介绍假期的英语作文带翻译【汇集20篇】

Thurs. ,Feb. 7 Fine

2月7日 星期四 晴

Lucky money

红包

Im so happy today because I got RMB 3,000 in "Lucky Money. "Grandpa alone gave me RMB 1,000. I must try to save this for college though and not waste it. But I think Ill allow myself to use part of it to buy a new dress tomorrow and then Ill put the rest un the bank.

今天我很高兴，因为我拿了三千元的红包。 祖父一个人就给了我一千元。 我必须尽量存起来以后作上大学之用而不去花掉。 不过我想我会让自己明天用一部分钱去买一件新衣服，然后将其他的钱存到银行里去。

One sunny afternoon, when I was merrily riding home, I heard "Help! Help!".

一个晴朗的午后，当我开心地骑车回家时，我听到（有人喊）“救命！救命！”。

I rode to the riverside and found a boy of about five in the river struggling. I jumped into the water, swam to the boy and dragged him to the river bank. The boy said he was trying to catch a fish near the river bank and carelessly fell into the water. I asked him where his home was and sent him home.

我（赶紧）骑到河边，发现一个大约5岁的男孩在河里挣扎。我（马上）跳进水里，游向男孩，并把他拖到岸边。男孩说他（刚刚）是在河边试着抓鱼，（后来），一不小心就掉进水里了。我要到了他家地址，并送他回家。

"Thank you very much!" The boys parents said, when I left his home. Though I got home late that afternoon, I was very happy.

一当我要离开他们家的时候，那个男孩的父母说：“非常谢谢你！”尽管在那个下午，我回家晚了，但我还是很开心的。

I live very happily today! In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb

the mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers

plants and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful. Coming back home

in the evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and

eating the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!

今天我过得非常开心!在早上，天气非常好!然后，我爬上山与家人，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。回来晚上回家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还吃着水果，一边聊天，全家其乐融融!

Mom and dad said, to take me to the Grand Canyon in the eastern Chinese overseas Chinese city, the boring holiday at last have a trace of color, I am really happy. But my mother told me to make my own game plan, which could hurt my brain. I have never written this thing. What should I do?

Mother said, the schedule should have time, place, how to go, how to go back, how many buses to take, what items to play, what items to play, where to eat at noon, etc. So I went to the net to make my game plan, according to the * * * * statement.

First I went to the official website of the eastern Chinese overseas Chinese city. Wow, its really beautiful. Its just a picture. Theres a mountain with water and a leisurely cloud. But Im not moving for the picture, and clicking on a colorful playground sign. It was half past nine for him to open the door, so I wrote on the document: at half past eight, I went to the gate of the Grand Canyon. Then I saw that there were four theme parks in the Grand Canyon. I arranged what I did in the morning and what I did in the afternoon according to their switching time and activity level. For the afternoon the weather is hot, so I put the water park and forest fjord forest arranged in the afternoon, the ecological Canyon and the sea of clouds arranged in the morning and highland, can buy souvenirs and gather to eat at noon is the town of hayfield. But in order not to miss a fun thing, I also write down four items that can be played, and then I will not regret it.

I then Baidu map to search to the eastern overseas Chinese town to take several road car from my home, but this map is really dont give me a face, in the swing for a long time, is always wrong, I only have to search the Internet, also say, really found, so I dont understand I check the bus route on the Internet before can not find to take a few road cars to the things found on the map, since it seems to all the two methods to try out.

Though we havent gone to the Grand Canyon of the eastern overseas Chinese town, I believe we will have fun for this schedule. As the saying goes, "opportunity is for those who are prepared."

dear eric,

HuangMei is my hometown. It is in the East in HuBei.It is East on the city named AnQing of AnHui.And it is south to the city named JiuJiang of JiangXi. It is a great city in my heart.It has a long history for about 1800 years in China .Example .The temple named SiZu and WuZu were in HuangMei for a long years-old.Today,Every year many visitor come different part to there.As a daughter from Huangmei.I leaved it away for about seven years. But I miss it everyday .Even in a lot of my dream in the night .I belive HuangMei will be richer and richer .The new year 2009 will going .Tonight I hope everything will be well in my new 26 years-old.All my friends will be well.I must work hard in the new year.I will be ain growth as my hometown .

