英语作文自我介绍【20篇】

A 12-year-old girl, height 1 meter 6 more. Slightly darker skin, the eye is characteristic, look at ordinary times is not small, but a smile is narrowed down a seam, embedded on the round face. My mouth is not beautiful, especially when talking to can always let not accurately on the "decent" teeth "appearance". Nose, in addition to the bridge of the nose low some, a bit "flat jiangchuan" imposing manner, the other is so-so. - this is flatly light me.

Dont know why, rise the first day of junior high school, I was curious about everything to do with the campus, such as I used to sit at the same table, her name is cui accumulate, accumulate the name cui caught my fancy, so I will analysis about it. Cui aggregates with bright and bright is describe the starry sky, the stars is refers to the universe, the universe would have many meteorites, two meteorite collision together, would explode, and explosion makes meteorites jiggled rotten, destroy bad meteorites slowly accumulate and together again. So, her name is of profound significance. - thats what I love fantasy.

I am a "happy fruit", between friends and relatives can easily making others laugh, others also can easily Ill laugh.

On one occasion, my brother one breath eat three steamed stuffed bun, you know, dad a meal to eat two steamed stuffed bun. I said to him: "dear ah di, you want to stick to it, every meal eat three steamed stuffed bun, I believe in the near future, you can go to unfold sumo, will have to champion..." Im not done yet, mom and dad laughed, brother red face, embarrassed lowered his head. - this is my humor.

I have a hobby of reading, there is also a sports hobbies, there is interest in Musical Instruments, such as, spare time Ill pull a violin or qualities a flute song. Though not jing, but also enough to cultivate my sentiment. - this is my hobby is widespread.

Plain, love fantasy, the hobby is widespread, this is what I -- Zhao Yu. Would you like to make friends with me? Im looking forward to you.

一个十二岁的女孩，身高1米6多。皮肤略黑，眼睛很有特点，平时看起来还不算小，可一笑起来就眯成了一条缝，嵌在圆圆的脸庞上。我的嘴巴并不美，特别是说话时总是能准确地让不“体面”的上排牙齿“闪亮登场”。鼻子呢，除了鼻梁低一些，有点“平坦江川”的气势，其他的都是一般般。——这就是平平淡淡的我。

不知道为什么，升初中的第一天，我就对校园里的一切很好奇，如我以前的同桌，她叫崔蕴，崔蕴这个名字引起了我的遐想，于是我就把它分析了一下。崔蕴同璀璨，而璀璨就是形容星空的，星空就是指宇宙，宇宙里就会有许多陨石，两个陨石在一起相撞，就会爆炸，而爆炸就会使陨石摧烂，摧烂的陨石又慢慢的蕴和在一起。所以，她的名字有着深刻的意义。——这就是爱幻想的我。

我是亲朋好友之间的“开心果”，既能容易把别人逗笑，别人也能容易把我逗笑。

有一次，弟弟一口气吃了三个包子，要知道，爸爸一顿饭才吃两个包子。我就对他说：“亲爱的阿弟，你要坚持下去呀，每顿饭都吃上三个包子，我相信不久的将来，你就可以去日本学相扑了，一定会得冠军的……”我还没说完，爸爸妈妈就哈哈大笑，弟弟红着脸，不好意思的低下了头。——这就是幽默的我。

我有读书的爱好，也有体育运动的爱好，还有对乐器的爱好，如，空闲的时候我会拉上一首小提琴曲或吹上一首笛子曲。虽说不精，但也足以陶冶了我的情操。——这就是爱好广泛的我。

平平淡淡、爱幻想、爱好广泛，这就是我——赵雨。愿意和我交朋友吗?我期待你们。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview. I hope I can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed. Now I will introduce myself briefly. I am 26 years old, born in Shandong province. I graduated from Qingdao University. My major is electronics. And I got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003. I spent most of my time on study, and I have passed CET-6 during my university. And I have acquired basic knowledge of my major. It is my long cherished dream to be an engineer and I am eager to get an opportunity to fully play my ability.

In July 2003, I began working for a small private company as a technical support engineer in Qingdao city. Because there was no more chance for me to give full play to my talent, so I decided to change my job. And in August 2004, I left for Beijing and worked for a foreign enterprise as an automation software test engineer. Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Moreover￡Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain a lot from working in this kind of company. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position. I think Im a good team player and a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure. I am confident that I am qualified for the post of engineer in your company.

