上海世博会对中国的影响英语作文(20篇)

Dear friend,

I have a great news to inform here. Through long efforts, Beijing has been granted the right to host 2008 Olympic games. As a resident in Beijing, I feel quite excited and like to share with you my happiness.

This success means a lot more than a game to me. In the first place, this Games will definitely promote the development of our economy. According to a recent survey by some experts, this games will raise our GDP by about 3%, and offer about 10,000 jobs. What’s more, our culture will be widely recognized and accepted all over the world through the Games. People will come over from every corner of the world, and experience Chinese culture in every aspect. Besides, through the games, our living environment will be greatly improved. For example, the public transportation system will be up-dated. Moreover, it’s known that more trees will be planted, and grassland will be considerably expanded.

My friend, I really look forward to the coming of this great Games. As an individual, I’m all ready to offer my help in any way I can. I also hope to invite you all to come here, and watch the games in 2008.

Sincerely yours,

There are many festivals in our country, such as the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Mid-Autumn festival, but the most memorable one is the Dragon Boat Festival this year.

That day, tian teacher brought a bag of hot dumplings, they wear white belts, wearing a green shirt, laughingly lying in his pockets, as if to say to me: "come and eat me. Are the perfume, my stomach was already in the singing, gawk at my desk, I looked at the appetizing brown meat, very anxious to go up to bite.

Mr. Tian seemed to guess our thoughts, and said, laughing, "hungry cats, have a taste. "Hooray!" The students were dancing with joy. Mr. Tian slowly took off the clothes of the zongzi, showing the white and white glutinous rice balls, and some rubies on the glutinous rice. After a while, finally it was my turn, I skipping took to the podium, picked up a toothpick, gently thorn under a mass of glutinous rice, dip in a little bit of sugar, healthy-looking and happily. When I got back to my seat, I had a mouthful of food, and I put it in my mouth. It was so sweet. Finally, it is delicious to lick the white sugar on my lips. I didnt like eating zongzi before, and why I changed my mind today. Peng liying also went up and stabbed a small group, strutted down the stage, came to my seat and proudly gave me the delicious zongzi. I with poor eyes staring at her (mean, give me some) she stared my one eye (means I havent sample) so she gobbled down the zongzi, keep shout delicious. My last glimmer of hope was dashed.

Everyone looked at the last few rice dumplings in the hand of tians teachers. Tian said, "who hasnt eaten zongzi yet?" Everyone raised their hands and said, "I, I, I." Before the teacher ordered that all were crowding on the platform, packed liuxue86.com field teacher doesnt know what to do, even the really not eat the rice dumplings that male students have also been squeezed behind us in the distance. You thorn, I see, the time is finally arrived, just put the hand inside a stretch, alas! I was struck by someones toothpick, and I was like an ant on a hot pot. Only the last zongzi was left, and everyone was so crowded that the dumplings were torn apart by us, and the teacher was busy and busy. When I was disappointed, tian teacher suddenly turned into my mouth was a mass of rice dumplings, joyous and pleased, I happily returned to the seat, whilst placing a hand over your mouth cant say how sweet in my heart. When the dumplings were finished, some students returned to their seats disappointed. Some students were so happy that they took a lot of dumplings.

This happy Dragon Boat Festival is really unforgettable to me.

The giant panda is a national treasure in our country, they are very cute.

Recently, I came to the hometown of giant pandas, chengdu panda base to

visit.

Entered the panda base, I saw the "fog" from the side of the hearth, and

likely to increase humidity. Then, I found the bamboo on both sides of the tilt

to the middle, formed a huge "arch bridge", for tourists to enjoy. Then, we came

to the giant panda museum. We first watched on giant panda breeding and so on

video, then, I started to play the game here: imitation of giant pandas, find

the bride for the panda, and so on.

Then, we came to the giant panda "villa" : every panda about 15 square

meters of the "indoor residential" and several "outdoor garden" the size of the

sitting room. They sometimes along the garden wooden posts climbed several

meters high rack, the crawling around on it. In indoor, they often walk around

the glass window, as if to show people it lovely side. Then he will be picked up

in the middle of the bamboo, taste with relish.

