What are the customs of the Chinese Valentine’s Day? Introduction to the customs and practices of the Qixi Festival!
The customs and habits of different festivals are also different. So, let’s take a look at what customs are there on the Chinese Valentine’s Day? Introduction to the customs and practices of the Qixi Festival! The seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as the Qiao Month, the Melon Month, the Orchid Autumn, the New Autumn, the First Autumn, the Xiang Month, the Meng Autumn and the Chu Autumn. Mr. Shui Mo’s website has compiled a special topic about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021. You can click to view it.What are the customs of the Chinese Valentine’s Day? Introduction to the customs and practices of the Qixi Festival!The customs and practices of the Qixi Festival - XiangqiaohuiIn Yixing, Jiangsu, there is a custom of the Qixi Xiangqiao Meeting. Every year on the Chinese Valentine's Day, people come to participate and build incense bridges. The customs of the Qixi Festival - fighting for cleverness On the Qixi Festival, there are several methods of "divination" to judge the cleverness of the contestants, including "threading a needle to pray for cleverness", "the spider responding to the call for cleverness", "threading a needle facing the moon", "losing cleverness", "competing in cleverness on the orchid night" and "testing cleverness by throwing a needle". The customs of the Qixi Festival - threading a needle facing the moon "Threading a needle facing the moon" means that on the evening of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, young women and girls must kneel down devoutly to the Weaver Girl and beg her to bless them with ingenuity and dexterity. Then, they took out the colorful silk threads and seven silver needles they had prepared in advance, and threaded the needles facing the moon. Whoever finished threading all seven needles first would become a skillful woman in the future. The customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day - losing cleverness , losing cleverness, on the Chinese Valentine's Day, begging for cleverness, and the person who threads a needle and falls into someone's arms is considered "losing cleverness". After worshipping the immortals, the girls held colored threads in their hands and threaded the threads through the needle holes facing the light. Those who could thread the threads through seven needle holes in one breath were called "De Qiao" and were known as "qiaoshou". Those who could not thread the threads through seven needle holes were called "Shu Qiao". The customs of the Qixi Festival - begging for marriage According to folklore, the "Qixi Festival" expresses the emotion of "never leaving each other" and "growing old together" between married men and women, and it adheres to the commitment of both parties to love. On this night, women on earth would beg the Weaver Girl for a wise mind and dexterous hands, and also pray for a happy marriage. The customs and practices of the Qixi Festival - visiting Qijie Water People in Baise, Jingxi and other places in Guangxi believe that the water on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is very holy and clean. The water on the Chinese Valentine's Day can not only drive away evil spirits and avoid diseases, but also make their love life perfect and their life happy. The customs of the Qixi Festival - storing Qixi water "Qixi Water" is also known as "July Seventh Water". It is said that "Qixi Water" has magical functions. It can remain unchanged for a long time and can treat burns, remove sores, etc. The customs and practices of the Qixi Festival - Qiqiao tribute case Around the Chinese Valentine's Day, little girls, older girls, new brides and old ladies from many families in Pinghai City pay homage to the "Seventh Sister" by making all kinds of "tributes" by hand, competing with each other to show their ingenuity and kindness, praying for family happiness and wishing peace and prosperity for the country and the people. The customs of the Qixi Festival - worshiping the bed mother In addition to worshipping the Seventh Niangma on the Taiwanese Valentine's Day, people often prepare a small bowl of oily rice and bring it to the room to worship the "bed mother". The two should have similar meanings. The customs and practices of the Chinese Valentine's Day - Listening to whispers In some rural areas of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, on the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, many beautiful girls would secretly hide under the sheds of lush pumpkins. If they could hear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they met late at night, the girls would be able to obtain a thousand years of everlasting love in the future. |
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