When is Tanabata? What about the specific symbolism?

Because this year is a leap July, there are two Tanabata, one on July 31st and the other on August 30th.

The "Tanabata Festival", originated from the story of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, one of the four major folk love legends in China.

The Tanabata Festival has always been connected with the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, a very beautiful, love story that has been passed down through the ages and is one of the four great folk love legends in China.

Legend has it that a long time ago, Nanyang City, west of the Niu Jiazhuang, there is a smart, loyal young man, parents died early, had to follow his brother and sister-in-law to spend their days, sister-in-law Ma's vicious, and often abused him, forcing him to do a lot of work, one year in the fall, sister-in-law forced him to go to the cattle, give him nine cows, but let him wait for the ten cows can only go home, the Cowherd has no choice but to drive the cows out of the village.

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One day, the heavenly Weaving Maiden came down to play with all the nymphs and bathed in the river, the Cowherd met the Weaving Maiden with the help of the old ox, and they fell in love with each other, and then the Weaving Maiden came down to the earth secretly and became the wife of the Cowherd. The Weaving Maiden also distributed the heavenly silkworms brought from heaven, and taught everyone to raise silkworms, draw silk, and weave light and bright silk.

The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden got married, and the man ploughed and the woman wove, with great affection, and they had a boy and a girl and two children, and the family lived happily ever after. But the good times didn't last long, and this soon became known to the Heavenly Emperor. The Queen Mother herself came down to earth and forced the Weaving Maiden to bring her back to heaven, and the loving couple was torn apart.

There was no way for Cowherd to get to heaven, but the old cow told Cowherd that after he died, he could make shoes from his skin and wear them to heaven. Cowherd did according to the words of the old cow, wearing shoes made of cowhide, pulling their own sons and daughters, together with the clouds and fog to the sky to chase the weaving woman, see is about to catch up, I do not know that the Queen Mother pulled down the head of the golden hairpin a wave, a rough heavenly river appeared, Cowherd and the weaving woman was separated from both sides of the river, can only be relative to the weeping and tears. Their faithful love touched the magpies, millions of magpies flew, built a magpie bridge, so that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden went up to the magpie bridge, the Queen Mother had no choice but to allow the two to meet at the magpie bridge on the seventh day of the seventh month of every year.

Afterwards, every seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, according to legend, the day of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden magpie bridge, the girls will come to the flowers in front of the moon and look up at the starry sky, looking for the Cowherd and Weaving Maiden stars on both sides of the Milky Way, hoping to see them meet once a year, begging God to let themselves be like the Weaving Maiden as dexterous, and praying for their own can be as good as the heart of the marriage, which has formed a seven eve festival.

The story of the weaving of the ox and the weaving of the maiden can be found in the Poetry Scriptures - Xiao Ya - Da Dong, which reads: "There is a Han in the sky, and there is a light on the monitor. The weaving maiden of Gipi is a seven-day festival.

While the seven Xiang, not a report. The first is the "Cow", and the second is the "Cow", and the third is the "Cow".

The chapter of "Da Dong" was originally a poem expressing the grievances of the subjects of the eastern vassal states against the Zhou royal family in the Western Zhou Dynasty. This stanza is to the effect that the stars Weaving Maiden and Altair on both sides of the Milky Way, despite their names, do not know how to weave and cannot pull a cart; and so do today's rulers, who, despite their high positions, have no compassion for the people, but are only famous in name only. Here, the two stars, Vega and Altair, are only used as natural star images to draw out a kind of metaphorical association, without any storyline. At this time, they only as a cultural factor, began to enter the literature of this big system. It is this "factor" that prepares the potential cultural conditions for the generation of this legend.

By the Western Han Dynasty, the Weaving Maiden and the Altair were already rumored to be two deities, and there were statues of them, facing each other. Ban Gu's "West Capital Fugue" has a sentence: "Proximity to the pool of Kunming, the left Altair and the right Weaving Maiden, like the endless clouds and Han." Li Shan note cited "Han Gong Que Shu" cloud: "Kunming Pond has two stone people, Altair and Vega like." All clearly pointed out in the Kunming Lake on the left and right sides were molded with Altair, Weaving Maiden statue. They have come to earth from heaven is far isolated on both sides of the lake. With the passage of time, the combination of the love factor and the legend of Altair and Weaving Maiden became more and more obvious. The Nineteen Ancient Poems were the first to reveal this message. One of them, "A Long Way to the Altair Star," reads:

A long way to the Altair Star, a bright river maiden.