Music is a kind of beautiful enjoyment, it makes me happy, makes me feel better. The music brought joy to people!

The grass to listen to music, grow more and more flourishing, more and more green. Several long more and more high wood to listen to the concert. People listen to the music is good, can relieve pain, fatigue, also can turn a bad mood into a good mood, still can make people happy, let people follow the music dance dance to.

If the world without music, the grass will not listen to music, will wither. The trees will not thrive without the music, also wont grow taller. People wont listen to the music, will feel very lonely, lonely, will feel very depressed.

He said mom and dad!!!! They go to work, a days hard work, come back in the evening to listen to music, relax the mood, relieve the body of a long day, also can relieve fatigue.

Grandma is very lonely one day, I went to school in the morning, mom and dad go to work, my grandfather has also gone out to the park. Grandma leg is not good, is more walk leg ache, so grandma had to stay at home. Grandma do not work, just listen to music at home, so she didnt feel lonely, also have things to do.

People alive, be without music, without music, the world will be very pale, our life is monotonous, boring, so the music is very important to us.

音乐是一种美的享受，它使我陶醉，令我心情舒畅。有了音乐给人们带来了快乐!

小草听了音乐，会长的越来越茂盛，越来越绿。数木听了音乐会长的越来越高。人们听了音乐也有好处，可以减轻痛苦、疲劳，也可以把不好的心情变成好心情，还可以让人们快乐，让人们跟随着音乐跳起舞蹈来。

如果世界上没有了音乐，小草就听不着音乐了，就会枯萎。树木没有了音乐就不会茂盛，也不会长高。人们听不着了音乐，就会觉得自己很孤单、寂寞，会感觉很压抑。

就说爸爸、妈妈吧!他们一天上班，工作很辛苦，晚上回来听听音乐，放松一下心情，舒缓一下劳累一天的身体，也可以减轻疲劳。

奶奶一天很孤单，我早上上学去了，爸爸、妈妈上班去了，爷爷也出去逛公园去了。奶奶腿也不好，一走多了路就腿疼，所以奶奶只好呆在家里。奶奶没有事干，就在家里听听音乐，这样她就觉得不孤单了，也有事情干了。

人活着，就离不开音乐，要是没有了音乐，整个世界就会很苍白，我们生活也会很单调，乏味，所以音乐对我们非常重要的。

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

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

I hope to study both English 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.

I have many hobbies.In my spare time,I like listening to some pop music,especially the music played by some pop bands.It can make me relax and let me forget my unhappy moment. If Im in good mood,I always read some history books,which I think is benefical to my study .Besides,surfing the Internet is another means of entertainment of mine.Through the Internet I can get some useful information and chat with my friends as well.The Internet has shortened our distance.

我有很多爱好，在我的业余时间，我喜欢听一些流行音乐，特别是一些流行乐队演奏的音乐，它可以让我放松，让我忘记我不开心的时刻。如果我心情好，我总是读一些历史书，我认为这是有利于我的学习。此外，上网是另一个我的娱乐方式。通过网络我可以得到一些有用的信息和与我的朋友聊天，网络拉近了我们的距离。

My name is Liu Aoqi. I am 9 years old. I am a primary school student and a young pioneer. I read in the three (1) class of pine wood Central Primary School, I was born on the day of December 20, 1999, because that day is just the return of Macao, so I have an Australian character in my name.

