。

我身体比较瘦弱，小时候常常生病。因此，爸爸妈妈就什么事都依着我，天长日久渐渐地养成了爱发脾气的坏习惯，稍有一点儿不称心，就对爸爸妈妈发脾气。记得有一次，已经九点多钟了，我做完了作业，就去看电视了，妈妈不让我看，把电视关了。我才不理她那一套呢，又把电视打开了，就这样，妈妈关，我开，来来回回好几次，妈妈终于发火了，大声说：“你真不听话，给我出去。”我听了，瞪了妈妈一眼，推开门就往外跑。最后，还是妈妈把我给拖了回来。你们瞧瞧，那个时候，我的脾气是什么样的啊!

我渐渐地长大了，脾气也好了很多，我还爱上了音乐，成了一个小歌迷。爸爸妈妈给我买了许多儿童歌曲磁带让我学。

我也是个很爱劳动的一个小女孩，每天早上我妈妈起得很早，妈妈就跟我说今天的衣服不要你洗了，但是我起来的时候，看见家里有很多衣服没有洗，我就手痒痒把衣服给洗了。我的奶奶和邻居夸奖我爱劳动，有的邻居说我会做事。

我还有一个缺点，就是当老师要让同学起来回答问题时候，我的心就会怦怦直跳，很久才能平静下来。

朋友们，任性，是我的性格;爱唱歌、爱劳动是我的爱好。你们喜欢我吗?

My home town is located in from tribute a devious little village. Before a few years, mom, father and I take a car to come home together visit grandmother, . We sit on the way home, all the way of bumpy, the person trembles get be tired out, we should sit almost 5, the car ability of 6 hours returns the home. When bathing in the evening, burn with firewood, because do not have water heater, sleep in the evening, on the bed frosty also, because do not have electric heat blanket. The first when I live in the home night, have to heavy cold, kill so that I was defeated by the fluid of a week. I pledge, after, also do not return old home again. After a few years, mom and father are forcing I take a car to answer native place to visit grandmother. Of my loathing sit on the way home, I write down this paragraph of road is extremely rough calm so, turned cement into the road now, road both sides. Greenery is shady. I want to take the car of a few hours so, be inferior to beautiful now beauty sleep shut-eye. But did not think of, without how long, mom called me to get off, arrived, see watch, still be less than two hours. Really fast! In the evening, when mom calls me to bathe, I am very loath also, but, cannot think of, in me slowly when bathe, I discover grandmother home has water heater. When sleeping in the evening especially, there also is electric heat rug on the bed, worry no longer fall ill caught a cold. Grandmother calls banquet of little one‘s mother‘s sister the dress, I think, this can want a little one‘s mother‘s sister tired bad, so much dress. Think of in accept, little one‘s mother‘s sister loses the dress into washing machine, press finish sth. The change of home town is really big, I also was brought up, I must become home town more beautiful later!

[我的家乡_英语作文

Hello, everyone!My name is Winnie. Im a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.  Im an active, lovely, and clever girl. In the school my favorite subject is math. Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well. But I like it. I believe that if you try your best, everything can be done well.  also like sports very much. Such as, running, volleyball and so on. Im kind-hearted. If you need help, please come to me.I hope we can be good friends!  OK. This is me .A sunny girl.

【内容提示】

用英语写一篇介绍你的母亲的文章。内容要求如下：

①我的母亲刚过50岁，像我们的国家一样，经历了传统美德和现代意识两个时代。②我的母亲受过高等教育。但她有家庭责任感，为了我们家她牺牲了自己的事业。

③她善于接受新鲜事物。近年来，她成了股迷，还成了足球迷。

④我爱我的妈妈，我们成了亲密的朋友。

【作文示范】

My Mother

My mother is just over fifty, a little bit older than our republic nation, so she has experienced two periods just like our country, showing both the traditional goodness and modern ideas.

Like all mothers, she is responsible and devotes most of her efforts to our family. So sometimes I feel regretful for her to give up her work, but she thinks it is the proper social role for a woman to be a housewife. She is satisfied with the family members＇ achievements. She insists on keeping her children under her wings. You see how traditional she is.

However, since she is intelligent①and has received the high education, it is easy for her to accept something new. In recent years, she is interested in the stock②. Therefore, she cares about the political and economic③ situation of the country and the world, and actively collects information of the companies whose stocks she bought. What is more, she is a fan of the Argentine④football team. So she was very sad after the defeat of this team in the 14th World Cup Tournament ⑤.

I love my mother, just because she loves me. Since we share some interests such as playing chess, we get chances to communicate⑥with each other, which makes us close friends.

【词语解释】

①intelligent[in＇telidN nt] a．聪明的；明智的

②stock[st&k] n．股票

③economic[?i:k ＇n&mik] a．经济（上）的

④Argentine [＇a:dN ntain] a．阿根廷的

⑤tournament [＇tu n m nt]n．锦标赛；比赛

⑥communicate[k ＇mju:nikeit]v．交流（感情、信息等）

【写法指要】

这是一篇介绍家庭成员的说明文。本文是典型的启、承、转、合结构的文章。“启”就是开始，即引言段，作者在该段写出篇题：“showing both traditional goodness and modern ideas”，指出“母亲”既保持了传统美德，又接受了现代意识。“承”即接续之意，也就是扩充引言段篇题方面的内容。本文第二段写“母亲”的传统美德，就是“承”的段落。“转”是用来表示与第二段相反或不同意见的内容，常用“however，but”等词语来表达。本文第三段即为“转”段，它说明篇题的第二层意思，也就是“母亲”的现代意识。所谓“合”就是结束，即指结尾段，该段往往综合前三段内容，对全文做一总结。本文作者总结说，由于母亲和自己的情趣相同，所以他们相亲相爱，如同亲密无间的朋友似的。

I am a 10 years old boy. Smart and handsome. I am proud of myself. Because

I can get perfect scores in Chinese, math and English. It is not good enough, I

am also proud of being an elder brother. That is a Friday evening, my baby

brother was crying all the time. My parents were both cooking for dinner.

I said to my mum; let me look after this little thing. My mum said, “are

you sure you can?” “Yes, believe me I can.” I answered. Then mum went to the

kitchen. I went towards my baby brother. “Oh baby, don’t cry. I will sing a song

for you…” I carried him and sing songs for him. After a while, he was asleep. I

was so tired. My parents were happy and praised me a good boy. This is my first

time to look after my baby brother and I feel proud of myself.

The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in china, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.

The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.

This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.

The Hanshi (cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.

On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.

In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.

People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "gods lanterns."

The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the gregorian calendar.