关于飞机的英文作文【汇编20篇】

Saving Water

As we know， water is so important to man. Theamount of water which is

suitable to drink is less and less. But somepeople don’t care about it. They

waste a lot of water in their dailylife. Even worse， they pour dirty water and

throw rubbish into rivers.Many rivers and lakes are seriously polluted.

Something must be doneto stop the pollution(to deal with the problem). And

I think it’s agreat shame to waste while millions are in great need of

water.Wehave to save every drop of water. For example， turn off the tap

afterusing it and use a basin to wash as well. It’s also a good idea to

encouragemy friends and family members to join me! Only in this way can we

livehappily. If not， the last drop of water will be the tear.

I believe if everyone dose like this， we can make agreat difference.

一年前，我和爸爸妈妈有幸一起坐飞机去海南旅游，那是我第一次坐飞机，无疑对那庞然大物有些好奇，上了飞机，左摸摸右碰碰。飞机起飞后，我一边向窗外看美景，一朵朵棉花状的白云在我脚下飘动，一边还伴随着空姐微笑、可亲的服务，那感觉别提有多好！激动之余，却让我感慨万分，想起了很多。

先从曾祖父曾祖母那一代说起。那时候是个兵荒马乱、饥不择食的年代，人们为了生计而辛勤劳作，旅行对他们来说是一种奢望。如果要出行，有钱人家便坐马车和轮船，那普通百姓呢？主要靠着勤劳的双脚，走上几天几夜都是很正常的事，辛劳程度可想而知。

然后说说爷爷奶奶，他们的生活显然要比曾祖父曾祖母好得多。他们已经有了自己的自行车，像汽车、火车、轮船这样的交通工具也经常使用了。有了这些工具，旅行自然就要快多了。但年轻时的爷爷奶奶，飞机依然是他们想象中的物品，只能在电视上、书报里才能见得到，离他们的生活还很遥远，那个年代只有政府官员——有地位、有身份、有金钱的人才有资格乘坐飞机，才能付得起那昂贵的机票，可见能坐上飞机是件多么地稀罕而荣耀的事！

再来说说爸爸妈妈，现在的马路变得越来越宽，立交桥建得越来越多，他们的生活明显地要比爷爷奶奶有本质上的飞跃。他们出行可以任意选择好多种交通方式，不仅有自行车、汽车、火车、飞机等，现有已发展到电瓶车、摩托车、“和谐号”动车等，甚至拥有自己的私家车。乘坐飞机已不是一件困难的事，既安全又舒适，缓解了人们在途中的疲劳，同时还节省了时间，听大人说，如果提前一个月买机票，打折可厉害了！和火车票价格差不多。唉！真是让人感慨万千！

最后，我来说说自己的感触，上一年级，爸爸用自行车送接我，风里来雨里去，又耗时又费体力；上二年级起，爸爸用了2000多元买了辆电瓶车，那时的我感觉快多了，爸爸也省了点力；随着我年龄的增长，等到上四年级，就买张月票自己独立坐公交车了，然而等车、挤车、堵车的感受让我焦急而难受，总是担心会迟到，还有迟到后带来的惩罚。到今年9月份，我就要上初中了。学校远了，学习任务重了，爸妈还买辆私家车接送我上学，不是显阔，而是让我有更多的时间用在学习上。我很幸运，出身在这个年代。我自己最大的愿望就是等我大学毕业后去法国留学，学业归来，更好地建设我们的家乡。

改革开放后，随着高科技的发展和经济的腾飞，如今的我们，坐过磁悬浮列车、搭过地铁，乘过飞机，渡过轮船，看过火箭、宇宙飞船。我们的祖国发生了翻天覆地、日新月异地变化，一切新生事物都在我们的身边频频出现。

我坐飞机去旅游，愿科技强国富民、愿我们的生活越来越美好！

Dear Santa Claus,

I am writing to you only in order to fulfil the task assigned by the

school.

I know that your list of naughty children is empty, your list of good

children is empty, your life is a capital emptiness, you dont understand my

trouble.

See you later.

Im not telling you my real name.

