這篇文章選自《韓國風情錄》。文章介紹了韓國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日--七夕。韓國人認為，歷法中的這一天是最富有浪漫色彩的日子。韓國傳說中認為天上的牛郎星和織女星是一對有情人美麗的化身，遺憾的是這對有情人每年只能見上一次面。

Ch'ilsok(Korean Valentine's Day)--Seventh Day of the Seventh Month
This may be the most romantic day of the calendar. Korean legend has it that Vega and Altair stars are the celestial reincarnations of two lovers, Kyonu(the cowboy) and Chingnyo(Weaving Maiden) who meet only once a year.
As the story goes, the daughter of the Heavenly King lived on the eastern side of the heavenly stream, or Milky Way, weaving beautiful pattern every night. Worried that she might be lonely, the king married her to a handsome cowboy tending flocks on the western side. But the two lovers were so caught up in romance that she neglected her weaving. In anger, the king banished her back across the stream. Their sorrow moved the king to allow her to cross the stream once a year on a bridge made of magpies and crows.
Rainfall at night signified their tears of joy, while rain on the following morning meant tears of parting. Modern day lovers visit fortune-tellers on this day to determine their prospects.

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供稿人：錢婧
上海第二工業(yè)大學外國語學院
2007年1月30日