What's the difference between Valentine's Day in China and Valentine's Day in the West?

The seventh day of July on Valentine's Day in China is related to the ancient people's worship of numbers and time. In ancient times, people listed the first month, February 2nd, March 3rd, May 5th, June 6th, July 7th and September 9th as auspicious days. February 14 of the Gregorian calendar is Valentine's Day every year.

2. Name difference:

Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day, is one of the traditional festivals in western countries. China Valentine's Day, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Beggar's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niuniu Festival and Qiaoxi Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. Valentine's Day in China, which originated from the worship of stars, is Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense. Because of the worship of Seven Sisters on the seventh day of July, it was named Tanabata.

3, the origin difference:

In the 3rd century A.D., the Roman Empire experienced a comprehensive crisis, economic depression, corruption of the ruling class, social unrest and people rebelled. In order to maintain their rule, the nobles brutally suppressed the people and Christians. At that time, a Christian Valentine was arrested and imprisoned. In prison, his honesty impressed the warden's daughter deeply.

They love each other and are taken care of by the warden's daughter. The ruling class ordered his death. Before the execution, he wrote a long suicide note to the warden's daughter, expressing his innocence. It shows that he is aboveboard and has deep feelings for the warden's daughter.

The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded the planetarium with geographical areas, which was called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. The astrology of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl corresponds to the geographical division, and it is recorded in the document Hanshu Geography that "Guangdong (Vietnam) is divided into the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.