保护视力的优秀英语作文【精彩20篇】

Nowadays environmental protection has become the first thing we have to do, because now the earths environment is under threat.

Now, we know that the earth has been warming, cold place has melted the ice, the water level becomes more and more high, let many coastal countries. More land desertification, disasters are hit, make our life is no longer so carefree.

First of all, we must start from the side.

Forests have been cut down, automobile exhaust emissions... The first will directly affect our lives, because they let we dare not breathe. So, the best way to deal with these problems is to drive less, ride bikes, and riding a bike is good for you! . But although it has been said that and said more than once, but why there are so many cars on the road? So, this method really, a bit not practical.

The simplest is to plant trees, the trees are humans good friends, they can help mankind to many things, such as clean air, and so on. So, a variety of trees, this method is very practical!

In short, our earth wanted us to take good care of yourself, to protect, want to use practical actions to help the earth, make the environment more beautiful!

先如今环保已经成为了我们必做的事，因为现在地球上的环境正受到威胁。

现在，我们知道地球已经开始变暖，寒冷地方的冰已经开始融化，变成的水使水平面越来越高，让许多沿海的国家被淹没。更多的土地沙漠化，天灾不断来袭，使我们的生活不再那么无忧无虑。

首先，我们必须从身边做起。

大片森林被不断砍伐，汽车尾气不断排放……这些首先就会直接影响到我们的生活，因为这些让我们“不敢呼吸”。所以，这些问题最好的解决方法就是少开车，多骑自行车，而且，骑自行车也很有益身体健康!。可虽然一直这样说，而且说了也不只一次，可为什么还是有那么多的车在路上呢?所以，这个方法实在，有点不实用。

最简单的就是种树了，树是人类的好朋友，他们能帮助人类许多事，比如净化空气啦，等等。所以，多种树，这个方法很实用!

总而言之，我们的地球要我们自己去爱护，去保护，要用实际行动来帮助地球，让环境更美好!

Animals are our humans good friends, we cant hurt them, but some people are for your own sake, regardless of the poor little animals life and to trample them, kill them.

Remember that is one day this summer, I chat with grandma sitting on one side of the road, I saw a cat wanted to cross the street opposite of a piece of meat to eat, who knows, the cat just walked to the middle of the road, a large truck, the driver while riding on the horn, mouth scold a way: "dead cat to go away." Kitten also dont understand the meaning of the driver, the driver has been impatient, he put the pedal to a a small life is so dead in the wheel of a large truck full of cargo. I watched this scene was angry and sad, in order to commemorate the poor kitten, so I want to have this day - July 2, set up to protect the animals.

To this day each year, people all want to contribute to protect animals, to let the small animals spend the day with a light heart, cant let them hurt, small animal no matter by who, they are hospitable, finally, we need to use different ways to promote small animals to human help. Let every man in the world to protect small animals.

Im looking forward to this holiday was born at an early date.

动物是我们人类的好朋友，我们不能伤害它们，但有些人却为了自已的利益，不顾那些可怜的小动物的生命，去践踏它们，捕杀它们。

记得那是今年暑假的一天，我和姥姥在公路的一边坐着聊天，我看见一只小猫想穿过马路去吃对面的一块肉，谁知，小猫刚走到马路中间，一辆大卡车过来了，司机先生一边按喇叭，一边嘴里骂道：“死猫走开。”小猫还没理解了司机的意思，司机先生已不耐烦了，他一踩油门，一个小生命就这样死在了满载货物的大卡车的车轮下。我看着这一幕又气愤又伤心，为了纪念这只可怜的小猫，所以我想把这一天——7月2日设立为保护动物节。

到了每年的这一天，人们都要为保护动物做贡献，要让小动物轻松愉快地度过这一天，不能让它们受到伤害，小动物不管到了谁家，人们都要热情招待它们，最后，我们还要用各种不同的方式去宣传小动物对人类的帮助。让世界上的每一个人都要保护小动物。

我盼望这个节日早日诞生。

The end of the year, on New Years eve is the reunion night, every

household is decorated, celebrate the end of a year of peace, a good start in

the New Year.

On New Years eve, every family is busy to stick couplets on the Spring

Festival, our family is no exception, and each year couplet still stick by me at

home.Actually this stick couplet learning also pretty big, when you last as long

as a look at this couplet you will know the family in the New Years hope and

plan, also know that in the past year what has happened to the family home

wedding, you look at the couplet is not god.