We will go forward, then came to the young giant panda base. You dont call

them "panda". Because the red panda is another panda. Head I thought I would see

a big, white and black giant pandas, youth didnt see the size of a mouse pink

"pig". Afterwards just know, the giant panda cub is these furry little one. I

came to another room, suddenly found the young pandas here head is much bigger

than before, and also has become a black and white. It is hard to imagine but

larger than the "pig", less than a month of young giant pandas.

Finally, we arrived at the panda. But they are many only live together. The

panda brown and white, very lovely. The panda and the giant panda is not the

same, however, gave birth to have had the bright colors.

Chengdu panda base is the panda "shelter", care and concern every

panda.

Nowadays, as the development of high technology, people like to use

computer, they use computer to read the news, to play the game and so on. Now

more and more computer functions have been developed, people like to do business

on the computer, it saves people a lot of time and it is very convenient.

Shopping online is most people’s choice today, but it has disadvantages. First,

the products will be not in good quality, people can’t touch the products, they

only can see the pictures, so they can’t figure out the real products’ quality.

Second, when people pay the money online, they will have the chance to leak out

their message, their online account will be attacked by the hackers and thus to

lose the money. Of course, shopping online is more and more popular, we must

take care of personal message when shopping online.

Recently, the news about the famous fast food company got bankrupted in

Taiwan was spread in Wechat. While in mainland, less people know about the truth

and the fast food company still works well. Chinese food problem exists all the

time, even the government has made some rules to forbid the illegal business,

still many manufacturers produce bad food for making more profit. The fast food

company doesn’t care about the market in Taiwan. Its spokeman said that their

main market was in mainland, and a lot of people were eating their food. Hearing

this, we surely will be angry. If everybody join the team to refuse to buy their

products, then the fast food company will be kicked out. Only in this way can we

protect our health and benefit.

今天，学校给我们看了关于这方面的视频，主要讲了：“仁爱，爱国，好学，清廉”等多个主题，讲述我国传统文化的故事。

其中，“好学”这个主题，讲述了匡衡非常好学的故事：匡衡很好学，但家里很穷，所以他白天必须干活挣钱，只有晚上才能看书，但是，他买不起蜡烛，天一黑，就无法看书了，于是，匡衡小心的在墙壁上凿了一个洞，邻居家的烛光就透了过来，这样匡衡就能在晚上看书了，这就是《凿壁借光》的故事，又如，其它方面还讲了“孟子”等人，古代那些名事讲也讲不完……

我被惊住了，中华民族竞如此多的优良传统。古人都能做到“仁爱，爱国……，他们可以做到，那么作为新时代的我们，就更应学习弘扬祖国优良的文化、家风。

家风是什么?家风就是一个家庭或家族的传统风尚。家风是中华民族传统美德的现代传承，是中华民族五千多年的灿烂文化所厚育的许多优良传统。我们上一代的爸爸妈妈把中华民族的优良家风传给了我们，那我们也要学会并传承这伟大的家风，弘扬中华民族的传统文化。我们要从现在做起，好好学习，好好做人，好好传承并弘扬我们优良的家风。把全民族的智慧集中起来，形成无比强大的精神力量和物质财富。承继传统美德，弘扬民族精神，倘若我们都重视家风的作用来重振家风，那么社会主义核心价值观将会得到弘扬，社会风气将会蔚然成风。

让我们手拉手、心连心共同把文明美德传承下去，弘扬我们的民族精神，让中华民族这朵美丽的生活之花开遍世界的每个角落!

Im the only child in my family, the apple of my parents eyes. my mother

and father take good care of my and give me a lot of support throughout my

life.

My father is the manager of a company and my mother is a teacher. they are

both well educated and do well in their jobs. they know that knowledge is power.

father often communicates with foreign friends and is good at english. i can

learn a lot from him, especially english. his oninion on education is as

advanced as that of my mothers. they often give me advice on my studies but

never interfere in them. they seldom force me to do what i dont like to. they

permit me to have different opinions. if something is good for me, they will

persuade me to do it as they want. many people of our age say that there is a

generation gap between their parents and them. however, it doesnt exist between

us.

My mother is a math teacher. she is very clever and good at teaching. she

can work out a problem within 10 minutes which would cost me 2 hours. i envy and

admire her. i want to be a math teacher like her.

Im lucky to have such enlightened parents. im lucky to have been brought

up in such a happy family.

