Chinese Valentine's Day originated from the worship of nature and the custom of women's needlework. Later, it was endowed with the meaning of love because of the legend of the cowherd and the weaver girl. Chinese Valentine's Day originated from the folk story "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met, knew each other and fell in love, but they were beaten by the Queen Mother because of their differences, so that they could only face each other across the Milky Way. Fortunately, there were magpies who could build a magpie bridge for them and let them meet on the bridge. According to legend, the annual meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on the Queqiao Bridge is on the 7th day of the seventh lunar month, so this day is designated as Qixi.

And because the Weaver Girl has a pair of skillful hands that can weave clouds, and the folk girls all hope to get the aura of the Weaver Girl, it is the custom of begging for cleverness that day in Chinese Valentine's Day.

Chinese Valentine's Day origin 1, women begging for cleverness

Qixi Begging for Qiaoqi originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Miscellanies of Xijing written by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is recorded that women in the Han Dynasty often put a seven-hole needle on the Kaijin Building on July 7th, and everyone was Xi Zhi. This is the earliest record of begging for Qiaoqi that we have seen in ancient literature.

2. Nature worship

Tanabata originated from people's worship of nature. According to historical documents, at least three or four thousand years ago, with people's understanding of astronomy and the emergence of textile technology, there were records about Altair Vega. People's worship of stars is far more than Altair and Vega. They think that there are seven stars representing directions in the east, west, north and south, which are collectively called Twenty-eight Nights, of which the Big Dipper is the brightest and can be used to tell the direction at night. The first star of the Big Dipper is called Kuixing, also known as the champion. Later, with the imperial examination system, the champion in the middle school was called Dakui Tianxia Scholar, and the scholars called Tanabata Kuixing Festival, also known as the Book Festival, keeping the trace that the earliest Tanabata originated from the worship of stars.

3. Time worship

Tanabata also comes from ancient people's worship of time. Seven is homophonic with the period, and both the month and the day are seven, giving people a sense of time. In ancient China, the sun and the moon were combined with the five planets, namely water, fire, wood, gold and earth, which were called Seven Obsidian. Seven numbers are manifested in time and stages among the people, and 77 is often the end when calculating time. In old Beijing, when doing Dojo for the dead, it was often complete with the completion of July 7th. The week calculated by seven obsidians is still reserved in Japanese. Seven is homophonic with auspiciousness, and July 7 has the meaning of double auspiciousness. It is an auspicious day. In Taiwan Province, July is called Ji Yue in the Happy Zone. Because the shape of the word "Happy" in cursive script is like seventy-seven, it is also called "Happy Birthday".

4. Digital worship

Tanabata is also a phenomenon of digital worship. In ancient times, people listed the seventh day of the first month, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and September 9th as auspicious days, plus the doubles of February 2nd and June 6th. Seventh, the number of beads in each column of the abacus is romantic and rigorous, giving people a mysterious aesthetic feeling. Seven is homophonic with his wife, so Qixi has largely become a festival related to women.

5. Reproductive worship