The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Tanabata Festival, which is also known as the Beggar's Day and the Festival of Seven Coincidences. It began in the Han Dynasty, and is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese cultural circle.
It originated from the worship of nature and women's begging for coquettishness with needles, and was later given the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, which made it a festival symbolizing love. Tanabata originated in the folk tale "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden", according to legend, the Cowherd and Weaving Maiden's annual magpie bridge meeting is in the lunar calendar July 7, and because the Weaving Maiden has a pair of skillful hands that can weave the clouds and the clouds and the clouds and the clouds, and the folk maidens hope that they can be weaving the Weaving Maiden's aura, so on the day of the Tanabata Festival, "Begging for coquettishness", and to this day, the Tanabata Festival is still a rich romantic color! The traditional festival.
On May 20, 2006, the Tanabata Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council. It is now considered to be the "Chinese Valentine's Day".
The origin of the Tanabata Festival is: It is said that in ancient times, there was a Cowherd and a Weaving Maiden, who loved each other very much, but they were never allowed to see each other, and could only see each other on Tanabata day, so Tanabata came into being.