每一个童年，都有许多的第一次，而我最难忘的第一次，就是第一次坐飞机。

那一次，我们家、杨杨家和思思家三家人商量坐飞机去旅游，我们三个小家伙高兴极了，我当晚兴奋得怎么也睡不着，因为坐飞机我可期待很久了。

我们是坐汽车来到广州白云机场，一下车，我们仨开始东张西望，就好象刘姥姥进了大观园，对这里一切充满好奇和新鲜，但是这个候机呀真让人抓狂，等了一个多小时终于可以上机了。

飞机准备起飞，我们都紧张极了；正在这时，一位美丽空姐发给我们一人一块口香糖，说是防止耳膜鼓张发痛，“这个要怎么用呀？”我好奇地问：“那还用说。当然是这样。”杨杨说着把口香糖撕成两半，分别放进耳朵里；“哈哈、、、、、、”我们两个女生忍不住大笑起来，这时空姐微笑着走过来说：“小朋友，这个口香糖是用来嚼的，这样就可防止耳膜鼓张发痛。”我们笑得更大声了。

打闹之间，飞机开始滑行，绕了好几圈后，在一条直道上突然加速，让人觉得像被人捂住了胸口，过了十几秒，飞机前面翘了起来，一下就冲入了天空，我们都欢呼起来：“飞机起飞了。”

我隔着窗户往外看去，先是白云机场逐渐变小，接着许多条高速公路变得象蛇一样，公路上的车象蚂蚁； 突然，窗外变得白茫茫一片，原来是飞机冲入了云层，过了一会儿，展现在我眼前的是蔚蓝的天空，云朵像一层柔软的鹅绒被，又像天使美丽的羽毛，更像白白的棉花糖一样松软。

我看着看着趴在窗檐上睡着了，等我醒来时飞机已经到达了目的地。

第一次坐飞机，真是我激动又难忘的第一次，现在想来还沥沥在目。

today is chinese new years eve, my family had a big family party at home. it was a chinese tradition that on new years eve we make dumplings together and have them around midnight. firstly, we prepared the pork mince and some vegetables for the dumplings.we also needed plenty of skins to make the dumplings. some of us were making the dumpling skins, others were mixing the mince and vegetables together. all of us were enjoying the process of making dumplings and chatting with each other. before midnight, when we heard the sound of new years bell, the dumplings were ready for us to eat. it was such a wonderful night!

今天是中国新年,我的家庭有一个大的家庭聚会在家里。这是一个中国的传统,新年前夜我们一起包饺子,让他们在午夜。首先,我们准备了猪肉饺子肉和一些蔬菜。我们也需要大量的皮饺子。我们中的一些人使饺皮,人肉和蔬菜混合在一起。我们都享受包饺子的过程和彼此聊天。在午夜之前,当我们听到新年的钟声,准备我们吃饺子。这是这样一个美妙的夜晚!

现在的纸和以前没有纸的时候不一样。以前没有纸的时候是用竹子写字的，因为我们现在的纸是用木头做的，所以我们要爱护花、草和树木。

今天，我们就来和纸做朋友吧！以前我不会折纸飞机，今天我会折了。我们先看看折纸飞机的步骤吧。

首先找来一张长方形有纸进行对折，打开，然后反上面的两个角向中线对齐折下，向内折起来，这时就形成了一个小的长方形，然后将内折的两个角再次向中线内折，此时会有一个小三角形的形成，将此小三角形向上翻折，最后左右对折，把双翼向下折，飞机就折好了。

我会折纸飞机了真高兴！

Many classmates ask me about my plan for summer holiday. How I wish I could have a colorful and fruitful holiday, so I have decided to do a part-time job during the summer vacation. On the one hand, I can earn some pocket money by doing a part-time job. I can spend them freely, because they are earned by myself. On the other hand, I can accumulate some practical experience by doing a part-time job. They can’t be learned in the class or from text books. Besides, I will go over my study and do some preview. I don’t want to waste the summer holiday.

《In Love》

If love be love , if love be ours,

如果你我相爱，如果爱就是爱

Faith and unfaith can ne’er be equal powers;

忠诚与背信的力量天壤之别，

Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.

点滴失信便让诚实永远欠缺。

It is the little rift within the lute,

就像琵琶上的小小纹裂，

That by and by will make the music mute,

日积月累，音色难以和谐，

And ever widening showly silence all.

