我喜欢的节日英语三分钟作文【实用20篇】

My Favourite Festival

My favoruite festival is Mid-Autumn Festival. On that day, I can get moon cakes, fruit and many other delicious foods. The moon cakes are round like the moon. They are delicious. They are different inside. On Mid-Autumn Festival I see my elder brother back from work. We get together. We talk and watch the moon! How happy we are!

The News Report has always been my favorite TV program.

Almost everyday I turn on the TV at 6:30 p.m. and wait for the news program. This has become a part of my life.

The News Report contains a large amount of information from the international political situation to the latest football game. Because of its fast pace,which is the most important character of the news programs can contain much information in a short time. In my opinion, the News Report is more than a TV program. It is a way of communication. From this program, people can know and underst and world affairs.

The world thus becomes smaller and smaller. I especially appreciate this benefit of atching the news.

新闻报道一直是我最喜欢的电视节目。

几乎每天下午六点半我打开电视,等待新闻节目。这已经成为我生活的一部分。

新闻报道包含大量的信息从国际政治局势的最新的足球比赛。因为它的快节奏,这是最重要的新闻节目可以包含很多信息在很短的时间内。在我看来,新闻报道不仅仅是一个电视节目。它是一种通讯的方式。从这一计划,人们可以知道和能听懂和世界事务。

世界因此变得越来越小。我特别欣赏这个抓住新闻的好处。

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The Moon Festival or Mid -autumn Festival is one of the three major traditional festivals celebrated by Chinese people. Like harvest time in other countries, the Mid-autumn Festival actually began as a

thanksgiving celebration, honoring the Soil God and the Crop God. This is also a time for family reunions. Chinese people enjoy moon cakes during this feast just as they eat rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival. It is quite appropriate to bring moon cakes with you in token of festival greetings when calling on people during this season.

The Mid-Autumn Day

August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the

Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion. Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is moon cakes. They are round and look like the moon.

The moon is the brightest this night. People ate the delicious food while they were enjoying a beautiful full moon in their yard. At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the rabbit. The children really believed that there was a rabbit on the moon. They wanted to go to the moon and have a look one day.

What a great festival!

中秋节

农历八月十五日是中秋节，在中国它是最重要的传统节日之一。 在那一天，人们通常回家与家人团聚，一家人聚在一起饱餐一顿。最流行的食品是月饼，它们圆圆的就像月亮。

中秋节晚上的月亮特别地圆。人们都在自家的院子里一边赏月一边吃着可口的月饼。这个时候；一些老人会讲述许多古老的故事，如月亮上的玉兔，孩子们信以为真，他们真想有一天登上月球看个究竟。 中秋是个美好的节日啊 !

[难忘的中秋英语作文

我喜欢很多节日，例如：元宵节、国庆节、圣诞节、儿童节、春节、中秋节……其中我最喜欢的是中秋节。

中秋节是我国的传统节日，它起源起唐朝事情，那时以赏月为中心，中秋节的晚上，我们全家人坐在庭院里，在月光的照耀下我们一家人有说有笑。

晚上，我趴在妈妈的大腿上，妈妈给我讲“嫦娥奔月”的故事。我越听越想赶快飞上天空去找嫦娥姐姐，跟她一起玩，跟她一起去观赏天空的美景。越听越开心。

听完妈妈给我讲得“嫦娥奔月”这个故事，我突然想起苏轼写的《水调歌头》：人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。我想诗人写这首诗想要每个家庭团团圆圆。xiaoxue123.com

月饼象征着团圆，是中秋祭月和拜土地公的必备祭品，虽说那天的月亮是那么圆，但也蛮美的。我喜欢这个与月亮共伴的中秋节。

The holiday I like most is to visit Guilin with my parents .Because Guilin is one of the most attractive tourism places in China.Guilin is famous for Li River and Elephant Trunk Hill.They are the symbols of Guilin.People can enjoy the landscape on the bamboo raft and meanwhile talk to the Guilinese.People can learn a lot about the Ethnic Minorities culture there.There are also many delicious local food Guilin,such as Guilin rice noodles,Flowerbridge chilli paste.I really want to try them by my own month with my parents again .I cant wait to go there .I will go there when I have next holiday.

