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Chinese Valentine's Day(七巧节)-雅思口语背景素材

2014-05-25 15:05:00来源:网络 柯林斯词典

  Several years passed on Earth, which were only a few days in heaven. Niu Lang and Zhi Nu lived happily together and had two children before the Queen of Heaven discovered Zhi Nu's absence.

  She was so annoyed she had Zhi Nu brought back to heaven. Seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, Niu Lang was terrified. He caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. The magical cow had told him before dying of old age: "Keep the cowhide(牛皮) for emergency use."

  Putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two children.

  With the help of the cowhide, Niu Lang was able to follow Zhi Nu into heaven. He was about to reach his wife when the Queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two. The line became the Silver River in heaven, or the Milky Way.

  Zhi Nu went back to the heavenly workshop, going on weaving the clouds. But she was so sad, and missed her husband across the Silver River so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad. Finally, the Queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the Silver River.

  Well-known poem

  One of the most famous poems about the legend was written by Qin Guan of in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

  Fairy Of The Magpie Bridge

  Among the beautiful clouds,

  Over the heavenly river,

  Crosses the weaving maiden.

  A night of rendezvous,

  Across the autumn sky.

  Surpasses joy on earth.

  Moments of tender love and dream,

  So sad to leave the magpie bridge.

  Eternal love between us two,

  Shall withstand the time apart.

  (Translated by Kylie Hsu)

  鹊桥仙

  宋·秦观

  织云弄巧

  飞星传恨

  银汉迢迢暗度

  金风玉露一相逢

  便胜却人间无数

  柔情似水

  佳期如梦

  忍顾鹊桥归路

  两情若是久长时

  又岂在朝朝暮暮

  Compared with love stories in Western legends, the story of Niu Lang and Zhi Nu seems not as intense or passionate. Love doesn't kill or break up the barrier between them. They just wait patiently on the riverbank, believing that their love can withstand their time apart.

  It is faith and emotional liaison instead of physical attraction and desire that is emphasized in the story as well as in many other Chinese folktales(民间故事) about love.

  In only a few Chinese folk love stories can be found a description of the physical appearances of the hero and heroine.

  In the "Butterfly Lovers", the heroine, dressed as a boy to attend school, falls in love with a classmate. After they have lived together as classmates for years, the hero did not have the slightest clue that his best friend is actually a girl!

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