That is all. Thank you for giving me the chance.

[英语求职自我介绍模板

I would like to apply for the post of industrial engineer, which your company offered. I feel that I am the right sort of person for the post because my qualifications and experience are really suitable for the position.

I expect to graduate in July from the Department of Industrial Engineering of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, majoring in industrial engineering. During my college years, I have worked very hard at my major courses, so as to lay a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge.

As a result, I have passed all the examinations and achieved excellent academic results in major courses such as statistics, operation researches, system engineering, business management, logistics, Statistics and Probability Theory ,Professional English, Metalworking Practice, Electrical Engineering Practice, Linear Algebra. Moreover I have passed CET-4 and National Computer Level Test-Rank Three.

Outside classroom, I was very active and took part in different social activities. In my junior year, I served as monitor of my class, and received Advanced Person of Jiangxi University of Science and Technology. Since September 2004, I worked as a part-time business controller at Angel of Ganzhou, and raised our products share by 48.28 percent by 2005. In addition, I worked rather actively and successfully in certain students societies.

All those experiences contributed much to the development and promotion of my organizing and social abilities. I wish to assure you that, if successful, I would endeavor to give you every satisfaction. It would be greatly appreciated if you grant me an opportunity of an interview. At that time, I will present my credentials.

I can be reached by phone at 13531398140 or email me at…… Enclosed please find a resume, a copy of the recommendation form and the official transcript, Thank you for your time and consideration Sincerely, Lai Haiyong

Some have been to the beautiful little xinganling, some have been to the rich xisha islands, and I have been to the ancient civilization capital, xi an.

When you come to xi an, you will see the world-famous walls. As I reached the foot of the wall, I looked up and saw that the Great Wall was like a warrior of a full-body armor, guarding the ancient city.

Xi an has a variety of delicacies. Walking back in the street, you can taste the delicious meat, bread in the soup, oil chili sauce... Guests can fill their mouths.

Xi an is also a tourist attraction. My favorite is the big wild goose pagoda music fountain plaza. On the night of the summer, when you come here, you will see countless springs of water, in the sound of music, in the light of the colors of the light, and dancing to the beat of the beat. Sometimes like flowers, sometimes like willow... I am barefoot and jump into the water, the pearl drops on my body, very cool!

I love the old xi an!

有人去过美丽的小兴安岭，有人去过富饶的西沙群岛，而我去过古老的文明之都——西安。

来到西安，就会看到举世闻名的古城墙。走到城墙脚下，我抬头仰望，只见高大的城墙像一位全身皮甲的威武战士，正在守护着这座古老的城市。

西安有各种各样的美食。走在回民街，你能够品尝到好吃的肉夹馍、羊肉泡馍、油泼辣子面……客人们可以大饱口福。

西安还是一个旅游胜地。我最爱去的是大雁塔音乐喷泉广场。夏日的夜晚，来到这里，你会看见无数的泉眼，在动听的音乐声中，在五光十色的灯光下，合着节拍偏偏起舞。有时像绽开的花儿，有时像垂下的杨柳……我光着脚丫，跳向水中，那珍珠般的水珠洒落在我的身上，甚是凉爽!

我爱古老的西安!

[英语作文介绍西安

My hometown is in Gansu Lixian, there are many mountains.

In the distance, the mountains look like a green planet surrounded by forests. The stone on the mountain dressed the mountain as a world of stone.

The trees grow more luxuriantly in summer and dress up as green cashmere. The mountain terraces like people walking the steps, also like the mountains in Grandpa smile.

The mountain became a yellow world in autumn, and the fruits and crops were ripe, and the mountain was like a magician, constantly changing crops and fruits for human beings.

In winter the mountains covered with a white dress, like an angel, in the fog, the mountains like a bottomless mountain, no matter how you cant see the mountain bottom.

This is the mountain of my hometown all the year round, I love it.

