关于学习的英语谚语锦集【经典20篇】

1、用宝珠打扮自己，不如用知识充实自己。

2、知识是智慧的火炬。关于学习的英语谚语

3、蜂采百花酿甜蜜，人读群书明真理。

4、一个不想蹚过小河的人，自然不想远涉重洋。

5、星星使天空绚烂夺目;知识使人增长才干。

6、学在苦中求，艺在勤中练。

7、一分耕耘，一分收获。

8、三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

9、未来的文盲不再是不识字的人,而是没有学会学习的人。

10、有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

11、由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。

12、宝剑不磨要生锈;人不学习要落后。来源经典语录大全

13、树不修，长不直;人不学，没知识。

14、熟练来自经验。

15、不向前走，不知路远;不努力学习，不明白真理。

16、树不修，长不直;人不学，没知识。

17、略翻书数则，便不愧三餐。

18、熟能生巧。

19、劳动是知识的源泉;知识是生活的指南。

20、劳动是知识的源泉;知识是生活的指南。

21、心专才能绣得花，心静才能织得麻。

22、茂盛的禾苗需要水分;成长的少年需要学习。

23、一艺之成，当尽毕生之力。

24、天子重英豪，文章教儿曹。万般皆下品，惟有读书高。

25、任何倏忽的灵感事实上不能代替长期的功夫。

26、善学者，假人之长以补其短。

27、刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后。

28、莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切。

29、学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

30、知不足者好学，耻下问者自满。

Almost all of us heard the story “Here Comes the Wolf” when we were little

kids. What we can learn from the story is that we must be honest. However,

there’re lots of phenomena of dishonesty nowadays。

Being dishonest does great harm not only to other people but also to

yourself. Take the case of fake milk powder for example. After drinking this

kind of milk, the babies had big heads while their legs and arms were still

thin, which badly affected their health. To our great relief, the producers got

accused and punished for all the serious consequences in the end。

Having the reputation of being honest and reliable will make other people

trust you, which will provide you many benefits and give you opportunities that

others may not get. Being honest, you will find it easier to cooperate with

others and people will be friendly to you and support you. In a sense, if life

is a long journey, honesty will be the backpack that should be taken along all

the way. Let’s pick up our “backpack”—honesty, and start the wonderful

journey!

内容要求：

1.在校生活感受：

2.。最喜欢的……（如科目，老师……）及原因

3.课外爱好；

4.今后的学习或生活计划

写作要求：

1.征文应包含以上内容，可适当拓展

2.征文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称

3.词数60--80

参考中考英语满分作文：

My school life is very interesting and happy. I like English best of all the subjects in the school. Because it can make me know something new about the world and make friends with a lot of foreigners. I often play basketball with my classmates at schooland surf the Internet at home . I will study hard at other subjects from now on in order that I can enter a better high school.

我的学校生活是非常有趣和快乐。我最喜欢英语在所有的科目在学校。因为它能让我知道一些新的关于世界和结交了很多的外国人。我经常在学校少上网冲浪在家我的同学打篮球。我会努力学习，从现在就为其他科目，我可以进入一个好的高中。

[有关学习的征文活动的英语作文

人生就是一个体验与再体验的过程。人的一生在不同阶段体验不同的经历。往泛的来说，小时候体验童年的烂漫天真，青年时体验学习中的起起伏伏，成年时体验生活的风风雨雨，中年后体验养怡之福。往细的来说，人无时无刻不在体验，所以就连做无意义的事也是一种体验。

对于我来说，体验学习是每天在不停做的事。

体验学习，是苦的。

每天早上6点准时被闹钟惊醒，忙碌的一天就开始了。上午4节课，中午写作业，下午又是4节课，疲惫地回到家后，又是作业各种、习题无数。好不容易匆匆收笔，就得操起书继续复习到夜深人静。挑灯奋战于书山之中早已是生活常态，倒头睡后面临的又是千篇一律的新的一天。