Slender hand, zazha loom;

The whole day is not a chapter, sobbing and sniveling like rain.

The river is clear and shallow, how far away is it?

The water is clear and shallow, how far away is it?

Here, Altair and Weaving Maiden have already been characterized - weaving and weaving, weeping with longing; and they have begun to be woven into a tragedy of love in which the beloved couple suffers from isolation. Although the poem does not directly say that Altair and the Weaving Maiden are husband and wife, but the Weaving Maiden misses Altair all the time, longing to see each other, but also "a water, pulse not speak" of the plot is very clear.

Further illustration of the problem, is the East Han Ying Shao compiled "customs", which has a paragraph:

Weaving Maiden Tanabata when crossing the river, so that the magpies for the bridge, rumor has it that the magpie head of the seven days for no reason scalping, because of the beam to cross the Weaving Maiden is also. (See "age Hua Ji Li")

This shows that, at that time, not only Altair, the Weaving Maiden as husband and wife has been generally recognized, and their annual magpie as a bridge, the Tanabata meeting plot, but also in the folklore of the popularity, and into the customs. The development to this point is obviously to go through a fairly long and very active evolutionary process.

Somewhat later, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were even more poems reflecting this content. For example, the Tang Dynasty Li Shan for the "Selected Writings" Wei Wendi "Yan Ge Xing" note cited Cao Zhi "Nine Chanting Note" said: "Altair for the husband, the weaving woman for the woman, the weaving woman, Altair star, each aside, the seventh day of the seventh month to get a meeting with carry on." It can be seen that Altair and Vega have become a prominent and commonly used imagery for poets to express their love and longing.

"The meeting on the seventh day of the seventh month" is the exquisite pen of the legend, this magical and treacherous imagination, seems to be almost absurd, in essence, it is in this kind of imagination and absurdity, people's courage and strength to get full expression, people's aspirations in the psychoemotional maximize the satisfaction. The date of the meeting is arranged in is considered to be extremely unusual "seven - seven" is not accidental, in addition to the people's beautiful visions and expectations, obviously has a deep cultural connotation. "Tanabata meeting" is the exquisite pen of the legend, this magical and treacherous imagination, seems to be almost absurd, in essence, it is in this kind of imagination and absurdity, people's courage and strength to get full expression, people's aspirations in the psychological and emotional to get the greatest satisfaction. The date of the meeting is considered to be extremely unusual "seven - seven" is not accidental, in addition to the good hopes and expectations of the people, obviously has a deep cultural connotation.

First of all, people have a mysterious feeling towards "seven", which is related to the worship of numbers.

It is not only in China, but also in many countries in the world; it is not only common in folk literature, but also in religious ceremonies and scriptures.

Buddhism has the legend of Siddhartha Gautama's seven days on the wall.

Christianity says that God's creation of all things was accomplished in seven days, and thus there are seven days in a week.

Islam divides the heavens into seven layers of pure silver, pure gold, pearls, white gold, rubies and unattainable, ineffable holy light.

The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese believed that seven sacred stars existed in the heavens: the sun, the moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Saturn.

The Western world still honors the so-called "seven virtues" and avoids the so-called "seven sins that will be punished by heaven"; the Arabs still swear by the "seven"; the Japanese often pray to the so-called "seven blessings". Japanese people often pray for the so-called "seven blessings of God"; our country is said to have "seven emotions": joy, anger, sadness, thoughts, sadness, fear, shock; light has seven spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, green, blue, purple; the sound spectrum has "seven tones ": Gong, Shang, Horn, Zheng, Feather, change Gong, change Shang; treasures have "seven treasures" in; gold, silver, glass, giant clams, agate, amber, coral.

In addition, the stereochemical theory of the "seven flavors", the human memory constant for seven; so on and so forth.