On this day the most happy or children, they cried to early adult years,

because after taking the year can fireworks.Fireworks, several children beside,

hopping, forget about the overjoyed when, even adults were infected with the

following.After the fireworks family around the table to eat the family reunion

dinner, the most interesting is to eat dumplings, and it can eat dumplings eat

money, who eat money the luck in the New Year will be the best, so everyone

scrambled to eat, who also rob to that rich of dumplings, but whether to eat or

not to eat, the atmosphere of rob to eat the dumpling is the most

unforgettable...

On New Years eve is the most unforgettable night!

What Can We Do for the Environment

Hello,everyone. Im Li Hua. Its nice to speak about what we can do for the environment,and I think each of us can do a little bit to help with this problem.

The first thing we can do is to use cloth bags in stead of plastic bags when we go shopping. It helps to protect the environment. The second thing we can do is to reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can. We should also never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms in order to save energy. Whats more, it would be better if we walk or ride a bike to school. We should try our best reduce pollution and waste.

In fact,even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. I believe we can make the world a better place to live in.

Thank you for your listening!

我们能为环境做些什么

你好，每个人都。我是李华。很高兴谈论我们能为环境做些什么，我想我们每个人都可以做一点点来帮助解决这个问题。

我们能做的第一件事就是在用布袋代替塑料袋，当我们去购物。它有助于保护环境。我们能做的第二件事是尽可能重复使用旧课本可以。我们也应该永远不会忘记关灯，当我们离开教室时，为了节省能源。更重要的是，它会更好，如果我们步行或骑自行车上学。我们应该尽最大努力减少污染和浪费。

事实上，即使是最简单的日常活动也能对环境产生很大的差异。我相信我们可以让世界变得更美好的生活。

谢谢你的倾听!

那天，我妈妈给我买了两只小鸭子。我很高兴，把两只小鸭子放在箱子里，听着它们的叫声，我的心情非常的好。

That day, my mother bought me two little ducks. I am very happy, the two little ducks on the box, listening to their voices, I feel very good.

第二天，我想让同学到我家看看我的鸭子，我给同学打电话，让他来。他看了鸭子，也觉得很好玩。我们把一只小鸭子放在地上，它向前走了几步就摔倒了，它抓了起来，又摔倒了，我们哈哈大笑。我们玩够了，就把小鸭子扔进了箱子里，去玩玩具了。

The second day, I want to have a look to my classmates my duck, I call for students, let him come. He saw a duck, and enjoy it. We put a duck on the ground, it went forward a few steps and then fell, it caught up, and fell down, and we laughed. We play enough, put the duck into the box, to play with toys.

下午，我和爸爸去看小鸭子，看见一只鸭子肚子朝上，翅膀和脚在抖动，它叫的声音很大，好像在哭一样。爸爸把小鸭子扶起来，小鸭子又倒了。我突然想起来我把小鸭子扔进箱子里的事，呀!我是杀人凶手呀!我哭了。小鸭子最后死了，我很伤心。

Afternoon, my father and I went to see the little duck, see a duck belly up, wings and feet in jitter, it sounds great, like crying. Dad put up little duck, duck down. I suddenly remembered that I took the little duck into the box,! I am a murderer! I cried. Little duck finally died, I am very sad.

从那时起，我就开始爱护小动物了。

From then on, I began to love little animal.

I am a student in Huaxing Middle School. Do you know the plastic bags? Do you often use the plastic bags? I don’t like them. I think they use the wasting valuable oil their production. And they can’t decompose(分解) in a short time. The plastic bags will make our world worse. I agree with the rule, which people can’t get the free plastic bags in the shops, supermarkets. It encourages people to use their cloth bags and baskets. It’s good for our environment.

So I hope all the students in our class stop to use the plastic bags, and use our own cloth bags. I hope we can take care of our environment.

Let’s make our world more and more beautiful.

实现有效的沟通，建立良好的人际关系，不仅仅要善于言表，更要学会倾听。请你根据下表中所带给的信息，写一篇题为 “Being a Good Listener” 的英文演讲稿。

注意：

1、对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2、词数150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

3、演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

Good afternoon， everyone。

The topic of my speech today is “Being a Good Listener”。

Good listening can always show respect， promote understanding， and improve interpersonal relationship。

Many people suggest that parents should listen more to their children， so they will understand them better， and find it easy to narrow the generation gap; teachers should listen more to their students， then they can meet their needs better， and place themselves in a good relationship with their students; students should listen more to their classmates， thus they will help and learn from each other， and a friendship is likely to be formed。

What I want to stress is that each of us should listen to others。 Show your respect and never stop others till they finish their talk; show you are interested by a supportive silence or a knowing smile; be open-minded to different opinions even though you don’t like them。 In a word， good listening can really enable us to get closer to each other。

Thank you for your listening!

Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the

world. This is true even as popular culture that has traditionally been

considered Western begins to spread throughout China. Kung Fu, especially, has

had a great impact on the millions of people who first learned about China

through it. From that, they may come to China and learn about other aspects of

this culture, such as traditional operas like the Beijing and Sichuan ones.

Asian nations have long known about the greatness of ancient Chinese culture.

Their own cultures are a mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics.

Korea and Japan long ago adopted ideas such as Confucianism is something that

continues today even as it is challenged by Pop Culture. This strength comes

from the ideas given in the Four Books of Confucianism (The Great Learning, The

Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and The Book of Mencius). These

books built upon the ideas of an even more ancient period codified in the Five

Classics. From them, the West learns such things as Fengshui and other concepts

that are uniquely Chinese. China has taken steps to further this spread of its

culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United

States and Europe.

Dear Manager

I got to know the message that the position of the salesman in your company is empty, which made me excited about it, for that, I want it for a long time.

Please let me tell the reasons why I am so excited. Its so famous that it is hardly unknown to everyone. As known, in your company, the products are in a good qualification and the sales service is satisfied, which made me believe that your company would be a perfect stage for me.

Of course, the requirements for this position are high, but I think I am good enough for it. In the last four years, I worked very hard on my study and had a good understanding of professional knowledge. Besides, I took every chance to practice. I attended several activities and took up an internship is an organization. As a result, I developed great practical skills. And, I get CET-6 certification and choose the sales lessons. I think they would be helpful to be your staff.

I am looking forward to your reply.

In the stream next to the road, there is a trash, in the trash next to, there are a lot of garbage: rotten apples, dead mice, Coke cans ... ...

Roadside, people coming and going, bustling, withering. They are talking and laughing, some people eat snacks, the garbage to the direction of the trash to throw; some people through here, smell the stench, clutching his nose hurriedly left; there are people Mamalielie, his face exposed Hated look. But no one is going to clean up the rubbish.

That day, Hasty and Showtime chest wearing a bright red scarf went to school. In the moment after the trash, they stopped, looked at the show, Showtime, said: "Hasty, we clean up the garbage!" Xinxin bent down, rolled up the sleeves, picked up the garbage into the Trash, they are not too dirty, even dead rats, dead cockroaches have not let go.

After the garbage, the winter and winter from the bag out of the pen and paper, touched the back of the head, waved "brush" to write: "civilization - only one step!" And then paste the slogan to the trash Warned passers-by.

I have heard such a story -

In a Korean home, there is a handy paper was blown away by the wind. He chased him all fifteen minutes on the street and threw it into the trash. The reason is not because of their own to bring pollution to the earth.

The earth gives the essence of the material, and in the end, it is from the people that the rebate is rubbish.

Treat the earth is to treat yourself. Save the earth is to save the future. So we want to start from today, from their own to protect our Mother Earth.

Protect the environment by everyone!

在川流不息的马路旁边，有一个垃圾桶，在这个垃圾桶的旁边，有很多垃圾：烂苹果、死老鼠、可乐罐......

路边，人来人往，熙熙攘攘，擦肩接踵。他们有说有笑，有的人吃完了零食，把垃圾往垃圾桶的方向丢去;有的人经过这里，闻到恶臭，捂着鼻子匆匆离去;还有的人一边骂骂咧咧，脸上露出了讨厌的神情。但是就是没有人去清理垃圾。

那天，冬冬和欣欣胸前戴着鲜艳的红领巾上学去了。在经过这垃圾桶的瞬间，他们停下了脚步，看着看着，欣欣说：“冬冬，我们把垃圾清理干净吧!”欣欣弯下腰，卷起衣袖，把捡起了垃圾放进垃圾桶，它们不嫌脏，连死老鼠，死蟑螂也没有放过。

收拾后垃圾后，冬冬从书包里拿出纸笔，摸了摸后脑勺，挥笔“刷刷”地写到：“文明——只差一步!”然后把这标语贴到垃圾桶上，以告诫路人。

我也听过这样一个故事：

在一个韩国人的家里，有一张可要可无的稿纸被风吹飞了。他整整在街上追了十五分钟才追到，然后把它扔进垃圾桶里。原因是不想因为自己给大地带来污染。

大地给予所有人是物质的精华，而最后，它从人们那里得到的回赠都是垃圾。

善待地球就是善待自己。拯救地球就是拯救未来。所以我们要从今天做起，从自己做起，保护我们的大地母亲。

保护环境靠大家!

