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　　中国情人节(七夕)【1】

中国情人节英语

　　节日英语：Chinese Valentine's Day

　　VALENTINE'S Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 19 this year.

　　That is, on Sunday evening, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu will meet on a bridge of magpies(鹊桥) across the Milky Way(银河). Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.

　　Romantic legend

　　The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. The story has been recorded as far back as the Jin Dynasty (256-420 AD). Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story.

　　The Chinese people believe that the star Vega(织女星), east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila(天鹰座), on the western side of the Milky Way, Niu Lang waits for his wife.

　　Zhi Nu was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven. With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky, while Niu Lang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife.

　　Niu Lang lamented over his lonely and poor life with an old cow, his only friend and companion. The magical cow kindly told him of a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion.

　　Under the direction of the cow, Niu Lang went to the riverside on an evening, where the seven fairies slipped out of their heavenly palace to bathe.

　　He took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank. When the fairies left the water, the youngest couldn't find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her.

　　Then Niu Lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy, Zhi Nu, to stay with him.

　　Several years passed on Earth, which were only a few days in heaven. Niu Lang and Zhi Nu lived happily together and had two children beforee the Queen of Heaven discovered Zhi Nu's absence.

　　She was so annoyed she had Zhi Nu brought back to heaven. Seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, Niu Lang was terrified. He caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. The magical cow had told him before dying of old age: "Keep the cowhide(牛皮) for emergency use."

　　Putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two children.

　　With the help of the cowhide, Niu Lang was able to follow Zhi Nu into heaven. He was about to reach his wife when the Queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two. The line became the Silver River in heaven, or the Milky Way.

　　Zhi Nu went back to the heavenly workshop, going on weaving the clouds. But she was so sad, and missed her husband across the Silver River so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad. Finally, the Queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the Silver River.

　　Well-known poem

　　One of the most famous poems about the legend was written by Qin Guan of in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

　　Fairy Of The Magpie Bridge

　　Among the beautiful clouds,

　　Over the heavenly river,

　　Crosses the weaving maiden.

　　A night of rendezvous,

　　Across the autumn sky.

　　Surpasses joy on earth.

　　Moments of tender love and dream,

　　So sad to leave the magpie bridge.

　　Eternal love between us two,

　　Shall withstand the time apart.

　　(Translated by Kylie Hsu)

　　鹊桥仙

　　宋·秦观

　　织云弄巧

　　飞星传恨

　　银汉迢迢暗度

　　金风玉露一相逢

　　便胜却人间无数

　　柔情似水

　　佳期如梦

　　忍顾鹊桥归路

　　两情若是久长时

　　又岂在朝朝暮暮

　　Compared with love stories inWestern legends, the story of Niu Lang and Zhi Nu seems not as intense or passionate. Love doesn't kill or break up the barrier between them. They just wait patiently on the riverbank, believing that their love can withstand their time apart.

　　It is faith and emotional liaisoninstead of physical attraction and desire that is emphasized in the story as well as in many other Chinese folktales(民间故事) about love.

　　In only a few Chinese folk love stories can be found a description of the physical appearances of the hero and heroine.

　　In the "Butterfly Lovers", the heroine, dressed as a boy to attend school, falls in love with a classmate. After they have lived together as classmates for years, the hero did not have the slightest clue that his best friend is actually a girl!

　　Chinese ceremonies

　　The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only Chinese festival devoted to love in the Lunar calendar.

　　Unlike St. Valentine's Day in Western countries there is not so much emphasis on giving chocolates, flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and incense(熏香) as offerings to Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden, praying to acquire high skills in needlecraft(裁缝), as well as hoping to find satisfactory husbands.

　　In the evening, people sit outdoors to observe the stars. Chinese grannies would say that, if you stand under a grapevine, you can probably overhear what Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are talking about.

　　英文介绍七夕节的来历【2】

　　The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Qi Xi Jie or 七夕节, a traditional holiday that has been recently called China's Valentine's Day.

　　The 2,000-plus-year-old holiday marks the star-crossed love between a cow herder Niulang and Zhinu, a weaver of clouds and the daughter of the Jade Emperor who is the Daoist ruler of heaven.

　　The story goes that the two fell in love and got married, but their bond was met with disapproval by Wangmu, Zhinu's mother and the queen of heaven. Niulang is viewed as the star Altair and Zhinu as the star Vega. With a swift move of her hairpin, she separated the two with a river in the sky, known today as the Milky Way.

　　But the queen took pity on them and gave them one night of the year to spend together. On Qi Xi Jie, the queen is said to send magpies to bridge the celestial gap between the two star lovers.

　　Rooted in Astronomy:

　　The tale seems to be an interpretation of the prominence of the two stars Altair and Vega, which together with Deneb, make up the Western constellation, The Summer Triangle, which is highly visible in the summer in the northern hemisphere.

　　In an interview with Xinhua, Beijing Normal University folklore professor Xiao Fang said that the rejuvenation of the holiday in China is due to two phenomenons.

　　"First, it is a natural response to the challenges of Western festivals, such as the Valentine's Day and Christmas. Secondly, people need special occasions to channel their affections so they want such a festival to socialize," Fang told Xinhua.

　　Modern Interpretations:

　　Many Chinese view it as another chance to buy gifts for their sweethearts, and the holiday is repeated again on February 14, where Valentine's culture appears to have permeated the earth.

　　The lovers were once immortalized by Song Dynasty poet Qin Guan. Thanks to Dr. Kylie Hsu from Cal State Los Angeles, here is a translation of that poem Fairy of the Magpie Bridge.

　　A great line from Hsu's translation: "A night of rendezvous, across the autumn sky. Surpasses joy on earth."

　　Watch a youtube video of last one Qi Xi Jie celebration here.

　　Comments: when more and more young people are celebrating x'mas at the end of year, many westerners also show great interest in the traditional Chinese festivals, such as Spring Festival and Qi Xi. It is a good thing when Chinese culture has been widespread around the world and will become a dominant role in the globalized context.

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