See the worship of "seven" is a very common cultural phenomenon. A "seven" is still unusual, then by two "seven" composed of "seven - seven" is of course more mysterious. According to China's ancient books, "July millet ripe, seven days for the number of Yang, so the elk for the precious" ("Taiping Yuban" Volume 31) "July 7 is a good day," so it as a celebration of the autumn harvest of the auspicious day, the Han and Wei this day as the day of the assembly and play. That day is also the day of the gathering of the gods and goddesses of the heavenly palace, "the renewal of Qi Harmonious Records" in "July 7, the weaving maiden crossing the river, all the immortals are returned to the palace". Of course, this day is more often regarded as a beautiful day for people who love each other to meet. The Story of Han Wu (汉武故事) recounts that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty met with the Queen Mother of the West five times, each time on the seventh day of the seventh month. Later, the meeting date of the Cow Woman was designated as "Tanabata" by the "Queen Mother who initiated the meeting with lovers" herself, which is the people's interpretation of "seven" and even more importantly, "seven-seven", which contains all the beautiful meanings of "Tanabata". It is the people's wish and prayer for "seven" and even more so for "seven-seven", which contains all the beautiful meanings. Can not be said to have a profound cultural meaning. China's folklore expert Mr. Wang Cellophane Ling that "Tanabata" is China's "Valentine's Day". It is because there are many legends of "Tanabata" - lover's meeting first, and finally the cow and the woman will meet on such a day, as for the "Tanabata" related to begging for children, begging for coquettishness, begging for everything! The custom of happiness is born from this.

The Tanabata Begging Patterns

Species of the child: the old custom, a few days before Tanabata, first in a small wooden board on a layer of soil, sowing corn seeds, so that it gives birth to green seedlings, and then set up some of the small cottage, flowers and trees in the above, made into the pattern of the field house family village, known as the "Shell Plate," or green beans, small beans, wheat, etc. soaked in water, and soaked in water, and so on. Or green beans, small beans, wheat, etc. immersed in a magnetic bowl, wait for it to grow out of the buds, and then tied into a bundle of red and blue silk rope, known as the "seed of life", also known as "five pots of life" or "pots of life". In the south, also known as "bubble Qiao", will grow out of the bean sprouts called Qiao buds, and even Qiao buds instead of needles, thrown in the water begging. Also use wax to shape various images, such as the cowherd, the characters in the story of the Weaving Maiden, or bald eagles, mandarin ducks, and other animal forms, placed on the water to float, called "water floating". There are also wax baby dolls, so that women buy home floating in the water and soil, and thought it was good luck, known as "Husheng".

Throwing Needle Inspection: This is a variation of the Tanabata custom of threading a needle to beg for coquettish objects, originating from threading a needle, but also different from threading a needle, is the prevalence of the Tanabata custom in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Ming Liu Dong, Yu Yizheng's "Imperial Capital Scenery" said: "" July 7 of the afternoon to throw a coincidence needle. Women's exposure to ounces of water in the sun, a short while, the water film surface, embroidery needles cast is floating, look at the bottom of the water needle shadow. There are into the clouds and things flower head bird and animal shadow, there are into the shoes and scissors water eggplant shadow, said begging to get coquettish; its shadow is thick as a hammer, as thin as silk, straight as a shaft of wax, this is a sign of clumsiness carry on." Zhishu Zhili" also said, Liangxiang County (now southwest of Beijing) "July 7, women begging for coquettish, throwing needles in the water, borrowing the sun shadow to check the work, to the night is still begging for coquettish in the weavers," please Yu Minzhong, "the sun under the old news of the Kaohsiung," quoted in "Miscellany of the Wan Agency," said: "Yandu women to the bowl of water in July 7 stormy sun, and each cast a small needle floating in the water, Xu see the bottom of the water, and the water, and the water, and the water. The surface of the water, Xu see the sun under the water. Or scattered as a flower, moving as a cloud, as thin as a line, thick rent as a cone, because of the female divining skill."

Tree sap to wash hair and flowers to dye nails: young girls in many areas, like to use the tree sap to wash their hair at festivals, and legend has it that not only can young and beautiful, but also for unmarried women, but also as soon as possible to find the man of their dreams. Dyeing nails with flowers and plants is also a hobby of most women and children, in the festival entertainment, but also closely related to fertility beliefs.

Listening to whispers under the pumpkin shed: in rural Shaoxing, this night there will be many young girls secretly hiding alone under the lush growth of the pumpkin shed, in the dead of night if you can hear the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden meet when the whispers of the maiden to be married will be able to get the thousand years of undying love.

Catching Dew: In the rural areas of Zhejiang, the custom of catching dew with a basin is popular. Legend has it that the dew at the time of the Tanabata Festival is the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden at the time of their meeting, and if it is smeared on the eyes and hands, it can make one's eyes and hands bright and fast.

Happy Spider: This is also an early form of begging for coquettish objects, and its custom is slightly later than that of needle begging for coquettish objects, which roughly started in the North and South Dynasties. In the Southern Dynasty, Liang Zong懔《荆楚岁時記》said; "It is the evening, Chen melon fruit in the court to beg for trickery. If there is a net on the melon, it is thought to be a charm."

