Best gift

QIHENG YAO 

ESL100CE 

Best Gift 

Everyone has a name, and maybe their name is the best gift from their family. For me, my name is the best gift from my grandfather. My name is QiHeng Yao. It is a common name in China. It is so common that when somebody walking on the street and they call QiHeng, many people will answer. Though it is a very common name, I still love my name because I have gotten it from my grandfather who was dead when I was four years old. I don’t have a lot of memories with my grandfather, but the story of my name my father told me many times. Before I have born, my grandfather had spent a month thinking about my name. At first, he chose the name “Qiang” and “Jian”, which mean strong, but my father didn’t like those because there was old fashion names, so my grandfather had to think about another name. Finally, he chose “Qi” and “Heng”, which has many means of those two characters. “Qi” means that to open or turn on in Chinese, and the “Heng” meaning forever or all the time. My father told me this is a wish from my grandfather. I think he wishes that I could open or turn on my mind all the time in my life, and I really love my name because it is the best gift from my grandfather.