七夕英文介绍
Or should we say Happy Night of Sevens! (七夕 or qi xi) or Happy Festival to Plead for Skills! (乞巧节 or qi qiao jie) or Happy Seventh Sister's Birthday! (七姐诞 or qi jie dan) or Happy Night of Skills! (巧夕 or qiao xi)? This is the day Shanghaiist has had circled on our lunar calendar for some time now, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Today we will display our skill at carving melons, we will decorate the horns of our neighborhood oxen with flowers and we will go to the "temple of matchmaker" and pray that we get hooked up. Good times, good times. China Daily fills us in on the holiday's history:
The festival has its origin from a romantic tragedy. As the story goes, once there was a cowherd, Niulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. But she disliked and abused him, and the boy was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company. The cow, however, was a former god who had violated imperial rules and was sent to earth in bovine form.
One day the cow led Niulang to a lake where fairies took a bath on earth. Among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful fairy and a skilled seamstress.
The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and daughter and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in China.
Yet in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism, marriage between a mortal and fairy was strictly forbidden. He sent the empress to fetch Zhinu.
Too bad this LSD trip didn't take place in Canada. Fairies can marry whoever they want there. Several other variations on the story of qi xi exist. China Daily, it seems, glossed over the juiciest part of the story:
A young cowherd named Niu Lang (牛郎, "the cowherd", the star Altair) happens across seven fairy sisters bathing in a lake. Encouraged by his mischievous companion the ox, he steals their clothes and waits to see what will happen next. The fairy sisters elect the youngest and most beautiful sister Zhi Nü (织女, "the weaver girl", the star Vega) to retrieve their clothing. She does so, but since Niu Lang sees her naked she must agree to his request for marriage.
B. 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.
C. 七夕的传统习俗英文版
1、香桥会
In yixing, jiangsu province, there are qixi xiangqiao customs.
（在江苏宜兴，有七夕香桥会习俗。）
Every year on the Chinese valentine's day, people come to take part in the festival.
（每年七夕，人们都赶来参与，搭制香桥。）
2、接露水
In the countryside of zhejiang province, the custom of catching dew with washbasin is popular.
（浙江农村，流行用脸盆接露水的习俗。）
It is said that the dew on the Chinese valentine's day is the tears when the cowherd and weaver girl meet.
（传说七夕节时的露水是牛郎织女相会时的眼泪，如抹在眼上和手上，可使人眼明手快。）
3、拜七姐
July 7's seven nianghui, guangdong called "worship seven sister", fujian Taiwan is called "worship seven niangma".
（七月七的七娘会，广东多称“拜七姐”，闽台即称为“拜七娘妈”。）
4、穿针乞巧
Threading, also known as "sai qiao", that is, women's competition threading.
（穿针乞巧，也叫“赛巧”，即女子比赛穿针。）
They were decorated with colored thread and wore seven-hole needles. The faster they wore, the more they begged.
（她们结彩线，穿七孔针，谁穿得越快，就意味着谁乞到的巧越多。）
5、喜蛛应巧
The tarantula should also be an earlier way of begging.
（喜蛛应巧也是较早的一种乞巧方式。）
The custom is a little later than threading needle begging, roughly from the northern and southern dynasties.
（其俗稍晚于穿针乞巧，大致起于南北朝之时。）
D. 中国七夕节英文介绍
每年的农历七月初七被称为“七夕”。阿拉伯数字“7”在汉语中写做“七”，而“夕”在古汉语中指夜晚，所以“七夕”的字面义就是农历七月初七的晚上。
The day falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and seven is qi in Chinese. So that explains qi in the name of the festival. Xi means “night” in ancient Chinese, so qixi means the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month.
七夕节也称“乞巧节”，是闺中女子向织女祈求智慧和巧技的日子。姑娘们祈祷自己能有一双织女般的巧手，寻得一位如意郎君。
But qixi wasn’t a festival for lovers until recently. It was initially a time for unwed women to beg the weaving goddess for domestic skills. They’d also pray for a good husband.
传说天上的织女与牛郎相恋，便留在人间和他生儿育女。可是织女擅离天庭，私配凡人，触怒了王母娘娘。于是她在天界划了一道银河，将牛郎织女拆散，一对有情人从此天各一方。
Lore holds the weaving goddess fell for a herder, and the pair ran away to live together. But her mother was furious, since gods and humans are forbidden to cohabitate. So, she created the Milky Way to separate the couple.