Wang Renyu of the Fifth Generation, "Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy," said: "July 7, each capture the spider in a small box, to the dawn of the opening; depending on the spider's web sparse and dense for the coincidence of the Hou. The dense say more, the sparse say less. Folk also effected" Song Dynasty Meng Yuan Lao "Tokyo Meng Hua Lu" said, July 7 "to small spiders in the Hap Zi, the next day to see, if the web is round is said to get coquettish." Song Zhou Mi, "Qian Chun years and times" said; "to a small spider stored in the Hop, to wait for the sparseness of the web for how long to get coquettish" Ming Tian Rucheng, "Xichao music," said the Tanabata "to a small box full of

spiders, the next morning to see its web sparseness for the coquettishness of the more or less." This shows that the method of inspection of different generations, the North and South Dynasties of the web of the presence or absence of the Tang web of the sparse and dense, the Song web of the round, the later generations of the Tang custom.

Threading the needle to beg for coquettish: this is the earliest way of begging for coquettish, began in Han, flow in later generations. (Xijing miscellany) said: "Han color women often wear seven holes in the seventh day of the seventh month needle in the Kaixiao building, people with the practice." Southern Liang Zongmou (Jing Chu chronicles) said: "July 7, it is the evening of the women of the family color building to wear seven holes outside, or gold, silver and stone for the needle." (Yizi Zhi) said: "Qi Emperor Wu Di up layer of the city view, July 7, the palace more than boarding the needle. The world called the needle piercing building." Five Dynasties Wang Renyu (Kaiyuan Tianbao remains) 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 got the coincidence of the marquis. Move the song of the Qing Shang, feast music up to the end of the day. The soil people's homes all follow the example." Yuan Tao Zongyi (Yuan's Yatei Records) said: "nine cited Taiwan, Tanabata begging for coquettish. To the evening, the courtesans on the stage to colorful silk wearing nine-tailed needle, the first to finish the coquettish, late to finish the coquettish is said to lose the coquettish, each funded to give the coquettish."

Helping the Cow's Birthday: Children would pick wildflowers and hang them on the cow's horns on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month, which is called "Helping the Cow's Birthday" (legend has it that the seventh day of the seventh month is the cow's birthday).

Welcoming the fairy: Guangzhou's Beggar's Nest is unique, before the festival, the girls will be prepared to use colorful paper, grass, string, etc., compiled into a variety of curious small artifacts, but also will be put into a small box of cereal seeds and mung beans soaked in water, so that the germination of the buds to grow to more than two inches long, to be used to worship the gods, known as the "worship of the fairy Harvest" and "worship of the divine vegetable". When the buds grow to more than two inches long, they are used to worship the gods, which is called "Worshiping the Immortal Harvest" and "Worshiping the Divine Vegetables. From the sixth night to the seventh night, two nights in a row, the girls put on new clothes, wear new jewelry, everything is arranged, then burning incense and candles, kneeling to the stars, known as "welcome the immortal", from the third night to the fifth night, to worship seven times. After worshiping the fairy, the girls hold the colorful thread to the lamp shadow will thread through the needle holes, such as a breath can wear seven needle holes is called clever, known as clever hands, wear less than seven needle holes is called lose clever. After Tanabata, the girls will make small crafts, toys to give each other, to show friendship.

Drifting needle test: July 7, for the "Women's Festival". Young girls salty with a pot of water to the sun, in the floating needle, the shadow of the water, to test the coincidence, and then the melons and fruits, competing "begging for coincidence".

Moon alliance knot, threading the needle: Jiaodong region, there are seven sisters worship God's custom, young women often like to dress in new clothes on the eve of Tanabata Festival, get together, under the moon alliance knot seven sisters. Some of them also sing "Heavenly Emperor Huang Huang Huang, I invite seven sisters to heaven. Do not want your needle, do not want your thread, optical your 72 good means." Also competed in threading the needle, competing for the name of skillful hands.

Planting Qiaocai as Qiaohua: Rongcheng, Shandong Province, there are two kinds of activities, one is "Qiaocai", that is, the maiden cultivates malt in the wine cup, and the other one is "Qiaohua", which is also by the maiden to use the flour to mold various kinds of food with flowers.

