做水果沙拉的英语作文_植物作文（通用20篇）

This year, the Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar

month.

Everyone knows that Dragon Boat Festival can dragon boat and eat seeds. But

this year, Im not the same.

In the morning I opened my eyes and caught my brother in a noisy voice.

Come out, theyre eating the seeds! I couldnt wait to brush my teeth and grab a

seed to eat. At noon, my brother and I took a "healthy bath". Soon I and my

brother were in the water.

Even though I didnt have the grass. But I had an interesting Dragon Boat

Festival.

The new term is coming and I will be carefully . Because I will learn more

konwlege .

I will listen carefully in class . I will do more sports , such as running

, volleyball . Sports are really interesting . I will read more English books to

improve my English . I will solve more difficult maths problems and be

interested in them . English is important and I will spend more time on it . I

will get up early . I will read book loudly everyday .

One story about Jack,an Irishman,who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money.So he was sent to hell.But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan),so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

Well,Irish children made Jacks lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip,hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside.And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla.The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just childrens fun night.Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

关于万圣节有这样一个故事.是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人,因为他对钱特别的吝啬,就不允许他进入天堂,而被打入地狱.但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦,所以被踢出地狱,罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走.

在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和萝卜制作“杰克的灯笼”,他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛.为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节,孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物.这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”,缩写为Jack-o-lantern .

现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚.

The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 solar terms in

China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will

rise up and rainfall increase. It is the high time for spring plowing and

sowing. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called “Arbor Day”, but since

1979, “Arbor Day” was settled on March 12 according to the Gregorian

calendar.

But the Qingming Festival is not only a solar term to guide farm work, it

is more a festival of commemoration. It 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. On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are

crowded with people who come to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices, but the

customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs,

people offer food, flowers, then burn incense and ghost money. In short, it’s a

time to cherish the memory of our ancestors and show our respect to them. Also,

it’s a time for family gathering.

1. 这棵老榆树，在这无垠的沙海上，它像一个慈祥的老人，高擎着一把绿色的巨伞，给过往行人挡雨遮一陰一。

2. 石榴果实老熟时，裂开一口，露出珍珠玛瑙般的种一子，好像少女嫣然一笑的皓齿。

3. 满山的翠竹，在风中摇曳，发出动听的声响，像是谁吹响了一支巨大的竹箫，演奏着一支深沉的乐曲。

4. 这竹子一根根都一般粗细，一样长短，好像同年生的姐妹，修长、挺拔而又窈窕俊美。

5. 雨雾纷纷扬扬地洒在柳叶上，沙沙沙，像少女轻一抚琴弦，又像春蚕吞一食桑叶。

6. 那一片一片的白桦林，像一群群穿着洁白连衣裙的苗条的姑一娘一。

7. 春笋，一个个像尖锥似的，披着淡绿的嫩衣，在春风中微笑，在春雨中淋浴。

8. 落叶，有的像只船正乘风行驶，有的像杂技演员翻着跟头落下，有的像滑翔机平平地兜着圈子盘旋而下。

9. 风，轻悠悠地吹拂着竹林，竹叶在微微地颤一动着，真像一张张细长的嘴巴在喃喃细语。

10. 那椰子树叶像长长的羽一毛一一样，有风时树影婆娑，没风时也飘逸秀美。

11. 一株株挺拔笔直的椰子树，在蔚蓝的天空下，叶子像孔雀尾似的散开。

12. 柳梢有气无力地低垂着，仿佛要钻进地皮，躲开酷热的太一陽一。

13. 几行衰柳，乱发似的垂挂着，脱一光了叶的枝条，在冷风里摇荡。

14. 熟透了的小红豆，有的像玛瑙，有的像珍珠挂满枝头，和那茂密的绿叶组成了一把小花伞，真惹人喜一爱一啊!

15. 门口有一大片盛开的桃花，粉一红粉一红的，娇一嫩得仿佛吹口气就能化成水。

16. 你看，这一树闪光的、盛开的紫荆，花朵儿一串接着一串，一朵接着一朵，彼此推着挤着，好不活泼热闹!

