英语作文50词左右my family合集20篇

I have a happyFAMILY. My parents love me so much, though my sister and I

sometimes have arguments, we love each other all the time. When I meet

difficulties, I will think of my parents first, I tell them about my confusion

and they will help me solve them. My sister will stand by my side when I have

fight with other students. This is my family and I love them.

在普通话中，“停当”只有一义：“齐备;完毕。”(见《现代汉语词典》)。此一义合肥亦用，如，“东西都准备停当了，要走马上可走。”

在合肥方言中，“停当”还有一义指能干、手巧、有办法。如“这丫头真停当，花绣得多好看!”“把事交给他你就放心吧，他停当得很，肯定会把左左右右都考虑到。”

《儒林外史》第二回：“他也要算停当的了，若想到黄老爹的地步，只怕还要做几年的梦。”第二十三回：“他做小司客的时候，极其停当，每年聚几两银子，先带小货，后来就弄窝子。”此两例中的“停当”显然即合肥方言所说的“停当”，证明全椒一带清代时“停当”即有此义。

Music is a kind of beautiful enjoyment, it makes me happy, makes me feel

better. The music brought joy to people!

The grass to listen to music, grow more and more flourishing, more and more

green. Several long more and more high wood to listen to the concert. People

listen to the music is good, can relieve pain, fatigue, also can turn a bad mood

into a good mood, still can make people happy, let people follow the music dance

dance to.

If the world without music, the grass will not listen to music, will

wither. The trees will not thrive without the music, also wont grow taller.

People wont listen to the music, will feel very lonely, lonely, will feel very

depressed.

He said mom and dad!!!! They go to work, a days hard work, come back in

the evening to listen to music, relax the mood, relieve the body of a long day,

also can relieve fatigue.

Grandma is very lonely one day, I went to school in the morning, mom and

dad go to work, my grandfather has also gone out to the park. Grandma leg is not

good, is more walk leg ache, so grandma had to stay at home. Grandma do not

work, just listen to music at home, so she didnt feel lonely, also have things

to do.

People alive, be without music, without music, the world will be very pale,

our life is monotonous, boring, so the music is very important to us.

Every September 10 is teachers day in China. Teachers day is Chinas only three industry, including nurses day, journalist day holiday. In different historical periods in China since 1931, a total of four different date and the nature of the teachers day.

First appeared in the history of our country is teachers day in 1931. At that time, the education of famous professor TaiShuang autumn and range coverage and contact the educators of Beijing, Shanghai, to June 6 as teachers day each year, and published the declaration of teachers day, improve teachers treatment, safeguard work, improve teachers accomplishment three goals. This teachers day is not recognized by the kuomintang government of the time, but all over the country produced a certain influence.

In view of the "six," teachers day is the teachers organize to set up, the kuomintang government has not acknowledged that in 1939, the KMT government decided to set up the ministry of education of Confuciuss birthday (August 27) for teachers day, and issued the "interim measures for teachers day to commemorate", but was not in the country.

In 1951, the ministry of education of the Peoples Republic of China and the all-china federation of trade unions, agreed to combine with "51" international labor day together as teachers day in China. Due to various reasons, teachers did not practice in fact.

In order to carry forward the fine tradition of "attaching importance", improve teachers status, January 21, 1985, on the sixth session of the 9th meeting of the standing committee of the National Peoples Congress formally by the state council on establishing a teachers day, to determine teachers day on September 10th every year for China. Since then, the teacher had own festival.

每年的9月10日是中国教师节。 教师节是我国仅有的包括护士节、记者节在内的3个行业性节日。自1931年以来，我国在不同历史时期共有过4种不同日期和性质的教师节。

我国历史上最早出现的教师节是1931年。当时，教育界知名教授邰爽秋、程其保等联络京、沪教育界人士，拟定每年6月6日为教师节，并发表《教师节宣言》，提出改善教师待遇、保障教师工作、增进教师修养3项目标。这个教师节没有被当时的国民党政府承认，但在全国各地产生了一定影响。

鉴于“六·六”教师节是教师自发组织设立的，国民党政府没有承认，1939年，国民党政府教育部决定另立孔子诞辰日(8月27日)为教师节，并颁发了《教师节纪念暂行办法》，但当时未能在全国推行。

