Pinyin for Beggar's Day

Begging Qiao Festival Pinyin: qǐ qiǎo jiē.

Explanation: A traditional festival in China, also known as the Daughter's Day.

Begging for coincidence on the Begging for Coquettishness Festival has been recorded in writing as far back as the Han Dynasty, and Ge Hong's "Miscellany of Xijing" from the Eastern Jin Dynasty has a record that "Han colored women often wear seven-hole needles on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Kaixiao building, and people all practice it", which is the earliest record of begging for coincidence that we can see in the ancient literature.

Later in the Tang and Song poems, women begging for coquettish things were also mentioned repeatedly, and Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty said in a poem that "the appendages and stars are decorated with beads of light, and the palace ladies are busy begging for coquettish things on the eve of the seventh moon. This custom is also enduring in folklore, and continues from generation to generation.

Customs of Begging Day

The two Han Dynasty, the Tanabata Festival by the taboo day into a good day, Tanabata Festival theme gradually evolved into a good night for men and women. And under the influence of the traditional Chinese calendar, the Tanabata Festival was set on July 7th. During this period, the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden were transformed into the characters of male cultivation and female weaving, and were injected into the contents of the Tanabata Festival.

At the same time, in the "Huainan Wanbiju", "Customs", it is recorded that "the crows fill the bridge of the river and cross the Weaving Maiden" and "the Weaving Maiden crosses the river on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month and makes the magpie bridge", the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden evolved into the comedy story of the meeting of the Cowherd and the Magpie Bridge to satisfy the people's emotional needs. The story of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden evolved into a comedic story of the meeting of the Cowherd and the Maiden on the Magpie Bridge to fulfill the people's emotional needs. The activity of "watching the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month" appeared thereafter.

During the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the mythological story of "Emperor Wu's meeting with the Queen Mother on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month" was circulated in the folklore, making the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh month of the seventh month more popular. At the same time, the popularity of the palace to wear seven-hole needle as the main content of the begging custom, appeared to worship Altair and Weaving Maiden star, vigil and other activities. In addition to the "Xijing Miscellany" recorded in the Department of five-color strands, used to pray for the couple's love and harmony of the custom, the "Tanabata exposure chapter" recorded to prevent clothing, books, mildew exposure of clothing, sunshine book custom.