七夕情人节由来（通用3篇）
the double seventh festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. it is a traditional folk festival of the han people. this night is not only the time when the legendary cowherd and the girl weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the girl weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity. therefore, this festival is also named " maiden's day", " daughter's day". the day is not as well-known as many other chinese festivals. but almost everyone in china, young or old, is very familiar with the story behind it.
once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, niulang, whose parents had died long before. he had to live together with his elder brother. unfortunately, his brother and his sister-in -law were very mean and often treated niulang very badly. they would not give him enough food to eat, and made him work so hard that he hardly had time to sleep. finally, they kicked him of their home. all he had in the world were the clothes on his back and an old ox.
niulang built a small thatched cottage on the side of a mountain. he cut and dug and sweat until he had made a vegetable garden out of the rocky soil. he was often tired and hungry, but always found time to take good care of his old ox. one day, the old ox suddenly began to speak to him. it said that it used to be taurus, the golden-ox star, in the sky and had been banished by the lord of heaven to this world as punishment for its violation of heavenly rule by spreading grain seeds to this world. the old ox told niulang that the goddesses of heaven would take a bath in a sacred pond not far from his cottage a few days later. among them was a beautiful, virtuous and industrious girl whose name is zhinu, the girl weaver. zhinu was a granddaughter of the king of the heavenly kingdom. if the cowherd took the advantage of their bath in the pond to take away her clothes, she would stay and become his wife.
七夕情人节指的是农历七月的第七个夜晚，这个节日是汉代传统的民间节日。七夕的晚上不仅仅是传说中的"牛郎"和"织女"一年一度相会的夜晚，同时也是为编制姑娘们祈求心灵手巧的好机会。因此，七夕节又叫"乞巧节"，"女儿节"。尽管七夕节不如其它节日那般流行，但是在中国，男女老少都对节日背后的故事相当熟悉。