The theme of Expo 2010 is “Better City, Better Life”。

上海世博会的主题是“城市，让生活更美好”。

Why do we set this theme?

为什么会确立这个主题呢?

The core value can be interpreted as following: The City, built by people, has been evolving and growing into an organic system. People are the most dynamic cells with the best ability to innovatein this system. People’s life is closely interactive with the urban morphology and development.

With the raped urbanization, a more extensive relationship and interaction has been established between the city organic system and earth’s biosphere and resource system. People, city and earth are just like three organic systems linking with each other and fusing into the integrity

throughout the whole process of urban development.

其核心思想可以这样理解：城市史人创造的，它不断地演进、演化和成长为一个有机系统。人是这个有机系统中最具活力和最富有创新能力的细胞。人的生活与城市的形态和发展密切互动。随着城市化进程的加速，城市的有机系统与地球大生物圈和资源体系之间相互作用也日益加深和扩大。人、城市和地球三个有机系统环环相扣，这种关系贯穿了城市发展的历程，三者也将日益融合成为一个不可分割的整体。

For further reflect of the theme "Better City, Better Life", five sub-themes are defined;they are "Blending of Diverse Cultures in the City","Economic Prosperity of the City","Innovation of Science and Technology in the City", "Remodeling of Urban Communities", and "Rural-urban Interaction".

为了更好地理解“城市，让生活更美好”，上海世博会还设有五个副主题分别是“城市多元文化的融合”、“城市经济的繁荣”、“城市科技的创新”、“城市社区的重塑”、“城市和乡村的互动”。

真的?我要当小民警了?一听到这个消息，我马上想到了电视里那些机智勇敢的警察叔叔，他们驾驶着警车风驰电掣，追击犯罪分子，什么坏蛋都逃不出他们的手掌心。我居然有机会体验民警叔叔的生活，顿时心潮澎湃，激动不已。

来到派出所，一个年轻的警察叔叔微笑地接待了我们，他先给我们介绍了警服。随后，就给我们每人分发了一套为我们量身定做的小警服。我迫不及待地换上!镜子中，那还是我吗?我都有点认不出自己了。你看，淡蓝色的上衣，肩章，臂章，左边胸口的口袋上方就是我的警号。一条深蓝色的短裙，活泼俏皮。再加上一顶黑色的大盖帽，银色的警徽熠熠生辉。我骄傲地抬了抬下巴，昂首挺胸，更精神了!俨然一个小女警啊!我仿佛已经坐上警车，警笛呼啸，载着我威风凛凛地执行任务呢!

再次来到会议室，叔叔就给我们分配任务：巡逻的、接待的、走访的。我和许悦晨被分在了接待组。其实，他超级想配枪去巡逻的，这下顿时唉声叹气，无精打采了。我们跟着民警叔叔来到了他们的装备室，叔叔取出了一个黑色的大袋子，“呲啦”一声拉开拉链。我们立即好奇地围了上去，瞪大眼睛，一眨不眨，生怕错过了任何细节。他先拿出了一条大皮带，上面竟然挂着好多个形态各异的小包。“咦?这些是什么呀?”叔叔看出了我们的疑惑，也不急着解释，又像变戏法似的拿出了一小瓶水。哦，原来是辣椒水，叔叔说，可以用这个让匪徒暂时失明。他又拿出了一个手电筒，我凝神一看，强光手电!他一按按钮，我立即后退几步，并下意识地用手捂住眼睛。过了一会，我觉得没危险了，就挪开了手掌，发现叔叔笑盈盈地看着我们，弄得我们挺不好意思的。叔叔又拿出了一根警棍，哇，它居然能像孙悟空的如意金箍棒一样自由伸缩，真是太神奇了!接着，叔叔把辣椒水、强光手电和警棍装进了皮带上的小包里。原来那些小包都是装这些装备的啊!许悦晨两眼放光，“我能不能戴戴?”可是，他的腰围实在太小了，不得已，只好用双手提着。尽管这样，他依然很得意，在屋子里大摇大摆来回踱着方步，雄赳赳，气昂昂的，神气极了!不过，没多久，他就吃不消了，太重了!太沉了!

