Is the seventh day of July 2017, Chinese Valentine's Day, a good day? What are the customs of Chinese Valentine’s Day?
In our country, many people still pay great attention to auspicious days and times, and this is not only reflected in things like getting married and moving, but even when performing caesarean sections, the time of birth will be chosen accordingly. So is the Chinese Valentine's Day on July 7, 2017 a good day? What are the customs of Chinese Valentine’s Day? Let’s go and take a look with the editor. When is the Qixi Festival? The Qixi Festival is called China's Valentine's Day by the Chinese. It falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year. There are many beautiful love stories and legends about the Chinese Valentine's Day. Mr. Shui Mo will take you into the stories of the Chinese Valentine's Day.Is the seventh day of July 2017, Chinese Valentine's Day, a good day?[Auspicious Day] 2017 Chinese Valentine's Day (August 28) lunar calendar queryGregorian calendar: Monday, August 28, 2017, Virgo Lunar calendar: July 7, 2017 (small month), zodiac sign Rooster [Suitable]: pray for blessings, get married, break ground, travel, move, take up a post, receive wealth, move into a new house, set up a bed, make a stove, offer sacrifices, get engaged, seek offspring, fast and offer sacrifices, tidy up the road, get married, receive a betrothal gift, migrate [Avoid]: build a house, break ground, build a dam, release water, erect beams, erect pillars, plant, dig canals, renovate, build bridges, open warehouses, remove medical treatment, start construction, establish contracts, receive livestock, start drilling, bury, repair, open business, open market What are the customs of Chinese Valentine’s Day?1. Threading a needle to pray for dexterity <br /> This is the earliest way of praying for dexterity, which started in the Han Dynasty and spread to later generations. "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" says: "Han Dynasty women often threaded seven-hole needles in Kaijinlou on July 7th, and everyone was accustomed to it." Liang Zongmou of the Southern Dynasty said in "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji": "On July 7th, women in families built a colorful tower and pierced seven holes, or used gold, silver and stone as needles." "Yu Di Zhi" says: "Emperor Wu of Qi built a layered city pavilion. On July 7th, many palace ladies went up there to thread needles. People called it the Needle Threading Tower.2. Drying books and clothes 3. Planting for a child <br /> In the old days, a few days before the Qixi Festival, a layer of soil was first applied on a small wooden board, and corn seeds were sown to grow green seedlings. Then some small huts, flowers and trees were placed on it to make it look like a small village of farmers, which was called "shell board". Or mung beans, red beans, wheat, etc. were soaked in a porcelain bowl, and when they grew inch-long buds, they were tied into a bundle with red and blue silk ropes, which was 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. Various images are also sculpted out of wax, such as the characters in the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, or the shapes of vultures, mandarin ducks, and other animals, and placed on the water to float, which is called "floating on water." 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." 4. Happy Spiders Should Pray for Skill <br /> This is also an earlier way of begging for skill, which is slightly later than threading a needle to pray for skill, and it started roughly during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Southern Dynasty Liang Zongyan's "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" said: "On this night, melons and fruits are placed in the courtyard to pray for wisdom. If there are spiders with webs on the melons, it is considered a sign of luck." Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties said in "Kaiyuan Tianbao Yishi": "On the seventh day of the seventh month, everyone catches spiders in a small box and opens it at dawn. The density of the spider webs is considered a sign of luck. The denser the web, the more luck there is, and the sparser the web, the less luck there is. 5. Throwing a needle to test your skill <br /> This is a variation of the custom of threading a needle to pray for skill on the Qixi Festival. It originated from threading a needle, but is different from threading a needle. It was a popular Qixi Festival custom during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 6. Worship "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. On July 7th of every year in Kaifeng, people sell Mohelo, which are small clay dolls, in the "tiles outside Song Gate on the east side of Panlou Street, outside Liang Gate on the west side of Zhou, outside Beimen, outside Nanzhuque Gate, and in Maxing Street." 7. 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 to set up a table under the moonlight with tea and wine on it. There are offerings such as fruits, five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds), etc.; there are also a few flowers tied with red paper and inserted in a vase, and a small incense burner is 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. 8. 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 called “Celebrating the Ox’s Birthday” (it is said that the Qixi Festival is the ox’s birthday). 9. 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. Because Kuixing can influence the fortunes of scholars in exams, scholars would solemnly worship him on his birthday, July 7th. 10. Eat Qiaoguo <br /> Qiaoguo is the most famous festival food for the Qixi Festival. Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiqiao Fruit", comes in many styles. The main ingredients are oil flour and molasses. In Dongjing Menghualu, it is called "Xiaoyaner" and "Fruit Food Patterns", and the patterns include Naxiang and Fangsheng. During the Song Dynasty, Qixi snacks were already available on the streets. If you buy a pound of Qiaoguo, you will also get a pair of puppets wearing armor like door gods, known as the "Fruit Generals". The method of making Qiaoguo is: first melt the sugar in the pot into syrup, then add flour and sesame seeds, mix well and spread it on the table to roll it thin, let it cool, cut it into rectangular blocks with a knife, fold it into spindle-shaped dough embryos, and fry it in oil until golden brown. Dexterous women can also sculpt various patterns related to the Qixi legend. In addition, the fruits and vegetables used when begging for cleverness can also vary in many ways. Or carve fruits into exotic flowers and birds, or emboss patterns on the surface of the melon skin. The most common foods for the Chinese Valentine's Day are the "flower melon" and the "crazy fruit". |
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