Datong is a city with a long history. As early as Palaeolithic age, there were ancient people living in this area. During the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC), Datong region belonged to the Yanmen County of Zhao Kingdom. After Qin (221BC - 206 BC) unified the whole of China, the Great Wall was built west of Datong City. Datong got the name Pingcheng County that means peaceful city in Chinese because of years of harsh battle with the Hun. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589), Pingcheng was settled as the capital of Northern Wei Kingdom for 96 years and became ruinds at the year 526. After a long term of recovering, it became an important strategic county during Sui (581-618), Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-979). Liao Dynasty (916-1125) made Datong the auxiliary capital in 1044 and Jin (Kin) (1115-1234) retained it as a big city comprised of seven counties and three towns. During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Datong belonged to Zhongshu Province and had become a ’grandiose and beautiful city’ according to the description of the Italian traveler Marco Polo. In Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Datong belonged to Shanxi Province and became Datong County during the domination of Republic of China. Datong was invaded by Japanese army in 1937 and became the capital of the so-called Northern Shanxi Self-Government. Finally in 1949, Datong was peacefully liberated.

[介绍山西大同的英语作文

Hello, Everybody! I am very glad to stand here to give you my introduction. I am from Liangbing Middle School. I am studying in Class 1,Grade 7. I love my hometown Liangbing because it’s a very beautiful town.

I have many hobbies, such as reading books, listening to music, surfing the Internet and traveling. But listening to music is my favorite. I like pop music best. My idol are Jay. I am a lively girl. I like making friends and chatting with them. I can play the Chinese Kungfu. I passed all ten levels when I was in Grade 5.However, because of the busy study, I don’t have any free time to practise it. What a pity!I am good at Math and English and I like English better. In my opinion, it’s very easy and fun to learn and use English and this contest is a great chance for me to learn English from others. My saying is god help those who help themselves and I will never give up during my course of learning.

Now, after listening to my introduction, do you know me well?

That’s all. Thank you!

It still enjoys great reputation for culture. There are not only rich varieties of modern entertainment facilities, but also some special entertainment items only for Changchun, such as Yangge Dance and Errenzhuan, which is a song-and-dance duet in the Northeast of China. If you have the opportunity of doing some sightseeing in Changchun, I recommend you to taste my hometown’s specialties. There are two kinds of famous dishes in Northeast China: Stewed young chicken with mushroom and Stewed Pork with Vermicelli.

关于家乡长春的英文介绍长春也是一座文化名城，她不但拥有丰富的现代化娱乐设施，还拥有许多具有地方特色的娱乐项目，比如东北大秧歌和东北二人转。如果你有机会来我的家乡长春旅游的话，我愿意向你推荐我的两道家乡名菜：小鸡炖蘑菇和猪肉炖粉条。

good morning everyone!

im nickole. im 24. i graduated from hunan normal universaty on shuda campus. my major is english education. after graduation, i have worked for one year in li yang听kids engish. my students are between 5 and 12 years old.

im outgoing and open-minded. in my spare time, i have broad interests. such as reading, surfing the internet, listening to music and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible. i like children very much. i think children are active, innocent and pure. with them, i feel very relaxed, plesant and younger. therefore, i learned a lot from my one year working experence.

teaching children english is very interested but it is also challeging. because children are always active, even sometimes very naughty. so teachers need a lot of patience to deal with children. the most important that i have learned from my one year teacing experence is that a teacher should have the kind of听the mind that always wants to go on learning. teaching is a job at which one will never be perfet. if i have the chance, i will try my best to be a good primary english teacher.

i am ****. usually a lot of my hobbies, such as skating, playing 356 didesmococcus feather, draw, watch extra-curricular book, watch tv and so on, so my life is very rich extra-curricular. ago is a more introverted person, i have very few words, only and i am very good friends to so many before, but after school at the time of my personality to change slowly, and not, as

previously like very few words, and students are also very harmonious relationship.

in fact, since childhood i dare not interested in english, so my english very poor, then let us hear english, introduce myself, i really do not know how to do, nervous for some time, so i think in the future of english class can have more understanding of english can have more interest in english. families are. usually a lot of my hobbies, such as skating, playing 356 didesmococcus feather, draw, watch extra-curricular book, watch tv and so on, so my life is very rich extra-curricular. ago is a more introverted person, i have very few words, only and i am very good friends to so many before, but

after school at the time of my personality to change slowly, and not, as previously like very few words, and students are also very harmonious relationship.

i think noting is difficult if you put your heart into it,so i can say will make my english be nice in future.

thank you!

[大学开学的自我介绍英语

Good morning everyone!

Im Nickole. Im 24. I graduated from Hunan Normal Universaty on Shuda Campus. My major is English Education. After graduation， I have worked for one year in Li Yang听Kids Engish. My students are between 5 and 12 years old.

