What is the festival of Beggar's Nest Beggar's Nest refers to

1. The Begging Festival refers to the Tanabata Festival.

2, the Tanabata Festival, also known as the Begging Buddha Festival, the Seven Coincidences Festival or Seven Sisters Birthday, originated in China, is the Chinese region as well as some of the Han cultural influence of the traditional festivals of East Asian countries, in the lunar calendar on the night of the seventh month, or on the night of the sixth day and night of the seventh month of the women in the courtyard to the Weaving Maiden star begging Zhiqiao, so it is known as the Begging Buddha.

3, every day, seven girls get together, to face to oil to money, wrapping dumplings, fried sesame flowers, buy watermelon, buy ganache, night in the festival together. The girls also sang a begging song: "A small incense burner, high in smoke, I invited the Seven Immortals to come down to the mortal world. I don't love my sister's good floss, but I beg for a pair of skillful means."

4. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was an old man who sold candies, his partner died early, and he had only one daughter named Beg Qiao. The girl was ugly: a head of bald sores flowing yellow pus, numb face, open mouth, pot waist plus legs. Whoever saw her was disgusted. Don't look at her ugly, but she was often singing in front of people at the market and at meetings: "Heavenly King, Earthly King, grow up to be a mother." The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it.

5, said the night of July 7 this year, the begging girl is sleeping sweet, trance feel someone called her, open your eyes, only to see a beautiful girl standing in front of her, said: "I'm the seven fairies in the sky, because you're the star of the flowers in the heavens, when the Queen, next year is the day of your marriage, so I came to give you a dress. " Said, from the pocket took out a small comb, in the beggar's head a comb, bald head immediately grew a head full of hair; and took out the official powder to her face a powder, hemp face immediately became white and tender, than the flowers; take a big red clothes to her body a cloak, pot waist immediately straight; folding skirt to the waist a tie, the legs are straight, pavilion; embroidered shoes to the feet, Sai Golden Lotus bloomed, the ugly girl turned into a beautiful woman.

6, the seven fairies and taught her a variety of work, so that the girl not only became beautiful, but also dexterous, everything. The next day she walked on the street, everyone saw everyone surprised. The story spread to the court, and on July 7 of the next year, the emperor welcomed the girl into the capital and made her a palace maiden.

7, after that, every year on July 7, the world's girls are hoping that the seven fairies to give them beauty and wisdom, it became the later Begging for Coquettish Festival, some places are also called Begging for Pretty Festival.