英语作文自我介绍（实用20篇）

英文自我介绍经典语句

Mature，dynamic and honest．

思想成熟、精明能干、为人诚实。

Excellent ability of systematical management．

有极强的系统管理能力。

Ability to work independent1y，mature and resourcefu1．

能够独立工作、思想成熟、应变能力强。

A person with ability plus flexibility should app1y.

需要有能力及适应力强的人。

A stable personality and high sense of responsibility are desirable.

个性稳重、具高度责任感。

Work well with a multi-cultural and diverse work force.

能够在不同文化和工作人员的背景下出色地工作。

Bright，aggressive applicants.

反应快、有进取心的应聘者。

Ambitious attitude essential．

有雄心壮志。

Initiative，independent and good communication skill．

积极主动、独立工作能力强，并有良好的交际技能。

Willing to work under pressure with leardership quality．

愿意在压力下工作，并具领导素质。

Willing to assume responsibilities.

应聘者须勇于挑重担。

Mature，self-motivated and strong interpersonal skills.

思想成熟、上进心强，并具极丰富的人际关系技巧。

Energetic，fashion-minded person.

精力旺盛、思想新潮。

With a pleasant mature attitude.

开朗成熟。

Strong determination to succeed．

有获得成功的坚定决心。

Strong leadership skills．

有极强的领导艺术。

Ability to work well with others.

能够同他人一道很好地工作。

Highly-motivated and reliable person with excellent health and pleasant personality.

上进心强又可靠者，并且身体健康、性格开朗。

The ability to initiate and operate independently.

有创业能力，并能独立地从业。

Strong leadership skill while possessing a great team spirit.

有很高的领导艺术和很强的集体精神。

Be highly organized and effecient．

工作很有条理，办事效率高。

Willing to learn and progress．

肯学习进取。

Good presentation skills.

有良好的表达能力。

Positive active mind essential．

有积极、灵活的头脑。

Ability to deal with personnel at all levels effectively。

善于同各种人员打交道。

Have positive work attitude and be willing and able to work diligently without supervision。

有积极的工作态度，愿意和能够在没有监督的情况下勤奋地工作。

Young，bright，energetic with strong career-ambition.

年轻、聪明、精力充沛，并有很强的事业心。

Good people management and communication skills. Team player.

有良好的人员管理和交际能力。能在集体中发挥带头作用。

Able to work under high pressure and time limitation.

能够在高压力下和时间限制下进行工作。

Be elegant and with nice personality.

举止优雅、个人性格好。

With good managerial skills and organizational capabilities.

有良好的管理艺术和组织能力。

The main qualities required are preparedness to work hard, ability to learn, ambition and good health.

主要必备素质是吃苦耐劳精神好、学习能力优、事业心强和身体棒。

Having good and extensive social connections.

具有良好而广泛的社会关系。

Being active, creative and innonative is a plus.

思想活跃、有首创和革新精神尤佳。

With good analytical capability.

有较强的分析能力

[英语作文素材：自我介绍经典语句摘录

The name Christmas is short for Christs Mass. A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.

There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.

The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgins name was Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.

【参考译文】

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。圣诞节是一个宗教节日我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。

这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

耶稣的出生是有一段故事的，耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女马利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为马利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。

当马利亚快要临盆的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒务必申报户籍。约瑟和马利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时，天色已昏，无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住。就在这时，耶苏要出生了!於是马利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶苏。

圣诞节便始于十二月二十五日纪念耶苏的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节也开始流行起来了。

[介绍圣诞节的英语作文2篇

Good morning/afternoon/evening, my name is. It is really a great honor to have this opportunity/chance to introduce myself. I would like to answer whatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today.

I am years old, born in province/Beijing, northeast/southeast/southwest…… of china, and I am currently a freshman (大一新生)/sophomore (大二学生)/junior (大三学生)/senior (大四学生) student at Capital Institute of Physical Education. My major is sports training of basketball/voellyball/football/badminton/pingbang/tennis/

In the past 1/2/3 years, I spend most of my time on study. I have passed CET3/4/6 and I have acquired basic knowledge of sports training both in theory and in practice.Besides, I have attended several sports meetings held in Beijing. I am also the volunteers of China Tennis Open, Chinese Badminton Masters……. Through these I have a deeply understanding of my major - sports training.I have lots of interest, such as singing, dancing, drawing and so on.

