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n.d., (2011, August 7). More than 4,200 Beijing couples register marriage on "Chinese

Valentine's Day". Xinhua News Agency, Retrieved from https://infoweb-newsbank-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=mody%3A0807%21August%2B07&sort=YMD_date%3AD&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=More%20than%204%2C200%20Beijing%20couples%20register%20marriage%20on%20%22Chinese%20Valentine%27s%20Day%22&format=text&docref=news/138FF079E21F7D28

This news states about there were more than 4,200 of couples who chose to get married on Chinese Valentine’s Day in Beijing. The number was 10 times than the usual and 200 more than 214.

· Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?

This source is not biased. The language originally is in Chinese but translate into English. It was published on August 7, 2011, 7 years ago, not a new news. Xinhua is a powerful publisher in China, so the data is accurate.

· Author and Sources: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?

It’s a primary source because it’s from a newspaper.

· Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?

The purpose of the source is to inform reader about how many couples chose to get married on QiXi festival. This information will be useful because I want to talk about a point about how the QiXi is valuable to us.

Xiaoqiao, P. (2014, Aug 14). Legendary love - qixi festival, a historic chinese holiday, struggles to stay true to its ancient roots. Beijing Review, Retrieved from

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1553400134?accountid=14784

This article details the history of Qixi festival and the customs of Qixi. Xiaoqiao also gives a comparison between the ancient customs and modem customs of Qixi.

· Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?

It’s not biased. It was published on August 14, 2014, 4 years ago. I found this article from UW library, so it has more credits and more reliable.

· Author and Sources: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?

It’s a tertiary source. Contains the history and the interviews from others.

· Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?

The purpose of the source is to inform readers about the history and customs about Qixi festival. It can help me to introduce to the audiences about the history and customs. When I was asking them last Thursday, two of them said they want to know about the history of Qixi festival because they don’t know anything about it.

n.d., (2008, April 16). Chinese Valentine's Day. Retrieved from

http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Culture/EnjoyBJ/t950627.htm

This article gives the information of the history of Qixi and the customs of Qixi.

· Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?

Not a biased article. English. It was published in 2008, so it’s an old article.

· Author and Sources: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?

It’s a secondary source because is an article base on the history and don’t have personal experience.

· Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?

The purpose of the source is to inform people about Qixi. I can find more customs in this article than the one before. Also, I can see if the history they give is same or similar.

Viator, (2016, February 8). 10 Valentine’s Day Traditions All Around the World. HuffPost,

Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/viator/10-valentines-day-traditi_b_9190888.html

This article discusses Valentine’s Day traditions all around the world. Its contains many countries like Denmark, France, South Korea, Wales, China, England, Philippines, Italy, Brazil and South Africa.

· Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?

Not biased. Language in English. Published 2 years ago in 2016 and update in 2017.

· Author and Sources: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?

It’s a secondary source because the author doesn’t experience them.

· Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?

The purpose of the source is to inform people about 10 different countries about their Valentine’s Day. Now it’s not so useful, but the articles I found before were all published by Chinese publishes and this one was written by a foreigner so I just look how people who are not a Chinses, their view of Qixi.

Stepanchuk, C., & Wong, Charles Choy. (1991). Mooncakes and hungry ghosts: Festivals of

China. San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals.

This book contains many festivals of China, for example, Mid-Autumn and Dragon Boat festival.

· Message: Biased? Language? Up-to-date? Accurate?

Not biased. English. 1991, not a new book. I found in the campus library.

· Author and Sources: Primary Source? Secondary? Tertiary?

Secondary source.

· Purpose: What is the purpose of the source? And- How will this information be useful in your speech?

The purpose of the source is to inform readers about the festivals in China. There is a poet at that page and that poet is not in any other sources I found before.

Topic: Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine’s Day)

General Purpose: To inform.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine’s Day).

Central idea: The history of Qixi festival, customs from the ancient to modem China.