When is Chinese Valentine's Day? What is its specific meaning?

Because this year is a leap July, there are two Chinese Valentine's Day, one on July 31st and the other on August 30th.

The "Qixi Festival" originates from the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, one of my country's four major folk love legends.

The Chinese Valentine's Day has always been connected with the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This is a very beautiful love story that has been passed down through the ages and is one of the four major folk love legends in my country.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a smart and loyal young man in Niujiazhuang in the west of Nanyang City. His parents died early, so he had to live with his brother and sister-in-law. His sister-in-law, Ma, was vicious and often abused him and forced him to He did a lot of work. One autumn, his sister-in-law forced him to herd cattle and gave him nine cows, but asked him to wait until he had ten cows before he could go home. The Cowherd had no choice but to drive the cows out of the village.

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One day, the Weaver Girl from the sky and the fairies came down to earth to play and bathe in the river. With the help of the old cow, the Cowherd met the Weaver Girl, and the two fell in love with each other. Later, the Weaver Girl secretly descended to the human world and became the Cowherd's wife. The Weaver Girl also distributed the silkworms brought from the sky to everyone, and taught everyone how to raise silkworms, draw silk, and weave shiny silk and satin.

After the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl got married, the man farmed and the woman weaved, and they were deeply in love. They gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl, and the family lived happily. But the good times did not last long, and the Emperor of Heaven soon knew about this. The Queen Mother came down to earth in person and forcibly took Weaver Girl back to heaven, and the loving couple was separated.

The Cowherd had no way to go to heaven, so the old cow told the Cowherd that after its death, its skin could be used to make shoes, and he could go to heaven wearing them. The Cowherd did as Lao Niu told him, put on his cowhide shoes, took his children with him, and went up to the sky to chase the Weaver Girl. When he saw that he was about to catch up, the Queen Mother took off the golden hairpin from her head and waved it, and a turbulent wave came out. The Tianhe appeared, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were separated on both sides and could only cry to each other. Their loyal love moved the magpies. Thousands of magpies flew to build a magpie bridge for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to walk on the magpie bridge to meet each other. The Queen Mother had no choice but to allow the two to meet on the magpie bridge every July 7th.

Later, every seventh day of the seventh lunar month, when it is said that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on the Magpie Bridge, the girls would come to the flowers in front of the moon and look up at the stars, looking for Altair and Vega on both sides of the Milky Way, hoping to see them. They met once a year, begging God to make them as ingenious as the Weaver Girl, and praying for a happy marriage as they wished, thus forming the Chinese Valentine's Day.

About the Morning Bull and the Weaver Girl, it was first seen in "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Dadong": There is Han in the sky, and there is light in the prison. Qibi the Weaver Girl has seven arms all day long.

Although Qixiang is not a newspaper. He is looking for a cow, not a newspaper box.

The "Dadong" chapter was originally a poem expressing the resentment of the subjects of the Eastern vassal states against the Zhou royal family during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The general meaning of this section is: Despite their names, Vega and Altair on both sides of the Milky Way cannot weave cloth or pull carts. The same is true for today's rulers. Although they hold high positions, they have no sympathy for the people. It's just in name only. Here, the Weaver Girl and Altair are only used as natural star images to elicit a metaphorical association, without any storyline. At this time, they only serve as a cultural factor and begin to enter the larger system of literature. It is this "factor" that prepares the potential cultural conditions for the generation of this legend.

By the Western Han Dynasty, Weaver Girl and Morning Bull had been said to be two gods, and there were statues facing each other. There is a sentence in Ban Gu's "Xidu Fu": "Near the Kunming Pool, with a morning ox on the left and a weaver girl on the right, like the boundless clouds and Han Dynasties." Li Shan annotated and quoted "Han Palace Que Shu" as saying: "There are two stone figures in the Kunming Pool, holding hands "Statue of the Cow and the Weaver Girl." It is clearly pointed out that there are statues of the Morning Ox and the Weaver Girl on the left and right sides of Kunming Lake. They have come from heaven to earth and are far away on both sides of the lake. As time goes by, the combination of love factors with the legends of Morning Glory and Weaver Girl becomes increasingly obvious. "Nineteen Ancient Poems" first revealed this information. Among them, "Far Altair" chants:

Far Altair is a Han woman in the Jiao Jiao River.

