小学生英语演讲稿五分钟精选20篇

My favorite animal is pandas. He name is Beibei, he is blak and white. I like Beibei very much, becavse he is so cute, and he is kind of shy. Beibei form the China. He is five years old. Is so many people take photos with beibei. I want to see the beibei, i want to take photos with beibei. He live in the Beijing zoo.

From the third grade, we under the teachers organization, has to learn the "rules", "embedded", "thousand character classic" and other classic.

Now Im in grade five. This semester, the teacher led us to study the "dai li weng to rhyme". "Dai li weng to rhyme" the qing dynasty writer li yu, is the author of the article tone level and oblique tones, let I deeply felt the motherland phonetic writing rhythm and melody. Each fault has 78 words, content, there are many historical allusions, such as "can huang gai into red cliff express, Chen ping understandings crisis", etc.

"Dai li weng to rhyme" lets learn how to pair of, and catchy.

Classics has the power of the seeds. I love reciting, I love a classic.

从三年级开始，我们在老师的组织下，先后学习了《弟子规》、《三字经》、《千字文》等经典。

现在我上五年级了。这学期，老师带领我们学习了《笠翁对韵》。《笠翁对韵》的作者是清朝文学家李渔，文章声调平仄交替，让我深深感受到了祖国语音文字的节奏美和音律美。每一阙均有78个字组成，内容包罗万象，里面有许多历史典故，如“黄盖能成赤壁捷，陈平善解百登危”等。

《笠翁对韵》让我们学会了如何对对子，且琅琅上口。

经典作品具有种子的力量。我爱吟诵，我爱经典。

每个季节都有不同的风景，下面是语文迷网整理的关于季节的英语作文，希望对你有帮助。

小学生写季节英语作文一

Spring is the first season of a year . There are there months in spring : Morch , April and May , The weather is warm and windy . It rains a lot . The trees turn green and all the flowers are coming ont . In spring, I can wear my shirts . I often plant trees and go hiking . So I like spring very much . Of course , I like the Spring Festival , too.

小学生写季节英语作文二

There are four seasons in a year.My favorite season is summer .Because when the summer is coming .I can change the beautiful skirt and I can go swimming .I like the swimming pool very much.In summer ,all things are bright.I can go to a lot of places that I like.In summer holiday,I also can spend my holiday with my parents and we can go to the Forbidden City.How interesting !

What is your favorite season?

小学生写季节英语作文三

I like summer best!In summer,the weather is sunny and hot.I can eat my favourite food-ice creams!Im very happy!I like swimming in the pool with my friends.In summer,the flowers are beautiful,the grss is very green.I can have a picnic with my parents.And we have fun!

I like summer best!Do you like it,too?

小学生写季节英语作文四

Fall is the third season of a year .There are three months in fall :July ,August and september .The weather in fall is cool ,Sometimes its windy .I can wear my jackets and jeans .

I often fly kites and go hiking with my good friends.And there are many fruits.

In fall ,Just like :apples ,bananas ,oranges… And the Mid Autuain Festival is in fall , too .So I like fall very much .

hello,my name is chris. i am in class 2 grade 5 .i am good at english.i am healfal at home.i often heip my mother to do housework.i study hard.myteachers and classmates are all like me.my favourite sports is basketball.my favourite basketball team is nba.my favourite star is yaoming.because he is good at bastball and he is tall.i can swim,sing and dance.i like winter best. becausei can go skating and make a snowman.i like chicken.

this is me.

When I was five years old, my mother decided to send me to learn dance

class, at first, I was afraid, because I knew nobody there. But as when I went

there, I found there were a lot of children who were at my age, we became

friends soon. Now I like the dance class so much, I can dance with my friends,

we have great fun.

