1 七夕节来历英文介绍

七夕情人节指的是农历七月的第七个夜晚，这个节日是汉代传统的民间节日。七夕的晚上不仅仅是传说中的"牛郎"和"织女"一年一度相会的夜晚，同时也是为编制姑娘们祈求心灵手巧的好机会。因此，七夕节又叫"乞巧节"，"女儿节"。

The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people. This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity. Therefore, this festival is also named " Maiden's Day", " Daughter's Day".

2 七夕节故事英文介绍

很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。然而，哥哥嫂子为人狠毒，经常虐待他。他们逼牛郎干苦活，不让他吃饱睡好，最后又把他赶出了家门，牛郎除了身上的衣服和一头老水牛外，一无所有。

Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother. Unfortunately, his brother and his sister-in -law were very mean and often treated Niulang very badly. They would not give him enough food to eat, and made him work so hard that he hardly had time to sleep. Finally, they kicked him of their home. All he had in the world were the clothes on his back and an old ox.

牛郎在山边搭了间茅草屋，辛勤开垦，在岩石地上挖出了一片菜园，他常常饥肠辘辘，劳累不堪，但把老水牛照顾得好好的。一日，牛突然说话了，它告诉牛郎说自己前身是天上的金牛星，由于违反了天条把粮食种子撒到了人间，天帝将它贬到人间以示惩罚。老牛说，过几天，天上的仙女会下凡到离茅草屋不远的圣池里游泳，其中有一个勤劳善良、美丽贤惠的姑娘，名叫织女。织女是天宫中王母娘娘的外孙女，如果牛郎能趁仙女洗澡的时候把织女的衣服拿走，她就会留下来作他的妻子。

Niulang built a small thatched cottage on the side of a mountain. He cut and dug and sweat until he had made a vegetable garden out of the rocky soil. He was often tired and hungry, but always found time to take good care of his old ox. One day, the old ox suddenly began to speak to him. It said that it used to be Taurus, the Golden-Ox Star, in the sky and had been banished by the Lord of Heaven to this world as punishment for its violation of heavenly rule by spreading grain seeds to this world. The old ox told Niulang that the goddesses of Heaven would take a bath in a sacred pond not far from his cottage a few days later. Among them was a beautiful, virtuous and industrious girl whose name is Zhinu, the Girl Weaver. Zhinu was a granddaughter of the King of the Heavenly Kingdom. If the Cowherd took the advantage of their bath in the pond to take away her clothes, she would stay and become his wife.

到了那天，牛郎藏在高大的芦苇丛里等着。老牛说的话显灵了，仙女们很快就到了，她们脱掉丝袍跳进水里。牛郎偷偷地爬出来，拿起织女的衣服跑开了。仙女们吓着了，赶快上岸，穿起衣服跑开了，把织女一个人留在后头。牛郎跑回来，把衣服还给了织女，他对织女一见钟情。两人相对而视，织女对牛郎说要做他的妻子。

When the day came, Niulang hid in the tall reeds by the pond and waited for the young goddesses. They soon came, just as the ox said they would. They took off their silk robes and jumped into the clear water. Niulang crept out of his hiding place, picked up Zhinu's clothes and ran away. Her companions were so frightened that they jumped out , dressed as quickly as they could and flew away, leaving the Girl Weaver behind. Niulang returned and gave her back her clothes. He had adored her from the first sight he saw her. They looked into each other's eyes. The Girle Weaver told the poor Cowherd that she would be his wife.

两人结婚后，牛郎耕田种地，织女纺线织衣，恩恩爱爱。织女成了远近的名人，她心灵手巧，养蚕纺纱，编锦织缎，样样精通。三年后，侄女生了对龙凤胎，男孩儿叫"金哥"，女孩儿叫"玉妹"。小两口日子过得幸福美满，牛郎织女满以为能够终身相守，白头到老。

After their marriage, the Cowherd ploughed and the Girl Weaver wove and they loved each other. The Girl Weaver became famous far and near for her dexterity in raising silkworms, reeling and weaving exquisite silks and satins. Three years later, Zhinu gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. They named the boy " Brother Gold" and the girl " Sister Jade". The couple were overjoyed with the additions to their family and believed that they would remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives.