累吗?当然累。学习从来就不会轻松。然而我们为什么还要体验学习之苦?是的，不仅是以后人生前途的选择问题，更是一种人生中不可缺少的体验。无论你以后会是知识渊博的科学家，抑或是工地上以体力谋身的劳动者，青年时的学习生涯都将是无限美好的回忆与体验。这体验无时不刻影响着你的思维方式、你的为人理念。因此，现在好好体验学习之苦，才会让你以后更好地体验生活之美。

体验学习，抑是甜的。

就如同嚼饭粒一样，一开始食之无味，然后经过“物理攻击”，淀粉开始产生丝丝甜味。学习正是如此。若坚持把体验学习之苦作为生活的趣事，那么学习之甜也会不知不觉地融入你的体验之中。考试取得好成绩，是最浅显的甜头，以后人生前途之辉煌则会是最终的收获。

体验学习，亦苦亦甜，体验其它自然也不会例外。让我们敢于体验，好好体验，生活中从来就没有无意义的经历，只要你体验了就有意义。

The volunteering spirit has spread among the Chinese people in recent

years,especially among young people。

Volunteering is of tremendous benefits to both those in need and

society.Take the Wenchuan Earthquake as an example.Hundreds of thousands of

volunteers play an active role in Wenchuan quake-hit areas.And they contribute

daily necessaries,offer medical help and psychological help to the disaster

relief work.

Besides,volunteering would be beneficial to the volunteers

themselves~Getting involved in volunteering,volunteers will be exposed to a new

environment,and they can learn how to work well in a team,how to improve their

interpersonal skills and organizational skills，all of which are critical for

their professional growth。As a college student,I sincerely hope that everyone

would join the volunteering work.It is not only good to our society,but also a

chance for us to grow and to learn.

1.读书的目的在于使自身成为有用人才，可以去利益大众。——方海权

2.读书，这个我们习以为常的平凡过程，实际是人的心灵和上下古今一切民族的伟大智慧相结合的过程。 高尔基

3.读书,这个我们习以为常的平凡过程,实际上是人们心灵和上下古今一切民族的伟大智慧相结合的过程。 高尔基

4.劝君莫将油炒菜，留与儿孙夜读书。 《增广贤文》

5.养子莫徒使;先教勤读书。 《对联集锦》

6.“先生不应该专教书，他的责任是教人做人;学生不应该专读书，他的责任是学习人生之道。” 陶行知

7.区别成功人士和普通人士最简单的方法，就是前者喜欢读书。

8.养心莫若寡欲;至乐无如读书。 郑成功

9.三更灯火五更鸡，正是男儿读书时;黑发不知勤学早，白首方悔读书迟。 (唐)颜真卿

10.读书在于造成完全的人格。 (英国)谚语

11.读书无疑者，须教有疑，有疑者，却要无疑，到这里方是长进。 朱熹

12.教育!科学!学会读书，便是点燃火炬;每个字的每个音节都发射火星。 雨果

13.欲高门第须为善;要好儿孙必读书。 《格言对联》

Time undermines us.

(光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老)

Time and tide wait for no man.

(岁月不待人)

Time cannot be won again.

(时间一去不再来)

Time is , time was , and time is past.

(现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返)

Time lost can not be recalled.

(光阴一去不复返)

Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.

(光阴似箭，一去不返)

Time brings the truth to light.

(时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。)

Time and chance reveal all secrets.

(时间与机会能提示一切秘密)

Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.

(时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰)

Time reveals(discloses) all things.

(万事日久自明)

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

(今日事，今日毕)

Procrastination is the thief of time.

(拖延为时间之窃贼)

One of these days is none of these days.

(拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天)

Tomorrow never comes.