Im outgoing and open-minded. In my spare time， I have broad interests. Such as reading， surfing the internet， listening to music and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible. I like children very much. I think children are active， innocent and pure. With them， I feel very relaxed， plesant and younger. Therefore， I learned a lot from my one year working experence.

Teaching children English is very interested but it is also challeging. Because children are always active， even sometimes very naughty. So teachers need a lot of patience to deal with children. The most important that I have learned from my one year teacing experence is that a teacher should have the kind of听the mind that always wants to go on learning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfet. If I have the chance， I will try my best to be a good primary English teacher.

good morning， my name is xx， it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for a interview， i would like to answer whatever you may raise， and i hope i can make a good performance today， eventually enroll in this primary school.

I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong University， P. R. China. With tremendous interest in Industrial Engineering， I am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program. In 1995， I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During the following undergraduate study， my academic records kept distinguished among the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester， and my overall GPA(89.5/100) ranked No.1 among 113 students. In 1999， I got the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission test. I selected the Shanghai Jiao Tong University to continue my study for its best reputation on Combinatorial Optimization and Network Scheduing where my research interest lies.

Hello everyone！ My name is Chen Jiaobing. I have a pair of eyes, curved eyebrows, not tall nor short, every hair in a ponytail.

My favorite color is blue. My hobby is singing and dancing... My favorite people are my family, my friends and the people worthy of my respect.

My greatest dream is to have wings of angels or elves and fly freely in the blue sky. I am very outgoing, I like to make friends, to be good to friends.

Qingdao, a beautiful seaside city, is located in the southeast part of Shandong Province. To the east, a short distance across the Yellow Sea, lie Korea and Japan, making Qingdao an important city for international trade.

For thirty three years, until 1949, Qingdao was a colony of Germany and Japan. As a result, buildins in Qingdao have a great deal of European architecture. This foreign architecture -a remnant of the colonial past- now beautifies this seaside city.

The red roofs, green trees, blue sea, and azure sky form a bright and colorful picture of Qingdao. The city is sometimes known as the Switzerland of the Orient.

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, Qingdao attracts many tourists with its charming seascape. Sights like the Eight Passes Villas, the Zhan Bridge, Wusi Square, Mt. Laoshan, will help you remember Qingdao. Just walking on the sand and listening to the surf breaking on the beach becomes enjoyable.

Qingdao offers food with distinctive flavors--especially seafood. So take this chance to enjoy the delicious seafood of Qingdao. Also, Qingdao is the home of the famous Qingdao (Tsingtao) Beer. Have a bottle of pure Qingdao Beer right here in Qingdao!

The Qingdao Municipal Government recognizes the importance of the tourism industry and has further plans to develop tourism in Qingdao. To enhance the tourism industry, Qingdao now sponsors the Qingdao International Beer Festival, the Qingdao International Sea Festival, Beach Culture Festival, the Sea Affection Festival, and the Summer of Qingdao Festival.

In cooperation with the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, Qingdao will hold the Sailing Competition in the Olympic Games in 2008. This great event brings a great opportunity for this charming city to build its bright future.

A chubby face, a pair of bright eyes, a plasticine like soft nose and big mouth, this is me - Zou Shaoming.

I have a feature, one quick and one slow.

One of my fast meals is fast. I eat like a pig eating ginseng fruit, have not tasted the taste of swallow. I stop to eat the mother shall I read hastily and without thinking, 15 minutes can not eat, otherwise I cant punish the next meal to eat second bowls. In order to eat a little more, I had to obey my mothers orders. You dont say, it worked!

My slow speed is slow in doing homework. When doing homework, I always think of the international chess game, the results to the 7, 8 points or to do homework, I wish I could fast and slow upside down.

I dont think I have so many weaknesses, but I still have good points. I like reading books very much. In the morning, I also secretly read extracurricular books. I like to read in the toilet, my mother broke my throat, and I was immersed in the book.

How, I am one of the advantages and disadvantages of small fans?

My favorite little animal bunny, it has a white fur, the play is very cute. Her two eyes are red, the play is like a pair of red gems. Sparkling. Every morning the little white rabbit to eat a carrot, two pieces of leaves, it is full.

