What is the Chinese Valentine's Day? What are the traditional festival customs?
The Chinese Valentine's Day is one of our country's traditional festivals. It falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year. According to legend, this day is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet. The first month of autumn is the seventh month of the lunar calendar, but it is still early autumn at this time, there is no strong autumn atmosphere, and the summer heat has not yet dissipated. Click on Shui Mo Network’s special topic on the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2022 to learn more about July!What is the Chinese Valentine's Day?Double Seventh Festival: The month and day of this festival are all seven, so it is called this, also known as Chongqi.Seventh Sisters Festival: Seventh Sisters, also known as the Seventh Sisters Festival, Seventh Sisters Festival, etc. The Seventh Sister is a cloud weaver and textile worker. She is the patron saint of lovers, women and children. July 7th is said to be her birthday. Qiqiao Festival: "Qiqiao" is one of the important customs of "Seven Sisters' Birthday", so it is also called "Qiqiao Festival". According to folk legend, the Seventh Sister is an expert weaver from heaven. In the old days, beautiful girls would "beg for skills" from the Seventh Sister, begging her to teach them skillful crafts. Women's Day: The main customs of the Qixi Festival are for girls to worship the gods, beg for skills, and compete for skills, so it is called the Women's Day, also known as the Daughter's Day and the Girl's Day. Lan Ye Festival: The seventh month of the lunar calendar was called "Lan Yue" in ancient times, so the Chinese Valentine's Day is also called "Lan Ye". Needle Threading Festival: Because there is a custom of threading a needle on this day, it is called the Needle Threading Festival. Cow and Oxen Day: In the old days, children would pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of cows on the Chinese Valentine's Day, which is also called "celebrating the cow's birthday." According to legend, after the Queen Mother of the West separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl with the Milky Way, the old cow asked the Cowherd to peel off its skin so that the Cowherd could cross the Milky Way to see the Weaver Girl, so the old cow could ride on its skin to see the Weaver Girl. In order to commemorate the old cow’s sacrificial spirit, people have the custom of “celebrating the cow’s birthday”. What are the traditional festival customs?1. Moon worship: In ancient times, women had the custom of worshiping the moon. In traditional culture, the moon has always been a symbol of good fortune for women. They often pray or confide their deepest thoughts to the moon. Our ancestors offered sacrifices to the moon on the first day of the lunar month, which in itself was a reflection of their wish for reproduction and growth, because the waxing and waning of the moon symbolized longevity and prosperity.2. Threading needles to pray for dexterity: The night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Chinese Valentine's Day (the Qiqiao Festival). According to tradition, women on earth should set up a banquet in the courtyard, kneel down devoutly to worship the Weaver Girl, and pray for blessings of dexterity, wisdom, and exquisite craftsmanship. On the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, women hold five-colored silk threads and nine-hole needles (or five-hole needles, seven-hole needles) arranged in a row and thread the needles continuously under the moonlight. Those who can thread all the needles quickly are said to be "deqiao". 3. Planting plants to pray for a child: Before the festival, use several kinds of plants, such as wheat, mung beans, adzuki beans, peas, etc., put them in a container and soak them in water. After they sprout several inches, tie them up with red and blue colored threads on the day of Qixi Festival as a symbol of having a child. They also made various figures out of wax and placed them floating on the water. 4. Celebrating the birthday of the ox: Children will pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of the ox on the Chinese Valentine's Day, which is also called "celebrating the birthday of the ox." According to legend, after the Queen Mother of the West separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl with the Milky Way, the old cow asked the Cowherd to peel off its skin so that the Cowherd could cross the Milky Way to see the Weaver Girl, so the old cow could ride on its skin to see the Weaver Girl. In order to commemorate the old cow’s sacrificial spirit, people have the custom of “celebrating the cow’s birthday”. 5. Drying books and clothes: "Yangyuanyuanshu" records that there was Taiye Pond in the Jianzhang Palace of the Han Dynasty, and to the west of the pond there was Emperor Wu of Han's clothes-drying pavilion. On the seventh day of every July, the palace maids would go up to the pavilion to dry their clothes. This should be the origin of drying clothes on the Qixi Festival. |
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