The slender hands are full of slenderness, and they are playing with the machine;

The whole day is unfinished, and the tears are as cold as rain.

The river is clear and shallow, how far apart is it?

The water is full of water, and the pulse is unspeakable.

The two stars here, Morning Glory and Weaver Girl, have already taken on characters - working on a machine and weaving, shedding tears of longing; and they have begun to be woven into a love tragedy of a loving couple suffering from isolation. Although the poem does not directly say that Morning Bull and Weaver Girl are husband and wife, the plot of Weaver Girl missing Morning Bull and longing to see each other all day long, and "full of water, unable to speak" is very clear.

What further explains the problem is the "General Meanings of Customs" compiled by Ying Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is a record in it:

The Weaver Girl will cross the river on the Chinese Valentine's Day and use magpies as bridges. According to legend, for seven days There is no reason for the magpie's head to have a kun, because the Liang Dynasty crossed the Weaver Girl. (See "Sui Hua Jili")

This shows that at that time, not only was the theory that the Morning Bull and the Weaver Girl were husband and wife, but also the plot of their meeting every year on the Chinese Valentine's Day using magpies as a bridge, It has also been widely circulated among the people and integrated into customs. It has obviously taken a long and very active process of evolution to get to this point.

In the later Three Kingdoms period, many poems and articles reflected this content. For example, when Li Shan of the Tang Dynasty wrote annotations for Emperor Wen of Wei's "Yan Ge Xing" in "Selected Works", he quoted Cao Zhi's "Nine Odes" and said: "The Morning Ox is the husband, and the Weaver Girl is the wife. The Weaver Girl and the Star of the Altair are all on one side. We will be together on July 7th." It can be seen that the morning glory and the Weaver Girl have become a prominent and commonly used image for poets to express the pain of love and longing.

"Meeting on Chinese Valentine's Day" is an exquisite work of legend. This magical and strange imagination seems almost absurd. In fact, it is in this kind of imagination and absurdity that people's courage and strength can be given full play. The performance of people's wishes is maximized psychologically and emotionally. It is no coincidence that the date of the meeting is arranged during the "July 7th" period, which is considered to be extremely unusual. In addition to embodying people's beautiful longings and expectations, it obviously has profound cultural connotations. "Meeting on Chinese Valentine's Day" is an exquisite work of legend. This magical and strange imagination seems almost absurd. In fact, it is in this kind of imagination and absurdity that people's courage and strength are fully expressed, and people's wishes are expressed in Get the greatest psychological and emotional satisfaction. It is no coincidence that the date of the meeting is arranged during the "July 7th" period, which is considered to be extremely unusual. In addition to embodying people's beautiful longings and expectations, it obviously has profound cultural connotations.

First of all, people have a mysterious feeling for "seven", which is related to number worship.

It is not only found in China, but also in many countries in the world. It is not only common in folk literature, but also appears in religious rituals and scriptures.

There is a legend in Buddhism that Sakyamuni attained enlightenment by facing the wall for seven days.

Christianity says that God created all things in seven days, so there are seven days in a week.

Islam divides heaven into seven layers: pure silver, pure gold, pearls, platinum, rubies and the unattainable and indescribable holy light.

The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese all believed that there were seven sacred stars in the sky: the sun, the moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn.

Now the Western world still respects the so-called "seven virtues" and avoids the so-called "seven sins that will be punished by heaven"; Arabs still like to swear by "seven"; the Japanese often pray to the so-called "seven gods of good fortune". Blessing; Our country says that people have "seven emotions": joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and surprise; light has seven spectrums: red, orange, yellow, green, green, indigo, and purple; music spectrum has "seven tones" ": Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, Bian Gong, Bian Shang; the treasures include "seven treasures"; gold, silver, colored glaze, clam, agate, amber, and coral.

