托福写作素材：西方情人节的由来

　　西方情人节的来历

　　Annually on February 14, is a western and traditional saint tile D stanza, call the " Valentine's Day" again.It has the long history.Ancient Rome

　　The herding absolute being stanza of the ages, is a festival of loverses.That day men and women youth can have a happy reunion a hall.Miss express love

　　Of wish the put in sign , the young man draws lots one by one in order, which misses take out arrive to wish the , that miss become his lover.

　　The Christianity rises, the church disagrees very much to the herding absolute being stanza customs.But suffer youth the person's acceptance of persons because of this festival,To still continue down.Till the 7 centry A.D., the church leader hope contacts this festival together the Christianity is together, hence he Use the Christianity baptism of blood the name of the tile D is this festival to assign name to afresh, and change from original on February 15 to February to the date  On 14.

　　Christianity martyrology that browse the earlier period, can find out three baptism of blood for calling tile Ds, an among those is what 3 centry A.D.

　　Bishop.The at that time the emperor of Rome thinks that the married man doeses not wish to leave the house serves as soldier, ascended the battlefield even to also can't become a good soldier, Therefore announced a prohibition against conjugal ordinance tile D to this very worried, he disobey the aim idea of the emperor, in private for youth The person holds the wedding, therefore encountering the captivity, in 271 A.D.2 knifes die in the jail inside on 14.

　　Endless years that through several centuries, the nodal fete in D in in tile method took place not a few varieties.England in 16 centuries, tile Very unusual interesting in nodal customs in the D of .Along with the development of the New Continent, England immigrates again this a the stanza of the very full of and romantic color The day took North America, becoming one of the festival that American likes gradually.

　　In the United States, the youth that tile D stanza have been not only festival into.Close relatives friend's, in spite of age size, can be with each other

　　Send to the small gift to express affection, promote the comity.There is not a few stores in the United States sell this type of gift exclusively.Such as decorate heart form of high

　　Class chocolates a tulip for, or is red satin taking nosegay etc..As to every kind of contain lace, spread last the feeling of the perfumePerson's card, also all like that.

　　Certainly, the young talented person is a leading role that tile D stanza is real well-deserved.They act with due care and respect ground as on this day the lover chooses

　　Choose the gift, an in company with friend goes hiking:Or attend lover's dancing party organized by club form a pair.

　　Special interesting is, the young man of those mindses hand usually think that the square try to make into toward the tile D stanza of the miss courtship salute card

　　Refined handicraft product in in , have of imitate is if a fresh flowers for blooming that a beautiful butterfly, have:Still have of just like

　　Venus ratio with shoot arrow in the curved bow.The miss of those the feeling of ss is then according to the traditional custom, in the tile D stanza night before last laurel leaf

　　Put on the pillow, hope in a dream and together own lover meets.

　　Special fascinating are the nocturnal masquerade ball of Valentine's Dayses.This at several decade ago very popular.Attend the dancing party of into, each takes a lot of trouble a ground of disguises that attire the oneself, having basinet knight, the disguise that have spanish pirate, still the disguise that have eastern emperor.Intelligent dancing party host usually give each guest hair, a tile for taking lace D card, write the some personal name up, this individual become your the colleague of the tonight.Therefore on the dancing party, people can see then

　　The is lightly moving to dance with the ash miss;Hamlet together the card door talks to smile the breeze livings;The Arabian princess checks to manage together two a life times enter the dinner totally.

　　They masquerade so extraordinarily lifelike. make person feeling to imitate the was really a group of the ancientses to bring to life.

　　Tile D stanza be happiness festival that like this an alive with love with comity.

　　每年2月14日，是西方传统的圣瓦伦丁节，又称“情人节”。它具有悠久的历史。古罗马  时代的牧神节，就是一个情侣们的节日。是日男女青年可以欢聚一堂。

　　姑娘们把表达爱情 的祝辞放在签筒里，小伙子依次抽签，抽到哪位姑娘的祝辞，那位姑娘就成为他的恋人。  基督教兴起，教会对牧神节风俗很不以为然。但由于这个节日受到青年人的偏爱，所  以仍然延续了下来。到公元7世纪，教会领袖希望把这节日同基督教联系在一起，于是他 们用基督教殉教者瓦伦丁的名字为这个节日重新命名，并把日期由原来的2月15日改为2月 14日。翻阅早期基督教殉教史，可以找到三个叫瓦伦丁的殉教者，其中一个是公元3世纪的 主教。

　　当时罗马皇帝认为已婚男子都不愿离家当兵，即使上了战场也不会成为一个好兵，  因此发布了一道禁止结婚的法令瓦伦丁对此十分忧虑，他违背皇帝的旨意，秘密地为青年  人举行婚礼，因此遭到监禁，于公元271年2刀14日死于狱中.经过几世纪的漫长岁月，瓦伦丁节的庆祝方式发生了不少变化。

　　在16世纪的英国，瓦  伦丁节的风俗十分奇特有趣。随着新大陆的开发，英国移民又把这一极富有浪漫色彩的节  日带到了北美，逐渐成为美国人喜爱的节日之一。在美国，瓦伦丁节已不仅是青年入的节日。亲人朋友之间，不论年龄大小，都可以互  送小礼品以表达感情，增进友谊。美国有不少商店专门出售这类礼品。如装饰成心形的高  级巧克力糖盒，或者系着红缎带的郁金香花束等。至于各式各样饰有花边、洒上香水的情  人卡，更是比比皆是。  当然，年青人才是瓦伦丁节真正当之无愧的主角。他们在这一天郑重其事地为恋人选  择礼物，兴高采烈地伴同朋友去郊游：或者成双成对地去参加由俱乐部组织的情人舞会。  特别有趣的是，那些心灵手巧的小伙子常常想方设法把向姑娘求爱的瓦伦丁节问候卡制成  玲拢精制的工艺品，有的仿佛是一只美丽的蝴蝶，有的宛若一朵盛开的鲜花：还有的恰似 爱神丘比特正在弯弓射箭。

　　那些痴情的姑娘则按照传统习俗，在瓦伦丁节前夜把月桂树叶  放在枕头上，盼望着在梦中同自己的心上人相会。 特别引人入胜的是情人节之夜的化装舞会。这在几十年前就十分流行。参加舞会的入  ，个个煞费苦心地将自己装扮起来，有的化装成中世纪的骑士，有的化装成西班牙的海盗  ，还有的化装成东方的皇帝。聪明的舞会主人常常给每位客人发，个带花边的瓦伦丁卡片  ，上面写着某个人的名字，这个人就成为你今晚的伙伴。因此在舞会上，人们便可以看到罗密欧和灰姑娘翩翩起舞；哈姆雷特同卡门谈笑风生；阿拉伯公主同查理二世共进晚餐。  他们化装得那样维妙维肖．使人觉得仿佛真的是一群古人复活了。  瓦伦丁节就是这样一个充满爱情和友谊的欢乐节日.