[如何保护环境作文英语

For the first time in everyones experience! For example: the first time to

ride a bicycle, write a book, play a computer for the first time, keep a dog for

the first time, etc! And my first time is climbing!

On a sunny holiday, our family unanimously decided to take exercise -

climbing Maanshan! Maanshan ecological park is located in the south of Yangwu

village, Daling mountain. The main peak is 329.2 meters above sea level. It is

divided into two small peaks at the front and back. It is named Maanshan because

of its shape similar to Maanshan. It used to be a quarry. All the stones mined

were transported to all parts of the city as building materials, bringing

considerable economic benefits to the local area and seriously damaging the

ecological environment. In order to build a civilized, harmonious and ecological

home, the village committee decided to close the quarry and invest 5 million

yuan to build it into an ecological park. Now there are Jinling, Qixingling,

Jiti stone, Qilin mountain and other scenic spots. When I came to the foot of

Maanshan, I stared at the top of Maanshan stupidly. In my mind, I thought of the

complacent expression of climbing to the mountain. After that, I cant wait to

follow the route to the top of the mountain!

At first, I was a living tiger, just like a hungry tiger, flying to the top

of the mountain! The road is getting steeper and steeper, and the fork road runs

across. Its half the way to the top of the mountain. After a long time, the

physical strength is naturally consumed and the knowledge is not much. Im

sweating!! Seeing thousands of houses, cars and pedestrians under my feet, I

secretly encouraged myself: there is still a little way to go, stick to it, and

soon climb to the top of the mountain, dont be discouraged, learn to stick to it

on this road! Only persistence can make people succeed! Time flows silently on

me. I climb to the top of the mountain. I am ecstatic and rush forward in one

breath. Finally climbed to the top of the mountain! Ah! The scenery at the top

of the mountain is so intoxicating and impressive!

As if everything under my feet is my world! The whole village can be seen

clearly. I learned a truth from it, that is: in life, whether it is laid-off, or

encountered difficulties, or be fired and so on. Dont be discouraged. As a human

being, we should learn not to be discouraged in the face of difficulties. In all

kinds of tests of life, just like climbing a mountain, we cant give up halfway,

as long as we stick to it, we will succeed!

我们地球上有许多有益的动物，我们要保护它们。

There are many useful animal we on earth, we should protect them.

青蛙它是两栖动物。它生活在水里，或在靠近水边的地方。它专门吃田里害虫。它是农作物的“忠诚卫士”，是天然的捕虫机。一只青蛙平均一天吃70只害虫，一年能吃掉15000条害虫。

Frog it is amphibious animal. It lives in the water, or in close proximity to the waters. It is designed for field pests. It is the crop "loyal guards", is a natural insect catching machine. The average of a frog to eat 70 pests a day, a year can eat 15000 pests.

蜻蜓也很厉害。一只蜻蜓一个小时能吃20个蝇子或840只蚊子，真令人惊讶!

Dragonfly is also very powerful. A dragonfly one hour to eat 20 or 840 mosquitoes fly, really surprising!

燕子就更厉害了，它一只燕子一个夏天就能吃掉50万条害虫，燕子真是人类的好帮手!

The swallow is even more powerful, it is a swallow a summer can eat 500000 pests, swallow is a really good helper!

蜜蜂可以给我们人类带来甜甜的蜜，它也对我们有益的，我们要保护它。

Bees can give us to bring sweet honey, it is good for us, we must protect it.

地球上的有益动物，我们都要保护它们。

Useful animal on earth, we should protect them.

On the weekend I like to spend time in library. I like reading books. There

are many people in the library, but it is very quiet. Nobody talks in the room,

only the sound of page turning. I’m very interested in the space, so I read a

lot of books about space. Recently, I read the book Martian. It is about an

astronaut Mark left on the Mars alone, he did many things to keep himself alive.

After 549 solar days his crew mates came back to take him home. Mark is very

tough to survive in Mars, he is a big hero. In the library I can read so many

story and see the bigger world. I like library.

