The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only Chinese festival devoted to love in the Lunar calendar.?

Unlike St. Valentine's Day in Western countries there is not so much emphasis on giving chocolates, flowers and kisses.

Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and incense as offerings to Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden.

Praying to acquire high skills in needlecraft, as well as hoping to find satisfactory husbands.?

In the evening, people sit outdoors to observe the stars.?

Chinese grannies would say that, if you stand under a grapevine, you can probably overhear what Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are talking about.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only love festival in China.

Unlike Valentine's Day in Western countries, people don't pay so much attention to chocolates, flowers and kisses.

On the contrary, Chinese girls prepare fruits and melons as offerings to the Weaver Girl, praying for superb needlework skills and hoping to find a satisfying husband.

At night, people sit outside and watch the stars. Chinese grandmothers would say that if you stood under the vine, you might overhear what the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd were saying.

Extended information:

Qixi (traditional Chinese festival) generally refers to Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Girl's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qinianghui, Qiaoxi , Niu Gong Gong Po Day, Double Seventh, etc. are traditional Chinese folk festivals. It is the birthday of the Seventh Sister in the traditional sense. Because the worship activities are held on the evening of July 7, it is called "Qixi Festival".

It is the traditional custom of the Chinese Valentine's Day to worship the Seventh Sister, pray for blessings and wishes, beg for skills, sit and watch the Altair and Vega, pray for marriage, and store water for the Chinese Valentine's Day. Through historical development, Qixi Festival has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". Because it has been given connotations related to love, it has become a festival symbolizing love. It is therefore considered to be the most romantic traditional festival in China. In contemporary times, It also gave rise to the cultural meaning of "Chinese Valentine's Day". ?

The Chinese Valentine's Day is both a festival to worship the Seventh Sister and a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival based on the folk legend of the "Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", with the themes of praying for blessings, begging for luck, and love, and with women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Chinese Valentine's Day comes from people's worship of natural astronomical phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded astronomical star areas and geographical areas. This correspondence is called "divided stars" in terms of astronomy, and "divided stars" in terms of geography. "Divide"; the record of the geographical division corresponding to the Cowherd and Weaver Girl astrology can be found in "Hanshu Geography": "Guangdong is also the division between Morning Glory and Wu Nu". ?

The Chinese Valentine's Day originated in China and is the earliest love festival in the world. Among the many folk customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day, some have gradually disappeared, but a considerable number of them have been continued by people.

Some Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, such as Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam, also have the tradition of celebrating Chinese Valentine's Day. On May 20, 2006, the Chinese Valentine's Day was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Qixi Festival