In addition, there are "seven flavors" in the stereochemical theory, and the human memory constant is seven; and so on.

It can be seen that the worship of "seven" is a very common cultural phenomenon. One "seven" is not unusual, so "seven seven" composed of two "seven"s is certainly more mysterious. According to ancient Chinese records, "In July, millet is ripe, and the seventh day is the Yang number, so the elk is precious" (Volume 31 of "Taiping Yulan"). "July 7th is a good day." Therefore, it is regarded as an auspicious day to celebrate the autumn harvest. In the Han and Wei Dynasties, this day was regarded as a day for gathering and recreation.

That day was also the day when the immortals of the Heavenly Palace gathered together. "Xu Qixie Ji" records that "on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Weaver Girl crossed the river and all the immortals returned to the palace." Of course, it is more important to regard this day as a beautiful day for lovers to meet. "The Story of Han Wu" records that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty met the Queen Mother of the West five times, each time on July 7. Later, the date of the Ox Girl's meeting was personally designated as "Qixi" by "the Queen Mother who initiated meetings with lovers". This is actually people's hope for "seven" and all the beautiful connotations contained in "seven seven". It cannot but be said that it has profound cultural meaning. Mr. Wang Dingling, an expert on Chinese folklore, believes that "Chinese Valentine's Day" is China's "Valentine's Day". It is because there were many legends about the "Qixi Festival" - the meeting of lovers, and finally the meeting of the cow and the girl was placed on such a day. As for the customs of begging for children, begging for cleverness, and begging for all happiness related to the "Qixi Festival" are all originated from It comes from this.

There are many ways to beg for tricks during the Chinese Valentine's Day

Begging for children from seeds: In the old days, it was customary to spread a layer of soil on a small wooden board a few days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, sow corn seeds and let them grow. The green young seedlings are placed on top of some small thatched houses, flowers and trees to make a small village like a farmhouse, which is called a "shell board". Alternatively, mung beans, adzuki beans, wheat, etc. can be soaked in a magnetic bowl and wait for them to grow. The buds are then tied into a bunch with red and blue silk ropes, which is called "seed-growing", also called "five-life pot" or "flower-flower pot". It is also called "Paoqiao" in various parts of the south, and the bean sprouts that grow are called Qiaoya. They even replace the needles with Qiaoya and throw them on the water to beg for Qiao. Various figures are also made of wax, such as the characters in the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, or the shapes of vultures, mandarin ducks, and other animals, and placed on the water to float, which is called "floating on water." There are also wax baby dolls that women buy and float at home, thinking they are auspicious for having a child, and they are called "huasheng".

Throwing a needle to test skills: This is a variant of the Chinese Valentine's Day custom of needlework and begging for skills. It originates from needlework but is different from needlework. It is a popular Chinese Valentine's Day custom in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Liu Tong and Yu Yizheng's "Scenery of the Imperial Capital" of the Ming Dynasty said: ""The skillful needle was thrown at noon on July 7th. A woman is exposed to a lot of water in the sun. After a while, the water film forms on her face. When she throws an embroidery needle, it floats, and she can see the shadow of the needle on the bottom of the water. If there are shadows of clouds, flowers, heads, birds and beasts, and if there are shadows of shoes, scissors and water eggplants, it is called begging for skill. The shadows are as thick as a hammer, as thin as silk, and as straight as a shaft of wax, which is a sign of clumsiness. "Zhili Zhishu" also said that in Liangxiang County (today's southwest of Beijing), "On July 7th, women begged for skills, threw needles into the water, and used the shadow of the sun to check their workmanship. Until night, they were still begging for skills from the Weaver Girl." Please Yu Min The "Rixia Jiuwen Kao" quoted from "Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes" said: "On July 7th, the women of Yandu poured bowls of water into the sun, each dropped a small needle to float on the water surface, and slowly looked at the shadow of the sun on the bottom of the water. It may scatter like flowers, move like clouds, be as thin as a thread, or be as thick as a cone, because it is used to predict women's skill. ”

