What are the do's and don'ts for the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2019? How did the ancients celebrate the Chinese Valentine's Day?
Introduction: Chinese Valentine's Day is an ancient traditional festival, and the lunar calendar dates of Chinese Valentine's Day can also be auspicious or inauspicious. So what are the do's and don'ts for the lunar calendar dates of Chinese Valentine's Day in 2019? How did the ancients celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day? In July, melons and fruits are fragrant, so we also call the seventh month of the lunar calendar the "Melon Month". Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website and let us learn more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019!What are the do’s and don’ts for the Chinese Valentine’s Day in 2019?2019 Chinese Valentine's Day lunar calendar query:Lunar calendar: July 7, 2019 Gregorian calendar: August 7, 2019, Wednesday Leo 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use on the day of the four most important events] Fasting and offering sacrifices to pray for a son, seeking wealth, burying, marrying a son-in-law, litigating, breaking ground, drilling, removing mourning clothes, building a house, erecting pillars and beams, resigning from office, planting, taking in livestock, digging wells, catching, signing contracts [Today’s taboos in the almanac] [Do not use on the day of the four most important events] Bed installation, construction, groundbreaking, marriage, moving into new home, travel, migration, separation, opening warehouse, collecting money, opening market From the above contents of the old almanac, we can see that today is an unlucky day. Therefore, the almanac shows that it is not suitable for anything important on the day of the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2019. It is recommended to choose another auspicious day! How did the ancients celebrate the Qixi Festival?Ancient people celebrated the Qixi Festival by worshipping the Weaver Girl and making Qiao Gu"Worshiping the Weaver Girl" is purely a matter for young girls and young women. They made an appointment with their close friends to hold a ceremony to worship the Weaver Girl. After fasting and bathing, they go to the host's home, set up a table under the moonlight, and place offerings such as tea, wine, fruits, and dried fruits on it. There are also a few fresh flowers in a vase and a small incense burner in front of the flowers. After burning incense and praying in front of the table, everyone sat around the table together, eating fruits and dried fruits, and silently reciting their thoughts towards the Vega constellation. Young girls hope to be beautiful or marry a good husband, and young women hope to have a baby soon. Activities for the ancients to celebrate the Qixi Festival: threading a needle to pray for dexterity, throwing a needle to test dexterity Nowadays, few women know how to sew, and needlework has been put aside. The earliest form of Qixi Festival, "threading a needle", began in the Han Dynasty court. "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" said: "Han women often threaded seven-hole needles in Kaijin Tower on July 7, and everyone was accustomed to it." The imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty was built with brocade and colorful pavilions, and fruits, wine, food, and seating were displayed. Sacrifices were offered to the Altair and Vega stars, and concubines used nine-hole needles and five-colored threads to thread needles towards the moon. Those who passed through were considered lucky. In folk customs, seven or nine needles are fixed side by side on objects such as lotus roots, and then threaded through them with a colored thread. Whoever threads faster is considered to be the most skillful. The custom of throwing a needle to test one's skill originated from threading a needle, but is different from that of threading a needle. It was a popular custom of the Chinese Valentine's Day during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Ancient people celebrated the Qixi Festival: celebrating the birthday of the ox and celebrating the spider's cleverness Children would pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of cows on the Chinese Valentine's Day to wish the cow a happy birthday. Because 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 and ride on its hide 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”. The game of Happy Spider is a bit spooky, but spider weaving a web is a clever activity that is also appropriate to the occasion. The custom of celebrating spiders' cleverness probably originated during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. People in the Southern Dynasties displayed melons and fruits in the courtyard on the night of the Qixi Festival. If there were spider webs on the melons, they would think it was a good omen. People in the Song Dynasty put a small spider in a box and checked its web the next day. If the web was round, it was considered a good luck. People in the Ming Dynasty also put spiders in small boxes and looked at the density of their webs the next day to determine how lucky they were. Ancient people celebrated the Qixi Festival by dyeing their nails and washing their hair Love of beauty is a constant pursuit of women. In ancient times, on Chinese Valentine’s Day, girls would gather together to study beauty and makeup. The Chinese Valentine's Day happens to be the blooming season for Impatiens balsamina, which is a natural dye for nail polish. In southwestern China, including Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangdong, there is a custom of dyeing nails on the Chinese Valentine's Day. Women washing their hair on the Chinese Valentine's Day is also a special custom. People believe that drawing spring water or river water on the Qixi Festival is like drawing water from the Milky Way, which has the sacred power of purification. There is also a popular custom of collecting dew in washbasins. Legend has it that the dew on the Chinese Valentine's Day are the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they met. Applying the dew on the eyes and hands can make one's eyesight sharp and hands quick. Ancient people celebrated the Qixi Festival by offering sacrifices to "Mohele" and eating Qiaoguo "Mohele" is a children's toy used in the old days for the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is a small clay doll, most of which are wearing lotus leaf clothes and holding lotus leaves. In Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many vendors selling "Mohele" on the streets during the Chinese Valentine's Day. After the Song Dynasty, the "Mohelo" became more and more exquisite. The materials used to make it included ivory carvings or ambergris carvings. The decorations were extremely exquisite, and the toys held in the hands were mostly decorated with gold, jade and gems. A new stage of life has already begun in 2019. In order to make 2019 more meaningful and predict your fortune in advance, you can click on the "Excellent Calculation" below to learn the latest and most comprehensive fortune. I wish you a smooth and safe 2019! |
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