我最喜爱的假期是那次和我父母一起去桂林旅游.桂林中国最迷人的旅游胜地之一.桂林最有名的地方莫过于丽江和象鼻山,人们可以在竹筏上欣赏当地的景致,还可以在和桂林当地人的交谈中了解很多关于那里的少数民族文化.当地还有很多可口的饮食,诸如桂林米粉和桂林花桥辣椒酱.我真的好想和我父母一起再去那里品尝一下,我几乎快等不及了,当我下一次放假的时候我一定要和我和父母再去那里.

如果你问我喜欢的小动物是什么？那我就告诉你，我喜欢的小动物是——小狗。

If you ask me what my favorite little animal is? Well, Ill tell you, my favorite little animal is puppy.

我家的小狗的毛是雪白雪白的，宛如雪落在小狗身上似的，漂亮极了！一双眼睛水汪汪的，好似刚刚下过一场春雨，雨点掉进了他眼里似的；它长着长长的尾巴，假如街边的尘土多，就可以用尾巴把尘土扫得干干净净的。

My little dogs fur is white and snowy, like snow falling on the puppy. Its so beautiful! A pair of eyes, watery, as if just under a spring rain, rain fell into his eyes; it has a long tail, if the street dust, you can use the tail sweep the dust clean.

有一次放学回家，我去看小狗。我那着骨头引它来吃，但它不但不吃，还一动不动的，好象被什么烦住了。原来，小狗就要生宝宝了……

Once I came home from school, I went to see the dog. I brought it to eat with the bone, but it not only did not eat, but also motionless, as if by what bother. It turned out that the puppy is going to have a baby......

宝宝出生后，我更疼爱小狗了。但好景不长，不幸的事情发生了。一天，小狗蹲在妈妈停车的位置上，那时妈妈回来了，妈妈一时看不见，小狗又睡着了，不知道。这时，妈妈把车停在那个位置上。就在这时候，小狗被妈妈撞死了。看到这情景，我伤心透了，连续哭了2个小时。

I loved the puppy more when I was born. But the good times dont last long unfortunate thing happened. One day, the puppy squatted in the parking place of mother. When mother came back, mother could not see it for a while, and the dog fell asleep again. I didnt know. At this moment, mother parked the car in that position. Just then, the puppy was killed by his mother. I was so sad when I saw the scene that I cried for 2 hours.

到了这个时候，我对小狗的感情依然还是那么深，我对小狗的死感到恋恋不舍。小狗，我爱你。

At this time, my feelings for the dog is still so deep, I feel unable to part of the dogs death. Puppy, I love you.

Animals are friends of human beings. Most of them are lovely. I like giraffe the most.

They are very tall and have many brown spots. They have very long necks, so that they can eat the leaves in high trees. Giraffes are gentle and lovely.

They are friendly to people. When I go to the zoo, I always look at them. They move slowly.

I can’t keep it as a pet, because it’s so huge. It’s a big pity.

There are many lovely little animals in nature, but my favorite animal is a few white rabbits.

Rabbit is a lovely animal, very pleasing. It is flexible and agile. Small and exquisite faces, embedded in a pair of ruby-like red eyes. Little rabbit also has a unique three-color lip, body white hair like a slim white snow princess. A hairy little tail is always upturned, it is particularly noble.

Little white rabbit favorite carrots and cabbage, I saw them head down, open mouth, two doors exposed on the outside, with two forepaws kept to the mouth to send food. Soon after, the food in the cage was empty by them.

Little white rabbit sometimes love to play the game, you chase me, I chase you. They pushed to push, because the cage is relatively small, and soon, the white rabbit hit together. After a while, the little rabbit gave it tickle, here scratching, there scratched, small claws moving fast, from time to time with claws comb their hair. Some hair in the comb mouth, and some in the other rabbit to help wash the hair.

This is the live wave of cute little white rabbit, I like the white rabbit, do you like it?

Among all the four seasons,I like autumn best.

