How did China's Qixi Festival come about? What should we pay attention to on Chinese Valentine's Day in 2020?
The Chinese Valentine's Day is known as China's Valentine's Day, and it is true that the Chinese people carry the romantic sentiments. The touching love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has touched generations of people. So, how did China's Qixi Festival come about? What should we pay attention to on Chinese Valentine's Day in 2020? The arrival of the seventh month of the lunar calendar heralds the scorching summer heat is gradually fading away. For more information about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2020, please come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more.How did China's Qixi Festival come about?The Qixi Festival, a festival for begging for cleverness, originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Western Capital Miscellaneous Records by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a record that "beautiful women of the Han Dynasty used to thread seven-hole needles in the open-collared tower on July 7th, and everyone was accustomed to it." This is the earliest record of begging for cleverness that we have seen in ancient documents.The love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl was incorporated into the Qiqiao Festival, and the girls believed it to be true. So every seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge, the girls would come under the moon and look up at the starry sky, searching for the Altair and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way, hoping to see their annual meeting, and begging God to let them be as dexterous as the Weaver Girl, and praying that they could have a happy and satisfying marriage. Over time, the Qixi Festival was formed. As the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl spread, some activities to commemorate the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl began to appear among the people on this day. For example, the Yunmeng Qin Bamboo Slips record the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and the "Sanfu Huangtu" also records the activity of building a bridge over the Wei River to welcome the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. These activities gradually spread to the palace during the Western Han Dynasty. For example, it was recorded in "Xijing Miscellaneous Records": "Han women often threaded seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and they all practiced it." The main custom of threading needles and praying for dexterity on the Qixi Festival in later generations had already appeared at this time. However, at this time, people generally still called this festival "July 7th", and the abbreviation "Qixi" did not appear until after the Eastern Han Dynasty. What should we pay attention to on Chinese Valentine's Day in 2020?1. Light a candle or cover the light with a red scarf when chatting.2. Make an appointment at the flower shop and ask the flower delivery person to wait for you at the meeting place at 7pm. 3. Memorize the stars, ask him/her to go to the top of a mountain, point out the other person's constellation to him/her, and then gaze at the starry sky and let your imagination run wild. Of course, it's okay if you don't memorize them well, just point to a beautiful star and make up a touching story. 4. Sing old songs, the older the better. 5. If you are ready to propose to the other person, you can say: "I heard that one way to propose is to draw a heart on the palm of your hand, and if the other person agrees, draw one too." While saying this, draw a heart on the palm of your hand with a red pen and put the red pen aside. 6. Prepare a wide strip of cloth in advance and write the words on it. When you are happily chatting with her in a cafe, you suddenly become silent, take out a piece of cloth from your pocket and shake it open, on which you can write "It's so nice to be with you!" 7. Stop your watch when you are on a date with him/her, and when you leave, look at the watch and say, "When I am with you, my time seems to stop. I really hope it is still 7 o'clock." 8. Go outdoors for a lover's barbecue picnic. 9. Buy a copy of "Traditional Crosstalk Collection" and read and talk together when you feel lonely. This will often bring you unexpected happiness. 10. Learn from the ancients and walk in the snow to look for plum blossoms. |
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