很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。然而，哥哥嫂子为人狠毒，经常虐待他。他们逼牛郎干苦活，不让他吃饱睡好，最后又把他赶出了家门，牛郎除了身上的衣服和一头老水牛外，一无所有。
牛郎在山边搭了间茅草屋，辛勤开垦，在岩石地上挖出了一片菜园，他常常饥肠辘辘，劳累不堪，但把老水牛照顾得好好的。一日，牛突然说话了，它告诉牛郎说自己前身是天上的金牛星，由于违反了天条把粮食种子撒到了人间，天帝将它贬到人间以示惩罚。老牛说，过几天，天上的仙女会下凡到离茅草屋不远的圣池里游泳，其中有一个勤劳善良、美丽贤惠的姑娘，名叫织女。织女是天宫中王母娘娘的外孙女，如果牛郎能趁仙女洗澡的时候把织女的衣服拿走，她就会留下来作他的妻子。
到了那天，牛郎藏在高大的芦苇丛里等着。老牛说的话显灵了，仙女们很快就到了，她们脱掉丝袍跳进水里。牛郎偷偷地爬出来，拿起织女的衣服跑开了。仙女们吓着了，赶快上岸，穿起衣服跑开了，把织女一个人留在后头。牛郎跑回来，把衣服还给了织女，他对织女一见钟情。两人相对而视，织女对牛郎说要做他的妻子。
两人结婚后，牛郎耕田种地，织女纺线织衣，恩恩爱爱。织女成了远近的名人，她心灵手巧，养蚕纺纱，编锦织缎，样样精通。三年后，侄女生了对龙凤胎，男孩儿叫"金哥"，女孩儿叫"玉妹"。小两口日子过得幸福美满，牛郎织女满以为能够终身相守，白头到老。
一天，牛快死了，临死前说对小两口说，将它的皮剥下来放好，有朝一日，披上它，就可飞上天去。牛死后，牛郎心疼地剥下牛皮，小心翼翼地收藏起来。
这时候，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘听说孙女到了人间，还结婚生子，非常生气，遂下令天神尽快把织女捉回来。
一日，牛郎从地里回来看见孩子们坐在地上哭，忙到织布机前看，没人。孩子说，有个老太太把妈妈抓走了。牛郎记起了老牛对他说的话，他把孩子放到两个箩筐里，披上牛皮，挑起箩筐，突然，他轻如浮云，飞向天空。眼看快追上了，王母娘娘听到了小孩的哭声，她朝后一望，从头上取下金簪，在身后划了一道，天空中立马出现一条奔腾的河，这条河就叫天河。天河太宽，河水湍急，牛郎飞不过去，只能看着织女飞走，父子三人哭得揪心裂胆，天帝见此情景，大为感动，遂允许牛郎织女每年农历七月初七在天河上鹊桥相会。
这对可怜的夫妻变成了星星，牛郎变成了牵牛星，织女成了织女星，把他们分开的河就是银河。
这个悲楚动人的故事一代代相传。据说，七月初七那天，喜鹊很少，因为他们都要飞到银河上为牛郎织女搭起约会的桥。由于牛郎和织女在上面站的时间太长了，次日，这些忠实的喜鹊头都变秃了。
在中国，许多人把"七夕节"当成本族的情人节。
农历七月初七是我们中国人的情人节，也有人称之为乞巧节七夕或女儿节，这一天是女儿家们最为重视的日子。七月初七之所以称为乞巧，是因为民间俗信这天牛郎织女会天河，女儿家们就在晚上以瓜果朝天拜，向女神乞巧，希望能求得。
乞巧，她们除了乞求针织女红的技巧，同时也乞求婚姻上的巧配。所以，世间无数的有情男女都会在这个晚上，夜静人深时刻，对着星空祈祷自己的姻缘美满。
在闽省，广东省及东南亚一带，最时兴于七夕拜七姐。这的确是旧日女儿家的大节日。大部份的省都有庆祝七夕的七巧节，唯大都当作一般庆典庆祝。闽，广省则相当的重视，尤其是广东省，大伙儿摆七凑热闹，十分隆重。
谈到七巧节，不得不提华人民间流传的爱情故事-牛郎织女。他们一年一度相会的七夕，被多情儿女视为爱情的象征。他们的爱情悲剧，在每个华人的心灵里，留下了深深的印象。因此，每到七夕的夜晚，多情人都会对着暗夜的星空祈祷爱情永恒不渝。当然，这只是个传说。乞巧的仪式源自古代织女桑神的原始信仰这种信仰结合了牛郎织女每年七月七日相会的说法，成为了我们今时今日的七夕七巧民间信仰。七夕的传说很久以前，有一个跟着哥嫂过活的孤儿，既聪明又勤快，可嫂嫂仍嫌弃他，鳘不亮就赶他上山放牛，大家都叫他牛郎，向年后，哥嫂和牛郎分了家，狼心的嫂嫂只给他一间破划房，一头老牛。从此，牛郎白天放牛，砍柴，晚上就和老牛同睡在那间破划房内。
一天，牛郎赶牛走进了一片陌生的树林，这里山青水秀、鸟语花香。牛郎见到九个仙女驾着祥云落在河的草地上，然后脱去五彩霓裳，跳进清澈见底的河水里，牛郎盯着一个最年轻是美丽的仙女。科看入了神，这时老牛突然说话了：“她是天上的织，只要拿走五彩霓裳，她就会做你的妻子。”牛郎悄悄地沿着树从，悄悄拿走了织女的五彩霓裳。天近午时，其它仙女纷纷穿起五彩霓裳，驾着祥云而去。唯独找不到五彩霓裳的织女留下了。这时，牛郎从树要后走出，请求织女做他的妻子织女见牛郎忠厚老实，勤劳健壮脉脉含羞的点点了头。
牛郎织女喜结良缘后，男耕女织，互敬互爱。两年后，织女生下一男一。然而天帝闻知织女下嫁人间，勃然大怒。七月初七，王母奉旨带着天兵天，捉了织女，悲痛欲绝的牛郎在老牛的帮助下，用萝筐挑着儿女追上天去。眼看追上了，王母拨下金簪一划，牛郎脚下立刻出现一条波涛汹涌的天河。
肝肠寸断的织女和挑儿女的牛郎，一个在河东一个在河西，遥望对泣哭声感动了喜鹊，霎时无数的喜鹊飞向天河，搭起一座鹊桥，牛郎织女终于可以在鹊桥上相会了，王母无奈，只好允许牛郎织女每年的七月初七在桥上相会一次。