七夕节英语作文：七夕节
七夕节英语作文：七夕节
the double seventh festival， on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month， is a traditional festival full of romance. it often goes into august in the gregorian calendar.
this festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. at night when the sky is dotted with stars， and people can see the milky way spanning from the north to the south. on each bank of it is a bright star， which see each other from afar. they are the cowherd and weaver maid， and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.
long， long ago， there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named niu lang (cowhand)。 his parents died when he was a child. later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. so he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. one day， a fairy from heaven zhi nu (weaver maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. the cowhand farmed in the field and the weaver maid wove at home. they lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. unfortunately， the god of heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the queen mother of the western heavens to bring the weaver maid back.