Tree sap washes hair, flowers, and nails: Young girls in many areas like to use tree sap mixed with water to wash their hair during festivals. Legend has it that not only can they be young and beautiful, but they can also be good for unmarried women. Find the right man as soon as possible. Dying nails with flowers and plants is also a hobby of most women and children in holiday entertainment, and it is also closely related to fertility beliefs.

Listen to whispers under the pumpkin shed: In Shaoxing. In the countryside, there will be many girls secretly hiding under the lush pumpkin sheds on this night. If they can hear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet in the dead of night, the girl who is about to be married will get this thousand-year love in the future. .

Catching dew: It is a popular custom in rural areas of Zhejiang to use a washbasin to catch dew. It is said that the dew during the Qixi Festival is the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. .

Happy spiders should beg for skills: This is also an earlier way of begging for skills. Its custom is slightly later than that of threading needles for skills, and it roughly started in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. "It was evening, and melons and fruits were laid out in the court to beg for cleverness. If there is a happy net on the melon, it is considered to be a good match. "

Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties said in "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao": "On July 7, everyone catches spiders in small boxes until they open at dawn; they regard the spider webs as dense and dense as a coincidence." A secret person speaks more skillfully, and a rare person speaks less skillfully. It is also practiced among the people." "Tokyo Menghua Lu" written by Meng Yuanlao of the Song Dynasty said that on July 7th, "a small spider is placed in the zygote, and if you look at it the next day, if the web is round, it is called a coincidence.

"Song Zhoumi's "Qian Chun Sui Sui Ji" said: "Storage small spiders in a small box to wait for the density of the web to be clever." /p>

Spiders, look at the density of their webs the next morning and think how many chances there are. "It can be seen that the methods of testing skill are different in the past dynasties. The Southern and Northern Dynasties looked at the presence or absence of the net, the Tang Dynasty looked at the density of the net, and the Song Dynasty looked at the roundness of the net. Later generations mostly followed the customs of the Tang Dynasty.

Threading a needle to beg for skill: This is the earliest way of begging for skills, which started in the Han Dynasty and was passed down to later generations. (Xijing Miscellaneous Notes) says: "The colorful women of the Han Dynasty often put a seven-hole needle through the Kaijinlou on July 7th, and people practiced it. "Liang Zongmou of the Southern Dynasty (Jingchu's Chronicle) said: "On July 7th, women of other families put colorful ornaments on the outside of the building and pierced the seven holes, or used gold and silver stones as needles. "(Yu Di Zhi) said: "Emperor Wu of Qi came to view the city. On July 7th, many people in the palace climbed up to thread the needle. The world calls it Chuanzhen Tower. "Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties (Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy) said: "On Qixi Festival, the palace is built with brocade pavilions, a hundred feet high, which can hold dozens of people. The melons and fruits are roasted in wine, and seats are set up to worship the two stars of the ox and the girl. The concubines each use nine-hole needles and five-color threads to pierce the moon. Those who pass it will be lucky. Play the music of Qing Dynasty and Shang Dynasty, enjoy the feast till the end. All local people's homes will follow suit. "Zongyi of the Yuan Dynasty (Yetinglu of the Yuan family) said: "Jiuyin Terrace is a place for begging for tricks on the Chinese Valentine's Day. On the evening of the evening, the palace maids go on stage and thread the nine-tailed needle with colorful silk. The one who completes it first is called a luck, and the one who finishes it late is called a loser. Each one contributes money to give a gift to the one who gets the skill. ”

Congratulations on the cow’s birthday: Children will pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns of the cow on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, which is called “congratulating the cow’s birthday” (legend has it that the Chinese Valentine’s Day is the birthday of the cow).

