The United States and most parts of Europe
Americans and Europeans will send roses and small gifts to their lovers on the holy Valentine's Day. This festival was already a "companion's festival" as early as February 14 in the Middle Ages.
China
Valentine's Day in China is called Qixi, which falls on the seventh day of July every year. In 2008, the seventh day of the eighth lunar month is Valentine's Day in China. Young people give gifts to each other and hold various parties in big cities to celebrate Valentine's Day.
The origin of this festival is the love story between the cowherd and the fairy. The Queen Mother discovered their secret love and flew into a rage, separating them with the Milky Way. Although we love each other, we can't be together, and we are extremely sad. Magpie couldn't bear to see them so sad, so she decided to help them and built a magpie bridge for them with her wings so that they could meet each other. But the Queen Mother only allows them to meet once a year, that is, on the seventh day of July every year.
Japan
Every February 14, the Japanese also send chocolates, but only for men! Moreover, Japanese women should not only send chocolates to their beloved men, but also send them to colleagues and friends.
In return, men will give women biscuits, mostly white chocolate, on March 14, that is, a month later, which is called "white day".
Latin America
In Latin America, lovers will celebrate Valentine's Day with great solemnity. Countries such as Brazil even decorate streets to celebrate this festival. Lovers in Mexico, Argentina and Chile spend the most time pleasing each other. Gifts such as linen products and alcoholic chocolate candy are the best gifts for couples to give each other. Colombians' Valentine's Day is not 14 in February, but the third weekend in September, which is their love and friendship day.
February 14 every year is Valentine's Day, because it is said that this day is the day when the patron saint of lovers "lovers" is executed.
Fans all over the world commemorate this day by giving poems, cards, flowers, candy and so on. These commemorative activities may also be social gatherings or commemorative activities.
Many Valentine's Day customs are about how single women predict who their future husband will be. /kloc-in 0/700, an English woman wrote a man's name on a piece of paper, rolled up a small piece of clay and threw it into the water, which was reduced to water and all every year. The first document that surfaced is said to be the name of a woman's true love.
Also at 1700, unmarried women threw pillows into five rooms on the eve of Valentine's Day. They put a leaf in the middle of the pillow and a leaf in every corner. If workers are open-minded, because they can see their future husbands in their dreams.
One of the oldest customs is to write a woman's name on a piece of paper and take it out of a jar. His name was drawn by a man, and this woman will be his lover, and he pays special attention to her. Many men will give gifts to their painted lovers. In some areas, a young man will give his lover a pair of gloves. Rich people use flower balls as Valentine's Day gifts. Composition area-English composition network with translation
/kloc-Valentine's Day cards were popular in Britain in the 20th century. The function card of the famous artist Kate Greenway is characterized by creating happy children and beautiful gardens. Esteban is one of the first manufacturers of valentine's cards in the United States.
Encouraged by Yingka, she started production at 1847. Her card has lace, paper flowers and leaves. Other card makers emphasized that Cupid was short, the son of winged Venus and the goddess of love. In Roman legend, the son of Cupid, the god of love.
In America and Canada, children exchange Valentine's Day gifts with their friends. In some schools, children hold class parties and put all their Valentine's Day gifts in decorative boxes.
At the end of the day, teachers or children hand out cards. Let many children choose their own Valentine's Day gifts from paper tablecloths, red paper and wallpaper samples, as well as pictures cut from magazines. Sometimes, they buy a tool kit, which contains everything they need to make Valentine's Day gifts. Many children send the biggest and latest cards to their parents and teachers.