情人节与七夕节的区别 英文课件.ppt

It is a classic love story between a fairy and a human being enjoying a widespread influence.
Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl
Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl
The fairy tale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl is one of the four most famous folktales of ancient China.
Long long ago, there was a very poor but clever, diligent and honest boy named Cowherd.
His parents died when he was a child .
Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-inlaw .
Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl
However, all the magpies in the world, deeply touched by the story, came to their rescue.
With more holes than ordinary needles, they are rather hard to handle.

• Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for Niu Lang and Zhi Nu to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
CUSTOMS
• Sometimes they also send other gifts too, like flowers ,jeweries or candy.
CUSTOMS
• Do you know the meaning of rose quantities
• 1 rose: love at first sight, you are the only one. • 2 roses: Mutual feelings, a commitment, an
• One day, The magical cow kindly told him a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion. Under the direction of the cow, Niu Lang went to the riverside on an evening. This evening the seven fairies left heaven to bathe. He took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on

• At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One river appeared in front of Niu Lang . Niu Lang and Zhi Nu were separated on the two banks forever.
CUSTOMS
• Sometimes they also send other gifts too, like flowers ,jeweries or candy.
CUSTOMS
• Do you know the meaning of rose quantities
• 1 rose: love at first sight, you are the only one. • 2 roses: Mutual feelings, a commitment, an
• The deft hands will nip them into all shapes related to the legend of the Festival.
• The melons and fruits used on the day are usually carved into the shapes of flowers and birds, or carved with patterns in relief on the melon peel, which are therefore called “carved melons”
• Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for Niu Lang and Zhi Nu to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Tales
• Zhi Nu was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven. With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky.
Tales
• 但是好景不长，这事很快 便让天帝知道，王母娘娘 亲自下凡来，强行把织女 带回天上，恩爱夫妻被拆 散。
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• 牛郎追织女，王母娘娘 拔下金簪，一道天河就 出现了，牛郎和织女被 隔在两岸。他们感动了 喜鹊，喜鹊飞来，搭成 鹊桥，牛郎织女在鹊桥 相会.
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• 后来，每到农历七月初七，相传牛 郎织女鹊桥相会的日子，姑娘们就 会来到花前月下，抬头仰望星空， 寻找银河两边的牛郎星Aquila和织 女星Vega，希望能看到他们一年一 度的相会，乞求上天能让自己能象 织女那样心灵手巧，祈祷自己能有 如意称心的美满婚姻，由此形成了
七夕情人节英文PPT
Saint Valentine's Day
• Introduction • Origins • Tales • Customs • Other related things • Conclusion
Origins
• “七夕”最早来源于人们对自然的崇拜。东晋葛洪的《西 京杂记》最早的关于乞巧的记载
• Niu Lang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother.
Tales
☻ 牛郎在老牛帮助下认识了织女， 二人互生情意，织女偷偷下凡， 做了牛郎的妻子。牛郎和织女 结婚后, 男耕女织，情深意重， 他们生了一男一女两个孩子， 一家人生活得很幸福。

• People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour糯米粉) on this occasion, because as a homophone同音字, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another.
• The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan. He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor's court。
• Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.

• Unfortunately,
the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother to bring Zhi Nu back. With the help of magical cow , Niu Lang flew to heaven with his son and daughter.
Folk Customs on the Double Seventh Day
-Ingenuity test by floating needle（投针验巧）
• Ingenuity test by floating needle is one of the common customs on the festival. • Put some water in a vessel and leave it in the open air until it is covered by a film of dust. • Then cast a needle or thin straw on it to see the pattern of the shadow at the bottom, so as to test their ingenuity
Do you know the beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation about the Double Seventh Festival ?
The Romantic story……
• Long long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang .His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by farming with an old cow.

今日某些老式旳习俗依然在中国旳农村地域流传，但 在城市被减弱或稀释了。尤其是近年来,城市年轻人 庆贺西方情人节。商人为盈利推行西方情人节，所 以西方情人节比七夕更流行。
Nowadays more and more Chinese people like to observe（庆贺） Valentine’s Day. However, the legend （传说） of Niu Lang and Zhi Nv has taken root in
很久很久此前，有一种诚实善良旳男孩 叫牛郎。他旳父母他很小旳时候就逝世了。他 旳哥哥把他抚养长大，之后他被他旳嫂子赶出 家门。所以他靠放牧和种地生存。
One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nv fell in love with him and came down secretly （偷偷地） to earth and married him. Niu Lang farmed in the field and Zhi Nv wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl.
一天，一种来自天庭叫织女旳仙女对他一见 钟情并和他结婚了。牛郎在田里耕作，织女在 家里织布。他们生了一对可爱旳子女，过着幸 福旳生活。
Unfortunately（不幸旳）, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring Zhi Nv back .With the help of cattle, Niu Lang flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke.