1951年，中华人民共和国教育部和中华全国总工会共同商定，将教师节与“五一”国际劳动节合并一起作为我国教师节。由于种种原因，教师节实际上并未实行。

为了发扬“尊师重教”的优良传统，提高教师地位，1985年1月21日，在第六届全国人大常委会第九次会议上正式通过国务院关于建立老师节的议案，确定每年9月10日为中国的教师节。从此以后，老师便有了自己的节日。

Today is New Years eve, the long-awaited spring is finally here. After bathing, I put on new clothes, put on the new shoes and feel refreshed. Dinner, the family sitting by the fire, eating a big family reunion dinner, have a dry mushrooms braised duck, sprinkle with cabbage, since the salt? H chicken, dumplings, etc... A table delicacies population water dc three thousand feet. We eat while watching CCTV Spring Festival gala, some crosstalk jokes made us laugh and havoc, in imperceptible in 2014, the ringing of the scratching firecrackers echoed throughout, gorgeous and colorful fireworks in the sky like a flower blooming, adorn the boundless night like day.

On the first day in the morning, I get up early, get dressed and tidy. After breakfast, Ill give grandpa grandma happy New Year, my grandparents gave me early prepared a red envelope, I hope my body health. I take a red envelope so happy, I want to save money, wait for grandma and grandpa birthday to buy gifts for your grandparents.

Then I went to the New Years greetings to my grandmas, I saw the six newborn puppy, they have a black hair grown up, have long a brown hair, very lovely! I also use the eve of the remaining bone to eat them. When I leave my grandmas, they watched we get in the car, Im a bit reluctant to leave them.

I had a very happy Spring Festival!

今天是除夕，盼望已久的春节终于来了。洗澡过后，我换上了新衣服，穿上了新鞋子，感觉神清气爽。晚饭时，一家人围坐在火炉旁，吃着丰盛的年夜饭，有冬菇焖鸭、小炒包菜、自制盐?h鸡、汤圆等等…一桌佳肴让人口水直流三千尺。我们一边吃一边看着中央电视台的春节晚会，一些相声段子把我们笑得人仰马翻，在不知不觉中2014年的钟声敲响了，噼里啪啦的鞭炮声响彻了神州大地，绚丽的、五光十色的烟花像鲜花一样在夜空中绽放，把茫茫的黑夜点缀得如同白昼一般。

大年初一早上，我早早起床，把自己弄得衣着整齐。早饭过后，我给爷爷奶奶拜年，爷爷奶奶把早准备好的红包给了我，希望我身体健康。我拿着红包好高兴，我要把压岁钱存起来，等到爷爷奶奶生日的时候再给爷爷奶奶买礼物。

接着我到外婆家去拜年了，我见到了六只新出生的小狗，它们有的长了一身乌黑的毛，有的长了一身棕色的毛，好可爱!我还用年夜饭剩下的骨头给它们吃。当我离开外婆家的时候，它们一直目送我们上车，我还真有点舍不得离开它们。

春节我过得好开心啊!

The work in the construction industry for several years, my ideal job is to

be a great engineer, but want to become an excellent engineer is not an easy

thing, first of all I must be familiar with the relevant budget quota,valuation

table, standard fees, with a full set of construction drawings;joint examination

of construction drawing me in order to participate in theconstruction, points

out the problems and suggestions related to theproject cost, rationally

determine and effectively control, through reasonable and effective control of

project cost to continuously enhance the level of construction cost management,

secondly, the engineering cost documents provided by the cost engineer in

practice, to safeguard the national and social public interests.

I once got on a taxi of which the owner is a faithful reader of mine. On

the hurtling bus, The driver asked me : “Mr.Lin, could you tell me what is

meaning of living?”

He was the first one who asked me such a question about the life, and I was

dumb to be asked suddenly.

Suddenly, the couplet which hanged on the wall of the auditorium of my

middle school was floating on my mind.

The purpose of living is to develop the living quality of mankind.

(the purpose of living is to promote the living standard of mankind;)

The meaning of life is to create the supervene lives of universe.

(the meaning of life is to carry on the continuum of the universe)

And then, I talked to the driver, “The meaning of life is to make a

difference in your mind and soul, meanwhile, do something good and devote

yourself to the world everyday.”

When I have said all this, we were just gone through Renai Road, where were

standing beautiful trees of the each side. It is there that I saw the pretty

flower blooming on the ceiba trees. How beautiful they are.

