"Qiqiao": an ancient festival, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Qixi. Begging for cleverness is a custom of Han nationality at the age of seven. On the night of July 7th (or July 6th) of the lunar calendar, girls in new clothes beg for cleverness from Vega in the courtyard, which is called "begging for cleverness". Most of the ways of begging for cleverness are that girls try their best to make small items and put some melons and fruits on them. The ways of begging for cleverness vary from place to place, and each has its own interests. In modern times, threading needles, steaming steamed buns, branding clever fruits, giving birth to clever buds, and decorations made of dough sculpture, paper-cutting and colored embroidery are also extensions of the custom of begging for cleverness.

Pronunciation of "Qiqiao": [q ǐ qi ǐ o]

Qiqiao (Tang) Lin Jie

Watch Bixiao tonight on Tanabata,

Petunia Weaver Crossing the River Bridge.

Every family begs for the autumn moon,

Wear tens of thousands of red silk.

Meaning:

The annual Chinese Valentine's Day came again, and Petunia Weaver crossed the Magpie Bridge again to meet. People in every household can't help looking up at the vast sky, and all the skillful women from door to door wear red silk, at least tens of thousands of them. (figuratively)