Advice on Protecting Wild Animal

Many animals are in danger of dying out。 As is shown in the chart， we can see the number of animal species decreases faster and faster and this trend will continue。 From 1980 to 2010， at least 1 million animal species have disappeared。 Worse still， more and more wild animals are in great danger。 It is not a piece of sensational news; it is a fact， a harsh reality。 Unfortunately， we may not see these animals in the near future。

很多动物频临灭绝的危险。图表显示，我们能够看到动物物种数量下降的速度越来越快，而且这种趋势将会持续下去。从1980年到2010年，至少有100万动物物种已经消失。更糟糕的是，越来越多的野生动物处于巨大的危险中。这不是一则耸人听闻的新闻，这是一个事实，一个残酷的事实。不幸的是，将来我们可能看不到这些动物了。

From the second picture， we can find some reasons。 Why is the number of animal species declining year by year? Apparently animals have bee victims of fashion industry。 Animal skin has been used to make fashionable clothes and these clothes sell at a high price。 So some greedy people begin to kill animals in a large quantity。 This irresponsible behavior not only breaks the balance of nature but also endangers the living environment of human beings。

从第二幅图我们能够找到一些原因。为什么动物物种的数量一年年的减少呢?显然，动物成为了时尚工业的受害者。动物的皮被用来做时髦的衣服，而且这些衣服都是高价出售。因此，一些贪婪的人就开始超多屠杀动物。这种不负职责的行为不仅仅打破了自然的平衡，而且使人类居住环境陷入危险。

As far as I am concerned， something must be done to stop this illegal action。 We believe "no buying， no killing"。 First， we must make concerning laws to protect these animals in danger。 Second， we must take some measures to protect animals effectively。 Animals are our friends and part of our environment。 Third， we should raise peoples awareness to protect animals and our environment。 In this way， we can build a harmonious society and ensure a sustainable development。

在我看来，我们务必要做些什么来阻止这种违法行为。我相信“没有买，就没有杀”。首先，我们务必制定有关法律来保护这些处于危险中的动物。其次，我们务必采取一些措施有效的保护动物。动物是人类的朋友，也是我们环境的一部分。再次，我们就应提高人们保护动物和环境的意识。这样一来，我们就能够建立一个和谐的社会，确保其可持续发展。

When I watch the TV series, there always present the rich familys life,

but I dont feel envious about the rich life. It is obvious that though these

people live the better life, the cost is that their parents spend less time to

play with them. The time to stay with our parents is really important, while the

rich parents have much work to do, so they dont have much private hours. I was

born in an ordinary family. My parents will never miss the moment when I need

them. I am so thankful to life, because I have my parents love. Whats more, I

have made many good friends. We share our interest and have a lot in common.

It maybe our common desires to experience a meaning life, but when it comes

to the topic “How to live a meaningful life”, the opinions are divided. In

someone’s eyes, they agree that a meaningful life is just a comfortable life

which means they can enjoy themselves as possible as they can.

However, personally in my view, if we spend our whole life in pursuing

things only for ourselves, we will surely let ourselves down when we look back.

There’s an old saying that goes “The greatest use of life is to spend it for

something that will outlast it”. I can’t agree more. If there is a way to avoid

a disappointed life, it should be to try our best to find meaningful things

which can also make contributions to the whole society. Even a single man can

make a big difference to the world. Not to mention that everyone get together to

bring changes to the society.

It’s high time that we took measures to experience a meaning life. What’s

more, it’s never too late to start a meaning life. So be yourself, enjoy your

happiness and be helpful to others. That’s the meaning life worth living.

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world. For example, cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers.Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed. Pollution is, in fact, threatening our existence.

The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves and for our later generations. Fortunately, more and more people have realized these problems. Measures have been taken to cope with these problems by the government. Laws have been passed to stop pollution. I hope the problem will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.

全世界的环境问题变得越来越严重。例如汽车污染的空气影响了人们的呼吸，工厂释放污染的气体，山上的树木被砍伐，污水不断被排人河里。另外，无论我们走到哪里，到处可见随意丢弃的垃圾。事实上，污染正威胁我们的生存。

地球是我们的家园，我们有责任为我们自己和我们的后代去照顾好它。庆幸的是，愈来愈多的人们已经意识到这些问题。政府已经采取了很多措施去解决这些问题，法律已被通过以制止污染。我希望这些问题在不远的将来能得到解决，我们的家园变得越来越好。

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world. With the development of industry and agriculture, cars make great noises and give off poisonous gas. Trees on the hills have been cut down,and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore,wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed. The whole ecological balance of the earth is changing. Massive destruction of environment has brought about negative effects and even poses a great threat to mans existence.