一年四季中，我最喜欢秋天。

Compared with summer,its very cool in autumn.People can go travel or just have a walk in the day.Leaves begins to turn yellow,if you walk on a road with trees on its both sides,you will see all kinds of yellow leaves on the road,and some leaves are falling and dancing with wind.What a beautiful view.

和夏天相比，秋天很凉快。人们白天就可以出去旅游，或者只是出去走走。秋天叶子开始变黄了。如果你走在两边都是树的小路上，你就会看到各种各样金黄的叶子铺在路上，还有些叶子正在掉落，随风起舞，多么美丽的精致啊。

Autumn is a harvest season.Wheats ,vegetables and fruits all get ripe.Farmers are busy with harvesting.And we children also help our parents at time. Though its very tired,we are very happy.

秋天是丰收的季节。小麦、蔬菜、水果都熟了。农民伯伯忙着收割。而我们这些小孩子也会帮爸爸妈妈的忙。虽然这样很累，但是我们很开心。

时间可以没收我一些记忆，但它，没收不了，它就是端午节。因为在那一天，有美味的粽子，有屈原浓浓的爱国之情……在战国时期，楚国大夫屈原因苦劝楚王无果，报国无望，忧愤而投江自尽了。楚国百姓知道后十分悲痛，为了纪念这位成为清正的大夫，把糯米捏成团投入江中，希望鱼儿吃了糯米而不吃屈原的尸身，因怕蛟龙所食，就拿楝叶包裹好，拿绳子绑上。此做法逐渐演化成了“端午节”。

在端午节这一天，即使不到海边观看赛龙舟，也毫不沮丧，因为在家可以吃到如小山般的香喷喷的粽子。

奶奶可是包粽子能手。奶奶总是娴熟地把粽子卷成斗状，放入浸泡了3个小时的糯米，接着放入咸蛋，五花肉，红豆等，放好之后再盛一些糯米来填满，用粽叶包裹好，在用绳子捆紧打结，一个似小山的粽子就包好了。过了不久，就包了许多各形各色的粽子，接下来放入锅中蒸，蒸几个小时就好了！在粽子还没有煮好时，肚子早已饿得咕噜噜着在叫了，我拍拍肚皮，说：“肚子啊！你在忍一下哈，马上就煮好了，别在叫了。”，刚说完好像就更饿了，好像有许多虫子在咬我的胃，难受！

粽子一蒸好，我立马掀开锅盖，顿时空气中飘着让人无法抵御的棕香，就就连蒸粽子的开水好像在和我抗我抗议：“这么香的粽子不让我蒸久一会儿。”我早已盯得口水直流了，下意识就拿起一个最大最香的粽子，急忙解开绳子，帮它脱掉了它那翠绿的绿“衣裳”，再撒上似雪花一般的糖点缀着，一个美妙艺术作品就展示在眼前了……我迫不及待地咬下去，嗯，糯米的软、鸭蛋黄的咸、与糖的甜，这三者融合在一起，那味道妙不可言！我三两下就吃完了，回味无穷，唇齿留香，大大的满足！

在这个节日里，我不仅读懂了屈原的爱国情怀，也品尝到了美美的粽子味，如此节日，我怎能忘怀。

If you ask me, what is your favorite season? I am sure Ill choose summer. Why? Let me tell you.

In summer, the weather is hot, so we can go swimming.

I like swimming. We can play a lot of games in the water.

Summer it is often sunny and hot. Sometimes rainy in summer.

Sometimes I eat ice-cream at home.

我喜欢的季节，是夏天和秋天。

I love season, summer and fall.

炎热的夏天，有艳丽的花朵，有翠绿的小草，还有枝繁叶茂的大树。蝉在树上高唱：“知了、知了……”而美丽的蝴蝶则在花丛中翩翩起舞。

Hot summer, showy flowers, with green grass and trees, with luxuriant foliage. Cicadas in the trees sing: "cicadas, cicadas..." The beautiful butterfly rise and dance in a happy mood in the flowers.

金黄的秋天，曾经五彩缤纷的花朵和翠绿的小草早已枯萎。一阵微风吹过，金黄的树叶像雪花一样从树上飘落下来，给大地铺上一层黄地毯。

Golden autumn, was a riot of colours of the flowers and green grass withered. A breeze, the golden leaves like snowflakes falling down from the trees, to the earth covered with a layer of yellow carpet.

