What's the date of the Chinese Valentine's day in 2017
4hw.org: August 28 this year is the traditional festival of Chinese Valentine's day. There was no Valentine's day in China. Because of people's desire to live, many festivals were celebrated as Valentine's day. Tanabata is one of them. Tanabata originally originated from a folk legend, which was later spread into a good word and achieved the festival. So Tanabata is not the so-called Chinese Valentine's day. So Tanabata has Which customs? Let's have a look at them together!
1. Needlework
This is the earliest way to beg for dexterity, which began in Han Dynasty and was only used in later generations. "Xijing miscellany" said: 'Han color women often wear seven hole needles on July 7 in the open-ended building, people have habits. According to Liang zongmou's notes on the age of Jing and Chu in the Southern Dynasty, on July 7, women in Xi's family wore seven holes in the building, or used gold and silver as needles. "Yu Di Zhi" said: 'Emperor Wu of Qi started to observe the city of stratosphere. On July 7, many people in the palace made needlework. It's called Chuanzhen tower. "On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the palace is made up of brocade, which is a hundred feet high and can win tens of people. The palace is baked with melons and fruits and wine, and equipped with seats to worship the two stars of the ox and the girl. Each of the concubines wears nine hole needles and five color lines to the moon. Those who pass through are the princes who are skillful. Moving the song of Qing Dynasty and commerce, entertaining Dadan. All the local people's homes are effective. According to Tao Zongyi's yeting records of the yuan family, jiuyintai is the place of Qixi begging. On the evening of Zhixi, the palace maids put on the stage with colorful silk and Nine Tailed needles. Those who finish first will be skillful, and those who finish late will be called "lose skillful", and those who donate money to get skillful will not. '
2. Happy spider should be skillful
This is also an earlier way of begging for dexterity. Its custom is later than that of needlework, which was roughly started in the northern and Southern Dynasties. According to Liang zongbi's notes on the age of Jingchu in the Southern Dynasty, 'it is the night when Chen melons and fruits beg for skill in the court. If you like the net, you will think it's corresponding. According to Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties, "the bequest of Kaiyuan Tianbao", on July 7, each catches spiders in a small box until dawn, and thinks it's a coincidence that spiders' webs are thin and dense. The secret talks more skillfully than the rare. It is also effective for the people. According to the "Tokyo dreamland" by Meng Yuanlao of Song Dynasty, on the seventh day of July, a small spider is installed in the room. If you look at it the next day, it is just a coincidence if the web is round. According to song Zhoumi's the story of Qianchun's age, how long does it take a small spider to store in the room and wait for the density of its Web? According to Ming Tian Rucheng's the joy of the Xi Dynasty, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar calendar, a small box is used to hold spiders, and how much does it take to see the density of its web. It can be seen from this that there are different ways of testing skills in the past dynasties, such as whether there is a net in the southern and Northern Dynasties, whether there is a net in the Tang Dynasty, whether there is a net in the Tang Dynasty, whether there is a net in the Song Dynasty, whether there is a net in the Song Dynasty, and whether there is a net in the Tang Dynasty.
