七夕节Chinese Valentine

今天是农历七月初七，
Jīntiān shì nónglì qī yuè chū qī,
Today is Chinese Calendar July 7th,

是中国的七夕节。
shì Zhōngguó de Qīxī Jié.
and it is Chinese Qixi Festival.

为了表示对自然的崇拜，
Wèile biǎoshì duì zìrán de chóngbài,
In order to show their worship of nature,

古代人选择了这一天来举行特别的祈祷活动。
gǔdài rén xuǎnzé le zhè yì tiān lái jǔxíng tèbié de qídǎo huódòng.
the ancient people chose this day to hold special prayers.

传说中，这也是牛郎和织女见面的日子。
Chuánshuō zhōng, zhè yě shì Niúláng hé Zhīnǚ jiànmiàn de rìzi.
According to legend, this is also the day when Niulang and Zhinü meet.

他们一个是人间的凡人，
Tāmen yí gè shì rénjiān de fánrén,
One of them is a mortal in humans world,

一个是天上的仙女，
yí gè shì tiānshàng de xiānnǚ,
one is a fairy in the heaven.

因为爱，他们成为了夫妻，
Yīnwèi ài, tāmen chéngwéi le fūqī,
They became a couple because of love,

还生了两个孩子。
hái shēng le liǎng gè háizi.
and had two kids.

但是织女的妈妈不同意他们的婚姻，
Dànshì Zhīnǚ de māma bù tóngyì tāmen de hūnyīn,
But Zhinü’s mom didn’t agree with their marriage,

所以把织女带回了天上，
suǒyǐ bǎ Zhīnǚ dài huí le tiānshàng,
so she brought Zhinü back to the heaven,

并且只同意让他们每年见一次面。
bìngqiě zhǐ tóngyì ràng tāmen měi nián jiàn yí cì miàn.
and only agreed that they can meet once a year.

对我来说，
Duì wǒ láishuō,
In my opinion,

这是一个悲伤的爱情故事。
zhè shì yí gè bēishāng de àiqíng gùshì.
this is a sad love story.

但是为什么一些人叫它“情人节”呢？
Dànshì wèishéNme yì xiē rén jiào tā “Qíngrén Jié” ne?
But why is it called as ‘Valentine's Day’by some people?

其实这只是现在的商家为了销售自己的东西，
Qíshí zhè zhǐ shì xiànzài de shāngjiā wèile xiāoshòu zìjǐ de dōngxi,
Actually it is just because the businessmen wanted to sell their stuff,

让更多的人去买礼物。
ràng gèng duō de rén qù mǎi lǐwù.
and made more people to buy the gifts.

所以编造出了 “情人节”这个说法。
suǒyǐ biānzào chū le “Qíngrén Jié” zhège shuōfǎ.
therefore, they made up the saying of ‘Valentine's Day‘.

对我来说，
Duì wǒ láishuō,
In my opinion,

如果你们真的很爱对方，
rúguǒ nǐmen zhēn de hěn ài duìfāng,
if you really love each other,

那么应该每天都是情人节，
nàme yīnggāi měi tiān dū shìQíngrén Jié,
then it should be Valentine’s day every day,

而不应该只是一年才有一天是。
ér bù yīnggāi zhǐshì yì nián cái yǒu yì tiān shì.
Instead of only one day in a year.

你觉得呢？ Nǐ juéde ne? What do you think?