七夕夜英文
『壹』 中國七夕節英文介紹
每年的農歷七月初七被稱為「七夕」。阿拉伯數字「7」在漢語中寫做「七」，而「夕」在古漢語中指夜晚，所以「七夕」的字面義就是農歷七月初七的晚上。
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.
七夕節也稱「乞巧節」，是閨中女子向織女祈求智慧和巧技的日子。姑娘們祈禱自己能有一雙織女般的巧手，尋得一位如意郎君。
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.
傳說天上的織女與牛郎相戀，便留在人間和他生兒育女。可是織女擅離天庭，私配凡人，觸怒了王母娘娘。於是她在天界劃了一道銀河，將牛郎織女拆散，一對有情人從此天各一方。
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.
幸運的是，一群喜鵲被二人的愛情感動，跨越銀河搭成鵲橋。從此，每逢農歷七月初七，牛郎織女便得以鵲橋相會。
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.