The ligature of coquettish nuns, planting bean seedlings and green onions, divining coquettishness, threading needles and cutting window flowers: Shaanxi Loess Plateau area, in the night of the Tanabata Festival, there are also a variety of begging activities of the custom, women often want to tie up the straw man wearing flowery clothes, called coquettish nuns, not only to provide the fruits and melons, but also planted bean seedlings, green onions, in the Tanabata night, the women of each family are hand-carried in a bowl of clear water, sheared bean seedlings, green onions, put into the water, to look at the moon under the shadow to divine the fate of coquettishness, and to see that the moon is not a good idea. Shadow to divine the life of the skillful and clumsy, but also threading the needle, competition. At the same time, they also hold activities to compare the skillfulness of window cuttings.

Seven Sisters Association: some areas also organized "seven sisters will", each area of the "seven sisters will" gathered in the Zongxiang Hall set down a variety of brightly-colored incense, remote sacrifice to the Cowherd and Weaving Maiden, "incense" are papier-maché. "The incense burners are all made of papier-maché and are filled with a wide array of flowers, fruits, rouge powder, small paper dresses, shoes, daily necessities and embroidery. The "Seven Sisters' Meetings" in different regions would work on the joss sticks and compete to see who could make the most exquisite joss sticks. Today, this kind of activity has been forgotten, and only a very small number of clansmen guilds still set up joss sticks to worship the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden on this festival. The joss sticks are usually ready on the seventh day of the seventh month, and the begging to the weaving maiden begins in the evening.

Purified water and shadow checking trickery: Jiangsu area of the begging activity is to take a bowl of purified water in the sun exposure, and the open air overnight. That is to pick up the fine grass stick floating in the water, depending on its shadow to determine the test coincidence. There are also many young women using a small needle to see the shadow of the needle under the water to test the wisdom of the fool. Other areas of the Han Chinese also use this way to test the wisdom of fools.

Seven nights of water storage red head rope seven knots: some areas in Guangxi have seven nights of water storage custom, that the double seven water bath can eliminate disasters in addition to disease, frail and sick children, but also often in this day will be the red head rope knotted seven knots, worn around the neck, praying for health and good luck.

Eating food: Tanabata dietary customs, not the same everywhere, generally referred to as eating coquettish food, which more dumplings, noodles, oil fruit, wontons and other food for this festival. Eat cloud noodles, this noodle has to be made of dew, eat it can get coquettish. There are also many folk pastry store, like to make some of the image of the weaving lady of the pasty candy, commonly known as "coquettish people" "coquettish pastry", sold and known as "send coquettish people", this custom has been passed down in some regions This custom has been passed down in some areas to the present day.

About the place to beg for money

The palace built a lot of colorful buildings, the Han has a lapel building, the Qi has a piercing needle building, the Tang even more brocade knotted into a hundred feet of the building hall. Folk "noble family more colorful building in the court" Tokyo Dreaming Records, ordinary people due to financial constraints will take the shed instead of colorful building, Song Chen Yuanliang "time and age" quoted in (time and age) said; 'the capital city people Tanabata bamboo or hemp straw woven into the shed, cut five colors for the layer of buildings, and for the immortal building, carved cowgirls and immortals like They also make fairy buildings, carve images of cow women and immortals on them to beg for coincidences. Or just a wooden paper cut for the fairy bridge. In it for the cowgirl, the immortals are listed on both sides."

Song and Yuan times, Tanabata begging is quite grand, the capital also has a market specializing in the sale of begging items, the world known as the begging city. Song Luo Ye, Jin Ying Zhi collection of "drunken talk book" said: "Tanabata, Pan building before the sale of begging things. Since July 1, car and horse anger throat, to three days before Tanabata, car and horse do not pass, one after another congestion, no longer come out, to the night square dispersal. Jia right, there is a private wrath easy to beg the city by horse line, Kaifeng Yin got its people scurrying to the far side. After the eye and then on the Pan Lou, followed by Lijing, Baokang doors, and Mutong outside the door is also begging for coquettish city, but ultimately not as prosperous as the Pan Lou also. The trickery more to pick silk for the night of the women to seven holes in the moon under the needle to wear it. In fact, this needle can not be used, the needle small and large holes. The rest of the begging; South people more imitation." Here, we from the begging city to buy begging things of the pomp and circumstance, can be inferred at that time the Tanabata begging festival lively scene. People from the first day of the beginning of the begging items, begging city on the traffic, the flow of people like tide, to the approaching Tanabata time, begging city simply into a sea of people, cars and horses difficult to walk, even if the nobleman, can only walk. This situation, how spectacular. Observe its flavor, seems to be no less than the ancient largest festival of the Spring Festival. This shows that begging is one of the most favorite festivals of the ancients.

