专题 06 中国文化读写专项：七夕节+教师节- 2024年高考英语常考中国文化读写专练+素材积累

Lesson 7 Chinese Valentine's Day中国情人节 The Chinese Valentines' Day, also known as Double Seventh Festival, is another traditional festival in China, which is celebrated on July 7th in lunar calendar every year and is particularly popular among young valentines. Have you ever looked up at the Night Stars? Do you know the star Vega and Altair? I am sure you know that! Besides that, you also know they are apart from the Milky Way! I bet that most of us know it from a moving legend passed on from generation to generation! The love story behind the Double Seventh Festival is about Niu Lang and Zhi Nu (weaving girl). Niu Lang was a single, herd-boy who had to live with his brother and sister-in-law because his parents were dead. His sister-in-law never treated him well, always made him feel like he was not welcome in their house and Niu Lang had to leave the house with one cow. He was all alone. One day, the cow miraculously told him that the next day was the seventh day of the seventh month which was the day that seven fairies would come down to earth and have a bath. The cow also said that the youngest of the fairies, Zhi Nu, was the cleverest one and if he could hide her clothes while she was bathing, she would be his wife.  The next day, Niu Lang went to the river and hid until the fairies came down. Then he got out where he was hiding and took the clothes of Zhi Nu. When the fairies saw him, six of them flew back to heaven and left Zhi Nu behind. She was scared in the river. Niu Lang told her that he would give her clothes back if she agreed to marry him. She did. They got married and had two kids, a son and a daughter. However, the Queen Mother of the heaven was not happy with this. You know the gods were not allowed to love a person. Later, the Queen forced Zhi Nu to come back to heaven. As she was going back to heaven, Niu Lang and his kids started to run after her. The Queen Mother separated the two lovers with the Milky Way, a silver stream, which can be see