Today is February 14. We all know that February 14 is Valentine's day. But many people don't know exactly which country February 14 is. Why should February 14 be Valentine's day? Let's have a look at it with Xiaobian!
Which country is Valentine's day on February 14
It is reported that February 14 is the traditional Valentine's day in western countries, and the traditional Valentine's day in China is considered to refer to the Chinese Valentine's day.
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, the Roman saint, was executed and later designated as "Valentine's Day".
February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the first day of September, 320 days before the end of the year (321 days in leap year). February 14 is the traditional Western Valentine's day.
There are two kinds of 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 Jonah. Jonah was the queen of the Roman gods, whom the Romans worshipped as the God of women and marriage. The next 15 February is called the lupsalar Festival, which is used to show respect for other gods under Jonah.
In ancient Rome, the lives of young people and girls were strictly separated. However, on the lupsala Festival, young people can choose to engrave the name of a girl they love on the vase. In this way, during the festival, the young man can dance with the girl of his choice to celebrate the festival. If the chosen girl is interested in the young man, they can always match, 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.
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. The friar Valentine lives here. The Romans revered him very much. Men, women, old and young, rich and poor, would gather around him and listen to Valentine's prayer in front of the burning fire of the altar.
The wars in ancient Rome have been continuous. Tyrant Claudius called 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 told people not to hold weddings. Even all the people who had been engaged were about to cancel their engagement. In this way, many young people bid farewell to their loved ones and went to the battlefield in anger. The young girls were also depressed by the loss of their lovers.
Is February 14 Valentine's day in China
No! Valentine's day in China generally refers to the Chinese Valentine's day.
According to folk legend, on the eve of the seventh day of each year, when the Weaver Girl Niulang magpie bridge meets in the sky, weaver girl is a beautiful, intelligent and handy fairy. In the evening, girls put seasonal fruits and fruits on the bright moon in the sky and worship in the sky. They begged the goddess in the sky to give them intelligent mind and smart hands, to make their knitting needlework skills skillful, and to beg for the marriage match of love and marriage.
As early as the Han Dynasty, China had the custom of Qixi begging. It is recorded in Gehong's Xijing miscellany in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that in the Han Dynasty, every night on the seventh day of July, the 'colorful women' in the palace wore seven skillful needles to beg for their skills in accordance with the festival, and the folk women followed suit. In the Tang Dynasty, the celebration of "Qixi Festival" was even more grand. Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties said in the bequest of Kaiyuan Tianbao that, on the Qixi Festival, the Royal Palace was made up of brocade to form a building hall with a height of more than 100 feet, which could hold dozens of people, and displayed melon and fruit dishes on it, and arranged seats to sacrifice the two stars of Niulang and Zhinv. At this time, the needle changed from seven holes to nine holes. With the performance of the court musicians, the concubines of the rear palace all hold the nine hole needle and wear colorful thread towards the moon. It is a symbol of "Qiao" of begging that they can pass through. This festival will last until the morning. Not only in the palace, but also in the people's daily life. It's like a carnival in the West