For example, Ge Hong's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded that "women in the Han Dynasty often put a seven-hole needle on the Kaijin Building on July 7th, and everyone was Xi Zhi", which is the earliest record of begging for skill seen in ancient literature. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also known as the Begging Festival.
According to folk legend, on Qixi night every year, the Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and ingenious fairy when the Cowherd and the Que Bridge meet in the sky.
On this night, the girls put seasonal fruits and vegetables in front of the bright moon in the sky, and worshipped in the sky, begging the goddess in the sky to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, so that they can master their knitting techniques, and even beg for the marriage of love and marriage.
In Yixing, Jiangsu, there is the custom of Qixi Xiangqiao Festival. Every year on Tanabata, people come to participate and build a fragrant bridge. The so-called incense bridge is a bridge with a length of four or five meters and a width of about half a meter made of all kinds of thick and long wrapped incense (thread incense wrapped in paper). It is equipped with railings and decorated with flowers made of five-color lines.
At night, people offer sacrifices to the Double Star, beg for good fortune, and then burn the Xiangqiao, symbolizing that the Double Star has crossed the Xiangqiao and met happily. This fragrant bridge is derived from the legendary magpie bridge legend.