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1000关于自我介绍是英语
全文共 943 字
+ 加入清单I am Ma Yuanhao. Now let me tell you something about my family. My family has seven people in it, my father, my mother, my brother, my sister, my uncle, my grandfather and I. My grandfather is a driver. He drives a bus. He works in Beijing. He has two kids. They are my father and my uncle.
My father and my uncle are both office workers. They are in the same office. My brother is a policeman. He is tall and strong. He works in Shenyang.I am a student. My sister is a student,too. We are in the same school, but in different grades. My mother is a nurse. She works in a hospital. We live in Beijing now with my parents.
I often have bread and milk for breakfast. I like eating hamburgers, too. And for lunch, I usually have some chicken with vegetables and rice. Jiaozi is my favorite food. I usually have Jiaozi and an apple for dinner. I think I can eat healthily.
My mother cooks very well. She often cooks nice food for us.
I love my family!
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篇1:有关春节美食的英语介绍
全文共 798 字
+ 加入清单Nian Gao:The northerners eat Jiao Zi, but southerners like to eat Nian Gao, which translates to "New Year Cake". In Chinese, Gao is a homonym for high. Nian Gao is also called Nian Nian Gao, which is a homonym for "higher each year", symbolizing progress and promotion at work and in daily life and improvement in life year by year.
Nian Gao is a sweet, sticky, brown cake made from rice flour and sugar, a kind of glutinous white cake in the shape of rectangle. Often given as a gift, it is delicious when steamed, fried, fried with eggs or even eaten cold.
Given the importance of food in Chinese culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations. "Lucky" foods are served through the two week Chinese New Year celebration, also called the Spring festival.
篇2:英语作文介绍老师
全文共 270 字
+ 加入清单My English teacher is a beautiful girl. Her name is Fang Ling. She has two big eyes. And she has a small mouth. She likes smile. She is a sunny girl. I love her, because her English is very good. She often play with us.
This is my English teacher. A beautiful sunny girl!
篇3:初一介绍春节英语
全文共 1617 字
+ 加入清单The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Years Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before. For Buddhists, the first day is also the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (better known as the more familiar Budai Luohan), the Buddha-to-be. People also abstain from killing animals.
Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
Some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. Members of the family who are married also give red packets containing cash to junior members of the family, mostly children and teenagers.
While fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concerns over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around New Years and challenged municipal fire departments work capacity. For this reason, various city governments (e.g., Hong Kong, and Beijing, for a number of years) issued bans over fireworks and firecrackers in certain premises of the city. As a substitute, large-scale fireworks have been launched by governments in cities like Hong Kong to offer citizens the experience.
篇4:英语口语自我介绍
全文共 1788 字
+ 加入清单My name is Li Yang.I graduated from Lanzhou University and majored Mechanical Engineering.
I was once a poor student of English,and it was my biggest headache and trouble-maker.I got sick and tired of learning boring grammar rules and lifeless words.
But through hard work in practicing speaking English and breaking away from the traditional grammar games,I found myself a totally different and exciting new world.Not only did I pass Band four and Band six College English Exams very easily with high marks,but importantly,I began to use English.
Finally,I developed a new Language Cracking System myself,I began to teach German not long after I started to learn this terribly difficult language in my own way.It was a miracle but I made it.英语口语自我介绍篇二
Hello everybody.My name is (Lily) .Im (twenty )years old. I live in (beijing)。I very love English. I read English every day. I yell English every day, My favorite sports are tennis and swimming.
I play tennis all the time since Im a child. My father is a doctor and my mother is a teacher. We are all interested in English. My parents want me to be an English thacher when I graduate. I hope we can be friends.lets help each other from now. 英英语口语自我介绍篇三
My name is XX .21years old. Graduated from XX school. My hobbies, such as reading extensively, dancing, singing, etc. I think English is very useful to us, because the world many people speak English, if I can speak good English, I can talk with them and with their friends.
So I hope to have the chance to exercise myself. In my home, my father has three people in the catering company work, my mother is a housewife, I sometimes very outgoing personality sometimes love quiet, I believe I can do this job. Glad to meet you can today.
I hope you can give me this opportunity, thank you。
篇5:关于介绍家人的英语
全文共 626 字
+ 加入清单There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my elderly brother and I. My father is a computer engineer. He works in a big company in my city. My mother is a nurse. She works hard to help patients. But she is always busy and always comes home late tiredly. My brother is three years older than me. Now, he is a middle school student. He is sunny and easygoing. He can help me a lot in my study. I am primary school student. I love my families. So do they.
