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Is Tanabata a traditional holiday in China?

The Tanabata is a traditional festival in China.

The Tanabata Festival, also known as the Festival of the Seven Charms, the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Festival of the Daughters, the Festival of the Beggar's Tale, the Festival of the Seven Nuns, the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Festival of the Seven Sisters, the Day of the Ox and the Oxen, the Festival of the Coincidence of the Sun and so on, is the traditional Chinese folk festival. The Tanabata Festival is derived from the worship of the starry hosts and is traditionally known as the Festival of the Seven Sisters, so it is called Tanabata because the worship of the Seven Sisters is held on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Worshipping the Seven Sisters, praying for blessings and making wishes, begging for skill, watching the Altair and Vega stars, praying for marriage, and storing water for Tanabata are all traditional customs of Tanabata. Through the development of history, Tanabata was given the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaving Maiden", making it a festival symbolizing love, which is considered to be China's most romantic traditional festivals, and in contemporary times, it has produced the cultural meaning of "China's Valentine's Day".