When we are making progress, that means we are ‘blooming’for ourselves. Out

willing of devoting to our world is a flower for the world.

Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter, but before they came together, she was found to be with child.

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of the Christian religion, is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the Christian World.

According to the Bible, the holy book of Christians, God decided to allow his only son, Jesus Christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman Mary.

Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter, but before they came together, she was found to be with child. Because Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago is not known, the calendar on the supposed date divides all time into B.C. (Before Christ )and A.D. ( a Latin phrase, Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord.") For the first 300 years, Jesus birthday was celebrated on different dates. Finally, in the year 354, church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

About the customs of the Spring Festival and many, many, it is a traditional festival, is also the traditional culture.

"For a New Years eve firecrackers, spring breeze gifts into the toso." A burst of firecrackers sounded, ushered in the I look forward to already a long time of the Spring Festival. In the morning, after dinner, mom and dad will take me to visit relatives, I cant wait to get out a new dress to wear when mother saw the clothes on the logo is still there, then used scissors to cut, I hurriedly call: "mom, when I cant use scissors, lest make to your breath." Mom suddenly enlighted, immediately put down the scissors, with his hands tore down the trademark.

Evening, mother uncle, uncle two families, please come to my house to eat, can be a big dinner, chicken, duck, fish, meat, etc with the table, after dinner, the trash garbage pile has became the hill, mum told me to help put the garbage down, I shook my head, my mother is a bit in anger say: "one year older, you are lazy." I hurriedly explained: "mom, when the Chinese New Year, cant take out the trash, so as not to put money down." Uncle, uncle laughed and said that my age is small, but lots of knowledge. The mother could not help but say with smile: "ah, she know more than me." Upon hearing this, my heart than eating the honey still sweet.

Chinese New Year customs more than these, and, on the first day dont sweep the floor, afraid to sweep away the fortune; Dont pour water, in order to avoid the money down. Is really interesting customs.

关于春节的风俗习惯还有很多很多，它既是传统节日，也是传统文化。

“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。”一阵阵鞭炮声响起，迎来了我盼望已久的春节。早上，吃完饭，爸爸妈妈要带我去拜访亲戚，我迫不及待地拿出新衣服要穿时，妈妈看见了衣服上的商标还在，于是拿来剪刀正要剪时，我连忙叫住：“妈妈，过年时不能用剪刀，免得惹来口舌之争。”妈妈恍然大悟，马上放下剪刀，用手扯下了商标。

晚上，妈妈请大伯、叔叔两家人来我家吃饭，晚餐可丰盛啦，鸡、鸭、鱼、肉等摆满了餐桌，饭后，垃圾桶的垃圾已堆成了小山，妈妈叫我帮助把垃圾倒了，我摇了摇头，妈妈有点生气地说：“长大了一岁，你倒是变懒了。”我连忙解释道：“妈妈，过年时，不能倒垃圾，以免把财运倒了。”叔叔、大伯们大笑起来，说我的年纪虽小，学问却很多。妈妈也禁不住笑道：“她呀，知道的比我还多。”我听后，心里比吃了蜜还甜。

过年的习俗还不止这些，还有：大年初一不扫地，怕把财运扫走;不倒水，以免把财运倒了。可真是有趣的风俗。

I love me to be full of joyous sound to laugh at the home town of language

then. Spring, willow elder sister took off white dress, changed green marriage

outfit. Smell of piquant little careless little brother cerebella bag, floret

little sister showed white cheek. In farmer uncle afield arduous cultivated,

sow. Our dot is on lawn amuse oneself. Birdie ases if to be attracted, also put

sound to sing. Good echo stayed in that beautiful country. Summer, brook water

clang clang flowing. Our children plays in river side amuse oneself. Old people

talks of everything below shade. Cicada is crying, seem to saying: "Heat died to

be heated up dead! " birdie is footloose on the sky the ground is happy fly.

Good memory kept in that beautiful open country. The autumn, maple elder

sister waves falling red autumnal leaves, as if one year when receiving a bumper

harvest. Floret preparation goes and its brother elder sisters left. Farmer

uncle goes up in the field of the hope, reaping oneself labor gain. We work in

help farmer uncle. Birdie gang ground is in and everything here leaves. Leave in

what happiness stayed in the field that is full of mirth then sound. In the

winter, heavy snow swirls underground rise. We are happy on alley ground amuse

oneself. All plants succumbed, only that evergreen tree is in wind snow loftily

stand erect. Animal people mostly hibernant. In this quiet winter, kept the

track of wintry elder sister.

