明间故事,牛郎织女英文版.ppt

Cowherd and Weaving Girl “Niu Lang and Zhi Nu” Origin In late summer night, when the sky is dotted(星罗棋布的) 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 Altair Vega The romantic legend Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowherd). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law, so he wandered the old cattle go to a piece of barren mountain,lived lonely.He treated the old cattle very well. But his cattle is a magic cattle,one day,the spoke. He spoke to niulang how to get a wife. At the same time, the youngest of the seven celestial princesses had grown tired of the privileged but secluded life in the heavenly palace. She longed for a mundane life she often saw down beneath her. That was a very pervert idea to cherish in heaven. Yet, determined to pursue what she deemed to be her own happiness, she sneaked out and descended onto the earth and to the sudden happiness of the Cowherd with whom she had secretly fallen in love all along in heaven. They married and had a lovely boy and a girl. While the Cowherd worked in the fields with his old pal the buffalo, the heavenly princess weaved at home to help support the family. Villagers all admired her excellent weaving skill and started learning from her. She was now well-known as the Weaving Girl. Under the direction of the old cattle, Niu Lang meet Zhi Nu and soon fall in love with each other. Niu Lang farmed in the field and Zhi Nu 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. The family lived moderately but peacefull