情人節英文的來源

1、情人節由來（英文）

Legend of the third century AD, the ancient Rome of a tyrant has called Clausius Doss (Claudius). Not far from the tyrant's palace, has a very beautiful temple. （ Valentine） XiuValentin (Valentine), who lives here. Rome are very revered him, men, women and children, rich and poor, high or low, there will always cluster around in his, in the raging flame before the altar, listening to Valentine's prayer.
This era of ancient Rome has been a continuous war, a tyrant Clausius Doss recruited a large number of citizens went to the battlefield, in order to ensure that people loyal to the war, he ordered a ban on people to marry at this time, even people who have been engaged immediately to lift the marriage. In this way many young people bid farewell to love, full of anger towards the battlefield.

Valentine Crawford Doss on line child feel very sorry. When one couple came to him requesting the help of the Parthenon, the Valentine in the sacred altar of the former for their wedding ceremony was held quietly. It is one the spread of hundred, a lot of people come here in the help of Valentine partnering. The news finally reached the Clausius Doss's ears. Him fly into a rage and ordered the soldiers stormed into the temple will be Valentine from a wedding being held next to the new towed away, into a ngeon. AD 270 years of February 14, Valentine had been tortured in the ngeon to die. 。 Sorrow of his friends buried in the Church of St. Platon.

Memory for Valentine, and later that day the people as a "Valentine's Day." 答案補充 傳說公元三世紀時，古羅馬有一位暴君叫克勞多斯（ Claudius）。離暴君的宮殿不遠，有一座非常漂亮的神廟。修士瓦倫丁（ Valentine）就住在這里。羅馬人非常崇敬他，男女老幼，不論貧富貴賤，總會群集在他的周圍，在祭壇的熊熊聖火前，聆聽瓦倫丁的祈禱。

這一時代，古羅馬的戰事一直連綿不斷，暴君克勞多斯徵召了大批公民前往戰場，為了保證人們忠於戰爭，他下令禁止人們於此時結婚，甚至連已訂了婚人也馬上要解除婚約。許多年輕人就這樣告別愛人，滿懷悲憤地走向戰場。

瓦倫丁對克勞多斯的虐行感到非常難過。當一對情侶來到神廟請求他的幫助時，瓦倫丁在神聖的祭壇前為它們悄悄地舉行了婚禮。人們一傳十，十傳百，很多人來到這里，在瓦倫丁的幫助下結成伴侶。消息終於傳到了克勞多斯的耳里。他暴跳如雷，命令士兵們沖進神廟，將瓦倫丁從一對正在舉行婚禮的新人身旁拖走，投入地牢。公元270年的2月14日，瓦倫丁在地牢里受盡折磨而死。悲傷的朋友們將他安葬於聖普拉教堂。

為了紀念瓦倫丁，後來的人們把這一天作為「情人節」。

2、valentine的來歷

瓦倫丁（Valentine）浪漫情人節的由來 情人節的由來 情人節也已經悄悄滲透到了無數年輕人的心目當中,成為中國傳統節日之外的又一個重要節日 情人節是一個充滿著浪漫色彩的全球性節日。相愛的男女會在此節日之際互贈鮮花，糖果，各種精美的禮物以此更增進彼此的感情。情人節是在每年的二月十四日，故二月也就被渲染了浪漫和神秘的色彩。 那麼情人節是怎麼由來的呢？人們為什麼要慶祝這個節日？這就得追溯當年的古羅馬帝國和基督聖徒頗具神秘色彩而又可以史為鑒的軼事。在古羅馬帝國暴君克勞狄斯（Claudius）在位時，戰爭是連綿不斷。所有的年輕男子都要被強硬徵兵去打仗，只留下老弱病殘和年輕的女子。故古羅馬的平民百姓在年輕男女還未成年或快成年前就根據當地習俗舉行結婚儀式。這樣就惱怒了暴君克勞狄斯，他下令不許舉行被古羅馬人世代認可的傳統婚禮，而且訂了婚還得退婚。古羅馬的百姓只好忍氣吞聲，敢怒不敢言。 在古羅馬一個幽靜而漂亮的小鎮里，有一位善良，虔誠基督聖徒，名叫瓦倫丁（St. Valentine）。他是一個小教堂的牧師。他對暴君克勞狄斯摧殘百姓很憂愁和傷心。他不顧自己的個人的安危，依然為一對年輕男女在教堂舉行了婚禮，並給予了他們美好的祝福。這樣，教堂婚禮在年輕男女中慢慢傳開了。有許多男女慕名來到教堂懇求瓦倫丁為他們秘密舉行婚禮，每次瓦倫丁都會答應，給予他們最衷心，誠懇的祝福。但是，有一天，教堂婚禮終於傳到了暴君克勞狄斯耳朵里，瓦倫丁不幸被捕，在監獄里他受盡了折磨。在公元270年的二月十四日的那天，瓦倫丁殘死於監獄。 瓦倫丁（Valentine）作為一個充滿傳奇色彩的人物，被世人所稱頌和敬仰。為了紀念他，每年的二月十四日就成了情人節－Valentine Day. 在中世紀，Valentine's Day 曾經一度成為英國，法國最流行和最受歡迎的節日。情人節由來的故事蘊含著古往今來人們一直向望著和平，自由的美好生活和正直帶給民眾的善良和勇氣。

