Singles Day, 光棍節(jié)由來的介紹(2)

2010-11-11 10:36 [查查吧] 來源：m.uabf.cn

Singles Day, 光棍節(jié)由來的介紹

Creative celebration 新奇慶祝

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks) representing the four "ones" in "11.11" and one baozi (steamed stuffed buns) representing the middle dot.

光棍節(jié)的早上，單身青年們會(huì)吃四根有條，代表11.11的四個(gè)“1”，再吃一個(gè)包子，代表11和11之間的那個(gè)點(diǎn)。

Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. Many attend 'blind date' parties and many people choose to marry on this day. In addition to meaning 'single' the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

很多單身朋友選擇在這一天告別單身，一些人參加相親會(huì)，一些人則在今天結(jié)婚。四個(gè)“1”不僅可以代表單身，還可以代表“唯一”，這也成了一些人的愛情告白日。

Betting 打牌

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong.

故事從四個(gè)過著單調(diào)生活的單身漢說起。他們沒有人結(jié)婚，連女朋友都沒有，日子過得無精打采，終日打麻將度過。

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'four columns' card (the card shows four independent, parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it was Nov 11, or 11/11. In order to commemorate the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day.

有一天他們打麻將從早上11點(diǎn)打到了晚上11點(diǎn)。奇妙的是，不管誰贏，都贏在了“四條”上。更加巧合的是，這一天正是11月11號(hào)。為了紀(jì)念這一天，他們給它命名為“光棍節(jié)”。