Why do you thread a needle to the moon on Tanabata?

It is a way of needle begging.

Began in Han Dynasty, flowing in the later generations. (Xijing Miscellany) says: "Han colored women often wear seven holes on the seventh day of the seventh month needle in the Kaixiao building, people have to practice." Southern Liang Zongmou (Jing Chu chronicles) said: "July 7, is the evening of the women of the family knot color building to wear seven holes outside, or to gold, silver and diamonds for the needle."

(Yizi Zhi) said: "Qi Wudi up layer of the city of Guan, July 7, the palace more than boarding the needle. The world called the needle piercing building." Fifth Wang Renyu (Kaiyuan Tianbao legacy) said: "Tanabata, the palace to brocade knotted building hall, 100 feet high, on the can win dozens of people, Chen to fruits and wine sizzling, set up seating, to sacrifice the cow female two stars, concubines to nine-hole needle five-color line to the moon through the over the person who has to get coquettish of the marquis.

Move the song of the Qing Shang, feast music up to the day. The soil people's homes all follow the example." Yuan Tao Zongyi (Yuan's Yaiting Records) said: "nine cited platform, Tanabata begging for coquettish. To the evening, the courtesans on stage to colorful silk wearing nine-tailed needle, the first finishers for the coquettish, late finishers called the loss of coquettish, each contributed to the gift of the coquettish." ?

Southern Liang poet Liu Zun "Tanabata wear needle" poem Yun: "step moon such as intentionally, love can not help. I drew a strand of light toward the light, and raised my sleeve to make a pair of needles." The poem "Drawing a strand to the light, lifting the sleeve to make two needles" was written about the details of a woman's action of threading a needle to the moon.

"Threading a needle to the moon" is not easy: the eve of the moon, even if it is bright, is also the light of the string moon, and can not shine, and sometimes there are clouds floating; and then, the needle is called "seven needle", which is a kind of special flat seven-hole needles, i.e., seven holes at the end of the needle. This is a special kind of flat seven-hole needle, that is, there are seven holes at the end of the needle. The light is not bright, the needle has seven eyes, to put the colorful thread flying through, is not an easy thing?

So the poem "Threading the Needle on the Seventh Night of the Dragon" by Emperor Jianwen of Liang describes the psychology of the woman who threads the needle in the competition, saying, "The needle interrupts and suspects that the moon is dark, and the threads are scattered and hated by the wind." The thread was not threaded correctly, blaming the darkness of the moon, the thread was scattered, blaming the night wind, the psychological description is really meticulous. It can be seen that the ancient women on the "Tanabata needle threading" importance - in this aspect of the competition, because this is one of the fundamental women's standing.

The poem "Threading the Needle on the Seventh Day of the Lunar New Year" by Liu Yun of Liang in the Southern Dynasty is unique. The poem reads, "When the horse does not return in the fall, the black lace is no longer in order. The poem reads, "The horse will not return in the autumn, and the black dandy will not have any more emotions." The poem says, "I will take care of the sewing of the clothes to welcome the cold, and I will draw the fiber strands to reflect the moon," which changes the simple entertainment of threading the needle into the actual tailoring to send a long way off, and so the folklore and the social problems blend together in a perfect harmony. Song Dynasty Liu Yong "Erlang Shen" "transportation of ingenuity, wearing a needle upstairs female".

The Jing Chu chronicle: "July 7 for the Altair and Weaving Maiden party night, is the evening, the family women knot color building, wearing seven holes needle ...... to beg for coincidence." The author will look at the moon on the seventh day of the seventh month to wear a needle and fixed love whispering together, but also showed the specific content of the festival order.