我家有四口人。他们是我的父亲,我的母亲,我的哥哥,我的父亲是一名计算机工程师。他在我城市的一家大公司工作。我的母亲是一名护士。她努力帮助病人。但是她总是很忙,总是很晚才回家。我哥哥比我大三岁。现在,他是一名中学生。他阳光明媚,很随和。在我的学习中他可以帮我很多。我是小学生。我爱我的家庭。所以他们。
篇6:英语自我介绍复试面试
全文共 1343 字
+ 加入清单Good afternoon, teachers.
I am very glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is abc, 25 years old. I come from Weifang, a beautiful city of Shandong Province. I graduated from Commercial College in July,2001 and major in finance. Then, I was a teacher in abc, When I was a senior school student,I am interested in thought and began to read a certain classic work of Marxism, especially I finished reading “the florilegium of Mao ZeDong”。 From then on, I have dabbled in more and more theoretical works and accumulated great interests in theory study, especially in Marxism.
I have a dream, a dream of my study. I wish devote my whole life and energy into the development of the Marxism. If I have the opportunity to study in abc University, I‘ll dabble in as much as document about the specialty as possible. If it is possible, I want to get the primary accomplishment in my major, at least, a stable basis.
Personally, for today‘s China, the first task to the development of Marxism is a process of construction. That’s to say, we should understand Marxism mostly from the aspect of construction and development of social society. Only when our socialistic country has a more rapid and balance development than the capitalistic, we can enhance the attractiveness and persuasion of Marxism eventually.
篇7:小学自我介绍英语作文
全文共 436 字
+ 加入清单I am xxx and I am 12 years old. My favorite sports include basketball, swim and football. One of my favorite stars is Liu Xiang because he is the fastest runner in the world and a pride of our country.
I have love fruits like watermelon, grapes, banana, and so forth. When I have time, I like watching TV, playing games on my computer, surfing the web, and reading. I have a lot of friends and we often play football together.
篇8:介绍小兔子的英语
全文共 1634 字
+ 加入清单I am a lovely little girl, although I am 9 years old, but the understanding of the animal makes you cant believe a ferocious tiger, strange Chinese sturgeon, a giant pandas, a naughty dolphins, with the lion king of the forest, a sly fox, and clever monkey in these animals, my favorite animal is the white rabbit, the rabbit is a common animal, but I saw a small white rabbit remembered in the snow in the joy! Because I like rabbits, so I know it very well!
小白兔长得很普通,雪白雪白的毛儿,非常漂亮,要是下雪,动物们一定以为白兔是雪中小精灵。长长的耳朵,像黑宝石的眼睛,还有一张三瓣嘴,宛如听了什么笑话,笑得嘴都裂开了。
The rabbit is very common, white hair, very beautiful, if it were to snow white, animal must think snow elves. Long ears, black stones like the eyes, and a three valve mouth, like to listen to what a joke, grin cracked.
我猜白兔长得不特别是因为它吃得不好,吃一些萝卜或者青菜,我就搞不懂它为什么不吃肉呀?如果我是白兔,我就吃肉,不吃萝卜。
I guess the rabbit isnt particularly because it is not good to eat, eat some carrots or cabbage, I do not know why it does not eat meat? If I was a rabbit, I eat meat, do not eat radish.
我很喜欢兔子,所以小时候妈妈给我买了一只可爱的小白兔,可惜它在我家只过了一天就死了,还记得那天中午,妈妈买了青菜,我就拼命地把菜往小白兔的笼子里塞,白兔狼吞虎咽地大吃起来,好像一个星期没吃饭似的。就这样我让它吃了很多青菜,结果它被吃撑死了呀!唉!我真希望兔子像千年老龟一样活那么长时间呀!
I like the rabbit, so when my mother bought me a cute little rabbit, but it in my home, only one died, remember that day at noon, my mother bought vegetables, I tried to put food into the small rabbit rabbit cage plug, eat like wolves and tigers to eat, If hadnt eaten for a week. So I let it eat a lot of vegetables, it is eat dead! Oh! I really hope that the rabbit like a thousand year old turtle live so long time!
听了我的介绍,你喜欢兔子吗?
After listening to my introduction, you like rabbits?
篇9:唐代的代表人物及作品介绍
全文共 961 字
+ 加入清单中华悠久的历史,渊源的文化,下面是小编整理的唐代的代表人物及作品介绍,希望对你有帮助!