我们还见识了防暴头盔、防刺服、防毒面具、警盾、手铐……这些装备真是太酷了!真是闻所未闻，见所未见!你瞧许悦晨，拿着一面警盾，趾高气昂，耀武扬威，“哈哈!来吧!我不怕你!”他早把自己当成一名名副其实的警察了，而我居然是他假想中的坏蛋，气得我干瞪眼。他还不停地摆着poss，瞧他那兴奋劲儿，滑稽样子，又让我笑得肚子都痛了。

参观完装备室，我们又回到会议室，各组交流自己的感受。警察叔叔还告诉我们，他们经常要值班，24小时，都不能休息。听得我们张大了嘴巴。警察叔叔好辛苦啊!他们是怎么撑过来的呢?我们七嘴八舌，问各种各样的问题，叔叔一一耐心地解答。

时间过得真快!我们要回学校了，只能依依不舍地和叔叔们说再见。路上的大人们都乐呵呵地看着我们，“小警察来了!”我虽然有点害羞，但还是很喜欢这个称呼。回到教室，同学们看到我，都惊呆了!他们都称我为小警察，而且，一有空就围着我，问这问那，还摸我的小警服，有些还抢我的警帽戴在自己头上。我呢，自然很乐意将我在派出所的见闻告诉他们。我也很宝贝我的小警服，兴奋得最好让每个认识我的人都看到。

我穿小警察制服的样子，已经定格成一张珍贵的照片。而在派出所的这段经历，也将成为我一笔珍贵的财富。社会的安定，人民的幸福都离不开警察叔叔辛苦的劳动，无私的付出!向警察叔叔们致敬!

In my opinion the problem of the high schoolers＇ hair style has been overemphasized. So far as I know, this problem has been existing for quite a long time and possibly in our country alone. High school students are supposed to study hard, but it seems that few care what they really want. I just graduated from high school this year. While in high school I didn＇t care much about my hair style, but whenever the school checked to see if we had had our hair cut I always felt a little annoyed. If anyone forgot to have his hair cut to the required standard, he was sure to be reprimanded or even punished. I hope our high school can show a greater interest in helping students cultivate their minds than in picking holes in their hair. Once in a while our society seems to be interested in this problem too, but it is a pity that the students＇ own view in this matter is rarely consulted. That is why students often quarrel with their teachers, and this mutual misunderstanding is often detrimental to the students themselves. Most high school students do not really care what their hair style is; what they beef about is perhaps the constant check on their hair length. Why doesn＇t the Ministry of Education release high school students from this particular pressure? No wonder more and more youngsters in school are inclined to commit offenses. It is time to try and keep our educational house in order.

The hair style of high school students has been a controversial issue for many years. The prescribed plain short hair may look tidy, but the insistence on the hair length below the ear lobe in the case of girl students, which is fixed at one centimeter or at most two, is quite unnecessary. Until recently, the Mayor of Tainan had tried to persuade the Ministry of Education to give the high schoolers the carte blanche to determine their own hair styles. It is difficult for us to say if the idea is right or wrong. So far as I am concerned, problems of the young are not confined to such a small matter as hair style; what matters is the reinforcement of the students＇ moral consciousness, the way they should behave, and the like. The length of their hair or whether they have the right to give it a permanent wave is relatively unimportant. Cleanness and neatness is what really matters. There is hardly anything that stays unchanged all the time. Why doesn＇t the concerned authority reconsider this hair business? Maybe the bickerings that sour the relations between the military instructors and their students will therefore be gone. By the way, to improve one＇s appearance is nothing wrong, is it? We all expect to see a new look of the young. Maybe a change in the concerned authority＇s policy toward the high schoolers＇ hair style will bring this about.

[中国过生日的英语作文

Olympic Games is the biggest event for the players, because it holds every

four years. I remembered that my father watched the games at midnight many years

ago, and I did not understand why he was so crazy about it. Now I watched the

game with him and I started to appreciate the charm of sports. No matter what

the result is, standing in the biggest stage and competing with the greatest

rivals make the players feel proud. They chase to be higher, stronger and faster

and these are the spirit of Olympic Games. When the audience see the players

break the record and challenge human being’s limitation, how excited it is.

Every time when I go home by train, I feel very uncomfortable, because I have to smell the terrible air, people always smoke, making the public place smell bad. Since the motor train operates, I feel so happy, I find the train is very clean, the air smells good, no people smoke in the train. I feel so surprised, this is the ideal environment for me, in the long journey, all the people are so polite. Smoking in the public place should be banned, the bad smell not only makes people sick, but also does harm to their health. In the long journey, people need to keep a good environment, so they have a good mood.

