关于求职自我介绍的英语作文合集20篇

good morning,my dear teachers,my dear professors.i am very glad to be here for your interview.my name is song yonghao,i am 22 years old .i come from luoyang,a very beautiful aicent city.my undergratuade period will be accomplished in changan university in july ,2004;and now,i am tryingmy best for obtaininga key to tongji university.

generally speaking ,i am a hard working student especially do the thingi am interested in. i will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when i was sophomore, i found web design very interesting, so i learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, i stayed with my pesonel computer for half a month.,and i am the first one in my class who own his homepage. forthermore,i am a person with great perserverence. during the days preparing for the first examination,i insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like.andjust owning to this,i could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end. well ,in my spare time ,i like basketball, tennis and chinese chess. also english is my favorate.i often go to english cornerto practise my oral english onevery thursday,and write compositions to improve my witten ability .but i know my english is not good enough ,i will continue studying. ok, that is all,thankyou for your attention

What kind of animals do you like in our common homeland - earth, how many animals do you like? Anyway, my favorite animal is our most loyal friend - dog.

My favorite dog is my neighbors home that is a Beijing dog and rounds and Coli sheep shepherd handsome. They play together every day, is a pair of good friends, I also like them, they saw me and wagged my tail came to me.

Handsome body Biao big, the body about sixty centimeters long. Two legs standing, fully able to my shoulder, his eyes, nose, mouth, ears are more than round, and most like to see him running when the figure - curly flying, like a horse. I often and round, handsome with the running, each time is handsome first, round second, my third It is no exaggeration to say that the speed of handsome hands run no less than the speed of purebred horses. The general dog ran up, will be issued a "blah" sound, handsome handsome hands up very small, not careful is not heard. Handsome handsome look is also handsome: curly flying, the body was arcuate. If you want to use a word to describe handsome, that is: handsome. If you use a word, that is: impeccable.

Relative to the handsome hands, round the size of a lot of small, only about thirty centimeters long, less than half the handsome handsome. The meaning of his name comes from his pair of eyes, it is too round. Like a shiny black gem. And his legs are round, round the name is so come. And his legs are very short, so even if he sprinkled his feet running, but also run fast, but I still like his kind of simple cute.

This is my favorite animal, you like it?

Good morning/afternoon， teachers and classmates. Im XXX from class 1. I am a girl/boy of 13. My family including my father, mother and me. I like basketball best. In addition, I also like table tennis. My favorite food is carrots. Im also very interested in snacks. What, Im good at computer. Using the computer E-mail, shopping and even solve my problems in the study and the life is so convenient. So I put my computer as my good helper. As for reading, Ive read about magic novel. Are these. Nice to meet you! I sincerely hope to make friends with you.

老师同学早上/下午好。我是XXX。我现年13岁(女生或男生)。我的家庭包括我爸爸，妈妈和我。我最喜欢篮球。除此以外，我也喜欢乒乓球。我最喜欢的食物是胡萝卜。我也对小吃很感兴趣。还有什么，我很擅长电脑。用电脑发邮件、购物甚至是解决我学习和生活中的问题是如此的方便。所以我把我的电脑视为我的好帮手。至于阅读，我以前读过一些关于魔法的小说。就这些。很高兴认识你们!我真诚地希望与你们做朋友。

Today is Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve that eating apple a day is also a kind of custom. On Christmas Eve to eat the apple, because apple has a cavity, in peace. On this day, on Christmas Eve Santa Claus will sit sleigh, presents for the children. The next day, the children were present, will be very happy, I am really looking forward to Santa Claus gave me a gift!

今天是平安夜，平安夜这一天吃苹果也是一种习俗。之所以在平安夜吃苹果，是因为苹果里有一个苹字，代表平平安安。平安夜这一天，圣诞老人会坐着雪橇，给孩子们分发礼物。第二天孩子们受到礼物，就会很高兴，我也很盼望圣诞老人给我送一个礼物呀！

Im Hua Zhengxian. Im ten years old. Im in Class 5,Grade 4. My hair is short. My eyes are small. I get up at six oclock. I have breakfast at six fifteen. I go to school at seven oclock. I have lunch at twelve oclock. I go home at eight oclock. I watch TV at eight ten. I go to bed at nine oclock. I like playing computer games and going fishing. On Sunday morning, I usually do my homework. In the afternoon, I play games with my friends.