当裂痕慢慢扩大，琴声终将彻底寂灭。

The little rift within the lover’s lute,

琵琶上的小小纹裂，就像爱人心中的裂纹

Or little pitted speck in garner’d fruit,

就像果实中的烂斑无法察觉，

That rotting inward slowly moulders all,

它会慢慢腐朽，并将腐蚀一切。，

It is not worth the keeping, let it go;

如无价值继续，那就断然了结，

But shall it?answer, darling, answer,no,

但是会这样吗?亲爱的，你要说不，斩金截铁，

And trust me not all or all in all.

对我，要么怀疑一切，要么相信一切。

星期天到了，天气格外凉爽。我和小明带着精心折旳纸飞机来到了郊外旳一块草地上举行纸飞机比赛。

比赛开始了。我们俩个拿着纸飞机，“预备——飞！”我们把手中旳纸飞机使劲往空中一扔，纸飞机脱手而出。只见我旳纸飞机飞得又高又远，而小明旳纸飞机在空中划了一道优美旳弧线，“啪”旳一声，就坠落在地上。我得意极了，高兴地又蹦又跳，“我赢了！我赢了！”小明急忙跑过去，弯下腰，拣起了纸飞机，这儿看看，那儿瞧瞧。过了一会儿，他自信满满地说：“我们再比一次！”“比就比，谁怕谁啊！”我轻蔑地说。

第二场比赛开始了，我们用力把纸飞机往上一扔。我想：这次我一定会赢。不料，我旳纸飞机却像没有汽油旳飞机一样往下掉。只见小红旳纸飞机“嗖”旳一声，穿破长空，像一只小鸟，在空中打着旋儿，转了好几圈，轻轻地落在地上，真是太精彩了！我顿时目瞪口呆。

我沮丧地跑过去捡起地上旳纸飞机，它好像在嘲笑我：“这就是你骄傲旳结果吧！”“骄傲使人退步啊！”我叹气道。

欢迎来到25世纪，一个全新的时代，什么？你问这是哪里？这里是宇宙空间站啊，一会儿我就要坐飞机去木星一日游了。

你不知道吗？现在已经有可以产生虫洞的飞机了，它可以在虫洞中穿梭自如，到木星那只要十分钟就行了，它的外壳有抗辐射系统，木星的恶劣气候对飞机来说都没关系，这样就可以看到木星的美景了。

可是科学家们也闲不下来，他们现在又正在研发一种可以穿梭到别的次元的飞机，只要一会儿就可以到达异次元，厉害吧！它还有一个特殊的系统——在黑洞中穿梭，甚至还可以消灭黑洞呢！它还可以找到外星人、发现新行星……好多好多新功能，我们的宇宙一下子变成了一个小村庄，大家随时都可以交流了，哎呀！时间不早了，我要走了，再见！

“怎么了，发什么呆？”同桌推推我，哦，刚才的遐想结束了，所有的一切全消失了。

在央求了妈妈许久之后，我终于得到了梦寐以求的遥控飞机。

遥控飞机一般可以分成两大类，一类是遥控直升飞机，可以直接起飞；另一类是遥控滑翔机，需要通过助跑才能起飞。

我买的是遥控直升飞机，他有着一身蓝色的外壳，头顶有一根银色的小铁棒，上面安置着两对直升机机翼和一根平衡棒。尾部也有一根银色小棒，上面也安置着一片小机翼，只不过它是用来控制方向的。飞机下面可不是装着平常的起落架，而是四个有弹跳力的越野车轮胎，飞机从高处落下时，这种轮胎可以减少飞机受到的冲击力。在飞机的前端还有一个小灯泡和两个炮弹发射孔，能从高空击打目标。

这架飞机的外壳、机翼等部位都采用的塑料材质，只有轮胎是橡胶材质。它既可以在天空中飞翔，也可以利用四个轮胎在地面行走，它可以在行走模式和飞翔模式之间自由转换，比起那些必须在开阔地域才能遥控飞行的笨重的滑翔机，可轻快太多了。当然必须承认，如果它和滑翔机一起飞行，它的飞行速度还是略输一筹的。

以前我们玩着自己动手折的纸飞机，飞出去还得自己捡，随着遥控飞机的问世，我们可以远程遥控飞机的起落，而且，它的功能越来越多，越来越好玩，我的遥控飞机还能发射炮弹，和朋友们组织高空战斗演习呢。

我爱我的遥控飞机。

Dear customers

Hello!