我既喜欢炎热的夏天又喜欢秋高气爽的秋天。因为在美丽的夏天不但可以穿裙子，还可以吃冰点;景色宜人的秋天呢，可以采集树叶做标本。这两个季节给我们的生活增添了许多色彩，我喜欢夏天和秋天。

I like hot summer and fall like an invigorating autumn climate. Because in the beautiful summer can wear a skirt, you can also eat the freezing point; the pleasant scenery of the autumn leaves were collected, you can. The two season to add a lot of color to our life, I like summer and fall.

I will always praise the look of her -- my Chinese teacher miss wang. My Chinese teacher is an ordinary reveal the extraordinary people, especially the heart of her love life more let I admire; .

Remember in a silent night, the whole school hardly see a muddy footprints, the air is permeated with laughter was the cold wind blowing. Only the teacher the busy figure, I and other two classmates, was in terribly classroom "imprisoned", the write quietly noises. When we fall in the abyss of difficult, the teacher always took pains to teach us homework. Know that we know so far. I looked up, a dark outside the window, the earth has been shrouded in the shadows of the night. Carrying a heavy bag, according to the weak beam. "Does the teacher dont want to go home? Dont want to eat delicious food, enjoy the warmth of home?" This a series of problems for a long time in my ear.

The teacher always to care for us, protect us, my teacher is such a teacher, an ordinary reveal the extraordinary teacher.

我总是会将赞许的目光投向她——我的语文老师王老师。我的语文老师是一个平凡中透露着不平凡的人，尤其是她的爱生之心更让我敬仰;。

记得是在一个寂静的夜晚，整个学校几乎看不见一个浑浊的脚印，空中洋溢着的欢声笑语也被冷风吹得无影无踪。只有老师那繁忙的身影，我还有其他两个同学，被“囚禁”在可怕地教室里，那写字悄无声息地作响着。当我们跌倒在困难的深渊中，老师总是会不厌其烦地教我们作业。知道我们一个个弄明白为止。我抬头一望，窗外一片漆黑，大地已被笼罩在夜幕的阴影下。背着沉重的书包，照着惨弱的光束。“难道老师不想回家吗?不想吃香喷喷的饭菜，享受家的温馨吗?”这一系列问题久久在我的耳旁打响。

老师总是无微不至地关照着我们，呵护着我们，我的老师就是这样的老师，一个平凡中透露着不平凡的老师。

The white bird glided a beautiful arc over the blue sky,hit it hard with my racket, it turned back like a bullet aiming a target. "27th " I shouted to my sister.

We have been enjoy playing badminton since we have learnt the basic skills. For us , it was not just simply a sport but an old friend who entertained us during lots of bored afternoons. Happily, we would grab a pair of rackets and began a game which requirs precision and promptness. Controlling the bird between our rackets fufilled me with a sense of triumph and joy as if I was the first-class athelete! Playing badminton also taught me how we can gain happiness from a simple game. Meanwhile, keeping us mentally and physically fit.

爆竹声“啪啪啪”地响，喇叭声“嘟嘟嘟”地响，人们的交谈声汇成了一片欢乐的海洋。都说“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。”看来也确实是这样。春节，是父母们盼着的节日，因为这样就可以好好地见一见孩子，抚摸着他的脸蛋，依然那么稚嫩。

春节，是人们最忙不过来的时候，无论是做生意的也好，上班的也好，总是忙得不亦乐乎。

春节，桌子上总是摆满着那满满的鸡鸭鱼肉。看似简简单单的饭菜，可是那却饱含着一位母亲对家人们浓浓的爱意。

春节的晚上，乌黑的天空上总会闪烁着那灿烂、美丽的烟火。那一束束烟花从地面上腾空而起的时候，眼中倒映着那美丽的烟花，觉得欢乐无比。

这是我们小孩的工作，而大人呢？额，“走嘛走嘛，约起约起！”当然是打牌啦！我们就静静地站在几间牌坊中间。“对二，炸了！杠上花！杠上花……”一会听到这边的声音，一会听到那边的声音，打麻将的声音是那么沉重，就像拍着熟了的西瓜一样，给我们春节夜晚又添上了一道靓丽的风景线。

