一年一度的情人节又快到了，属于我的节日还得等九个月呢，双十一光棍节。

Well, you might be happy to know that Valentine’s Day hasn’t always been about red roses, cupids, chivalry and romance. The true origins of Valentine’s Day are actually quite dark and bloody.

其实情人节不全是和玫瑰、丘比特、骑士、浪漫有关哦。情人节的起源略带暗黑和血腥意味。

和大多数故事一样，虽然没有确凿的证据支持，但都起源于古罗马。不保证真实性哦！

狂野的罗马人

二月13到15号，罗马会欢度牧神节。人们会献祭一个羊和一只狗，然后用新鲜猎杀的动物皮革做成皮鞭鞭打妇女。

The Roman romantics “were drunk. They were naked,” says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.

“罗马人的浪漫是”醉醺醺，赤裸裸“的。”来自科罗拉多大学博尔德校区的历史学教授诺埃尔连斯基评论到。而更加不可思议的是，这些妇女们竟然会乖乖地站成一排去受这样的“鞭刑”，因为她们相信在牧神节里这样的行为有助于她们繁衍子嗣。

The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be, um, coupled up for the duration of the festival — or longer, if the match was right.

在这残酷节日里还有所谓的“姻缘抽奖”活动，即年轻的男子们会从一个大罐子里抽取一张写有一位年轻姑娘名字的纸条，而在这一天，两个陌生的人会暂时成为情侣来庆祝节日。如果被选中的姑娘对于该男子也有意的话，他们说不定会坠入爱河携手走进婚姻殿堂。

The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day.

而情人节之所以被称为Valentine‘s Day也都归因于这些古罗马人。一位历史上的暴君克劳迪亚斯二世国王曾在3世纪的某一年2月14日里下令斩首两名男子

——他们俩都叫Valentine。此后，他们殉教的这一天就被罗马人称为圣瓦伦丁节。

紧接着到了公元5世纪，教皇格拉修一世以驱逐异教徒为名把圣瓦伦丁节与牧神节合并了起来，而这实则在历史上添了不少乱。但是这个节日更像是对几个世纪前罗马人的作为做出一个更加戏剧性的解释。连斯基教授补充到，比醉醺醺的狂欢好一点，基督教徒们穿上了衣服，但仍然是属于生育和爱情的节日”。

Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Galatin’s Day. Galatin meant “lover of women.” That was likely confused with St. Valentine’s Day at some point, in part because they sound alike.

So the next time you’re enjoying a Valentine’s Day dinner, don’t forget all the suffering that took place for it to be the sweet romantic holiday as we know it today.

几乎是在历史上同样的年代，当时的诺曼人要庆祝咖兰汀节(Galatin’s Day)，咖兰汀的意思是“女人的情人”。也有人推测说，很有可能在某一个时期，人们因为读音相近而混淆了情人节（Valentine’s Day）和咖兰汀节(Galatin’s Day)这两个节日。

If you normally find yourself on the receiving end of dinner, drinks, and 12 red roses then good for you. However, if you are the giver in your relationship then you’ll be glad to know that Sherpa’s are here to play cupid and deliver all the essentials straight to your door!

如果能享受浪漫晚餐、可口酒水和12枝娇艳玫瑰，那真的很幸运。但如果你想做主动表达心意者，食派士有你想要的鲜花和情人节套餐哦！

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