7、Thank you!

The city of xi an is my beautiful home, which has the wall, the wild goose pagoda, the drum tower, the terracotta warriors... It is. My family has my familiar smiling face, familiar family, xi an is the city of the city is my honor and my pride.

In the spring of a lot of people gathered outside the wild goose pagoda, because they know that master xuan zang in starting to get true through, so the people respect him very much as the quality of the firm and meticulous spirit, where there will be a wonderful fountain performance and a wonderful song.

In the summer the Terra Cotta Warriors gathered a lot of Chinese and foreign tourists, they take up the sun fire here will be very hard, of course we will not abuse their.

The bells and drums of the bell tower are so wonderful in autumn.

All the buildings in the winter are covered, the white snow is so beautiful!

故城西安是我美丽的家，那有城墙、大雁塔、钟鼓楼、兵马俑……。我的家有我熟悉的笑脸、熟悉的家人，西安被评为古城是我的荣誉也是我的骄傲。

春天的大雁塔的外面聚集了许多的人，因为他们知道当年的玄奘法师在出发去取真经的，所以人们非常敬重他那样坚定的品质和一丝不苟的精神，哪里还会有精彩的喷泉表演和美妙的歌声。

夏天的兵马俑里聚集着许多的中外游客，他们冒着火辣辣的太阳来到这里一定会很辛苦的，当然我们也不会虐但他们的。

秋天，钟鼓楼的钟声和鼓声是多么的美妙。

冬天所有的建筑物都盖上了，白白的积雪真美丽阿!

My name isxx.  I am graduate from xxx seniorhigh school and major in xx.  There are xx people in my family.  My father works in a computer company.  And my mother is a housewife.  I am the youngest one in my family.

In my spare time, I like to read novels.  I think reading could enlargemy knowledge.  As for novels, I could imagine whatever I like such as a well-known scientist or a kung-fu master.  In addition to reading, I also like to play PC games.  A lot of grownups think playing PC games hinders the students from learning.  But I think PC games could motivate me to learn something such as English or Japanese. My favorite course is English because I think it is interesting to say one thing via different sounds.  I wish my English could be improved in the next four years and be able to speak fluent English in the future.

如果用英语来介绍某一种动物，那么你要怎么表达呢？下面就是小编跟大家分享一篇英语作文：介绍野生动物，欢迎大家阅读！

篇一：河马

hippopotamus hippopotamus amphibius the hippopotamus is one of the world’s largest and heaviest land animals.it lives partly in water and partly on land.although strictly a plant eater,the hippopotamus has massive jaws with formidable tusks.hippos have an unpredictable temperament and are capable of biting through small boats and slicing crocodiles in two.hippos trample riverbanks and lakeshores,creating a maze of waterside paths and wallows that they use to get access to the plants they eat.hippos spend their days lazing in or near water,emerging after dark to feed.

篇二：长颈鹿

the giraffe is the tallest moden land anmail.it can be over 5.5 metres tall. its neek alone may be 1.9 metres long. yet the giraffe has only seven bone in is neck than in a tall giraffe.

each bone in a giraffes neck is very long, wehille the bones in human neck are small. the makes the difference. a female iraffe gives birth to one baby at a time.the baby, called a calf,is about 1.9 metres tall at birth by the age of eight it is full grown.

the giraffe eats mostly leaves.because is has a long neck, it can reach the leves high up on the trees.

篇三：蛇

a snake is a long and thin animal that lives in grass or other dark places. it has no legs or feet, but can move very fast on its stomach. snakes usually have green,yellow or black skins, which make it difficult for their enemies to find them.some kinds of snakes live in water. they can swim as freely as fish.

snakes are cold-blooded animals. they take many things as food, such as mice, sparrows, frogs, birdseggs, pests and so on. as snakes are dreadfullooking, people are afraid of them.

in fact, snakes are not as dreadful as they look. they can help us to kill mice and pests. they can provide us with delicious meat. their blood is a good drink.poisonous snakes are especially useful. we can make valuable drugs with them.

篇四：斑马

zebras are members of the horse family.they are grass-eating animals in parts of africa,most famous for their distinctive striped coats.they have muscular bodies ,immense speed and strength.they can use powerful jaws and heavy hooves to attack their enemies when threatened.they also have unusually large ears which give these animals a very good sense of hearing .

