七夕节英语ppt

Contents•Thedescription•Theromantictale•Thecustoms•Therelatedwords&poemsThedescriptionOnthe7thdayofthe7thlunarmonth.13thAugustthisyear.Fullofromance.Derivedfrompeople'sworshiptonatureandthetimeatfirst.TheRomantictale–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlLonglongago,therewasanorphannamedNiuLang.Hewasdrivenoutofhishomebyhissister-in-low.Thenhelivedbyfarmingwithanoldcow.Oneday,themagicalcowkindlytoldhimawaytofindafairyashiswife.Thisevening,sevenfairiesleftheaventobathe.Niulangtookoneofthebeautifulsilkdressesandtheownerwasleftalone.ThenNiulangcameoutwiththedressandaskedtheher,Zhinv,tostaywithhim.ThekindZhinvfellinlovewithhimandmarriedhimsecretly.NiulangfarmedinthefieldandtheZhinvwoveathome.Theylivedahappylifeandhadasonandadaughter.Unfortunately,thefactwasfoundoutandtheQueenMotherwenttobringZhinvback.Withthehelpofthemagicalcow,NiuLangflewtoheavenwithhissonanddaughter.But,theQueenMothertookoffoneofhergoldhairpintomadearivertostopNiulang.SotheywereseparatedbytheMilkyWayforever.Theirlovetouchedmagpiesandthousandsofmagpiescametobuildabridgeforthemtomeeteachother.TheQueenMotherwaseventualymovedandallowedthemtomeeteachyearonthe7thlunarmonth.HenceforththeirmeetingdatehasbeencalledQiXi(DoubleSeventh)ThecustomsBeggingforskills—QiQiao.PrayingforeverlastingloveObservingtheVegaandAltair,OverhearingwhattheytalkingTherelatedwords（1）中国农历第七个月的第七个夜晚theseventheveningoftheseventhmonthonChineselunarcalendar（2）中国的情人节ChineseValentine'sDay（3）双七节DoubleSevenFestival（4）喜鹊节MagpieFestival（5）七夕节QixiFestival/ChineseValentine'sDay（6）月老庙matchmakertemples（7）鹊桥abridgeofmagpiesRelatedwords（8）银河theMilkyWay（9）织女星Vega（10）牛郎星/牵牛星Altair（11）牛郎和织女NiuLangandZhiNu/CowherdandtheWeaverMaid（12）王母娘娘theQueenofHeaven（13）玉皇大帝theEmperorofHeaven（14）民间故事ChinesefolktalesRelatedpoem•鹊桥仙宋•秦观•织云弄巧•飞星传恨•银汉迢迢暗度•金风玉露一相逢•便胜却人间无数•柔情似水•佳期如梦•忍顾鹊桥归路•两情若是久长时•又岂在朝朝暮暮FairyOfTheMagpieBridge•Amongthebeautifulclouds,•Overtheheavenlyriver,•Crossestheweavingmaiden.•Anightofrendezvous,•Acrosstheautumnsky.•Surpassesjoyonearth.•Momentsoftenderloveanddream,•Sosadtoleavethemagpiebridge.•Eternallovebetweenustwo,•Shallwithstandthetimeapart.