17. 杨柳枝条上已经鼓出鹅黄色的嫩芽，一个个就像雏鸡的小嘴。

18. 那种叫“水晶”的葡萄，长长的，绿绿的，晶莹透明，真像是用水晶和玉石雕刻出来似的。

19. 桂花是那么素雅，那么的大方，那么充满生机，叫你不能不刮目相看，特别是它那浓郁的幽香，熏得人都要醉了。

20. 枯黄的落叶，一片、两片，轻悠悠地飘落在水面上，像无数只小船，顺风慢慢地荡走。

21. 桃花凋谢了，枝头残留着几片花一瓣，仍像点点跳动的火苗。

22. 盛夏，满树的凤凰花都开了，它们开得那么红，那么艳。在绿叶的衬托下，凤凰花就像一只只凤凰停歇在树上，美丽极了。

23. 我素来喜欢丁香花，淡淡的紫色，朴实中透着华美，自然中不失雅致。

24. 那是开放在高大乔木上的木棉花，花儿娇一艳，仿佛是葱绿的山野里悠然吐出的烫手的火苗。

25. 那粉一红色的桃花一朵紧挨一朵，挤满了整个枝丫，它们像一群顽童，争先恐后地让人们来观赏自己的艳丽丰姿。

26. 每棵柿树都燃一烧着一一团一热情的火焰，向人们炫耀着一张张橘红色的丰收喜报。

27. 那盛开的桃花像是一片片胭脂，染着富饶的春之山河，又像是一一团一团一云霞，映着充满生机的大地。

28. 一串串的槐花，像从树枝间流一溢出来的洁白一乳一汁，一滴滴骤然凝固在空中了。

29. 道旁河边临风怒放的木棉，红艳艳一树火焰似的繁花，炽烈烈、金灿灿，像高扬的旗帜凌空挥舞。

30. 木棉花不像牡丹花那样红得非常娇一媚，它红得热烈持重，把天际映得红彤彤的。

31. 杨柳披散地垂下纤细柔软的枝条，宛如刚洗过头没梳辫子的姑一娘一的长发。

32. 樱花园内春风徐徐，落英缤纷，谢落的花一瓣随风飘扬，像是翩翩起舞的蝴蝶，又似天女撒下的仙花。

33. 枣花开放了，六个光光的花一瓣，像金黄色的六角小星星，它们混在树叶中，散发着一阵阵清香。

34. 凤凰树的花盛开时，树冠上像铺上了层红色，灿烂夺目，如一树的大红蝴蝶。

35. 木棉花，红得非常奇特，花朵是那样大，像一只只火红的号角仰天而鸣。

36. 那密实实、郁葱葱的叶子下，一嘟噜一嘟噜的葡萄挂满了架，有的紫一红一色，有的青绿色，像玛瑙，似翡翠。

37. 石榴熟透了，它们一个个绽开娃娃般可一爱一的圆脸和笑口，争相向人们报告着成熟的喜讯。

38. 细雨像微尘般地飘着，湖边的杨柳像新浴出来的少女的头发，滴着晶莹的水珠。

39. 大坝两旁的杨柳，有的像是白发婆娑的老人，有的像是秀发披肩的少女，为长长的大坝，拦成一个珠帘丝垂的走廊。

40. 一行杨柳半身淹在水中，仿佛是一群撩一起裙裾，站在月光下梳洗长发的少女。

41. 这棵老榆树，在这无垠的沙海上，它像一个慈祥的老人，高擎着一把绿色的巨伞，给过往行人挡雨遮陰。

42. 石榴果实老熟时，裂开一口，露出珍珠玛瑙般的种子，好像少女嫣然一笑的皓齿。

43. 满山的翠竹，在风中摇曳，发出动听的声响，像是谁吹响了一支巨大的竹箫，演奏着一支深沉的乐曲。

44. 这竹子一根根都一般粗细，一样长短，好像同年生的姐妹，修长、挺拔而又窈窕俊美。

45. 雨雾纷纷扬扬地洒在柳叶上，沙沙沙，像少女轻抚琴弦，又像春蚕吞食桑叶。

46. 那一片一片的白桦林，像一群群穿着洁白连衣裙的苗条的姑娘。

47. 春笋，一个个像尖锥似的，披着淡绿的嫩衣，在春风中微笑，在春雨中淋浴。

48. 落叶，有的像只船正乘风行驶，有的像杂技演员翻着跟头落下，有的像滑翔机平平地兜着圈子盘旋而下。

49. 风，轻悠悠地吹拂着竹林，竹叶在微微地颤动着，真像一张张细长的嘴巴在喃喃细语。

50. 那椰子树叶像长长的羽毛一样，有风时树影婆娑，没风时也飘逸秀美。

51. 一株株挺拔笔直的椰子树，在蔚蓝的天空下，叶子像孔雀尾似的散开。

52. 柳梢有气无力地低垂着，仿佛要钻进地皮，躲开酷热的太陽。

53. 几行衰柳，乱发似的垂挂着，脱光了叶的枝条，在冷风里摇荡。

54. 熟透了的小红豆，有的像玛瑙，有的像珍珠挂满枝头，和那茂密的绿叶组成了一把小花伞，真惹人喜爱啊!

55. 门口有一大片盛开的桃花，粉红粉红的，娇嫩得仿佛吹口气就能化成水。

56. 你看，这一树闪光的、盛开的紫荆，花朵儿一串接着一串，一朵接着一朵，彼此推着挤着，好不活泼热闹!

