Their faithful love touched magpies, and countless magpies flew in and built a colorful bridge on the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that the cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe River.
"Cowherd and Weaver Girl" originated from people's worship of natural phenomena and later developed into Valentine's Day in China. Every festival, ancient women would make a wish to Vega and Altair in the sky, hoping that they would have a wise mind, dexterous hands and a beautiful marriage.
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Valentine's Day in China, also known as Begging Festival, originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's Miscellanies of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded that "women in the Han Dynasty often put seven-hole needles in the building on July 7, and everyone was there".
The Qiqiao Festival is not to commemorate the love of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but to commemorate the Weaver Girl, which is also called "Seven Sisters" among the people. Begging for Qiao Festival is a festival for women, and Weaver Girl is regarded as the goddess of textile. On the night of the seventh day of July, ordinary women beg her for wisdom and skillful skills, and they will inevitably ask for a happy marriage.
"Seven" and "Auspicious" are homophonic, and "July 7th" has a double auspicious meaning, which is an auspicious day. Tanabata has largely become a festival related to women.
Valentine's Day in China, one of the traditional festivals, is a day that girls attach importance to, so it is called Valentine's Day in China. Because they can express the same human feelings, all countries and regions have explored their own "Valentine's Day".
On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. Valentine's Day in China has produced the cultural meaning of "Valentine's Day in China" in contemporary times.