Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 課外拓展七夕節(jié) Double Seventh Festival -高中英語人教版（2019）必修第三冊

IlovethreethingsintheworldThesunThemoonAndyouThesunforthedayThemoonforthenightAndyouforever浮世三千吾愛有三日，月與卿日為朝月為暮卿為朝朝暮暮DoubleSeventhFestivalSallyWhat?AbriefintroductionoftheDoubleSeventhFestivalTheQixiFestivalalsoknownastheChineseValentine'sDay，fallsontheseventhdayofthe7thlunarmonthontheChinesecalendar.HereisaromanticlovestoryassociatedwithQixi.StoryoftheDoubleSeventhFestivalSomecommonmythologicalcharacters:NiuLangandZhiNu/CowherdandtheWeaverMaid牛郎和織女theQueenofHeaven王母娘娘abridgeofmagpies鵲橋theMilkyWay銀河Vega織女星Altair牛郎星/牽牛Mundanelife凡間生活StoryoftheDoubleSeventhFestivalItsaysthatafairynamedZhinüwholivedinheavenfellinlovewithacowherdnamedNiulangduringhertriptoearth.ZhinüdecidedtosettledownonearthandleadamundanelifewithNiulang.HoweverlovebetweenordinarypeopleandfairyGodisforbidden.TheywerepunishedbytheQueenofHeaven,andturnintostarslocateddowntheoppositesideoftheMilkyWaywatchingeachotherfromtheimpossibledistance.Theyarepermittedtomeeteachotheronlyonthe7thdayofthe7thmontheachyear.MagpiesgatherandmakeabridgeofmagpiesacrosstheMilkyWayforthem.heroineheroVegaAltairTheoriginofDoubleSeventhFestivalDynastiesHan(206BC-AD220)Scholarshaveshownthefestival

theHanDynastyEasternJinDynasty(AD371-420)

fromtheEasternJinDynastymentionthefestivalTangDynasty(618-907)

fromtheTangDynastydepictthegrandeveningbanquetofEmperorTaizongandhisconcubinesSong(960-1279)andYuan(1279-1368)dynasties

forthe"QiXi"wereseenbeingsoldonmarketsinthecapital.originatedfromHistoricaldocumentsRecordsSpecialarticlesAccordingtothepassageandthepictures,whatdidgirlsandwomendoduringtheDoubleSeventhFestival?Accordingtothepassageandthepictures,whatdidgirlsandwomendoduringtheDoubleSeventhFestival?gathertogetherinasquarethreadtheneedlecarvemelonsintoallsortsofthingsdisplayfriedcookiesmadeinmanydifferentshapes…Now,trytoretellthestory.DifferentValentine’sDayindifferentcountriesJapaneseValentine’sDayoriginatedfromChina,thecontinuationofthe"beggingforskills"customsandhabits,hasbecomeanimportanttraditionalfolkfestival.JapaneseValentine’sDayisnotmainlyusedtoprayforlove,butforgirlstohaveagoodcraft.Atthistimeofyear,adultsandchildrengettogethertowritewishesoncolorfulpiecesofpaperandhangthemonwishingtrees.

JapaneseValentine’sDayThemostrepresentativeKoreancustomoftheFestivalistopraytothegoddessVega,hopingtohavethesamedexteroushandsasthegoddessVega.Anotherimportantthingissacrifice.SouthKoreanwomenputcleanwateronthealtar,mainlytoprayforthepeaceofrelativesandfriends,someplacesareheldtoprayforagoodharvestofthefield.KoreanValentine’sDay

Western

Valentine’sDayValentine'sDayiscelebratedonFebruary14.Itisafestivalofromanticloveandmanypeoplegivecards,letters,flowersorpresentstotheirspouseorpartner.Theymayalsoarrangearomanticmealinarestaurantornightinahotel.CommonsymbolsofValentine'sDayarehearts,redrosesandCupid.鵲橋仙飛星傳恨，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。FairyoftheMagpieBridgeAmongthebeautifulclouds,Overtheheavenlyriver,Crossestheweavingmaiden.Anightofrendezvous,Acrosstheautumnsky.Surpassesjoyonearth.Momentsoftenderloveanddream,Sosadtoleavethemagpiebridge.Eternallovebetweenustwo,Shallwithstandtheti