What customs do you know about the romantic Valentine's Day in China?

Valentine's Day customs in China vary from place to place. People in love must prepare roses and chocolates for their other half. Valentine's Day in China is a traditional festival in China. So do you know the customs of Valentine's Day in China? Next, let's take a look at the custom of Tanabata in China.

The custom of Valentine's Day in China:

? 1, sewing

Needle piercing is the earliest way to seek cleverness, which began in the Han Dynasty and spread to later generations. "Miscellanies of Xijing" said: "Women in the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in Jinkai Building on July 7, and people have the ambition of Xi." According to its records, in the Han Dynasty, there was a custom for women to get together for needles on Qixi night, including this activity in the court every year.

In addition, in the Chronicle of Jingchu written by Zongba in the Southern Dynasty, it is clearly recorded that "July 7 is the night when the cowherd and the weaver girl meet" and "it is the evening when another woman tied a colorful building, wore a seven-hole needle, or took gold, silver and jade as the needle." It can be seen that this custom was established at the latest in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589 AD), and may even be traced back to the Han Dynasty.

In the custom of begging for cleverness, the needle is a special holiday prop, and it is a necessary thing for ancient girls to use and do needlework. In ancient times, there was a special needle for begging for cleverness, July 7. This kind of "special needle" for cleverness has a large pinhole, some have more than one hole, including eyes, five holes and seven holes, and most of them reach "nine holes".

On the evening of July 7, it would be a "coincidence" if the needle could be successfully inserted. In women's competitions, they wear needles. They tie colored thread and thread a seven-hole needle. The faster they dress, the more skilled they become in begging. Dressing slowly is called "carelessness". People who "lose skillfully" should give gifts prepared in advance to people with good skills.

? 2, drying books and clothes

According to the report, Sima Yi was quite suspicious of Cao Cao because of his high status and great power. Since he pretended to be crazy and hid at home to protect himself Wei Wudi was still worried, so he sent a close friend to do a secret investigation. It was July 7, and Sima Yi, who was pretending to be crazy and selling stupidity, was also drying books at home. Make history back to leave Wei Wudi, Wei Wudi immediately ordered Sima Yi back to the office, otherwise you can be taken into custody. Sima yi only obediently obeyed and returned to the DPRK. Another kind of people, in troubled times, express their depression by wandering around the world. They despise etiquette and oppose custom. Liu Yiqing said in volume 25 of Shi Shuo Xin Yu that on July 7th, everyone printed books, and only Long Hao went to bask in the sun. When people asked him why, he replied, "I print books." On the one hand, it despises the custom of printing books, on the other hand, it also boasts about the talent in its belly. Drying your belly is also drying books. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the custom of hanging clothes in the Han Dynasty created opportunities for rich children to boast about their wealth. Ruan Xian, one of the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", looked down on this style. On July 7, when neighbors were drying clothes, they saw that the shelves were full of silks and satins, which was dazzling. Ruan Xian unhurriedly picked up a worn-out dress with a bamboo pole. Someone asked him what he was doing, and he said, "I can't avoid customs and tell you!" " From these short stories, we can see how prosperous the custom of drying books and clothes on Tanabata is.

? 3. Seek children through education.

In the old custom, a few days before Tanabata, first spread a layer of soil on a small wooden board, sow the seeds of millet to make it bear green seedlings, and then put some small huts and flowers and trees on it to make it look like a small village where people live in heaven, called a "shell board", or soak mung beans, adzuki beans and wheat in a magnetic bowl and tie it with red and blue silk threads. All parts of the south are also called "bubble cleverness", and the sprouted bean sprouts are called smart buds. Even the needles are replaced by smart buds and thrown on the water to beg for cleverness. Wax is also used to create various images, such as the characters in the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, or the shapes of animals such as vultures and mandarin ducks, which float on the water, which is called "floating on the water". There are also baby dolls made of wax, which women can buy home and float in the water and soil to show their good luck to their children, and they are called "metaplasia".

? 4. Spiders should be smart

The so-called "spiders should be smart" means that some melons and fruits are mainly cantaloupes, golden melons, appropriate fruits, peanuts, red dates and so on. Put it on a fruit bowl, which is usually prepared by adults before threading needles. After the "needlework", everyone opened their eyes to see if there was a "spider" weaving a web on the fruit bowl. Whoever finds it first will be lucky.

The so-called happy spider is actually a little spider as big as a grain of rice. At the turn of summer and autumn, you can often see it on some flowers and trees. Occasionally, someone climbs on others or is found in the house, which is said to be a sign of happy events. Usually it will be released very carefully, and everyone will not kill it easily. However, it is not easy to find the trace of this spider on the fruit bowl. Sometimes, in order to get the fruits and vegetables early, one of the children will secretly grab one and put it on the fruit bowl. In fact, adults also know that children "find" spiders, so they put melons and fruits in their hands and say, "Eat, eat, get smarter every year."

? Needle injection is very skillful.

Throwing the needle to measure the cleverness is a variant of Chinese Valentine's Day's custom of asking for cleverness in threading the needle, which originated from threading the needle and is different from threading the needle. This is a popular Valentine's Day custom in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The so-called needle injection test is to prepare a washbasin, put it in the patio, and pour in "Yuanyang water", that is, to mix the water taken during the day with the water taken at night. However, river water and well water are often mixed and poured into pots. Pots and water should stay overnight in the open air, and then the next day, the seventh day of July, the sun shines brightly, and you can "experiment" at noon or afternoon.

It turned out that the water in the basin was exposed to the sun for a long time, and a layer of film was faintly formed on the surface, so I took the sewing needle and gently laid it flat on the water, so that the needle would not sink. Under the water, the needle shadow appeared. If this needle shadow is straight, it will be a "clever" failure. If the needle shadow forms various shapes, or bends, or one end is thick and the other end is thin, it is "clever".