七夕節(jié)的地道英文究竟是啥？

Tanabata

這個詞也是七夕的意思，但指的是日本的七夕節(jié)。維基百科這樣解釋道：

Tanabata (七夕, meaning "Evening of the seventh"), also known as the Star Festival, is a Japanese festival.

日本的七夕節(jié)起源于咱們中國的七夕，七夕是中國的情人節(jié)，可是在日本，卻和情人節(jié)沾不上什么邊。和日本新年一樣，七夕可以許愿，把心愿寫在紙條上，然后掛在樹上。

除了日本，韓國也過七夕，英文是：Chilseok，英文解釋是這樣滴：a Korean traditional festival which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Korean lunisolar calendar。

那我們再來看看中國的七夕，英文就是什么樣的呢？

中國七夕

一起來看維基百科對中國七夕節(jié)的介紹：

The Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is a Chinese festival that celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in Chinese mythology. 

It falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar. It is sometimes called the Double Seventh Festival, the Chinese Valentine's Day, the Night of Sevens, or the Magpie(喜鵲) Festival.

七夕節(jié)的地道英文就是Qixi Festival，大意是：七夕節(jié)，又名乞巧節(jié)。該節(jié)日來自于牛郎與織女的傳說，在農歷七月初七慶祝。

這里有個句型，我們需要學習或仿寫，如下：

It falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar.

七夕節(jié)在農歷七月初七。

當我們說某個節(jié)日在某月某日時，就能用這個句型了。此處的fall，還可以替換成take place。

怎么用英語介紹這個故事呢？

小伙伴們，你們知道牛郎與織女的故事傳說有多少年了，是從哪個朝代開始有了這樣浪漫的故事呢？一起來看下文吧：

每年的農歷七月初七被稱為“七夕”。阿拉伯數(shù)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. 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.

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。于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 cow herder, and the pair ran away to live together. But her mother was furious, since gods and humans are forbidden to live together. So, shecreated 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。于是七夕就成了一年中牛郎織女重逢的日子。

Luckily, a flock of magpies was moved by their love and decided to form a bridge across the Milky Way to enable them to reunite every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. So they can see each other once a year on this special day.
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