英语应聘自我介绍格式【热门20篇】

导语：如今微信已成为我们生活中的一部分，尤其受到年轻人的欢迎。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1.如今微信已成为我们生活中的一部分，尤其受到年轻人的欢迎。其优点如下：1.可以非常迅速地与朋友进行文字、表情等交流;2.可以与朋友分享图片、音乐、视频等;3.不仅能发送语音讯息，而且可以直接通话;4.使用时不受时间地点限制;5.使用时免费。

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Nowadays, WeChat has been a part of our life. It is becoming more and more popular with young people because of the following advantages. First, we can communicate with our friends by sending words and expressions very quickly. Second, we can share pictures, music and videos with them. Third, we can not only send voice messages to them but also speak to them directly. Besides, we can use it in any time. Last but not least, we use it for free and can save money. In my view, although WeChat has improved our lives, it should be used properly. We shouldn’t lose ourselves in it.

My English teacher is Miss Huang. She

is a beautiful lady. There is always a smile on her face. Miss

Huang likes singing. She is good at playing the piano. In the evening, she always sits in front of the piano and plays nice music. She is a good dancer,

too. Sometimes she teaches us dancing. Miss Huang likes dogs very much because the dog is very friendly and

cute. Her favorite color is blue,

because blue is the color of the sky and the sea. She is my favorite teacher. Our classmates all like her very much.

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

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

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

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

The Palace Museum is also called the Forbidden City, whichstarted to be built in 1407. It took 200,000 people fourteenyears to build it.

It was finished in 1420. There are 9,999 rooms in all the palaces. In China, nine is regarded as a lucky number traditionally. At present, it is free for Chinesestudents to visit every Tuesday.

The Palace Museum has treasures of over 5,000 years history.

​导语：相信很多外国人来到中国都会想了解我们的家庭生活，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!

I live with my father and mother in a very big house in Dongguan. My parents are both very busy. They leave for work very early in the morning and don’t return home until late in the evening.

When I am home on weekends from school, we spend a lot of time together. We talk about my studies, my health and my school life. I love my parents very much.

My grandparents are still living, but they don’t live with us. Their health is good and they both do sports very early in the morning. My grandmother does gymnastics with elderly women her age in the park. Both of my grandfathers play basketball in the morning and sometimes they go swimming.

Chinese people eat rice for every meal, but I don’t like rice because I think it is tasteless! We eat meat, fish and vegetables. My family eats noodles and congee. My favorite is noodles.

I often play computer games because I like it so much. I often watch Japanese cartoon movies with my parents on the weekends. On long holidays we take trips, too.

That is my description of typical family life in China.

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我和爸爸妈妈住在东莞的一所大房子里。我父母都很忙。他们很早就动身去上班，晚上很晚才回家。

当我周末放学回家时，我们花很多时间在一起。我们谈论我的学习，我的健康和我的学校生活。我非常爱我的父母。

我的祖父母还活着，但他们不住在我们这里。他们的身体很好，他们都很早就开始运动。我祖母和公园里同龄的老年妇女做体操。我爷爷两个早上都打篮球，有时去游泳。

中国人每顿饭都吃米饭，但我不喜欢米饭，因为我觉得米饭很无味!我们吃肉，鱼和蔬菜。我的家人吃面条和粥。我最喜欢的是面条。

我经常玩电脑游戏，因为我很喜欢它。我经常在周末和我的父母一起看日本卡通片。在长假期间，我们也去旅行。

这是在中国的家庭生活。

The city of xi an is my beautiful home, which has the wall, the wild goose pagoda, the drum tower, the terracotta warriors... It is. My family has my familiar smiling face, familiar family, xi an is the city of the city is my honor and my pride.

In the spring of a lot of people gathered outside the wild goose pagoda, because they know that master xuan zang in starting to get true through, so the people respect him very much as the quality of the firm and meticulous spirit, where there will be a wonderful fountain performance and a wonderful song.

In the summer the Terra Cotta Warriors gathered a lot of Chinese and foreign tourists, they take up the sun fire here will be very hard, of course we will not abuse their.

The bells and drums of the bell tower are so wonderful in autumn.

All the buildings in the winter are covered, the white snow is so beautiful!