篇五：大熊猫

panda is one of the scarcest animals. people in the world like it very much. there used to be many pandas in china long ago. as the balance of nature was destroyed and the weather was getting warmer and warmer, pandas became less. but at present, the number of pandas is increasing year by year. there are now so many pandas that some are being sent to other countries so that people there can enjoy them.

nowadays, the biggest nature park for panda in china is in sichuan. there is a research centre for nature and wild life there. scientists hope that one day they will have enough pandas to be set free and let them live in the wild again.

篇六：大象

Elephant is the largest animal on land today. It weights some ninety kilograms and is about one metre high when born. When it is 12 years old, it studs over three meters and does not grow any more. Elephant is usually grey in color, having a long trunk with large ivory tusks protruding from each side of its mouth. Usually moving in groups and caring for each other, Elephant is know to be a very and gentle creamre. For many years people have used the strength of these poweful animals to move trees and heavy logs. Elephant has been and is a vital tool for people to do many things that would normally be imposs-ible. Elephant is and will continue to be one of the greatest creatures man has ever come into contact with. Its size. beauty, and power willforever be useful to man.

Hello,every one!（大家好）My name is **** . （我叫****）

Im a 15 years old girl. （我是一个15岁的女孩）（具体情况自己改）

I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.（我住在美丽的Rizhao城）（你可以把Rizhao改成自己家乡的城市的名称的拼音）

Im an active ,lovely and clever girl.(我是一个活跃的可爱的聪明的女孩）

In the school , my favourite subject is maths . （在学校，我最喜欢数学）

Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .（也许有些人认为这很难学）

But I like it.（但我喜欢他）

I belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.（我相信每件事付出努力就会有害结果）

I also like sports very much.（我也很喜欢运动）

Such as,running,volleyball and so on. （像跑步、排球等等）

If you need help ,please come to me .（如果你需要帮助，就来找我）

I hope we can be good friends!（我希望我们能成为好朋友）

Many of us are liking animals very much, some of us like dogs, others like cats, which can be easily seen in anywhere, well, im very keen on penguin.

the reason of mine to have keen on penguin is because their uniqueness, unlike with most of other animals, they only live in the South Pole, and unlike with most birds, though they cant fly, yet they can swim in the extreme cold glacier, and the most wonderful part is they can stand like a human and walking, its very cute when they are walking, Most of the endangered animals are very harmful, yet the penguin looks harmonious as well as entertaining, we even will put them on the movies and cartoons such as "Madagascar" and "Ice Age" and so on.

I like penguin, and when i grow up, wish to do research on the south pole to observe penguin and protect them.

Every year on the fourth ThursDayof November is Thanksgiving Day. It’s a festival for American and Canadian with the purpose of thanks for harvest. While canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October. I have a penfriend in America. He wrote to me his Thanksgiving Day last year. He told me that it was a time for family reunion. Families would come back home to celebrate the festival together. Most of the time it was his mother who prepared the dinner. Turkey is must for the festival. It looks like huge chicken. His mother also made pumpkin pie and many other delicious food for them. After the dinner, they talked with each other with the old thing or the future plan. He said sometimes they would invite some friends to share the happiness of Thanksgiving Day. In a word, he had a great time on Thanksgiving Day.

每年十一月的第四个星期四是感恩节。这是美国和加拿大为了感谢丰收的节日。但是加拿大人却是在十月的第二个星期一庆祝。我在美国有一个笔友。他写信告诉我他去年感恩节的情况。他告诉我那是家庭团聚的时间。家人们都会回家庆祝节日。大多数时候，是他的母亲准备晚餐。火鸡是节日的必需品。它看起来像一只巨型鸡。他的母亲也做了南瓜派和许多其他美味的食物给他们。晚饭过后，他们会互相谈论过去的事或未来计划。他说有时候他们也会邀请一些朋友来一起分享感恩节快乐。总之，他在感恩节过得很开心。

My favourite cartoon character is doraemon.he gets to a boys home by a magic machine.the boys name is daxiong and they become good friends.daxiong always meets problems.but he doesnt like the mouse.

Doraemon loves dousha cake a lot.doraemon helps him every time.doraemon is very lovely and he always makes me happy.

