欣赏中国文化英语作文【一】
Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire
In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.B., the qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentum more vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak ofresistance. At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the offinials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south of the Taihang Mountain. However Su Dai, a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country. Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away."Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. That was because he didn't know that,instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isn't it equivalent to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"Though Su Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. For the king of the State of Wei was cowardly and only cared for peace at the moment.As might be expected,the Qin army assaulted the State of Wei on a large scale in 225 B.C.,surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes of the Huanghe River.The State of Wei was finally destroyed by the State of Qin.This story appears in the Historical Records Written by Sima Qian.The set phrase"carrying faggots to put out a fire"is used to mean adopting a wrong method to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.
战国末期，秦国向魏国接连发动大规模的进攻，魏国无力抵抗，大片土地都被秦军占领了。到公元前273年，秦国又一次向魏国出兵，势头空前猛烈。
魏王把大臣们召来，愁眉苦脸地问大家有没有使秦国退兵的办法。大臣们由于经过多年的战乱，提起打仗就吓得哆嗦，谁也不敢谈“抵抗”二字。在这大兵压境的危急时刻，多数大臣都劝魏王，用黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价，向秦王求和。
谋士苏代听了这些话，很不以为然，忙上前对魏王说：“大王，他们是因为自己胆小怕，才让您去卖国求和，根本不为国家着想。您想，把大片土地割让给秦国虽然暂时满足了秦王的野心，但秦国的是无止境的，只要魏国的土地没割完，秦军就不会停止进攻我们。”
说到这里，苏代讲了一个故事：从前有一个人，他的房子起火了，别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火，但他不听，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。大王若同意拿着魏国土地去求和，不就等于抱着柴草救火吗？”
尽管苏代讲得头头是道，但是胆小的魏王只顾眼前的太平，还是依大臣们的意见把魏国大片土地割让给秦国。到公元225年，果然秦军又向魏国大举进攻，包围了国都大梁，掘开黄河大堤让洪水淹没了大梁城，魏国终于被秦国灭掉了。
故事出自《史记魏世家》。成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。
欣赏中国文化英语作文【二】
"An illusory snake in a goblet" is used to describe the psychological state of being frightened caused by taking illusions as reality.
“杯弓蛇影”比喻把虚幻当作真实的恐惧心理。
In Jin Dynasty there was a man named Yue Guang who was fond of drinking alcohol.
晋朝有个叫乐(yuè广的人，爱喝酒。
One day, he invited a friend to his house to drink together.
一天，他邀请朋友到家里来对斟（zhēn对饮。
Suddenly, his friend saw the reflection of a snack swimming in the goblet.
忽然，朋友看见酒杯里有条蛇影在游动。
He got so much frightened that he took ill on bed after getting home.
他受了惊吓，回去便一病不起。
And neither any doctor or any medicine could cure his illness.
请医服药，都无起色。
Yue Guang came to see him and asked about the cause of his disease.
乐广跑来看他，问明起病的缘由。
When he got to know the cause, he pulled his friend from the bed immdiately and took him to his house.
乐广听后一把拉起朋友往家走。
Yue Guang made his friend sit where he used to, pouring a goblet of alcohol for him, and asked him," Is there any snake reflection in the goblet?"
他让朋友坐在原处，斟满酒问：“有蛇影吗？”
There was still a "snake reflection" in the goblet! Yue casually took away the bow hanging on the wall.
杯子里还有“蛇影”！乐广随手取下墙上的弓。
This time, the "snake reflection" disappeared.
这次，“蛇影”不见了！
"So it was the bow reflection that was in the goblet!" His friend at once got well from his illness.
“杯子里原来是弓影呀！”朋友的病情顿时好了！
欣赏中国文化英语作文【三】
从只存在在古迹中的夏朝，到如今的社会主义现代化国家，中华文明已经跨国了五千年的历史。作为四大文明古国的一员，与其他三国不同，中华文明从未磨灭。
中华文化博大精深，在中国的悠久历史中，她一直是镶嵌子啊神州大地上最璀璨的一颗明珠。她见证了这片土地上的兴衰荣辱，哺育中华民族成长与传承。
横亘在北方大地的长城，是中华文化的象征之一。这段几个朝代都加修建的万里长城犹如一条巨龙，守护着中华民族。从古至今，无数人登上长城极目远眺，无限激情直抒胸臆，写下数不清的壮丽诗篇歌颂它为中华文化天上浓墨重彩的一笔。长城凝结了无数人的心，是中华民族传统文化的结晶。
中华文化的博大精深不仅体现在建筑上，更体现在艺术上。京剧，便是最好的佐证。曲艺是中国特有的文化，而京剧又是曲艺中的登峰造极。每一天每一天，都有千万人对此赞叹不已。他们欣赏着戏曲文化的精髓：那千变万化的脸谱，那意韵深长的唱腔，那摄人心魄的语句，那举手投足的动作，那婉转曲折的剧情，那令人折服的表演……京剧，不愧为中华文化的瑰宝，显示了中华文化的丰富底蕴与茁壮生命力。
中华文化不但博大精深，而且源远流长。不管是五千年前的古代，还是五千年后的现代，她都始终如一，恒久流传。一个很好的例子便是美丽乡村。乡村是中国重要的一部分，美丽乡村，既是生态文明建设，也是精神文明建设。当乡村变得赏心悦目，从乌烟瘴气、简陋破落变得田园诗意，崭新华丽，人们的生活条件得到改善，自然会开始追求精神生活，思想道德素质得到提升。不管是生态文明还是精神文明，都是中国文化的重要组成部分。美丽乡村建设，无疑巨大推动了中华文化的发展，也是对中华文化的一种传承。
源远流长的中华文化在未来还将继续被弘扬。中华文化生生不息，在将来，我会创造更多元的中华文化，取长补短，包容开放，让中华文化更加优秀！
中华文化博大精深，源远流长，在将来，我们还将继续努力，建设更好的中华文化！
