We usually say that the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional Chinese Valentine's day, which is also a very lively and grand festival in ancient times. Do you know the origin of the festival and the origin of the festival? What is the Chinese Valentine's day in 2018? Let's get to know it with Xiaobian.
The origin of Qixi Festival and its origin
The seventh day of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional Chinese festival. The festival began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, on this night of every year, it's Zhinv and Niulang that meet at magpie bridge. Weaver is a beautiful, intelligent and handy fairy. On this night, ordinary women begged her for wisdom and skill, and also for a happy marriage. It is said that on the night of July 7 in the lunar calendar, women beg for wisdom from Vega in the courtyard, so it is called "begging for cleverness". It originated from the worship of nature and women's needlework. Later, it was given the legend of Cowherd and weaver girl, which made it a festival symbolizing love.
"Seven" and "auspicious" homophonic, "seven" and double auspicious meaning, is a auspicious day. In Taiwan, July is known as the month of "Happy China brings good luck". Because the shape of the Chinese character "Xi" in cursive script is like "seventy-seven", it is also called "Xi Shou".
Another name of Qixi Festival
Double Seven: the sun, the moon and the day are all seven, so they are also weighed seven. Xiangri: it's said that the cowgirls meet on the Chinese Valentine's day. The weaver girls need to dress up and put on makeup to make the air fragrant.
Week: Niulang and Zhinv are in a special position. They can only meet each other once a year, so this day is called week.
Qiaoxi: because Qixi has the custom of begging for Qiaoxi, it's called Qixi.
Women's Day: Qixi Festival is a popular festival for girls to worship immortals, to beg for and to compete with each other. Therefore, it is called women's day, also known as daughter's day and girl's day.
LAN ye: the ancient name of July in the lunar calendar is "Lan Yue", so it is also called "Lan Ye".
Children's Day: because the common customs such as Qiqiao and Qiwen are mostly made up of girls and children, it's called children's day.
Needlework day: it is called because of the custom of needlework.