(明天无尽头，明日何其多)

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

(常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹)

Dear David，

I am afraid that you will think me unpardonably negligent in not having

answered your letter dated 7, December sooner, but when I have told you the

reason, I trust you will be convinced that the neglect was excusable. When your

letter arrived, I was just in Hong Kong. As my family could not forward it to me

during my absence, it has been, therefore, lying on my desk until the moment

when I took it up. Now the first thing I have to hasten to do is to write to you

these few lines to express my deep regret.

I enjoyed many pleasant sights during my trip. I shall be pleased to give

you an account to of them when I see you next.

Sincerely yours,

Tom

Mid-autumn Day is more or less like Spring Festival. It falls on the 15th

day of the 8th lunar month. Its an important day for our Chinese, because its

a family reunion day.

On that day, there will be a big family dinner. Everyone who works outside

will go back home for the union. And they also eat moon cakes, which are the

special food for this festival. There are various kinds of moon cakes. They are

so delicious that everyone enjoys them very much.

In the evening, the moon is so bright and round, so people always prepare

some fruits and moon cakes and put them under the moon so as to pray for the

health and security all the year round. It seems that everyone is so happy.

Plan for English Learning

I’m a middle school student. I love English, but it’s hard for me. Now I have a good plan to learn English。

I have a pronunciation problem. I can’t pronounce so well. So I plan to listen to the tape and read after it. I can’t read English passages quickly and can’t write a passage clearly. Now I plan to read more and practice writing often. As for listening, sometimes I can’t understand what others are saying. So I plan to improve myself by listening to the radio and TV. Grammar is the most difficult for me. I have no idea of it, but I think my English teacher can help me with it。

With this English-learning plan, I’m hoping for great progress。

译文：

我是一名中学生。我喜欢英语，但是对我来说却很难。现在我有一个很好的英语学习计划。

我的发音有点问题。我发音不好。所以我打算听磁带并跟读。我不能快速地阅读英语文章，也不能清清楚楚地写文章。现在我计划看多些书，经常练习写作。至于听力，有时候我无法理解其他人在说什么。所以我打算通过听收音机和电视来提高我自己。对我来说语法是最难的。我都不知道怎么办，不过我觉得我的英语老师能够帮助我。

有了这个英语学习计划，我希望能取得很大的进步。

请根据以下提示，并结合具体事例，用英语写一篇短文。

Small things make a big difference。 The small things we do can make us a responsible member of the society。

注意：①无须写标题;

②除诗歌外，文体不限;

③资料务必结合你生活中的具体事例;

④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。

范文：

It isn’t hard to grow up into a responsible member of society。

I can well remember an incident that happened on a rainy Sunday afternoon。 I was on my way to the bookstore and was waiting for the green light at a crossing when a girl of about ten was knocked down by a passing car， which drove off quickly。 A man immediately rushed to the girl to give her first aid and I joined in without hesitation。 Luckily she was not badly injured and we sent her to the nearest hospital。 Compared with the escaped driver， I am proud of what I did。

As a member of the society， I am aware that being responsible is what it takes to make a better society。

导语：写作文的时候适当运用一些格言警句也可让我们的作文给人眼前一亮哦，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!

1.Practicemakesperfect.熟能生巧。

2.Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天助自助者。

3.Easiersaidthandone.说起来容易做起来难。

4.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者事竟成。

5.Onefalsestepwillmakeagreatdifference.失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6.Slowandsteadywinstherace.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7.Afallintothepit,againinyourwit.吃一堑，长一智。

8.Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.实践出真知。

9.Allworkandnoplaymakesjackadullboy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beautywithoutvirtueisarosewithoutfragrance。无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.Morehasty,lessspeed.欲速则不达。

12.It’snevertoooldtolearn.活到老，学到老。

13.Allthatglittersisnotgold.闪光的未必都是金子。

14.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep。千里之行始于足下。

15.Lookbeforeyouleap.三思而后行。

16.Romewasnotbuiltinaday.伟业非一日之功。

17.Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同。

18.wellbegun,halfdone.好的开始等于成功的一半。

19.Itishardtopleaseall.众口难调。

20.Outofsight,outofmind.眼不见，心不念。

21.Factsspeakplainerthanwords.事实胜于雄辩。

22.Callbackwhiteandwhiteback.颠倒黑白。

23.Firstthingsfirst.凡事有轻重缓急。

24.Illnewstravelsfast.坏事传千里。

25.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。

26.livenottoeat,buteattolive.活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27.Actionspeakslouderthanwords.行动胜过语言。