3、情人節的來歷(要中英文結合的)

情人節，又叫聖瓦倫丁節或聖華倫泰節（St. Valentine's Day），即每年的2月14日，是西方的傳統節日之一。男女在這一天互送巧克力、賀卡和花，用以表達愛意或友好。

關於情人節的起源，大致有2種不同說法：

說法一：

公元3世紀，羅馬帝國皇帝克勞迪烏斯二世在首都羅馬宣布廢棄所有的婚姻承諾，當時是出於戰爭的考慮，使更多無所牽掛的男人可以走上爭戰的疆場。一名叫瓦侖廷（Sanctus Valentinus）的神父沒有遵照這個旨意而繼續為相愛的年輕人舉行教堂婚禮。事情被告發後，瓦侖廷神父先是被鞭打，然後被石頭擲打，最後在公元270年2月14日這天被送上了絞架被絞死。14世紀以後，人們就開始紀念這個日子。現在，中文譯為「情人節」的這個日子，在西方國家裡就被稱為Valentine's Day，用以紀念那位為情人做主而犧牲的神父。

與此相關的其他傳說，包括這位神父幫助天主教徒從羅馬監獄里逃脫而被處死。

在這個神父在監獄里時，據說他送出了第一個「情人節」祝福。據說他愛上了曾來監獄看望他，獄長失明的女兒亞斯得莉斯，並奇跡地治好了她的眼睛，使之重見光明。在他臨刑前，給女孩一封信，署名「from your Valentine」（這個表達現在還在使用）。盡管這些傳說不真切，但是卻表達了他的富有同情心、英雄氣概、以及最重要的浪漫主義的人格。

說法二：

來源於古羅馬的牧神節（Lupercalia Festival）

這個說法是基督教會慶祝這一天是為了把古羅馬的牧神節（每年的2月15日慶祝，為了保佑人、田、牲畜的生產力）基督教化。在古羅馬，2月春天的開始，被認為是純潔的。按照一定的儀式打掃房屋，然後把鹽水和一種小麥灑遍房間。

牧神節，是為了慶祝羅馬的農神Faunus 和羅馬的奠基人Romulus和Remus。這個節日開始時，Luperci的成員（也就是羅馬祭司的一種）會聚集在一個神聖的山洞裡。這個山洞被認為是還是嬰兒的Romulus和Remus待過的地方。在這個洞里，他們由一頭母狼，lupa，照料。祭司們會犧牲一頭羊，為了生殖；一隻狗，為了純潔。

然後男孩子會把羊的皮撕成小條，蘸上神聖的血後，跑到街上用它輕輕的抽打女人和田裡的莊稼。羅馬的女人不僅不會害怕，反而會樂意被羊皮條接觸，因為據說這樣她們在這一年裡就會生殖力旺盛。後來，根據傳說，這個城市所有的女人會把自己的名字放到一個花瓶里。單身漢們會從裡面選一個。這樣這一年裡，他們就是一對。通常他們會結婚。

教皇在大約公元498年宣布2月14日是情人節。羅馬人的這種婚配方式被基督教徒認為是不合法的。中世紀時，在英國和法國，通常認為2月14日是鳥交配的季節。因此就把此日增加了一個內容，那就是它應該是一個浪漫的日子。最早的情人節禮物是奧爾良的公爵，查理斯在倫敦塔獄中寫給他妻子的詩。因為他在Agincourt戰役中被俘虜了。現在這個寫於1415年的祝福被收藏在倫敦的大英博物館。幾年以後，英皇亨利五世雇John Lydgate寫了一首曲子給Catherine of Valois作為情人節禮物。
Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-proced greeting cards. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.[1]

In the United States, the marketing of Valentine's Day has tagged it as a "Hallmark holiday." A recent trend has been to refer to February 14 as Singles Awareness Day.
At least three early Christian Roman martyrs named Valentinus are known (see Saint Valentine for more details). In the two most prominent Valentinus traditions, represented by late fictionalized acta that were both included in Bede, the martyrs were venerated on the same day, February 14, though the years, as they represent two traditions, varied according to the source.[2] An overview of attested traditions relevant to the holiday is presented below, with the legends about Valentine himself discussed in the end.