I have a round face, a pair of bright eyes, and a glossy black hair, my mother often gives me tied in a ponytail, Zouqilulai shake the. I like to make more friends with me. I have a lot of advantages and a lot of shortcomings. I like reading books since I was young. There are many extracurricular books in my bookcase. I am very clean. I clean up my little world. I am very generous, never stingy, and often take out what I eat and share with my friends. My biggest drawback is carelessness in writing my homework. I often write 0 to 6, or 6 to 0.

This is the lively and lovely I, I hope to make friends with everyone.

我叫刘澳琪，今年9岁，我是一名小学生，也是一名少先队员。我在松木坪中心小学三(1)班读书，我是在1999年12月20日那天出生的，因为那天正好是澳门回归，所以我的名字里面带着一个 澳 字。

我有一张圆圆的脸，一双炯炯有神的大眼睛，还有一头乌黑发亮的头发，我妈妈经常给我扎一个马尾辫，走起路来一甩一甩的。我喜欢结交认识更多的朋友。我有好多优点，也有好多缺点。我从小就喜欢读书，在我的书柜里有好多的课外书，我非常很干净，我把我的 小天地 收拾得干干净净、整整齐齐。我十分大方，从不吝啬，经常会把我好吃的东西拿出来和好朋友们一起分享。我最大的缺点就是写作业时粗心大意，经常会把 0 写成 6 ，或者把 6 写成 0 。

这就是活泼可爱的我，希望和大家交朋友。

Nowadays university graduates have different job outlooks. For most of them, to find a job with satisfactory pay is their most important wish while majority want to be self – employed. However, a certain number of graduates are not in a hurry to hunt for jobs. They are just waiting for better chances. Toward this point of view, some experts warn that it is not wise to be just waiting. They advise that graduates should find a regular, full-time job as quickly as possible so that they can earn money to support themselves and get working experience, which will help to find a better position later. Moreover, it might be more difficult to find a satisfactory job next year.

如今大学毕业生的就业前景不同。对于大部分孩子来说，要找到一个令人满意的支付工作是他们最重要的希望，而多数是希望能够自我 - 就业。但是，一定数量的毕业生不急于寻找就业机会。他们只是在等待更好的机会。对这一观点，一些专家警告说，只是等待这是不明智的。他们提醒毕业生应该找到一个正规，全职工作，以便尽可能快的挣钱来养活自己和获得工作经验，这将有助于找到更好的更高的位置。此外，明年可能更难找到一个称心如意的工作。

Finally, we arrived in Guilin. After breakfast, we went to River Li. We

listened to the guide and enjoyed the views on boat. But I found the water in

River Li is dirty, many people washed clothes there. I feel angry and the trip

became boring and exhausting.

今天终于到了桂林，我们吃过早饭后就出发去漓江。坐上了船后，我们听着导游的讲解，观赏着风景。可是我发现漓江的水很脏，有很多人在那里洗衣服。我很气愤。在接下来的旅途中很无聊我也很疲惫。

Everyone has his or her hobbies. My hobby is collecting stamps. I collect all kinds of stamps, mostly Chinese stamps. I started collecting stamps when I was in my elementary school. I enjoy collecting stamps because I can learn many things from these stamps. I hope my stamp collection will grow slowly to include foreign stamps. I plan to have many pen pals and exchange letters with them, so I can collect more stamps from letters.

每个人都有他或她的爱好。我的爱好是收集邮票。我收集各种邮票，大多是中国邮票。我在小学时开始集邮。我喜欢收集邮票，因为我可以从这些邮票中学习很多东西。我希望我的邮票收藏会慢慢的增长，包括外国邮票。我计划有许多笔友，并与他们交换信件，这样我就可以收集更多的邮票信件。

[我的爱好英语作文与翻译

Today is the National Day, I, Mom and Dad, Beibei brother and good friends Qingqing and sunny mom and dad to go to Shanxi Meile Amusement Park to play. I can be happy. Along the way we saw a lot of tall white windmills. Ah, finally arrived at the destination. Unfortunately, this time at noon, we went to the hotel to eat, after dinner, went to the amusement park. Into the amusement park, we played Ferris wheel, war shark island, space walk, pirate ship, torrent Yong Jin, Arabian carpet and so on and so on.

