The whole activity of Qiaoqi Festival in Gansu is divided into several links.

The whole activity of Qiaoqi Festival in Gansu is divided into seven links.

First of all, it introduces the historical origin of the Qiqiao Festival in Gansu.

Valentine's Day in China (the festival of begging for Qiaojie) originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's Miscellanies of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded that "women in the Han Dynasty often put seven-hole needles in the building on July 7, and everyone was there". China Valentine's Day in Xihe County, Gansu Province is related to a story about Altair and Vega. On this night, people look at the Milky Way in the distance, and the old man will point out that there is a big star and two small stars, that is, Altair. He is looking at Vega across the river, with a burden on his shoulder.

Legend has it that the Weaver Girl is the granddaughter of the Emperor of Heaven, weaving clouds and fairy clothes in the Heavenly Palace. Later, she stole the mortal world, fell in love with Cowherd, and gave birth to two children. When the Emperor of Heaven knew this, he was furious and sent a fairy to take his granddaughter back to heaven. The old cow let the cowherd skin and fly to the sky to pursue the weaver girl. The cowherd shouldered the child and separated from the west of Tianhe. Magpies were moved by their enthusiasm. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, they build a magpie bridge between Qi Fei and Tianhe, so that they can meet.

According to legend, the Weaver Girl is very clever, so on this day, women who admire the cleverness of the Star Girl will sacrifice fruits to the Star God (Weaver Girl or Kuixing God), and then sit together, or pin into the moon for eyesight, or float with a needle to make people clumsy.

Second, Gansu's pleasing customs.

1, sacrifice Joe

Sacrifice cleverness is generally divided into collective sacrifice cleverness and individual sacrifice cleverness. From the beginning of the ceremony of welcoming Joe to the end of the ceremony of seeing Joe off, there is someone in charge of the whole process of begging for cleverness. In the morning, at noon and at night, you need to wax, incense, burn paper and bow down. Cigarettes curl up during the day and candles are brightly lit at night. The incense, wax and yellow paper used are all purchased by collective funds.

2. Entertainment

In the process of seven days and eight nights, the most important activity is "singing cleverness", that is, entertainment cleverness, that is, girls gather in clever places and sing different songs and dance in front of the statue of Qiaoniang from morning till night according to certain procedures. In this way, we can express our feelings and show our talents.

3. Buqiao

In the process of trick-seeking, in addition to holding personal "needle and thread divination", we will also hold a collective "trick-seeking photo" on the evening of the seventh day of July. That is, using the projection pattern of Gioia in the water to ask yourself whether you are smart, lucky or unlucky, commonly known as "taking a picture of a petal", that is, watching the projection pattern of Gioia in the water at night, "taking a picture of a petal".