英語(yǔ)作文素材之情人節的傳說(shuō)
The Legends Of Valentine's Day
February 14 is Valentine's Day.It is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today,with the giving of candy,flowers,or other gifts between couples in love.Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages.
In Rome it's said that it originated in 5th Century as a tribute to St.Valentine,a Catholic bishop.
For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day,the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus.The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box.The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his female companion during the remaining year.
In an effort to do away with the pagan festival.Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery.Instead of the names of young women,the box would contain the names of saints.Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box,and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year.Needless to say,many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule Changes.
Instead of the pagan god Lupercus,the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place.They found an appropriate choice in Valentine,who,in AD270 had been beheaded 3 by Emperor Claudius.
Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers.So he banned marriage from his empire.But Valentine would secretly marry young men that came to him.When Claudius found out about Valentine,he first tried to convert him to paganism.But Valentine reversed the strategy,trying instead to convert Claudius.When he failed,he was stoned and beheaded.
During the days that Valentine was imprisoned,he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer.His love for her,and his great faith,managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death.Before he was taken to his death,he signed a farewell message to her,"From your Valentine."The phrase has been used on his day ever since.
Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church,the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St.Valentine was stilled used by Roman men to seek the affection of women.It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten messages of affection,containing Valentine's name.
Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time,AD 200.He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples,contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor.Some legends say he was burned at the stake.
情人節的傳說(shuō)
2月14日是情人節。今天它被人們作為情侶的節日來(lái)慶祝,給的糖果、鮮花、或其他禮物情侶之間的愛(ài)。情人節起源于不同的傳說(shuō),我們找到了多年。
在羅馬表示,它向St.Valentine起源于5世紀,天主教主教。
八百年情人節,前羅馬人曾在2月中旬練習異教慶典紀念年輕男子成人禮的盧帕克斯神。這項慶典的特點(diǎn)是進(jìn)行抽簽,讓年輕的男子從盒子里抽取十幾歲少女的名字。通過(guò)這種方式分配給每一位年輕男子的女孩將是他那一年的女伴。
為了的異教徒的節日。羅馬教皇蓋拉西厄斯命令彩票活動(dòng)必須一個(gè)細微的變化。年輕女性的名字,而是框將包含圣徒的名字。男性和女性被允許從盒子里,和游戲是模仿方式的圣德魯在今年剩下的時(shí)間里。不用說(shuō),羅馬的許多年輕人不太喜歡這種規則的改變。
來(lái)代替異教的盧帕克斯神的教會(huì )尋找一位更適合的愛(ài)的守護神來(lái)代替他。他們發(fā)現一個(gè)適當的選擇在情人節,克勞迪亞斯王Valentine是斬首3。
克勞迪亞斯王堅信已婚男人是無(wú)用的戰士。所以他在他的王國內禁止結婚。但是情人節會(huì )秘密嫁給那些來(lái)找他的年輕人。當克勞迪斯發(fā)現情人節時(shí),他第一次嘗試將他異教信仰。但情人節逆轉的策略,而不是將克勞迪斯。當他失敗時(shí),他是用石頭打死,斬首。
在情人節被囚禁的日子里,他愛(ài)上了盲人他的獄卒的女兒。他對她的愛(ài),他的偉大的信仰,竟然奇跡般地治好了她的眼睛在他的死亡。他被帶到他去世之前,他簽署了一份告別消息給她,“從你的情人。”這句話(huà)用在他的一天。
雖然抽簽得女人的活動(dòng)已經(jīng)被教會(huì )禁止,2月中旬假日紀念St.Valentine羅馬的男人依舊利用尋求女人的愛(ài)情。它變成了一個(gè)傳統的男人給的他們欽佩的感情手寫(xiě)消息,包含瓦倫丁的名字。
另一個(gè)情人節是一個(gè)意大利主教住大約在同一時(shí)間,公元200年。他被監禁,因為他偷偷已婚夫婦,與羅馬皇帝的法律。有一些傳說(shuō)說(shuō)他是被綁在火刑柱上燒死的。
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