My favorite thing is: pirate ship, torrent Yongjin. I did not take the pirate ship when I felt nothing great Can sit on the pirate ship, I have some worry, shake up when I was not afraid, but down when my heart card to the throat eyes, and we all shouted out loud, so that can ease some fear.

Then I looked at others when the torrents of courage, the heart is very excited, but also a little scared, because I am afraid of torrent Yongjin and pirate ship as exciting. Row of ten minutes of the team, finally can play. At first, we sat on the boat, down the water, thinking: what is so fun. Unexpectedly, after a while the boat with the conveyor belt to the height, then rushed down like an arrow, splashed a meter high waves, which made me covered with water. But my heart is very happy, really want to play again. Day gradually dark down, we have to go home, and today both happy and exciting to play. Happy National Day.

译文：

今天是国庆节，我、爸爸妈妈、贝贝弟弟和好朋友晴晴还有晴晴的爸爸妈妈一起去山西美乐游乐园玩。我可高兴了。 一路上我们看见了许多高大洁白的大风车。啊，终于到达目的地了。可惜这时已经中午了，我们又去饭店吃饭了，吃完饭以后，就去游乐园了。进到游乐园，我们玩了摩天轮、大战鲨鱼岛、太空漫步、海盗船、激流勇进、阿拉伯飞毯等等等等。

我最喜欢玩的是：海盗船、激流勇进。我没坐海盗船的时候，我觉得没什么了不起的。可坐到海盗船上的时候，我有些担心，往上摇的时候我不算怕，可是下来的时候我的心都卡到嗓子眼上了，我们都大声的喊了出来，这样能缓解一些害怕。

我看着别人玩激流勇进的时候，心里很激动，可是又有点害怕，因为我害怕激流勇进和海盗船一样刺激。排了十几分钟的队，总算可以玩了。刚开始，我们坐在小船上，顺水往下飘，心里想：这有啥好玩的。不料，过了一会小船随着传送带上到了高处，随即像箭一样冲了下去，溅起了一米多高的浪花，弄得我满身是水。可是我的心里很高兴，真想再玩一次。 天渐渐黑了下来，我们要回家了，今天玩的既高兴又刺激。快乐国庆节！

Dear John,

亲爱的约翰：

Long time no see, how is your summer vacation? I’m really sorry for writing so late. I have been too busy at this moment. I am happy to hear that you have traveled to Tibet at this summer holiday. How I wish I could go there with you!

好久不见，你的`暑假过得还好吗?很抱歉那么晚才写信给你。这段时间我真的太忙了。我很高兴听说暑假你去了西藏旅游。我真希望我也和你一起去。

Let me tell you something about my summer holiday. My summer holiday is rich and colorful. My parents take me to Hong Kong. That’s a beautiful place. I buy a lot of funny things at there. Such as pretty dresses, cute dolls and the snacks I never eat before. I really want to stay there and never come back! In a word, I really appreciate the life there.

让我告诉你我的暑假趣事吧。我的暑假过得丰富多彩。我父母带我去了香港。那是个美丽的地方。我在香港买了很多新奇的玩意。比如漂亮的裙子，可爱的娃娃和一些从来没有吃过的零食。我真想待在那里再也不回来了。一句话，我喜欢那里的生活。

I’m really looking forward to your reply!

我很期待你的回复!

Truly yours,

Zoey

你忠实的朋友

柔伊

Hello, everyone. My name is Kelly. I am friendly and honest.I am good at English and maths. I like surfing the internet,playing computer games, watching TV and traveling. I also like playing table tennis and I am good at it ,too. I often play table tennis with my friends on weekends. And I want to be a famous table tennis player when I grow up. What I like most is to see the seagulls flying freely in the sky so I often go to the sea in summer. My favourite colour is white because I think white is symbolize purity.