(一)唐诗
1、初唐四杰:“王杨卢骆”,王勃、杨炯、卢照邻、骆宾王。王勃《滕王阁序》,杨炯《从军行》,卢照邻《长安古意》,骆宾王《帝京篇》、《咏鹅》。
2、李白,字太白,号青莲居士,被后人誉为“诗仙”。与杜甫并称为“李杜”,代表作有《将进酒》《蜀道难》《梦游天姥吟留别》《静夜思》《望庐山瀑布》《侠客行》《春思》《秋歌》等。
3、杜甫,字子美,唐代伟大的现实主义诗人,被后人称为“诗圣”,他的诗被称为“诗史”。代表作有《春望》、《北征》、《三吏》、《三别》等名作。
4、小李杜:李商隐,杜牧。李商隐,晚唐著名诗人,字义山,代表作《无题》,《锦瑟》。杜牧,字牧之,号樊川居士,著有《樊川文集》。
5、山水田园诗人:王维、孟浩然。王维,字摩诘,号摩诘居士,有“诗佛”之称。代表诗作有《相思》、《山居秋暝》等。孟浩然,名浩,字浩然,号孟山人,代表作有《过故人庄》、《春晓》、《宿建德江》、《夜归鹿门歌》等篇。
6、边塞诗人:高适、岑参、王昌龄、王之涣。高适《燕歌行》,岑参《白雪歌》,王昌龄《芙蓉楼送辛渐》,王之涣《登鹳雀楼》。
7、人民诗人:白居易,字乐天,号香山居士,唐代伟大的现实主义诗人,唐代三大诗人之一。白居易的诗歌题材广泛,形式多样,语言平易通俗,有“诗魔”和“诗王”之称。代表诗作有《长恨歌》、《卖炭翁》、《琵琶行》等。
(二)散文
1、韩愈,字退之,自称“郡望昌黎”,世称“韩昌黎”、“昌黎先生”。韩愈是唐代古文运动的倡导者,被后人尊为“唐宋八大家”之首,著名的散文有《师说》、《马说》。
2、柳宗元,字子厚,世称“柳河东”、 “河东先生”,柳宗元一生留诗文作品达600余篇,其文的成就大于诗。骈文有近百篇,散文论说性强,笔锋犀利,讽刺辛辣。游记写景状物,多所寄托,有《河东先生集》,代表作有《溪居》、《江雪》、《渔翁》。
(三)书法
唐初四家:欧阳询、虞世南、禇遂良与薛稷代表了初唐风格。
盛唐时期:张旭、怀素、颜真卿和柳公权等
欧阳询:唐初书法家,以楷书最工,独创“欧体”。
虞世南:唐初著名书法家,其正楷与欧阳询齐名。
颜真卿:唐代善于用篆书笔意写楷书,所创“颜体”为后人之楷模。
柳公权:唐代著名书法家,极工楷书。所创“柳体”常为后初学者攻习书法之用。
篇10:简单介绍自己英语
全文共 425 字
+ 加入清单My name is.I am eleven years old this year.I am tall and thin with two big eyes.I like reading,collecting stamps,playing the piano,playing table tennis,traveling and so on.I also like eating meat because it is delicious.I am interested in maths and English.I study hard every day so I am good at maths and English.I also like playing basketball on weekends with my friends.My favorite star is Yao Ming.I admire him very much.
篇11:我喜欢的明星英语作文
全文共 337 字
+ 加入清单My favorite superstar is Hu Ge ,he is 23 years old and vety hansome!Befor this time ,he is necovering from a traffic accident. So bad !Heneceived stitches for the wound on his forehehecud .Alittle days Hu waswent to America make his face.when I see it ,my heart all breaken!
"Oh god!" his fans say "We wish Hu Ge comback soon!"
篇12:1清明节介绍英语作文
全文共 1158 字
+ 加入清单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 "god‘s 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.
相反的悲伤的墓扫墓,人们也希望享受春天的这一天。清明节是一个阳光灿烂的日子,树和草都变绿了,大自然又恢复了活力。自古以来,人们都有踏青的习俗。此时到处是游客。
人们喜欢在清明节期间放风筝。风筝放飞其实并不限于清明节。它的独特之处在于人们在白天不放风筝,晚上也放风筝。一串串的小灯笼拴在风筝上或是线上看起来像闪亮的星星,因此被称为“上帝的灯笼”。
清明节也是一个植树的时候,树苗的成活率很高,树木生长快。在过去,清明节被称为“植树节”。但自1979以来,“植树节”定在3月12日根据公历。
篇13:高一英语作文腊八节介绍
全文共 1415 字
+ 加入清单The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.
Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since la has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later appended the number eighth , giving us the current laba.
Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.
There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch.
篇14:英语简历自我介绍模板
全文共 1882 字
+ 加入清单Name: Melvin
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May, 1982
Citizenship: Junan county, Linyi, Shandong
Major: English (B.A)
⊿ Objective
Assistant of your office or the manager; Interpreter of company or organization which concerns international business; College or vocational university‘s teacher.
⊿ Education Background
September 2002 to July 2006, Shandong University of Architecture ⊿ Main Skills
About English
Have past the Test for English Major -4; fluent oral English, and good pronunciation.
Major target: ESP of technology, esp. architecture and real estate, and also international business.
About GermanAbout Chinese
Have got the Certificate of Chinese, the score is 86.2
About Computer
Have a good command of computer, knowing the basic maintain of hardware and software;
Good sense of Visual Foxpro language.Intersted in web page design, and had mastered the MACROMEDIA, which including Dreamweaver,Flash and Firework.
Skilled in Microsoft Office, including FrontPage.
⊿ Work Experience
Have part time job in Shanghai Yaru Consulting Co.Ltd during 2004 and 2005 summer holiday.
Did the market research for Shandong Shiguang Boiler Co.Ltd (shanghai branch) in shanghai.
Experiences on be a tutor of junior, senior middle school students and college students.
Many times of doing promotion sales for stores during the campus life.
⊿ ActivitiesFrom 2004 to 2005, be the minister of the Network Department and Publicity Department of the Students Union.
⊿ Awards & Honors
In the year of 2004, awarded the "Model student stuff "prize of our school.
In the year of 2004, won the third level scholarship of our school.
In the year of 2003, won the "Excellent Student" prize of our school.
⊿ Interests
Have intensive interest in traveling, photographing; Reading,esp.on business, economy and computer.
⊿ Self-Evaluation
Strong sense of responsibility, good spirit of teamwork. Can learn new things well in short time.
篇15:介绍历史人物赵云
全文共 752 字
+ 加入清单谈起我最喜欢的历史人物时,我一定会说:“我最喜欢的历史人物是赵云!”
自古以来,赵云就以一个英勇善战、忠心耿耿、智勇双全的人物出现。
作为一个“三国迷”,就不能不了解你喜欢的人物。下面我简要地把赵云的生平说一下。
赵云,常山真定人,字子龙,寿七十二岁,身高八尺余(约合180厘米)。在《三国演义》里面,赵云在袁绍和公孙瓒交战时期登场,刚登场就显示了一下威风,不但救了公孙瓒一命,还跟袁绍手下大将文丑打了个平手,一下就灭了袁绍的威风。第二天,赵云打得袁绍溃不成军,甚至把田丰这个“刚而犯上”的刚烈谋士打慌了,幸好袁绍要死拼下去,才好歹把赵云杀回去了。可是没过几天,赵云又觉得公孙瓒“亦袁绍等辈”,找了个借口回家了,然后投奔了刘备。
从这打住算,赵云已经换了两次“老板”,头一次是袁绍换成了公孙瓒,然后又由公孙瓒换成了刘备。当时刘备跟曹操完全唱反调,一个一贫如洗,一个殷实富裕;一个人才凋零,一个人才济济;一个一无所有,一个土地万里。结果刘备被赶得乱跑,后来总算请来了诸葛亮,没想到还是被赶着跑。
当阳之役也就是长板坡之战可让赵云出尽了风头。一个人救了简雍、糜竺、甘夫人、刘禅不说,还杀了曹营名将五十多名,灭了曹军的锐气。当刘备打刘璋的时候,赵云又把刘禅从孙夫人手里抢了回来。灭刘璋也有赵云的功劳,可他却只得了一个翊军将军的官职。
诸葛亮一出祁山的时候,因为马谡的失误而不得不撤退,又是赵云保护好了物资,理应封一个元帅才对。可是诸葛亮只说了几句好话而已,但赵云也没计较。
赵云最后还是被诸葛亮累死了,从这点不能不为赵云惋惜,也不能不为诸葛亮的笨而遗憾。有一首诗是赵云一生的评价,它是这么写的:“常山有虎将,智勇匹关张。汉水功勋在,当阳姓字彰。两番扶幼主,一念答先皇。青史书忠烈,应流百世芳。”
篇16:介绍山西大同的英语
全文共 1258 字
+ 加入清单Datong is one of the city famous for it’s history and culture and is located at the northern part of Shanxi Province. Datong is 380 km (236 miles) west of Beijing and 352 km (219 miles) north of Taiyuan, and is an important traffic junction with great strategic importance. Consisting of four districts and seven counties, Datong covers an area of 14,152 sq km (3,497,032 acres) and has a population of over 3 million. Mt. Hengshan, Mt. Cailiang, Mt. Mafu and many other mountains and hills surround Datong combines with more than 20 rivers running through the region make Datong City a wonderful place with beautiful natural scenery. There are also abundant mineral resource of which the coal mine is the most famous which gives Datong the title Capital of Coal. The area enjoys the continental monsoon climate, winter of Datong is extremely cold and dry, and spring and fall are cool but the temperature varies sharply between day and night. The average annual temperature is 5.5 oC (41.9 oF), and the hottest temperature is 37.7 oC (99.86 oF) while the lowest -29.1 oC(-20.38 oF). During the summer Datong is a natural tourist resort because the average temperature is only 19~21 oC (66.2~69.8 oF). The best time to visit Datong is during July and August.