春节，在我们小孩心中，是神圣的；春节，是人们最向往的节日，因为，终于能和家人们在一起，慢慢地等着时间的流去。

我最喜欢节日的是春节。

春节是中国传统节日中规模最大的节日。过春节又叫“过年”。即使是千里之外的人，都会尽量赶回来跟家人团聚的。小孩子当然就就更加开心了，不仅可以吃到美味的食物，和自己心怡的礼物，穿上漂亮的衣服，还可以拿到长辈们给的压岁钱呢！每年春节我几乎都是在自己家里度过的。

虽然这看似只是一个简单的节日，但这却是节日中最忙碌的一个。每次春节爸爸、妈妈、和我都会一大早就起来，贴对联，贴“福”字，包饺子，放鞭炮……都不停地忙碌起来。除夕之夜，一家三口围在一起吃着热腾腾、香喷喷的饺子，看着电视，真是既幸福又热闹啊！

听爸爸说，家乡还有个传统习俗，就是每年在吃年夜饭之前要给死去的老人烧纸，也让在另一个世界的人们也在这新的一年里生活的幸福、安康。

吃完年夜饭，看中央电视台的春节联欢晚会，气氛十分快乐。大年初一我和爸爸妈妈总会都起的非常早，当然吃饺子是必不可少的，这是中国传统节日——春节的一大特色之处。对于这一顿饺子，我们那里还有一些“规矩”呢！就是可以在包饺子时，在其中的一个饺子内搁上一个硬币（硬币需消毒）。谁只要吃到这枚带有硬币的饺子，就意味着这个人在新的一年里：心想事成、万事如意、一帆风顺。虽然家里人都知道这是迷信，但是谁也不去破坏这个规矩。但是有的时候，因为具体步骤太麻烦，使用的东西较多，我们家就会偶尔节省掉这个程序的。

吃过新年的第一顿早饭后，家人们就都高高兴兴的出去拜年了。这可是孩子最喜欢的了，拜年时，不仅会拿到一些糖果、饼干，而且有些人家还会给许多压岁钱呢？这就是每年我们家过年时的习惯。

节日生活已成为我们当今生活中不可缺少的重要活动，随着社会的进步，这些节日都成为了民族团结社会繁荣的喜庆的活动。

我爱我的家乡，更爱我家乡过节日时的一些习俗。

Music is an important part in my life,I even cant live without music.

Actually,I like many kinds of music,Id like to talk about my favorite music here.Well,I like Irish folk music best,New age is Irish style,and its mixes some morden melody,it sounds very nice and pure,can bring you into the never land and dream land,just relax,and forget all the problems.I like Enya,she is a very famous New age singer,her song just like the voice of heaven,her song is as nice and beautiful as herself!

Im not keen on American pop songs,they are terrible for me!The melody is not soft and nice at all!So fast and strong beat,too exciting,and cant hear them clearly.I cant stand the strong beat,that nearly make me fainted!

In a word,music has an very important place in my life.As for the importance of music to my life,I think you can guess,it just like meals and sleeping,I cant live without it.Does anyone want to take it away from me,Im gonna fight him and never give up!

I love watching TV since I was a little child, and the programs I liked are cartoons and TV series. But now, I love watching movie most.The first movie I liked is My Neighbor Totoro(《龙猫》).

Since then, I nearly watched all movies produced by Hayao Miyazaki.His movies are simple, warm and educational. They are very suitable for middle school students. I watch domestic movie most but I love foreign films. I feel happy and relax when I am watching movie. Movie brings a lot a fun to me and my life. I also make new friends due to movie. We share this common interest and we often introduce movies to each other. I am a student now and my task is to study, so I only spend a little time in movies.

TheDragonBoatFestivaloccurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(阴历). It is one of the three most important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.

The story of this colorful festival concerns a famous Chinese scholar-statesman(政治家) named Chu Yuan(屈原) who, some three centuries before the birth of Christ, served the King of Chu(楚怀王)during the Warring States period. As a loyal minister(大臣), Chu Yuan at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(君主). Eventually, through the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(不足信的, 不名誉的).