幸运的是，一群喜鹊被二人的爱情感动，跨越银河搭成鹊桥。从此，每逢农历七月初七，牛郎织女便得以鹊桥相会。
A flock of magpies was moved by their love and decided to form a bridge across the galactic band to enable them to reunite every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month-or, qixi.
E. 求助七夕节英文介绍
Double Seventh Festival
Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qiqiao Festival or Qijie Birthday, originated in China.
It is a traditional festival in Chinese areas and some East Asian countries affected by Han culture. Women beg for wisdom and ingenuity from Vega in the courtyard on the night of the seventh or sixth day of the seventh lunar month, so it is called Qiqiao Festival.
It originated from the worship of nature and women’s needles, and was later given the legend of Cowherd and weaver girl to make it a symbol of love. It has become one of the four major folk love legends in China.
On May 20, 2006, Qixi Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. It is now considered as “Chinese Valentine’s Day”.
Xihe Qiaoqiao Festival has been inherited for more than 1800 years. It is one of the most complete and historic “Qixi” festival folk activities in China. In 2008, “Qiqiao Festival” was added to the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection.
In 2007, “Qixi tribute” was listed as a list of intangible cultural heritage protection in Guangdong. In 2014, the fourth batch of state-level non heritage items was selected for Yunxi Qixi Festival.
七夕节中文介绍
七夕节，又名乞巧节、七巧节或七姐诞，发源于中国，是华人地区以及部分受汉族文化影响的东亚国家传统节日，农历七月七日夜或七月六日夜妇女在庭院向织女星乞求智巧，故称为“乞巧”。
其起源于对自然的崇拜及妇女穿针乞巧，后被赋予了牛郎织女的传说使其成为象征爱情的节日。成为中国四大民间爱情传说之一。
2006年5月20日，七夕节被中华人民共和国国务院列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录，现被认为是“中国情人节”。西和乞巧节已经传承了1800多年，是全国范围内保存最为完整，历史最为悠久的“七夕”节日民俗活动之一。
2008年“乞巧节”被增补为国家第一批非物质文化保护遗产名录。2007年，“七夕贡案”更是被列为广东省非物质文化遗产保护名录。2014年，郧西七夕节入选第四批国家级非遗项目。
F. 用英语来描述一下七夕节的来历，要简短，中文也要有
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 as offerings to Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden.
Praying to acquire high skills in needlecraft, 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.
农历七月初七是中国唯一的一个关于爱情的节日。
与西方国家的情人节不同的是，人们并没有那么重视巧克力、鲜花和亲吻。
相反，中国女孩准备水果、瓜香作为祭品送给织女，祈祷获得高超的针线工艺，并希望找到令人满意的丈夫。
晚上，人们坐在户外看星星。中国的奶奶们会说，如果你站在葡萄树下，你可能会无意中听到织女和牛郎在说什么。
(6)七夕英文介绍扩展阅读：
七夕（中国传统节日）一般指七夕节，又称七巧节、七姐节、女儿节、乞巧节、七娘会、巧夕、牛公牛婆日、双七等，是中国民间的传统节日，为传统意义上的七姐诞，因拜祭活动在七月七日晩上举行，故名“七夕”。
拜七姐，祈福许愿、乞求巧艺、坐看牵牛织女星、祈祷姻缘、储七夕水等，是七夕的传统习俗。经历史发展，七夕被赋予了“牛郎织女”的美丽爱情传说，因被赋予了与爱情有关的内涵，使其成为了象征爱情的节日，从而被认为是中国最具浪漫色彩的传统节日，在当代更是产生了“中国情人节”的文化含义。
七夕节既是拜七姐节日也是爱情节日，是一个以“牛郎织女”民间传说为载体，以祈福、乞巧、爱情为主题，以女性为主体的综合性节日。七夕的“牛郎织女”来源于人们对自然天象的崇拜，上古时代人们将天文星区与地理区域相互对应，这个对应关系就天文来说，称作“分星”，就地理来说，称作“分野”；牛郎织女星象对应地理分野的记载见于《汉书·地理志》：“粤地，牵牛、婺女之分野也”。
七夕节发源于中国，是世界上最早的爱情节日，在七夕节的众多民俗当中，有些逐渐消失，但还有相当一部分被人们延续了下来。在部分受中华文化影响的亚洲国家如日本、朝鲜半岛、越南等也有庆祝七夕的传统。2006年5月20日，七夕节被中华人民共和国国务院列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
G. 高二水平英语作文(七夕节介绍)
Qixi Festival, originating in China, is the earliest love festival in the world. Among the many folk customs of Qixi Festival, some graally disappear, but a considerable part of it has been continued by people.