Since its establishment, _ beauty salon has received your strong support

and help. On the occasion of the coming New Years day and new years day, _

beauty salon is grateful to you with cordial greetings and sincere thanks.

Time flies, and in a flash it is another year. Looking back on the progress

and success of _ beauty salon this year, we can not do without your attention,

trust, support and participation. Your understanding and trust is a powerful

driving force for our progress, and your care and support are the inexhaustible

source of our growth. Your every suggestion, let us excited, prompted us to

continue to work hard. With you, we will have a steady stream of confidence and

strength in our journey forward; with you, our cause can flourish and develop

endlessly.

In the new year, we hope to continue to get the trust, care and support of

you and all consumers. You and all consumers are welcome to make suggestions and

criticisms to us. We will serve every customer with sincerity, sincerity,

sincerity and enthusiasm. Customer satisfaction is our eternal pursuit! We will

continue to provide you with the most sincere service, and constantly strive to

achieve "no best, only better"! (original from blog 138)

Thank you again for your trust and support!

I wish you good health! Happy family! Everything goes well!

salute

Salute!

Dear friend,

I’m Sweet He, very glad to write letter to you! I hope we can make friends with each other. I’m 19 years old and my sign of the Zodiac is dog. How old are you? My hometown is a fascinating palace, which is located in the north of china. My hometown, Shan xi, is famous for its abundant coal resources. Beijing is my second hometown; I will study here four years at least. Beijing is the capital of China, which has rich cultural heritage. Where is your hometown? And how about your hometown?

I’m an outgoing and friendly girl, in fact , I’m crazy sometimes. I have lot’s of habits, such as singing, dancing, running, playing badminton, and so on. What kinds of sports do you like?I’m a house female and I like watching Korean dramas and comedy movie. What kinds of movie do you like?Thriller, action or comedy? I think pink is the most beautiful color in the world, and I hope I can have a house in the future, which is decorated by pink things. Can you imagine the scene? What’s your favorite color? And do you have a dream about future?

That’s all about mine. I’m eager to know about you. Please write to me soon and reply my questions which are referred to in the letter. Thank you!

Yours

Sweet He

星期天，我去了乡下看望爷爷奶奶，无事可干的我竟然心血来潮教爷爷说起英文了。

下午，我闲着的没事就问爷爷：“爷爷，你小时候上过学吗？”

“没有，我小时候家里穷，没钱上学，只好种地。”

没上过学！这一下让我想到了一个妙不可言的好主意——教爷爷说英文。反正闲着也是闲着，干脆让爷爷也增长点外国知识。

我便对爷爷说了这件事，爷爷笑着说：“好啊、好啊，孙女教我学英文。”于是，我从最基本的教起，我大声念了一句：“Hellow”。爷爷笑哈哈地跟着说：“哗啰”。我纠正道：“是Hellow，不是哗啰。再跟我念一遍，Hellow”。爷爷还是笑嘻嘻说成了“哗啰”。我有点生气了，转过身去不理睬爷爷。爷爷似乎知道我不高兴了，不知从哪来变出来一个红彤彤的大苹果，伸到我的面前对我说：“哗啰，吃‘冰果’喽！”。估计爷爷想说苹果的英文，可是又不会说，所以自己瞎编了一个，读成了“冰果”。这下我忍不住“扑哧”一声笑了出来，我从爷爷手里拿了苹果，我看了看苹果，大口大口地吃了起来。

“甜不甜？”爷爷小声地问。( www.sanWEn.com)

“甜！不过爷爷，苹果的英文叫Apple”我说。

“安破。”爷爷乐呵呵跟着学了一句。我也不知道为什么，这次我没生爷爷的气。倒觉得爷爷真有意思。

这次教英文虽然效果不佳，但能换回来我和爷爷的欢笑，我觉得挺值得！

[我教爷爷说英文_写事作文

During the summer vacation, my aunt in the country with the Qiandao Lake for a period of time. Every night, I and aunt one family sitting in front of the new bridge. I found that the moon is very beautiful very beautiful. The moon seem like very ordinary, but it can not. The light is soft, not too bright, no light reflection. Although it is not like the sun to shine on the earth, but bright and clear. The moon looks are always different, sometimes round as a plate, sometimes sad, sometimes as small as small as ... ... Beautiful beautiful. But it seems to always have a touch of sadness, but reduced its beauty. But no matter how the moon change, there is a kind of beauty that can not say, I want it.

