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What festival is July 7th? What festival is July 7th?

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China-Valentine's Day in China. July 7th in the solar calendar is the July 7th Incident in the history of China.

Tanabata, formerly known as the Begging Festival. Qixi Qiqiao originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's Miscellanies of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded: "Women in the Han Dynasty often wore seven-hole needles in Jinkailou on July 7, and everyone did it." This is the earliest pleasing record in the ancient literature we have seen.

It is a folk custom to sit and watch morning glory and Vega on Tanabata. According to legend, the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the time when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet at the Magpie Bridge. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and clever fairy. On this night, ordinary women prayed to her for wisdom and skillful skills, and they also prayed to her for a happy marriage. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also called Begging Festival.