各位尊敬的考官，早上好。这天能在那里参加面试，有机会向各位考官请教和学习，我感到十分的高兴，同时透过这次面试也能够把我自己展现给大家，期望你们能记住我，下面介绍一下我的基本状况。现年…岁，…族，大专文化，平时我喜欢看书和上网流览信息，性格活泼开朗，能关心身边的人和事，和亲人朋友融洽相处，能做到理解和原谅，我对生活充满信心。我以前在…工作，在公司里先后在不同的岗位工作过，开始我从事…工作，随后因公司需要到…，有必须的社会实践经验，在工作上取得一些的成绩，同时也得到公司的认可。

透过几年的工作我学到了很多知识，同时还培养了我坚韧不拔的意志和顽强拼搏的精神，使我能够在工作中不断地克服困难、用心进龋加入公务员的行列是我多年以来的一个强烈愿望，同时我认识到人和工作的关系是建立在自我认知的基础上，而我感觉到我的工作热情一向没有被激发到最高，我热爱我的工作，但每个人都是在不断地寻求取得更好的成绩，我的自我认知让我觉得公务员是一个正确的选取，这些就坚定了我报考公务员的信心和决心。所以我参加了这次公务员考试并报考了…，如果这次能考上，我相信自己能够在…中得到锻炼和有获得发展的机会。公务员是一种神圣而高尚的职业，它追求的是公共利益的最大化，所以要求公务员要为人民、为国家服务，雷锋曾这样说过：人的生命是有限的，可为人民服务是无限的，我要把有限的生命投入到无限的为人民服务中去，这就是我对公务员认知的最好诠释。所以，这个职位能让我充分实现我的社会理想和体现自身的价值。

俗话说：航船不能没有方向，人生不能没有理想，而我愿成为中国共产党领导下的一名优秀国家公务员，认真践行“三个代表”，全心全意的为人民服务。假如，我透过了面试，成为众多教师队伍中的成员，我将不断努力学习，努力工作，为家乡的教育事业贡献自己的力量，决不辜负“人类灵魂的工程师”这个光荣的称号。

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten thousand Ii Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it s more than 6 000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.

The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the dif ferent parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.

The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the the towers as a warning when the enemy came.

It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."

中国的长城

中国的万里长城被称为“万里长城”。事实上，它有6000多公里长。它蜿蜒地从西向东，穿过沙漠，越过高山，穿过山谷，直到最后到达大海。它是世界奇观之一。

长城有二十多个世纪的历史。它的第一部分是在春秋时期建造的。战国时期，有更多的城墙被用来保卫不同王国的边界。正是在秦朝，秦国把帝夫的发福部分统一为一个帝国。为了把敌人赶出他的帝国，秦始皇把所有的城墙连在一起。于是，长城诞生了。

长城的宽度足以让五匹马或十个人并排走。沿着墙的是瞭望塔，士兵们常常在那里守望。当敌人到来时，在塔上点燃了火作为警告。

在古代没有任何现代机器的情况下，很难建造这样一堵墙。所有的工作都是手工完成的。成千上万的人死了，被埋在他们建造的城墙下。长城不仅是由石头和泥土建成的，而且是几百万人的血肉所组成的。

今天，长城不仅对中国人，而且对来自世界各地的人都有兴趣。他们中的许多人都知道中国著名的谚语:“没有到达长城的人不是真正的人。”

尊敬的各位考官、各位评委老师：

我叫xxx，毕业于xxx大学。本人工作方面：做事勤奋诚恳，自信上进，喜欢交往，致学以用。在学习方面：专业基础扎实，虚心，好学钻研，努力提高自身素质，善于接受新鲜事物，善于学习新兴技术和新的方法。心理方面：自我调节能力较好，有耐受。个人亲和力较好，善于沟通和交流。

