When is Cowherd and Weaver Girl Day?

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

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, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata comes from people's worship of natural phenomena.

Custom:

According to some books during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, Guangzhou girls showed their skills in Chinese Valentine's Day, such as embroidered shoes the size of rice grains, various fans the size of nails, exquisite and light curtains, etc.

There are also special lotus flowers, jasmine flowers, roses, cordate telosma and so on. The flowerpot is only the size of a sprinkling cup, and there are two flowers in it, which is difficult to tell. On the seventh night of the seventh day, they continue to worship the gods as they did last night. This is called "worship of the cowherd". Generally speaking, boys are the main priests.