What is the Beggar's Day also known as?

The Tanabata Festival.

The seventh day of the seventh month, also known as the Tanabata Festival, the Begging Day, the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival with a long history in China. Chinese folklore says that on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar magpies build a bridge over the Milky Way so that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden can meet on the bridge. It is an ancient custom for Chinese girls to thread a needle and beg for coquettish objects on this night. The meeting on the magpie bridge celebrates the faithful love of the Chinese working people and their strong desire to pursue a better life.

The Tanabata Festival:

The Tanabata Festival (Begging for Coquettishness) is also known as the "Daughter's Day", "Women's Day" and "Ancient Women's Day". ". Popular in Gansu Province, Xihe County traditional festival, one of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Xihe County, Gansu Province, around the Tanabata Begging Folklore appeared in the Han Dynasty, after the development of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Ming and Qing Dynasties reached a boom, so far there have been more than a thousand years of history. West and beg Qiaoqiao folk activities are rich in content, diverse forms, from the lunar calendar June 30 (small month for the 29th) evening, to the end of the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month, before and after the last seven days and eight nights, the whole activity is divided into sitting Qiao, welcome Qiao, sacrifices Qiao, worship Qiao, amusement Qiao, divining Qiao, send Qiao seven links.

On June 7, 2008, the Tanabata Festival was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, Item No. Ⅹ-4.

Historical and cultural value:

The Tanabata Festival is a comprehensive folklore event that combines beliefs, poems, music, songs and dances and crafts. The festival is a comprehensive folklore activity that integrates faith, poetry, music, song and dance, arts and crafts, and has a high historical and cultural research value. Discovering and protecting the folklore of Xihe Qixiao Festival is of great significance in promoting the study of social system, lifestyle, folk customs and aesthetic orientation in the era of agricultural civilization, tracing the origin of Chinese civilization and exploring the characteristics of West Qin culture.