对于医学，我有着深厚的感情。学医五年，我被这一门学科深深地迷住了，细读医理，不禁酣畅雀跃，精研医案，往往拍案叫绝，掩卷沉思，常感豁然开朗之妙，临床印证，时有立竿见影之功。

在追求知识的同时，我努力完善自己的人格。在别人眼中，我工作勤恳，为人坦诚，思想活跃，吃苦耐劳，维护集体利益，有敬业精神，与人为善，尊重他人。我深深懂得有高尚的道德观和完美人格的重要性，我也深信自己能做得更好。

我的自我介绍完毕，谢谢大家!

hello,everyone!

my name is xxxx is my english name,which is also the name of my idol.i’m a recommended student from ccfls,in which i have studied for six years.during the time i stayed there,i’ve learned a lot from the teachers who i must thank sincerely.another school in my life is my family.1990 witnessed me born in a happy family.i was treated as the apple of my family members’ eyes since childhood.genuineness,perseverance,conscientiouness,the urge for improvement are the characters my family gives me.today,but for their support,i would not be this confident.many thanks to my family.i love them all.

i’m an optimistic,energetic,outgoing,active,humorous girl with any amount of hobbies,such as listening to music and writing my blog.what deserves to be introduced is my blog on sina,which takes me a lot of pains.it’s without much gaudy decorations,but many articles which are really worth reading.the website address is here.your prensence and guidance are requested.

unlike many other girls,i’m quite good at sports.swimming,skating,basketball,volleyball,badminton,table tennis and etc. are my preferences.in spite of my height,i have a good jumping capacity.due to this,i’m the captain of the female basketball team and the principal member of the female volleyball team in our school.in addition,i’m fond of playing chess.i’ve got a silver medal when i was a child.futhermore,i’m a very versatile girl.piano and clarinet are my forte.they all get the ninth level.besides,i’m a good organizer and leader in the school activities.i organized many english speech contest,also took a part in it and ranked among the best.especially,i directed an english play called“the sound of music”,which is a gorgeous success,so that every audience spoke highly of it.i’m very proud of that.

to conclude,i’m sure i won’t let you down.i hope that you can give me a chance to study in xiamen university,which is the shrine in my mind, and i’ll give you much glory in return.

that’s all.thank you for your attention.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for your valuable time.

[应聘英语教师自我介绍

My plan of next year

A new year ，a new start，when I stand on the edge of a new year，I can#39;t help thinking about my plan of next year.

Just as the old saying："Well began is the half of the success."So I decide that I should be at work while the others are still relaxing ，and then ，at the beginning ，I#39;m quicker than the others and of course I will get better result than the others.

But ，what I really decide to do is that I must make good of anytime I can spare though it seems impossible. While，I will do my best to live up with what I have planned，and the result will prove it.

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 name  . There are 4 people in my family. My father  a Chemtry teacher. He teaches chemtry in senior high school. My mother  an Englh teacher. She teaches Englh in the university. I have a younger brother, he  a junior high school student and  preparing for the entrance exam.

I like to read Englh story books in my free time. Sometimes I surf the Internet and download the E- books to read. Reading E- books  fun. In addition, it also enlarges my vocabulary words because of the advanced technology and the vivid animations.

I hope to study both Englh and computer technology because I am interested in both of the subjects. Maybe one day I could combine both of them and apply to my research in the future.

拿到英语试题不知道从哪里下手吗?那么下面这套英语写作流程对你会有一定的帮助。

一.审题。

拿到题目后，手中拿铅笔，手脑眼嘴并用，开始审题。看题目的要求是什么，要点是什么，特殊要求是什么。譬如你是叫李华，还是随便一个名字? 要议论文还是记叙文?对分几段写有无要求?等等。诸如此类的硬性要求信息，都最好用铅笔划下来，以免出错，也许你一开始会记得，可随着时间的流逝，你会不会因紧张而遗忘这些信息呢?还是小心为妙。边看最好边张嘴默读，这样就不会遗漏或忽略任何一个字了。

二.草稿。

有的同学怕出错，全文都打草稿再誊写，我姑且认为不太可取，毕竟考场时间宝贵，即使我有四十分钟时间写作文也不敢贸然这么做，更何况考场时我们留给作文的时间往往一再被压缩。有的同学不打草稿，我认为更不太可取。一来容易出错，二来边写边想思维不连贯，即使思维连贯也无法审词酌句，展现自己最好的一面，容易后悔。

草稿怎么打?