故城西安是我美丽的家，那有城墙、大雁塔、钟鼓楼、兵马俑……。我的家有我熟悉的笑脸、熟悉的家人，西安被评为古城是我的荣誉也是我的骄傲。

春天的大雁塔的外面聚集了许多的人，因为他们知道当年的玄奘法师在出发去取真经的，所以人们非常敬重他那样坚定的品质和一丝不苟的精神，哪里还会有精彩的喷泉表演和美妙的歌声。

夏天的兵马俑里聚集着许多的中外游客，他们冒着火辣辣的太阳来到这里一定会很辛苦的，当然我们也不会虐但他们的。

秋天，钟鼓楼的钟声和鼓声是多么的美妙。

冬天所有的建筑物都盖上了，白白的积雪真美丽阿!

I -- a lively and cheerful handsome young boy, self-introduction composition. A ball like a ball face, a pair of sincere big eyes, revealing my usual some naughty, wearing sportswear is my favorite. But the fly in the ointment is that they are short.

I am a very outgoing person. Although I am a little naughty, I have a sense of justice. On one occasion, I saw a beggar on the side of the road beg for a fashionable young lady, but was scolded by the young lady. I watched, piranhas blunt go up, angrily said to her: "old woman was poor, ask you for money, you can find a reason to refuse, why do this to old woman? Yes, you are rich and outwardly beautiful, but your heart is ugly. At this time, other people around, the big sister hurriedly cover the face hurriedly walk, the primary school 5th grade composition "self-introduction composition". I quickly gave my mother my pocket money to my grandma. I left quietly in the admiration of the people around me.

I have a wide range of hobbies, such as long-distance running, high jump, long jump and football. I love all these extracurricular activities. But riding a scooter on the weekend is my favorite, it brings me endless fun. After finishing my homework every weekend, I would drag my mother to the amusement park to play, at least two hours. One of the best, I wore two pairs of shoes in two weeks.

Read this, you will think I am very naughty, naughty. However, I have to work harder in my study because of my usual craziness, so as to ensure my academic performance goes up in a straight line. This semester, I also worked as the class monitor in the class, the teacher so valued me, I will redouble efforts.

There are three people in my family.They are my father,my mother and I.

My father is an engineer,he is forty years old.He works hard.My mother is a nurse,she is 36 years old.She is kind.I am a student.I study hard.

I love my family.

各位考官好，今天能够站在这里参加面试，有机会向各位考官请教和学习，我感到非常的荣幸。希望通过这次面试能够把自己展示给大家，希望大家记住我。

我叫。。。。，今年。。岁。汉族，法学本科。我平时喜欢看书和上网浏览信息。我的性格比较开朗，随和。能关系周围的任何事，和亲人朋友能够和睦相处，并且对生活充满了信心。我以前在检察院实习过，所以有一定的实践经验。在外地求学的四年中，我养成了坚强的性格，这种性格使我克服了学习和生活中的一些困难，积极进去。成为一名法律工作者是我多年以来的强烈愿望。如果我有机会被录用的话，我想，我一定能够在工作中得到锻炼并实现自身的价值。同时，我也认识到，人和工作的关系是建立在自我认知的基础上的，我认为我有能力也有信心做好这份工作。公务员是一个神圣而高尚的职业，它追求的是公共利益的最大化，它存在的根本目的是为人民服务，为国家服务。雷锋说过:人的生命是有限的，而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当中去。这也是我对公务员认知的最好诠释。所以，这份工作能够实现我的社会理想和人生价值，希望大家能够认可我，给我这个机会!

good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. now ,it"s my turn. my name is edgar, a high school student. i am very honored to be here to give you a speech. also it"s a good chance for me to improve my english. i hope i can make a good performance today. the topic of my speech is "after studying here".

before i came here,i can never imagine that i can learn so much knowledge about other countries, which can"t be got from my books in school. three months ago, i took my first class. unfortunately, i felt so embarrassed, because i even can"t speak any words, though i know i really love english .

after that, i took some of my tutor"s advice and previewed the lesson that i’ll learn. what’s more, in every class, i just try my best to say as much as possible. now,i can only remember it"s a really hard time. what’s worse, i had to go to my high school and went there at the same time.

after several weeks, i began to get used to the atmosphere in web .at least i"m not afraid to speak in front of my tutor and foreign teachers.

during web’s period,i found i had improved a lot, both physically and mentally. for example, how to be a confident person, how to plan for my future. and the most important is that i have learnt how to communicate with others, which is a necessary skill. nowadays studying is not the only thing that we high school students should do, there are some more important things we have ignored.

