Traditions of the Chinese Valentine's Day: begging for clever things, worshiping the Weaver Girl, eating clever fruits, gathering young crops, and listening to whispers on the Chinese Valentine's Day night.

1. Begging for skills.

Begging for clever tricks is the most traditional folk activity during the Chinese Valentine's Day. Begging for skill means begging for wisdom, begging Weaver Girl to give you skills so that you can become clever. In Jinan, Shandong, people display fruits and melons to beg for tricks. If a spider builds a web on the fruits, it means that the begging is successful. Or catch a spider, put it in a box, and open the box the next day. If the spider has spun a web, it is called a coincidence.

Girls in Fujian also have an activity called "Sai Qiao". Everyone competes to see who can do needlework well and quickly. "The loser will reward the lucky one with a gift prepared in advance.

2. Worship the Weaver Girl.

On the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, girls and young women "worship the Weaver Girl". Girls and young women gathered their relatives and friends to worship Weaver Girl together. People set the table under the moonlight and put offerings. The girls and young women fasted for a day and after bathing, everyone went to the table to burn incense and worship. After the worship was completed.

Everyone sat around the table, eating melon seeds and peanuts, and silently praying in the direction of the Vega constellation for their wishes, such as growing more and more beautiful, finding a good husband, and having a child early. , the husband will have a promising career in the future, etc., the party usually ends in the middle of the night.

3. Eat clever fruits.

In Hangzhou, Wenzhou and Ningbo, Zhejiang, on the day of Qixi Festival, people use flour to make various small items, fry them in oil pans and call them "Qiaoguo". In the evening, everyone sets up a table in the yard with sweets, fruits and other foods. Relatives and friends sit around and enjoy the beautiful night while eating sweets and other foods, hoping that they or their relatives and friends will become better. Gotta be smart.

4. Youth Club.

During the Qixi Festival, it is said that some areas of Urumqi hold a ten-day "Young Seedlings Fair" every year. "Green Crops Meeting" is a kind of prayer activity held by honest and kind-hearted farmers, hoping for good weather and abundant harvests.

This kind of activity has a lot of folk cultural heritage. On July 7th, farmers from all directions and villages will put down their work and flock to the venue of the "Qingmiao Festival" like a tide. Just like the Chinese New Year, there are all kinds of small vendors and performances, and it is very lively.

5. Listen to whispers on Chinese Valentine’s Day night.

It is said that every year on the night of July 7th, many girls will secretly hide under the grape trellis or melon shed and listen quietly to the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. If any girl can hear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, , then she will win loyal and pure love in the future.