57. 杨柳枝条上已经鼓出鹅黄色的嫩芽，一个个就像雏鸡的小嘴。

58. 那种叫"水晶"的葡萄，长长的，绿绿的，晶莹透明，真像是用水晶和玉石雕刻出来似的。

59. 桂花是那么素雅，那么的大方，那么充满生机，叫你不能不刮目相看，特别是它那浓郁的幽香，熏得人都要醉了。

60. 枯黄的落叶，一片、两片，轻悠悠地飘落在水面上，像无数只小船，顺风慢慢地荡走。

61. 桃花凋谢了，枝头残留着几片花瓣，仍像点点跳动的火苗。

62. 盛夏，满树的凤凰花都开了，它们开得那么红，那么艳。在绿叶的衬托下，凤凰花就像一只只凤凰停歇在树上，美丽极了。

63. 我素来喜欢丁香花，淡淡的紫色，朴实中透着华美，自然中不失雅致。

64. 那是开放在高大乔木上的木棉花，花儿娇艳，仿佛是葱绿的山野里悠然吐出的烫手的火苗。

65. 那粉红色的桃花一朵紧挨一朵，挤满了整个枝丫，它们像一群顽童，争先恐后地让人们来观赏自己的艳丽丰姿。

66. 每棵柿树都燃烧着一团热情的火焰，向人们炫耀着一张张橘红色的丰收喜报。

67. 那盛开的桃花像是一片片胭脂，染着富饶的春之山河，又像是一团团云霞，映着充满生机的大地。

68. 一串串的槐花，像从树枝间流溢出来的洁白乳汁，一滴滴骤然凝固在空中了。

69. 道旁河边临风怒放的木棉，红艳艳一树火焰似的繁花，炽烈烈、金灿灿，像高扬的旗帜凌空挥舞。

70. 木棉花不像牡丹花那样红得非常娇媚，它红得热烈持重，把天际映得红彤彤的。

71. 杨柳披散地垂下纤细柔软的枝条，宛如刚洗过头没梳辫子的姑娘的长发。

72. 樱花园内春风徐徐，落英缤纷，谢落的花瓣随风飘扬，像是翩翩起舞的蝴蝶，又似天女撒下的仙花。

73. 枣花开放了，六个光光的花瓣，像金黄色的六角小星星，它们混在树叶中，散发着一阵阵清香。

74. 凤凰树的花盛开时，树冠上像铺上了层红色，灿烂夺目，如一树的大红蝴蝶。

75. 木棉花，红得非常奇特，花朵是那样大，像一只只火红的号角仰天而鸣。

76. 那密实实、郁葱葱的叶子下，一嘟噜一嘟噜的葡萄挂满了架，有的紫红色，有的青绿色，像玛瑙，似翡翠。

77. 石榴熟透了，它们一个个绽开娃娃般可爱的圆脸和笑口，争相向人们报告着成熟的喜讯。

78. 细雨像微尘般地飘着，湖边的杨柳像新浴出来的少女的头发，滴着晶莹的水珠。

79. 大坝两旁的杨柳，有的像是白发婆娑的老人，有的像是秀发披肩的少女，为长长的大坝，拦成一个珠帘丝垂的走廊。

80. 一行杨柳半身淹在水中，仿佛是一群撩起裙裾，站在月光下梳洗长发的少女。

It is widely accepted that to work independently has the obvious advantage

that it can prove one’s ability. However, I believe that teamwork is more

important in the modern society and teamwork sprit has become a required quality

by more and more companies.

In the first place, we are situated in a complicated society and we often

encounter tough problems that are beyond our ability. It is especially at this

moment that teamwork proves to be exceedingly important. With the help of the

team, these problems can be solved easily and quickly, which could improve work

efficiency.

In the second place, teamwork provides a chance to cooperate with workmate,

it will make a friendly and enjoyable work environment, which is an important

factor influencing employees’ belief in the company as a good workplace.

Finally, teamwork contributes to the prosperity of the companies. With all

workmates’ knowledge combined, the companies possess high work efficiency and an

ability to deal with whatever problems. As a result, the companies can make more

profits and develop more quickly.

In sum, teamwork is very important, no one could live individually, they

must rely on others in some way. Hence, work together could make life

easier.

More and more people now show their great interests intraveling, because

traveling can bring us a lot of benefits.

To begin with, having worked hard for a few months, traveling can release

us from high pressure. More importantly, traveling can help us acquire more

knowledge. No matter how many books we have read, there is still plenty of

knowledge for us to learn from traveling, like history, culture, custom, and

