The Tanabata Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, and Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wrote in his "Miscellany of the Western Capital" that "the Han colorful women often wear seven-hole needles on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Kaixian building, and people all practice." This is the earliest record of begging for money in ancient documents of China. This is the earliest record in our ancient literature on begging; Tang Dynasty Wang Jian poem: "appendicular stars and buckets decorated with beads, Tanabata Palace e begging busy"; "Kaiyuan Tianbao remains": Tang Taizong and concubines every Tanabata in the Palace of the Qing dynasty night feast, the court ladies begging, the custom in the civil society has endured for many years, and the continuation of the generations.
Song and Yuan times, Tanabata begging is quite grand, the capital has a market specializing in the sale of begging items, the world called begging city. People from the first day of July began to buy begging items, when the begging market traffic, bustling, simply become a sea of people, Tanabata is the most festive holiday of the ancients.
Qixi Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In Gehong's Miscellaneous Records of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a saying: "Han Cainu In Gehong's Miscellaneous Records of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a saying: "Han Cainu often wears seven-hole needles in the open-top building on July 7, which is common to all people. This is the earliest record of Qiqiao in ancient Chinese literature; Tang Dynasty built a poem cloud: "The stars of the appendix battle pearls.
Qixi Palace E begging Qiao busy"; Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics. Taizong and his concubines in the Qing Palace every Qixi night banquet, the palace women each beg Qiao, this custom in the folk endures for a long time and This custom in the folk endures for a long time and continues from generation to generation.
At the time of Song and Yuan Dynasty, Qixi Qiao was very grand. There was a market for Qiqiao goods in the There was a market for Qiqiao goods in the capital, which was called Qiqiao City by the world. People began to buy begging goods from the first day of July. At that time, the begging market was full of traffic and bustle. It was a sea of people. Qixi Festival was the most festive festival for the ancients.