七夕节的英语介绍
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七夕节的英语介绍
篇一：20XX关于七夕节的英语介绍
20XX关于七夕节的英语介绍
Double-seventhDay
TheDouble-seventhDayreferstotheseventhdayoftheseven thmonthonthechineselunarcalendar.Thedayisnotaswellk nownasmanyotherchinesefestivals.butalmosteveryonein china,youngandold,isveryfamiliarwiththestorybehindt hisfestival.
Alonglongtimeago,therewasapoorcowherd,niulang.hefel linlovewithZhinu,
“thegirlweaver".Virtuousandkind,shewasthemostbeaut ifulbeinginthewholeuniverse.unfortunately,theKingan
dQueenofheavenwerefuriousfindingoutthattheirgrandda ughterhadgonetotheworldofmanandtakenahusband.Thus,t hecouplewasseparatedbyawideswollenriverintheskyandc anonlymeetonceayearontheseventhdayoftheseventhlunar month.ThepoorcoupleofniulangandZhinueachbecameastar .niulangisAltairandZhinuisVega.Thewideriverthatkeep sthemapartisknownasthemilkyway.ontheeastsideofthemi lkyway,Altairisthemiddleoneofalineofthree.Theendone sarethetwins.Tothesoutheastaresixstarsintheshapeofa nox.Vegaistothewestofthemilkyway;thestararoundherfo rmintheshapeofaloom.everyyear,thetwostarsofAltairan dVegaareclosesttogetherontheseventhdayoftheseventhl unarmonth.
Thissadlovestoryhaspasseddownfromgenerationtogenera tion.ItiswellknownthatveryfewmagpiesareseenontheDou ble-seventhDay.Thisisbecausemostofthemflytothemilky way,wheretheyformabridgesothatthetwoloversmightcome together.Thenextday,itisseenthatmanymagpiesarebald; thisisbecauseniulangandZhinuwalkedandstoodtoolongon theheadsoftheirloyalfeatheredfriends.
Inancienttimes,theDouble-seventhDaywasafestivalespe ciallyforyoungwomen.girls,nomatterfromrichorpoorfam ilies,wouldputontheirholidaybesttocelebratetheannua lmeetingofthecowherdandthegirlweaver.parentswouldpl aceanincenseburnerinthecourtyardandlayoutsomefruita sofferings.Thenallthegirlsinthefamilywouldkowtowton iulangandZhinuandprayforingenuity.
IntheTangDynastyabout1,000yearsago,richfamiliesinth ecapitalcityofchanganwouldsetupadecoratedtowerinthe courtyardandnameitTowerofprayingforIngenuity.Theypr ayedforvarioustypesofingenuity.mostgirlswouldprayfo routstandingsewingorcookingskills.Inthepastthesewer eimportantvirtuesforawoman.
girlsandwomenwouldgathertogetherinasquareandlookint othestar-fillednightsky.Theywouldputtheirhandsbehin dtheirbacks,holdingneedleandthread.Attheword “start”,theywouldtrytothreadtheneedle.Zhinu,thegi rlweaver,wouldblesstheonewhosucceededfirst.
Thesamenight,thegirlsandwomenwouldalsodisplaycarved
melonsandsamplesoftheircookiesandotherdelicacies.Du ringthedaytime,theywouldskillfully
carvemelonsintoallsortsofthings.somewouldmakeagoldf ish.otherspreferredflowers,stillotherswouldusesever almelonsandcarvethemintoanexquisitebuilding.Theseme lonswerecalledhuaguaorcarvedmelons.Theladieswouldal soshowofftheirfriedcookiesmadeinmanydifferentshapes .Theywouldinvitethegirlweavertojudgewhowasthebest.o fcourse,Zhinuwouldnotcomedowntotheworldbecauseshewa sbusytalkingtoniulangafteralongyearofseparation.The seactivitiesgavethegirlsandwomenagoodopportunitytos howtheirskillsandaddedfuntothefesstival.
chinesepeoplenowadays,especiallycityresidents,nolon gerholdsuch
activities.mostyoungwomenbuytheirclothesfromshopsan dmostyoungcouplessharethehousework.
TheDouble-seventhDayisnotapublicholidayinchina.howe ver,itisstilladaytocelebratetheannualmeetingofthelo