When is Valentine's Day in China? Which dynasty did Qixi originate from?

Valentine's Day in China falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year. But when is the Gregorian calendar for Valentine's Day in China? Not everyone knows.

For example, the time of 202 1 tanabata is as follows:

Gregorian calendar 202 1 August 14 Saturday Leo (solar calendar); 202 1 year lunar July (lunar July).

Because the worship of Seven Sisters was held on July 7th, it was named Tanabata.

Which dynasty did Qixi originate from?

Tanabata, the solar term, mainly originated in the Han Dynasty.

It is recorded in Gehong's Miscellanies of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that women in the Han Dynasty often put seven-hole needles on the brocade floor on July 7, and everyone took them. This is the earliest record of begging skills we have seen in ancient literature.

In later Tang and Song poems, women's begging for cleverness was repeatedly mentioned. In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jian wrote a poem saying that the stars were dim and pearls were dotted, and Gong E was busy begging for cleverness.

According to "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao", every time Emperor Taizong and his concubines held a banquet in the Qing Palace on Tanabata, the ladies-in-waiting begged with their own ingenuity. This custom is also enduring among the people and passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, Chinese Valentine's Day mainly originated in the Han Dynasty.