Every time when I go home by train, I feel very uncomfortable, because I have to smell the terrible air, people always smoke, making the public place smell bad. Since the motor train operates, I feel so happy, I find the train is very clean, the air smells good, no people smoke in the train. I feel so surprised, this is the ideal environment for me, in the long journey, all the people are so polite. Smoking in the public place should be banned, the bad smell not only makes people sick, but also does harm to their health. In the long journey, people need to keep a good environment, so they have a good mood.

Today is "March" Womens Day, I want to do several things to help his

mother, let her have a happy holiday. At noon, I came home and found the table

already filled with delicious food, but just could not see her mother. Suddenly,

I heard a sound of laundry to the laundry and saw the stage, my mother was

washing clothes. I said: "Mom, you go to eat, Ill wash. Because today is your

holiday, I want to make you happy." "Are you okay?" Mom asked, smiling. "OK," I

said. Mom went to eat doubtfully. I picked up the sleeves, took out a piece of

clothing, wet with blisters, and then cast soap, then rub hard. Yeah rub rub,

rub my hands are red, but there are still a little greasy clothes, do not rub

clean. I had to rinse with a brush, then rinse well with water and the clothes

clean. I washed some clothes, my mother came, looked at me hard to look like, my

mother smiles, so happy, so happy.

Evening, I rush to help her mother wash the dishes, I washed dishes placed

neatly. Mother looked, smiled and said: "So this is Yao Yao gave me holiday

gift!" Although I am more tired than usual today, but I am very happy because

I let my mother had a happy holiday season. Memorable day - dedicated to the

Womens Day Mom.

放学了，我背着书包和老师有礼貌地说了声：“老师，再见！”高高兴兴地走在回家的路上。

在路上，我看见同班同学张明一边走一边剥香蕉吃，他大口大口地咬完了香蕉，随手一扔，把香蕉皮丢在了马路上。看到这里，我飞快地跑上前对张明说：“我们是少先队员了，不能随地扔垃圾，要是有人踩到香蕉皮摔倒了可不好。”听了我的话，张明不好意思地红了脸，他弯着身子把香蕉皮拣起来，扔进了路边的垃圾桶。我看到他知错就改，高兴地笑了。

走着走着，我又看到了李亮和王强在津津有味地啃着手里的西瓜，把西瓜籽吐在地上，还比赛谁吐得远呢。我又跑到了他们面前和他们说：“我们是少先队员了，要保护环境，不能随地扔垃圾。”李亮和王强也感到不好意思了，连忙说：“一定注意改正。”

叶文青是我们班的一名普普通通的少先队员。他不仅能按时完成老师布置的作业，还主动包揽了包干区的清扫工作，在家也能把家打扫地干干净净。在叶文青身上能反映出一名少先队员吃苦耐劳和坚持不写懈的崇高品质。

前年冬天的一个夜晚，叶文青生病了。可第二天早晨，叶文青还是背着书包准备去上学。在他快速走出家门时，被他的父母拦住了，说什么也不然他去上学。他的父亲语重心长地说：“医生不是说过你的病还没好，只能待在家里休息，不能出去。”可是叶文青却理直气壮地说：“如果我不去学校，那么我们的包干区不就没有人清扫了吗？没有人清扫还会干净吗？学校会不干净、不整洁，班级还会被扣分。”这些话深深感动了他的父母，他们为有这样的儿子感到骄傲，就立刻同意叶文青去上学。叶文青高高兴兴的去上学。

叶文青来到学校，正准备去打扫包干区。可是同学们七嘴八舌地劝他不要去打扫包干区了。可是他不听同学们的劝说。我跟了过去，想看看他到底是怎么打扫包干区的。只见他认认真真地在扫地，看见垃圾就飞快跑过去扫掉。过了一会儿，他直起腰来，擦擦脸上的汗水，活动活动手腕，摔摔手臂，往手心里吐了口唾沫搓了搓，又操起扫帚，弯下腰去。

啊！一个能不辞辛苦、含辛劳苦的少先队员；一个多么勤劳的少先队员；一个为了班级、学校付出一切的好少先队员。

五一，是国际劳动者的节日，

五月，又是一个充满真情的日子。

这春意盎然的季节里，春风送爽的今天，

在此，向所有的劳动人民由衷地道一声：

“五·一”国际劳动节快乐!