暑假里,我随阿姨在千岛湖的农村小住了一段时间.每天夜里,我与阿姨一家人坐在门口新建的木桥上纳凉.我发现月亮是很美很美的.月亮平常看来十分普通,但细看可不一样.它的光线很柔和,不太亮,没有反射光.虽然不能像太阳一样照亮大地,但却明亮清晰.月亮的样子总是不一样,有时圆如盘、有时细如眉、有时像小船……很美很美.但它好像总有一丝淡淡的忧愁,却不减它的美丽.可不管月亮如何变,都有一种说不出的美,我很想拥有它.

星期四，我们三年级举行科技比赛飞纸飞机。我们在老师的评选下，女生去五人，男生去五人，我是女生队中之一。我们女生队当中有一个高手，她叫张怡雯，在我们队中，纸飞机飞得最好的一个，所以我们对比赛充满信心。

我们在大厅里练习，直以吃完中饭，比赛就快开始了。许老师叫我们来到比赛场。我们就拿上了纸飞机，按照许老师的吩咐走到比塞场。那里的评委老师给我们的纸飞机编上了号码，我是20号。比赛已经经进行了，我们看见了前几班的精彩表演，她们大数多都飞得很近，我还没飞就能感觉到我可以超过她们。过了一会，轮到我们队了，我们充满自信，先张怡雯上场，只见她随手一扔，纸飞机就不高不低地飞了起来，大家大声欢呼，这是为什么呢？因为她的纸飞机是在目前飞得最远的。随后，就是向晓凡，她的成绩也不错。时间过得真快，现在轮到我了，我心里有一点紧张，脚下在发抖，但是心里有着必胜的念头，我闭上眼睛，长吸一口气，用心把纸飞机向空中扔去，我睁开眼睛，只见纸飞机在空中慢慢悠悠地飞着我高兴得在叫了一声“哦耶，我比向晓帆飞得远一点点。虽然不是第一，但是我也感到很满意。

比赛结束后，我们女生队比较优秀，男生却飞得不是很好，所以男生队受到许老师的批评。虽然，我没有得到第一，不过我也很开心，因为我给班里带来了精彩的表演。

九月二十六日的下午，我、吴老师和李老师来到洞桥镇中心学校比赛甬飞。

我们在学校的实验室制作好飞机后，来到了操场。操场上的太阳懒洋洋的，连个阴凉的地方都没有，我们的脸晒得又黑又红。

我第一次接触这种类型的飞机，不懂得怎么放飞，吴老师很耐心的教我。练习放飞的时候很顺利，飞机总是能在空中飞翔；可我一到正式比赛的时候，总是掉链子，两次比赛我都输得格外惨烈，只剩下最后一次机会了，我检查了自己放飞的姿势：机头微微朝上，左手拿着机头前面的螺旋桨，右手轻轻的捏着机身的重心，一切准备得当，我先松了左手，螺旋桨飞快的转了起来，我赶紧用右手轻轻的把飞机往前一推，成功了！我不敢相信！可事实摆在我的面前！我真的成功了！

望着空中翱翔的飞机，我突然好想坐在那架小小的飞机上，和飞机一起看云朵，看蓝天，看花草，看世界！这一切是多么美好，却又是多么的不切实际。我的飞机一共飞了六十多秒，得了满分。我兴奋的朝飞机降落的地方奔去，但是飞机飞出了围墙，这是怎样的一种失望。但是转念一想，它和我都喜欢自由，都喜欢蓝天，放了它，让它去寻找自己的自由，我两手空空的回到了比赛场地，面对满分的成绩，心里是一种说不出的滋味。

虽然那架飞机回不来了，但是我不会放弃飞上蓝天的梦想，或许在未来的某一天里，我会驾驶着属于自己的飞机，和它一起看云朵，看蓝天，看花草，看世界！我要和飞机一起遨游蓝天！

Cinderella is a beautiful girl. She has two ugly stepsisters. They are not kind to Cinderella. Cinderella does all of the work. She must cook, clean and do everything.

