China Valentine's Day, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Seven Sisters Festival, Daughter's Day and Begging for Cleverness Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. There are many theories about the origin of Valentine's Day in China, one of which comes from the activity of offering sacrifices to "Seven Sisters". Because the sacrificial ceremony was held on the evening of July 7, it was named Qixi. Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body.
On Valentine's Day in China, people will carry out a series of traditional activities, such as worshipping Seven Sisters, begging for wisdom, sitting and watching morning glory and Weaving Maid. Among them, begging for luck is one of the most important traditional activities on Valentine's Day in China, that is, begging for luck and praying for blessings. In addition, there are some love-related customs in China on Valentine's Day, such as dating couples and giving gifts to each other.
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The ancient astrology culture in China has a long history and is profound. The ancients began to explore the mysteries of the universe from a very young age, and thus deduced a complete and profound star-watching culture. Cowherd and Weaver Girl is a typical example. The legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl on Tanabata originates from people's worship of natural phenomena. As early as ancient times, the ancients who pursued order not only planned the sky in an orderly way, but also corresponded the stars with the ground area.
This correspondence is called "dividing star" in astronomy and "dividing line" in underground. According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky on the seventh day of July every year. Later, the folk further developed this story and gave it a beautiful love legend.