The Amy Adams movie called Leap Year deals with a woman who can ask a man to marry her on February 29th in a leap year. But where does this tradition come from and is there any truth tothe movies premise?
艾米.亚当斯在电影闰年中精彩演绎了女子求婚记.然而,电影里面那个关于闰年女子向男子求婚的传说到底有几分可信度,是否真的是有依有据呢?
Actually, leap Year has been the traditional time inmany place that women can propose marriage.
在很多地方,女人可以在闰年特定的某天向自己中意的男人求婚的.
In many of todays cultures, it is okay for a woman to propose marriage toa man. Society doesnt look down on such women. However, that hasnt alwaysbeen the case. When the rules of courtship were stricter, women were onlyallowed to pop the question on one day every four years. That day was February29th.
向男人求婚在如今的社会看来并不是什么大不了的事,更不会有人觉得女人这样做是丢脸的行为. 然而,在过去, 女人向男人求婚绝对是不被允许的. 但是也有特例,在闰年的2月29号这一天,女人可以大胆向男人求婚.
St. Bridgets Complaint
圣布里奇特的抱怨
It is believed this tradition was started in 5thcentury Ireland when St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about women havingto wait for so long for a man to propose. According to legend, St. Patrick saidthe yearning females could propose on this one day in February during the leapyear.
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