新概念英语-七夕节

日期：2019-08-08 15:17 点击：

Double Seven Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day, happened on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In Chinese, it is also called Qixi , Qiqiao, or Girls' day.

七夕节，又名乞巧节、七巧节或七姐诞，来自于牛郎与织女的传说，在农历七月初七庆祝。因为此日活动的主要参与者是少女，而节日活动的内容又是以乞巧为主，所以人们称这天为“乞巧节”或“少女节”、“女儿节”。2006年5月20日，七夕被中国国务院列入第一批国家非物质文化遗产名录。

It originated from the fairy tale about Niu lang(the cowboy) and Zhinv (the weaving girl).

主要讲述了孤儿牛郎依靠哥嫂过活。嫂子为人刻薄，经常虐待他，他被迫分家出来，靠一头老牛自耕自食。

有一天，织女和诸仙女下凡嬉戏，老牛劝牛郎去相见.牛郎于是待在河边看七个仙女，他发现其中最小的仙女很漂亮，顿生爱意，牛郎于是跟小仙女织女制造了邂逅，后来他们很谈得来，明白了各自的难处，织女便做了牛郎的妻子。

婚后，他们男耕女织，生了一儿一女，生活十分美满幸福。不料天帝查知此事，命令王母娘娘押解织女回天庭受审。

老牛不忍他们妻离子散，于是触断头上的角，变成一只小船，让牛郎挑着儿女乘船追赶。眼看就要追上织女了，王母娘娘忽然拔下头上的金钗，在天空划出了一条波涛滚滚的银河。

牛郎无法过河，只能在河边与织女遥望对泣。他们坚贞的爱情感动了喜鹊，无数喜鹊飞来，用身体搭成一道跨越天河的彩桥，让牛郎织女在天河上相会。

天帝无奈，只好允许牛郎织女每年七月七日在鹊桥上会面一次，喜鹊也会在身边。以后每年的七月七日牛郎织女都会见面了。

The hero of this story, Niu Lang, who was an orphan since he was little, lived with his brother and sister-in-law. He was forced to move out and live with an old cow because he was treated badly by his sister-in-law.

One day, the weaving girl, Zhinv came to the earth with her sisters, they happened to meet Niu Lang who was cowboying. Niu Lang and Zhinv fell in love at the first sight, so Zhinv decided to stay with Niu Lang instead of returning to the Heaven.

They lived happily together and even gave birth to two lovely babies. However the Emperor of the Heaven was furious when he found that Zhinv should marry a mortal man, so he ordered Wangmu, the Queen of the Heaven, come down to earth and bring back Zhinv.

Wangmu did what she was ordered and brought Zhinv with her, on their way back to heaven, Wangmu saw Niu Lang was after them so she took off her hairpin and made the Milkyway to stop him.

Luckily, their love story moved the magpies. They built a bridge with their bodies so that Niu Lang could cross the Milkyway and met his wife over the bridge.

The Emperor of the Heaven could do nothing but make a comprise and allow Zhi nu and Niu Lang met once a year on the magpie bridge on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. On this day, thousands of magpies built the bridge for the two lovers to meet.

七夕节以牛郎织女的民间传说为载体，表达的是已婚男女之间不离不弃、白头偕老”的情感，恪守的是双方对爱的承诺。