牧神节

那时的风俗是：在牧神节期间，每个青年男子从一只盒子里抽签，盒子里放的是写有青年女子姓名的条子。

At that time custom be : during the period of lupercalia , every youth male person draws lots from one in the box , being readjusting oneself to a certain extent in the box writes brief informal note having youth woman full name .

为庆祝新的二月中旬牧神节，牧师们选择圣。瓦伦丁的节日。

And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February , the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine 's Day for the celebration of this new feast .

圣瓦伦丁节可能源自古罗马的牧神节。

Valentine 's Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia .

每年二月中，罗马人会举行盛大的典礼来庆祝牧神节。

Each year in February in Rome , who will hold a grand ceremony to celebrate the festival Faun .

牧神节的起源实在是过于久远了，连公元前一世纪的学者们都无法确认。

Faun the origin of the festival is far too long , and even the first century BC Scholars are unable to confirm .

这个活动是在牧神节的前夜，罗马女孩子的名字都被写在纸条上，然后字条被放在一个坛子里。

On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars .

那时的日历与现在相比，要稍微晚一些，所以牧神节实际上是对即将来临的春天的庆祝。

At the time , the calendar and now , compared to a little later , so Faun festival is actually to celebrate the coming of spring .

随着罗马势力在欧洲的扩张，牧神节的习俗被带到了现在的法国和英国等地。

With the forces of Rome 's expansion in Europe , Good God was taken to the customs section of the present France and the United Kingdom .