城市里的每一个角落都有劳动者奔波的身影，

乡村田野上到处都留下了劳动者辛劳的脚印。

满是茧子的双手钢铁般厚实有力，

撑起人生的理想与信念。

点点汗滴珍珠般闪烁光芒

与天相辉与地相映。

汗水染绿大地点缀了祖国山河的美丽，

无私奉献向人类播洒芬芳与快乐，

劳动人民才是大地的精华。

为了祖国的繁荣，为了民族的富强，

今天的主角用勤劳的双手和智慧，

不惜挥汗水洒热血奉献无悔的青春。

把萋凉的荒山改变成一片片美丽的果场，

在乱石废岗中建立起一座座壮观的高楼大厦，

穿越高山峻岭筑就了一条条现代化的高速信息公路，

奋斗者开创了一个又一个惊人的业绩。

是劳动人民创造了我们今天美好的生活，

是他们构建了文明的社会主义和谐社会。

在这激情澎湃的季节，在这特别的日子里，

让我们以崇敬的心情，衷心地祝愿：

--伟大的劳动者节日快乐!

Nowadays, the problem of college students employment becoming more and

more serious. About a decade ago, university students could find satisfactory

and enviable jobs after graduation, while at current situation, about 30% of

graduate students can’t find a job but stay at home after graduation.

Employment difficulty of college students is due to the following reasons.

Among these, the increasing recruitment of colleges and universities plays a

vital role. In addition, many colleges and universities fail to adapt their

courses to the development of economy.

Considering such a rough job market, I think it is high time that we took

effective measures to solve the problem. Above all, college students should

realize their own defects and further improve themselves to keep their

competitive edge in society.

Moreover, colleges or universities should provide more trainings and

internship opportunities before the students enter the society. Besides, college

students should hold a right attitude towards jobs and set their job

expectations at a suitable level.

Only through these ways can the college students find a satisfactory job

and have a brighter future.

As the spring festival  is coming, I decide to tell you something  about Spring Festival  .

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,which counts from the first day in the lunar calendar ,and is the most important holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.At the time,the children will play the fireworks and firecracker。further more，once the children greet to olds，  for return,the olds will give the children lucky money.and last The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends and wish each other good luck in the new year,remember to be happy！

When you ask a foreign what’s his impression about Chinese, he will say Chinese people are friendly and kind, but if you ask his impression about Chinese people when they are meeting in social occasion, he will answer you with the drink. It is a tradition for Chinese people that when they invite friends, they must prepare a lot of wine, the guests need to be drunk, because it means the hosts do a good job on treating their friends.

Wine culture in China is very popular, it reflects on the business communication, too. When people need to deal with the business, they like to book a table in the hotel, and talk about the business work while they are having dinner. The inevitable thing is to drink, the boss like to watch the young employees to drink, when the boss is happy, the business is done. Chinese social communication is not in the best way, but there is no way to change.

[中国人口现状英语作文

When a guest comes to my home from afar on a cold night, I light bamboo to

boil tea to offer him. Ancient Chinese poem.China is the home country of tea.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to

Japan and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing

dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. In the early period of the 17th century,

Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper class adopted the fashion of

drinking tea. Chinese tea like Chinese silk and china has become synonymous

worldwide with refined culture. At the heart of the culture of tea the study and

practice of tea in all its aspects is the simple gesture of offering a cup of

tea to a guest that for Chinese people today is a fundamental social custom, as

it has been for centuries.China traces the development of tea as an art form to

Lu Yu, known as the Saint of Tea in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang

Dynasty and who wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise on tea and tea

culture. The spirit of tea permeates Chinese culture, and throughout the country

there are many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts and tea

customs. Better-known places to enjoy a good cup of tea in China include Beijing

noted for its variety of teahouses; Fujian and Guangdong provinces and other

places in the southeast of China that serve gongfu tea, a formal serving of tea

in tiny cups; the West Lake in Hangzhou, also the home of the Tea Connoisseurs

Association, noted for its excellent green tea; and provinces in southwest China

like Yunnan where the ethnic groups less affected by foreign cultures retain tea

ceremonies and customs in original tea-growing areas.