Hey!WeareuniversitystudentsfromNewZealand.Andnow,wearelearningEnglishLiteraturebyreadingRemeoandJuliet.Doyouhavesomelovestoriesinyourculture?Contents1.BriefIntroduction2.Origin3.Legend4.Nicknames5.Customs6.Cultureinothercountries7.PoemsBriefIntroduction1Onaclearsummer

night,thestarsintheskyshine.Awhitemilkywaycrossesthenorthandsouthlikeanoverpass.Twoshiningstarsfaceeachotheracrosstheriver---Altair

牛郎星andVega

織女星.Itissaidthatonthenightoftheseventhdayoftheseventhlunarmontheveryyear,theweavergirlandthecowherdmeetatthemagpiebridge.Lookingup,youcanseetheMilkywayandtwoshinystars,oreavesdroponthelovewords

underthemelonandfruitrack.Vegaisabeautiful,cleverandskillfulfairy.Onthisnight,girls

begherforwisdomanddexterity.Therefore,theseventhdayofJulyisalsoknownasthebeggingfordexterityFestival.Origin2ChineseValentine,formerlyknownasQiqiaoFestival,isoriginatedintheHanDynasty.It’sareflectionofpeople'sworshipofnature.Atleastthreeorfourthousandyearsago,recordsofAltairandVegawerealreadyappeared.Legend3相傳牛郎父母早逝，又常受到哥嫂的虐待，只有一頭老牛相伴。有一天老牛給他出了計謀，教他怎樣娶織女做妻子。到了那一天，美麗的仙女們果然到銀河沐浴，并在水中嬉戲。這時藏在蘆葦中的牛郎突然跑出來拿走了織女的衣裳。驚惶失措的仙女們急忙上岸穿好衣裳飛走了，唯獨剩下織女。在牛郎的懇求下，織女答應做他的妻子。婚后，牛郎織女男耕女織，相親相愛，生活得十分幸福美滿?？椗€給牛郎生了一兒一女。后來，老牛要死去的時候，叮囑牛郎要把它的皮留下來，到急難時做成鞋子以求幫助。老牛死后，夫妻倆忍痛剝下牛皮，把牛埋在山坡上?？椗团＠沙捎H的事被天庭的玉帝和王母娘娘知道后，他們勃然大怒，下界抓回織女。王母趁牛郎不在家的時候，抓走了織女。牛郎回家不見織女，急忙穿上牛皮鞋，擔了兩個小孩追去。眼看就要追上，王母娘娘心中一急，拔下頭上的金釵向銀河一劃，昔日清淺的銀河一霎間變得濁浪滔天，牛郎再也過不去了。從此，牛郎織女只能淚眼盈盈，隔河相望，天長地久，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘也拗不過他們之間的真摯情感，準許他們每年七月七日相會一次，相傳，每逢七月初七，人間的喜鵲就要飛上天去，在銀河為牛郎織女搭鵲橋相會。此外，七夕夜深人靜之時，人們還能在瓜果架下聽到牛郎織女在天上的脈脈情話。Nicknames4DoubleSeventh：此日月、日皆為七，也稱重七.

FragrantDay：俗傳七夕牛女相會，織女要梳妝打扮、涂脂抹粉，以至滿天飄香.Girls’Festival：七夕節(jié)以少女拜仙及乞巧、賽巧等為主要節(jié)俗活動，故稱女節(jié)，少女節(jié).OrchidNight：農(nóng)歷七月古稱“蘭月”.NeedlethreadingFestival：因為這天有穿針的習俗.

Customs5喜蛛應巧Putsomemelonandfruitonthefruitbasin.Everyoneopenstheireyestoseeifthereare"happyspiders"nettingonthefruitbasin.Whoeverfindsitfirstwillhavegreatluck.Theso-calledhappyspiderisactuallyasmallspiderlikeabiggrainofrice.Attheturnofsummerandautumn,itcanoftenbeseenonsomeflowersandtrees.

Itissaidtobeasignofahappyevent.投針驗巧Thisisapopular

customintheMingandQingDynasties.Firstly,prepareabasinandputitinthepatio.Thenpourinsomewater.Thebasinandwatershouldbeexposedforthenight.AfterthesunshinesontheseventhdayofJuly,itturnsoutthatthewaterinthebasinformsafilmonthesurface.Afterthat,peopletakethesewingneedleandgentlyplaceitflatonthewatersurface,sotheneedlewillnotsink.Underthewater,therewillbeaneedleshadow.Iftheneedleshadowisstraight,itisafailureof"beggingfordexterity".Iftheneedleshadowformsvariousshapes,itis"dexterity".種生求子AfewdaysbeforeChineseValentine,peoplesoakmungbeans,adzukibeansandwheatinabowl,waitforthemtogrowinchbuds,andthentiethemintoabundlewithredandbluesilkropes,whichiscalled"seed",alsoknownas"fivelifepots"or"flowerpots".ThebeansproutsarecalledQiaosprouts.Cultureinothercountries6NorthKoreaThemostrepresentativecustomofKoreanDoubleSeventhistoprayforVegaandhopethattheyalsohavedexteroushandslikeVega.Anotherimportantthingissacrifice.Koreanwomenshouldputcleanwellwateronthealtar,mainlytoprayforthesafetyofrelativesandfriends.Insomeplaces,theyholdfieldsacrificestoprayforagoodharvest.Thedietisalsoexquisite.Traditionalfoodsincludenoodles,wheatpancakesandsteamedcakes.JapanThemostrepresentativecustomofJapaneseDoubleSeventhistowritetheirwi