七夕翻译,七夕的英译是“Qi Xi”吗？

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七夕节，又称七巧节、女儿节、乞巧节、七夕祭、巧夕等，是中国民间的传统节日。七夕节由星宿崇拜衍化而来，为传统意义上的七姐诞，因拜祭“七姐”活动在七月七晩上举行，故名“七夕”。在当代更是产生了“中国情人节”的文化含义。

然而，七夕作为当今中国最火热的传统节日之一，它的官方英文名却争论重重，有人说它应该叫"The Begging Festival"或者"The Qiqiao Festival"，因为这是中国民众穿针引线比手巧的盛会，也有人说七夕应译作"Chinese Valentine’s Day"，突出其作为情人节的当代价值。

这些译名都说的有道理，但它们都仅是别称，只有"The Qi Xi Festival" 才是国际上定义的七夕节英文名。

所以说，下次和外国友人介绍七夕的时候，直接把七夕译作"Qi Xi"就行啦！

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有关七夕节的起源，势必得了解“牛郎织女”这个家喻户晓的神话故事。

这个故事的情节众说纷纭，其中一种流行的说法是：

七夕节起源于中国古代的民间传说。传说织女是天上来的织女，她来到人间，爱上了一个叫牛郎的凡人。他们在织女的母亲，即王母娘娘不知情的情况下结了婚。织女为牛郎生了两个漂亮的孩子，过着幸福快乐的生活。但她的母亲知道了她的罪过，勃然大怒，派人去将她押回了天庭。

过了一段时间，牛郎去救他的妻子，而王母娘娘却拔下头上的金钗，在天空划出了一条波涛滚滚的银河。她以为自己已经永远地分开了这对恋人，然而，牛郎和织女的爱情比她想象的还要强烈。众多喜鹊深受感动，飞到了天上，搭成一道跨越天河的彩桥。

看到自己的孩子和一介农夫的爱情，王母娘娘最终允许这对恋人在每年农历七月初七在鹊桥上相会——七夕节就是这样产生的。

在一些中国人的信仰当中，这条河代表银河，而织女和牛郎代表织女星和牵牛星。在 2600 多年前的汉代该节日首次成为了一个正式节日。虽然这听起来很浪漫，但这个节日最初并不是为情侣们准备的，而是为年轻的女孩子们，她们在这个节日里崇拜织女，磨练她们的手工技艺。

The Qixi Festival has its roots in ancient Chinese folklore. The legend goes that Zhin?, a weaving girl from Heaven, descended on Earth and fell in love with a mortal named Niulang. They married each other without the knowledge of Zhin?’s mother, the Goddess of Heaven. Zhin? bore Niulang two beautiful children and lived happily until her mother learned of her transgressions, went into a rage, and sent soldiers to retrieve her. Zhin? went back to Heaven.

Sometime later, Niulang tried to rescue his wife, but the Goddess of Heaven took out her hairpin and created a massive river, thinking she had separated the lovers forever. However, Niulang and Zhin?’s love was stronger than she thought. It moved the magpies so much that they flew up to Heaven to form a bridge over the river.

Seeing the love between her child and a mortal man, the Goddess of Heaven allowed the lovers to meet on the magpie bridge on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year — and that’s how the Qixi Festival came into being.

According to several Chinese beliefs, the river represents the Milky Way, while Zhin? and Niulang represent the constellations of Vega and Altair. The festival was first recognized as a formal occasion during the Han Dynasty, over 2,600 years ago. Although it sounds romantic, the festival was not initially intended for lovers but for young girls to worship the weaving fairy and hone their skills at handcraft.

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