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What is the origin and custom of Qixi Festival? What is the Chinese Valentine's day in 2017?

More than a month later, the Chinese Valentine's day must be warmed up in advance. On May 20, 2006, the Chinese Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council. It is also known as "Chinese Valentine's Day". Do you know the origin of Qixi Festival? What is the origin of Qixi Festival?

The origin and legend of Valentine's day on Chinese Valentine's Day

It's said that Niulang's parents died early and were often abused by his elder brother and sister-in-law. Only one old cow accompanied him. One day the old ox gave him a plan to teach him how to marry the weaver girl. On that day, the beautiful fairies went to the galaxy to bathe and play in the water. At this time, the cowherd hiding in the reed suddenly ran out and took away the clothes of the weaver girl. The frightened fairies hurriedly went ashore, dressed and flew away, leaving only the weaver. At the entreaty of cowherd, Zhinu promised to be his wife. After marriage, the Cowherd and the weaver are both men and women. They love each other and live a happy life. Zhinu also gave birth to a son and a daughter to Niulang. Later, when the old cow was about to die, he told the cowherd to keep its skin and put it on for help in case of emergency. After the old cow died, the couple took pains to peel off the cowhide and buried the cow on the hillside. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)

When the Jade Emperor and the queen mother of heaven knew about the marriage of Zhinu and Niulang, they were furious and ordered the God to arrest Zhinu. God takes advantage of cowherd's absence and grabs the weaver girl. Niulang goes home and doesn't see the weaver girl. He quickly puts on the cowhide and carries two children to chase him. Seeing that she was about to catch up, the queen mother was in a hurry. She pulled off the gold hairpin on her head and rowed towards the Milky way. In a moment, the Milky way, which used to be shallow, turned to be turbulent, and the cowherd couldn't pass any more. From then on, cowherd and weaver girl could only see each other in tears, across the river. For a long time, the Jade Emperor and the queen mother could not resist their sincere feelings. They were allowed to meet once a year on July 7. According to legend, every July 7, the Magpies on earth would fly to the sky to meet Cowherd and Weaver Girl in the galaxy. In addition, people can also hear Cowherd and Weaver Girl's feelings in the sky under the grape trellis or other fruit trellis in the deep night of Qixi. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)

How do people celebrate Valentine's day?

Xiao Yi

The ancients had a lot of folk activities on Qixi. In the southern and Northern Dynasties, there was the so-called "Qixi Festival". Actor played the opera "magpie bridge Fairy", and entered the new fruit. Children in the market held lotus leaves and cheered. Tang Dynasty in the evening of the seventh day, climbing high-rise dangerous trees, arranged a banquet to appreciate the order of the festival. In the Song Dynasty, Qixi was regarded as the "daughter's Day". Women in the courtyard covered their faces with kerchiefs, looked up at the stars, prayed silently, and predicted their own life events according to the misty scenes they saw. In the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qixi was called "Qiqiao Festival". There were more patterns on that night. The most common is to set up incense tables in the court, to hold fruits and fruits, to burn incense in the air, and then to pierce seven pinholes with silk thread in the hazy moonlight.

There are many folk customs on Qixi Festival, not just sending flowers or keepsakes. Southern cities choose love keepsakes, and the highest rate of votes is red beans. Red beans are from the south of the Yangtze River, not much from the north, but most from the north. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)

Sewing needles

There are various ways of begging. When I was a child, I also played begging activities with my sister and sister. For example, in the daytime, I took a basin of water and put it in the sun to expose a layer of white skin. I brought it in to let girls put needles in it to see who put the best needles and who is the Qiao girl. If you don't set it up, you can beg for "stupid". It's a humble girl, so girls pay great attention to this kind of begging activity. Another is to thread a seven hole needle with a thread. It's difficult to thread a thread. It depends on whether your fingers are skillful or often embroidered. Both eyes and hands should not tremble. There are nine tailed needles. If you wear them, you will be the most dexterous girl. The light needle has all kinds of begging forms.

Seed production

Special attention is also paid to the girls who breed begging skills. It is to use a cardboard or wooden board to make an inch of soil. On the first day of July, green beans and small beans will be planted. Planting and begging is the harmony between human and nature. It is not only able to work through the needle, but also able to do agricultural work. It is necessary in life and a skill of human life. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)

Cowherd Weaver

July is called "blue moon" and July night is called blue night. The custom of this day is that cowherd can weave girls. When I was a child, I also accompanied my sister or sister to eavesdrop on Cowherd and Weaver girls' whispers under cucumber racks or grape vine racks. Everyone heard them. Why? Because the evening wind is blowing, the sound of leaves can be understood as their love words.

Boys begging, girls begging

There is a way to beg for cleverness. The darker it is on rainy days, the more you catch spiders, put them in a small box, and see how the cobwebs are going. A girl is a beggar, a boy is a beggar. Now there are also people playing. He said he wanted to get a doctor's degree and so on. He is also begging for Wen. There is another kind of rain. It's clouds. Just watch the clouds and beg for luck. It's usually climbing up the mountains and slopes to see what the clouds look like. If you look at the sky carefully, some of the clouds are like animals, some are like plants, some are like treasures, some are like ornaments, and whoever sees them will get the trick. If you look at a dark area, it will rain soon, that is, the weather is smooth, which means a good harvest. When it rains, you can wash your face, take a bath, etc. with this kind of water, you can be bright and refreshing.