七夕节英语故事

The story of Chinese Valentine's Day .In a Chinese legend, the Sun God had seven beautiful daughters. All his fairy daughters could weave beautiful clothes. One day, the seven fairies came down from heaven and were playing in a river. A cowherd walked by the river. He saw that the fairies had left their beautiful clothes on the shore, so he took one of them. His plan was to stop one of the fairies from flying back to their heaven palace.

He reasoned that the fairies needed to wear their beautiful clothes if they wanted to fly. When it was time to go home, the youngest fairy could not find her clothes. The other fairies put on their clothes and flew away. The youngest fairy was very sad and she started to cry. The cowherd saw this and offered to take her to his house. Because the cowherd took care of the fairy so well,she fell in love with him and married him.

The Sun God also blessed their marriage. After they were married, the fairy thougjt she did not need to weave again. The Sun God got so angry that he took his youngest daughter away from her husband. He never wanted to see the cowherd again.

From then on, the fairy weaver stayed in heaven, and the cowherd stayed on earth. They could only see each other once a year on July 7th on the lunar calendar. The birds felt so sad for this young couple that they made a bridge for the two to walk on. This bridge is known as the "Milky Way"

Only once a year, the couple could meet on the Milky Way. And they still love each other deeply. Now it is a tradition to celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day once a year on July 7th of the lunar calender.

英语描述示例如下：

The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver （牛郎织女）

On the east bank of the Heavenly River lived a girl weaver, daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. She worked hard year in and year out, weaving colourful clothes for gods and goddesses.Since she lived all alone, the emperor took pity on her and allowed her to marry the cowherd on the west bank of the river. However, she stopped weaving after she was married. Greatly outraged, the emperor forced the girl back across the river and allowed her to join her husband only once a year. On the seventh day of each autumn, magpies would suddenly become bald-headed for no obvious reasons at all. According to legend, that day the cowherd and the weaver met on the east bank of the river, and magpies were made to form a bridge for them. And for this reason the down on their heads was worn out.

译文：

在天河东岸，住着一位织女，她是天帝的女儿。她年复一年努力地工作，为众神和女神织就五彩缤纷的衣服。因为她一个人住，皇帝可怜她，允许她嫁给河西岸的牛郎。然而，在她结婚后，她停止了编织。皇帝非常愤怒，强迫女孩回到天河对岸，让她每年只和丈夫团聚一次。每年秋天的第七天，喜鹊会突然变得秃顶根本不知道是什么原因。有传说是因为那天牛郎和织女在河的东岸相遇，喜鹊为他们造了一座桥。正因如此，他们的头被磨破了。

谁知道天长地久何时了？ 谁知道离恨年年有多少？ 度尽了长岁，好难得这七夕良宵； 却又是无限悲愁相逢在鹊桥。 梦长夜短总是多情恼。 见东山晨星已现，天将晓。 可奈何，喜鹊频噪，催人分道。 只好待明年的七夕快快的来到

牛郎织女没有英文名字。

Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the seventh day of the seventh.month of the lunar calendar. In China, this day is also known as "The Begging Festival".

he seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, the Weaving Maid, and an orphaned cowherd were separated by the Emperor; the girl was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd, to the star Altair. They were only allowed to meet on the magpie bridge over the Milky Way once a year on the day of seventh day of seventh lunar month - Chinese Valentine's Day.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is China's Valentine's day. It was said that the daughter of the God of Heaven visited the earth. Her name was Zhinü and she met Niulang. They fell in love with each other soon. The got married secretly and they were very happy. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her daughter was married to a human, she became very angry and order Zhinü to return to the heaven. NiuLang tried to follow her, but the river of stars stopped him. Finding her daughter was very sad, the Goddess of Heaven finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the day.

Rumour has it that the cowboy’s parents died in the prime time ,he was ill-treated by his brother and sister-in- law. One day ,his cow counseled  him to marry the weaver .

The day arrived,the beautiful fairy maidens had a bath in the river as the cow told . And  the cowboy took the fairy’s cloth away suddenly. The  fairy maidens were at a loss,they hurried to put on the cloth and flied away except the weaver. The  weaver agreed the cowboy’s proposal under the cowboy’s begging.

They  lived happily after the marriage while man tilled the farm and woman weaved .They  looked  aftered each other . The  weaver gave a birth to a  boy and a girl. Later ,the cow asked them preserve his skin before his death.They can use it when they were in emergency.. They  buried the cow in tears .

The weaver and the cow’s marriage was known by the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.They enraged and commanded the celestial to arrest the weaver . The celestial seized the weaver when the cowboy  was out.

The cowboy rushed to put on the cow’s skin and carry his choldren to go after his wife. It  was near ,the Queen Mother of the West pulled out zan and lined out a river ,and the cowboy cannot cross it. since  then ,the cowboy and the weaver could only watch  each other in the opposite in tears .And  the Emperor was moved by their love .

He promised them meet each other once on july 7  th。 And people said that magpie will build a bridge on that day for them ,that was called meeting in the milky way。What’s more ,you can hear their talking under the grape trees.The day was called Tanabata Festival or Chinese Valentine’s Day

七夕的英文介绍 Double Seventh Festival The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation. Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back. With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh). Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival, while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival. Today some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China, but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as Valentine's Day in China. As a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.