Twelfth Night
十二夜
Twelfth Night was a big time of celebration with people holding large parties. During these parties, often the roles in society were reversed with the servants being served by the rich people. This dated back to medieval and Tudor times when Twelfth Night marked the end of 'winter' which had started on 31st October with All Hallows Eve (Halloween).
第十二夜是一个很大的庆祝时间与人们举行大型的庆祝派对。在这些聚会,往往在社会的角色互换，仆人富人互换。这追溯到中世纪和都铎时期第十二夜标志着“冬天”的结束,已经开始在10月31日万圣节前夜(万圣节)。
At the start of Twelfth Night the Twelfth Night cake was eaten. This was a rich cake made with eggs and butter, fruit, nuts and spices. The modern Italian Panettone is the cake we currently have that's most like the old Twelfth Night cake.
在第十二夜吃第十二夜蛋糕。这是一个丰富的蛋糕是用鸡蛋和黄油、水果、坚果和香料做的。潘妮托妮现代意大利蛋糕是我们目前最喜欢的蛋糕老第十二夜蛋糕。
A dried pea or bean was cooked in the cake. Whoever found it was the Lord (or Lady) of Misrule for night. The Lord of Misrule led the celebrations and was dressed like a King (or Queen). This tradition goes back to the Roman celebrations of Saturnalia.
干豌豆或豆煮熟的蛋糕。谁发现是暴政君主(或女王)的夜晚。耶和华的暴政庆祝活动,穿得像个国王(或女王)。这一传统可以追溯到罗马庆祝农神节。
In later times, from about the Georgian period onwards, to make the Twelfth Night 'gentile', two tokens were put in the cake (one for a man and one for a women) and whoever found them became the the 'King' and 'Queen' of the Twelfth Night party.
在以后的时代里,从对格鲁吉亚时期起,第十二夜“外邦人”,两个令牌放在蛋糕(一个给男人和一个给女人),看谁发现他们成为第十二夜的“国王”和“王后”。
In English Cathedrals during the middle ages there was the custom of the 'Boy Bishop' where a boy from the Cathedral or monastery school was elected as a Bishop on 6th December (St Nicholas Day) and had the authority of a Bishop (except to perform Mass) until 28th December.
用英语在中世纪大教堂有自定义的“男孩主教”，一个男孩从大教堂和修道院学校当选为一个主教12月6日(圣尼古拉斯日),拥有主教的权威(执行质量除外),直到12月28日。
King Henry VIII banned the practise in 1542 although it came back briefly under Mary I in 1552 but Elizabeth I finally stopped it during her reign.
亨利八世在1542年禁止实行，虽然一度在1552年玛丽一世再次实行,但伊丽莎白一世最后停止实行于她的统治时期。
During Twelfth Night it was traditional for different types of pipes to be played, especially bagpipes. Lots of games were played including ones with eggs.
在第十二夜是传统的为不同类型的管乐器演奏时期,特别是风笛。大量的乐曲播放，期间使用鸡蛋。
These included tossing an egg between two people moving further apart during each throw - drop it and you lose and passing an egg around on spoons. Another popular game was 'snapdragon' where you picked raisins or other dried fruit out of a tray of flaming brandy!
其中包括扔鸡蛋，两人之间移动分开，每个人扔鸡蛋——把它弄掉了和你就输了，还要用勺子传递一个鸡蛋。另一个流行的游戏是“金鱼草”,你选择了葡萄干或其他干果，从盛满白兰地的托盘里取出!
The first monday after Christmas feast has finished was known as ‘Plough Monday’ as this was when farming work would all begin again!
圣诞节后的第一个星期一盛宴已经完成了，被称为“周一犁”，这时农业工作都会重新开始!
In many parts of the UK, people also went Wassailing on Twelfth Night.
在英国的许多地方,人们也开怀畅饮于第十二夜。
Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany Eve. In many countries it's traditional to put the figures of the Wise Men/Three Kings into the Nativity Scene on Epiphany Eve ready to celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January.
第十二夜也被称为主显节前期。在许多国家，会把传统的智者人物/三王到耶稣诞生的场景于主显节前夜准备好，庆祝1月6日主显节。
It's also traditional to take your Christmas decorations down following Twelfth Night.
这也是传统取下你的圣诞装饰品于第十二夜后的时候。
Twelfth Night is also the name of a famous play written by William Shakespeare. It's thought it was written in 1601/1602 and was first performed at Candlemas in 1602, although it wasn't published until 1623.
第十二夜也是一个著名的名字由莎士比亚写的。普遍认为这是写在1601/1602,首先出现在1602年圣烛节,尽管它直到1623年才出版。