Introduction:
Qixi Begging for Cleverness originated in China Han Dynasty, which originated from the worship of nature and women's begging for cleverness, and was later given the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, making it one of the most romantic festivals. Women practice needlework, pray for Fu Lushou, worship seven sisters, and display flowers and fruits, needlework and other customs. Far spread to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters.
On May 20th, 2006, Chinese Valentine's Day was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. In recent years, due to the influence of foreign cultures, foreign festivals have gradually become popular in China, and some merchants and the media have jointly hyped it as "Valentine's Day in China".
Origin of the festival:
Women's begging:
Qixi Begging for Cleverness originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Miscellanies of Xijing written by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is recorded that "women in the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Building on July 7th, and everyone is Xi Zhi", which is the earliest record of begging for cleverness that we have seen in ancient literature.
Nature worship:
Tanabata originated from people's worship of nature. According to historical documents, at least three or four thousand years ago, with people's understanding of astronomy and the emergence of textile technology, there were records about Altair Vega. People's worship of stars is far more than Altair and Vega. They think that there are seven stars representing directions in the east, west, north and south, which are collectively called Twenty-eight Nights, of which the Big Dipper is the brightest and can be used to tell the direction at night. The first star of the Big Dipper is called Kuixing, also known as the champion. Later, with the imperial examination system, the champion in the middle school was called "Dakui Tianxia Scholar", and the scholars called Tanabata "Kuixing Festival", also known as "Book-drying Festival", keeping the trace that the earliest Tanabata originated from the worship of stars.
Time worship:
Tanabata also comes from ancient people's worship of time. "Seven" is homophonic with "period", and both the month and the day are "seven", which gives people a sense of time. In ancient China, the sun and the moon were combined with the five planets of water, fire, wood, gold and earth to be called "Seven Obsidian". Seven numbers are staged in time among the people, and the calculation of time often ends with "July 7th". In old Beijing, when doing Dojo for the dead, it was often complete with "July 7th". The "week" calculated by "seven obsidians" is still reserved in Japanese. "Seven" is homophonic with "auspicious", and "July 7th" has the meaning of double auspicious, which is an auspicious day. In Taiwan Province, July is called "Joy brings good luck" month. Because the shape of the happy character in cursive script is like "seventy-seven", the 77-year-old is also called "Happy Birthday".
Digital worship:
"Tanabata" is also a phenomenon of digital worship. In ancient times, people listed the seventh day of the first month, the third day of March, the fifth day of May, the seventh day of July, and the ninth day of September, plus the double of February 2 and the multiple of June 6, as auspicious days. "Seven" is the number of beads in each column of the abacus, which is romantic and rigorous, giving people a mysterious aesthetic feeling. "Seven" and "wife" are homonyms, so Qixi has largely become a festival related to women.
Reproductive worship:
July 7th is a life cycle. Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen Ancient Naivety Theory: "Men are only eight or eight, women are only seven or seven, and the essence of heaven and earth is exhausted." "
It says that men have a cycle of 8 years old and women have a cycle of 7 years old. The 7-year-old woman is full of kidney qi, and her hair becomes longer when she changes her teeth; On the 27 th day, the pulse is connected. Tiangui is the essence of kidney and the second pulse of ren du. According to Chinese medicine, "it is a sea of yin and yang, with five qi and chastity", that is to say, you can have children when you come to menstruation on February 27. The kidney qi of Panax notoginseng is average, and the final teeth are long and fully developed. Four or seven bones and muscles are strong, hair is extremely long, and the body is strong and strong, reaching the apex. On May 7th, Yangming's pulse failed, his face became brown and his hair began to fall out. Sixty-seven: "The pulse of Sanyang decays in the upper part, the face is burnt, and the hair begins to turn white". July 7th is the end of a life cycle, that is, "any pulse is weak, the pulse is too strong, the sky is exhausted, and the tunnel is impassable, so the shape is bad and there is no child". The number "seven" refers to the west, so the meeting of July 7th should be the birth in the end. Book of Changes: "Repeat the way, come back in seven days, and do the right thing." Kong Yingda Shu said, "After the sun's yang disappeared, it was only seven days before the sun's yang came back to life. This is the natural principle of heaven, so it is called heaven." "Coming back" means going back, that is, rebirth and reincarnation, so the soul is exhausted in 7749 days and full in 7749 days.