first, i am grateful for my parents. they have spent so much money for me, but never ask for anything in return. i really know how hard it is to work on such living conditions.

now it"s time to introduce my tutor sally. it was she that led me to the right studying here. it was she that helped me deal with all kinds of annoying things. also there are some other teachers that i appreciate, especially laura and anita. of course, i like to take foreign teachers" classes. anyway, thanks all of you!

i know i am young; there is a long way in my life. i have to face the difficulties and solve them by myself. but i know i must keep on my dream, i agree that if you put your mind to, you can accomplish anything.

i know i"m not the best ,but i"m the most diligent one。i hope you can remember me ,an ordinary boy.

About Myself

关于我自己

My name is Li Hua. Now I am in Class 1 Grade 1. I come from Niuzhuang Town. I was born On September 12, 1997. I graduated from Niuzhuang Middle school. I’m an outgoing boy and have many hobbies. I’m fond of listening to music but I am not good at singing. In my spare time I like reading books, playing chess and hanging out with friends. My favourite subject is English. I think it is very interesting and useful. So I will try my best to learn it well. I hope I can get along well with other students and teachers. My dream is to become a doctor in the future. Where there is a will , there is a way. I think I will realize my dream by working hard.

我的名字叫李华。现在我在1年级1班。我来自Niuzhuang小镇。我出生在1997年9月12日。我毕业于Niuzhuang中学。我是一个外向的男孩,有很多爱好。我喜欢听音乐但我不擅长唱歌。在我的业余时间我喜欢读书,下棋和与朋友闲逛。我最喜欢的科目是英语。我认为这是非常有趣的和有用的。所以我将尽我最大的努力学好它。我希望我能与其他学生和老师相处得很好。我的梦想是将来成为一名医生。有志者事竟成,有一种方法。我想我会通过努力工作实现我的梦想。

[自我介绍高一英语作文

1.Rabbit is an cute kind of amimals.It has two long ears.They can make rabbits hear carefully.It also has a short tail.They make rabbits so lovely.Rabbits likes carrots.If you are lonely.You can keep a rabbit.It can be your friends.

2.The little Rabbit has a coat of white hair.The two ears are long and prick up on its head.It is furry,soft and white with two red eyes glaring above the chin.Its eyes are like a pair of small red hulbs.Exposed to sunlight,they become little pieces of red thread.Its ears are straight and long and they can turn and move slightly.How cute it is!

小白兔全身盖一层雪白的毛.两只耳朵很长,直立在头上.它长着一身柔软的毛,瞪着l双红眼睛.眼睛像1对红色的小灯泡,见到阳光时就微微眯起；耳朵长而直竖,有时还会微微转动,它多可爱啊

重点提示：

1、 自我介绍的意义：

(2) 自我介绍不仅仅是展示自己的手段，同时，也是认识自我的手段。

2、 自我介绍的方式：

自我介绍可以有不同的方式，

（1）按照使用的语言来划分：可以分为口头的，书面的。

（2）从书面的自我介绍来看，可以有自传性质的自我介绍，比如，像我们学习的《鲁迅自传》和《老舍自传》两篇文章就是这样的自传式的自我介绍。

3、 自我介绍的禁忌：

尊敬的老师，亲爱的同学们：

大家好！很荣幸能来到这里参加竞聘，先自我介绍一下，我姓-，名-,来自于-年纪-班，爱好画画、游泳、葫芦丝。

我十分喜欢播音主持人这个行业，从小就向往能成为一名播音主持人，我对校广播站也是有着一

我想参加校广播站是认为我有以下优势，第一，

我从小就接受的是普通话教育，普通话基础比较好，从上小学开始，老师认为我的吐字清楚，声音洪亮，感情充沛，经常带领同学读课文，后来在老师的推荐下在学校参加过一些朗诵课文大赛，讲故事大赛等一些活动，并取得了理想的成绩。

（男）敬爱的老师，亲爱的同学们 （合）大家晚上好！

（男）春风传喜讯、金猴踏歌来

（女）看，阳光灿烂，那是新年绚丽的色彩

（男）舞起醉人的红扇，我们从微山湖畔走来；敲响震天的锣鼓，我们从xxx 山下走来。

（女）踏着时代的节奏，乘着创建学院的东风 带着新年的祝福，怀着青春的憧憬 （合）让我们相聚在这美好的时刻 （男桥光学院2008年“走进春天”元旦文艺演出 （合）现在开始！