geography of the places we visit. By the way, through traveling, we can meet

many new friends and taste different kinds of delicious food.

While some people are not interested in traveling at all, since traveling

will cost a great deal of money on transportation and accommodation, and they

may feel tired after sightseeing as well.

As far as I’m concerned, the advantages of traveling are more than its

disadvantages, so if our time and finance permit, we can travel to some nice

places every year, in order to make our life more colorful and vivid.

Many years ago, when the first computer came into being, many people

predicted the age of computer has come. Now only two decades passed, here comes

the new age of cellphone. Lets look at how people depend on the phone. They use

cellphone to work and to communicate with families and friends. With the

development of technology, online payment is popular and people just need a

cellphone to pay all the bills. How convenient it is. We are lucky to live in

the age of technology. But at the same time, if we dont control ourselves, we

will lose in the technology world, such as some children overuse cellphone and

learn nothing at all.

My favorite fruit My favorite is lemon fruit. Lemon is not very round, with a sharp point, is yellow. The Latin species name Citrus limon lemon. Lemon juice can enhance memory, improve osteoporosis, a beauty effects, and so on. Lemon juice or beverage preparation of important raw materials and manufacturing drugs, often Trickle-down lemon juice to remove Westerners eating again. Used mainly for juice, fruits sometimes used as cooking, but the basic need for Xiansi because too sour. Fruits containing 5% citric acid were. Containing 501.6 mg per litre lemon juice, vitamin C and citric acid were 49.88 grams. This is my favorite fruit.

我最喜欢的水果是柠檬。柠檬不是很圆，带一点尖，是黄色的。柠檬的拉丁种名为Citrus limon。柠檬汁可以强化记忆力，改善骨质疏松，达到美容效果等等。柠檬汁还是调制鸡尾酒和制造饮料的重要原料，西方人吃鱼时常滴入柠檬汁以去除腥味。主要为榨汁用，果实有时也用做烹饪，但基本不用作鲜食，因为太酸。果实中含5%的柠檬酸。每升柠檬汁中含 501.6 毫克的维生素 C 和 49.88 克的柠檬酸。这就是我最喜欢的水果。

From this incident，we can see that there are still more things to be done。

Firstly，the government needs everything possible to ensure the quality of

products，particularly the safety of food as this concerns everyones

life.Secondly，as for the producers，it is very important for them to be morally

honest. They should never try to pursue profit or economic growth at the expense

of health and life of people. Thirdly，we consumers must attach importance to the

things we eat and develop an awareness of how to protect our legal rights if

cheated。 Only in this way will we be able to build a more secure and harmonious

society.