Every day I put a study at noon, a home, it bouncing to jump in front of me, as if you are welcome to go home. I see it every day, even if I am not happy, I saw him I was very happy. Forget all those unhappy things.

Once again, my classmates came to my house to guest, it is still as usual bounce to me, my classmates saw, she said: "your familys small rabbit is so cute Oh! Home for a while I let My dad bought me a little rabbit.

In this way, I am more and more like my little rabbit, I must take good care of it!

My name is XXX dragons, Mistress (2) class of students, who lives in Funan side of Shuijingfang community.

I am very ordinary, in the whole school more than one thousand students are very inconspicuous. In grade two, my grades are 18 and 11 in the class.

But I also have different experiences with my classmates. I finished my freshman year course when I was four years old. In order to go to school earlier, I left Chengdu to study in Huanggang at the age of five. Back in Chengdu, I was less than six years old when I was in grade two. Maybe its dad who wants me to go to his study place later.

I like to shoot balls, jump rope, run, eat Kentucky Fried Chicken, Beijing roast duck, of course, my favorite is to read. My bookcase is full of Chinese and foreign famous books, and every book is covered with my stamp. Dad says there arent many people in my class who read so many books.

Friday was my lucky day. My English teacher gave me a little certificate of "learning English dolls" and an English book. I put him in a book with Chinese and mathematical rewards and pencils, and treasured them in my desk.

I never buy toys or snacks myself. Want to eat, want to play, want to see and parents say a word, buy or not buy by them to decide. I rarely play games on the computer, too.

My weakness is watching TV and playing games. Ill fix it later.

I am xxxxx. I was born in Changsha. I graduate from senior high school and major in English. I started learning English since I was 12 years old. My parents have a lot of American friends. That’s why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.

In my spare time, I like to do anything relating to English such as listening to English songs, watching English movies or TV programs, or even attending the activities held by some English clubs or institutes. I used to go abroad for a short- term English study. During that time, I learned a lot of daily life English and saw a lot of different things.

I think language is very interesting. I could express one substance by using different sounds. So I wish I could study and read more English literatures and enlarge my knowledge.

My name is Liu Tingling, 13 years old this year, I am 1.55 meters tall. Curved eyebrows, nose, lip drift of peach, laughing always show bright and clean bright teeth.

I have a weakness, is timid. Remember once in class, the teacher to ask questions, I will answer, but cant put up your hands to speak, the teacher suddenly called my name, I was nervous slowly stood up, I dont like others that answer a colourful, but answer with the voice of incoherent speech as small as ants, evasive, in the teachers encouragement, I finally had finished, the teacher said to me: "the answer is very good, if the voice again a bit bigger, it would be better." The teacher say that finish, the following Im not nervous. Look at the way my timidity.

As the growth of the age, timid faults slowly changed, I began to like gouache. Every weekend I will get a pen drawing, I find myself wanting to be able to become a great artist. By the way, I have an advantage, it is like reading a book. If I am idle have no matter to do, I will pick up a book, sitting on the sofa reading a book. Over time, accumulate over a long period, now I am learning more and more good.

Timid is my character, drawing and reading is my hobby, my friends, what do you think of me?

我叫刘婷玲，今年13岁了，我身高1.55米。弯弯的眉毛，鼻子端正，唇似绽桃，笑的时候总露出光洁闪亮的牙齿。

我有一个缺点，就是胆小。记得有一次上课，老师提问，我明明会回答，可是不敢举手发言，老师突然叫我的名字，我当时很紧张慢慢的站起来，我不像别人那绘声绘色的回答，而是用语无伦次像蚂蚁那么小的声音回答，吞吞吐吐，在老师的鼓励下，我终于说完了，老师对我说：“回答的很好，如果声音再大一点，那会更好的。”老师说完，着下子我才不紧张些。瞧我那胆小的样子。

随着年龄的增长，胆小的缺点慢慢的改了，我开始喜欢水粉画了。每当双休日我都会拿起笔画画，我多么希望自己能够当上一名伟大的艺术家。对了，我还有一个优点，就是喜欢看书。如果我闲着没事做，我都会拿起一本书，坐在沙发上看书。天长日久，日积月累，我现在学习越来越好了。

胆小是我的性格，画画和看书是我的爱好，朋友们，你们觉得我怎么样呢?

Hello, my name is Leo.

Im from.

