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What festival is Qixi? The origin of Qixi Festival

Tanabata is the day when Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet. It is also the Valentine's day in China. Tanabata has a long history. Do you know what kind of festival Tanabata is in ancient times? What is the origin of Qixi Festival? Let's get to know with Xiaobian.

What is the meaning of Qixi

Explanation of Qixi: the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. According to legend, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl in the sky meet each other every year on this night.

Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qiqiao festival or Qijie birthday, originated in China, is a traditional festival in Chinese areas and East Asian countries. The festival comes from the legend of Cowherd and weaver girl, and is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (Japan changed to the seventh day of the seventh lunar month after the Meiji Restoration). Because the main participants of this day's activity are girls, and the content of the festival is mainly about begging, so people call this day "begging Festival" or "girl's Day" and "daughter's Day". On May 20, 2006, Qixi was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council of China.

Qixi Festival takes the folklore of Cowherd and weaver girl as the carrier, which expresses the feelings of the married men and women that they will never leave each other and grow old together. It abides by the commitment of both sides to love. With the development of time, Chinese Valentine's day has become the Chinese Valentine's day.

The origin of the festival

The origin of Qixi Festival is related to the story of Niulang and Zhinv, which is spread among the people. Its earliest origin may be in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, such as the book of songs Dadong: 'fall over Zhinv, and seven times a day. Although seven Xiang, do not become a uniform chapter; look at the other morning glory, do not recognize the service box. 'and the source of things written by Luo Qi in the Ming Dynasty said:' the king of Chu Huai first set up Qixi. 'but the Chinese Valentine's day at that time was a sacrifice to Altair and Vega, and there was no story behind it. It was not until the Han Dynasty that the details were related to the story of the Cowherd and the weaver girl, and it officially became a festival for women. According to the general customs written by Ying Shao in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the weaver girl should cross the river on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to make the magpie an overseas Chinese. "As it is also recorded in the miscellany of Xijing:" the color girls of Han Dynasty often wear seven hole needles on July 7 in the open-ended building, and they all learn to use them. '