The origin and story of Valentine's Day in China: Long ago, there were two brothers in the mountains. The boss married a daughter-in-law. She has a bad heart and always wants to monopolize the family business left by the old man. One day, Sister-in-law tried to kill her brother, but failed. Brother knows, for the sake of difficulties. The second child cried to part. Dude, it's harder to do. Two novels only need cows. The next day, the second primary school drove away with an ox cart. In a far place, I built a shed to live in. That cow is the lower bound of Taurus in the sky. It followed the second primary school for more than a year and died that night. After the cow died, he gave the second boy three dreams in succession. In the dream, he said to the second novel, "Tomorrow at 3: 30, I will go back to heaven. After I leave, you peel off my skin and put it on you on July 7 to ensure that you can go to heaven. The Queen Mother has seven daughters. They went to Tianhe to take a bath that day. Remember that the fairy in green is your wife. You can't let them see you. When they are all in the water, you run back in your clothes and she will chase you. She won't leave as long as you go home. " The next day, the next hour, I saw the ox die and touched it and cried. Later, he peeled the cowhide, buried the cow, knelt in front of the cow grave and cried. On July 7th, Erxiao put on cowhide, immediately got off the ground and floated to the bank of Tianhe River. After a while, the seven fairies of the Queen Mother came. They took off their clothes one by one and plopped into the water. Take a good look at the green skirt, run over, grab it and run. The third fairy saw someone holding her clothes and chased her to the second home. The third fairy asked the second child why she took her clothes, and the second novel wanted her to be his wife. The Third Fairy was very moved when she saw Er Xiaoxi's kindness, so she agreed to him. After that, the third fairy came down to earth. She plays with flowers at home every day, and people call her Weaver Girl. The second primary school goes out to sell cloth every day to earn money. The young couple live a comfortable life. After three or five years, the three fairies and two pupils gave birth to a man and a woman.
One day, the second primary school went to work in the field, and a heavenly drum sounded in the sky. The Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers to take the Weaver Girl away. The second primary school hurriedly picked up two children and put on cowhide to catch the weaver girl. Seeing that she was about to catch up with the Weaver Girl, the Queen Mother drew a line between the second primary school and the Weaver Girl, and immediately drew a Tianhe. The second primary school couldn't cross the river, so it stamped its feet, and the two children in the basket called Niang. The weaver girl and the second primary school both cried. The second boy wanted to leave a message for the Weaver Girl, so he took out the cow button and threw it at the Weaver Girl, and the Weaver Girl held it in her hand. The Weaver Girl thought about it, took out her shuttle and threw it by the second. The weaver girl's hand is weak, so she throws the woven fabric askew. Until now, Vega on one side of Tianhe has a button star in her arms, and there is a shuttle star next to Altair on the other side.
Tanabata cultural customs:
(1) thread the needle. This is the earliest way to be clever, which began in the Han Dynasty. "Miscellanies of Xijing" said: "Women in the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in Jinkai Building on July 7, and people have the ambition of Xi." The Chronicle of Jingchu Years Old by Liang Zongmou of the Southern Dynasties said: "On July 7th, it was a woman of Xijia family, who was wearing a colorful building with seven holes, or with gold and silver as needles." "Geographical Records" said: "Emperor Wu of Qi began to visit the city on the first floor. On July 7, court officials tried to thread the needle several times. The world calls it the needle-piercing building.
(2) Spiders should be smart. This is also an early way of seeking cleverness, and its popularity is a little later than that of seeking cleverness with needles, which generally began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Liang Zonggu of the Southern Dynasties said "A Record of Jingchu Times"; "In the evening, Chen Guaguo begged for cleverness in court. If you have a happy subnet on melon, you think it is corresponding. " There are different ways to test ingenuity in past dynasties, such as the existence of TV networks in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the thinness of TV networks in the Tang Dynasty, the roundness of TV networks in the Song Dynasty, and the customs of following the Tang Dynasty in later generations.
