What does Chinese Valentine's Day draw?

Chinese Valentine's Day painted the Palace Banquet.

Introduction to Tanabata:

Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qiniang Festival, Tanabata Festival, Cow and Bull's Day, Qiaoxi and so on, is a traditional folk festival in China. Chinese Valentine's Day, which evolved from the worship of the stars, is the birthday of the seventh sister in the traditional sense. Because the worship of the seventh sister was held on the seventh day of July, it was named Tanabata.

It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the Seventh Sister, pray and make wishes, beg for skillful arts, sit and watch the morning glory and the weaver star, 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, thus being regarded as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and it has even produced the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.

Historical evolution:

Chinese Valentine's Day is not only a festival to worship seven sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folklore of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of praying for blessings, begging for cleverness and love, and women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata comes from people's worship of natural astronomical phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded the astronomical star area with the geographical area. In astronomy, this correspondence relationship is called the division of stars, and in geography, it is called the division.

It is said that on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky. Chinese Valentine's Day began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Among the numerous folk customs of Tanabata, some have gradually disappeared, but a considerable part has been continued by people.

Chinese Valentine's Day originated in China, and it is also celebrated in some Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula and Vietnam. On May 2th, 26, Chinese Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the People's Republic of China and the State Council.

Worship of natural astronomical phenomena:

The astrological culture in ancient China has a long history and is profound. The ancients explored the mysteries of the universe from a very early age, and thus deduced a complete and profound stargazing culture. "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" is a typical example.

The legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. As early as ancient times, the ancient people who pursued order not only planned the sky in an orderly way, but also made a correspondence between the stars and the ground areas. This correspondence is called the division of stars in astronomy, and it is called the division of the ground.