In some Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and so on, there is also a tradition of celebrating the Double Seventh Festival. On May 20, 2006, Qixi Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
中文翻译：
七夕节发源于中国，是世界上最早的爱情节日，在七夕节的众多民俗当中，有些逐渐消失，但还有相当一部分被人们延续了下来。在部分受中华文化影响的亚洲国家如日本、朝鲜半岛、越南等也有庆祝七夕的传统。2006年5月20日，七夕节被中华人民共和国国务院列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。
H. 求七夕节的中英文介绍
七夕节起源于汉代，东晋葛洪的《西京杂记》中有“汉彩女常以七月七日穿七孔针于开襟楼，人俱习之。”这便是我国古代文献中最早的关于乞巧的记载；唐朝王建有诗云：“阑珊星斗缀珠光，七夕宫娥乞巧忙”；《开元天宝遗事》载：唐太宗与妃子每逢七夕在清宫夜宴，宫女们各自乞巧，这一习俗在民间经久不衰，代代延续。
宋元之际，七夕乞巧相当隆重，京城中设有专卖乞巧物品的市场，世人称之为乞巧市。人们从七月初一就开始置办乞巧物品，那时乞巧市场车水马龙，热闹非凡，简直成了人的海洋，七夕节是古人最为喜庆的节日。
Qixi Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In Gehong's Miscellaneous Records of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a saying: "Han Cainu often wears seven-hole needles in the open-top building on July 7, which is common to all people." This is the earliest record of Qiqiao in ancient Chinese literature; Tang Dynasty built a poem cloud: "The stars of the appendix battle pearls.
Qixi Palace E begging Qiao busy"; Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics: Taizong and his concubines in the Qing Palace every Qixi night banquet, the palace women each beg Qiao, this custom in the folk enres for a long time and continues from generation to generation.
At the time of Song and Yuan Dynasty, Qixi Qiao was very grand. There was a market for Qiqiao goods in the capital, which was called Qiqiao City by the world. People began to buy begging goods from the first day of July. At that time, the begging market was full of traffic and bustle. It was a sea of people. Qixi Festival was the most festive festival for the ancients.
I. 七夕介绍英语翻译
也许是： the lunar calendar every year, is a traditional Chinese festival. This is because Japan is a major participant in the activities of the girls, and holiday activities and Qi Qiao is the main reason people said this day, "Qi Qiao Festival" or "girls section."
In China, the lunar calendar Chuqi this day is known as the Tanabata Festival, it was known as the "Qi Qiao Festival," "Seven Bridges Festival", "his daughter's Day" or "Tanabata festival of love." This is a traditional Chinese festival in one of the most romantic holiday is also the most attention to girls in the past days. West in the evening of that day, the women Qiqiao act, named as Gods of Fortune to pray, worship seven sister, the pious and solemn ceremony, the red female flowers on display, all kinds of furniture, small appliances are fine, open to love.
Tanabata another name for "weeks." Wang Bo's "Tanabata Fu", "queue-ling horses in the week, families Shenzi in the evening," the evening on a par with the week, point out the year with family, love and relevant best and most touching Qichu Two nights. It is for this reason about it, then later generations of men and women to marry Liang called auspicious days "a week."
In the sunny summer and fall of night, the stars shining in the sky, a white of the Milky Way as a north-south cross-bridge, on both sides of the river, each with a shining star, across the river, distant relative, that is, Altair and Vega .
Tanabata can sit nil Vega, is a non-governmental practices, according to legend, the night of the year, the sky is the Weaver Girl and the Cowboy in the meet at a time when Bridge. Weaver is a beautiful and smart, ingenuity of the fairies, Fan Jian women in the evening of that day to beg for her wisdom and Qiao Yi, ultimately, to her gift for a happy marriage, so July is also known as Chu Qi Qi Qiao Festival.
People in the Tanabata legend of the night, can see Cowboy Girl on the rise of the Galaxy meet, or in the plane fruits can be overheard two men meet in heaven, then the situation at the time of tenderness.
Full of girls in the romantic atmosphere of the evening, at the sky Langlang Ming of the month, put on the seasonal fruits, worship in the air, begging for the fairy in the sky can be given to their intelligence and mental dexterity of hands, so that their technique knitted skilled female red , Begging for love marriage, marriage Qiao distribution. Marriage in the past for women to decide life or well-being of marriage, so numerous in the world of men and women will love this evening, Ye Jing people deep at all times, to pray at the stars of their own happy marriage.