One day, a letter comes to the house. It is a letter from the prince. He will have a big party. He would like the three girls to come. The prince wants to find a wife. Cinderella cant go to the party because she doesnt have beautiful clothes. Her stepsisters have beautiful clothes. They look very happy. Cinderella is very sad. Cinderellas stepsisters leave the house. They are going to the princes party. Cinderella cries. She also wants to go to the party. Suddenly, a woman shows up. She is a kind fairy.

"Dont worry," says the fairy. "You can go to the princes party." "I cant go," cries Cinderella. "I dont have a nice dress."

It will be all right," says the fairy. "Go get a pumpkin, six mice and a rat." Cinderella quickly finds them. "What will you do?" Cinderella asks. The fairy waves her wand over the pumpkin.

The pumpkin is now a beautiful silver coach. The fairy waves her wand over the six mice. She changes them into six strong men. The six men will walk with the coach. Then the fairy changes the rat into a man. He is the driver of the coach.

The coach is beautiful, but Cinderella still looks sad. "I still cant go to the party. My dress is too ugly," she says. "Dont worry," says the fairy. She waves her wand and makes Cinderellas dress beautiful.

Now Cinderella has a nice dress. It is gold and very pretty. Her shoes are made of glass. Cinderella is so beautiful. She can go to the party.

"You must leave the party before twelve oclock," says the fairy. "At 12:00 the magic will end."

"I will be back before twelve oclock," says Cinderella. She gets into the coach to go to the party.

The princes palace is full of people. They are all happy to be at the big party. All the girls want to marry the prince. Then Cinderella walks into the palace. "Who is she?" everyone asks. "Shes so beautiful," they say.

The prince sees Cinderella. He asks her to dance with him. All night long they dance and talk. The prince and Cinderella fall in love. At twelve oclock, Cinderella runs out of the palace.

Cinderella runs and loses one of her glass shoes. She must get home before twelve. She is late. She runs into the house. Now, she is wearing her old dress again.

The prince finds Cinderellas shoe. "I know this shoe. It belongs to that beautiful girl. Ill find her," he says. The next morning, he goes from house to house to find her. He goes to Cinderellas house. The two ugly stepsisters try on the shoe, but their feet are too big.

"Can I try it on?" asks Cinderella. "Yes," the prince says, so Cinderella tries the shoe on. It fits her foot. "I have found my princess," the prince says. Soon Cinderella and the prince get married. They live happily ever after.

dear vvx,

my name is vvx.im writing to you to introduce my family to you.there are four people in my family.they are my father, my mother, my sister and i. my father is a worker in a factory. my mother is a teacher in a middle school. my sister is a primary school student and she is 8 years old. i’m a middle school student and i’m 14 years old.

look forward to hear from you soon.

yours,

vvx

The earth is our only home to this day, and many people know that "there is only one earth, we should love it", but some people just talk about it and do nothing. They dont know that some very small actions can protect the environment -- by sorting out the garbage and using the battery to choose the rechargeable battery. Plant more trees in your spare time...

Now the earth is seriously ill, mainly caused by air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution.

Air pollution is mainly caused by the floating of material from factories, power stations and car exhausts into the atmosphere, making the air "dusty and footless". In cities with severe air pollution, people and animals are also affected and stunted. In addition, if the atmospheric carbon dioxide content is too high, it will produce a greenhouse effect, which will melt the ice in the south and south poles and reduce the ozone layer rapidly, which will eventually lead to global warming. It is not difficult to prevent this phenomenon. We can use the power of the transportation to replace the diesel fuel, thus reducing the exhaust emissions, the simplest way of course is to plant more trees.

Water source pollution is mainly caused by waste water and climatic factors. With the increase of population and the extension of human life, mankind will face unprecedented water scarcity. Some people say that the worlds water supply will be in short supply after 2030. To this, we must pay attention to saving and protecting water resources.

Soil pollution is my concern, because soil has a huge connection to air and water. Without soil to grow plants, there is no source of air, and soil is an important survival basis for plants and animals. Without soil, we humans could die. So we must protect the soil. There are many ways to protect the soil, such as in daily life, dont bury things like disposable batteries and foam plastics into the soil. We need to start small, and everyone is helping to protect the soil.

The earth is the cradle of life and the common home of mankind. We should love the earth and protect the earth.

New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese an extra month once every few years. This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

New Years Eve and New Years Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.

The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.

The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Years Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove". It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations