七夕知多少
About the Double-Seventh Day
每年農歷七月初七是中國七夕節,亦是中國的情人節。關於這個節日,有壹段古老的傳說廣為流傳。很久以前有個放牛的男子叫牛郎,愛上了壹個名為織女的紡織女子。這對相戀的`愛人,卻為浩渺銀河所隔,天各壹方,遙遙相望,只有在每年農歷七月初七才得以相會。這個古老的愛情故事,連同它蘊藏著的傳統價值觀和風俗習慣代代相傳。古時候,每逢七夕,年輕女子都會身著盛裝,望月認針乞巧,以紀念牛郎織女壹年壹次的鵲橋之會。如今,七夕佳節不再盛行認針乞巧等傳統習俗,但是作為中國情人節,相戀的人們仍會在這個特殊的時刻互訴情意,***同祈禱真愛地久天長!
The seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar is known as Qixi Festival, or Chinese Lovers' Day and there is an old story behind it. A long long time ago, there was a poor cowherd, Niulang. He fell in love with Zhinu,“the Girl Weaver". But the couple was separated by a wide swollen river in the sky and can only meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This sad love story, with traditional values and customs from it, has passed down from generation to generation. In ancient times, young women performed certain activities on this special festival, such as threading a needle with their holiday best while facing the moon to pray for various kinds of ingenuity and celebrate the annual meeting of the cowherd and the Girl Weaver. Nowadays Chinese people no longer hold such activities. But they still regard it as Chinese Lovers' Day when loves express true affections to each other and pray that their love reign as long as the earth endures.
七夕
李賀
別浦今朝暗, 羅帷午夜愁。
鵲辭穿線月, 花入曝衣樓。
天上分金鏡, 人間望玉鉤。
錢塘蘇小小, 更值壹年秋
七夕
崔國輔
太守仙潢族, 含情七夕多。
扇風生玉漏, 置水寫銀河。
閣下陳書籍, 閨中曝綺羅。
遙思漢武帝, 青鳥幾時過?
七夕
杜牧
雲階月地壹相過, 未抵經年別恨多。
最恨明朝洗車雨, 不教回腳渡天河。
七夕
溫庭筠
鵲歸燕去兩悠悠, 青瑣西南月似鉤。
天上歲時星右轉, 人間離別水東流。
金風入樹千門夜, 銀漢橫空萬象秋。
蘇小橫塘通桂楫, 未應清淺隔牽牛。
七夕
杜審言
白露含明月, 青霞斷絳河。
天街七襄轉, 閣道二神過。
服鏘環佩, 香筵拂綺羅。
年年今夜盡, 機杼別情多。
七夕
楊樸
未會牽牛意若何 須邀織女弄金梭
年年乞與人間巧 不道人間巧幾多
七夕
晏殊
雲幕無多鬥柄移, 鵲慵烏慢得橋遲。
若教精衛填河漢, 壹水還應有盡時。
七夕
晏殊
百子池深漲綠苔, 九光燈迥綠浮埃。
天孫寶駕何年駐, 阿母◇輪此夜來。
空外粉筵和露濕, 靜中珠幌徹明開。
秋河不斷長相望, 豈獨人間事可哀。