Welcome the Immortal: The Qiqiao Festival in Guangzhou is unique. Before the festival, girls prepare various colorful gadgets using colored paper, grass, strings, etc., and put grain seeds and mung beans into small boxes to soak in water. , let it germinate, and when the buds grow to more than two inches long, they are used to worship gods, which are called "worshiping immortals" and "worshiping vegetables". Starting from the sixth night to the seventh night, girls wear them for two consecutive nights. After putting on new clothes and new jewelry, and after everything is arranged, they burn incense and light candles, and kneel down to worship the stars, which is called "Welcome to the Immortals." From the third watch to the fifth watch, the girls have to worship the immortals seven times in a row. Hold the colored thread in front of the lamp and pass the thread through the needle holes. If you can pass through seven needle holes in one breath, you are called a skillful hand, and if you cannot pass through seven needle holes, you are called a loser. Give each other small handicrafts and toys as a token of friendship.

Try the skill of bleaching needles: July 7th is "Women's Day". Girls hold water in a bowl toward the sun and float needles. , test the skills by looking at the shadows in the water, and compete with each other to "beg for skills"

Forging alliances under the moon, threading the needle: In the Jiaodong area, there is a custom of worshiping the Seventh Sister God, and young women often do so. People like to wear new clothes during the Chinese Valentine's Day, gather together, and unite the seven sisters under the moonlight. Some even sing "Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth, I invite the Seven Sisters to go to heaven." I don’t care about your needle, I don’t care about your thread, I just use your seventy-two good methods. "They also compete in threading needles and threads to win the reputation of being skillful.

Growing clever vegetables to make clever flowers: There are two activities in Rongcheng, Shandong Province. One is "Qiao Cai", where girls cultivate malt in wine glasses. One is "Qiaohua", which is also made by girls using flour to mold various flowered foods.

Lig Qiaogu, plant green onions, divination, and skillfully thread needles and cut window grilles: Shaanxi Loess Plateau area, On the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, there is also the custom of holding various begging activities. Women often have to tie up the grass figures in colorful clothes, called Qiaogu. They not only offer melons and fruits, but also plant bean sprouts and green onions. They all held a bowl of water, cut bean sprouts and green onions, put them into the water, and used the shadows cast by the moon to divine fortunes. They also threaded needles and competed for their skill in cutting window grilles. .

Seventh Sisters Association: Some areas also organize "Seventh Sisters Association". The "Seventh Sisters Association" in each region gathers in the clan hall to lay out various colorful incense tables and worship the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the distance. The "incense tables" are all made of paper. They are filled with flowers, fruits, rouge powder, small paper floral clothes, shoes, daily necessities, embroidery, etc. The "Seven Sisters Association" in different regions work hard on the incense tables and compare them. Let's see who is more sophisticated. Today, this kind of activity has been forgotten, and only a few clan halls still set up incense tables to worship the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on this festival. The Weaver Girl begs for cleverness.

Testing clumsiness by watching videos of purified water: The begging activity in Jiangsu is to take a bowl of purified water, expose it to the sun, and spend the night in the open air. That is to say, pick up a thin straw stick and float it in the water, and look at its shadow to test your clumsiness. There are also many young women who use small needles to see the shadow of needles in the water to prove their wisdom and stupidity. The Han people in other areas also often use this method to realize clumsiness, wisdom and foolishness.

Seven knots on a red-headed rope to store water on the Chinese Valentine's Day: In some areas of Guangxi, there is a custom of storing water on the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is believed that bathing in the double-qi water can eliminate disasters and cure diseases. Frail and sick children often tie seven knots on a red-headed rope on this day. Make a knot and wear it around your neck to pray for good health and good luck.

