专题12 七夕节Qixi Festival 课件（视频+外刊阅读+原创语法填空）-高中英语中国文化和西方文化精品阅读课课件

The Qixi Festival (Double Seventh Festival) is one of Chinese traditional festivals, and also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day. It's based on a romantic legend about a weaver girl and an ox herd. It falls on the 7th day of the 7th Chinese lunar month. In 2023 that's August 22 (Tuesday). There is no public holiday. Qixi Festival – also known as the Double Seventh Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day – falls annually on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, and for this year that day falls on August 4. While it’s not as commonly celebrated nowadays, the Qixi Festival has been observed for over 2,000 years and it dates back to a legendary romantic tale from the Han dynasty. Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine’s Day, is a traditional Chinese festival which celebrates the legend of the annual meeting between the mythological figures of the Cowherd (or Niulang 牛郎) and the Weaver Girl (or Zhinv织女). [V-I]If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date. 适逢 (某日) [V-T]If you observe an important day such as a holiday or anniversary, you do something special in order to honour or celebrate it. 庆祝 Qixi Festival Facts Chinese Name: 七夕节 'Seventh Evening Festival' Date: August 22, 2023 (month 7 day 7 of the Chinese lunar calendar) History: over 2,000 years Celebrations: giving gifts (flowers, chocolates, ties...) to romantic partners, romantic dates - dinners, movies, etc. Qixi Festival falls on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of Han people. Anecdotally, the festival originated from the romantic legend of the annual meeting of two lovers, Zhinv and Niulang who were the weaver girl and the cowherd respectively. According to legend, Zhinv (the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega) was the seventh daughter of Jade Emperor who was enviably smart, deft, and good at weaving. So, worldly ladies worshiped her to pray for wisdom, dexterity(灵巧) and happine