關(guān)于描述七夕的英語(yǔ)作文范文

1、關(guān)于描述七夕的英語(yǔ)作文 英語(yǔ)作文范文一 the double seventh festival， on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month， is a traditional festival full of romance. it often goes into august in the gregorian calendar.this festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. at nig

2、ht when the sky is dotted with stars， and people can see the milky way spanning from the north to the south. on each bank of it is a bright star， which see each other from afar. they are the cowherd and weaver maid， and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to genera

3、tion.long， long ago， there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named niu lang (cowhand)。 his parents died when he was a child. later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. so he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. one day， a fairy from heaven zhi nu (weaver maid) fell in love

4、 with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. the cowhand farmed in the field and the weaver maid wove at home. they lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. unfortunately， the god of heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the queen mother of the western heavens to bri

5、ng the weaver maid back.with the help of celestial cattle， the cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. at the time when he was about to catch up with his wife， the queen mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. one billowy river appeared in front of the cowhand. the cowh

6、and and weaver maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. their loyalty to love touched magpies， so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the cowhand and weaver maid to meet each other. the queen mother was eventually moved and allowed them to mee

7、t each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. hence their meeting date has been called qi xi (double seventh)。 英語(yǔ)作文范文二 the double seventh festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. it often goes into august in the gregorian calendarthis festival is i

8、n mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. at night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the milky way spanning from the north to the south. on each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. they are the cowherd an

9、d weaver maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named niu lang (cowhand). his parents died when he was a child. later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. so he lived by

10、 himself herding cattle and farming. one day, a fairy from heaven zhi nu (weaver maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. the cowhand farmed in the field and the weaver maid wove at home. they lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. unfortunately, t

11、he god of heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the queen mother of the western heavens to bring the weaver maid back.with the help of celestial cattle, the cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. at the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the queen mother took off one o

12、f her gold hairpins and made a stroke. one billowy river appeared in front of the cowhand. the cowhand and weaver maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the cowhan

13、d and weaver maid to meet each other. the queen mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar monthh. hence their meeting date has been called qi xi (double seventh).scholars have shown the double seventh festival originated from the han dynasty (206 bc-a

14、d220). historical documents from the eastern jin dynasty (ad371-420) mention the festival, while records from the tang dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of emperor taizong and his concubines. by the song (960-1279) and yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the qi xi were

15、seen being sold on markets in the capital. the bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.today some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of china, but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. however, the legend of the cowhand and weaver maid has taken roo

16、t in the hearts of the people. in recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as valentines day in china. as a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love. 英語(yǔ)作文范文三 legend has it that on this evening, niulang, or the cowherd,

17、 and zhinu, or the weaving maid, meet each other for their annual tryst on a bridge formed by sympathetic 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

18、 a festival for girls and also for young people in love. as the story goes, there was once a cowherd, niulang, 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, wa

19、s a former god who had violated celestial rules and had been sent to earth in bovine form. one day he 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

20、 son and a daughter, and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in china.yet 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 discov

21、ered zhinu had been taken back to heaven. driven by niulangs misery, the cow told him to turn its hide 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 th

22、e empress, who took her hairpin and slashed it across the sky, creating the milky way which separated 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 allo

23、wed niulang and zhinu to meet once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month. it is said that 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 t

24、o the han dynasty (206 bc-ad 220). people would traditionally look up at the sky and spot a bright star 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

25、 or daughters festival. in the past, girls would hold ceremonies on the day and pray to zhinu for wisdom, 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 ob