The computer is a very useful machine. It is the most important invention

in many years. People use it widely today in many ways.

Most computers have memories. People can store information in them and take

it out at any time. Computers are getting smaller and smaller, and working

faster and faster.

Computer can do many kinds of work. Now in many large factories there are

very few people. Computers do most of the work. They really help a lot.

On national day, I, mother, Pan Luyao, and Sun Yichao to play in Jinhua. We

went to dream Valley, also went to the underground river, to a lot of places,

there can be a lot of fun, until October 5th, we go home to be reluctant to

part, that night at home have 10 points. I bought a lot of gifts, Pan Luyao, Sun

Yichao, father, brother and mother. October 1st is mothers birthday, I wish the

motherland mother happy birthday!

I did very bad in the mid-term exams two weeks ago. After that, my life

seemed to be so dark and hard. My parents felt disappointed to me, and they

always told me to study during my free time. I couldnt watch TV for more than

half an hour and I couldnt search the Internet or play games. Besides, I feel

depressed and I almost lost my heart. But yesterday, my friend came to see me.

She knew I was not happy. She encouaged me that nothing is impossible. If I

could try hard from now on, I would do good in my study. Where there is a will,

there is a way. Only confidence and hardwork can pull me out from failure. If I

want to be good as before, I have to let this failure go and restart again.

I will soon become a middle school student, which means my life will come

to a new chapter. So I must do something different to make me stronger. I want

to be more independent, so I can make my own decision. As my parents always make

decisions for me, I want to tell them that I have grown up. From now on, I

should learn to take care of myself, such as washing clothes and helping my

mother with the house work. The most important thing is to finish my homework

without my parents supervision. I am so excited about my new life and I believe

that I can become a better person.

Boundless sea to look forward to, give people the beauty, give a person

warm motherly love.

The sea is like a poem; it jumps; like a picture, rich in meaning; and like

a symphony, vast and mighty...... It is like a mirror; sometimes calm, sometimes

filled with rage, overwhelming, to sail the boat overturned. In my mind, the sea

is blue world, is also the cradle of life. Pregnant with many free and small

life. The sea is so mysterious, so charming!

Now the sea has changed. The sea is no longer clear, it becomes muddy and

dirty. Washed up on the beach, left is no longer alive and kicking the fish

shrimp, instead of the piles of rubbish, but also mixed with a lot of dead fish

shrimp, stinking. Why is that? Its all because of us. When people admire the

beauty of the seaside, they throw the foul rubbish into the sea. There are also

people living on the beach, the toilet drain pipe to the bottom of the sea.

Whats worse is that the factory waste water flows into the sea in large stocks,

and the sea is dyed in a strange color. Led to the birth of a lot of lack of

brains, low IQ infants, our next generation - bright eyes [voice tender], the

face of the next generation of red, will never see the beautiful blue sea.

Someone once did an experiment. He compared a basin of water to the ocean,

and dropped a drop of ink into the sea. Immediately, the ink slowly spread out,

became shallow and disappeared. The sea water was almost as clean as ever. If

the ink kept dropping, the color of the sea would be deeper and darker, and

eventually it would become a basin of black water. 6 billion people on the earth

produce large quantities of living waste water and industrial pollution every

day. Like ink, it has been injected into the clear sea water. It has become a

polluted lake.

To the health of our human beings, to see the beautiful blue sea for our

children and grandchildren. Let us act now, love the ocean as much as we love

life, and love the common blue home of mankind.

Many years ago, I saw a science fiction film, which described a future

world. The way people lived was very different. They could drive cars in the

sky. Everything in the future world was so convenient. Since then, I was always

curious about how the future world would become. The fling cars seemed so

ridiculous for now, but thinking about more than 100 years ago, people never

thought about flying in the sky, but now we could take planes and traveled

around the world. Everything was possible. Whats more, the development of

technology is so fast that the world changes so much every ten years. Nowadays,

people can pay the bill online. No matter where they go, a cell phone can solve

most problems. I believe that future transportation will be much efficient and

will surprise us all.