We must face the situation that exists and take actions to solve our environmental problems. For instance, new laws must be passed to place strict control over industrial pollution, the pub!ic must receive the education about the hazard of pollution and so on. We hope that all these measures will be effective and bring back a healthful environment.

全世界的环境问题在变得越来越严重。随着工农业的发展，汽车制造噪音、排放毒气，山上的树木被砍伐，污水不断被排入河里。另外，无论我们走到哪里，到处可见随意丢弃的垃圾。整个地球生态平衡正在改变，环境的巨大破坏已带来负面影响，甚至对人类生存带来巨大威胁。

我们必须面对现实，采取行动解决环境问题。例如必须通过新的法律严格控制工业污染问题，大众必须接受污染危害的教育等。我们希望这些措施的有效实施能带给我们一个健康的环境。

Pandas are my favourite animals.In fact,all the people like pands as well.Pandas living in the wild can live for 20 years while the pandas that live in the zoos can have a life of more thqn 30 years.Pandas are really lovely.They can not only climb trees but also swim.However,the number of pandas is decreasing sharply.It is said that there are only 1000 pandas remaining in the world at present.It is sad news for all of us.Therefore,we are supposed to take measures to protect pandas in order to prevent them from dying out.

大熊猫是我最喜欢的动物.事实上,所有的人都喜欢品牌一样.生活在野外的大熊猫能活20年而生活在动物园的大熊猫能有更多的thqn寿命30年.熊猫很可爱.他们不仅能爬树而且游泳.

然而,大熊猫的数量正在急剧下降.这是说,只有1000只大熊猫留在目前世界.这对我们所有人来说都是坏消息.

因此,我们应该采取措施来保护大熊猫,为了防止其灭绝.

I love reading, which enriches my knowledge and helps me know more about

the world. I love the school atmosphere. Students study together here and make

progress gradually. My favorite place here is library. I can read many books

here. Once I have some questions, I can find a lot of information. We fight for

the goal and plan details in the library in group task. I have so many good

memories to study here, which makes me so happy. No matter which school I am in,

I will always find this quiet corner and study what I like. I love the feelings

there.

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.

But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and

cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the

higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light

each year.

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven

in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny

of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided

when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.

Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the

emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to

bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of

the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he

proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would

last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the

Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of

the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of

entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which

they pray for good fortune.

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival

speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted

and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because

the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy

the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this

plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.

The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their

imminent destruction.

However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should

hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and

explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the

village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar

day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw

that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the

Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.

From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every

year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and

fireworks.

There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is

about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the

emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying

and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her

and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was

Yuan-Xiao.

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the

palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the

chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern

promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern

left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised

himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for

their fortunes.

But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th

lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and

asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of

Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in

red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her

mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people

asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to

check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from

Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.

I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You

should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to

the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in

trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on

the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.

Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. Eastern said, "I heard that

the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often

cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make Tang-Yuan.

Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give

an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the

same time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang

red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people

outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern

decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be

deceived.

Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed

the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th

lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of

noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into

the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern

and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her

parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han

Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since

Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao

Festival.

Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.

Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns

were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer

has such implications.

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern

parades. In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional

Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is

guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang

Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant

harvest, prosperity and love.

大家都知道，长城是从山海关到嘉峪关的，长城是古代人们辛辛苦苦的建出来，长城长达5000多千米，长城是从公元5到7世纪，北魏、北齐、北周相继修筑长城和1500千米，公元12世纪金代也在今内蒙古自治区东部外贝加尔地区修筑长城。长城大约4000多千米。明代为防止元代残余势力南下侵扰，也不断地修筑长城的工程延续200多年，初期修筑的长城东起，鸭绿江西达祁连，全长7300多千米，中叶以后经过修缮的山海关至嘉峪关一线的长城比较完好，便被人认为是历长城的起点和终点。

其中长城目前保存最完整的一个建于中国明代年，明长城是一座结构复杂的堡垒，，他是世界上最伟大的奇迹。

长城的大约重量为15千克，长厘米，宽厘米。厚厘米，长城的砖数，现在还不知道。

长城是中国的一个伟大的一个奇迹。