28.Eastorwest,homeisthebest.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29.It’snotthegaycoatthatmakesthegentleman.君子在德不在衣。

30.Beautywillbuynobeef.漂亮不能当饭吃。

31.Likeandlikemakegoodfriends.趣味相投。

32.Theolder,thewiser.姜是老的辣。

33.DoasRomansdoinRome.入乡随俗。来源：考试大

34.Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35.Asthetree,sothefruit.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36.Toliveistolearn,tolearnistobetterlive。活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着

Should students make friends on line? Some people say yes. The Internet

helps make many friends. Chatting on line, students can express their feelings

and opinions more freely, and even get help with their foreign language

studies.

Others, however, think students should not. They say making friends on line

is a waste of time, which should be spent more meaningfully on study. Besides,

some students, get cheated on line.

It is my opinion that students should place their study, health and safety

before other, things. As for friendship, we can readily find it in our

classmates and other people around us.

1、人贵有志，学贵有恒。

2、少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

3、十年树木，百年树人。

4、失败是成功之母。

5、世上无难事，只怕有心人。

6、书读百遍，其义自见。

7、问遍千家成一家。

8、知识就是力量。

9、学者如禾如稻，不学者如蒿如草。

10、光说不练，枉学百年。

11、读书需用心，一字值千金。

12、剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。

13、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯古作舟。

14、读书有三到：心到、眼到、口到。

15、学不可以已。

16、温故而知新。

17、学而时习之，不亦悦乎?

18、光阴似箭，日月如梭。

19、一日之计在于晨，一年之计在于春。

20、黑发不知勤学早，白首方悔读书迟。

21、站在岸上学不会游泳。

22、泉水挑不干，知识学不完。

23、三天不念口干，三天不做手生。

24、莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切。

25、少年易学老难成，一寸光阴不可轻。

26、勿谓寸阴短，既过难再获。

About the Chinese as a foreign educator, is one of the good things of Chinese students are so eager to learn from you. They are trained since childhood is a knowledge of the sponge, we hope as much as possible to absorb new information from their teacher, they can. Second, the Confucian education requires high degree of respect for the teacher. The title "old history" is one of the worship in our society, but the teacher is often low wages. In China of foreign teachers or foreign experts "respect", because they are called. Although most of the foreign experts in China not as a teacher of English as a foreign language professional knowledge, but before, therefore, our country government welcome dont give them a title of respect for their contribution to employment. As a result, Chinese students hold attaches great importance to, in particular, this may be why so who has a lot of people in China to live here dean ended their foreign teachers.

It will be difficult to find such appreciation level between the American student teachers. In the United States has a young peoples attitude toward education worker is different, they are taught the problem, rather than simply absorb, so they decide for themselves, if a teacher is credible. American students may lead to the rejection of their teacher, they even openly against dont agree with them, as part of the learning process. American young people dont accept The face value of information, rather than their evaluate whether or not The teacher said is true or useful. The eastern and western education teachers status The way have a significant effect on The students responsibility for their learning. Chinese students become highly dependent on their teachers to give them the "right" information and can easily blame the teacher, if they do not in the classroom and said, "the teacher did not teach me enough." American students tend to be more independent learners, teachers encourage them to do themselves, form the teams research, and to seek the answer to external sources. This makes the American students in collecting data greater flexibility, and encourage them to be responsible for their own learning. In this responsibility does not only mean the rote learning of "right" answer to pass the exam, it refers to the ownership, to make learning meaningful significance.