Eating Qixi Food: The food customs of Qixi Festival vary from place to place, but they are generally called eating Qiao Food, among which there are many dumplings, noodles, avocados, wontons and other foods for this festival. Eat cloud noodles. This noodle must be made with dew. Eating it will bring you ingenuity. There are also many folk pastry shops that like to make some candies in the image of Weaver Girl, commonly known as "Qiaoren" and "Qiaosu". When selling them, they are also called "Send Qiaoren". This custom has been passed down to this day in some areas.

About the place for begging for skill

There are many colorful buildings in the palace. In the Han Dynasty, there was the Kaijie Building, in the Qi Dynasty there was the Needle Building, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was built with brocade as a hundred-foot pavilion. Among the people, "noble families often put up colorful buildings in their courtyards" "Tokyo Menghua Lu", ordinary families built greenhouses instead of colorful buildings due to limited financial resources, Song Dynasty Chen Yuanliang's "Sui Shi Guang Ji" quoted (Sui Shi Miscellaneous Notes) said: "People from the Capital On the Chinese Valentine's Day, bamboo or hemp straw is woven into a shed, and five-color cutouts are used to form floors. It is also used as a fairy tower, with statues of cows, maidens and immortals carved on them to pray for cleverness. Or just use a piece of paper-cut wood as a fairy bridge. Among them is the cow girl, and the immortals are lined up on both sides. "

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Qixi Festival was a very grand event for begging for skillful things. There was also a market specializing in begging items in the capital, which the world called the Qiqiao Market. Song Luoye and Jin Ying's "Drunkard's Talk" said: "Qixi Festival, In front of Pan Lou, people buy and sell and beg for crafty items. From the first day of the seventh lunar month, the carriages and horses were choked, and on the three days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, the carriages and horses stopped passing, and they were choked one after another, and could no longer come out, and they dispersed at night. In the middle of Jiayou, there was a person who wanted to beg Qiao and ride on horseback in the market with his private grievances. Yin from Kaifeng got his way and fled far away. Next is Panlou, followed by Lijing, Baokang and other gates, as well as the Qiqiao market outside Muqinmen, but in the end they are not as prosperous as Panlou. Men often collect silk for begging, and at night women pierce it with a seven-hole needle under the moonlight. In fact, this needle cannot be used because the needle is thick and the hole is large. The rest are just begging for cleverness; many southerners imitate them. "Here, we can infer the lively scene of the Qiqiao Begging Festival from the grand purchase of begging items from the Qiqiao Market. People started buying begging items from the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the Qiqiao Market was bustling with traffic and people. When the Qixi Festival was approaching, The Qiqiao market has become a sea of ??people, and even the nobles can only walk. The scene is so spectacular, and it seems to be no less important than the Spring Festival, the largest festival in ancient times. One of the favorite festivals of the ancients.

Another name for Qixi Festival

· Double Seven: On this day, the month and day are both seven, so it is also called Zhongqi.

· Fragrant Day: It is said that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet each other on the Chinese Valentine's Day. The Weaver Girl has to dress up and apply makeup, so that the sky is filled with fragrance, so it is called.

· Week: The two stars of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are in a special position. They meet each other every year, so this day is called Zhou

· Qiao Xi: Because there is a custom of begging for Qiao on the Chinese Valentine's Day, it is called Women's Day: Women's Day is celebrated on the Chinese Valentine's Day. Fairies, begging for cleverness, and competing for cleverness are the main festival activities, so it is called Women's Day, also known as Daughter's Day and Girl's Day.

· Lan Night: The seventh month of the lunar calendar was called "Lan Moon" in ancient times, so Qixi Festival is also called "Lan Moon". "Orchid Night"

Children's Day: Because begging for skills and literature are mostly performed by girls and boys, so it is called the Needle Threading Festival. The custom of threading needles is called Qixi Festival

(Tang Dynasty) Xu Ning

A magpie bridge stretches across the sky,

Thousands of jade pendants sound. Passing Lingling.

There are still guests who have been here for many years.

