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1、TheoriginofValentine’sDayTherearevaryingopinionsastotheoriginofValentine’sDay.NowIwilltalkfourlegendsaboutthehistoryofValentine’sDay.ThefirstlegendItissaidthatValentinewasapriestwhoservedduringthethirdcenturyinRome.Atthattime,undertheruleofEmperorClaudiusII,Romewasinvolvedinmanybloodyandun
2、popularcampaignsandmanymendidn’twanttojointhearmy.Claudiusbelievedthatthereasonwasthatmendidnotwanttoleavetheirlovesorfamilies.Soheorderedabanonmarriage.Valentine,realizingtheinjusticeofthedecree,riskedhislifetopresideovertheweddingforyoungloversinsecret.Whenhisactionwasdiscovered,hewasarr
3、estedsacrificed.Inordertomemorizehisbravebehavior,hisMartyrdomDay-February14wasnamedValentine’sDay.ThesecondlegendInalongtimeago,amanwhocalledValentinewastheearliestChristianatthatage.ButbeingaChristianmeansdangeranddeathatthattime.InordertoprotectotherChristians,Valentinewascaughtandputin
4、toprison.IntheprisonValentinecuredhisjailor’sdaughter’sblindeyes.Beforehisdeath,itisallegedthathewrotealettertothegirltotellherthathelovedher.Attheendoftheletteris:FromyourValentine.Laterthegirlkneeledinfrontofhisgraveandplantedanalmondtreeofsafflower.ThatdayisFebruary14.Sincethen,February
5、14isValentine’sDay.ThethirdlegendInancientRome,February14wasaholidaytohonorJunowhowastheQueenoftheRomanGodsandGoddesses.TheFebruary15wasknownastheLupaSarahFestival.Atthattimethelivesofyoungboysandgirlswerestrictlyseparated.However,ontheLupaSarahfestival,boycanchoosehislovedgirl’snameengrav
6、edonthevase,soduringthefestivalhecandancewithhislovedgirl.Ifthegirlisinterestedintheyoungman,theycanhavebeenpaired,andwilleventuallyfallinloveandwalkintothechurchtogetmarried.Descendantsgraduallycombinedthetwo-dayfestivalineveryFebruary14.ThefourthlegendValentine'sDaydatesbacktotheoldtimes
7、whentheLupercaliaFestivalwascelebratedinthehonoroftheRomanGodofFertility.Thisdayfallsonthe15thofFebruaryeveryyear.Accordingtothecustomatthattime,ontheeveofLupercalia,namelyFebruary14,theyounggirls’namewerewrittenonslipsofpaperandplacedintobox.Eachyoungmanwould
