What is the form of begging for luck in traditional festivals? What is the historical origin of this festival?

1. Threading needles against the moon and begging for skills are mostly done by girls threading needles and threads to test skills, making small items to compete for skills, and placing some fruits on the table to beg for skills. The methods of begging for skills among Han people in different places are different and each has its own interest. The girl threads a needle against the moon to pray to the Weaver Girl for skill. If the needle is threaded well, it is called "getting skill". Or catch a spider and put it in a box. If you open the box the next day and it has a web, it is called a lucky move.

2. Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qiqiao Festival or Qijie Festival, originated in China. It is a traditional festival in Chinese areas and some East Asian countries influenced by Han culture. It falls on the night of July 7th in the lunar calendar or On the night of July 6th, women begged Vega for wisdom in the courtyard, so it was called "begging for cleverness".

3. It originated from the worship of nature and women begging for needlework, and was later given the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, making it a festival symbolizing love. On May 20, 2006, the Chinese Valentine's Day was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists by the State Council of the People's Republic of China and is now considered the "Chinese Valentine's Day".

4. Qixi Festival is about begging for skill. This festival originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong’s "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty states that "the colorful girls of the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and everyone is accustomed to it." "This is the earliest record of begging for skill that we have seen in ancient documents. In later poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties, women's begging for skill was also frequently mentioned. Wang Jianyou of the Tang Dynasty said in a poem that "the stars in the dim sky are adorned with pearls, and the palace ladies on the Chinese Valentine's Day are busy begging for skill." According to "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao": Tang Taizong and his concubines would have a night banquet in the Qing Palace every Chinese Valentine's Day, and the ladies would beg for tricks. This custom also endured among the people and continued from generation to generation.