[edit] February fertility festivals
It has been hypothesised [specify][citation needed] that Graeco-Roman holidays devoted to fertility and love might be related to St Valentine's Day, since there is some correspondence between the time when they were celebrated.

On the ancient Athenian calendar, the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera.

In Ancient Rome, February 15 was Lupercalia. Plutarch wrote:

Lupercalia, of which many write that it was anciently celebrated by shepherds, and has also some connection with the Arcadian Lycaea. At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.[5]

The word Lupercalia comes from lupus, or wolf, so the holiday may be connected with the legendary wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus. Priests of this cult, luperci would travel to the lupercal, the cave where the she-wolf who reared Romulus and Remus allegedly lived, and sacrifice animals (two goats and a dog). The blood would then be scattered in the streets, to bring fertility and keep the wolves away from the fields. [6] Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier "or "the chaste Juno," was celebrated on February 13-14. Pope Gelasius I (492-496) abolished Lupercalia. Some historians [specify][citation needed] argue that Candlemas (then held on February 14, later moved to February 2) was promoted as its replacement, but this feast was already being celebrated in Jerusalem by AD 381. The pope also declared in 496 that the feast of St. Valentine would be on February 14.

[edit] Chaucer's love birds

A portrait of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer by Thomas Hoccleve (1412). The earliest known link between Valentine's Day and romance is found in Chaucer's poetry.The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer:[3]

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [choose] his make [mate].
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia[7]. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381.[8] (When they were married eight months later, he was 13 or 14. She was 14.)

On the liturgical calendar, May 2 is the saints' day for Valentine of Genoa. This St. Valentine was an early bishop of Genoa who died around AD 307.[9][10] Readers incorrectly assumed that Chaucer was referring to February 14 as Valentine's Day. However, mid-February is an unlikely time for birds to be mating in England.[4]

Chaucer's Parliament of Foules is generally set in a supposed context of an old tradition, but in fact there was no such tradition before Chaucer. The speculative explanation of sentimental customs, posing as historical fact, had their origins among eighteenth-century antiquaries, notably Alban Butler, the author of Butler's Lives of Saints, and have been perpetuated even by respectable modern scholars. Most notably, "the idea that Valentin'e Day customed perpetuated those of the Roman Lupercalia has been accepted uncritically and repeated, in various forms, up to the present"[5]

[edit] Medieval and modern times

Swedish calendar showing St Valentine's Day, February 14, 1712Using the language of the law courts for the rituals of courtly love, a "High Court of Love" was established in Paris on Valentine's Day in 1400. The court dealt with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women. Judges were selected by women on the basis of a poetry reading.[11][12]

The earliest surviving valentine is a fifteenth-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his "valentined" wife, which commences.

Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée… (Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2)

At the time, the ke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.[6]

Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-01): "Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day."

In 1836, relics of St. Valentine of Rome were donated by Pope Gregory XVI to the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. In the 1960s, the church was renovated and relics restored to prominence.[13]

In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on 14 February was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on 14 February."[7] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan and in Malta where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar.

Valentine's Day postcard, circa 1910
Tree decorated for Valentine's DayValentine's Day was probably imported into North America in the 19th century by British settlers. In the United States, the first mass-proced valentines of embossed paper lace were proced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828-1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father operated a large book and stationery store, and she took her inspiration from an English valentine she had received. Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary."

In the second half of the twentieth century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts in the United States, usually from a man to a woman. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates. In the 1980s, the diamond instry began to promote Valentine's Day as an occasion for giving jewelry.

The day has come to be associated with a generic platonic greeting of "Happy Valentine's Day."

In some North American elementary schools, students are asked to give a Valentine card or small gift to everyone in the class. The greeting cards of these students often mention what they appreciate about each other.

[edit] The evolving legend
The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were excerpted by Bede and briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea,[8] According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.

Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved,[9] as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed,[10] or both.[11] It was a note that read "From your Valentine."[9]

In another apparently modern embellishment[citation needed], while Valentine was imprisoned, people would leave him little notes, folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks around his cell. He would find them and offer prayers for them.

4、關於情人節的來源英文介紹

情人節是情人們的專屬節日，這一天充滿浪費氣息。下面我帶來的是情人節的來源英文介紹，希望對你有幫助。

In the ancient Rome period, the February 14th was a festival for the respect of Johanna.

Yuena is Rome emPss, while the Romans worshiped her as the God of women and marriage. The next February 15th is called "Lupasala" is used to exPss respect for other gods of the festival approximately elegantly governs. In ancient Rome, the lives of young and young girls were strictly separated. However, in Lupasala Festival, a young man who can choose their favorite girl's name carved on the vase. In this way, at the festival, the young man can dance with the girl of his choice and celebrate the festival.

If the selected girls are also interested in the young men, they can be paired all the time, and eventually they will fall in love and go into the church to marry. For this, the year's February 14th is designated as Valentine's day for this purpose.

In Rome, about third Century A.D., Caesar had died for almost three hundred years, and the tyrant, Claudius, was in power. At that time, Rome and outside the war, The people are destitute. In order to supplement the troops, the war in the end, Claudius ordered that a certain age range of man to enter the Rome army, the service life for the country. From then on, the husband left his wife, and the teenager left the lover. So the whole Rome was shrouded in a long lovesickness. The tyrant was annoyed at this. In order to achieve his purpose, he ordered a ban on wedding ceremonies, and even the marriage was destroyed.

However, tyranny forbids love. In the country of the tyrant, there is a highly respected monk who is Valentine, our protagonist. He could not bear to see a pair of partners on this bid, so come to ask for help for the couple secretly Psided over the wedding of god. For a time, this exciting news was sPad across the country, and more lovers secretly asked for the help of the monks.

However, things quickly or to be aware of the tyrant, and he once again showed the brutal face -- will be monks into prison and eventually tortured to death. The day of the death of the monks was in February 14th, in February 14th ad 270.

In remembrance of the man who dared to fight with the tyrant, people graally made February 14th a holiday. Many centuries passed, and people could not remember the name of Claudius anymore. They could never remember his mace or sword, but they would still commemorate the Valentine monk, because that day was Valentine's day, Valentine's day.

5、情人節的來歷(英文)

There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries.
關於情人節的起源有許多種說法。有關人士認為情人節是一個名叫桑特 瓦倫丁的人士發起的。他是羅馬人，因為拒絕放棄基督教而於公元前269年2月14日慘遭殺害，這一天也正好是全城盛行彩票抽獎的日子。

Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple ring the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.
而另外一種說法更具有傳奇色彩，相傳桑特 瓦倫丁曾留下一本日記給了獄卒的女兒，署名為「你的情人」，據說這名獄卒的女兒就是桑特 瓦倫丁的情人。還有其它的說法也頗為有趣。比如說有人認為在克勞迪亞斯君王統治時期，桑特 瓦侖丁曾經是一名神父，因為公然挑戰克勞迪亞斯君王的權威身陷囹圄。所以公元前496年羅馬教皇格萊西亞斯特意將2月14日作為一個特別的日子以紀念桑特 瓦倫丁。

Graally, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers. There was often a social gathering or a ball.
此後2月14日就成為了一個具有特殊意義的日子。在這天人們向自己心儀的人傳遞信息以示愛意。而理所當然的桑特 瓦侖丁也就成為了為戀愛中的男女們牽線搭橋的人。在2月14日這天人們會特意做詩或者用一些小禮物送給自己心愛的人。而且人們還會組織各種各樣的聚會來慶祝這個特殊的節日。

In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introced in the 1800's and now the date is very commercialised. The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school.
艾瑟 霍蘭德小姐是美國第一位因為發送情人節卡片而受到榮譽獎勵的人。早在19世紀初情人節就已處露商業化的端倪。而如今情人節已經完全被商業化了。 比如每當每年2月14日來臨的時候，一些城鎮如羅夫蘭、克羅拉多等，這里的人們都要派送大量的為情人節特備的卡片。 而在這天人們往往吟歌做詩並且把這些寫入卡片中送個自己喜歡的人以表達自己的愛意。而在學校里孩子門也喜歡互增賀卡來度過這個特殊的節日。久而久之就形成了一種習俗並且延續至今天。