I am not as happy as the river drum star. Drunk answer to Jundong on the Chinese Valentine's Day

(Ming Dynasty) Tang Xianzu

The jade hall has its green screen in spring,

New lyrics are sung to "The Peony Pavilion"

Sad and photographed, no one understands it,

I pinch myself. Teach Xiao Ling. Autumn Eve

(Tang Dynasty) Du Mu

The cold autumn light of red candles paints the screen,

The light Luo small fan flutters at the flowing fireflies.

The night sky is as cool as water,

Sit and watch Altair and Vega. Female Song on the Chinese Valentine's Day

(Jin Dynasty) Anonymous

The elegance never ends,

It is the anniversary of farewell.

The silkworm does not make a cocoon,

it hangs its silk all night long. Chinese Valentine's Day in Hanzhuang Zhazhou

(Qing Dynasty) Yao Xie

Mulan Paddle and Lotus Root Flower Village,

After singing, the hall is red and the air is cool in the evening.

The smoke is outside the water of Liusi Lake.

The mountain brows are blue and the moon eyebrows are yellow.

One of the nineteen ancient poems

(Han) Anonymous

The distant Altair star, the bright and clear river Han woman.

The slender hands are delicate and smooth, and they are playing tricks.

I can’t make up my mind all day long, crying like rain.

The river is clear and shallow, only a few degrees apart.

The water is full of water, and the pulse is speechless. Chinese Valentine's Day

(Five Dynasties and Later Tang Dynasty) Yang Pu

I don't know what to do with the morning glory,

I have to invite the Weaver Girl to play with the golden shuttle.

I beg for cleverness in the world every year,

I don’t know that there are already many cleverness in the world. Ancient meaning

(Tang Dynasty) Meng Jiao

Vega by the river,

Morning Cowherd by the river.

We have not yet crossed Qingqian,

looking at each other relatively far away. Chinese Valentine's Day

(Tang Dynasty) Quan Deyu

Today the clouds are crossing the Magpie Bridge,

it should be neither smooth nor distant.

My family actually likes to open their makeup mirrors,

Thread needles and pray for nine nights under the moon.

Chinese Valentine's Day in a foreign country

(Tang Dynasty) Meng Haoran

On Chinese Valentine's Day in a foreign country, the hotel becomes more and more sad.

The woman wearing the needle is nowhere to be seen, and the building full of nostalgia for her homeland is empty.

The wind is beginning to reduce the heat, and the new moon is beginning to approach autumn.

Who can bear to peek into the river and ask about bullfighting from afar. Qixi Festival

Tang Dynasty

It is easy to thread a needle to the moon, but difficult to straighten the needle in the wind.

I don’t know who is lucky,

Ming Yue will try it. Qixi Festival

(Tang Dynasty) Bai Juyi

The misty sky is slightly dim and the moon is shining in the sky,

The autumn period of Yin and Han Dynasty is the same throughout the ages.

How much joy and sorrow,

are together in this night every year. Chinese Valentine's Day

(Tang Dynasty) Quan Deyu

Today the clouds are crossing the Magpie Bridge,

it should be neither smooth nor distant.

My family actually likes to open their makeup mirrors,

Thread needles and pray for nine o'clock under the moon.

Partridge Sky, Chinese Valentine's Day

(Song Dynasty) Yan Jidao

The magpie misrepresented the good times of that day, and he is still regarded as a heart-broken fairy to this day.

Beyond the stars of the Han Dynasty, people are singing and dancing in front of the phoenix.

Enjoy the whole night, don’t go through the years, don’t have too much joy and too little help.

I know that this meeting has no long-term plan, and the cool toad is not perfect yet. "Mawei No. 2"

Li Shangyin

Overseas disciples heard about Jiuzhou, and their fate was uncertain.

In the sky, I heard the tigers calling at night, but no more chickens announced the dawn.

On this day, the six armies were stationed together, and the Chinese Valentine's Day laughed and morning glory.

