English introduction about the Tanabata Festival

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The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar

This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation. Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Cowhand) was born. fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen-Mother of the Western Heavens to come to the earth. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.

With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival, while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of Emperor Taizong and his wife. Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival, while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen By the Song (60-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.

Today some traditional customs are However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people. However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as Valentine's Day in China. As a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.

The reason for eating chicken on Tanabata

In order to express people's hope that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden can live a good and happy family life every day, in the area of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, the seventh day of the seventh month, every family will kill a chicken, meaning that on this night the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden will live a good and happy family life. The idea is that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden will meet on this night, and if there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they will be able to stay together forever.

Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, each year, only on the seventh day of the seventh month, only to be able to meet on the magpie bridge; and when the rooster dawns, they will have to be separated. In ancient times, people sympathized with the Cowherd and the Weaver, and it was a popular custom to slaughter chickens on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month to pray that lovers would never be separated. Therefore, on Tanabata, eating chicken has become a traditional custom in many places.

On the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month, there is also the custom of withholding the rooster in Chengyang locality. In the past to the Tanabata Festival, Chengyang this side of some people on their own family rooster out of the chicken nest, with a basket buckle in the house, the legend is that the Queen Mother stipulates that the dawn of the chicken, the cowherd weaving maiden will have to be separated right away, so we believe that the rooster changed the birthplace of the fear of the natural not to scream, so that the cowherd weaving maiden in a piece of time can be a little bit longer.

Tanabata traditional customs

The old custom, the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar (or the night of the sixth day of the seventh month), wearing a new dress of young girls in the courtyard to the Weaving Maiden star begging for wisdom and cleverness, known as ? Begging for coincidence? Most of the way to beg for coincidence is that the girls thread a needle to check the coincidence, make some small articles to race coincidence, and put up some melons and fruits to beg for coincidence. In recent times, the needle threading, steaming coquettish buns, branding coquettish fruit, raw coquettish buds and decorations made in the form of face molding, paper-cutting, colorful embroidery and so on are also an extension of the custom of begging for coquettish.

? The evening of the seventh day of the seventh month of the year? At night, young women and girls will put on the pre-prepared seasonal fruits and worship the bright moon towards the sky. They also want to hold a variety of begging ceremony, devoutly begging the goddess of the weaver to give them clever hands, praying for their own can get a beautiful love of marriage coincidental match.

In the Zhejiang area, many people will also be in the evening in the clean courtyard, set up the coquettish fruit, lotus seed, white lotus root, red rhombus, etc., family and friends sit together.

In Fujian, many people in the ? The festival is a great opportunity for people to learn more about the festival, and to learn more about the festival's history. Festival are to prepare holiday food, so that the Weaving Maiden to appreciate, taste, and pray for her blessing the next year fruit harvest. People take turns to burn incense in front of the offering table and pray silently for their wishes. Some people beg for coquettishness, some beg for children, beg for longevity, pray for love, and so on.

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