金融條件描述：：I. Introduction “Qixi Festival”, or “The Double Seventh Festival”, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It is also referred to as the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” due to the association with a romantic legend about two deities, Niulang and Zhinü. The English name for the festival is “The Night of Sevens”. II. History Qixi Festival has its roots in the legend of two star-crossed lovers, Niulang and Zhinü, who, despite being of different social status, had a forbidden love affair. According to the legend, Niulang was an orphaned cowherd who, upon finding out that he was unable to marry a local girl, became a shepherd. One day, while herding his flock of sheep, he encountered Zhinü, a fairy of the Weaver Maid star and the heavens granted them both a magical cow to help them elope. Out of anger and disapproval of their romance, Zhinü's father, the manager of heavens, used his divine powers to forcibly split them apart, creating the Milky Way, so that the two were not allowed to meet again. III. Rituals and Customs Historically, it was thought that Qixi Festival was a time for women to demonstrate their talents in various handicrafts and needlework so as to improve their skills. This was because, in the legend of the two deities, Zhinü was a skilled weaver. Today, people often express their love for one another through gifts, for example, flowers and chocolates, or having romantic dinners or activities like going to the movies together. Another ritual associated with the festival is cowherding. This is in reference to Niulang, the orphaned cowherd in the legend. Although this used to be practiced by dropping agricultural tools into the river to represent Qiulang’s struggle in herding cows, nowadays it is done mainly through traditional plays, such as \"Qixi Theatre\". IV. Conclusions （一）七夕英文 The Chinese Qixi Festival, known in English as the Double Seventh Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This year, it is celebrated on August 25th, 2020. The festival gets its name from two lovers, a cowherd and a weaver girl who, in Chinese mythology, are symbolically represented by the stars Altair and Vega. According to the legend, once a year these two stars would join to be together as a way to commemorate their love and faithfulness. On this festival, Chinese people celebrate the romantic story of the Tanabata legend, usually by writing wishes on colorful paper lanterns and releasing them into the air. People who like to cook often make Double Seventh cakes, a type of sweet cake created especially for the festival. There are also several traditional activities for celebrating this festival such as playing the Qixi version of “Super Mario Bros”, giving out heart-shaped chocolates, writing calligraphy on miniature ingots, eating tanghulu (candied fruit) and other tangyuan (glutinous rice balls).