大家好 我的名字叫KELLY .我很友好、诚实.我擅长英语和数学. 我爱上网、玩电脑网络游戏、看电视 和旅游.我也喜欢打乒乓球.我经常和朋友们在周末打乒乓球,长大了我想当一个乒乓球运动员.最喜欢在海边看着海鸥自由自在的飞翔,因此在夏天我经常去海边.白色是我的最爱.因为我觉得白色是纯洁的象征.

My name is xxx from beautiful "jiangbei city"-liaocheng. Now study in hometown of Confucius-qufu normal university.

My personality stable, also do not break again cheerful. Good at making friends, make more friends.

My hobby is widespread: listen to music, photography, playing computer, of course, the most like or physical exercise, basketball, ping pong, football, and so on, this is why I choose the cause of professional sports.

Now in college, I want to in the university study hard, and actively participate in school activities and occasionally to do a part-time job.

As for the future, after four years I may continue my professional, use

professional knowledge to find work, perhaps I will choose my own business.In a word, I will use my hands and ability to create life without regret.

Im Li Xin. Haiyan wrote a letter to his friend asking him not to write for

a long time, but I still miss him very much, because we are good friends. You

went to Yanan a few weeks ago and stayed there for a few days.

You visited ancient tombs, pagoda mountain, scenic spots, and climbed

mountains. According to many photos, Haiyan picked up pebbles and happily told

his friend Haiyan that my English teacher was very good, but She was ill for two

weeks, and a teacher took her place. Cui Cuis teachers were very young, but

they had a good class.

They also had to participate in the teaching game with us. I will study

harder. I believe that relying on hard work, I will get excellent results and

reply quickly.

中文翻译：

我是李昕，海燕给朋友写了一封信，问海燕，告诉他不要写很久了，但还是非常想念他，因为我们是好朋友，几周前你去延安旅游，并在那里呆了几天，游览了古墓、宝塔山、景点，还爬山，根据很多照片，捡起鹅卵石，高兴地告诉朋友海燕我的英语老师很好，但她生病两个星期，由一位老师代她上课，崔翠的老师都很年轻，但上课很好，还要和我们一起参与教学的游戏我会更加努力地学习，我相信，依靠努力一定会取得优异的成绩，快速回复。

我的假期My holiday1

Im going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship。 Then Ill pilot the spaceship to the sun. the sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger for my breakfast. At eight oclock, I will play with my friends there. they are super dog and super girl. Super dog is white and black. Super girl is very clever. Super girl and super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for forty minutes. then I do my homework in my little red room on a small blue table. After my home work, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will make some red toy bear to the sun babies. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All the things are red. then I need a lot of water on the sun because the sun is too hot. So I will walk to the spaceship. Ill pilot the spaceship to the earth.

我要去太阳对我的假期。我会用宇宙飞船去那里。我要一个蓝色的宇宙飞船。然后我会试验飞船到太阳。太阳很热。所以我穿上超衬衫。在早上，我将有我的太阳汉堡早餐。八点，我将发挥我的朋友那里。他们是超级狗和超级女孩。超级狗是白色和黑色。超级女生很聪明。超级女声和超级狗喜欢和我玩。所以我和他们玩了四十分钟。然后我做我的功课，在我小小的红房子里的蓝色的小桌子上。在我的家乡工作，我将我的午餐。我要吃太阳沙拉。我会做一些红色的玩具熊给太阳宝宝。我将红汁，红色的鱼和红米饭。所有的东西都是红色的。然后我需要大量的水在阳光下，因为太阳太热。所以我会步行到飞船。我会驾驶飞船回到地球。

My Winter Vacation 我的寒假 作文2

I am used to doing some part-time jobs in my winter vacation. I can earn some money. But the most important thing is that I can learn how to get along with others from a part-time job. I believe such experience will help me GREatly when I get into the society in the future.