（女）出席今天晚会的领导有： xx学院党委书记xxx同志

xx学院党委副书记、校长xxx同志 让我们以热烈的掌声对各位领导的光临表示最衷心

的问候和感谢！

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走进春天，走进蓬勃的希望，每一颗青春的心都焕发出缤纷的色彩

走进春天，走进时尚的动感地带，世界在我们眼前灿烂地舒展开来

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Now ,Its my turn. My name is Edgar, a high school student. I am very honored to be here to give you a speech. Also its a good chance for me to improve my English. I hope I can make a good performance today. The topic of my speech is "After studying here".

Before I came here,I can never imagine that I can learn so much knowledge about other countries, which cant be got from my books in school. Three months ago, I took my first class. Unfortunately, I felt so embarrassed, because I even cant speak any words, though I know I really love English .

After that, I took some of my tutors advice and previewed the lesson that I’ll learn. What’s more, In every class, I JUST try my best to say as much as possible. Now,I can only remember Its a really hard time. What’s worse, I had to go to my high school and went there at the same time.

After several weeks, I began to get used to the atmosphere in web .At least Im not afraid to speak in front of my tutor and foreign teachers.

During web’s period,I found I had improved a lot, both physically and mentally. For example, how to be a confident person, how to plan for my future. And the most important is that I have learnt how to communicate with others, which is a necessary skill. Nowadays studying is not the only thing that we high school students should do, there are some more important things we have ignored.

First, I am grateful for my parents. They have spent so much money for me, but never ask for anything in return. I really know how hard it is to work on such living conditions.

Now Its time to introduce my tutor sally. It was she that led me to the right studying here. It was she that helped me deal with all kinds of annoying things. Also there are some other teachers that I appreciate, especially Laura and Anita. Of course, I like to take foreign teachers classes. Anyway, thanks all of you!

I know I am young; there is a long way in my life. I have to face the difficulties and solve them by myself. But i know i must keep on my dream, I agree that If you put your mind to, you can accomplish anything.

I know im not the best ,but im the most diligent one。I hope you can remember me ,an ordinary boy.

My name is Zheng, 9 years old this year, is a small girl, almost 1.4 meters tall, is a medium height, some yellow skin, is a native of Chinese. I was fat, on the big, round face, with two big eyes like grapes, the nose collapsed, and the mouth was small.

My personality is: considerate caring, generous, gentle personality perfectionism, rich imagination, sometimes very lively, with strong tolerance, sensitive love fantasy, not too confident, but dont be sentimental, reject, thought of two minds, very complex. But these are the students comments on me. I think my biggest problem is the love of two minds, take the last math exam for example: I had the score 100 points, because I be negligent, so a path of two minds, wrong, I will deduct 1 points, only 99 points, but I was careless, I think: anyway, I not like the 2 grade exam Eighty-nine points, on the line, I also got 10 points!

This is me. Do you think Im cute?

我叫郑好，今年9岁了，是个小女孩，身高差不多1.4米，是个中等个子，皮肤有些黄，是个地道的中国人。我胖胖的，在那又大又圆的脸上，镶着两颗葡萄似的大眼睛，鼻子是塌塌的，嘴巴小小的。

我的性格特征是:善解人意有同情心，很慷慨，完美主义，想象力丰富，个性温和也有时会很活泼，具超强的包容力，敏感爱幻想，不太有自信，不多愁但善感，三心二意，不善拒绝，思想很复杂。但这些都是同学们对我的评价。我觉得我最大的毛病就是爱三心二意，就拿上次数学考试来说吧:本来我该得满分100分的，就是因为我粗心大意，三心二意，错了那么一小道题，就扣了我1分，只得了99分，可我还是满不在乎的，我想:反正我没像2年级考试时得89分，就行了，我还进步了10分呢!

这就是我了，大家觉得我可爱吗?

The schools campus activities are rich and colorful, learn to sing folk songs, learning folk dancing, the squadron will show --- in this one activity, I love the most is the May 31st meeting of the group in the water cube, the harvest and the feeling of campus activities.

