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1、关于七夕的英语作文【优秀3篇】大家了解七夕节吗？七夕节在我国最初是女人们祈求心灵手巧和美满姻缘的一个节日，到后来，由于牛郎织女的爱情反复被文人说起，如今它俨然成为了中国的情人节。一秘范文为您带来了3篇关于七夕的英语作文，希望朋友们参阅后能够文思泉涌。七夕的英语作文 篇一 Legend has it that on this evening, Niulang, or the Cowherd, and Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, meet each other for their annual tryst on a bridge formed by sympatheti

2、c magpies over the Milky Way. If it happens to rain that night, a Chinese elder might say it is Zhinu weeping after meeting her husband Niulang on the Milky Way. This day used to be commemorated as a festival for girls and also for young people in love. As the story goes, there was once a cowherd, N

3、iulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. But his sister-in-law disliked and abused him, and the boy was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company. The cow, however, was a former god who had violated celestial rules and had been sent to earth in bovine form. One day he

4、led Niulang to a lake where fairies came bathe on earth; among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful girl and a skilled seamstress. The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and a daughter, and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in China. Ye

5、t in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism, marriage between a mortal and a fairy was strictly forbidden. He sent his empress to fetch Zhinu. Niulang grew desperate when he discovered Zhinu had been taken back to heaven. Driven by Niulangs misery, the cow told him to turn its hid

6、e into a pair of shoes after it died.The magic shoes whisked off Niulang, who carried his two children in baskets strung from a shoulder pole, off on a chase after the empress. The pursuit enraged the empress, who took her hairpin and slashed it across the sky, creating the Milky Way which separated

7、 husband from wife. But all was not lost. An army of magpies, moved by their love and devotion, formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family. Even the Jade Emperor was touchhed and allowed Niulang and Zhinu to meet once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month. It is said that

8、at that night, children can hear the private conversation between the Weaving Maid and the Cowherd under the grape trellis. This is how Qixi came to be. In actuality, the festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). People would traditionally look up at the sky and spot a bright s

9、tar in the constellation Aquila, as well as the star Vega, identified as Niulang and Zhinu. The two stars shine on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Qixi is also known as the Begging for Skills Festival or Daughters Festival. In the past, girls would hold ceremonies on the day and pray to Zhinu for w

10、isdom, dexterity and a satisfying marriage. In some parts of Shandong Province, young women would offer fruit and pastries to her in return for a blessing of intelligence. If spiders were seen to weave webs on sacrificial objects, it was believed that Zhinu was offering positive feedback. In other p

11、arts of China, the custom was for seven close friends to gather to make dumplings. They would put into three separate dumplings a needle, a copper coin and a red date, which represented perfect needlework skills, good fortune and an early marriage respectively. Young women in southern China wove sma

12、ll handicrafts with colored paper, grass and thread. Weaving and needlework competitions would be held to see who had the best hands and the brightest mind, prerequisites for being a good wife and mother. However, these ancient traditions and customs have been slowly dying out. Fewer people than ever gaze at the heaven on that day to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way - that is, if they even know on which day Qixi falls. 读书破万卷下笔如有神，以上就是一秘范文为大家整理的3篇关于七夕的英语作文，希望对您的写作有所帮助。4