How can Tian Ji be the emperor and not as good as the Lu family? Qixi Festival

(Tang Dynasty) Luo Yin

The stars and the river are in the sky, and the family laughs and holds a red feast.

I should express my gratitude to my daughter and write all the beautiful pieces of Tan Lang in her jeweled case.

The incense tents are clustered in rows, and the golden needles are pierced to worship Chanjuan.

The copper pot fails to announce that the sky is about to dawn, and the melancholy good period is another year.

Xinwei Chinese Valentine's Day

(Tang Dynasty) Li Shangyin

I am afraid that the immortal family likes to leave, so I taught you to make a good time.

Origin: When the blue sky falls on the bank of the Milky Way, it’s time for the golden wind and jade dew.

The clear leaks gradually moved away from each other for a long time, and the faint clouds did not come back late.

How can you not intend to reward the crow and magpie, but only beg for clever silk with the spider? Chinese Valentine's Day

(Tang Dynasty) Song Zhiwen

It is said that the fairy Xingyuan will meet in the water corner every year.

Stop the shuttle to borrow the cricket, but keep the skill to pay the spider.

When I go to the sun, I follow the clouds to invite you, but when I return, I am waiting for the sun to lose.

Don’t say that seeing each other is broad, the sun in the sky should be different.

Chinese Valentine's Day

(Tang Dynasty) Ancestor's Ode

My daughter prays to the Goddess, but the watch is late.

There is a pink banquet in the Jade Court, with gold plates in the sleeves.

It is easy to thread a needle toward the sun, but difficult to straighten the needle against the wind.

I don’t know who is lucky, I will try it tomorrow.

Magpie Bridge Immortal

(Song Dynasty) Qin Guan

The thin clouds make tricks, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver and Han people cross the distance in secret. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world.

Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, and I can’t bear to look at the magpie bridge on my way back! If the love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night? Female Song on the Chinese Valentine's Day

(Jin Dynasty) Anonymous

The elegance never ends,

It's the anniversary of farewell.

The silkworm does not make a cocoon,

it hangs its silk all night long. Chinese Valentine's Day Poems

(Tang Dynasty) Cui Hao

The moon is shining brightly in Chang'an City, and every family is holding a needle and thread this night.

The fairy skirt and jade pendant know that they are in the air, and heaven and earth do not meet each other.

The dark night turns dark and dark, and there are many fireflies flowing in the Golden Pavilion on the Yao stairs.

Ban Ji was extremely sad that night, watching a bullfight in the middle of the night.

Magpie Bridge Immortal

Song Dynasty Fan Chengda

On a good night with two stars, he is lazy in farming and weaving, so he should be jealous of all the immortals. Sister Juanjuan Yue's eyebrows are full of wrinkles, and she is even more helpless when Auntie Feng blows the rain.

Meet each other in a hurry, argue as if we have never seen each other, and stir up the mood of separation again. The new joy is not less than the old sorrow, but the new sorrow is added to the return.

The clouds, the moon and the earth are locked with thousands of layers of locks. Even if they come and go, they will not meet each other.

A magpie rides on a star bridge, we only see each other after many years. If you want to leave, don’t hate it, it’s hard to be poor. Morning Glory and Weaver Girl are nothing but Li Zhong. It's sunny, it's raining, it's winding.

Erlang Shen Qixi Festival

Liu Yong of the Song Dynasty

The scorching light faded at the beginning, and the fragrance dust was lightly sprinkled after the dusk rain. The cold wind blows from the first dew, refreshing the courtyard, the sky is like water, and jade hooks hang far away. It must be that Xing'e has been complaining for a long time, recounting the Old Testament and wanting to ride the wheel. The clouds are slightly dark at the far end, and the Milky Way is rising high.

Xianya! It should be noted that this scene is priceless in ancient and modern times. The girl upstairs uses skill and skill to thread a needle, and her pink face and temples look beautiful. Where the tin alloy hairpin whispers, who is under the shadow of the cloister? May heaven and earth have joy and joy every year and tonight.