一天，牛快死了，临死前说对小两口说，将它的皮剥下来放好，有朝一日，披上它，就可飞上天去。牛死后，牛郎心疼地剥下牛皮，小心翼翼地收藏起来。

One day, the ox was dying. Before it closed its eyes for the last time, it told the young couple to skin him and keep its hide after its death. It also told them that its hide would enablr a man to fly even to Heaven. After the old ox died, the young couple reluctantly skinned it and stored it with meticulous care.

这时候，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘听说孙女到了人间，还结婚生子，非常生气，遂下令天神尽快把织女捉回来。

Meanwhile, the King and Queen of Heaven found out that their granddaughter had gone to the world of Man and taken a husband. They flew into a temper. They ordered a god to bring the Girl Weaver back as soon as possible.

一日，牛郎从地里回来看见孩子们坐在地上哭，忙到织布机前看，没人。孩子说，有个老太太把妈妈抓走了。牛郎记起了老牛对他说的话，他把孩子放到两个箩筐里，披上牛皮，挑起箩筐，突然，他轻如浮云，飞向天空。眼看快追上了，王母娘娘听到了小孩的哭声，她朝后一望，从头上取下金簪，在身后划了一道，天空中立马出现一条奔腾的河，这条河就叫天河。天河太宽，河水湍急，牛郎飞不过去，只能看着织女飞走，父子三人哭得揪心裂胆，天帝见此情景，大为感动，遂允许牛郎织女每年农历七月初七在天河上鹊桥相会。

Niulang came back from the field one day to find his two children sitting on the ground and crying. He found the seat at the loom empty. The two children told him that an old lady had just taken their mother away. Niulang remembered what the old ox had told him, he carried his two children in two baskets on a pole and put on the magic hide. Immediately, he got as light as a cloud and flew up into the sky. He had almost caught up with the Queen and his wife when the Queen heard the crying of his children. Looking back, she pulled off a gold clasp from her hair and drew a line behind her. A raging torrent immediately appeared in the sky. This is the so-called River of Heaven. The Cowherd and his children could not get past this wide and swollen river. Heartbroken, he and his children could only look and weep bitterly. Moved by their mournful crying, the King of Heaven decided to allow the separated couple to meet on a bridge of magpies on the seventh night of the seventh Lunar month each year.

这对可怜的夫妻变成了星星，牛郎变成了牵牛星，织女成了织女星，把他们分开的河就是银河。

The poor couple each became a star, the Cowherd, Altair and the Girl Weaver, Vega. The wide river that kept them apart is known as the Milky Way.

这个悲楚动人的故事一代代相传。据说，七月初七那天，喜鹊很少，因为他们都要飞到银河上为牛郎织女搭起约会的桥。由于牛郎和织女在上面站的时间太长了，次日，这些忠实的喜鹊头都变秃了。

This sad love story has passed from generation to generation. It is well known that very few magpies are seen on the Double-Seventh Day. This is because they all fly to the Milky Way to form a bridge for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver. And the next day the magpies' heads are bald because the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver walked and stood too long on the heads of their loyal feathered friends.

在中国，许多人把"七夕节"当成本国的情人节。

The Double-Seventh Day in China is considered by many the Chinese Valentine's Day.

3 七夕节习俗英文介绍

1、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.

“投针验巧”：先准备一只面盆，放在天井里，倒入“鸳鸯水”，即把白天取的水和夜间取的水混合在一起。但常常把河水、井水混在一起倒入面盆就算成了，面盆和水要露天过夜，再经第二天即七月初七白天太阳一晒，到中午或下午就可以“验巧”了。

2、Pleading for Skills by Threading a Needle（穿针乞巧）

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.

七夕之夜，女子手执五色丝线和连续排列的九孔针(或五孔针、七孔针)趁月光对月连续穿针引线，将线快速全部穿过者称为“得巧”。

3、Cobweb as the Determinant(喜蛛应巧)

Pleading for skills with cobweb is another common custom in the festival, in which everybody puts a spider into a locket and waits until the next morning to see if there is cobweb and if any, how it looks.

The one with a most round cobweb of the most mesh will be the winner.

