What date is Chinese Valentine’s Day this year? Why is the Chinese Valentine's Day also called the Qiqiao Festival?
Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year. What day is it this year? Why is the Chinese Valentine's Day also called the Qiqiao Festival? July is also known as the "Orchid Month" because many varieties of orchids choose to bloom in July. Therefore, the orchids in July are filled with fragrance and are therefore called the "Orchid Month." If you want to know more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please follow Mr. Shui Mo’s website!What date is Chinese Valentine’s Day this year?Lunar calendar: July 7, 2019Gregorian calendar: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Leo [Today's Old Almanac is suitable] [Do not use it 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 old 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 According to the lunar calendar, the seventh day of the seventh month in the 2019 lunar calendar is August 7 in the new calendar. Why is the Chinese Valentine's Day also called the Qiqiao Festival?The night of July 7th is called "Qixi Festival". There is a custom of begging for skills in Chinese people, so Qixi Festival is also called "Qixi Festival". Begging for skill means women begging the Weaver Girl for wisdom and skill.The Records of the Sui Shi of Jingchu states: "The seventh day of the seventh month is the night when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet. ... On this night, women weave colorful threads and thread seven-hole needles, or use gold, silver and stones as needles, and place melons and fruits in the courtyard to pray for dexterity." Tao Zongyi of the Yuan Dynasty recorded in "Yuanshi Ye Ting Ji": Before the Qixi Festival, women climbed onto the Jiuyintai and threaded nine-tailed needles with colorful threads, competing to see who could pierce nine needle holes first. The one who puts it on first will be the most skillful. As women's demands for skill continued to increase, the scope of seeking skill from the Weaver Girl also gradually expanded. Some hoped to be dexterous, some hoped to be beautiful, or find a husband of their dreams, or have a son soon, and so on. There is a folk song called "Begging for Skill", which expresses the desire of women to pursue a better life: Begging for dexterity, begging for beauty; begging for telepathy, begging for beauty; begging for a thousand years for my parents; begging for ten million years for my sisters. What are the customs and traditions for the Chinese Valentine’s Day?1. Dyeing nails <br /> During the Qixi Festival in Wu, women would pound the juice of the angelica flower and dye the tip of their ring finger nails, which they called red nails. According to legend, if the red nails are kept until the New Year's Day of the following year, the old people will see them and their blurred vision will be cured. In Wujin area, there is also a custom of dyeing nails on the Chinese Valentine's Day.2. Lighting lotus lanterns <br /> It is a custom of the Qixi Festival in Yiling, Hubei Province, that every household lights a lotus lantern during the Qixi Festival. First, take a complete and broad lotus leaf, insert a candle on it, light it, place it on the top of a pole, and stand it outside the door. During the Chinese Valentine's Day, the lotus flowers are in bloom and you can light various lotus leaf-shaped candles in the courtyard to decorate your prayer hall. 3. Worship the Bed Mother <br /> On this day, Taiwanese people offer sacrifices to the Bed Mother in their bedrooms from 6pm onwards. The offerings should include chicken, wine, oil, rice and burning bed clothes (gold paper with clothes patterns drawn on it) to thank the Bed Mother for her protection. 4. Qixi Festival <br /> In Foshan, in both urban and rural areas, it is customary for unmarried girls to start preparing for Qixi Festival after the Dragon Boat Festival every year. In rural areas, many sisters who are in love with each other get together and voluntarily form a "Seven Sisters Association". The girls who attend the burial ceremony are mostly unmarried girls. Those who got married in the previous year usually return to their parents' home to pray for skills with their former sisters and hold a farewell ceremony to the immortals. Fortunes in life can be good or bad, and calculating the direction of your fortunes in advance can help you plan ahead and make your life smoother and brighter. Do you want to know when your good luck will come? Then take a look at the [ Excellent Calculation ] below, and may you have peace and happiness in your life! |
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