篇17:年夜饭介绍英语作文
全文共 2053 字
+ 加入清单The Spring Festival is the first traditional festival of the Chinese people in one year. It marks the end of the old year and the new year has begun. The annual evening meal is one of the important activities of the Spring Festival, and the Chinese peoples families attach great importance to the dinner. At the beginning of the first two of the month, I went to my grandmothers house with my mom and dad to have dinner.
Today, there are a lot of people, grandmas home is very busy, the year is super strong. My aunt, uncle, and my father are talking about a hot day. They eat melon seeds, while talking off the reel. Cousin and sister in sister-in-law in the room amused baby happy, looking at the babys smiling face, they do not mention how happy. And both of me and my cousins were "unscrupulous". Three of us sat cross legged on the sofa, leisurely play cut the rope on the iPad, occasionally heard bursts of laughter.
After a while, grandma kindly led us into the room and gave us a red envelope with "horse" printed. We received the red envelope and smiled, thanks, grandma.
There are 5 minutes to 6. Uncle arranges us to each seat on the table, and my 2 cousins around her. Start with a pre - meal dessert "vegetable salad" and open the stomach. We have to take three chowhound a spoon to scoop a spoon Salad salad, not for a while, almost finished. The aunt laughed and said, "eat slowly, everyone and you snatch." At this time, the second dish "years of fish" came up. The flavor of the sauce is full, the taste of the soy sauce is right, and the onion is added to it. The dish does not mention how beautiful it is. The fish is over, and the next is "boiled shrimps". This dish is sweet and delicious, with a bowl of vinegar, make people unable to hide greeds. Later on a lot of good food, are a delicacy, today is really fantastic.
In the evening, after dinner. We have continued are scattered, and my mom and dad and grandma reluctant to part also had to say "goodbye", today is a day to play indescribably happy, and the family is a happy thing.
篇18:介绍动物的英语
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+ 加入清单Everybody likes a small animal! Such as dogs, cats, turtles and so on. My home have a pet dog. He is a little yellow, his whole body is yellow. He has a pair of watery big eyes. Yellow is a little male dog. When he grow up, can help us tube of the house.
One day, the little yellow swept away.com by the bad guys to catch, I was so sad. I want to, I later cant play with you, a little yellow. A few days later, huang came back again, I dont mention how happy heart.
Huang, you are my good friend, bring me a lot of fun. I really like you.
篇19:我喜欢的卡通人物——柯南
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+ 加入清单我看过了许多动画片,其中我最喜欢的动画片是《名侦探柯南》。动画片片里的柯南是我喜欢的卡通人物。柯南原本有17岁,却被一个黑衣人喂过毒药,变成了五岁小男孩的模样。柯南对门有一位叫阿笠博士的人送给了他两件法宝,一件叫“弹性手表”,另一个叫“蝴蝶结”。自从柯南有了两件法宝,再加上他有高超的推理能力,破获了许多让警察束手无策的案件,又以自己的聪明机智帮助大人解决了许多问题,成为了一名名侦探。
柯南机智、勇敢、活泼、善良让我非常喜欢,他是我最喜欢的卡通人物。
篇20:介绍七夕的英语作文
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+ 加入清单The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.
This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.
Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.
With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.
Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.