The custom of tanabata.

This custom arose in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, that is, on the night of Qixi, women would go to the melon garden in the yard to catch spiders. In ancient times, the spider was a mascot, so it was called the spider image. After you catch it, put it in the box. Open the box the next day and see how the spider web is knotted.

If this net is dense, it shows that smart girls are virtuous and virtuous. But in the Tang dynasty, it depends on the fineness of the web, whether the web is round in the Song dynasty and whether the spider web has the word "swastika" in the Ming dynasty.

2. needlework

Is the oldest custom, but also with a certain nature of competition and entertainment. Girls will wear a seven-hole needle in a competition to see who wears it more exquisitely and quickly. The winner can beg for more skills. Losers need to give certain gifts to winners.

This kind of folk activity became popular in the Han Dynasty, and in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large-scale interesting competition activity was carried out. Emperor Wu of Qi specially built a building to provide a venue for women in the palace to wear needles and lead wires.

3. Worship Seven Sisters

In southern China, there is a custom of worshipping Seven Sisters, and different places have different names. For example, it is called Baiqimei in Zhejiang and Baiqimei in Guangdong. At this time, girls will make a wish, hoping that Qimei can make herself more ingenious and have better craftsmanship. If it is a woman, it will bless the healthy and smooth growth of the children and hope that the whole family will be sheltered.

4, drying clothes and books

It's hot on Qixi. Although it is summer and solar terms, the autumn tiger is still in full swing. The weather is still very hot and there is not much rain. So everyone can take out books and the like to dry to prevent mildew. In fact, this custom is triggered by the "scaling day" of the folk dragon king, so people will take out their clothes and books to dry. In the Song Dynasty, a habit was formed.

5. Worship Weaver Girl

On this day, those young girls will get together and hold activities to worship the Weaver Girl. First of all, they can't eat anything on this day and have a bath. After the evening, they will put melons and fruits, usually seven kinds of fruits, in the organizer's home, then put them in the incense burner, and then enter the prayer stage. This day is also a day to worship Kuixing. Those who raise people and scholars will bow down respectfully, hoping that they can enter the career of high school as soon as possible.