DOUBLESEVENTHFESTIVALANDTHEVALENTINE‘SDAYtheorigonoftwofestivalsthecoustomoftwofestivalsthepoemsofthefestivalsthecelebrateofalloverthewordPART

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theoriginoftwofestivals3TheOriginOfTheValentine'sDayTherearevaryingopinionsastotheoriginofValentine’sDay.SomeexpertsstatethatitoriginatedfromSt.Valentine,aRomanwhowasmartyredforrefusingtogiveupChristianity.HediedonFebruary14,269A.D.,thesamedaythathadbeendevotedtolovelotteries.LegendalsosaysthatSt.Valentineleftafarewellnoteforthejailer’sdaughter,whohadbecomehisfriend,andsignedit"FromYourValentine".

TheOriginOfTheValentine'sDayGradually,February14becamethedateforexchanginglovemessagesandSt.Valentinebecamethepatronsaintoflovers.Thedatewasmarkedbysendingpoemsandsimplegiftssuchasflowers.TherewasoftenasocialgatheringoraballTheoriginofthedoubleseventhfestivalRaiseyourheadonAugust4andgazeatthestars,youwillfindsomethingromanticgoingoninthesky.

VALENTINE''SDayinChina,theseventhdayoftheseventhlunarmonth,fallsonAugust4thisyear.

Thatis,onMondayevening,NiuLangandZhiNuwillmeetonabridgeofmagpies（鵲橋）acrosstheMilkyWay.Chinesegrannieswillremind

Theoriginofthedoubleseventhfestival

Chinesegrannieswillremindchildrenthattheywouldnotbeabletoseeanymagpiesonthateveningbecauseallthemagpieshavelefttoformabridgeintheheavenswiththeirwings.7PARTTWO

thecustomoftwofestivalsThecustomoftwofestivalsIngenuitytestbyfloatingneedleisoneofthecommoncustomsonthefestival.

putsomewaterinavesselandleaveitintheopenairuntilitiscoveredbyafilmofdust.

thencastaneedleorthinstrawonittoseethepatternoftheshadowatthebottom,soastotesttheiringenuityThecustomoftwofestivalsOnthisdayloversallaroundtheworldmarkthisoccasionasadayforsendingpoems,cards,flowersorcandy,etc.Theymightalsobeasocialgatheringorballtomarktheoccasion.ManyValentine'sDaycustomsinvolvedwaysthatsinglewomencouldlearnwhotheirfuturehusbandswouldbe.Englishwomenofthe1700'swrotemen'snamesonscrapsofpaper,rolledeachinalittlepieceofclay,anddroppedthemallintowater.Thefirstpaperthatrosetothesurfacesupposedlyhadthenameofawoman'struelove.PARTTHREEthepoemsofthefestivals

纖云弄巧，飛星傳恨，銀漢迢迢暗度。金風(fēng)玉露一相逢，便勝卻人間無數(shù)。

柔情似水，佳期如夢，忍顧鵲橋歸路！兩情若是久長時，又豈在朝朝暮暮！

Cloudsfloatlikeworksofart；

Starsshootwithgriefatheart.

AcrosstheMilkyWaytheCowherdmeetstheMaid

WhenAutumn’sGoldenwindembracesDewofJades，

Allthelovescenesonearthhowevermanyfade

Theirtenderloveflowslikeastream；

Thishappydateseemsbutadream.

Cantheybearaseparatehomewardway?

Iflovebetweenbothsidescanlastforaye，

Whyneedtheystaytogethernightandday?.《鵲橋仙》纖云弄巧，飛星傳恨，銀漢迢迢暗度。金風(fēng)玉露一相逢，便勝卻人間無數(shù)。柔情似水，佳期如夢，忍顧鵲橋歸路。兩情若是久長時，又豈在朝朝暮暮。

Whenyouneedsomeonetolisten,I'llbethere.Whenyouneedahug,I'llbethere.Whenyouneedsomeonetoholdyourhand,I'llbethere.Whenyouneedsomeonetowipeyourtears,guesswhat?I'llbethere.

----WilliamShakespeare

當(dāng)你需要有人傾聽的時候，我就在這里；當(dāng)你需要溫暖的懷抱的時候，我就在這里；當(dāng)你需要有人牽你的手，我就在這里。當(dāng)你需要有人為你擦去傷心的淚水，你知道嗎？我就在這里。

---威廉.莎士比亞

PARTFOURthecelebrateofalloverthewordEngland英國Mensendgiftstowomen,andgiverosetoeachother.多為男性向女性送禮物,互贈鮮花以致深情蜜意。Freanc法國Menwillgivesomesurprisetowemen.男性會為女性做些浪漫的事，女性不必太費心。Italy意大利GirlswillwatingforherMr.rightstandbythewindow.女孩會站在窗口等待命中注定的情人出現(xiàn)。America美國Outing，singing，andputpresentsontheirfavoritegirl'sdoorstep.一起游玩，唱歌，將禮物放在自己鐘情的女子家門口，按動門鈴后立即躲開Brazil巴西Loverswilltraveltothefamouscopacabanabeachinvalentine'sday.情侶們在情人節(jié)會前往著名的科帕卡巴納海灘。Korea韓國11.11isKoreanValentine’sDay,loverswillsendChocolatebarstoeachother.每年的11月11日為韓國的情人節(jié)，在這天，有情人會互贈巧克力棒來表達愛意。Japan日本girlssendDIYChocolatestotheboythattheylike,andboysgivesomethingbackonWhiteValentine.女孩送自制的巧克力給喜歡的男孩，如果也喜歡她，則要在一個月后的3月14日，也就是所謂的“白色情人節(jié)”，回贈一件禮物China中國OnChineseValentine’sDay，theyoungpeoplee