Where are you going to celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day?The following places in Zhengzhou are reco

Where are you going to celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day?The following places in Zhengzhou are recommend.

去哪儿过七夕？这几个应景又温馨的地点不容错过。

 

The 7th day of the 7th lunar month,commonly known as the Double Seventh Festival,is one of the most romantic traditional festivals in China.

农历七月初七，俗称七夕节，是中国传统节日中最具浪漫色彩的一个节日。

The festival celebrates a nearly 2,000-year-old fairy tale originating from the Han Dynasty.

这个节日是为了庆祝大约2000年前，一个发生在汉朝的神话故事。

The story goes that Zhi Nu,a goddess renowned for her weaving skills,went to the mortal world and met a cow herder named Niu Lang.The two fell in love,got married,and had two children.But when Zhi Nu’s mother,the queen mother of heaven,found out about their union,she became upset and angry,taking Zhi Nu back to heaven.

故事讲述的是，一位以织造技艺而闻名的仙女织女来到人间，遇见了一个叫牛郎的放牛娃，两人互生爱意，私自结婚，生了两个孩子。但好景不长，织女的母亲王母娘娘发现了他们的结合，勃然大怒，强行把织女带回了天上。

Niu Lang was heartbroken.But an old cow that Niu Lang had once rescued revealed that he was actually a god injured in the mortal world and offered him his skin once he died.He told Niu Lang his leather could be used to make shoes that could fly him to heaven.

牛郎上天无路，很伤心。这时牛郎曾经救过的一只老牛透露，它其实是一个在人间受伤的灰牛大仙，它死后会把自己的皮留给牛郎。它告诉牛郎，它的皮可以做成鞋子，穿着就可以飞上天。

When the cow died,Niu Lang made an attempt to find Zhi Nu with their children,but the queen mother of heaven used her hair pin to create a river of stars that would become the Milky Way to separate the two lovers.Their cries touched the magpies so much that thousands of them formed a bridge for the couple to walk over the river.Eventually,the queen mother relented and agreed to let the couple meet one night out of every year on Qi Xi,which means the seventh night,which they do with the help of their magpie friends.

老牛死后，牛郎按照老牛的话做了，拉着自己的儿女，一起上天追织女，眼看就要追到，岂知王母娘娘拔下头上金簪一挥，一条波涛汹涌的银河出现，把这对恋人分隔两岸。他们只能相对哭泣，哭声感动了喜鹊，成千上万只喜鹊飞来，搭成了一座桥，让牛郎织女走上鹊桥相会。最后，在喜鹊的帮助下，王母娘娘妥协了，允许这对夫妇每年在七夕的晚上相会，也即农历七月的第七天。