我最喜欢的卡通人物是多拉A梦.他通过一架神奇的机器来到了一个叫大雄的孩子的家里,并和他成为了好朋友.大雄总是遇到麻烦.多拉A梦不喜欢老鼠。

多拉A梦很喜欢铜罗烧(其实就是豆沙饼),他在大雄有困难的时候都会给他帮助.多拉A梦很可爱也总是让我很快乐。

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.

[英语自我介绍复试面试

Hi，boys and girls, good morning, it is my pleasure to take this change to introduce myself, my name is Leo, I am 10 years old. About my family, there are 4 people in my family, father, mother, brother and me, my father and mother are all very kind, welcome you to visit my family if you have time!

嗨，男孩女孩们，大家上午好，很荣幸能有这个机会来介绍我自己，我叫力欧，今年10岁。关于我的家庭，我家有四口人，爸爸妈妈，哥哥，还有我，我的爸爸妈妈都是很友善的人，如果你有时间欢迎来我家玩。

I ’m a very outgoing boy(girl), I like reading、playing games and listening to music, of course, I also like to make friends with all the people in the school, I hope I will be your best friends in the school life.

我是一个很外向的男孩（女孩），我喜欢阅读，玩游戏，听音乐，当然，我也喜欢与学校里所有的人交朋友，希望在以后的学校生活中，我能成为你们最好的朋友。

Last Monday, we had a monitor election. At the beginning the two candidates, LiuDong and Wang Hong gave us a speech introducing themselves and telling us their plans in the future. Then we had a vote. We wrote down the name of the better one in our mind and put the paper in a box. Then the exciting time came that our teacher counted the number and wrote it on the blackboard. The result was that 28 students who voted Wang Hong, 13 more than the number of students who voted LiuDong, which meaned WangHong was elected as our monitor. Wang is really pretty good. I believe she will be a good monitor.

Depending on personal experience, personality type and emotional concern, we find that some people hold the idea of living in the country, while others prefer living in the city. In my opinion, I prefer the city life, though it has advantages and disadvantages.

First of all, city life is very colorful. City is the center of the surrounding area. So, it is also the most booming place having the best things. There are many great things and wonderful activities in the city, while there isn’t in the country. For example, there are KFC, wonderful shopping mall, delicious food from various places, dancing club, different kinds of activities and so on. We can also learn the culture from all the countries. Despite city life is so wonderful, it still has many disadvantages. Nowadays, with the improvement of people’s living standard, people have more cars and more people come to city, and then the city becomes more and more crowd. As a result, traffic jam emerges, which makes great inconvenience for people to go out. What’s worse, the air pollution becomes serious day by day, which is bad for people’s health.

To sum up, every coin has two sides. Living in the city also has good side and bad aspect. Whether like living in city or not depends on individual thinking. As myself, I like living in city though I know the disadvantage of living in city.

Speaking of Shenzhen’s tourism, of course there are numerous "theme parks" famous both in China and overseas, because Shenzhen’s theme parks are not only multitudinous but also excellent, they take the lead in China’s theme parks, some people even entitle Shenzhen the "Capital of Thematic Parks" as a good fame. Whether it is the Window of the World of "You give me one day, and I will give one world" or the Splendid China Folk Culture Village of "Walking into the history by one step, and traveling all around China by one day"; whether it is the happy valley of "prosperous bustling urban happy land" or Minsk Aircraft Carrier bearing glory and dreams, all of them are not only a series of wonderful exhibitions, but also one vivid miniature after another of blend of the Chinese culture with the world civilization. A tour of Shenzhen’s thematic parks should not miss several large-scale literary performances there – the music epic Distinguished and Admirable Heroes of Bygone Years in the Window of the World, the singing and dancing pageant Dragons and Phoenixes Dancing in China in the China Folk Culture Village, and the urban melodrama Unlimited Gladness in the Happy Valley.All of the.

Hello, everyone!My name is Winnie. Im a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.  Im an active, lovely, and clever girl. In the school my favorite subject is math. Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well. But I like it. I believe that if you try your best, everything can be done well.  also like sports very much. Such as, running, volleyball and so on. Im kind-hearted. If you need help, please come to me.I hope we can be good friends!  OK. This is me .A sunny girl.

Hello everyone！ My name is * * *, from Jiangsu * *. Very pleased to enter the academic atmosphere of the * * * * college. After all, for every student, public undergraduate is a dream that is worth working through. Today, it is becoming the youth of the post, dream of the stage, the struggle of the blue sky.

