情人节的由来英文版【1】

　　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.

　　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 during 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.

　　Gradually, 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.

　　In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced 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.

　　情人节的由来(英文版)【2】

　　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 dungeon. AD 270 years of February 14, Valentine had been tortured in the dungeon 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."

　　情人节英文介绍【3】

　　February 14th is a complicated but interesting holiday. First of all, Valentine's Day is not a holiday from work. No one gets a day off[1]. On Valentine's Day people usually send romantic cards to someone they love or want to be loved by.

　　The cards are called "valentines". They are very colourful, often decorated with hearts, flowers or birds, and have humorous or sentimental verses printed inside. The basic message of the verse is always "Be My Valentine", "Be My Sweet Heart" or "Lover". A valentine is anonymous, or sometimes signed "Guess who". The person receiving it has to guess who sent it.

　　This can lead to interesting speculation. And that's half the fun of valentines. The affectionate message might be carried by a heart - shaped box of chocolate candies, or by a bouquet of flowers tied with red ribbon. But in whatever form, the message is the same - "Will you be my valentine?" One of the symbols of St. Valentine's Day is the Roman god of Love, called Cupid.

　　Cupid is often printed on the card, who is winged infant without wearing anything, poised to shoot his arrow into a heart. He would shoot an arrow of love into a person's heart to make the person fall in love[2] immedia-tely, maybe with the first person to come along. Sometimes one arrow would go through[3] two hearts, holding them together. So on February 14th not only do we have picture of the Christian St. Valentine but we also have pictures of the non-Christian Cupid, the Roman god of Love. But it is from the Christians that we get the stories about Valen-tine's Day that most people have come to believe[4]. One story is about a Christian man whose name sounded something like "Valentine." He lived around 250 A.D.

　　At that time the Roman Emperor Claudius refused to allow any Roman soldiers to get married for any reason whatsoever. Christian couples came to Valentine to be married. So Valentine would marry them in a Christian way. He was discovered and put in prison by the Emperor.One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out the window of his prison. And the leaves were shaped like a heart.

　　二月十四日是一个复杂而又有趣的节日。首先，情人节不是一个休假日。没人放假。在情人节这一天，人们爱谁或想得到谁的爱，就可给那个人寄去充满浪漫情趣的卡片。

　　这种卡片叫"情人卡"。情人卡色彩鲜艳，常装饰有心、花或鸟，里面还印有幽默或感伤性的诗句。这些诗句传递的基本信息总是"做我的情人吧"、"做我甜蜜的心上人吧"、"情人"。 情人卡是不署名的，有时也可签上"猜是谁"。收到卡片的人要猜是谁寄的。

　　这样可产生有趣的推测，这也正是情人卡的一些乐趣。 你可以用一个心脏形状的盒子，里面放上巧克力糖，来传递爱的信息，也可用彩带扎上一束鲜花来传递。不管用什么方式，都是一样的--"你愿做我的情人吗?" 情人节的标志之一是罗马爱神--丘比特。丘比特经常被印在卡片上，他是一个赤身裸体、长有翅膀的婴儿，手里拿着箭，摆出一副要射心的姿势。他把爱之箭射中一个人的心，这个人会很快坠入爱河，可能是和他(她)第一个见到的人。

　　有时候，一只箭会射中两颗心，把它们穿在一起。所以在二月十四日，我们不仅有基督的"圣·瓦伦登"的画像，还有非基督的罗马爱神丘比特的画像。 大多数人相信的情人节的故事来源于基督教。其中有个故事提到，有一个基督徒的名字听起来象"瓦伦登"。他大约生活在公元前250年。那时罗马皇帝克劳迪乌斯禁止罗马士兵以任何借口结婚。信奉基督教的夫妇就去找"瓦伦登"主持结婚。

　　"瓦伦登"以基督教方式为他们秘密举行婚礼后来被罗马皇帝发现送进监狱。传说他在叶子上做标记给他朋友传递信息，然后把叶子扔出监狱的窗外。这些叶子的形状是心形的。

　　情人节的来历，以下是小编为大家整理的情人节的来历哦。欢迎大家阅读!

　　公元3世纪时，古罗马有一位暴君叫克劳多斯。离暴君的宫殿不远处，有一座非常漂亮的神庙，修士瓦伦丁就住在这里。罗马人非常崇敬他，不论男女老幼、贫穷贵贱，总会群集在他的周围，在熊熊圣火前，聆听瓦伦丁的祈祷。

　　古罗马的战事一直连绵不断，暴君克劳多斯征招大批公民前往战场，人们怨声载道，男人们不愿离开家庭，小伙子不忍与情人分开。克劳多斯为此暴跳如雷，他命令人们不许举行婚礼，甚至连所有已经订了婚的也要马上解除婚约。许多年轻人就这样告别爱人，悲愤地走向战场，年轻的姑娘们也由于失去爱侣而默然神伤。

　　瓦伦丁对暴君的虐行感到非常难过。当一对情侣来到神殿前请求他的帮助时，瓦伦丁在神圣的祭坛前为他们悄悄地举行了婚礼。人们一传十，十传百，很多人都来到这里，在瓦伦丁的帮助下结成伴侣。消息终于传进了宫殿，传到了暴君的耳里，克劳多斯又一次暴跳如雷，他命令士兵们冲进神殿，将瓦伦丁从一对正在举行婚礼的新人身边抓走，投入地牢。

　　人们苦苦哀求暴君赦免，但都徒劳而返。瓦伦丁终于在地牢里受尽折磨而死。悲伤的朋友们将他安葬在圣普拉教堂。这一天是公元270年2月14日。为了纪念这位高尚的修士，人们将这一天定为情人节，也称瓦伦丁节。

　　另一个传说：公元3世纪，罗马帝国皇帝克劳迪乌斯二世在首都罗马宣布废弃所有的婚姻承诺，当时是出于战争的考虑，使更多无所牵挂的男人可以走上争战的疆场。一名叫瓦仑廷(Sanctus Valentinus)的神父没有遵照这个旨意而继续为相爱的年轻人举行教堂婚礼。事情被告发后，瓦仑廷神父先是被鞭打，然后被石头掷打，最后在公元270年2月14日这天被送上了绞架被绞死。4世纪以后，人们就开始纪念这个日子。现在，中文译为“情人节”的这个日子，在西方国家里就被称为 Valentine's Day ，用以纪念那位为情人做主而牺牲的神父。

　　圣·瓦伦丁节

　　情人节源于西方，有众多版本，但我情愿相信她始于一段哀婉美丽的爱情故事。公元三世纪的罗马，基督徒圣.瓦伦丁被捕入狱，他的正义之举感动了狱吏和他双目失明的女儿，美丽的姑娘爱上了这个年青人，年青人治好了姑娘的眼疾，可是他们此生注定有情无缘，不能相聚。2月14日这一天是圣瓦伦丁被暴君处死的日子，临别他给姑娘留下了一封信，表达了对姑娘的款款深情浓浓爱意……