3. Injection inspection
This is a variation of the custom of needlework, which originates from needlework and is different from needlework. It is a popular custom of the festival of Qixi in Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to Liu Dong and Yu Yizheng's a brief introduction to the scenery of the imperial capital in the Ming Dynasty, "a skillful needle was lost on the afternoon of July 7.". When a woman is exposed to the sun, the water will cover her face. When she throws her embroidery needle, she will float. Look at the shadow of the needle under the water. Those who have shadows of clouds, flowers, birds and animals, shoes, scissors, water and eggplant are called to be skillful in begging. Their shadows are thick as hammers, thin as silk, and straight as shaft wax, which is a poor sign. "Zhili Zhishu" also said that Liangxiang county (now southwest of Beijing) "on July 7, women begged for skill, put needles in the water, borrowed the shadow of the sun to test their skill, and still begged for skill at night in the weaver girl." please refer to the anecdotes of Wanshu in Minzhong's "the past news of the day" and say: 'on July 7, Yandu women threw small needles on the surface of the water and watched the shadow at the bottom of the water. Or scattered as flowers, moving as clouds, thin as lines, thick as cones, because of the skill of divining women. '
4. Breeding
In the old custom, a few days before the Chinese New Year's Eve, first lay a layer of soil on the small board, sow the seeds of corn, let it produce green seedlings, and then put some cottages, flowers and trees on it to make the appearance of a small village of a farmhouse, called "shell board", or soak the green beans, beans, wheat, etc. in a magnetic bowl, and then tie them into a bunch of red and blue silk ropes, called "seed" It is also called "five living pots" or "living flowerpots". In the south, it is also called "paoqiao". The bean sprouts are called Qiao buds. They even replace needles with Qiao buds and throw them on the water to beg for Qiao. Wax is also used to shape various images, such as the characters in the story of Cowherd and weaver girl, or the shapes of vultures, mandarin ducks and other animals, which float on the water, called "floating on the water". There are also wax baby dolls for women to buy and float in the water and soil, which are called "Huasheng".
5. Offering "grinding, drinking and music"
Mo jiule is a children's plaything of the old Chinese Valentine's day, that is, a small clay puppet. Its image is mostly a half arm skirt with lotus leaf in hand. On July 7 of each year, in Kaifeng, Wazi outside the East Song gate of Panlou street, Wazi outside the West Liang gate of Zhouzhou, beimenwai, nanzhuquemenwai street and Mahong Street are all selling grinding and drinking music, which are small plastic puppet ears. In fact, later in the Song Dynasty, Mo Yule was no longer a small puppet. On the contrary, the more exquisite it was. The size and posture of grindole are different. The biggest one is up to three feet high. It's compared with real children. The materials are carved with ivory or carved with Longyan Buddha's hand incense. The decoration of grinding and drinking music is extremely exquisite. There are painted wood carvings as the rail base, or red sand and blue cages as the cover. The toys in the hands are mostly decorated with gems. The price of a pair of grinding and drinking music is often up to thousands of dollars.
6. Worship the Weaver Girl
'worship weaving girls' is the business of girls and young women. Most of them have arranged with their friends or neighbors about 56 people in advance, as many as 10 people, to jointly hold. The ceremony was held by placing a table under the moonlight with tea and wine on it. Fruits, five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) and other offerings; there are several flowers, bundled with red paper, inserted in a bottle, with a small censer in front of the flowers. Then, the young women and girls who have made an appointment to join in the worship of Vega will fast for one day, take a bath and come to the host's home on time. After burning incense before the case, everyone will sit around the table, eat peanuts and melon seeds, and meditate on their own thoughts towards Vega constellation. For example, young girls want to grow beautiful or marry a ruyi Lang, young women want to have young children, etc., they can all pray to Vega. Play till midnight.
7. Baikuixing
It is said that July 7 is Kuixing's birthday. Kuixing's literary affairs, the scholars who want to gain fame and fame especially respect Kuixing, so they must worship on the seventh day of the seventh lunar calendar, and pray for him to bless their own success in the exam. Kuixing is Kuixing. Kuixing in the 28th night is the first star of the Big Dipper, Kuixing or Kuixing. In ancient times, the number one scholar in the Imperial Academy was called "the great master of the world" or "the champion at one stroke", because the master of Kuixing was in charge of the examination.
According to folklore, Mr. Kuixing was very ugly, with spots on his face and a limp. Someone wrote a doggerel to make fun of him: if you don't use it, you can't cover it even if you don't use it. If you marry a Magu, you will get two beauties, no worse than a beehive. Under the man's eyebrows, the goose leaves its claws. Beside the mouth and nose, the goose steps on the sand. Don't take a nap in front of the eaves. The wind blows the plum blossom on the forehead. Xiangjun's jade toe is the most bizarre, one step higher and one step lower. I want to dance when I walk, and I feel like my mouth. Only fate of the road are dangerous, tired to trace side odd. Don't laugh at the fact that the waist branches are often half folded and swaying temporarily.
