七夕

In China we have a day dedicated for love, just like westerns do. This day has many names and a colorful history. In Chinese it's called Qi Xi Jie (七夕节qīxī jié), The Seventh Eve. It is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day(中国情人节zhōngguó qíngrén jié) and The Daughter's Day (女儿节nǚér jié) and just like the official name hints, it occurs on the seventh day of the seventh month, in Chinese lunar calendar.

Origin：
The seventh daughter of the Goddess of Heaven fell in love with the Cowherd, Niu Lang. Regardless of the ban that the immortal could not marry the mortal, she still got married to Niu Lang decisively. They lived happily for several years. Eventually however, the Goddess of Heaven became fed up with her daughter's absence, and ordered her to return to heaven. However, the mother took pity on the couple and allowed them to be reunited once a year. Legend has it that on the seventh night of the seventh month, magpies form a bridge with their wings for Zhi Nv to cross to meet her husband.

Release Hung Ming lanterns on romantic Qixi Festival:

  In ancient times, various activities were held to celebrate the Qixi Festival in different places, but young people nowadays like to release the Hung Ming lanterns. On the Qixi evening, lovers make good wishes together and lit Hung Ming lanterns with full blessing to long for faithful and steadfast love like love between Niu Lang and Zhi Nv.


七夕节，这些句子教你表白：
qīxī jié, zhèxiē jùzi jiāo nĭ biăobái:
These sentences below teach you to express your love:

1、我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
      Wŏ ài nĭ, bú shì yīnwèi nĭ shì yí gè zĕnyàng de rén, ér shì yīnwèi wŏ xĭhuan yŭ nĭ zài yìqĭ shí de gănjué.
      I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

2、爱人和被人爱是人生最大的幸福。
      Àiren hé bèi rén ài shì rénshēng zuì dà de xìngfú.
      To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

3、对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
      Duì yú shìjiè ér yán, nĭ shì yí gè rén; dànshì duìyú mŏu gè rén, nĭ shì tā de zhĕnggè shìjiè.
      To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

4、爱情战胜一切。爱情没有寿命，没有极限，不会死亡。
      Àiqíng zhànshèng yìqiè. àiqíng méiyŏu shòumìng, méiyŏu jíxiàn, búhuì sĭwáng.
      Love triumphs over everything. Love has no age, no limit and no death.

生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary
表白(biăobái): v bare one's heart
幸福(xìngfú): n happiness
战胜(zhànshèng): v triumph, conquer
极限(jíxiàn): n the utmost limit

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