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过几天就是七夕了，每年农历七月初七这一天是中国的传统节日七夕节。

In a few days it will be the Qixi Festival, which falls on the 7th day of the 7th month on Chinese lunar calendar. It is a traditional Chinese festival, sometimes called the Chinese Valentine's Day.

七夕节始于中国汉朝。相传，每到农历七月初七，相传牛郎织女鹊桥相会的日子，姑娘们就会来到花前月下，抬头仰望星空，寻找银河两边的牛郎星和织女星，希望能看到他们一年一度的相会，乞求上天能让自己能象织女那样心灵手巧，祈祷自己能有如意称心的美满婚姻，由此形成了七夕节。

Qixi Festival originated in the Han Dynasty (206BC -220AD) in China. In Chinese mythology, Zhinü (the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega star) and Niulang (the cowherd, symbolizing Altair star) will meet on Magpies Bridge (symbolizing the Milky Way) once a year on lunar 7th July.

This is the day when single girls gather in front of blooming flowers beneath the moonlight, looking up to admire the starry night, searching for Vega and Altair on each side of the Milky Way, and hoping to witness their annual reunion. They also wish to be as ingenious as Zhinü, and pray to have a happy and fulfilling marriage themselves. Therefore, Qixi Festival is a celebration of this beautiful occasion.

在中国，更是把七夕成为中国人的情人节，这天更是俊男美女们的互相表白节日。

In China, a lot of people consider Qixi as their Valentine's Day, many handsome men and beautiful ladies would declare love to their sweethearts on this very special day.

为活跃Steemit中文社区，吸引更多人加入到Steemit上，发扬我们一贯精神鼓励多元化创新，也为了提高文学群社区知名度，今天，我们就这借此节日即将来临，以“七夕情人节”作为活动主题，举办一次情人节爱情征文大赛，

In order to invigorate our Chinese community on Steemit, attract more people to publish on this platform, encourage creative diversity and promote Chinese Literature Group, we would like to organize a writing contest based on the topic of "Qixi Valentine's Day".

活动规则如下：

1、围绕爱情主题
2、具体标题和内容不限,包括但不限于散文、故事、小说等；
3、每篇字数限制约千字，不宜过长，也不宜过短；
4、奖金池初始值 SBD 100，由我个人赞助；
5、活动开始时间即日起开始，截止时间为：2017-09-01 12:00
6、活动标签 cn-love(参考建议标签加如下顺序cn cn-reader cn-love)。

The rules of this contest are:

1. "Romance" theme based.

2. There is no restrictions on the title or content; it could be but not limits to- articles, stories, fiction, etc.

3. Every submission should be within 1000 words, not too long nor too short.

4. The initial prize pool is 100 SBD, from my personal sponsorship.

5. This contest is starting right now, and the deadline is 1 Sep 2017, 12:00 UTC.

6. Please use tag cn-love (we also suggest you use these tags in this order: cn cn-reader cn-love)

本次活动设立如下奖项：

一等奖 1名

二等奖 2名

三等奖 3名

优秀奖 4名

入围鼓励奖若干

因奖金池仍然在持续增加中，具体奖励措施迟些公布大家。

We are brainstorming on how to judge this contest...

欢迎各位油菜花(有才华)俊男美女踊跃参加！：）
Welcome all talented ladies and gentlemen to take part!

本次特邀评委，名单按字母a-z顺序排行：

执行评委名单：

Our special judges, in alphabetical order:

@deanliu

@lemooljiang

@tumutanzi

荣誉评委：@abit @jademont @sweetsssj

另外感谢@tumutanzi 介绍他的老师，也是我们可爱的加贝老师作为本次活动评委，非常感谢！

We would like to thank @tumutanzi for introducing his teacher, the lovely Ms. Jiabei as our guest judge for this writing contest. Thank you very much!

本次活动得到了如下朋友的大力支持，感谢以下赞助本次活动的朋友，名单不分先后：

We are very grateful to have received overwhelming support from these friends. We'd like to express our gratitude to them (in no particular order):

@tumutanzi SBD 20

@justyy SBD 15

@liangfengyouren SBD 1

@sunnyjolly SBD 4.354

@candiceji SBD 1

@herlife SBD 1.637

@susanli3769 @davidmendel SBD 5

@mangoanddaddy SBD 1

@wongshiying SBD 5

@plokmi SBD 2.093

@hannahwu SBD 10

@oflyhigh SBD 20

@timknip SBD 10

@jubi SBD 10

@thisjourney SBD 7.7

@kitcat SBD 5

@mrspointm SBD 5

@mrpointp SBD 5

@nationalpark SBD 3.916

@superhardness SBD 5

@colmanlamkh SBD 1.9

@wilkinshui SBD 15

@tvb SBD 7.7

@shenchensucc SBD 15.4 (7.7 x 2)

@sylvia1997 SBD 7.7

@magicmonk SBD 10

@zsilence SBD 7.7

@linuslee0216 SBD 7.7

@luneknight SBD 7.7

@bigyellow SBD 7.7

@aaronli SBD 7.7

@guyverckw SBD 7.7

@biuiam SBD 5

@myfirst SBD 52.0

@aguess SBD 0.5

@lemooljiang SBD 7.7

@yinlovesu0914 SBD 7.777

@joythewanderer SBD 7.7

@jademont SBD 17.77

@liflorence SBD 5

@mellissaying SBD 5

@catwomanteresa SBD 7.7

@luneknight SBD 7.7

@terinadx SBD 2.0

@veronicazhu SBD 4.19

@rea SBD 20

@sweetsssj SBD 20

@helene SBD 20

@kenchung SBD 5

本次活动奖金池跃增至 SBD 536.637

Our prize pool has increased to SBD 536.637

紧急通告：

因事先未告知，现本次活动不再接受SBD超过20以上的赞助，非常感谢大家一如既往的支持！！！心意已经领到了！！！

除SBD奖励外，参与活动人员会获得组委会不同程度点赞支持，感谢大家积极参与！
thank you for your active participation!

需要提供赞助支持的朋友，请直接转账到steemit账户: rivalhw 并备注即可，我会不定时更新赞助人员名单，定时公布给大家，非常感谢你们的支持！

For sponsorship contribution, please make a transaction directly on Steemit to: @rivalhw and leave a note, I will announce the sponsors accordingly, to notify everyone.

其它朋友，也欢迎转发本次活动作为对本次活动的支持，谢谢！

Thank you once again for your wonderful support!
Please re-steem this post for more people to see and take part too! Thank you!

广而告之：

适逢第四期“谷哥点名”发布，这期命题是情/爱，(两个关键字任意选择)。相比于爱情，这个范围无疑大了狠多。爱情是美好的，七夕之际，对于爱情的想法，更为浓烈。不过。除了爱情，大家还会有别样的情愫。

参与“七夕情人节Steemit中文社区文学群爱情征文大赛”的同时，亦可参与谷哥点名。期待您的佳作。

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