For this was rooted in the heart of the dream, we work hard, we fought in the busy high school life, we only know must strive to finish each paper, do well every quality inspection, in each examination room are outstanding. We dont even have time to ask ourselves if its going to be hard work.

Today, I finally arrived at * * * and came to the beautiful campus of the university. Actually, in March of this year, I stepped into this city with a long history for 4 times. However, the legend of the picturesque scenic spots: Dr. Sun Yat-sens Mausoleum, Mochou Lake, the Qinhuai River, Confucius temple, I never want to see. Those famous snacks, I did not want to have a try. I dont want to go shopping in those busy commercial centers in Xinjiekou.

Why? Because I am very clear, I came to * * *, the purpose is to participate in the art of radio and television director of the examination. I remember when I gave myself a chance to choose more, and in the confused eyes of my teachers and classmates, I often played the violin on my back, and took the south train at 4 in the morning.

What kind of day is that? While at the same time to course review, while also practicing the violin concerto butterfly, while reciting the historical geography textbooks, while also have time to read reviews, stories, practice commentary, prepared speech. Even with some basic drawings, I dare not relax. You may know: at Nanjing Arts Institute was next to a park, I took the examination room to see from the south, first, look at the list, and then to go to the provincial exam retest, located south Normal University, I dont know how many times through to a total of 8 times, this park? Or maybe the 10 time? But even today, I dont know what the name of that park is

When the Nanjing Arts Institute professional examination scores down, the provinces fifth results did not bring me joy. I am still in learning, in practice, a tiny bit are not slack. The teacher said, "you have got a good result in the cultural class. Why do you want to do art?" Students say: your violin level already by the China Conservatory of Music grade 8 examination, why practicing until late at night? I dont know how to answer. I just have to try and even try my best. In order to dream, in order to be able to enter the University hall.

Finally, my dream came true. I love art, but I love Chinese language and literature more. Although I gave up art, but art has shed sweat and no waste, because art is able to help us better understand the literature, literature and art combined with each other, a beautiful flower, bear the fruit of happiness.

I sincerely hope that with the help of teachers and students, I can bring my special skills in art field into full play in Chinese language and literature. We can have the opportunity to contribute to our professional development and the development of our school.

Thank you all!

My name is ****. I’m eight. I’m in Class two, Grade Three from **** First Primary school. I’m a lovely girl.

我的名字叫****。我八岁。我在***第一小学上三年级二班。我是一个可爱的小女孩。I have many hobbies. I like drawing, Playing the zither, and dancing. Look, this is my

painting. This is my school. This is classroom. This is my English teacher. And this is me. I’m a pupil.

我有很多爱好。弹古筝,我喜欢画画和跳舞。看,这是我的画。这是我的学校。这是教室。这是我的英语老师。这是我。我是一个学生。

I like English very much. I believe I can fly.

我非常喜欢英语。我相信我能飞。

I won’t let you down. Do you remember meI’m ****

我不会让你失望的。你还记得我吗我****。

That’s all. Thank you.

这是所有。谢谢你!

My name is Yang Yang, I am thirteen years old. I am a student from Class 3, Grade 2. I am very friendly and easy-going. I like to help others. All my friends and classmates like me very much. I like playing basketball and volley ball. I often play with my classmates after school. I am good at singing, I won the first prize in the singing match last year. Id like to be a friend of you, how about you?

我的名字叫杨洋，我13岁。我来自二年级3班。我很友善也很随和。我喜欢帮助别人。我的朋友们和同学们都非常喜欢我。我喜欢打篮球和排球。我放学后经常跟同学一起打。我很擅长唱歌，去年的歌唱比赛我还赢得了一等奖。我很乐意做你的朋友，你呢？

[小学英语作文自我介绍

Since last summer,I have written to my pen pal,Seda,who lives in Turkey.I became acquainted with her when I went to England for a study tour. We stayed with the same family,and she was my roommate and classmate as well.Sometimes we went to the movies together after dinner.Seda is very easy to get along with.I will always remember the two weeks I spent with her.We didnt forget each other and kept writing to each other after we returned home.Although I havent seen her again since I left England,I still know how she is through letters,cards and photographs.Seda tells me her secrets and also shares her happiness and sadness with me .Both of us hope that we will meet each other somewhere one day. Maybe Ill go to Turkey to visit her,or shell come to Taiwan to visit me.

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, its a period to honour and to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.

Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.