端午节，门插艾，香满堂，吃粽子，洒白酒，龙舟下水喜洋洋。这些，都是曾经端午节上最热闹的活动，然而，随着时代的变迁，社会节奏的加快，外来文化的大举入侵，中国人不再眷顾流传几千年的中国传统文化，而是将目光转向了“圣诞节”“愚人节”这样的节日，面对这种现状，我们不得不感到悲哀，发出“端午节是否不再姓“中”这样的疑问。

当我们还沉浸在西洋节日的欢声笑语中时，据可靠消息说“亚洲某国准备向联合国教科文组织申报端午节为本国的文化遗产，目前已将其列入国家遗产名录。

听到这种消息，中国人除了惊讶只有尴尬，这不仅仅是一个传统节日的得失，不仅仅是少了几项庆祝活动，更重要的是，这是中国的传统节日，文化内涵丰富，留存着华夏民族独特的文化记忆，每过一次传统节日，就是中华民族凝聚力和向心力的一次加强和洗礼，如今，这个拥有XX多年历史的传统佳节眼瞅着即将成为他国的国家遗产，我们将有多么尴尬?

无庸讳言，这些年来，我国的传统节日，似乎总离不开吃。端午节吃粽子，清明节吃青团，元宵节吃汤圆，中秋节吃月饼，春节更不在话下——大鱼大肉让你吃到不想吃。农耕社会对饥饿的恐惧，形成了我国传统节日最鲜明的风俗——吃。如今，满足了温饱需求的人们正在奔向全面小康，什么时候都有的吃，想吃多少都可以，传统节日的吸引力一下子失去了特有的魅力。

在继承传统文化方面，我们守着“聚宝盆”却不善于保护和挖掘。比如文字，当代青年有几个熟识并能运用繁体字?连文字都不认识又如何了解古代文化?再比如造纸，我国造纸工业化生产的结果是传统手工业的流失，许多高质量的宣纸要到日本或韩国才能买到，他们不但继承了我们的传统造纸技术，还有新的发展。就拿端午节来说，它已融入各个临近国家的文化中，形成了独特的生命力——在新加坡，每年端午节举行的国际龙舟邀请赛闻名于世;在韩国，端午节被称为车轮节，是插秧结束后祈求丰年的日子。在很长一段时间里，中国人着眼于创新，却往往容易忽视对传统的坚持，文化的缺失必然导致精神断层甚至扭曲，而精神文明的再次断层又将带来什么?有句话说的好：只有民族的才是世界的。在面临全球经济一体化的今天，该如何保护与继承我们的传统文化，显然已是一个不容回避的问题。而现时的洋节兴盛与传统节日衰弱间的反差，更凸显了这个问题的迫切性

其实，不光是传统节日，整个中国民族民间文化的生存环境如今都面临着经济全球化和现代化的挑战。一些西方发达国家凭借强大的综合国力，先进的科技手段和发达的文化传播手段，积极传播西方的价值观念和生活方式，对包括中国在内的发展中国家的民族民间传统文化生态造成了一定的冲击。

中国的传统节日五彩缤纷，文化内涵丰厚，留存着人类独特的文化记忆，对祖先创造的历史文化遗存，必须怀有敬畏之心，必须高度重视。我们是中华民族的栋梁之才，中华文明需要我们共同传承。同学们，不要冷落了中国自己的传统节日，让华夏文明在中国彻彻底底的红火起来吧!

“彩旗夹岸照蛟室，

罗袜凌波呈水嬉，

曲终人散空愁暮，

招屈亭前水车注。”

刘禹锡这首《竞渡曲》记叙的是沅江一次赛龙舟的活动。

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Cell phone is very popular and used widely recent years. With cell phone, people can, any time, contact friends, talk to families and send blessing SMS to the beloved person. However, except enjoying so many convineiences, cell phone also has some negative effects on us. Radiation generated by cell phone is harmful to healthy; Specially, ring bells may disturb others. For example, if you are sleeping at noon break in the office, a sudden ring call may shock you from a dream; when all the students are listening to the teacher, a loud ring bell will interrupt the class and make others annoyed; or during a meeting, a call noices is really impolite to other attendants. So, people should know where and how to use cell phone properly, and just turn off your phone if it maybe disturbs others.