Introduction
• The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance.
Question:
Do you know the beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation about the Double Seventh Festival ?
The Romantic story……
• Long long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang .His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by farming with an old cow.
•When the fairies left the water, the youngest couldn't find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her.
•Then Niu Lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy, Zhi Nu, to stay with him. Zhi Nu fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. So Niu Lang farmed in the field and the Zhi Nu wove at home. They lived a happy life and had a son and a daughter.

广西七夕储水
• 广西某些地区有七夕储 水的习俗，认为双七水 洗浴能消灾除病，体弱 多病的孩子，也常在此 日将红头绳结七个结， 戴在脖子上，祈求健康 吉祥。
胶东拜七姐神
• 胶东地区，多于七夕拜七姐 神。年轻妇女穿上新装，欢 聚一堂，于庭中盟结七姐妹 ，口唱歌谣：“天皇皇，地 皇皇，俺请七姐姐下天堂。 不图你针，不图你线，光学 你七十二样好 手段。”不少 地方还制作“巧花”，少女 们用面粉制牡丹、莲、梅、 兰、菊等带花的饼馍食 品（ 或称巧果），还有巧菜，即 于酒盅中培育麦芽（此即宋 代的“种生”），用巧果、 巧菜来 祭祀织女。
• “七夕”也来源古代人们对时间的崇拜。七”与“期”同 音，月和日均是“七”，给人以时间感。
• “七夕”又是一种数字崇拜现象，古代民间把正月正、三 月三、五月五、七月七、九月九再加上预示成双的二月二 和三的倍数六月六这“七重”均列为吉庆日。
Introduction
☻ The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. [mɪ'leniə] The story has been recorded as far back as the Jin Dynasty (256-420 AD).
（2）中国的情人节 Chinese Valentine's Day （3）双七节 Double Seven Festival （4）喜鹊节 Magpie Festival （5）七夕节 Qixi Festival/Chinese Valentine's Day （6）月老庙 match maker temples （7）鹊桥 a bridge of magpies （8）银河 the Milky Way （9）织女星 Vega （10）牛郎星/牵牛星 Altair （11）牛郎和织女 Niu Lang and ZhiNu/Cowherd and the Weaver Maid （12）王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven （13）玉皇大帝 the Emperor of Heaven （14）民间故事 Chinese folktales

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Legend about the Double Seventh Day
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On the night of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month every year,they meet at the Magpie Bridge for a short time.
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The similarities of Valentine's Day and Double Seventh Festival
• The two festivals are the same to praise • the eternal and beauty of love.
• In nowadays,the young people are glad • to share the sweet days with theirs lovers.
• The one with a most round cobweb of the • most mesh will be the winner.
The differences of Valentine's Day and Double Seventh Festival
Customs of celebrating the Double Seventh Festival
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presence.
• 13 roses: Forever friends.
• 20 roses: I'm sincere towards you.
The differences of Valentine's Day and Double Seventh Festival
Customs of celebrating the Valentine's Day
Qiaoguo
• Qiaoguo（Fried Thin Pastes）is in different • shapes with the materials mostly being oil, • flour, sugar and honey. • The deft hands will nip them into all shapes • related to the legend of the Festival. • The melons and fruits used on the day are • usually carved into the shapes of flowers • and birds, or carved with patterns in relief • on the melon peel, which are therefore • called “carved melons”

• In order to plead for skills, threading a needle • is the most long-standing means. • It tests the speed of threading a needle under • the moon. • It is said that the needles used in the contest • are the seven-hole needle of the Han Dynasty • or the nine-tail needle of the Yuan Dynasty. • With more holes than ordinary needles, they • are rather hard to handle.
• Maybe they will just go shoping on Valentine’s Day
The differences of Valentine's Day and Double Seventh Festival
Customs of celebrating the Valentine's Day
• 21 roses: I'm committed to you. • 24 roses: You're always on my mind. • 25 roses: Congratulations. • 36 roses: I'll remember our romantic moments • 40 roses: My love is genuine • 99 roses: I'll love you till the day I die. • 100 roses:100% love, I'm totally devoted to you. • 101 roses: Best of all, you're my one and only. • 108 roses: Proposal, Will you marry me? • 365 roses: I love you every single day. • 999 roses: My love will last till the end of time.