七夕的英语表达方式

七夕，这个古老的节日近几年再度受到热捧，星空之上的爱情故事看来的确比大洋彼岸的情人节更加让我们心动~如何用英语介绍这个美丽的传说呢？一起来学学“七夕”用英语怎么说吧！

ChineseValentine'ina,thisdayisalsoknoperorofHeaven,theWeavingMaid,andanorphanedcowherdwereseparatedbytheEmperor;thegirlwasforcedtomovetothestarVegaandthecowherd,wereonlyallowedtomeetonthemagpiebridgeovertheMilkyWayonceayearonthedayofseventhdayofseventhlunarmonth-ChineseValentine'sDay.

七夕的来历，是因为玉皇大帝的女儿织女爱上了穷小子牛郎，两人被强行分开，一年之中，只有七夕当晚才能在鹊桥上见面。

七夕关键词：

lunarcalendar：阴历，现在通行的阳历是solarcalendar。lunar表示“月亮的”，英文名Luna其实是月亮女神的名字，有取这个名字的女生是不是觉得很开心呢？

cowherd：放牛人，也即牛郎；同样的一个词是shepherd，羊倌，两个词都有一个-herd后缀，herd有“放牧人”的`意思，不过通常都是作为后缀来构成“XX牧人”的词。

magpie：喜鹊，帮助牛郎织女见面的大功臣哦。虽然在七夕的传说中，喜鹊给情人们带来幸福，但是magpie这个词却有一个贬义的用法，就是用来形容话多的人：Shechatterslikeamagpie.她说起话来就没个完。

RaiseyourheadonAugust26andgazeatthestars,youwillfindsomethingromanticgoingoninthesky.

VALENTINE'SDayinChina,theseventhdayoftheseventhlunarmonth,fallsonAugust26thisyear.

Thatis,onWednesdayevening,NiuLangandZhiNvwillmeetonabridgeofmagpies（鹊桥）acrosstheMilkyWay（银河）esegrannieswillremindchildrenthattheywouldnotbeabletoseeanymagpiesonthateveningbecauseallthemagpieshavelefttoformabridgeintheheavenswiththeirwings.

Romanticlegend

toryhasbeenrecordedasfarbackastheJinDynasty(256-420AD)scomposedhundredsofversesonthelovestoryandmanytypesofChineseoperatellthestory.

TheChinesepeoplebelievethatthestarVega（织女星）,eastoftheMilkyWay,isZhiNvand,attheconstellationof

Aquila（天鹰座）,onthewesternsideoftheMilkyWay,NiuLangwaitsforhiswife.

hersisters,sheworkedhardtoweavebeautifulcloudsinthesky,whileNiuLangwasapoororphancowherd,drivenoutofhishomebyhiselderbrotherandhiscruelwife.

NiuLanglamentedoverhislonelyandpoorlifewithanoldcow,agicalcowkindlytoldhimofawaytofindabeautifulandnicewomanashislifecompanion.

Underthedirectionofthecow,NiuLangwenttotheriversideonanevening,wherethesevenfairiesslippedoutoftheirheavenlypalacetobathe.

thefairiesleftthewater,theyoungestcouldn'tfindherclothesandhadtoseehersistersflybacktoheavenwithouther.

ThenNiuLangcameoutwiththedressandaskedtheyoungestfairy,ZhiNv,tostaywithhim.

SeveralyearspassedonEarth,angandZhiNvlivedhappilytogetherandhadtwochildrenbeforetheQueenofHeavendiscoveredZhiNv'sabsence.

nghisbelovedwifeflyinginthesky,agicalcowhadtoldhimbeforedyingofoldage:"Keepthecowhide（牛皮）foremergencyuse."

Puttingthecowhideon,hewentafterhiswifewithhistwochildren.

Withthehelpofthecowhide,inebecametheSilverRiverinheaven,

ortheMilkyWay.

ZhiNvwentbacktotheheavenlyworkshop,hewassosad,lly,theQueenshowedalittlemercy,allowingthecoupletomeetonceeveryyearontheSilverRiver.

Well-knownpoem

OneofthemostfamouspoemsaboutthelegendwaswrittenbyQinGuanofintheSongDynasty(960-1279).

FairyOfTheMagpieBridge

Amongthebeautifulclouds,

Overtheheavenlyriver,

Crossestheweavingmaiden.

Anightofrendezvous,

Acrosstheautumnsky.

Surpassesjoyonearth.

Momentsoftenderloveanddream,Sosadtoleavethemagpiebridge.

Eternallovebetweenustwo,Shallwithstandthetimeapart.(TranslatedbyKylieHsu)

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