Introduction: There are many traditional festivals in Chinese tradition, and Qixi Festival is one of them. So what is the Chinese Valentine's Day? How many days are left until the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018? It is not until the seventh month of the lunar calendar that people truly enter the hot summer, with the scorching sun making it unbearable. To know more details about the seventh lunar month of 2018, welcome to the Fortune Teller website.What is the Chinese Valentine's Day? How many days are left until the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018?The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, the Seven Qiao Festival or the Seven Sisters' Birthday.Qixi Festival originated in the Han Dynasty and is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. According to legend, on the night of the seventh or sixth day of the seventh lunar month, women would beg the Weaver Girl for wisdom and ingenuity in the courtyard, hence the name "begging for cleverness." It originated from the worship of nature and women threading needles to pray for dexterity, and was later endowed with the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, making it a festival symbolizing love. On the Chinese Valentine's Day, women have many customs such as threading needles to beg for dexterity, praying for good fortune, wealth and longevity, worshiping the Seven Sisters, displaying flowers and fruits, and doing needlework (gōng). These customs have influenced countries in the Chinese character cultural circle, such as Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam. On May 20, 2006, the Chinese Valentine's Day was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. How many days are left until Chinese Valentine's Day 2018?Countdown to the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018:There are still 10 days left (the seventh day of the seventh month of the Wuxu year (Year of the Dog), Friday, August 17, 2018). The Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, the Qiqiao Festival or the Seventh Sisters' Birthday, originated in China. It is a traditional festival in Chinese-speaking regions and some East Asian countries influenced by Han culture. It is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Comes from the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Because women in ancient times hoped to follow the example of the Weaver Girl. Therefore, every time the Seventh Sister’s birthday comes, they will offer sacrifices to her, praying that they can be clever and have a happy marriage. This is the most romantic of China's traditional festivals. The festival of begging for cleverness originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Western Capital Miscellaneous Records by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a record that "beautiful women of the Han Dynasty used to thread seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and everyone was used to it." This is the earliest record of begging for cleverness we have seen in ancient documents. In later Tang and Song Dynasty poetry, women's begging for skills were repeatedly 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. |
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