At about 5 that day, we came to the Olympic swimming pool, the National Swimming Center (Water Cube). After all, the team will begin. The first chorus singing songs, and is the first grade student initiation ceremony. The representatives of the first grade students went to the stage in an energetic manner, and presented the garlands to 55 minority students, accompanied by the team song, and the minority nationality classmates wore a red scarf for the first grade students. After the ceremony, the minority students met with us to greet each other. "I am the Dong nationality, my name is Huang training Festival.". "Minority partners do self introduction, and simply introduce their own nation." After listening to them, I was surprised.

I didnt even hear about so many ethnic groups. Let alone understand their customs. I should learn more and have more knowledge. Several ethnic minority partners also performed a show for us, including a unique style of dance, a lot of distinctive songs, and so on. This time I really know the minority people, they have their own custom, unique singing and dancing. Though I cant understand the dialect in the song, I still feel it has an unknown and special beauty. Though I dont know the dance, I still feel the dance is very graceful. I deeply comprehend the colorful national culture and the profound and profound national culture. The performance was over, then, all the students of our present for minority students Oh performed 5 of this folk dance. The dance was very beautiful, and the students of the minority nationalities jumped with us. For a time, we all merged into the dance. With the beautiful songs, the team will end this time. In order to celebrate Childrens Day, we also watched the drama Beijing legend.

I like this national activity, it makes me know a lot of knowledge, and it has brought me a lot of joy.

Good morning/afternoon, it is my honor to have the opportunity for this interview.  First please let me introduce myself.

My name is ***, I come from ***, and I am now studying in *** as a postgraduate student. My major is ***, specializing in ***.

During the school time, I mostly focus on study and learning, and I have acquired basic knowledge of my major. In addition, I have also participated in many project practice, such as questionnaire investigation and project schedule planning.

I think I am an open minded person, and I am skilled in teamwork, I can get along well with my coworkers by showing great sincerity and creating the pleasure in working environment.

I’d like to find an internship during my school time because I believe that working, especially in high ranking company before graduation is ought to be a great experience and preparation for the future, and I know that *** has offered us students a lot of positions to do what we can do, creating values for the company. In the meantime, if I am lucky enough to get this, I think my capacity will be improved, and my horizon will be expanded.

As for my abilities, I have passed CET6, and I am pretty confident with my English speaking and writing. Besides, I can operate Microsoft Office and some data processing software such as SPSS, AMPL, MATLAB, and AMOS

That is all, thanks for your time.

Work under pressure,

Glad to face challenge at wok

Graduation thesis as a undergraduate tsudent

导语：相信大家经常做自我介绍了，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!

Hello,my name is Thomas.I am nine.I am a boy.I like to run and swim.I don’t like to sing and dance. I like to eat chicken wing, l can make it.Every Sunday, I go to park with my father and my mother.I like to fly the kite. Blue sky is very nice.I like summer and winter. In summer, I can eat ice cream.I can swim.In winter,I can play with the snow.

Come on. Let’s be freinds.

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你好,我的名字是托马斯。今年九岁。我是一个男孩。我喜欢跑步和游泳。我不喜欢唱歌和跳舞。我喜欢吃鸡翅膀,我能做到。每个星期天,我和我的父亲和我的母亲去公园。我喜欢放风筝。蓝色的天空很漂亮。我喜欢夏季和冬季。在夏天,我可以吃冰淇淋。我可以游泳。在冬天,我可以玩雪。

来吧,让我们成为朋友。

Beijing ,a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). It is also known in English as Peking Beijing is also one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in Chinas administrative structure and is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Beijing Municipality borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.

Beijing is Chinas second largest city, after Shanghai. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China. Beijing is recognised as the political, educational, and cultural center of the Peoples Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields. The city will host the 2015 Summer Olympics.

I have a puppy, and I love it very much. Its black eyes are like two black gems, and its fur is like a blanket, and its four legs are like four furry little pillars, and its tail is shaking and it seems to be waving to you.

Because I called the jingle, so my mother wanted to give it a small buzz, but I do not agree, I give it a little name, because I think it is good every day.

It is very naughty, when we go out to eat, it is always guilty of trouble, trouble, it jumped on the sofa mess, but also the newspaper, napkin tear all over the floor are. When I came back, I saw the ground mess, I was angry, and ignore it. It is also aware of their mistakes, and rushed to my knees, as if to shed tears, said: "Master, forgive me!" I see it so poor, forgive it.

My dog is really cute and naughty ah!

The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.

This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.

Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.

With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.

Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.