简单介绍中国美食英语作文（热门20篇）

My mother always mentions her when I was young, then wear clothing and take money to buy, only money cant buy the food; monthly supply, to the end of the month is not enough to eat or eat less food can only borrow. This situation continued the mothers whole childhood. It staped our generation of children. China was such a poor country.

Gradually with the passage of time, Chinese has carried out reform and opening up, China is no longer behind closed doors. The convening of the historic the third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978 opened a new chapter in the reform and opening up. Since then, the Chinese peoples tenacious and unyielding spirit has erupted unstoppable. From the coast of China to the river, from the east to the west, from the countryside to the city, it has come out of the planned economy. Come out of a closed and semi closed life. The dynamic market economy system makes China fast and step by step with the world.

The reform has brought great changes to China, which has made China develop rapidly with the speed of the world, and no country can compare it.

Throughout the thirty years of reform and opening up, the Chinese people are proud that China has moved from a planned economy to a market economy, from backward to rich and strong. "One country two systems", manned space flight, west east gas pipeline, "heaven" is established, the appearance has changed greatly; the world no longer underestimate China; the world economic crisis makes Chinese become the biggest "creditor", the power to dominate the world of national development in the China sit up and take notice. It all depends on Chinas thirty years of reform and opening up, or it will not be today.

After thirty years of standing and watching China, science, technology, culture and economy were all squeezed into the world power. In 2008, a remarkable year in China, the southern snow disaster, the Western earthquake, the 29 Olympic Games, the economic crisis that swept the world is coming to China. However, the Chinese people are not frightened by difficulties because of their unyielding body and stubborn character, but they become the most brilliant corner in the world.

As the children of the new age, we can not only lie in the present national strength to look to the future. We have our goal: to build a well-off society. This is the desire of Deng Xiaoping, the general designer, and the demand of the times. This makes us feel heavy on the shoulder. We have realized our mission and responsibility. Now we are making a hundred times efforts to forge ahead for a well-off society in an all-round way. Please believe us.

My name is Yang Yang, I am thirteen years old. I am a student from Class 3,

Grade 2. I am very friendly and easy-going. I like to help others. All my

friends and classmates like me very much. I like playing basketball and volley

ball. I often play with my classmates after school. I am good at singing, I won

the first prize in the singing match last year. Id like to be a friend of you,

how about you?

小学英语自我介绍的作文4

Hello,everyone. Now please allow me to do an introduction. My name is Li

Lei. I’m 14 year old. My birthday is on October 11th. My favourite book is

twilight. I really love to read the books about vampires. My hobby is singing.

Some people say I’m a good singer.My favourite singer is Justin Biber.I think he

is a great singer. I love to sing his songs. Besides singing, I love shopping

very much. If I have time, I will go shopping with my friends.I’m really good at

English, if you have any questions, you can ask me, I will do my best to help

you. We can be the best friends forever. Thank you.

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.

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.

Good morning/afternoon.

It is really my honor to have this opportunity for a interview. I hope I can make a good performance today.My name is xx. I am 20 years old，born in a little village in Southern Zhejiang. My parents are farmers,and I am the only child. Though not well-to-do，the family always be hopeful. My major is engineering technology. I will graduate in July，2011. I have some hobbies like listening to music，swimming，and especially seeing western movies. In the passed two years，I have learned some practical skills and gained some major certificates. I paid more attention to learn Engling，and I have passed CET4 in my efforts. I am looking forward to becoming a member of your company . Thankyou!

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 favourite subject is maths.Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well.But I like it.I belive that if you try your best，everything can be done well.

I 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.

[自我介绍英语作文精选

Since I was very small, I was very shy in the public place, so I always

avoided giving performance in front of so many people. Though I tried hard to

get over it in school, I still felt uneasy in the public place. When I came to

the job market, I realized that I must get over my fear, or I would lose my

stage.

I still remembered the horrible experience for my first interview. Early in

the morning, I got a called that I was given a chance to the job interview. I

felt so excited. When I came to the company, I found there were other six young

people competed with me, then I started to feel nervous. The employers asked us

to sit in the round table and introduced ourselves one by one. When it was my

turn, I lowed down my head and spoke in low voice. Then the employers continued

to let us give speeches in the stage. I lose confidence and made the horrible

performance.

This interview taught me a lesson that I must get over my fear, or I will

lose chances. So I practise hard and dare to stand in the stage.

From a middle class family, I was born in Hsin Ying, Tainan on October 10th, 1965. My father is a civil official at Tainan City Government. My mother is a house wife good at cooking. Although I am the only child of my parents, I am by no mans a spoiled one.() On the contrary, I have been expected to be a successful man with advanced education. I study hard at school. Besides texts knowledge, journalism is my favorite; whenever reading, my heart is filled with great joy and interesting.

“Being good is must; successful, however, is plus.” Father adopts the idea of his father. Especially in military service, I realized it more precisely. People said: Military service makes a boy to man, I agree that.

I realized the importance of English and began to study diligently when I was eighteen. I did not start in my early age, but I hope that I could pass the test of General English Proficiency Test. And this is my best wish at the moment.

【自我介绍—】，亲爱的同学们今天浅陌要和大家分享自我介绍范文。

Self-introduction

Good morning, everyone! My Name is Lu Xin. I am so happy to stand in front of you to introduce myself. I am thirteen years old. I graduated from the No.1 Primary School of our city. I like reading books and playing badminton. I hope we can take exercises after class. Besides, I like watching movies and listening to pop music. I am sure there are some classmates have the common interests with me. Therefore, we can communicate with each other. In primary school, I did well in Chinese but math is not so good. I hope I can make progress in middle school. I am very excited to be a classmate of you初中生物 and I hope we can make progress and have good days together.

大家早上好！我叫卢欣，很高兴能够站在大家面前介绍自己。我今年13岁，毕业于我们市的第一小学。我喜欢阅读和打羽毛球。我希望课后我们能够一起运动。除此之外，我喜欢看电影和听流行音乐。我相信有同学和我有共同的兴趣。因此，我们可以相互沟通。小学的时候，我的语文很好，但是数学就没那么好了。我希望在初中能够取得进步。我很激动能够成为你们的同学，并且我希望我们可以一起进步，过得开心。

初中英语语法大全之many和much用法

【—之many和much用法】关于英语语法中many和much用法知识，同学们认真看看下面的讲解。

"I now declare the rules of the game: a man hides a few things, and a few others go and hide them," said the town. We drew a lot and finally decided to hide three coke bottle caps from our cousin. The cousin pushed us out of the room and hid things by herself... After a while, the cousin came out with a smile and said, "hide it, you cant find it!" We swarmed in, and I thought: the easiest place to hide is probably the most secluded place. So, I will seriously every corner to find it again, did not, in the look at the kid sister, drill under the bed, their tails on the outside, groping hands in it, no, she just want to stand up, "alas!" The little sister cried, and she cried, and she stood up under the bed and hit the bed.

So she stopped the game. Ah! One less opponent, but the cousin is also difficult to deal with, see her in the closet to each piece of clothing to turn over, wow! Not yet! But where exactly? I glanced around, and then I noticed a shiny object behind the curtain.

I pulled the curtain aside. Coke bottle caps! I was happy to jump three feet high, my cousin saw, a look of unconvinced. But shes picking up speed. Look for it here. I made haste, and under the bed and then watch out of the reach of little younger sister, and I found a coke bottle caps, my heart even more excited to get up, then I have found in a book under the last bottle. "Shout! It took me a lot of work! I sighed and said, my cousin, my cousin and my sister are all happy for me. The cousin said, "you are very observant!" I heard it, I was very happy.

With the coming of National Day, I have a one week holiday. I really expect to it, because I want to have a short trip during these days. I will travel to JiuzhaiValley with my parents for three days. I have heard that the scenery of JiuzhaiValley is very beautiful in autumn and it’s the best time to travel there. Autumn is my most favorite season so I want to enjoy the beauty of such a wonderful place. I do some preparations for this trip. For example, I search the Internet to see the travel raiders and I have known where the most attracting place is and where to live in. I am sure it will be a wonderful journey. There are only several days for the coming trip, but I have been too excited to wait.

随着国庆节的到来，我有一个星期的假期。我真的很期待，因为我想要在这几天有一次短途旅行。我将和我的父母去九寨沟三天。我听说秋天的时候九寨沟的风景最美，秋天是去那旅游最好的季节。秋天是我最喜欢的季节所以我想要去这样美丽的地方去享受美景。我为这次旅行做了一些准备。比如说，我在网上搜索了旅游导航，我知道最有吸引力的地方是哪里以及住在哪里。我确信这将是一次奇妙的旅程。还有几天旅行就要到来了，可是我已经兴奋得等不及了。

Good morning, distinguished the examiner. Can be here for an interview today, the chance to ask you the examiner and learning, I feel very honored to, at the same time, through this interview can also show myself to you, hope you can remember me, here to introduce my basic situation.

My name is * * *, * *, *, college culture, usually I like reading books and Internet browsing information, lively, cheerful personality, can care about the people and things around, and get along with relatives and friends, and can understand and forgive me, I have confidence in life. I used to work in * *, successively worked in different jobs in the company, I started to work in the * *, then because companies need to * *, has certain social practice experience, on the job to make some progress, but also received the recognition from the company.

Through years of work I learned a lot of knowledge, but also cultivate my perseverance will and an indomitable spirit, that I can work in constantly to overcome difficulties and aggressive. Join PE teachers is a strong desire of me over the years, at the same time I realize that the relationship between work and is established on the basis of self-awareness, and I feel my work enthusiasm has not been aroused to the highest, I love my job, but everyone is constantly looking for better results, my self-awareness to make physical education teachers, I think, is a right choice, it strengthened my enter oneself for an examination the confidence and determination of physical education teachers.

So I took part in the sports teachers examinations and enter oneself for an examination the * *, if this can get in, I believe that we can get exercise in * * and have the chance to grow. PE teacher is a sacred and noble profession, it is pursuing the maximization of public interest, so require physical education teachers should, for the people in the nations service and LeiFengCeng said: a mans life is limited, but serving the people is unlimited, I want to put the limited life into the unlimited service for the people, this is my the best interpretation of the cognition of physical education teachers. So, this position can let I fully realize my social ideals and reflect their own value.

刚进门，一阵香气就扑面袭来。我顺着香味寻去，原来是爷爷在炒虾米。

火红的虾米在油锅中翻滚，随着溅出的油星在翩然起舞。这时，尖椒也进来了，好似要让全世界都知道似的，轰轰烈烈，声入炸雷，响彻厨房。虾米被尖椒激起了斗志，爆发出一阵阵火辣味。闭上双目，细细一嗅，便会感觉这阵不可言述的辣香味轻抚过口腔，一点一点地伸展到了胃里。顿时，饥饿感遍布了整个胃。于是，我便迫不及待地捻起一些虾米。

可爷爷却说“别急！”说着，从锅上拿下一张卷饼，把虾米均匀地撒在上面。熟练地对折，翻卷，接着把底儿封好。这才把虾米卷放到我的手上。轻轻咬上一口，哇！脆而香气四溢的虾米过着一层薄薄的柔软的卷饼，口感饱满。味道仅是一个“鲜”字，但却意外的不腻。接下来，自然是像草原汉子一样大口大口地吃完了整张饼。一个虾米卷下肚，却依旧意犹未尽。可爷爷却不让我多吃，端来一碗葱花汤，我一口喝了下去。“咕嘟咕嘟”，解了鲜味，却令我勾起对鲜味的无穷追忆。

China, once a state of ceremonies.Five thousand years of civilization, let us be proud of it.However, todays China, these four words can play from a state of ceremonies?

In September 7th this year, Sichuan airlines from Saipan flight to Shanghai, because the two men Chinese melee, resulting in two friends to join the ranks of the fight, seriously disrupting the order of flight.Coincidentally, a few days after the incident, the flight from Zurich to Beijing of the Swiss Air, and two passengers in China clashes occurred, forced the plane to return to flight after six hours, has brought the enormous economic loss and inconvenience to other passengers and airlines.

Whats the cause of the conflict?Only because of the back of the chair.It is precisely because the reasons are too simple, it makes people feel incredible.A small problem can lead to a world media brawl, and many people will not be happy to accept it.Whats wrong with Chinese people?Step back a true humility as boundless as the sea and sky, it is so difficult to do?Isnt it a shame for all Chinese people to have two similar incidents in a week?This country could not match on a state of ceremonies?

For the disabled, also is one of the basic etiquette, but now, who can do these increasingly reduced.See the old man fell and stand for fear of blackmail, in order to comfort their reluctance to give up their seats for disabled people, even lose the courage to scold the thief.This country could not match on a state of ceremonies?

Behind these gloomy negative news, there are still many touching stories.The most beautiful teacher in Zhang Lili, who died when he was in order to protect the students, grinding wheels to the legs; the most beautiful driver Wu Bin, in the high-speed flying foreign body was shot in the abdomen after completion of a series of safety measures in pain, ensure all the safety of passengers, they lost the life of these people tears trickling down cheeks deeds, it is a state of ceremonies should appear.

[英语作文中国传统礼仪

以下是为大家整理的关于以中国的环境污染为话题的初中英语作文的文章，希望大家能够喜欢！

Directions:For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic:

Pollution: An Increasing Concern in China You should write at least120 words following the outline below in Chinese.

1. 中国的污染的现状

2. 造成污染的原因

3. 解决的办法

Pollution: An Increasing Concern in China

It is reported that ten big cities in China are being ranked among the top twenty cities with the highest pollution index in the world. This means it is high time we did something to bring the situation under control.Many factors are contributing to the deteriorating situation: industrial wastes pumped into the air， the lakes and rivers; a increasing number of automobiles crowding into the streets; the widespread use of plastic bags etc.

To my view， stiffer laws and regulations must be implemented to check pollution. Industries that release wastes without permission should be heavily fined. Cars should be equipped to minimize the exhaust they release into the air. And the use of plastic bags and disposable meal boxes should be banned. What’s more， the media should play an important role in implanting a sense of environmental consciousness into people’s mind. If everybody works toward a common goal of making the environment better， we can create a cleaner and lovelier world for us and for the coming generation.

我叫杨淑洁，就读于XX市实验小学六年级一班。

我是班中的一名普普通通的女孩。我的脸型胖乎乎的，像是一个大苹果。我每天都想减肥，可是老妈总是阻止我。

我的爱好很单一，我就喜欢玩。我觉的玩是一件很开心的是，在你痛苦的时侯它可以让你快乐起来;在你无聊的时候，它可以让你热闹起来;在你兴奋的时候，它可以让你更快乐。所以我每天都很开心、热闹、快乐……

我的特长也很单一，就是骗人。虽然我是一个女孩，但我的骗人技术那可是一流的。有一次，老妈让我去买醋，八角钱一袋。老妈给了我一元六角，让我买两袋。而我却只买了一袋，我就骗妈妈说只有一元一袋的了，自己贪污了八角钱。作文

我有很多的缺点。比如：张的太胖;头发太卷;眉毛太宽;眼睛太小;鼻子太扁;考试太粗心;学习太差;文艺太少;皮肤太黑;性格太内向……这么多的"太"字，才突出了我是一个缺点极多的女孩。

不过我的优点也很多。比如：热心肠;帮助同学;偏爱数学……但不如缺点多。作文

由于我体形较胖，同学们给我起了很多外号。有："

;老猪洁""杨猪洁""洁蛋儿"……总之数不胜数。

我上课很少发言，不，应该说跟本不发言，不过上课我专心听讲;作业认真，还连续几年被评为"三好学生""思品优秀生"。

好了，介绍到这里，你认识我了吗?

Introduce Myself

My name is Yang Xinxin. My English name is Mary. I’学生的） colour is green. My favourite number is six. My favourite day is Sunday. My favourite pet is a dog.

I like English,Chisene and maths. I like to eat chichen, eggs, hot dogs, and sandwiches.I don’t like meat and chocolates. I like coke and milk. I don’t like tea. I like swimming, reading, taking a trip and watching TV..

自我介绍

我的名字叫杨欣欣，我的英文名字是玛丽。我是一名小学生。最喜欢的颜色是绿色，最喜欢的数字是六，最喜欢的日子是星期六，最喜欢的宠物是小狗。

我喜欢学习英语、语文和数学。我喜欢吃鸡肉、鸡蛋、热狗和三明治，但是不喜欢吃肉和巧克力。我喜欢喝可乐和牛奶，但是不喜欢喝茶。我喜欢游泳、看书、旅行和看电视。

Hello everyone,

my name is Lee. This is really a great honor to have this opportunity, and I believe I can make good performance today. Now I will introduce myself briefly. I am 20 years old，born in Guangdong province, south of China, and I am a senior student at Guangdong ××University. My major is English. And I will receive my bachelor degree after my graduation in June.

In the past four years, I spent most of my time on study. I passed CET4 and CET6 with a ease and acquired basic theoretical and practical knowledge of Language. Besides, I have attended several Speech competition held in Beijing, which really showed our professional advantages. I have taken a tour to some big factories and companies, through which I got a deep understanding of English for application.

Compared to developed countries, unfortunately, although we have made extraordinary progress since 1998, our packaging industry is still underdeveloped, messy and unstable, and the situation of employees in the field is awkward. But I have full confidence in its bright future if only our economy can be kept at the growth pace still. I guess you may be interested in why I choose this job. I would like to tell you that this job is one of my lifelong goals.

If I can work here,I will work hard. As to my character, I cannot describe it well, but I know I am optimistic and confident. Sometimes I prefer to stay alone, reading and listening to the music, but I am not lonely, for I like to chat with my classmates about almost everything. My favorite pastime is to play volleyball, to play cards or to surf online. From life at university, I learn how to balance study and entertainment. By the way, I was an actor in our amazing drama club. I have a few glorious memories on stage.

导语：英国是一个丰富多彩、充满国际和多元文化的国家，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!

Britain is a rich and varied, with international and multi-cultural society, to welcome students from all over the world come here to learn and to value their contributions.

Britain is a tolerant, democratic society, where different political views and beliefs are respected. You will find many people wearing and eating habits and you do not have their own different major cities around the world have sales of snack food, meat from an Islamic shop, the Islamic meat from the shop. Asia to sell fruit and rice kind of Jewish food store to store, everything.

In different towns and cities, the year has a variety of activities to celebrate the worlds major religious festivals and activities, for example, in the city of Leicester at the Stradivari outside the Indian sub-section is the most spectacular Festival of Lights.

Britain itself from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, they have different characteristics and personality.

Britain from all over the world to accept immigrants and refugees has a long history, many people have been here for permanent settlement. London may be the largest gathering of minority British city, other cities also have a large number of minority residents.

All the worlds major religions are British. Mosques, Sikh temples, synagogues, churches and India Fodou together with a variety of Christian churches (Anglican and Roman Catholic from the Protestant and Orthodox) co-exist.

This diversity means that you will come to Britain is easy to integrate into Britains multi-ethnic society. You will also come from different religious and ethnic groups and people contacts, enhance understanding of different cultures.

【参考译文】

英国是一个丰富多彩、充满国际和多元文化的国家，欢迎来自世界各地的学生来这里学习和珍惜他们的贡献。

英国是一个宽容、民主的社会，不同的政治观点和信仰受到尊重。你会发现很多人的穿着和饮食习惯和你没有自己不同的大城市在世界各地有销售的零食，从伊斯兰商店的肉，从商店的清真肉。亚洲卖水果和大米的犹太食品店，所有的东西。

在不同的城市，每年都有各种各样的活动来庆祝世界主要宗教节日和活动，例如，在莱斯特市在斯特拉迪瓦里在印度部分是光的最壮观的节日。

英国本身来自英国、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰，具有不同的特点和个性。

来自世界各地的英国接受移民和难民有着悠久的历史，许多人在此定居。伦敦可能是英国少数民族最大的聚集城市，其他城市也有大量的少数民族居民。

世界上所有主要的宗教都是英国的。锡克教寺庙，教堂，清真寺，教堂和印度Fodou与各种基督教教会(圣公会和天主教一起从新教和东正教)并存。

这种多样性意味着你来到英国很容易融入英国的多民族社会。您还将来自不同的宗教和族裔群体和人们接触，增进不同文化的理解。

Autumn, with the joy of harvest, with a cool atmosphere, with golden feet, quietly came. Autumn of the field, is the golden ocean, is a symbol of harvest, is the peasants uncle years of effort. Full of hearty smile everywhere. It is no exaggeration to say that the autumn field is a sign of harvest, a tree, a red glowing apple, a yellow pear, a purple grape, a sweet pomegranate, a curved banana and sour grapefruit. The fruit you fight me to fight, just listen to "boom" is heard, with a dewdish big red glowing apple fell from the tree down. Pomegranate smile grinned his mouth, belly to break, and that a crystal, gem-like, shining dazzling fruit dripping honey, greedy a few children saliva DC. They seem to say to people, "Come on! Come! Come and try!"

The peasant uncle took the sickle and cut it hard. The growers climbed up the fruit trees and took the fruits one by one and put them in a big basket. Said: "This is really a good harvest this year!" "Yes! You look at this fruit, that applause!" "You see you see, how a grain of millet full, alas, if the weather every year, harvest Good year after year!

Autumn field really beautiful ah!

Sakura is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms. Cherry fruit (known as sakuranbo) come from a different species of tree.

Sakura, a well-known and ubiquitous symbol of Japan, are represented on all manner of consumer goods, including kimono, stationery, and dishware. Cherry blossoms are an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, and as such are frequently depicted in art. There is at least one popular folk song, originally meant for the shakuhachi (bamboo flute), titled "Sakura", as well as a number of pop songs. "Sakura" is also a common Japanese female name.

Sakura is indigenous to the Himalayas and east Asia. Some trees can be found in China and Korea but the largest number and variety of sakura, more than 305 species, can be seen in Japan. Many of them were artificially hybridized or grafted by the Japanese many centuries ago.

"On the other hand, in China, cherry blossom is the symbol of feminine dominance, female beauty and sexuality. Additionally, the cherry blossom is the Chinese symbol of feminine principle and it also symbolizes love in the language of herbs. Interestingly, cherry blossom is the flower of the April in China, whereas in Japan, it is wisteria." Spring flowers of Japan

Japans most beloved variety is the Somei Yoshino. Its flowers are nearly pure white, tinged with the palest pink, especially near the stem. The flowers bloom, and usually fall within a week, before the leaves come out. Therefore, the trees look nearly white from top to bottom. The variety takes its name from the village of Somei (now part of Toshima in Tokyo). It was developed in the mid- to late-19th century at the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period. The Somei Yoshino is so widely associated with cherry blossoms that jidaigeki and other works of fiction often depict the variety in the Edo period or earlier; such depictions are anachronisms.

Other categories include yamazakura, yaezakura, and shidarezakura. The yaezakura have large flowers, thick with rich pink petals. The shidarezakura, or weeping cherry, has branches that fall like those of a weeping willow, bearing cascades of pink flowers.

Annually, the Japanese Meteorological Agency and general public track the sakura zensen, or Cherry-Blossom Front. Nightly forecasts follow the weather segment of news programs. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January, and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. Then it proceeds north, arriving in Hokkaidō a few weeks later. Japanese pay close attention to these forecasts. They will go to parks, shrines and temples with family and friends and hold a "flower viewing party" known as hanami. Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of sakura, and for many, it is a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view. Hanami custom in Japan dates back to many centuries ago. It is witten in Nihon Shoki that the Hanami festival were already held in the 3rd century.

Most Japanese schools and public buildings have sakura trees outside of them. Since the fiscal and school year both begin in April, in many parts of Honshū, the first day of work or school will coincide with the cherry blossom season.