There are many Christmas customs, today I will give you say.

Westerners have three colors is called color Christmas, they are red, green and white. When Christmas comes, every family can use the three colors of adornment to decorate the house.

For we these children on Christmas day, the most popular character in nature is a white-haired old man in red. In the west, the children sleep in the night before Christmas, will put a bright red socks on the bed or the fireplace, waiting for Santa Claus in the night put their gift socks, and adults, always dressed up as Santa Claus put the present on the childrens socks.

Christmas in different places and have different customs. In Sweden, for example, some big company boss will be a week before Christmas invite employees to a Christmas lunch. In Sweden there is a practice, that is the day before Christmas afternoon 3 when watching the Disneys special program on time.

In the Czech republic, people often can be predicted in the coming year on Christmas day have good luck. Prediction method is to cut an apple, if cut the first can see apple cores, it means to have a good luck, if not see, it indicates the second year wont do things well. Girls will throw his shoes above her head, when the shoes to the ground, if the shoes pointed to the door, then indicates the girl to the annual meeting of the married.

Listen to me so much, if you cant wait for Christmas? Dont worry oh, Christmas is soon!

圣诞节有许多的习俗，今天我就给大家说一说。

西方人有三种颜色被称为圣诞色，它们分别是红色、绿色和白色。每当圣诞节来临，家家户户都会用这三种颜色的装饰品来装饰屋子。

对于我们这些小孩子来说，在圣诞节这天，最受欢迎的人物自然是红衣白发的老人。在西方，孩子们在圣诞节的前一天晚上睡觉时，会把一只大红袜子放在床前或者壁炉前，等着圣诞老人在夜晚把送给他们的礼物放在袜子里，而大人们，总是会扮成圣诞老人把礼物放在孩子们的袜子里。

在不同的地方，过圣诞节的习俗也不同。比如说在瑞典，一些大公司的老板就会在圣诞节前一星期邀请员工参加一个圣诞午餐。而在瑞典还有一个惯例，那就是在圣诞节前一天的下午3时准时收看迪士尼的特别节目。

在捷克，人们时常会在圣诞节这一天预测来年有没有好运气。预测方法就是将一个苹果切开，如果切第一下的时候就能看见苹果核，那就代表来年会有好运气，如果没有看见，那就预示着第二年做事情都不会顺利。女孩们会将自己的鞋子抛过头顶，当鞋子落地时，如果鞋尖指向门，那么就预示着这个女孩子来年会出嫁。

听我说了这么多，你是不是已经迫不及待的要过圣诞节了呢?别急哦，圣诞节马上就到了!

在江西抚州，才子之乡。在抚州赣语中停当指能干、手巧、做事漂亮：如“形容某家新妇人会管家把家里办的井井有条，诸事都做得非常好非常漂亮，亦称该新妇为"停当"个人”

在抚州地区村坊多为 一个姓氏一村，各村多称对方村为“族”如 村里的族长在处理族中某纠纷时 族长公平公正处理同样会说道：“该族长为人"停当"意思是说族长 处理事情很漂亮，有贤德之名”

在抚州夸奖某人做的事情非常漂亮，稳当，恰到好处会说道：“该个师傅这次做的事情真停当”其中在抚州地区还有“吃价”“杀轻” 等哩语和停当为近义词

该词 始见于《晋书·庾亮传》：“臣等以九月十九日发武昌，以二十四日达夏口，辄简卒搜乘，停当上道。”《朱子全书》卷十四：“夫子言文质彬彬，自然停当恰如，不少了些子意思;若子贡文犹质，质犹文，便说得偏了。”清平山堂话本·快嘴李翠莲记》：“凡百事我自和嫂嫂收拾打点……无多时，前后俱收拾停儅。”等古文记载在抚州地区的方言中，显然将其引申为夸奖人做事得体漂亮的代名词

大家都知道词汇和汉字都在不断变化不断发展：到清朝后“停当”这个词 已完全和抚州地区的同义 如清朝的《儒林外史》第二回：“他也要算停当的了，若想到黄老爹的地步，只怕还要做几年的梦。”第二十三回：“他做小司客的时候，极其停当，每年聚几两银子，先带小货，后来就弄窝子。”

而“停当”是抚州人夸奖有本领的最常用词汇了.