手机很受欢迎,近年来得到广泛应用。任何时候,有了手机,人们可以联系朋友,跟家人和心爱的人发送祝福短信。然而,除了享受很多convineiences,手机对我们也有一些负面影响。手机产生的辐射对健康有害;特别是,摇响铃铛可能打扰别人。举个例子,如果你是睡在办公室午休,突然环调用可能会冲击你的梦,所有的学生都听老师的时候,一声环铃会中断类和让别人生气;或在开会,电话响其他服务员是不礼貌的。所以,人们应该知道在哪里及如何正确使用手机,就关掉你的手机如果它可能扰乱他人。

I have a happy family, in this family, the love of the parents and the objects of love, make my life be filled with joy and warmth, all day long I have lived in this atmosphere of love.

In this home I like to eat meat, vegetables is not how to love to eat. For that mom and dad said I many times, but I think meat is delicious, have a dad to let me eat food deliberately and I rob food to eat, mum was fired one of my favorite celery fry meat, mother put the food in front of me, I kept carrying meat to eat, very delicious! Dad came to the table, put the dishes in the middle of the table, I quickly pull the food bowl, dad to pull the food bowl and the past, and so the two of us pull to go, I was angry, put down the chopsticks to walk, see dad is eaten all the food, I am helping in anger, picked up the chopsticks quickly grab, whether its meat or food into my mouth, I dont know why the celery is delicious, from then on I began to eat green vegetables, I know dad with rob method put off the bad habit of I dont eat green vegetables, dad do everything is good for me.

Family just like our trees, I live in a happy home, mom and dad like branches lived happily let me, Im like a leaf. I want to study well, better to put the family construction, also is I want to be a beautiful leaf, to put the tree dressed up beautifully and.

我有一个幸福的家，在这个家里，父母之爱，一草一木之爱，使我的生活时时充满着欢快与温馨，我整天就生活在这爱的气氛里。

在这个家里我很喜欢吃肉，青菜就不怎么爱吃。就因为这个爸爸妈妈不知说过我多少次，可是我就是觉得肉好吃，有一次爸爸为了让我吃菜故意和我抢菜吃，那天妈妈炒了一个我最爱吃的芹菜炒肉，妈妈把菜放在我面前，我不停地挑着肉片吃，真香啊!爸爸来到桌子旁，将菜放在桌子中间，我急忙把菜碗拉过来，爸爸把菜碗又拉了过去，我们俩就这样拉来拉去，我生气了，放下筷子走了，眼看爸爸快要把菜全都吃完了，我就顾不上赌气了，拿起筷子快抢，不管是肉还是菜都进了我的嘴了，不知为什么芹菜也蛮好吃的，从那以后我就开始吃青菜了，我知道爸爸用抢的方法治掉了我不吃青菜的坏毛病，爸爸做的一切都是为我好。

家庭就像我们的大树，我生活在幸福的家里，爸爸妈妈就像树枝让我快乐地生活着，我就像一片叶子。我要好好学习，要把这个家庭建设的更好，也就是我要做一片美的叶子，要把大树装扮得漂漂亮亮。

For most western countries, Christmas Day is the biggest festival, and all

the people will have the long vacation, just as Spring Festival in China. With

the development of globalization, Christmas Day is celebrated by people around

the world. When the day comes, Christmas trees can be seen in many shops and

some products have the great discounts. One of the main reasons for people to

love Christmas is that they can get the great discounts from some products,

which saves them a lot of money. For American people, Christmas Day is the great

moment for the families to get together and enjoy the family hour, while for

some people they just treat it as the shopping day.

My May Day

hello, today is may day. i and my father, mother and sister went shopping. we bought, lollipops, ice creams, cornflakes, toasts, butter, orange, milk and rolls. and my mother bought toys for me. such as: train, ball, balloon, car, doll, plane and skateboard. after that we went to zoo. i saw rabbit, tigers, snails, and lions, hamsters, budgies and zebras. my sister asked me “what do your like?” i answered “i like skipping rope. that’s very nice.” she said “here is you prize, sunny!” “oh, thank you! i love it!” i shouted. we sat under a tree. after lunch we drank some milk.

today i am very happy!

Friend, you are a part of my life. Friend, you are a part of my life, is an indispensable person in my life. Friends ah, you are my savior, my door in adversity, but you always sacrifice to save me; Friend, are you...... Friends have a variety of character, but some of the character is not good, hell tell him. I have too many friends, I would say a big friend.