Zhengxin school. As you can see I have a round face and the big eyes. I like music very much. In my spare time, I like take some reading and go shopping. It can make me feel happy. I like chatting with others, because it can help me to know this world. I have lots of friends. All the things in the world are colorful. I love peace and I take proud of my motherland. Thank you!

您好，我的名字叫力欧，我来自正心学校，正如你看到的一样 ，我的脸很圆，眼睛也很大，我喜欢音乐，

空余时间我喜欢阅读和购物，这些都可以让很开心很愉快，我喜欢跟别人聊天，因为能帮助更了解这个世界，我有很多朋友，这个世界的东西都是多姿多彩的，我喜欢和平，我为我的祖国感到骄傲和自豪。

My father is 37 years old, he has a pair of bright and piercing eyes, eyes there are some years left traces. Dads hair is very short, he said it can be convenient to wash your hair. In my mind, he always wore the dirty clothes, two hands very rough, a look to know his work is very hard.

You do not see him usually always laughing, in fact, I was very harsh. Dad said, do not ask me to test the first class, as long as the first few to enter the line on the line. I remember one time I careless, only test eighty points. On the way home from school, my heart like "fifteen bucket water - seven on eight". Back home, my father asked me how many points test, I scared not speak. Dad took me past, said to me: "I usually teach you how, how can you afford me, how worthy of working hard in the mother abroad?" Dads words let me shed tears of pain.

Although my father is harsh, but the heart is very hurt me.

I remember once, my father took me to the park to play. After getting out of the car, I walked for a moment to feel a little tired. Dad seeing me busy said: "Lin Yu, I come back you walk it!" Then he squatted down, let me climb up his big back. I was lying on the back of my father very comfortable to touch his hair, in the suns exposure, I saw the fathers head has a silver-like hair like hair. My heart slightly dengkou a bit, thinking, how so fast father began to old? I secretly shed tears, and my heart silently said: "Dad, I must learn, grow up and reward your parenting!"

In fact, my fathers love for me far more than this little bit. My mother went abroad for three years, my father both when the father and when the mother, the tube I eat, drink, play ... ... Dads hard is unspeakable.

[介绍我的爸爸英语作文精选

One explanation is that the Duanwu Festival originated from people’s worship of dragons. In ancient China, people believed the dragon was the god in charge of water, which was vitally important to daily life and agricultural production. On the day of Duanwu, people raced dragon boats to entertain the god and offered him Zongzi as a treat. The sole purpose was to please the god to ensure a year of favorable weather.

Some people believe Duanwu comes from activities instigated by ancient sorcerers. These activities were held in early summer when the hot weather was about to bring diseases to people who didn’t have modern devices and medicines to protect themselves. So, ancient sorcerers encouraged people to wear fragrant pouches and hang mugwort and calamus on their doors to drive away the so-called evil spirits that caused diseases.

Scholars may provide many other explanations about the origin of the Duanwu Festival. But if you ask ordinary people about its origin, you’ll get the same answer. They will tell you that the Duanwu Festival honors the great poet, Qu Yuan. They’ll also tell you the story that has been passed down for more than 2,000 years.

Qu Yuan was born in 340 BC, during the Warring States Period. At that time, there were seven states struggling among themselves to unify China. Of the seven states, Qin was the strongest and Chu the largest.

Qu Yuan was a noble of Chu. During his lifetime, the powerful kingdom of Chu fell into a decline.

Early in his life, Qu Yuan won the confidence of the King of Chu, and was his deputy prime minister, helping draft laws and determine foreign-policy. When he saw the danger posed by the ambitious Qin State, he proposed government reforms and an alliance with the neighboring Qi state as a way to ensure Chu’s safety.

But the King of Chu was surrounded by self-seekers, who were jealous of Qu Yuan. They accepted bribes from the Qin’s envoy, dissuaded the King from taking Qu Yuan’s advice and brought about the poet’s estrangement from the King. Qu Yuan was finally sent into exile for 20 years.

During those desperate years, Qu Yuan helplessly watched his beloved country become weaker every day. In the year 278 BC, the capital of Chu was stormed by troops from Qin. In great pain, Qu Yuan wrote “Lisao” or “The Lament”, the greatest of all his poems. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, he drowned himself in the Milo River, because he was hopeless about his country’s future.

Qu Yuan died thousands of years ago, but he is remembered every year for his love of and loyalty to his country and his people.