七夕节的英文介绍

　　随着社会经济的发展与进步，很多国外不同 的国人到了 发展，同时也会被 的传统即日所吸引而感兴趣。 的传统节日有很多，例如 的七夕节，那么与外国友人介绍时如何用英文表达呢？下面不妨快来了解看看吧！

七夕节的英文介绍

　　The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people. This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity. Therefore, this festival is also named " Maiden's Day", " Daughter's Day". The day is not as well-known as many other Chinese festivals. But almost everyone in China, young or old, is very familiar with the story behind it.

　　Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother. Unfortunately, his brother and his sister-in -law were very mean and often treated Niulang very badly. They would not give him enough food to eat, and made him work so hard that he hardly had time to sleep. Finally, they kicked him of their home. All he had in the world were the clothes on his back and an old ox.

　　Niulang built a small thatched cottage on the side of a mountain. He cut and dug and sweat until he had made a vegetable garden out of the rocky soil. He was often tired and hungry, but always found time to take good care of his old ox. One day, the old ox suddenly began to speak to him. It said that it used to be Taurus, the Golden-Ox Star, in the sky and had been banished by the Lord of Heaven to this world as punishment for its violation of heavenly rule by spreading grain seeds to this world. The old ox told Niulang that the goddesses of Heaven would take a bath in a sacred pond not far from his cottage a few days later. Among them was a beautiful, virtuous and industrious girl whose name is Zhinu, the Girl Weaver. Zhinu was a granddaughter of the King of the Heavenly Kingdom. If the Cowherd took the advantage of their bath in the pond to take away her clothes, she would stay and become his wife.

　　When the day came, Niulang hid in the tall reeds by the pond and waited for the young goddesses. They soon came, just as the ox said they would. They took off their silk robes and jumped into the clear water. Niulang crept out of his hiding place, picked up Zhinu's clothes and ran away. Her companions were so frightened that they jumped out , dressed as quickly as they could and flew away, leaving the Girl Weaver behind. Niulang returned and gave her back her clothes. He had adored her from the first sight he saw her. They looked into each other's eyes. The Girle Weaver told the poor Cowherd that she would be his wife.

　　After their marriage, the Cowherd ploughed and the Girl Weaver wove and they loved each other. The Girl Weaver became famous far and near for her dexterity in raising silkworms, reeling and weaving exquisite silks and satins. Three years later, Zhinu gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. They named the boy " Brother Gold" and the girl " Sister Jade". The couple were overjoyed with the additions to their family and believed that they would remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives.(算命www.bmfsm.com)

　　One day, the ox was dying. Before it closed its eyes for the last time, it told the young couple to skin him and keep its hide after its death. It also told them that its hide would enablr a man to fly even to Heaven. After the old ox died, the young couple reluctantly skinned it and stored it with meticulous care.

　　Meanwhile, the King and Queen of Heaven found out that their granddaughter had gone to the world of Man and taken a husband. They flew into a temper. They ordered a god to bring the Girl Weaver back as soon as possible.

　　Niulang came back from the field one day to find his two children sitting on the ground and crying. He found the seat at the loom empty. The two children told him that an old lady had just taken their mother away. Niulang remembered what the old ox had told him, he carried his two children in two baskets on a pole and put on the magic hide. Immediately, he got as light as a cloud and flew up into the sky. He had almost caught up with the Queen and his wife when the Queen heard the crying of his children. Looking back, she pulled off a gold clasp from her hair and drew a line behind her. A raging torrent immediately appeared in the sky. This is the so-called River of Heaven. The Cowherd and his children could not get past this wide and swollen river. Heartbroken, he and his children could only look and weep bitterly. Moved by their mournful crying, the King of Heaven decided to allow the separated couple to meet on a bridge of magpies on the seventh night of the seventh Lunar month each year.

　　The poor couple each became a star, the Cowherd, Altair and the Girl Weaver, Vega. The wide river that kept them apart is known as the Milky Way.

　　This sad love story has passed from generation to generation. It is well known that very few magpies are seen on the Double-Seventh Day. This is because they all fly to the Milky Way to form a bridge for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver. And the next day the magpies' heads are bald because the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver walked and stood too long on the heads of their loyal feathered friends.

　　The Double-Seventh Day in China is considered by many the Chinese Valentine's Day.

　　Today is the traditional festival “July 7th Chinese”。 Now many people called “China Valentine's Day”， shrewd businessmen more opportunity is the name of “China Valentine's Day” slogan made promotion. Folklore expert said, “July 7th” will be known as the “Valentine's Day” is a misreading of the festival, far less is called “Chinese festival of love” more appropriate some. July 7th in Chinese has 2000 years of history, also known as the “Festival” “daughter Festival”， also called “double seven” “sweet day” “week” “Qiao Xi” “double seven” “blue night” “needle” and so on, festival is a festival Chinese traditional festivals in the most romantic, is the girl, women's attention and love day. July 7th Qiqiao customs, originated in the Han Dynasty Chinese, later and the cowboy, Weaver Girl stories consistency.

　　Now July 7th Festival is a folk legend of the Cowherd and the girl weaver as the carrier, to love as the theme, take the woman as the protagonist of the festival. Remember the other day in the finishing of Huai salt festival custom, which referred to the Dragon Boat Festival children Department of multicolored wool until June of the lunar calendar the sixth of this a day down and thrown into the home on the roof. Reportedly, the Magpies seen on the roof of the wool, will runs away, fly to the sky, until the seventh in July this day, to build a rainbow bridge in the Milky Way with these wool, for cowboy, Weaver magpie bridge. People's imagination is really rich, through the tunnel of time and space, first with the cowherd fairies a peerless immeasurably vast difference of love, then is the huge resistance to separate their students. But the common people heart is always full of infinite hope, even in the face of the most complete darkness situation, so there will be a “July 7th” the Cowherd and the girl weaver reunion. The Double Seventh Festival also contains sing feelings stable family and significance of labor quality praise ingenuity.

　　Childhood saw Huangmei play “the Cowherd and the girl weaver”， in which the picture until now still linger in the mind. During the festival the harvest scene is still vivid in my mind. The harvest of fruits and vegetables, and the peaceful village near and the weaver even once bullied cowboy's sister-in-law shame the rattle of a handshake, the scene is really touching. Vega and cowherd use industrious hands the day darn so sweet, when heard Vega with soft sweet voice sing contentment, young I although not all understand, but the hearts are from the branded with the peaceful picture, and become the hearts of the most beautiful dream.

　　More of those big sisters teased me, Tanabata night to take me to hide in the frame under eavesdropping the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver said quietly, have little I always Baba and behind them. But unfortunately, I always whisper before they will enter the sweet dreams in the Cowherd and the Weaver said, when you wake up, petty sister always told you put in the heart, no one told me, so until now, I don't know what that they overheard. Thus, the beautiful country, the mysterious night then condenses into a misty moving silhouettes of childhood. This was the Tanabata, when I was in the network, in the newspapers see everywhere of double seventh article, the feeling of my heart is joy. Because once upon a time, many traditional festival custom is changes with the times and gradually out of people's vision, and many foreign foreign festival has come to. In 2006, “Tanabata” was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, so more and more people, especially young people know and understand the cultural connotation of the festival. “Tanabata”， she is not Valentine's day, but should be the festival of love. In this love fast-food era, let this break through traditional Chinese virtues of love festival awaken that the pure and beautiful feeling!