My big friend, she is my neighbors a child, she read the first now, but she also every time when painting or see the understanding friend diffuse guest or related Japanese animation; Sometimes take out her MP3 player to listen to music in Japan, will be great to sing with her sister, I also want to go to complain about her, but it sounds too good, I dont have the heart to go to complain about her.

This is one of her hobbies, she usually likes to find small meeting, we talk about then up food sometimes, sometimes talk then go to the north cellar library reading a book, sometimes...

A lot of friends of my hobbies, I will introduce to here, your friend also have this hobby? So, that you might be very lucky!

朋友啊，你是我人生中的一分子;朋友啊，你是我生活中的一分子，也是我生活中不可缺少的人;朋友啊，你是我的救兵，我门处在逆境之中，但你总是舍己救我;朋友啊，你是……朋友有多种的性格，但有些性格是不好的，他还要你告诉他。我的朋友太多了，我就说一位大朋友吧。

我的大朋友，她是我的邻居的一位孩子，她现在读初一了，但她还每天有空时都会画画或者是看看《知音漫客》或者是有关日本的动画片;有时会拿出她的MP3来听日本的音乐，也会和她妹妹一起大唱起来，我还想去投诉她，但听起来实在太好听了，我不忍心去投诉她了。

这是她的爱好之一，她平时都喜欢找上我们开些小会议，有时谈那时开大食会，有时谈那时去北窖图书馆看书，有时……

我的朋友爱好多多，我就介绍到这里，你的朋友也有这样的爱好吗?有的话，那你可能会很幸运哦!

The earth is our mother, is the survival of our homes. With the improvement of living standards, while enjoying the human, but unknowingly destroyed her, our living environment is deteriorating.

At ordinary times is ok, we eat a piece of gum, chewing freely to spit on the ground, after chewing gum stuck firmly on the ground, cleaning workers to use shovels to get it off, and gum also pollute the land. We often when shopping, use large and small plastic bags, plastic bags but dont know by fire, and produce toxic gases after the landfill is not easy to degrade after, can also lead to land is destroyed, the population of China is so much, you can imagine how many plastic bags in the pollution of our environment.

A persons environmental action is like a lamp, when everybody lit the lamp, the whole world would be bright! Lets get started! Dont eat chewing gum; Dont use plastic bags; Dont use disposable chopsticks... Protect the environment, everyone duty! Let our earth more beautiful!

地球是我们的母亲，是我们赖以生存的家园。随着生活水平的提高，人类在享受的同时，却在不知不觉地破坏她，我们的生存环境不断恶化。

平时没事时，我们就吃一块口香糖，嚼完后随口吐在地上，口香糖牢牢地粘在地上，清洁工人得用铲子才能把它弄掉，而且口香糖也污染土地。我们经常在购物时，会用到大大小小的塑料袋，却不知塑料袋被火烧后会制造有毒气体，填埋后还不容易降解，还会导致土地被破坏，中国人口这么多，可想而知会有多少塑料袋在污染我们的环境。

一个人的环保行动就像是一盏灯，当大家都点燃自己的那盏灯，整个世界就会一片光明!让我们行动起来吧!不吃口香糖;不用塑料袋;不用一次性筷子…保护环境，人人有责!让我们的地球更加美丽!

要写好英语作文，具体要做到以下几点：

注重英文阅读习惯的养成与坚持

坚持英语阅读的习惯，不仅可以保持对英语语感的敏感度，更重要的是它有助于培养英式思维，从而避免汉式思维句子的出现。

(1)平时多读，积累句型：读的越多，语感欲强烈，写作的时候自然而然就可以自如的运用灵活多变的句式来完整一篇小作文了，另外建议多积累名言警句、谚语等以作为高级句型运用与作文中。

(2)选出一些代表性范文精读：选出不同题材的优秀作文范文，读的时候注意文章的开头、结尾、层次结构以及所用句型等。要有目的、用学习的心态来精读优秀范文，并做到学以致用。

注重平时的写作训练

英语写作训练可以以日记、话题或仿写的形式来进行。通过坚持一个学期的英语日记，保持英语写作的习惯。所以一定要坚持每周两到三次的写作训练，正所谓习惯成自然就是这个道理。

