Why is Qixi Festival Valentine's Day? What is the difference between the Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Western Valentine’s Day?
Introduction: For couples, Valentine's Day is an important festival and also a festival to strengthen mutual feelings. So why is Chinese Valentine's Day? What is the difference between the Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Western Valentine’s Day? Want to know more about the dates in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Please pay attention to our Fortune Teller website’s special topic for the seventh month of the lunar calendar!Why is Qixi Festival Valentine's Day?The Chinese Valentine's Day is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge, so people call this beautiful love legend the Chinese Valentine's Day.In my country, the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the "Qiqiao Festival" or "Daughter's Day". It is the most romantic of China's traditional festivals and was also the day that girls in the past paid the most attention to. On clear summer and autumn nights, the sky is full of shining stars, and a white Milky Way stretches across the north and south. On the east and west banks of the Milky Way, there is a shining star on each side, facing each other across the river. They are Altair and Vega. Sitting and watching the Altair and Vega stars on the Chinese Valentine's Day is a folk custom. According to legend, on this night every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge in the sky. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, intelligent and dexterous fairy. On this night, women on earth would beg her for wisdom and skills, and also ask her for a happy marriage, so the seventh day of July is also known as the Qiqiao Festival. People say that on the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, if you look up, you can see the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting in the Milky Way, or you can eavesdrop under the fruit racks on their sweet love words as they meet in the sky. What is the difference between the Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Western Valentine’s Day?The difference between being straightforward and implicit <br /> The Western "Valentine's Day" is frank, passionate, and naked. It is a holiday for lovers, and it really means "I love you". On the other hand, China's "Qixi Festival" also expresses the meaning of lovers' reunion. It is on the seventh day of the seventh month and expresses mutual affection, but it is very implicit and not explicit. It also uses the metaphorical expression method commonly used by the ancients, so it is difficult for young people to understand and difficult to be favored by the current restless generation. Love is love, love is love.The difference between matter and spirit "Valentine's Day" highlights the word "lover", expressing passionate desire and natural expression. In modern times, the word "lover" not only refers to lovers, partners, and couples. Its content is rich and broad, direct and explicit, and it is very consistent with the disclosure and expression of natural emotions and desires that have been suppressed for a long time by feudal culture and the "Cultural Revolution". In contrast, China's "Qixi Festival" reflects the reunion after separation and the longing, yearning, cherishing and sympathy of people who are in love for the first time. The content is nothing more than writing poems and paintings, giving handkerchiefs and silk as gifts, gazing at the sky and sighing, worshiping and praying to gods, etc. Girls pray for their skillful needlework and hope that the Queen Mother will give them a good "cowherd". Formally, they are completely enclosed within the courtyard walls, their faces are half covered when they smile, and their mouths are half covered when they make noises. Such an activity is purely spiritual, how can it be lively? The difference between love objects and keepsakes "Valentine's Day" focuses on giving love gifts. Every Valentine's Day, roses, chocolates, cakes, clothes, expensive jewelry, etc. become "love gifts" that lovers give to each other. Note that the "love objects" here refer to valuable objects, indicating that love has a price. This undoubtedly promoted the development of the market economy. Therefore, every time Valentine's Day comes, overwhelming advertisements and discount slogans flying all over the streets make Valentine's Day very popular. In contrast, China's "Qixi Festival" is much bleaker. Traditionally, lovers also give each other gifts, but those are tokens of affection, nothing more than a piece of silk, a fan, or a painting, which are sewn, embroidered, written, and produced by one's own hands. How can they be introduced into the commodity economy? If they cannot enter the commodity economy, how can businessmen spend a lot of money to promote and congratulate the festival? The difference between lust and love <br /> Except for some young people who like to follow the trend and young couples who really love each other, most people who are neither young nor old like to celebrate "Valentine's Day" have the idea of quick lust to some extent. "Valentine's Day" gives them such an opportunity, creates such a high-sounding excuse, and generates such a scene that can move, surprise, and make the opposite sex happy. This has enabled this foreign festival to take root, blossom, and bear fruit in China. In contrast, China's "Qixi Festival" is influenced by traditional concepts, with the themes of watching over, missing, and expressing love as an excuse. The main theme of the festival is sincere, pure, and spiritual love as the main outlet, making it difficult to directly ignite the spark of desire. Moreover, for a long time, the sex and desire of traditional men and women were hidden, difficult to express, and tortuous, so the "Qixi Festival" has never created a suitable excuse and a good opportunity for the sexual desire of men and women. This is also the weakness of China's "Valentine's Day". |
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