英语翻译
However,todaywesternerswillsendcards,flowers,andchocolatestotheirlovedonestoshowtheirloveon14thFebruary,InoldRometheyoungmanwereseparatedfromtheyounggirls,onlywhen14thFebruary,theyoungmencouldcarvethenameofthegirlstheylikeontheflowervase.Whentheycelebratingthefestival,theycouldchasethegirltodance,ifthegirlalsothinkstheboygood,theycouldbeloversandgetmarriedinfutureday’s.inoldEurope,duringtheValentine’sDay,theyounggirls,nameswerewrittenandputinthebox.Fortheyoungmantopickup.thepickedgirlwillbetheman’slover.Thegirl’snamewillbeembroideredontheman’sclothwhichmeansit’shisobligationtoprotectandlookafterthisgirl.
3.2.3.DifferentWaysofThinking
Fromthedifferentwaysofcelebrating,itcouldbefindthatthesetwofestivals,focusondifferentthings.Valentine’sDaywasmainlycelebratedbypeoplewholovedeachotherorthoseChristy.innowadays,itismostlyrelatedtoloveespeciallyinchinawhiledoubleseventhdayitwasmainlycelebratedbywomenwhopreythemselvesagoodhusbandandskilledhandcraftingwhileitslovemeaningwasjustbecauseofthestoryoftheNiulangandZhinvwhichwasfocusedinrecentyearswhenpeoplespendvalentine’sdayandtheythoughtthatmaybeweshouldhavedoubleseventhdaythesamemeaningandspendourowntraditionalfestivals,butnotfestivalsfromwest.
Besides,accordingtoallthecomparisonsabove,acleardifferencecameout,thatisthewayofChinesethinking.Asyounggirlshopeforagoodhusband,thewesternsexpresstheirloveandliketotheonetheylove.thisisthedifferentwhenChinesegirlstheyknowtheywhattoloveandhavesomeonetoloveandlovethem,buttheyarejustwaitfortherightmantoappearbyhimself,whilethewesternstheywritetheirblessingandexpresstheirloveinaletterandevengivegirltotheonetheylikedirectly.Westernsweredirect,andopen-mindedwhileChinesetheshowtheirfeelingsorloveinalowkeyandconservativeway.Thegirlsinancienttime,theyhadnochancetomeetmoremanintheirlife.Iftheylikesomeone,theycouldnottellhim,ortheycouldbethoughtback.Sotheyprefertopreytotreeandtheskyandthesilverrivertomaketheirdreamcometrue,ratherthantochasetheirhappyfu