Is Valentine's Day in China a traditional festival in China?

This is a traditional festival in China.

Valentine's Day in China is a traditional festival, also known as Begging for Clevership Festival, Seven Clever Days or Seven Sisters's Birthday, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. According to legend, it is the day when cowherd and weaver girl meet, which is also called "Valentine's Day" in China. Tanabata is a non-cultural and historical heritage of China and a traditional festival with special significance.

China Valentine's Day (Qiaoqi Festival) is a local festival in Xihe County, Gansu Province, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The folk culture of Qiao Qi on Qixi Festival in Xihe County, Gansu Province is rich in connotation and remarkable in regional characteristics. It mainly spreads in the areas of Yongxing and Yan Guan in Xihe County and Lixian County in the southeast of Gansu Province. It appeared in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has a history of more than 1000 years. Due to the unique geographical environment and profound historical and cultural accumulation, the custom of begging for cleverness has been circulating in the West and China for a long time. During the period after the founding of New China, this custom declined because of repression, and resumed after the reform and opening up. The custom of Qiaoqi Festival in Xihe River is a comprehensive folk activity integrating belief, poetry, music, song and dance, arts and crafts, which has high historical and cultural research value. It is of great significance to explore and protect the folk customs of Xiqiao in order to promote the study of social system, lifestyle, folk customs and aesthetic orientation in the era of agricultural civilization, trace the origin of Chinese civilization and explore the cultural characteristics of Xiqin.