When I was a child, my mother told me that I could hear the cowherd and weaver girl squatting under the grape trellis, and I believed her. Year after year, I squatted for half a night, but I didn't hear it for a year. The annual Valentine's Day in China has arrived this year. What's the difference between Valentine's Day and Valentine's Day in China?

Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it is said that the cowherd and the weaver girl meet once a year, and later this day is called Tanabata. Then Valentine's Day in China is also called Beggar's Day, which is Valentine's Day in China. This festival has existed since ancient times. On Valentine's Day in ancient China, unmarried girls prayed for ingenuity. In ancient times, the weaver girl symbolized kindness, beauty and dexterity.

Slowly China Valentine's Day, also called Valentine's Day, originated in western countries. Valentine's Day is on February 14 every year, and two people who love each other will express their love on this day. The main difference between Valentine's Day and Valentine's Day in China is that one originated from western countries and the other from Han Dynasty. Valentine's Day is a traditional festival in western countries, and Valentine's Day in China is a traditional festival in China.

Tanabata is different from Valentine's Day. On Tanabata, you wear needles, wash clothes, watch the Weaver Cowherd meet the Magpie Bridge, make a wish and pray to the Weaver Girl, and eat appropriate fruits. Valentine's Day means that men and women exchange gifts, including chocolates, flowers and greeting cards, to show their love for each other.

Valentine's Day in China had nothing to do with the love between men and women at first, but on this day, women would compete with each other for needlework, that is, embroidery and knitting. Therefore, Valentine's Day in ancient China was not a date day for men and women at all, but a festival for women. Only on this day, women hope to bring good luck to themselves through prayer trips. With the passage of time, Chinese Valentine's Day has gradually developed into Valentine's Day in China. In western countries, February 14, according to the pronunciation of numbers, has a beautiful meaning.

Back to the crux of the matter, should China people celebrate Tanabata or Valentine's Day? I don't think Valentine's Day is celebrated before marriage, but it is celebrated after marriage in China.

Don't worry too much about festivals, as long as two people know each other and love each other, every day is Valentine's Day.