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April 9th In every year, the spring festival is the most exciting festival that people dream. However, I tend to Chinese Valentine's Day. Similar with western country, people like to celebrate Valentine's day, especially young adult. People think it is romantic to them, which can help them closed each other. In Chinese Valentine's Day, men will buy roses to give women, which is similar with western Valentine's Day. Because the rose means "love" in modern society. Then, couples will buy red line to wear around their arm, which means they will get together together. They can't separate pear. In China, if two people separate a pear that have bad meaning.

04/10/12 Chinese Valentine's Day (outline)
 * Introduction**
 * Hook:** Everyone dreams a romantic love, in the western country, Valentine's Day celebrates the love between a couple. In addition, in China, there are many traditional stories, do you want to realize Chinese Valentine's Day- Qi Xi?
 * Background information:** In the lunar calendar, July 7th is Chinese Valentine's Day to celebrate love between couples. There is a beautiful but sad old story in China about Chinese Valentine's Day.
 * Thesis statement:** There is a unique celebration in China about romantic love. Not only food is special, but also activities are pretty distinctive, even costumes are different from other time.


 * Body Paragraph 1**
 * Topic sentence:** Foods are specially prepare in Chinese Valentine's Day.
 * Steps in sequence with explanations:** Except fruits and nuts, women make special dumplings to pray for love. They put needles, coins and jujube in to dumpling, which means virtuous ability, happiness and children.


 * Body Paragraph 2**
 * Topic sentence:** Activities are pretty distinctive in Chinese Valentine's Day.
 * Steps in sequence with explanations:** Women cut window grilles and make up bracelets under the moonlight.


 * Body Paragraph 3**
 * Topic sentence:** People also make up specially.
 * Steps in sequence with explanations:** People wear pink or red clothes, couple wear couple shirts and wear red string around wrist.

Chinese are romantic, Chinese Valentine's Day is important to Chinese people, in the past, it was the most important to women. Now, increasing young people pay attention to it.
 * Conclusion:**

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