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Qixi pinyin

China Valentine's Day Pinyin: Qixi, a traditional festival in China, is also called Qiqiao Festival, Seven Sisters Festival, Daughter's Day, Beggar's Day, Seventh Mother's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niuniu Festival and Qiaoxi. , is a traditional folk festival in China. Valentine's Day in China, which originated from the worship of stars, is Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense. Because of the worship of Seven Sisters on the seventh day of July, it was named Qixi.

Introduction of Valentine's Day in China

It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the seven sisters, pray, seek skillful art, sit and watch morning glory and weave stars, pray for marriage and store water on Qixi. After historical development, Tanabata has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, making it a festival symbolizing love. It is regarded as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and it also has the cultural significance of China Valentine's Day in contemporary times.

Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of cowherd and weaver girl as the carrier, the theme of blessing, begging for cleverness and courtship, and women as the main body. Cowherd and Weaver Girl on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas, and this correspondence was called stellar division in astronomy.