七夕节的习俗英文介绍

七夕节的习俗英文介绍

七夕节的习俗英文介绍1：ingenuity test by floating needle(投针验巧)

ingenuity test by floating needle is one of the common customs on the festival.

put some water in a vessel and leave it in the open air until it is covered by a film of dust.

then cast a needle or thin straw on it to see the pattern of the shadow at the bottom, so as to test their ingenuity

验巧方法

“投针验巧”：先准备一只面盆，放在天井里，倒入“鸳鸯水”，即把白天取的水和夜间取的水混合在一起。但常常把河水、井水混在一起倒入面盆就算成了，面盆和水要露天过夜，再经第二天即七月初七白天太阳一晒，到中午或下午就可以“验巧”了。原来面盆里的水，经过半天太阳光照射，表面依稀生成薄膜，于是取引线(即“缝衣针”)，轻轻平放在水面上，针不会下沉，水底下，就出现针影，这针影若是笔直的一条，即是“乞巧”失败，若是针影形成各种形状，或弯曲，或一头粗，一头细，或是其他图形，便是“得巧”。

七夕节的习俗英文介绍2：pleading for skills by threading a needle 穿针乞巧

in order to plead for skills, threading a needle(穿针乞巧) is the most long-standing means.

it tests the speed of threading a needle under the moon.

it is said that the needles used in the contest are the seven-hole needle of the han dynasty or the nine-tail needle of the yuan dynasty.

with more holes than ordinary needles, they are rather hard to handle.

验巧方法：

七夕之夜，女子手执五色丝线和连续排列的九孔针(或五孔针、七孔针)趁月光对月连续穿针引线，将线快速全部穿过者称为“得巧”。

七夕节的习俗英文介绍3：cobweb as the determinant(喜蛛应巧)

pleading for skills with cobweb is another common custom in the festival, in which everybody puts a spider into a locket and waits until the next morning to see if there is cobweb and if any, how it looks.

the one with a most round cobweb of the most mesh will be the winner.

验巧方法：

七月七日，各捉蜘蛛于小盒中，至晓开;视蛛网稀密以为得巧之侯。密者言巧多，稀者言巧少。民间亦效之