February 14 is Valentine's day in the West. On this day, lovers will spend this sweet and romantic festival together, with flowers, gifts and chocolate. It's a very beautiful day. What countries will spend Valentine's day on February 14? Which day is Valentine's day in China? Let's have a look!
Which country's Valentine's Day is February 14
It is reported that February 14 is the traditional Valentine's day in western countries, and China's traditional Valentine's Day is considered to refer to Tanabata.
Valentine's day, also known as Valentine's day, is a national festival in some countries in Europe, America and Oceania. There are many sources of this festival, but it is generally common that Valentine, a Roman saint, was executed and later designated as' Valentine's Day '.
February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is the first day of July 9. There are 320 days before the end of the whole year (321 days in leap years). February 14 every year is the traditional Western Valentine's day.
There are two rumors on the Internet about why February 14 is Valentine's day.
First: in ancient Rome, February 14 was a festival to show respect for JONA. JONA was the queen of the Roman gods. The Romans respected her as the God of women and marriage. The following February 15 is called 'Lupasala Festival', which is used to show respect to other gods under Jonah.
In ancient Rome, the lives of young people and girls were strictly separated. However, on the lupassara Festival, boys can choose the name of a girl they love to engrave on a vase. In this way, during the festival, the young man can dance with the girl of his choice to celebrate the festival. If the selected girl is also interested in the boy, they can always pair up, and eventually they will fall in love and get married together in church. For this reason, future generations set February 14 as Valentine's day every year.
The second: in the third century AD, there was a tyrant named Claudius in ancient Rome. Not far from the tyrant's palace, there is a very beautiful temple. Friar Valentine lives here. The Romans revered him very much. Men, women, old and young, rich and poor, high and low, always gathered around him and listened to Valentine's prayers in front of the flaming flame on the altar.
The war in ancient Rome has been continuous. The tyrant Claudius recruited a large number of citizens to the battlefield, and people complained. Men don't want to leave their families, and boys can't bear to be separated from their lovers. Claudius was furious. He ordered people not to hold weddings, and even all those who were engaged were about to break their engagement. In this way, many young people bid farewell to their loved ones and went to the battlefield sadly and angrily. Young girls are also depressed because of the loss of their lovers.
Is February 14 Chinese Valentine's day
No! Chinese Valentine's day generally refers to Tanabata.
According to folk legend, on the eve of Tanabata every year, when the Weaver Girl Niulang meets at the magpie bridge in the sky, the weaver girl is a beautiful, smart and dexterous fairy. In this evening, the girls put seasonal fruits and melons on the bright moon in the sky, worshipped the sky, begged the goddess in the sky to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, skillfully knit needlework skills, and begged for the marriage of love and marriage.
As early as the Han Dynasty, China had the custom of Qiqiao on Tanabata. Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin dynasty recorded in the Xijing miscellany that in the Han Dynasty, the "colorful women" in the palace wore Qiqiao needles in the kailapel building every night on the seventh day of July to beg for dexterity in response to the festival, and folk women followed suit. In the Tang Dynasty, the celebration of the Tanabata Festival was even more grand. Wang Renyu of the five generations said in the legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao that during the Tanabata Festival, brocade was used in the imperial palace to form a building with a height of more than 100 feet, which could accommodate dozens of people. Melon and fruit dishes were displayed on it, and seats were listed to sacrifice the two stars of Cowherd and weaver girl. At this time, the needle changed from seven holes to nine holes. With the performance of the court musicians, the concubines in the back palace wore colorful threads towards the moon with nine hole needles. Being able to pass through is a symbol of "Qiaoqiao". This festival activity will last until the morning. Not only in the palace, but also among the people. They often drink Dadan, which is quite like the carnival in the West.