1.结构就是你打算分几段写，每段都写什么?哪段转哪段承哪段起合?心里都要是有谱的。

2.关键词：结构拟定后，迅速在草稿纸上写下自己这篇作文可能用到的一些关键词。包括一些漂亮的词和自己可能会忘记的词。主要是动词和名词。

譬如一省作文题： 假设你的名字是李华，亚洲冬季运动会将在你居住的地方举办，现招募志愿者。你希望成为志愿者。申请信的格式已经写好了，你直接写内容就可以。你的个人情况：年龄性别学历，个人条件。英语好，爱好体育，擅长交际，乐于助人。承诺提供最佳服务。

关键词就是学历、爱好、擅长、乐于、承诺，和你对这篇作文初步构思时想到的一些词。先把这些词(指词的英文表达)写在纸上。有一些词的拼写，譬如学历，可能你本身就记得不是特别清楚，这时一定要在开始写作文前先把它写下来，以免一会因干扰而遗忘。

可能看到聪明这个关键词时，你最初写下的往往是clever，再仔细想想，你是不是又想到了smart,deligient好多词，挑个漂亮和合适的用吧。再比如转折，你写了but，这会再想想，是不是又有一堆表示转折的词在你脑里打转呢?挑一个吧。千万别用but.

3.句式：词写下来了，其实你构建这篇作文的建筑材料就到位了，下步就是要把它们盖成漂亮的作文。先用最普通的陈述句把它们在头脑中过一遍，然后看看都能改成什么句式。能不能把一句陈述句改成问句?能不能用上一个双重否定句?能不能用一个主语从句套定语从句的长句?能不能用一个插入语?等等。把你高中三年的英语积累展示出来。在草稿纸上同样标注。

三.正式写。

这样的草稿打完后，就要快快写了。注意，英语作文的卷面简直太重要了，一定要把字写整齐，写大。没有把握的词和句子不用。别忘了遵守你最初用铅笔划下的题目的规定。

四.检查。

注意，最最重要的一步来了。尽管很小心，可是我们写英语作文还是会犯下很多错误。单词拼写的，大小写的，等等。这些错误会极大破坏我们在阅卷老师心目中的形象，一定要坚决誓死消灭。即使时间再紧，请务必留下1——2分钟检查作文的时间，消除隐性错误。

需要说明的是，英语的开头和结尾是最关键的，尤其是开头。基本上，不跑题，遵守题目要求，一个漂亮的开头，一个还过得去的结尾，2-3个高级词汇，1-2个漂亮的句子，加上整齐的字迹，作文的分就不会低了哦。所以，精心为你的作文想个漂亮的开头吧。

Di Yage is my good friend. She’s in Class1, Grade4 of Tianjiao Primary School. She’s a model student. She’s clever and she’s helpful, too. She often helps teachers and young students at school. She is good at Chinese, maths, English, arts and crafts, music and so on. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes painting and drawing. And she likes listening to music, having picnics with her parents. Oh yeah, she likes fishing, too. But she doesn’t like playing basketball, football, table tennis or volleyball. Zhang Ying is the best friend of mine. I like playing with her. We always work together and help each other.

我的好朋友

蒂亚戈是我的好朋友。她在Class1 ， Grade4的天骄小学。她是一个模范学生。她的聪明，她的帮助，太。她常常帮助教师和青年学生在学校。她是在中国好，数学，英语，艺术和手工艺，音乐等等。她有很多爱好。她喜欢绘画和绘图。和她喜欢听音乐，野餐后与她的父母。噢是的，她喜欢钓鱼，太。但她并不喜欢打篮球，足球，乒乓球和排球。张颖是最好的朋友。我喜欢与她一起玩。我们总是一起工作，互相帮助。

Hello, everyone. We have a new classmate today. This is Mike, hes from America. He is thirteen years old now. He likes playing baseball and basketball. He is good at Maths. I hope you can get on well with him.