我习惯在寒假打工。我可以挣到一些钱。但更重要的是，我能够学习如何跟人交往。我相信这种经验对我以后走向社会是有所帮助的。

The Holiday of Labors Day 劳动节假期 作文3

The Holiday of Labors Day

I spent this holiday very quick, on the 1st May, we went to the Zoo, there were crowded there, so many travelers coming from all over the country to have some fun during the holidays.On 2nd May, I visited my relatives with my parents, we had a great lunch together, the resturant were crowded as well.On 3rd May, we went to shopping in the mall, after the shopping we went to watch a new movie. All the other days leftI didnt go anywhere, no only becasue I still have some homework,but also there were almost all crowded in everywhere!

劳动节假期

我很快度过了这个假期，在第一日，我们去了动物园，那里很拥挤，很多来自全国各地的游客来游玩。第二日，我去拜访我的亲戚与我的父母，我们一起享用了一顿丰盛的午餐，餐厅很拥挤好。第三日，我们去商场购物，购物去看新电影后。所有其他的日子leftI什么地方都没去，只因为我还有些作业，而且是几乎到处都在拥挤！

My name is _. come from _x. I am 16years old and am a boy .my father is a

teacher and my mother is a dancer. Every day, in their spare time they teach me

dance. I like pop music, when I dont happy, I will listen to the music with my

walkman. Oh~. My favor singers are jay and Elva. I will buy every album of

theirs. Today is my birthday, I would like you make friends with you in the

special day. With your best wishes I think I would have a wrongful day.

家是温馨的港湾，是我们这些扬帆出航的小船最好的归宿，下面是小编整理的介绍家庭生活英语作文，欢迎阅读。

介绍家庭生活英语作文1

My family has a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, and my family.

My father is a humorous dad, he would often make everyone laugh, speak some jokes to me, sometimes joke some fallacies, mother will said Dad, what did you teach your daughter, daughter are bad. Dad said nothing, not. In fact, he is very concerned about me.

My mother is a good mother, is not "free" at home what are not the wife. Eleven hard-working and beautiful wife and mother, mother often give us to do good, that smell, taste really called the people saliva. Say, now eat. My grandfather is a hard-working grandfather, grandfather every day very early, every time we get up, Grandpa back to the ground clean, clean up, the rice is cooked, but also to the field to turn back.

My grandmother is a frugal grandmother, grandmother if you see good-looking clothes, she will look at the store for a long time, the way to see the clothes in the eyes, go home to buy a cloth to do one, you do not say that, compared to buy a little also not bad, but a lot cheaper. Although the beauty of her grandmother, but very frugal, but also often education I do not spend money. To use on the blade.

This is my family.

介绍家庭生活英语作文2

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.

介绍家庭生活英语作文3

My mom and dad make up this family. There are lots of things happening together, because our family is full of laughter all the time. Naturally, there are many interesting things happen to our family. Let me tell you another one.

One day in the summer vacation, my father and mother said that I would take me to go fishing tomorrow. I was very glad to hear it. On the second day, we started off with fishing things! There, I saw a lot of people waiting for the fish to come. Suddenly, a fishing rod of an old man moved, he immediately pulled the fishing rod, and a big fish was caught. Then the old man got up again. I also learned his way, put the bait on the hook, put the water into the water, and was ready to "meet" the fish. So I do not know how long, then, the fishing rod, I hurried back, but could not pull up, mom and dad said: "Dad, mom, come and help, the fish is too heavy, I cant pull it up!" Mom and dad listened to and hurried over to help, finally pulled up, the I think that Everything is going smoothly., will catch a big fish, who knows, it is a bag filled with mud. Dad looked at it, and the belly of her laugh hurt, but I was very sad. My mother comforted, "dont give up, child. Failure is the mother of success. Who will succeed for the first time? Try again." I heard it, and I did it again. I did not take the effort. I caught a small fish.

It is the happiest time to be with your family. In fact, if you think about everything in your home, you will find it fun!

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.