Bus: This is the most common transporting means, because its so cheap and

efficient. You can go to other cities by bus, but its very slow in rush hours.

And sometimes its dangerous to take the bus, because the traffic accidents may

happen at any time on high ways.

Train: Its suitable for the long trip. Not only it is fast and convenient,

but also its so economical. Most people can afford it. Whats more, its more

pleasant than taking any other means of transportation. You can walk around and

open the windows on the train. Besides, you can have a rest when you feel tired.

And then youll get to your destination the next day.

Plane: Air travel is very fast and enjoyable. It seems that our world is a

small place to live in, but its too expensive for many people.

Ship: Even though ship voyage is slow, its still exciting, for one can

enjoy the beautiful scenery on the sea and feel the soft sea wind.

Subway: It can be easily seen in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Its

so comfortable, convenient and always on time. You can take it to every part of

the city. As its built underground, you neednt care about the traffic jams.

Now it becomes more and more popular.

The great writer gorky once said: "books are the ladder of human progress."

"He spoke such a truth: actually the human to hard climbing, climbing a ladder

of books. The books are made of ladder above, is a resplendent and magnificent

palace of knowledge, therefore, we must try to climb, to learn from.

Human knowledge to create wealth, as the vast ocean, extensive and

profound. People often think of elementary school, middle school and university

studies described as the "everybody" on climbing, in the "university" swim in.

So, we should read more books and books to purify the mind, in the book

knowledge to enrich themselves.

In our life, if always too passively reading, tend to be less than the

pleasure of reading. With a scholarly paper, open a little tenderness, and then

quietly looked at the text as time moves slip from your eyes... At this time,

you will feel that reading is a matter of how to make people happy! Reading is a

kind of mood, the elegant comfortable is the best psychological reagent. Go to

the reading, you will have more found.

Everyone has a lot ofDreams. some people want to be rich, dreaming of

becoming millionaires overnight. others want to be famous , dreaming of suddenly

jumping to great fame. i have a lot of dreams, too. when i was a young girl , i

dreamed of becoming a scientist like hua luogen in future . however , i knew

very well that i could not succeed without painstaking efforts . so i studied

hard in the middle school and college in order to at train my goal .

After graduating from college , I found a job as a teacher . although i was

very busy with teaching , i never gave up my goal . i read a lot of books to get

more knowledge . i made experiments to pr actise and apply what i had lea rnt f

rom the books . sometimes , i was so deeply indulged in my resea rch that i

forgot my meals and time. now i have made great progress. several of my research

papers have been published . the methods proposed in my papers have been proven

to be valuable for the solution of some problems . i am very happy. the ladder

of becoming a scientist is still far ahead , but i have climbed the first rung

anyway .

China has the history of more than 5,000 years. Many foreign people are

attracted by this big old country. They come here and want to know about the

traditional culture. However, Chinese young people dont show much interest in

the old culture, instead they chase the fashion and some even abandon the

precious culture. For example, paper cutting, one of the excellent arts that is

inherited by our ancestors. Many foreign media speak highly of this great

handicraft and they are astonished by the wisdom of Chinese people. I have seen

this art when I stay in my hometown. Only few old people can do it. They just

take it for killing time. Paper cutting is like the old fashion and is forgotten

by the young generation. The media should report more positive information about

the traditional culture to inspire the young people to learn.

The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the

eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox(秋分). Many referred to it

simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon".

This day was also considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables

and grain had been harvested by this time and food was abundant. Food offerings

were placed on an altar set up in the courtyard. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes,

pomegranates(石榴), melons, oranges and pomelos(柚子) might be seen. Special foods

for the festival included moon cakes, cooked taro(芋头)and water caltrope(菱角), a

type of water chestnut resembling black buffalo horns. Some people insisted that

cooked taro be included because at the time of creation, taro was the first food

discovered at night in the moonlight. Of all these foods, it could not be

omitted from the Mid-Autumn Festival.