《jamelai的七夕节英文版ppt分析》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《jamelai的七夕节英文版ppt分析(16页珍藏版)》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、jamelaijamelai的七夕节英文版的七夕节英文版pptppt分析分析The Qixi Festival , also known as the Qiqiao Festi- val, is a Chinese festival that celebrates the annu-al meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in Chi-nese mythology. It falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar It is sometim- es called
2、 the Double Seventh Festival, the Chinese Valentines Day, the Night of Sevens, or the Magp- ie Festival. The festival originated from the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhin and Niulang, who were the weav -er maid and the cowherd, respectively. The tale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd has been ce
3、lebra- ted in the Qixi Festival since the Han Dynasty. The earliest-known reference to this famous myth dates back to over 2600 years ago, which was told in a po em from the Classic of Poetry.The Qixi festival insp- ired Tanabata festival in Japan and Chilseok festival in Korea.The general tale is a
4、bout a love story between Zhin (the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega) and Niulang (the cowherd, symbolizing Altair). Their love was not allowed, thus they were banished to opposite sides of the Silver River .Once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, a flock of magpies would form a bridge to r
5、eunite the lovers for one day.A young cowherd, hence Niulang, came across a beautiful girlZhin , the Goddesss seventh daughter, who had just escaped from boring heaven to look for fun. Zhin soon fell in love with Niulang, and they got married without the knowledge of the Goddess. Zhin proved to be a
6、 wonderful wife, and Niulang to be a good husband. They lived happily and had two children. But the Goddess of Heaven (or in some versions, Zhins mother) found out that Zhin, a fairy girl, had married a mere mortal. The Goddess was furious and ordered Zhin to return to heaven. (Alternatively, the Go
7、ddess forced the fairy back to her former duty of weaving colorful clouds, a task she neglected while living on earth with a mortal.) On Earth, Niulang was very upset that his wife had disappeared. Suddenly, his ox began to talk, telling him that if he killed it and put on its hide, he would be able
8、 to go up to Heaven to find his wife. Crying bitterly, he killed the ox, put on the skin, and carried his two beloved children off to Heaven to find Zhin. The Goddess discovered this and was very angry.Taking out her hairpin, the Goddess scratched a wide river in the sky to separate the two lovers f
9、orever, thus forming the Milky Way between Altair and Vega. Zhin must sit forever on one side of the river, sadly weaving on her loom, while Niulang watches her from afar while taking care of their two children (his flanking stars and Aquilae or by their Chinese names H Gu 1 and H Gu 3). But once a
10、year all the magpies in the world would take pity on them and fly up into heaven to form a bridge (鹊桥, the bridge of magpies, Que Qiao) over the star Deneb in the Cygnus constellation so the lovers may be together for a single night, which is the seventh night of the seventh moon. In the evening, pe
11、ople sit outdoors to observe the stars. Chinese grannies would say that, if you stand under a grapevine repvan, you can probabl y overhear what Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are talking about.Fairy Of The Magpie BridgeFairy Of The Magpie BridgeFairy Of The Magpie BridgeAmong the beautiful clouds, over the Amo
12、ng the beautiful clouds, over the Among the beautiful clouds, over the heavenly river, crosses the weaving heavenly river, crosses the weaving heavenly river, crosses the weaving maiden.maiden.maiden.A night of rendezvous, across the A night of rendezvous, across the A night of rendezvous, across th
13、e autumn sky, surpasses is joy on earth.autumn sky, surpasses is joy on earth.autumn sky, surpasses is joy on earth.Moments of tender love and dream, so Moments of tender love and dream, so Moments of tender love and dream, so sad to leave the magpie bridge.sad to leave the magpie bridge.sad to leav
14、e the magpie bridge.Eternal love between us two, shall Eternal love between us two, shall Eternal love between us two, shall withstand the time apartwithstand the time apartwithstand the time apartOne of the most famous poems about the Qixilegend was written by Qin Guan of in the Song Dynasty (960-1
15、279).(1)中国农历第七个月的第七个夜晚 the seventh evening of the seventh month on Chinese lunar calendar(2)中国的情人节 Chinese Valentines Day(3)双七节 Double Seven Festival(4)喜鹊节 Magpie Festival(5)七夕节 Qixi Festival/Chinese Valentines 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
16、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 Compared with love stories in Western legends, the story of Niu Lang and Zhi Nu seems not as intense or passionate. Love doesnt kill or break up the barrier between them. They just wait patiently on the riverbank, believing that their love can withstand their time apart. We should carry forward our traditions.结束结束