February 14 of the Gregorian calendar every year is Valentine's Day in western countries; The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Valentine's Day in China.

1, February14th Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day, falls on February 14 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It is one of the traditional festivals in western countries and originated from Christianity. Now it has become a famous romantic festival all over the world, but people in different countries express their love in different ways.

2. Chinese Valentine's Day

Chinese Valentine's Day is not only a festival to worship seven sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folklore of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, the theme of blessing, begging for cleverness and love, and women as the main body.

The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural astronomical phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded the planetarium and geographical areas. This correspondence was called "dividing the stars" in astronomy and "dividing the fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

Customs around Qixi Festival

1, Yixing, Jiangsu: Xiangqiao Club?

In Yixing, Jiangsu, every year on Tanabata, people come to build a fragrant bridge, offering sacrifices to the two stars and begging for good fortune, and then incinerating the fragrant bridge, symbolizing that the two stars have crossed the fragrant bridge and met happily. This fragrant bridge is derived from the legendary magpie bridge legend.

2. Guangzhou, Guangdong: Yingxian?

From the sixth night to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month, girls put on new clothes, new jewelry, burn incense and light candles, and bow down to the stars, which is called "welcoming the immortals". From the third night to the fifth watch, they have to worship seven times in a row. After worshipping the immortals, the girls hold colored threads in their hands and thread them through the pinholes. For example, those who can wear seven pinholes in one breath are called skillful hands, and those who can't wear seven pinholes are called skillful hands. ?

3. Guangxi: You Qi Jie Shui?

In Baise, Jingxi and other places in Guangxi, people will bathe in the river on Tanabata. People believe that the water on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is very holy and clean, which can not only drive away evil spirits and avoid diseases, but also make them happy in love and life. This custom is related to the legend that the local seven fairies descended to the earth to take a bath.