In China, people have said, they gave all the knowledge back to the teacher of humility. This means that the person never actually have knowledge in the first place, but just borrowed from the teacher it to pass the exam. However, this also means that people will never cherish these knowledge, because he or she never had it, so they ignored it, and eventually forget it. Its like living in a dormitory, differences in their own home life. No one who lives in the dormitory needs to be well taken care of it, especially in public places. However, once you have a home, you keep beautiful and clean, because it has more value. This is the pride of ownership, is to have what is cherish. What is a treasure.

As much as Chinese students understand their foreign teachers, they should not forget that learning responsibility from within, not from the outside. The teacher cant "to" others English. No one can "get" or as a book from the teacher can get a cold English. Learning can only come from learners, responsibility, his or her own freedom to choose his or her learning experience quality, or borrowed rely on the experts knowledge.

关于在中国作为一个外国教育家的美妙的事情之一是，中国学生是如此急于向你学习。他们被训练从小是知识的海绵，希望尽可能多吸收新的信息从他们的老师，他们可以。其次，儒家教育要求对教师的尊重程度很高。标题“老史”是我国社会的崇敬之一，但教师往往是工资低。更是在中国的外籍教师或“外国专家的尊重”，因为它们被调用。尽管在中国大部分外国专家作为一门外语不作为英语教师的专业知识，但以前因此，我国政府欢迎不给予他们尊重他们的贡献称号就业。因此，中国学生尤其是持有高度重视，这也许是为什么那么谁中国有很多人来教长住在这里结束了他们的外籍教师。

这将是很难找到这样的美国学生教师之间的欣赏水平。在美国有一个年轻人对教育工作者的态度有所不同，他们被教导的问题，而不是简单地吸收，因此他们自己决定，如果一名教师是可信的。美国学生可能会拒绝他们的老师，他们甚至公开对抗与他们不同意，作为学习过程的一部分。美国的年轻人不太接受信息的面值，宁可自己评估是否或不是老师说的是真的还是useful.The的东部和西部教育教师地位对学生采取的方式产生重大影响责任为他们的学习。中国学生成为高度依赖于他们的老师给他们的“正确”的信息，可以方便地责怪老师，如果他们不这样做在课堂上也说，“老师没有教我就够了。”美国学生往往更独立的学习者，教师鼓励他们做自己，形成研究组的研究，并寻求外部来源的答案。这使美国学生在收集资料更大的灵活性，并鼓励他们对自己的学习负责。在这方面的责任并不仅仅意味着死记硬背的“正确”的答案通过考试，它指的是所有权，使学习有意义的意义。

在中国，人民对此表示说，他们给所有的知识回到老师谦虚。这意味着此人从来没有真正拥有的知识摆在首位，而只是借用了老师它通过考试。但是，这也意味着，人永远不会珍惜这些知识，因为他或她从未拥有过它，所以他们忽略了它，并最终忘记它。这就像在一间宿舍，生活在自己家里生活的差异。没有人谁在宿舍生活需要很好的照顾它，尤其是公共场所。但是，一旦你拥有一个家，你让美丽和保持清洁，因为它有更大的价值。这是所有权的骄傲，是拥有什么是珍惜。什么是珍惜下去。

高达中国学生了解他们的外籍教师，他们不应该忘记，学习的责任来自内部，而不是来自外部。老师不能“给”别人英语。没有人可以“得到”从老师或像一本书可以得到一个寒冷的英语。学习只能来自于学习者，责任时，他或她自己的自由选择他或她的学习经验的质量，还是借来的依赖专家的知识。

1、While there is life there is hope.

一息若存，希望不灭。

2、I am a slow walker,but I never walk backwards. ( America)

我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。(亚伯拉罕.林肯美国)

3、Never underestimate your power to change yourself!

永远不要低估你改变自我的能力!

4、Nothing is impossible!

没有什么不可能!

5、Nothing for nothing.

不费力气，一无所得。

6、The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ". (Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )

凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能的”。( 法国皇帝 拿破仑. B.)

