What is the origin of Qixi Festival? Classic poems about the Chinese Valentine's Day
Qixi Festival is an ancient and traditional festival, and is also known as Valentine's Day in today's society. So what is the origin of Qixi Festival? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of the second half of the year. Half of the year has passed. The passage of time always gives people a feeling of being caught off guard. Shuimo.com has compiled the do’s and don’ts of every day in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2022. Let’s take a look!What is the origin of Qixi Festival?Qiqiao, this festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In Ge Hong's "Miscellaneous Notes of Western Capital" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a record that "beautiful women of the Han Dynasty often threaded seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and everyone was used to it." This is the earliest record of Qiqiao that we have seen in ancient documents. In later Tang and Song Dynasty poetry, women's begging for skills was often mentioned. Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem saying "The dim stars are adorned with pearly light, and the palace maids are busy begging for skills on the Qixi Festival." According to "Kaiyuan Tianbao Yishi", Emperor Taizong of Tang and his concubines held banquets in the Qing Palace on the Qixi Festival every year, and the palace maids each begged for skills. This custom has been popular among the people and passed down from generation to generation.During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Qixi Festival was quite grand, and there was even a market in the capital city that sold items for the Qixi Festival, which was known as the Qixi Market. Song Dynasty Luoye and Jin Yingzhi compiled "Zuiweng Tanlu" said: "On the Qixi Festival, people buy and sell Qiqiao items in front of Pan Tower. From July 1st, the carriages and horses are congested, and three days before the Qixi Festival, the carriages and horses are blocked and cannot pass. The traffic is blocked and people cannot get out until nightfall." Here, from the grand occasion of buying Qiqiao items in the Qixi Market, we can infer the lively scene of the Qixi Festival at that time. People start preparing for the Qiqiao Festival from the first day of July. The Qiqiao Market is bustling with people and vehicles. When it is close to the Chinese Valentine's Day, the Qiqiao Market becomes a sea of people, with vehicles and horses having difficulty passing through. The atmosphere and customs seem to be no less than the grandest festival - the Spring Festival, which shows that the Qiqiao Festival was one of the favorite festivals of the ancients. Classic poems about the Chinese Valentine's Day1. Xingxiangzi: Qixi Festival (Song Dynasty) by Li Qingzhao Crickets chirping on the grass, startling the phoenix trees to fall. Just as the world and heaven are filled with sorrow,Cloudy steps and moonlit ground, with thousands of barriers and locks. Even if the raft comes or goes, we will never meet. The magpie carriage on the star bridge is only seen after years, and the love and sorrow of parting are hard to get rid of. Altair and Vega, are you separated? It is sunny in a moment, rainy in a moment, and windy in a moment. 2. Autumn Eve (Tang Dynasty) by Du Mu The silver candle lights up the cold painting screen in autumn, and the light silk fan flutters against the fireflies. The night sky is as cool as water, and I sit and watch the Altair and Vega stars. 3. Chinese Valentine's Day (Five Dynasties and Later Tang Dynasty) Yang Pu did not know what the Cowherd's intention was, so he had to invite the Weaver Girl to play with the golden shuttle. I beg for cleverness from the world every year, but I don’t know that there is already too much cleverness in the world. 4. Chinese Valentine's Day (Tang Dynasty) by Du Mu The cloud-covered steps and the moon-covered ground passed by each other once, but the sorrow after years of separation was still heavy. What I hate most is the car wash rain in Ming Dynasty, which won’t let me turn back and cross the Milky Way. 5. Chinese Valentine's Day (Tang Dynasty) by Quan Deyu Today the clouds are crossing the magpie bridge, They should not be the ones that are affectionate and far away. The family members were so happy that they opened their dressing mirrors and threaded needles under the moon and worshipped the Nine Heavens. 6. Chinese Valentine's Day (Tang Dynasty) Xu Ning A magpie bridge looms in the distance, A thousand jade pendants ring in the distance. The separation still lasts for years, and my longing is not as great as the Hegu Star. 7. The Fairy of Magpie Bridge (Song Dynasty) by Qin Guan The thin clouds are playing tricks, the flying stars are conveying hatred, the Milky Way is crossing the distance in the dark. When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world. Tenderness is like water, and the good time is like a dream. I can't help but look back at the Magpie Bridge on my way home! If love lasts forever, why should we be together day and night? |
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