Chu Yuan was never able to regain(恢复) the emperors favor and on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the year 295 B.C.(Before Christ), at the age of 37, Chu Yuan clasped a stone to his chest and plunged into the Milo River(汨罗江) in the Hunan Province(湖南省).

Respecting the minister as an upright(正直的) and honest man, the people who lived in the area jumped into their boats and rushed out in a vain search for him. This unsuccessful rescue attempt is a part of what the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates every year.

Probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the Dragon Boats. These races not only symbolize the peoples attempt to save Chu Yuan, they also demonstrate the Chinese virtues(美德) of cooperation and teamwork.

Another activity of the Festival is the making and eating of a kind of dumpling called Tzungtzu (粽子). When it became known that Chu Yuan was gone forever, the people, living along the river, threw cooked rice into the water as a sacrifice(祭品) to their dead hero. They wrapped(包) rice in bamboo leaves(粽叶), and stuffed(填满) it with ham, beans, bean paste(豆沙), salted egg yokes, sausages, nuts, and/or vegetables.

To the Chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the Dragon Boat Festival. Since antiquity(古代), they have believed that this month is a pestilential and danger-fraught(瘟疫的及充满危险的) period. Children born in this month are said to be difficult to raise(抚养), and people tend to concentrate their efforts during this time attempting to protect their families from ills and misfortune. The day of the Dragon Boat Festival is customarily the time when cleaning and sanitation(卫生) are stressed(着重, 强调). Most families hang calamus(菖蒲) and artemisia(艾草) above their doors, both as a decoration and as a preventive against pestilence.

Ancient folk medicines(民间药物) such as realgar(雄黄酒)are added to the food eaten on the Festival day. This is believed to prevent disease and to promote a healthy digestive system(消化器官). The drinking of realgar in wine supposedly relieves(解除) the effects of poisons accumulated in human bodies.

The sachets (Hsiang Pao in Chinese香包) are very popular with children and they vie(竞争) with each other to collect as many as possible. Children are not the only ones who collect Hsiang Pao. Older people are often given them as a symbol of respect, and they are highly prized because of the intricate(复杂的) and beautiful embroidery(刺绣) that adorns(装饰) them.

The Dragon Boat Festival is an entertaining and enjoyable event. It gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage

1、Its Chinese name "Qing Ming" literally means "Clear Brightness," hinting at its importance as a celebration of Spring. Similar to the spring festivals of other cultures, Tomb Sweeping Day celebrates the rebirth of nature, while marking the beginning of the planting season and other

outdoor activities.

There are a lot of holidays for chinese people, such as National day, May Day, etc. However, chinese people look on spring festival as their most important one of all.And its also my favorite festival, especially when I was a child, because In those days, I could have a plenty of delicious food to eat, enjoy a very long holiday and wear beautiful clothes. And what is more important is that I could received much new years gift money. So, everyyear, I expected the spring festival would come soon. After I grew up, its no longer as important to me as before . For I can have my delicious food and wear my favorite clothes every day. Its like Im having spring festival every day!

一年有很多节日,如国庆节，劳动节等等，但中国人看的最重的还是春节。我也很喜欢做春节。尤其是小时候，因为一到春节不但可以吃到好多好吃的，而且还能放很长的假，穿漂亮的衣服，最主要的是可以收到好多压岁钱，小时候总盼望着春节的到来。长大了，春节好像没那么重要了。因为现在天天都能吃到好吃的，穿自己喜欢的衣服，就想天天都在过年

My hometown is in the North - Dezhou. In the winter, the scenery there is beautiful.

The windows, a layer of white window, outdoors, ice crystal and a string hanging on the tree, and the snow, but the childrens paradise. The snow man heap up like a child in the snow surrounded by a scarf, with a broom, very lovely, the small footprints of the children are also particularly beautiful. In the countryside, snow dolls are the quilts of small plants.

Red plum blossom quietly open, the Narcissus also quietly open, how beautiful! Red plum flowers bring people red, daffodils bring people yellow, with these two colors, the winter is more beautiful!

I love the beautiful winter!