When is the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018? What are the customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day?
Introduction: China has been a traditional country since ancient times, with a lot of traditional culture, and many traditional festivals also have many customs. So when is the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018, and what are the customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day? The fiery July gathers the colors of fire; the passionate July is overflowing with the breath of youth. The fortune teller website takes you to appreciate every day of the seventh lunar month in 2018.When is Chinese Valentine’s Day in 2018?Lunar calendar 2018 Chinese Valentine's Day date:Friday, August 17, 2018 (the seventh day of the seventh month of the Year of the Dog, 10 days away from 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. What are the customs of the Qixi Festival?Threading a needle to pray for dexterity <br /> The night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Qixi Festival (Qiqiao Festival). According to tradition, women on earth should set up a banquet in the courtyard and kneel down devoutly to worship the Weaver Girl, begging 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". The so-called " the spider responds to the call for cleverness" is to put some fruits and vegetables (mainly cantaloupe, golden melon, clever fruit, peanuts, red dates, etc.) on the fruit bowl, which is usually prepared by adults before threading the needle to beg for cleverness. After "threading the needle to pray for dexterity", everyone opens their eyes to see if there is a "happy spider" weaving a web on the fruit bowl. Whoever finds it first will have good luck. The so-called happy spider is actually a small spider the size of a grain of rice. It can often be seen on some flowers, plants and trees at the turn of summer and autumn. Occasionally, if one crawls on a person or is found in the house, it is considered a sign of good luck and is generally released very carefully. No one will kill it easily. Test your skill by throwing a needle<br /> First prepare a basin, place it in the courtyard, and pour in "mandarin duck water", that is, mix the water collected during the day and the water collected at night (at first I always thought that "mandarin duck water" was "yin and yang water"). The basin and water must be left outdoors overnight and then exposed to the sun on the second day, which is the seventh day of the seventh month. After being exposed to sunlight for half a day, a thin film is formed on the surface of the water in the basin. So take the lead (i.e. the "sewing needle") and gently place it on the water surface. The needle will not sink, and a needle shadow will appear under the water. If the needle shadow is a straight line, it means that "begging for skill" has failed. If the needle shadow forms various shapes, or is curved, or has one end thick and the other end thin, or other shapes, it means "getting skill". Planting for a child <br /> A few days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, a layer of soil is first applied on a small wooden board, and corn seeds are sown to grow green seedlings. Then some small huts, flowers and trees are placed on it to make it look like a small village of farmers. This is called "shell board". Alternatively, mung beans, red beans, wheat, etc. are soaked in a porcelain bowl and waited for them to grow inch-long buds. Then they are tied into a bundle with red and blue silk ropes. This is called "planting for a child", also known as "five-birth basin" or "flower basin". It is also called "Pao Qiao" in various parts of the south. The grown bean sprouts are called Qiao Ya, and people even use Qiao Ya to replace needles and throw them on the water to pray for cleverness. There were also wax baby dolls that women would buy and place them in water and soil to float them home, believing that this would bring good luck in having a child, a practice called "transformation." Celebrating the Ox's Birthday <br /> On the Qixi Festival, children would pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of oxen, which is also called "celebrating the ox'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”. Worshiping "Mohele" Mohelo is a children's toy used for the Chinese Valentine's Day in the old days. It is a small clay doll, most of which are wearing a lotus leaf half-sleeve dress and holding a lotus leaf. Worship the Weaver Girl "Worshiping the Weaver Girl" is purely a matter for young girls and young women. Most of them make appointments with their friends or neighbors in advance to host the event together with five or six people, or as many as ten people. The ceremony was held by setting up a table under the moonlight, on which were placed tea, wine, fruits, five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) and other offerings; there were also a few flowers tied with red paper and inserted in a vase, and a small incense burner was placed in front of the flowers. Then, the young women and girls who had agreed to participate in the worship of the Weaver Girl fasted for a day, bathed, and came to the host's house on time. After burning incense and praying in front of the table, everyone sat around the table together, eating peanuts and melon seeds, facing the Weaver Girl constellation, and silently reciting their thoughts. For example, young girls who hope to be beautiful or marry a good husband, and young women who hope to have a baby soon, can pray silently to the Vega. We played until midnight. Worship Kuixing <br /> It is said that July 7th is the birthday of Kuixing. Kuixing is the god of literature, and scholars who want to achieve fame and success particularly venerate Kuixing, so they must worship him on the Qixi Festival, praying for his blessing for good luck in the exam. Eat Qiaoguo <br /> Qiaoguo is the most famous festival food during the Qixi Festival. Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiqiao Fruit", comes in many styles. The main ingredients are oil flour and molasses. |
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