What is the origin of Qixi Festival? What is the special meaning of Qixi Festival?

What is the origin of Qixi Festival? What is the special meaning of Qixi Festival?
Speaking of Qixi Festival, I believe everyone is familiar with it, but not everyone knows what the origin of Qixi Festival is. So, let’s take a look at the origin of Qixi Festival. What is the special meaning of Qixi Festival? Shuimo.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021. Come to Shuimo.com’s special topic on the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021 to learn about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the day!

What is the origin of Qixi Festival?

The Chinese Valentine's Day is on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year. The origin of the Chinese Valentine's Day is related to human worship of natural celestial phenomena.
The origin of the Qixi Festival can be traced back to ancient times, and it became popular during the Western Han Dynasty. The heyday of the Qixi Festival was during the Song Dynasty.
In ancient times in our country, the Chinese Valentine's Day was also regarded as a festival exclusively for women. Therefore, there are many folk activities on the Chinese Valentine's Day. However, with the development of the times, many folk customs have gradually disappeared. However, there are still a considerable number of folk activities that are continued by people.
In fact, the original meaning of the so-called Altair and Vega was the "dividing stars" used in Guangdong to represent the geographical divisions of astronomical star regions. With the development of the times, Wunu star later evolved into a goddess in mythology, and was called Seventh Sister, Heavenly Fairy, Seven-Star Goddess, and Seventh Mother by the people.
Wunu is the cloud weaver and textile worker. She is the patron saint of lovers, women and children. July 7 is her birthday.
According to legend, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet on the Magpie Bridge in the sky. Later, people further developed the story and gave it the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl".
This is the origin of the Chinese Valentine's Day.

What is the special meaning of Qixi Festival?

In our country, Qixi Festival is also a very important festival. The reason why Qixi Festival is important is actually related to its special meaning.
In our festivals, the Chinese Valentine's Day is also about begging for cleverness, yearning for love, and making wishes. The Chinese Valentine's Day is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar every year. The Chinese Valentine's Day is also known as the Girls' Day and the Qiqiao Festival.
Among the traditional folk customs, threading a needle to pray for dexterity is the earliest way of praying for dexterity, which started in the Han Dynasty and spread to later generations. Liang Zongmou of the Southern Dynasty wrote in Jingchu Sui Shi Ji: "On the seventh day of the seventh month, women make colorful needles and pierce seven holes, or use gold, silver and stone as needles."
The Chinese Valentine's Day is also the earliest love festival in the world. Because the ancients yearned for the faithful love like that of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, countless lovers in the world would pray to the starry sky on this night for a happy marriage and love.
Therefore, in China, the Chinese Valentine's Day also symbolizes faithful love.

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