2016年度の "七夕のゆうべ in 四天王寺" は以下の日程で開催いたします。
6日(水) 笹飾り/笹トンネル ・ 鎮魂の灯火/短冊への願い事の記入 ・ 星空観望会 ・ 七夕縁日
7日(木) 笹飾り/笹トンネル ・ 鎮魂の灯火/短冊への願い事の記入 ・ 星空観望会 ・ 七夕縁日 ・ 七夕コサート
8日(金) 笹飾り/笹トンネル ・ 七夕縁日 ・ お焚き上げ
2016年度の "七夕のゆうべ in 四天王寺"
今日の星空
ベガ=織女星
アルタイル=彦星、牽牛星
“七夕”的由来
农历七月初七是我们中国人的情人节，也有人称之为乞巧节七夕或女儿节，这一天是女儿家们最为重视的日子。七月初七之所以称为乞巧，是因为民间传说这天牛郎织女会天河，女儿家们就在晚上以瓜果朝天拜，向女神乞巧。
她们除了乞求针织女的技巧，同时也乞求婚姻上的巧配。所以，世间无数的有情男女都会在这个晚上，夜深人静时刻，对着星空祈祷自己的姻缘美满。
谈到七夕节，不得不提民间流传的爱情故事――牛郎织女。他们一年一度相会的七夕，被多情儿女视为爱情的象征。他们的爱情悲剧，在每个华人的心灵里，留下了深深的印象。因此，每到七夕的夜晚，多情人都会对着暗夜的星空祈祷爱情永恒不渝。
“七夕”的由来
The Tanabata Story
The Japan Guy’s Interpretation
Tenno Osama (てんの おうさま or 天の 王さま), the King of the Sky, had a beautiful daughter named Orihime (おりひめ) who was an incredibly gifted seamstress. Tirelessly she would work at her loom, to weave the fabric that her father loved so much. Day in and day out, her long, lonely hours spent sewing left her empty inside, longing to have a companion. The Sky King felt sympathy for his daughter, and did what any good father would do, he chose a boyfriend for Orihime (http://www.thejapanguy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif). They Sky King arranged for his daughter to meet Hikoboshi (ひこぼし*) the good-hearted herder from around the way, the boy who had good values, the boy that would treat his daughter right.
*Hikoboshi, 彦星, is the Japanese name for the star Altair (The Cow Herder Star) while Orihime, 織り姫, is another name for the star, Vega (The Weaving Girl Star).
Upon meeting, the two were instantly taken with each other and fell in love. They loved each other so much in fact that even work no longer mattered to them*. Orihime began to neglect her finest talent, weaving. Hikoboshi began to neglect the very cows that were his livelihood…the cows began to roam everywhere. The Sky King became enraged! (I personally believe it’s because he thought Hikoboshi may have been “doing things” with Orihime.)
* Have you ever been in love to the point where nothing else mattered? Don’t rub it in! LOL
Being the Sky King and all, he used his incredible powers to create a mighty river that would permanently separate the two lovers. You may have heard of this vast river, in Japanese it’s called Amanogawa (天の川 or あまのがわ), which is better known to you and me as the Milky Way (Geez, Sky King!! Isn’t that a bit harsh?).
Orihime longed for Hikoboshi, and Hikoboshi longed for Orihime. Time went on, but the two never forgot about each other. Hibokoshi eventually went back to herding, though his heart was never the same. He would often look across the river wondering “Is she thinking about me?” Indeed she was.
Orihime went back to making wonderful fabric for her father, but every single day that her and Hikoboshi were apart she could do nothing but cry. Orihime’s tears softened her father’s heart enough to allow the two lovers to meet once a year.
So on the eve of July 7th, if you look up into the summer nighttime sky and you can see Vega (the Weaving Girl) and Altair (the Cow Herder’s Star), it means that Orihime and Hikoboshi, two lovers, were once again reunited. If however, on July 7th, you look up and see clouds…it’s a sad day indeed as the lovers will have to wait for another year to see one another.
Happy Tanabata, Everyone!
Donald Ash
P.S.-Unfortunately, it was cloudy here in Tsukuba for the second year in a row. Sigh, That really sucks for Orihime and Hikoboshi
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