五步写出一篇好作文

什么才是好作文呢?很多同学误认为只要像学校平时测验那样子“句子结构正确，无单词拼写错误”就应该得满分。而小升初对作文的考核并非如此简单，同学们应该走出对英语写作认识上的误区。那么除了以上两个方面外，我们怎样才能写出一篇优秀作文而在小升初中获取高分呢?下面就来看我们的“高分作文五步法”。

(1)认真审题，确定时态人称，同时关注题材格式

时态：故事性文章一般用过去时，其中表达感受时可用现在时。说明性或议论性文章一般用现在时，举例时可用过去时。根据题目要求也会出现时态的交错使用，如过去和现在的对比等。如果句中出现了时间状语，时态则要遵循时间状语。

如ago，last…过去时;next，in…将来时等

人称：注意在句子中人称的统一。

例如：

Thanks to the teachers， we have improved our English.

其中we和our就是人称的统一。

格式：注意书信格式的开头和结尾。

(2)找全信息点，紧扣主题，突出重点

切忌只看表格中或所列1、2、3中的信息点。一定把题读全，找齐信息点，建议用铅笔标出，写完后再涂掉。根据题目，可适当增加合理内容。特别注意文章要有开头和结尾。

(3)成文时表述正确，文字流畅

切忌与汉语提示的一一对应，使用所学表达方法将语义表达出来即可。首先考虑句子结构(如主谓宾，主系表等)。同时注意短语的正确使用和单词的拼写，最好使用课本上学过的短语和句式。

(4)文章结构清晰，重点句型画龙点睛，可使文章在得分上提高一个档次，考虑文章的篇章结构，使用适当的连接短语，使文章结构紧凑。

常用连接词：

1.表文章结构顺序：

First of all， Firstly/First，Secondly/Second…

And then， Finally， In the end，At last

2.表并列补充关系的：

What is more， Besides，Moreover，

3.表转折对比关系的：

However， On the contrary， but

On one hand… On the otherhand…Some…， while others…

4.表因果关系的：

Because， As、So， Therefore， As a result

5.表换一种方式表达：

In other words

6.表进行举例说明：

For example，句子;For instance，句子;such as + n/doing

7.表陈述事实：In fact

8.表达自己观点：

As far as I know， In myopinion

9.表总结：

In short， In a word.

文中正确使用两三个好的句型，如：感叹句、宾语从句、动名词做主语等。

宾语从句举例：

I believe Tianjin will be morebeautiful and prosperous.

感叹句举例：

How I want to study in thebest middle school in Guangzhou!

动名词做主语举例：

Reading books and swimming aremy hobbies.

常用状语从句句型：

1)时间：

when， not…until(直到…才…)， as soon as(一…就…)

2)目的：

so that + clause; (为了)

3)结果：

so…that…(如此…以至于…)， too…to do(太……以至于……)

4)条件：

if， unless(除非)， as long as(只要)

5)比较：

as…as…(与…一样)， not so…as…， than

(5)认真检查，检查信息点是否全面，时态、人称是否一致，句子结构是否清晰，短语使用、单词拼写是否准确等。

检查后，将草稿誊写在纸上，请注意按结构分段，书写清晰。

下面列举一些在检查中可发现的错误：

We livemore and more comfortable.

改正：comfortably(副词修饰动词)

2.we can getmany informations by reading newspapers.

改正：much information (不可数名词由much修饰)

3.There willhave a football game tomorrow.

改正：There will be a football game tomorrow.(Therebe句型的将来时结构)

4.I thinkride a bike can keep our health.

改正：I think riding a bike can keep us healthy.(动名词作主语)

As we all know, pollution is harmful to living beings. There are many

different types of pollutions in this world. For instance, water pollution, air

pollution, noise pollution and so on. Water pollution cause many kinds of

disease that have negative effects on human beings, sometimes the diseases will

take people’s life away. Dirty air will increase the rate of getting lung

cancer. While the noise pollution will cause insomnia. People’s health condition

will be damaged.

In my humble opinion, people should take measures to control the pollution.

