When is Valentine's Day in China?

China Valentine's Day Tanabata is the seventh day of July every year; Qixi Festival, also known as Seven Clever Days, Seven Sisters Festival, Seven Mothers' Day, Qiaoxi, Niu Niu Women's Day and Double Seven Days, is a traditional folk festival in China. Tanabata is the birthday of Seven Sisters in the traditional sense. It is named Tanabata because it worships Seven Sisters on the seventh day of July.

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 a beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl";

Because it has been endowed with the connotation related to love, it has become a festival symbolizing love, and it is considered as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and it also has the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times. ?

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The origin of festival names

1, Tanabata: July 7th, which is called "Seven Sisters's birthday", is called "Tanabata" because a sacrificial ceremony was held on the seventh day of July (evening was called "evening" in ancient times). ?

2, double seven: this day, month, and day are all seven, so it is called seven. Xiangri: According to legend, the cowherd and the weaver girl meet on Tanabata, and the weaver girl should dress up, paint and even smell the fragrance all over the sky, hence the name.

Jojo's Day: July 7th is Seven Sisters's birthday. Worship Seven Sisters and pray for good luck is one of the important customs of Qi Jie's birthday. According to folklore, Qimei is an expert in weaving girls in the sky. In ancient times, women begged Qi Jie to teach her clever skills, so it was also called "Begging for Wisdom Festival".