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您所在位置: Unit 8 Love and Friendship / Culture Salon Do you know … Let’s Learn … The Origins of Valentine’s Day . The Story of Valentines Day ? Culture Salon The Story of Valentines Day Valentines Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. When fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called upon the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his honor was held February 15th. On the eve of the festival the names of girls were written on slips of paper and placed in jars. Each young man drew a slip. The girl whose name was chosen was to be his sweetheart for the year. Legend has it that the holiday became Valentines Day after a Roman priest named Valentine. 您所在位置: Unit 8 Love and Friendship / Culture Salon Emperor Claudius II ordered the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would rather stay home than fight. When Valentine defied the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the eve of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a saint. Christian priests moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th - Valentines Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine instead of Lupercus. 您所在位置: Unit 8 Love and Friendship / Culture Salon The Story of Valentines Day The Story of Valentines Day Valentine’s Day has become a major symbol of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his arrow into a lover’s heart may still be used to portray falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this. Forgetting to give flowers to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as damaging to a relationship as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary. 您所在位置: Unit 8 Love and Friendship / Culture Salon Chinese Valentines Day (Qi Qiao Jie) The seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar is known as Qi Qiao Jie, or Chinese Valentine’s Day. As in the US and elsewhere