7、I will greet this day with love in my heart.

我要用全身心的爱来迎接今天

8、Do what you say,say what you do

做你说过的，说你能做的

9、I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own.

我可以穿越云雨，也可以东山再起(Mariah Carey-through the rain)

10、All things come to those who wait.

苍天不负有心人

11、A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.

千里之行，始于足下。

12、Never, never, never, never give up (Winston Churchill)

永远不要、不要、不要、不要放弃。(英国首相 丘吉尔)

13、A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. (J. Barrymore)

只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。(巴里摩尔)

14、You have to believe in yourself . Thats the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor )

人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C.)

15、Ones real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself.(Einstein Germany)

一个人的真正价值首先决定于他在什么程度上和在什么意义上从自我解放出来。(爱因斯坦 德国)

China has the history of more than 5,000 years. Many foreign people are

attracted by this big old country. They come here and want to know about the

traditional culture. However, Chinese young people dont show much interest in

the old culture, instead they chase the fashion and some even abandon the

precious culture. For example, paper cutting, one of the excellent arts that is

inherited by our ancestors. Many foreign media speak highly of this great

handicraft and they are astonished by the wisdom of Chinese people. I have seen

this art when I stay in my hometown. Only few old people can do it. They just

take it for killing time. Paper cutting is like the old fashion and is forgotten

by the young generation. The media should report more positive information about

the traditional culture to inspire the young people to learn.

Science is important to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons.Science is important to world peace, to the understanding of technology,and to our understanding of the natural world. Science is also an interesting area of study for a number of reasons.

Some areas of science are espacially interesting because they deal with questions all men and women ask themselves.Science tries to procide some explanations for what happens to people.

Science is hard to study.One of the reason is that there are so many questions without answers.Much of sciece involves asking questions, and then studying and doing research to try to find the answers.Some questions have been studied by research scientists for many years,and the answers are still not known.

However,scientists are slowly but surely able to answer more and more questions about life,and these answers change our lives and also explain them.

All of the many different kinds of science are important and interesting.Scientists are asking and answering many interesting and important questions about people and their lives.A basic knowledge of science can help you to understand both the questions and the answers. In the modern world,this ability is essential to everyone.

[科学学习英语作文

The Great Wall is famous all over the world, it is one of the most

remarkable symbols of China, it has long history. But as there are more and more

people to visit the famous building, it has been damaged to some degree. In

order to protect the great building, we should not throw away the rubbish and do

not make some marks, so that we can enjoy the great building.

There is no doubt that learning English is vital for us. On the onehand, English has become an international language that people can communicatewith each other in many countries. On the other hand, if we learn English well,we could get more chance of success.

毫无疑问，学习英语对于我们来说是至关重要的。一方面，英语已成为国际语言人们在很多国家都可以用之来交流。另一方面，如果我们学好英语，我们成功的几率就会更高。

However, it is well-known that there are many methods for us tolearn English well. There are some tips. First, we can study in a group toimprove learning efficiency. Second, we could listen to English songs and watchEnglish movies; this way is very suitable for student to improve theirlistening and speaking abilities. Third, I have believed that a great deal ofpractice can strengthen language knowledge.

然而，众所周知学好英语有很多方法。这有一些小提示。首先，我们可以集体学习来提高学习效率。第二，我们可以听英文歌曲或者看英文电影；这种方式非常适合学生用来提高他们的听力和口语能力。第三，我认为，大量的练习可以加强语言知识。

In a word, it is natural for us to learn English well by making efforts.If we didnt work hard, we would never do well in learning English.

总之，学好英语要付出努力是很自然的。如果我们不努力，我们永远都不会学好英语。

[高中英语作文：如何高效学习英语

Last Qingming Festival,I return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming

Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was

called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any

underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family

will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a

familys home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland

food. One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area,

the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered

by strangers.

With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the

honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the

spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and

spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good

harvests and more children.