My name is Jia Li which means good and beautiful. People in China do exchange flowers and kisses on Valentine’s Day as they do in other parts of the world. The Chinese Valentine’s day is celebrated in a completely traditional way every year by laying down with their lover and watching to East and West of the Milky Way. This day is also known as Qi Qiao Jie, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the seventh eve of the seventh month of the Chinese Lunar calendar. This festival is also called as Seven Sisters Festival or the Festival of the Double Sevens. The festival is celebrated on a grand scale by the people who are in love. There are few legends associated with the origin of Chinese Valentine’s Day, but i only belive one. Read further to know about this interesting folklores.
Legend As per the first legend, a cowherd, Niu Lang, saw the seven daughters of Goddess of Heaven during one of their visits to earth. He decided to have a bit of fun by running off with their clothing, while the daughters were bathing in a river. The youngest and prettiest daughter, Zhi Nu was given the task of asking Niu Lang to return their clothes. Eventually, they fell in love and married to live happily for many years. However, the Goddess of Heaven started missing her daughter and instructed her to come back to Heaven. Zhi Nu obliged to her mother’s wish but was extremely sad over the separation from her lover. Goddess of Heaven could
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SNYDER v. PHELPS ET AL. This case is about Mr. Snyder an older man that has a son by the name of Lance Matthews who was in the Marines and pasted away on duty in Iraq. Lances father then chose a place to lay his son at peace at a catholic church in the hometown they live in. In the hometown of Westminster, Maryland everyone was basically aware of the funeral that was going to take place. Even the Mr. Phelps was aware of this funeral and decided to take this trip to Maryland along with 6 other…
The Paradoxical Relationship Between Art & Social Justice: “Using Art to ‘Advance’ Social Justice” Nicole Cameron Prof: Valiquette GEND 2306 0500296 The use of art has never been too far away from issues of social justice; artists have radically been considered as the visionaries of society. “Works of art, then, construct and periodically reconstruct perceptions and beliefs that underlie the political actions…They create…
J. King Saud Univ., Vo!. 13,Lang. & Trans!., pp. 1 - 9 (A H. 1421/2001). Translation and Foreign Language Teaching Said Shiyab* and Mohammad Abdullateef** * Associate Professor, and ** Assistant Professor, Dept. of European Languages and Translation, College of Languages & Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Received AH. 30/12/1420; accepted AH. 22/1/1421) Abstract: This paper starts with the assumption that translation, when applied adequately and effectively…
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Amanda Yost Bio Have any of you met anyone famous? Well now you can. This is Amanda she has been in multiple armstring plays sinvce she was ypung blah blah blah Amanda was born on July 7th 1995 at Torrance Memorial to her parents Edward Yost and Barbara Overlie. Amanda is an only child, unless you count her two dogs Romeo (5) and Rigley (1 ½). Romeo is a Chihuahua mix and Rigley is a golden retriever they both enjoy long walks on the beach and taking naps in the sun. But if you ask Amanda she…
