When is Valentine's Day in China?

Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China.

Valentine's Day in China began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, Valentine's Day in China was an exclusive festival for beautiful girls. Among the numerous folk customs of Qixi, some have gradually disappeared, but quite a few have been continued by people.

Valentine's Day in China originated in China, and it is also celebrated in some Asian countries influenced by China culture, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula and Viet Nam. 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.

Judging from historical documents and ancient customs and relics, with people's understanding of astronomical phenomena and the emergence of textile technology, the worship and sacrifice of natural astronomical phenomena such as cowherd and weaver girl have existed in ancient times.

The Han Dynasty was the first great development period after the unification of China. The economic and cultural exchanges between the North and the South make customs and habits merge with each other, which provides good social conditions for the spread and popularization of holiday customs. Major traditional festivals began to spread from the Han Dynasty. Since then, the custom of Qixi has gradually appeared in the literature. The custom of "Seven Sisters's Birthday" was introduced into the northern part of Xi in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Xin's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing in the Western Han Dynasty (Xijing, now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province): "Women in the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in the Jinkai Building on July 7th, and everyone does it". This is a written record of Qi Jie's birthday begging custom in Xi 'an in the north.

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