(3) Skillful needling. This is a variation of the custom of needlework on Qixi, which originated from needlework and is different from needlework. This is a popular Valentine's Day custom in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, Dong Liu and Yu Yizheng said in A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital: On the afternoon of July 7th, a clever needle was lost. When a woman comes into contact with water, the water film looks strange, and the embroidery needle floats and looks at the shadow of the underwater needle. There are clouds, flowers, birds and animals, shoes, scissors and eggplant shadows, which are called clever begging; Its shadow is as thick as a hammer, as thin as silk and as straight as axis wax, which is wrong. "
(4) The seeds are born. In the old custom, a few days before Tanabata, first spread a layer of soil on a small wooden board, sow the seeds of millet to make it bear green seedlings, and then put some small huts and flowers and trees on it to make it look like a small village where people live in heaven, called a "shell board", or soak mung beans, adzuki beans and wheat in a magnetic bowl and tie it with red and blue silk threads.
(5) Sacrifice grinding and drinking music. Moeli is a little clay doll, a children's plaything on Valentine's Day in old China. Its image is mostly a lotus leaf half-arm skirt, holding a lotus leaf.
(6) Worship the Weaver Girl. Worship the weaver girl is purely a matter for girls and young women. Most of them make an appointment with five or six people, at most a dozen people, with friends or neighbors in advance to hold it together. The ceremony was held in the moonlight, with tea and wine on the table. Fruits, five sons (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) and other sacrifices; There are also some flowers, tied with red paper, inserted in the bottle, with a small incense burner in front. Young women and girls who have made an appointment to attend the worship of the Weaver Maid should fast for one day, take a bath and come to their host's house on time. After burning incense in front of the case, everyone will sit around the table, eat peanuts and melon seeds, and meditate on their own ideas. If a girl wants to be beautiful or marry a husband, and a young woman wants to have a baby early, she can silently pray to the Weaver Girl. Play until midnight.
(7) worship kuixing. It is said that July 7th is Kuixing's birthday. Kuixing literature, literati who want to be famous especially worship Kuixing, so they must worship him on Tanabata and pray for his success in the exam.
(8) printing books. It is reported that Sima Yi was highly valued by Cao Cao because of his high position and power. In view of the political darkness at that time, on July 7, Sima Yi pretended to be crazy and sold silly, and printed books at home. Make history back to leave Wei Wudi, Wei Wudi immediately ordered Sima Yi back to the office, otherwise you can be taken into custody. Sima yi only obediently obeyed and returned to the DPRK. Another kind of people, in troubled times, express their depression through depravity. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the custom of hanging clothes in the Han Dynasty created opportunities for rich children to boast about their wealth. Ruan Xian, one of the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", looked down on this style.
Happy birthday. Children will pick wild flowers on Tanabata and hang them on the horns, which is called "Happy Birthday to the Cow" (it is said that Tanabata is the birthday of the Cow).
(10) Eat fruits properly. Appropriate fruit is the most famous festival food on Tanabata. Proper fruit, also called "Kiki Fruit", has many styles. The main material is oil surface molasses. During the Song Dynasty, the unique fruits of Qixi were already sold on the streets of the city. If you buy a catty of proper fruit, there will be a pair of dolls in armor, such as door gods, which are called "General Fruit food". Handy women will also create various patterns related to the legend of Qixi. In addition, the melons and fruits that can be used skillfully can also be varied. Or carve melons and fruits into exotic flowers and birds, or emboss patterns on the surface of melon skin. Appropriate fruit is called "flower melon", and flower melon is the most common Qixi food. However, in history, different dynasties had different dietary customs. For example, soup cakes were popular in Wei Dynasty on July 7th. In the Tang Dynasty, festival foods included cakes on July 7th, which was designated as the book-drying festival. Each of the three provinces and six departments gives a certain amount of banquet money, which is called the "book-printing party".
Tanabata is also a swap day. It is said to be a secret recipe with pine and cypress as medicinal materials. This magic pill was made with dew on July 7th. Taking one pill can prolong life for ten years, and taking two pills can prolong life for twenty years. In addition, there are bait pine nuts, arborvitae seeds, stacked lotus leaves and so on. , are called the medicine of immortality. The more practical prescriptions are dried Sophora juice for hemorrhoids, fried bitter gourd for eyes, and pedicled melon for diarrhea.
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