Each place has its own unique delicacy, in my hometown, many snacks, when the number of the most famous mung bean jelly.

Mung bean jelly although the approach is very simple, but it is a sigh. The production method is: first with warm water to soak mung bean, and then use the powder machine to grind, ground into a slurry, with a filter basket, then leave mung bean powder, mung bean powder and water according to a proper proportion of blending, boiled, Sheng and pot inside, let it cool, forming, can the. Eat when you can put some spices, if you love to eat spicy, add some chili oil, to keep you cool home, jelly on the table, a fragrant smell, is full of high streets and back lanes irresistible fragrance.

The jelly taste good. When you put the jelly in the mouth, also did not eat, then slipped into the belly, suddenly, full of fragrance. I still love to eat spicy, so every time you eat, are sweating, even if the flow so much sweat, but still love to eat more, eat more, eat more so our family became a frequent visitor to the Museum of jelly.

There are a lot of people love to eat bean jelly, so mung bean jelly has become my hometowns most famous delicacy.

Such delicious food is already let you unable to hide greeds, what are you waiting for? Come to my hometown and taste it!

Autumn girl walked the silent footsteps, the beautiful autumn to the world.

She waved a magic wand, the green rice fields into a golden. Far from the field, the field like a golden carpet; field, the channel side, a small river, that tree green cypress, is embroidered on the carpet on the green side; ridge, grass, grow all kinds of Colorful flowers, is embedded in the carpet on the color of pearls. The cool autumn wind blowing, blowing on the rice, the rice thrown the golden waves; blowing in the trees, leaves fluttering leisurely fall, like butterflies dancing in the fields. I stand on the ridge, you listen, the wind blowing rice "rustling" sound, between the grass, the insects "tweeted" sound, the branches, the birds "grumble" sound, with our childrens laughter Sound, merged into a ensemble; like a symphony, played the harvest of the movement.

I love autumn, more love the field of autumn. Because she is full of joy, full of hope, full of vitality.

Everyone has his ideals. A businessman wishes to make greater profit; a farmer expects plumper harvests; a student tries to learn more and better.

However, one should be sensible about whether his ideal is well founded or not. If it is, one has to plan and work hard for its realization. Effort, skill and persistence are all necessary. And very often, one has to get help from others, including advice and support in one form or another.

My ideal is to become a doctor. It is said that the field of medicine is a well-paid profession, but I take it as a lofty profession entrusted with saving peoples lives. To realize my ideal I have concentrated on laboratory work to develop the analytical skills necessary to become a qualified doctor. Im sure Ill realize my ideal if I keep on striving for it.

A new semester approaching, we stand on a new starting point, faced with greater challenges, I am well aware that this is not an easy way to take, but Once we mastered the knack of this, it is exciting to wait for the better tomorrow. After the study, in order to have a correct direction, I devised a study plan. First, there must be confidence, confidence is the first secret of success, both in life and in learning, self-confidence is crucial. No matter how tomorrow, but today has come, grasp this is the most sen sible choice. No matter how great the gap between themselves and others, but to enter the second semester, and it is a new beginning, always believe they can be successful.

新的学期，新的希望，新的起点，在这充满希望的季节里，同学们带着笑脸重返集体。过去，我们在这个温暖的大家庭里互助互爱、努力奋斗，经历风雨和阳光；今天，我们不分彼此，团结互助，共同成长。新学期，我们又站在了一个新的起点，面临着更大的挑战，我深知，这条路不好走，但是，同学们要记住：进入状态，学习就是享受；心情浮躁，闲着也是痛苦。请同学们一定要满怀信心，自信是成功的第一秘诀，无论在生活，还是在学习中，自信是至关重要的，不管明天怎样，但今天已经到来，

把握今天才是最明智的选择，不管自己与别人有多大的差距，但是，步入第二学期，这又是一个新的开始，俗话说：“良好的开端等于成功的一半。”愿我们在仅剩的4个多月中携手奋力拼搏，我坚信，同学们一定会满怀信心地走向成功，收获更多成功的喜悦！

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.