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Music could be created in any place when you have inspiration.At most

times,we enjoy music like symphonic music.Even pop music,there is neednt to

understand what are they wanting to tell us.We just need to hear it

carefully.Therefore,music shouldnt have national boundaries.

According to my personal experience,music has a more positive effect on our

life.When we are in a blue mood,we could listen to some foreigner song.Such

as,My Love,the Funeral of Hearts and Close to the flame etc.The music is that we

neednt to realize what are they singing.When you listen to their rhythm and

style,you will feel your heart be touched and shake in a blue mood.Then,you will

be enlightened and acquire power.

On the other hand,different music could promote society develop.As everyone

knows,KFC and Mcdonalds are popular in China,as well as,there is nothing in the

world can delight me so much as having a hamburger in these store.There are

three major reasons and other details.The foremost reason first one is

convenience.Second is save time.The third is delicious.However,the detail is

also essential for the fast-food store.Music is one of them.The music rhythm is

factor that if they play a smooth music,the customer will find the taste of food

better.If the store plays a rapid pace of music,people will eat their food more

speedily when the store is rush time.That will provide more desk and table for

client to available.

Music has more effect and application of us around that I was not

mentioned.In a word,music helps country and people more good than harm.

Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Before the Spring

Festival People clean their houses，put red couplets on their gates,and set off

firecrackers to drive away the legendary monster “Nian”.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big

dinner. Dumplings are the most traditional food.

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and

friends with the words “Happy new year”. People enjoy the Spring Festival,

during this time they can have a good rest.

Children like the festival very much, because they can have delicious food

and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their elders. This money

is given to children for good luck.

My friend is * * *. Although he and I cant say what is iron man, but the relationship is good.

He looks thin, looking elegant, is a gentleman. He read a lot, belong to our class reading celebrity.

His favorite rubber war games. Every day at noon to eat a meal, we can play with rubber. Rubber war is everyone to fight with his rubber, whose rubber fell to the ground first, who even loses. This game is divided into two modes: fighting mode and monsters. Fighting modes are fighting each other, and monsters mode is a few people together to kill a giant rubber. Because of * * * rubber is a little small, so, every time he lost soon, but he still loves the game.

Day at noon, we again as usual, eat a meal together play, rubber war play today is monsters model - a giant city in ruins. Results play a mess, noisy. Ze-yu wang to rock the boat at this moment, is always crowded, I said: "dont play with you, would you please go away." He also ignore, also said to * * *, "look, this is the bomb, who touch me, who is dead!" * * * and he said to him: "please go away!" Ze-yu wang cheekily said: "this is a meteor shower, who hit, who died." * * * finally fire, said: "dont play!" So, we have to take our different things away. You see, he devoured are very gentleman poise yo.

Another time, we play rubber wars, * * * remember the last time rowdy scenes, he said to you: "please turn the volume to 1-3 degrees, and my voice now." His sense of humor, to present the students laughed.

This is my good friend * * * -- a very gentleman poise, and funny boy. Hope I can more deep friendship with him!

我的朋友是***。我和他虽然说不上是什么铁哥们，但关系还是不错的。

他长得瘦瘦的，看起来文质彬彬，很是绅士。他读书很多，属于我们班的读书名人。

他最喜欢玩橡皮大战游戏。每天中午吃过饭，我们就一起玩橡皮大战。橡皮大战就是每个人用自己的橡皮来斗，谁的橡皮先掉在地上，谁就算输。这种比赛分成两种模式：打斗模式和杀怪模式。打斗模式是互相打斗，而杀怪模式是几个人一起杀一个巨大的橡皮。因为***的橡皮有点小，所以，每次他都很快败下阵来，但他仍然十分喜爱这个游戏。

一天中午，我们又像往常一样，吃过饭一起玩橡皮大战，今天玩的是杀怪模式——巨人城废墟。结果玩得乱七八糟，闹哄哄的。这时王泽宇来捣乱，老是挤我，我说：“没和你玩，请你走开。”他理也不理，又对***说：“看，这个是炸弹，谁碰我，谁就死!”***又对他说：“请你走开!”王泽宇嬉皮笑脸地说道：“这是流星雨，砸到谁，谁就死。”***终于火了，说：“不玩了!”于是，我们只好各拿各的东西走了。你瞧，他发火都很有绅士风度哟。

还有一次，我们玩橡皮大战，***想起了上次闹哄哄的场景，就对大家说：“请各位把音量调到1——3度，和我现在说话的声音一样。”他的幽默，令在场的同学都哈哈大笑了起来。

这就是我的好朋友***——一个很有绅士风度，又很幽默的男孩。希望我和他的友谊能越加深厚!