Recently, not only the government, but also individual has taken part in the

action of protecting the environment. This is a good sign. Rivers are being

cleaned, air is purified, and the people come to realize that the importance of

protecting the environment.

However, this is not enough, the problems are still exist. Not all of them

have been solved. Some factories are still pouring dirty water into the rivers

or give off the toxic gas into the sky. We should know that protecting the

environment needs everybody’s effort.

When people ask me what kind of job I want to work on in the future, my

answer is to be a teacher, which is my ideal job. I like to pass knowledge to

next generation and lead them to find their own place in the world. What’s more,

I can live near my families, so I can go home often and enjoy the dinner with

them. I dont want to work far away from my parents, because money cant make up

the time we stay together. When I become a teacher, I will have the long

vacation, then I plan to travel around the world. The place I visit will bring

me a lot of knowledge and open my vision. I will show what I learn to my

students and let them know more about the world. I must fight for my ideal

career.

It was sunny and very hot today.I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast.Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room.After a short rest I did my homework in the morning.In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends.It was really cool to swim in such a hot day.I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening.I really had a busy and interesting day.

译文：今天天气晴朗比较热。我起得很早，帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很有趣。

Since I was very small, I was very shy in the public place, so I always

avoided giving performance in front of so many people. Though I tried hard to

get over it in school, I still felt uneasy in the public place. When I came to

the job market, I realized that I must get over my fear, or I would lose my

stage.

I still remembered the horrible experience for my first interview. Early in

the morning, I got a called that I was given a chance to the job interview. I

felt so excited. When I came to the company, I found there were other six young

people competed with me, then I started to feel nervous. The employers asked us

to sit in the round table and introduced ourselves one by one. When it was my

turn, I lowed down my head and spoke in low voice. Then the employers continued

to let us give speeches in the stage. I lose confidence and made the horrible

performance.

This interview taught me a lesson that I must get over my fear, or I will

lose chances. So I practise hard and dare to stand in the stage.

i went to the supermarket the other day with 10 yuan. i was a bit hungry, so i decided to buy a small pack of cookies which cost me 4 yuan. after i ate them, i was still hungry, so i decided to buy a small bag of potato chips which cost me another 3 yuan. after i ate them both, i was no longer hungry.

however, i was very thirsty and wanted to buy a large bottle of milk to drink, but i didn’t have enough money left because even a small bo of milk would cost me 2 yuan and i needed 2 yuan to pay the bus fare. so i gave it up at last.

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I am a girl of ten, and I live in a small mountain village far from Taiyuan. The only person that lives with me is my mother, because my father is away for eight years, working in a city.

During the Spring Festival, my father came back home. He looked thin and tired. He gave my mother two thousand yuan, and told her that he would work even harder, earn more money, and then he could take us to the city He stayed at home for only ten days.We are living a poor life now. But what I want most is not money, but my father. I miss him very much!

In the early winter, the wind is a little strong, at this time, it is perfect to fly the kite. I am so excited about this activity, my friends and I will always compete to see who can fly the highest kite. When I see the kite, I play with my friends and we have the good time. Running in the playground makes me so happy.

早期的冬天,风有点大,在这个时候,是非常适合放风筝的。对这个活动,我感到很兴奋。我和我的朋友们总是竞争,看谁能飞最高的风筝。当我看到风筝,我就会和朋友们一起玩耍，我们度过了美好的时光。在操场上奔跑让我感到快乐。

Moonquakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month，it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.

There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating moonquakes. One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once，scorching the planet with their heat.

It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hour Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward，the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hour Yi the Elixir of Immortality，but she warned him that he must use it wisely.

Hour Yi ignored her advice and，corrupted by fame and fortune，became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Err，his beautiful wife， could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon，the Moon Fairy.

The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty，an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zing was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message.

When the cake was opened and the message read，an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon，which，some say，explains why moonquakes are eaten at this time.

Moonquakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of the ry and the type of filling used. Some ries will even stamp them with your family name so that you can give personalized ones to friends and family.

They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of the moon. Traditional moonquakes are made with melted lard，but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health.

Moonquakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea，especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea，which aids the digestion.