七夕節(jié)英文課件-5分鐘

DoubleSeventhDay——ChineseValentine’sDayLiJunDoubleSeventhDay——ChineseVa1CowhertStarWeavingGirlStarMilkyWayOnthenightofthe7thdayofthe7thlunarmontheveryyear,theymeetattheMagpieBridgeforashorttime.CowhertStarWeavingGirlStarM2OutlineIntroductionTheoriginoftheDoubleSeventhDayLegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDayFolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDayOutlineIntroduction3IntroductionAtraditionalfestivalfullofromanceThe7thdayofthe7thlunarmonthTheWeavingGirl（織女）andtheCowherd（牛郎）inheavenwouldmeetattheMagpieBridgeAlsocalledBegging-for-DexterityFestival（乞巧節(jié)）（TheWeavingGirlisabeautifulandsmartfairywithdefthandsandthewomeninthemortalworldwillbegforintelligenceanddeftneedleworkfromher）IntroductionAtraditionalfest4TheOriginoftheDoubleSeventhDayoriginatingfromnatureworshipofthehumanraceDouble-SeventhDaywasalsotheproductoftimeworshipoftheancients——thenumber"七"appearsinbothmonthanddaygivingastrongsenseoftime.TheOriginoftheDoubleSeve5TheOriginoftheDoubleSeventhDay"DoubleSeventhDay"isalsoaphenomenonofnumberworship——"七"bearsthesamepronunciationwith"妻"(wife),thustheDoubleSeventhDayistoagreatextentafestivalrelatedtowomen.TheOriginoftheDoubleSeve6LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirl

ThefairytaleoftheCowherdandtheWeavingGirlisoneofthefourmostfamousfolktalesofancientChina.Itisaclassiclovestorybetweenafairyandahumanbeingenjoyingawidespreadinfluence.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent7LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlLonglongago,therewasaverypoorbutclever,diligentandhonestboynamedCowherd.Hisparentsdiedwhenhewasachild.Laterhewasdrivenoutofhishomebyhissister-in-law.Buthiscattleisveryloyaltohim.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent8LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlTheWeavingGirlisabeautifulandsmartfairywithdefthands.Shehadgrowntiredofthelifeattheheavenlypalace,longedforalifeamongthecommonpeople.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent9LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlThecattlegavetheCowherdatip:takethefairy’sclotheswhensheistakingabath,thenshecan’tgobacktotheheavenlypalace.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent10LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlTheyfellinlovewitheachotherandlivedahappylife.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent11LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlUnfortunately,thefactthattheyhavefellinlovewasfoundoutsoonTheQueenMotherofbroughttheWeavingGirlbackanddrewabigriveracrossthesky,knowntotheChineseastheSilveryRiver(theMilkyWayintheWest),todriveawedgebetweenthem.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent12LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlHowever,allthemagpiesintheworld,deeplytouchedbythestory,cametotheirrescue.Everyyearontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonth,theywouldflocktogethertoformabridgesothattheCowherdandtheWeavingGirlcouldenjoyabriefreunion.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent13LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlThisstory,tosomeextent,reflectsChinesepeople'swishestopursuethefreedomofloveandmarriage.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent14LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlThefairytalealsocontainsChinesepeople'sunderstandingaboutstarimages.Inthetale,theWeavingGirlStar(theVega)isthebrighteststarintheconstellationLyra,facingtheCowherdStar(theAltair),thebrighteststarintheconstellationAquila,acrosstheMilkyWay.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent15LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlOntheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthofthelunarcalendareveryyear,Chinesewomencustomarilylookupintothenightsky,searchingfortheWeavingGirlStarandtheCowherdStaronbothsidesoftheMilkyWayandhopingtoseetheirannualgathering.Meanwhile,girlsonthegroundhopetohavecleverhandsandgoodsense,justliketheWeavingGirl.Theyalsoprayforahappymarriageoftheirown.LegendabouttheDoubleSevent16FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-Ingenuitytestbyfloatingneedle（投針驗巧）

Ingenuitytestbyfloatingneedleisoneofthecommoncustomsonthefestival.Putsomewaterinavesselandleaveitintheopenairuntilitiscoveredbyafilmofdust.Thencastaneedleorthinstrawonittoseethepatternoftheshadowatthebottom,soastotesttheiringenuityFolkCustomsontheDoubleSev17FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-PleadingforSkillsbyThreadingaNeedleInordertopleadforskills,threadinganeedle（穿針乞巧）isthemostlong-standingmeans.Itteststhespeedofthreadinganeedleunderthemoon.Itissaidthattheneedlesusedinthecontestaretheseven-holeneedleoftheHanDynastyorthenine-tailneedleoftheYuanDynasty.Withmoreholesthanordinaryneedles,theyareratherhardtohandle.FolkCustomsontheDoubleSev18FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-CobwebastheDeterminant（喜蛛應巧）Pleadingforskillswithcobwebisanothercommoncustominthefestival,inwhicheverybodyputsaspiderintoalocketandwaitsuntilthenextmorningtoseeifthereiscobwebandifany,howitlooks.Theone