Hello! My nameisHelen Brown. I have a brother, Mike. My father is a

doctor. My mother is a bus driver. They don’t work on Saturdays and Sundays.

They like swimming on Sunday. They always like cooking, But Mike and I doesn’t

like. We like play table tennis with our friends. We watch TV in the evening.

Mike and I often listen to music. But my parents doesn’t like. They like reading

book.

I will become a high school student this September. I am a little bit

nervous about it. I have to do well in the high school entrance exam to enter a

good high school. I will go to a different school, make new friends. Most of

all, I heard that there are much more courses in high school, I will be very

busy in studying. I have been visiting a high school, there were many text books

and papers on the desks in the class room. But I also saw the students in the

high school were very active to join the extracurricular activities after

school. They had football and basketball matches, singing conferences, painting

and calligraphy exhibitions and so on. So I am looking forward to be a high

school student.

A bird in a cage, the free space is infinite, they like the frog in well

spend in narrow space, not their own free life.

Each time I see them, they think, feel with the other.

Every day to stay in his own study, although the book is my partner, can

let I dare not to mind empty, but sometimes standing to the window and saw the

children of the same age with me on the ground to play, there is sweet smile on

her face, in the heart how envy.

So, every day I see it, and have a headache, how much I yearn for freedom,

I hate being at home, live a life they want, how perfect it is!!!

"The birds have belong to own sky, fish have belong to own lake, the grass

has belongs to own the land, the flowers have their own sunshine, why cant I

have my own life?" My time of day, but god is one of my speaker, what can he

reach to me?

Freedom, how much I yearn for freedom, if one day, I walked alone in the

wilderness of fragrant, let the wind blowing my hair, as the grass on my feet,

as the sun on my face, I will always be walking without the light of day, when

one day, I went to the sea to the sea to speak my mind, pick up a conch tell my

secret about it, have a dream that one day someone picked up it, slowly to get

the ears to listen to tell my story, unknowingly going the rounds and mom, dad,

you may hear this story? If I understand my heart, give me a piece of my own

perfect life, give me that you want freedom?

Have you heard the story?

"Sometimes, I also want to be free!" I loudly Shouting, bouts of echo in my

ears. How I hope to have a free world!

At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen

into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for

several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to

carve out their own kingdoms. The state of Qin would eventually emerge the

victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history.

Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man,

he was loved by the common people. He did much to fight against the rampant

corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other

officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin

Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service.

In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou

had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the

Milou River. His last poem reads:

Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,Grieving that I was born in such an

unlucky time.I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,And waited for

the wind to come,to sour up on my journey

As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats,

beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to

feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuans body.

The Modern Dragon Boat Festival started from that time to this day, people

commemorated Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races, eating zong zi, and several

other activities, on the anniversary of his death: the fifth day of the fifth

lunar month.

Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing

crowds of spectators. Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated

canoes. Ranging anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, their heads are shaped

like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail. Depending on

the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat. A drummer and flag-catcher stand

at the front of the boat. Before a dragon boat enters competition, it must be

"brought to life" by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony. Races can have any

number of boats competing, with the winner being the first team to grab a flag

at the end of the course. Annual races take place all over China, Hong Kong,

Macao, Taiwan, and other overseas Chinese communities.

I spent this holiday very quick, on the 1st May, we went to the Zoo, there were crowded there, so many travelers coming from all over the country to have some fun during the holidays.On 2nd May, I visited my relatives with my parents, we had a great lunch together, the resturant were crowded as well.On 3rd May, we went to shopping in the mall, after the shopping we went to watch a new movie. All the other days leftI didnt go anywhere, no only becasue I still have some homework,but also there were almost all crowded in everywhere!

Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by

drowning himself in a river. Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in

present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during theWarring States

Period(475-221BC)(战国时期).

He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought

peace and prosperity to the state.

However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was disgraced

and dismissed from office.

Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt

officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth

day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but

were unable to even recover his body.

Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of

Qin.