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Leap Year 2024: What is Bachelor's Day?
This year, February has 29 days instead of the usual 28 and that’s because 2024 is a leap year.
今年的二月有 29 天，而不是通常的 28 天，这是因为 2024 年是闰年。
There are many traditions, past and present, that are celebrated on a day that only comes once every four years.
在这个四年才有一次的日子里，有许多过去和现在的传统庆祝活动。
For Ireland, Feb. 29 is known as Bachelor’s Day by some.
对于爱尔兰来说，2 月 29 日被一些人称为 "单身节"。
Bachelor’s Day in Ireland is the day when a woman is allowed to propose to a man. It’s kind of like Sadie Hawkins Day here in the United States.
在爱尔兰，光棍节是女人可以向男人求婚的日子。这有点像美国的萨迪-霍金斯日。
Bachelor’s Day history in Ireland
爱尔兰光棍节的历史
In 5th-century Ireland, St. Bridget of Kildare complained to St. Patrick about why women were not allowed to propose to men, according to History.
据网络媒体报道，在5世纪的爱尔兰，基尔代尔的圣布里奇特向圣帕特里克抱怨为什么不允许女性向男性求婚。
To remedy this, St. Patrick decided to designate one day on which a woman could ask for a man’s hand in marriage – Feb. 29. This was seen as a way to introduce balance to the traditional roles of men and women.
为了解决这个问题，圣帕特里克决定在 2 月 29 日这一天，女性可以向男性求婚。这被视为一种平衡男女传统角色的方式。
Bachelor’s Day eventually made its way to Scotland and England, where they added their own twist.
光棍节最终传到了苏格兰和英格兰，并在那里加入了自己的元素。
In Scotland, if a man were to reject a woman’s marriage proposal, he would need to give the woman several pairs of gloves. These gloves may have been used to hide the woman’s hands since she did not have an engagement ring, according to Irish Central’ website.
在苏格兰，如果一名男子拒绝了一名女子的求婚，他需要给这名女子几双手套。据爱尔兰中央网报道，由于女方没有订婚戒指，这些手套可能是用来遮掩女方的手的。
A leap year usually occurs every four years, as calendars take into account an orbit around the Sun taking more than 365 days to complete. In fact, according to NASA, Earth takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds (or about one-fourth of a day) to complete an orbit around the star.
闰年通常每四年出现一次，因为日历会考虑到绕太阳运行一圈所需的时间超过 365 天。事实上，根据美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的数据，地球绕恒星运行一圈需要 365 天 5 小时 48 分钟 46 秒（约为一天的四分之一）。
Those extra hours, minutes and seconds beyond day 365 constitute the extra time that is added to a leap year.
这些超出第 365 天的额外小时、分钟和秒构成了闰年的额外时间。
If an extra day was not occasionally added to a year, seasons would begin to fall forward, and in several hundred years, a North American winter would happen during what is currently summer and vice versa.
如果一年中偶尔不增加一天，季节就会开始提前，几百年后，北美的冬天就会发生在现在的夏天，反之亦然。
Humorous vignettes depicting a tradition, known as Bachelors Day, where women propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February. From "Illustrated London News", 1860. Creator: Gilks. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
幽默的小插图描绘了一种传统，即在 2 月 29 日闰日，女性向男性求婚，这一天被称为 "单身汉日"。选自《伦敦新闻画报》，1860 年。创作者：吉尔克斯 吉尔克斯。(图片来源：The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images）
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