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The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only festival about love in the China lunar calendar. ?

Unlike Valentine's Day in western countries, people don't pay much attention to giving chocolates, flowers and kisses.

On the contrary, China girls prepare fruits, melons and incense as sacrifices to the Weaver Girl.

Pray for superb sewing skills and hope to find a satisfactory husband. ?

At night, people sit outdoors and watch the stars. ?

China's grandmother will say that if you stand under the vine, you may overhear what the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are talking about.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only festival about love in China.

Unlike Valentine's Day in western countries, people pay less attention to chocolate, flowers and kisses.

On the contrary, girls in China prepare fruits and melons as sacrifices for the Weaver Girl, praying for superb embroidery and finding a satisfactory husband.

In the evening, people sit outdoors and watch the stars. Grandmothers in China will say that if you stand under a grape tree, you may overhear what the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are saying.

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Tanabata (a traditional festival in China) generally refers to China's Valentine's Day, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Qiaoqi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Qiaoxi Festival, Niu Niu Daughter's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, etc. It is a traditional folk festival in China and Qi Jie's birthday in the traditional sense, so it is named "Tanabata" because the sacrificial activities are held on July 7.

It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the seven sisters, pray, seek skillful art, sit and watch morning glory and weave stars, pray for marriage and store water on Qixi. After historical development, Tanabata has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", which has become a festival symbolizing love, regarded as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and even produced the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times. ?

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. 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 records of geographical divisions corresponding to the astrology of cowherd and weaver girl can be found in Hanshu Geography: "Guangdong, Petunia and Five Girls are also divided". ?

China Valentine's Day originated in China and is the earliest love festival in the world. Some of the many folk customs of Valentine's Day in China have gradually disappeared, but a considerable part of them have survived. In some Asian countries influenced by China culture, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula and Viet Nam, there is also a tradition of celebrating Qixi. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council.

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