One of the origins:
Traditional festivals with a long history in Europe and America. Set to February 14 every year. Also known as "Saint Valentine's Day", commonly known as "Valentine's Day".
According to legend, in the 3rd century AD, there were two people named Saint Valentine in ancient Rome, one was a bishop and the other was a priest. They are all madly in love with their wives. Unfortunately, these two respected men were martyred on February 14, 270 AD. The last thing they did before martyrdom was to write a love letter to their wife. Future generations commemorate these two saints. Valentine is loyal to love, so he designated February 14 as "Saint Valentine's Day", that is, "Valentine's Day". The customs of celebrating Valentine's Day are different in different times. Among them, from 1837- 190 1, Queen Victoria of England has the most unique Valentine's Day custom: 14 February, a couple transplanted a spring branch with two budding flowers into a special flowerpot. The first letter of the flower name must match the first letter of one of the lovers' names. A few days later, if the double buds on this spring branch are in full bloom and complement each other, it indicates that lovers will grow old together; If the double buds are divided into the west and the north, love and people will eventually fly away; If the flowers are huge and brilliant, it means that the future children and grandchildren will be full and the family will be happy; If a flower withers, one of the lovers is in danger of dying young. In Buckinghamshire, there is also a popular custom of praying on Valentine's Eve: light a candle, insert two thin needles, insert your lover's name from the bottom of the candle into the center of the candle, and pray for love all the time. When the candle burns to the tip of the needle, it is said that the loved one will knock on the door in time. There is also a custom of Valentine's Day: in the week before Valentine's Day, for seven consecutive nights, I took off my left sock and put it on my right foot, repeatedly wishing: "May my beloved dream tonight." It is said that at this time, under the old moon, a bright red silk thread will be left. And take off your socks and pray for love around your neck.
After the Victorian era, the custom of Valentine's Day gradually faded. In 1930s and 1940s, with the popularity of greeting cards, Valentine's Day revived. In some countries, Valentine's Day has evolved into a trend for men in love to express their friendship to women, so on March 14, it became a "plot of returning love", that is, men gave gifts to women to show "returning love". In recent 20 years, Valentine's Day has been paid more and more attention in China and has become a modern custom in China.
The second origin:
Saint Valentine's Day is the English name of Valentine's Day. Literally, it is difficult to see the connection between Chinese and western appellations. There is a touching story hidden in it.
Around the third century AD in Rome, Caesar had been dead for almost 300 years, and the tyrant Claudius was still in power. At that time, there were frequent wars inside and outside Rome, and the people were in dire straits. In order to replenish men and carry the war to the end, Claudius ordered all men who reached a certain age to join the Roman army and serve the country with their lives. From then on, the husband left his wife and the teenager left his lover. So the whole of Rome was shrouded in a long acacia. The tyrant was very angry at this. In order to achieve his own goal, he even ordered that China people be forbidden to hold wedding ceremonies, and even asked married people to break their contracts.
However, tyranny cannot forbid love. In the tyrant's country, there lived a respected monk, Valentine, our hero. He couldn't bear to see such a couple in Where Are You Going, so he secretly presided over God's wedding for the couple who came to ask for help. For a time, this exciting news spread all over the country, and more couples secretly came to the monks for help.
However, it was soon known by the tyrant, so he once again showed his cruel face-put the monk in prison and eventually tortured to death. The date of the monk's death was February 14, and February 14, 270.
In order to commemorate this man who dared to fight the tyrant, people gradually took February 14 as a festival. Many centuries have passed, and people can't remember Claudius' name, his scepter and sword, but they will still remember the Valentine brothers, because it was Valentine's Day, not Valentine's Day.
The third origin:
In ancient Rome, February 14 was a festival to pay tribute to Jonah. Jonah was the queen of the Roman gods, and the Romans regarded her as the goddess of women and marriage. The following February 15 is called Lupsala Festival to show respect for other gods under the rule of Jonah.
In ancient Rome, the lives of young people and girls were strictly separated. However, on Lupsala Festival, boys can choose the name of a girl they love and carve it on a vase. In this way, during the festival, young people can dance with the girl of their choice to celebrate the festival. If the selected girls are interested in boys, they can always pair up and eventually they will fall in love and get married in church. Therefore, later generations designated February 14 as Valentine's Day.
The fourth origin:
An English dictionary points out that St. Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day) is on February 14, which originated from the faun festival in ancient Rome. It is said that birds begin to mate on this day. It was the custom at that time: during the Animal Husbandry Festival, every young man drew lots from a box with a note with the name of a young woman written on it. The person drawn will become the sweetheart of young people. Later, the festival was changed to commemorate a Christian saint named Valentine.
St. Valentine, a young Christian missionary in ancient Rome, ventured to spread Christianity and was arrested and imprisoned, which touched the old jailer and his blind daughter and took good care of him. Before he was executed, Saint Valentine wrote a letter to the girl, expressing his deep affection for her. On the day when he was executed, the blind girl planted an apricot tree with red flowers in front of his grave to express her feelings. This day is 14 February. Now, on Valentine's Day, many young men also make postcards of courting St. Valentine into exquisite handicrafts and cut them into butterflies and flowers to show their sincerity and determination. Girls put laurel leaves on pillows at night, hoping to dream about their lovers. Usually on Valentine's Day, a red rose is given to express the feelings between lovers. A half-opened red rose is the best gift for a girl on Valentine's Day, and the girl takes a box of heart-shaped chocolates as a gift. It is said that phenylethylamine, one of the ingredients of chocolate, can cause hormonal changes in the human body, similar to the feeling in love.