What are the customs and activities of the traditional begging festival?

1. Courtyard supply. Whenever begging comes, people will clean the courtyard, decorate it with colorful decorations, set up incense tables and provide flowers and fruits for eating and drinking.

2, threading the needle. On the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, women stuck needles in the new moon, showed their skills, begged for luck, sought happiness and passed smoothly. Of course, the needle is not the usual sewing needle, but a special porous needle, or made of precious gold, silver and gold. ? Stone (brass) and other materials. Before Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were mostly five-hole needles and seven-hole needles, and since the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were mostly nine-hole needles.

3. Yue Bai prayed. On Qixi night, people can worship and pray under the moon. According to legend, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet in the Milky Way at night, the door opens, and prayer is the most effective at this time. The most famous example of praying on Tanabata should be the affair between Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei.

4. Seek a good marriage. Unmarried men and women will always file a case on Tanabata to pray for a godsend marriage.