However, the Kuixing master was so ambitious and hard-working that he went to high school. During the Imperial Palace examination, he asked him why his face was full of spots, and he replied: 'all the stars are covered with hemp faces'; he asked why his feet were lame, and he replied:' jump into the dragon's gate alone '. The emperor was satisfied and accepted him Another completely different legend said that although Kuixing was full of knowledge before his death, he would be defeated in every exam and commit suicide in a river of grief and indignation. Unexpectedly, he was rescued by a turtle and became a champion. Because Kuixing can control the literati's test luck, so every July 7, his birthday, scholars are solemn worship.
8. Drying books & middot; drying clothes
According to reports, Sima Yi was suspected by Cao Cao because of his high position and weight. In view of the situation at that time, in order to seek self-protection, he hid at home pretending to be insane. Wei Wudi was still not at ease, so he sent a close friend to make history secretly explore. On July 7, Sima Yi, who was pretending to be crazy, was also drying books at home. Order Shi to go back and report to Emperor Wu of Wei. Emperor Wu of Wei immediately orders Sima Yi to return to the dynasty to serve, or he can be taken into custody. Sima Yi obediently obeyed and returned to the court. Another kind of people, in the turbulent times, express their depression in the form of liberties. They despised etiquette and opposed the time and customs. Liu Yiqing's "new words of the world" Volume 25 said that on July 7, everyone was drying books, and only Hao long ran to the sun and lay down. They asked him why, and he replied, "I do the reading.". On the one hand, they despise the custom of drying books; on the other hand, they boast of their talents. Drying your belly means drying your books. The custom of drying clothes in the Han Dynasty created opportunities to boast about wealth for the rich in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Ruan Xian, who is one of the Seven Sages in the bamboo forest, despises this style of work. On July 7, when his neighbor was drying his clothes, he saw that the shelves were full of Lingluo silk and satin. Ruan Xian picked up a shabby clothes with a bamboo pole in no hurry. Someone asked him what he was doing, and he said: 'if you can't get rid of the vulgar, you can tell me!' from these stories, you can see how popular the custom of drying books and clothes on the Chinese Valentine's Day was.
9. Birthday of the ox
Children will pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of cattle on the Chinese Valentine's day, which is called "Celebrating the ox's birthday" (it is said that the Chinese Valentine's Day is the ox's birthday).
10. Eating smart fruit
Qixi Festival food is most famous for its Qiao fruit. Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiaoguo", has many styles. The main material is oil molasses. In the Tokyo dreamland, it is called "laughing and hating children" and "fruit eating pattern". The patterns include Naxiang, Fangsheng, etc. In the Song Dynasty, Qixi fruit was found on the streets If you buy a jin of Qiao fruit, there will be a pair of people wearing battle armour, such as the door god's puppet, known as the 'fruit eating general'. The method of Qiao Guo is: first put the white sugar in the pot and melt it into syrup, then mix it with flour and sesame, then spread it out on the case for thin, cool it in the air, cut it into rectangular pieces with a knife, turn it into shuttle shaped Qiao embryo, fry it until golden. The skillful woman will also create various patterns related to the legend of the Chinese Valentine's day. In addition, the fruits used in begging can also be varied. Or the melon and fruit will be carved into exotic flowers and birds, or embossed on the surface of the melon skin. "Flower melon" is the most common Chinese Valentine's day food. In the history of each dynasty, there are different food customs. For example, it was popular in Wei Dynasty to set soup cakes on July 7. The festival food of the Tang Dynasty includes the pancakes on July 7, and the book drying Festival is set for July 7. Under three provinces and six departments, each of them will give some money for banquet, which is called "Book drying fair". Chinese Valentine's Day is also suitable for dispensing. It's said that a secret recipe with pines and cypresses as medicinal materials. This magic pill is compounded with dew on July 7. Taking one pill can prolong the life of ten years, and taking two pills can prolong the life of twenty years. In addition, there are baisongshi, take cypress, fold lotus leaf and so on, are known as immortal elixir. The more practical prescriptions include sunning locust juice to treat hemorrhoids, frying bitter melon to treat eyes, picking melon roots to treat diarrhea and so on. Only those who have tried know how effective it is.