七月七日，各捉蜘蛛于小盒中，至晓开;视蛛网稀密以为得巧之侯。密者言巧多，稀者言巧少。民间亦效之。

4、Qiaoguo(巧果)

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”

七夕乞巧的应节食品，以巧果最为出名。巧果又名“乞巧果子”，款式极多。主要的材料是油、面、糖、蜜。手巧的女子，还会捏塑出各种与七夕传说有关的花样。乞巧时用的瓜果也有多种变化：或将瓜果雕成奇花异鸟，或在瓜皮表面浮雕图案；此种瓜果称为“花瓜”。

4 七夕节英文祝福语

1、想你，是一种美丽的忧伤的甜蜜的惆怅，心里面，却是一种用任何语言也无法表达的温馨。

It is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that can’t be expressed with any choice of words.

2、你知道么，有个人时时想念着你，惦记你，你含笑的眼睛，象星光闪闪，缀在我的心幕上，夜夜亮晶晶。

Do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ?Your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hanging on the curtain of my heart.

3、千万个思念，在空气中凝固。扬起风吹向你，带着我的祝福，寂寞我不在乎，你快乐我就满足，想你是我的幸福!

Thousand of time I have thought of you .My heart is going high into the air and flying with my blessing towards you I don’t care loneliness. I am satisfied when you are happy and I am happy when I think of you!

4、好想，好想你!如果清风有情，请带去我对你的思念，这一生都为你牵挂;如果白云有意，请带去我对你的爱恋，生生世世都愿和你共缠绵!

Oh,How much I miss you! If the passionate refreshing breeze knows my heart, it can tell you that I miss you and care you for my life’s time. If graceful white cloud knows my heart, it can tell you I love you and would be together with you forever.

5、这张卡片是要让你知道，纵使时光荏苒，我却爱你如初。

This card is to let you know that I still love you after all of these years

6、高中时代，你是我的意中人，一直到今天，你还是。

You were my high school sweetheart, and still are。

7、献给我惟一的爱人：我爱你。

To my one and only Valentine: I love you。

8、你永远在那里等待着我，而我也将永远在那里守候着你。情人节愉快。

You have always been there for me, and I will always be there for you. Happy Valentine's Day。

9、4年前，我对你一见钟情。到如今，对你的感情仍丝毫未减。

I fell in love with you when I first saw you, and I still am after 4 years。

10、我一直不相信有真正的“幸福”，直到不久以后，我邂逅了你。亲爱的，情人节快乐。

I didn't think that I could ever trust happiness. Then I met you. Happy Valenti ne's Day, Dear。

11、我俩的爱，一年比一年更坚定。小宝贝，情人节快乐。

Our love grows stronger with every passing year. Happy Valentine's Day, Baby。

12、从过去到现在，你一直是我惟一真正爱恋的人。

You have been and still are my only true Valentine。

13、献给我梦中的女孩及我们孩子的母亲：你是我惟一的爱人。

To the girl of my dreams and the mother of our child: you are the only Valentine for me。

14、我将是你的情人，直到地老天荒。

I will be your Valentine until the end of time。

15、纵使多年已过，但每当我紧握你的手时，仍有一种自己还是高中生的感觉。我在这个情人节，一直思念着你。

After all these years I still feel like a schoolboy when I hold your hand. I'm thinking of you this Valentine's Day。

16、决定跟你结婚，是正确的选择。愿你今生今世做我的情人。

I made the right choice when I decided to marry you. Be my Valentine forever。

17、从来没有人像你这般地爱我。我喜欢做你的小情人。

No one has ever loved me the way you do. I love being your little Valentine。

18、如同每一个平常的日子，我在这个情人节里所拥有的东西，就是对你的爱。

On this Valentine's Day, just like every day, all I have is love for you。

19、你走出了我的梦，投入我的怀里。我不能让你走。情人节快乐。

you stepped out of my dreams and sintosmy arms. i can’t let you go.happy valentine’s day.

20、真诚，不必隐藏，把所有的话语，都写在那小小的贺卡上。祝我新爱的人，情人节快乐。

be genuine and conceal noting.i write every wiod i wand to say on this small card.i wish my honey a happy valentine’s day.