The alias of Tanabata

- Double seven: this day, the month, the day are seven, so it is called, also known as seven.

- Fragrance Day: According to popular legend, on the eve of the meeting of the Cow and the Daughter, the Weaving Maiden to dress up and apply powder, so that the sky is full of fragrance, so it is called.

- Week: The two stars of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden are located in a special direction, and they can only meet each other once a year, so they call this day a week.

- Qiaoxi: It is called Qiaoxi because of the custom of begging for coquettish objects.

- Women's Festival: The Tanabata Festival is the main festival activity for young girls to worship fairies, beg for coquettishness and race for coquettishness, so it is called the Women's Festival, also known as the Daughter's Festival and the Maiden's Festival.

- Orchid Night: The seventh month of the lunar calendar is called "Orchid Moon", so the Tanabata is also known as "Orchid Night".

- Children's Day: Because of begging for coquettish, begging, etc. by young girls, children, so it is called.

- Needle Threading Festival: Because of the custom of threading a needle on this day, it is called.

The Tanabata Festival

(Tang) Xu Ning

A magpie bridge across the mu mu,

Thousands of jade pendant over Lingling.

There is still a long time to go,

and I'm not as disappointed as the star of the river drum.

(Ming) Tang Xianzu

The Jade Hall of Fame opens to the Spring Cui Ping,

and new lyrics are sung in the Peony Pavilion.

No one knows how to sing the sad song,

Since I pinched the sandalwood mark, I taught the young actress. Autumn Evening

(Tang) Du Mu

The red candle and the autumn light are cold on the painting screen,

and the small fan is light enough to catch the fireflies.

The night sky is as cool as water,

Sitting and watching the Altair and Vega stars. The Song of the Maiden on the Eve of the Seventh Night

(Jin) Anonymous

Will not end on the eve,

One year after the parting of the yearly period.

The mulberry silkworm does not make a cocoon,

and the night is long.

(Qing Dynasty) Yao Xie

Mulan oars lotus root flower township,

Singing the hall red evening air cool.

Smoke outside the willow water outside the lake,

Mountain eyebrow tantalizing blue moon eyebrow yellow.

One of the Nineteen Ancient Poems

(Han) Unknown

The star of Altair is a long way away, and the star of the river is bright.

Touching the delicate hand, the loom is in a state of flux.

All day long, I can't make a chapter, sobbing and weeping like rain.

The river is clear and shallow.

The water is full of water, and I can't say a word about it. The Tanabata Festival

(Five Dynasties - Later Tang Dynasty) Yang Pu

What if I have not met the Altair Bull yet,

I have to invite the Weaving Maiden to make a golden shuttle.

Year after year, I beg the weaving maiden to make a golden shuttle, but I don't realize that there are already too many coincidences on earth.

(Tang Dynasty) Meng Jiao

The star of the Weaving Maiden by the river,

The man who leads the oxen by the river.

We have not yet crossed the shallow water,

and we are looking at each other from afar. Tanabata

(Tang) Quan Deyi

Today, the clouds are crossing the magpie bridge,

It should not be a long way from the pulse.

Family members were so happy to open the makeup mirror,

threading needles under the moon to worship the nine nights.

The Tanabata Festival

(Tang) Meng Haoran

The Tanabata Festival in another country makes the hotel even more sad.

I don't see a woman who wears a needle, but I miss the building of my hometown.

The winds of the sea have reduced the heat, and the crescent moon is approaching the fall.

Who can't bear to peep at the river and ask for a long way to go?

The Tang Dynasty

It's easy to thread a needle to the moon,

it's hard to thread a thread to the wind.

I don't know who gets the skill,

The bright moon tries to see. Tanabata

(Tang) Bai Juyi

The moon in the smoky sky is tantalizingly long,

and the autumn period of Yinhan is the same as that of ten thousand years.

How many feelings of joy and hatred,

Years and years in this night.

(Tang) Quan Deyi

Today the clouds are crossing the magpie bridge,

It should not be a long way from the pulse.

Family members are happy to open the makeup mirror,

and wear needles under the moon to worship the ninth night.

Partridge Sky Tanabata

(Song) Yan Guidao

The magpies misrepresented the good times of that day, and I am still a broken hearted fairy.

The bridge is beyond the starry waves of the Hanzhu River, and the man is in front of the luan song and phoenix dance.

The night of joy is over, but not for many years, and not for many days.

They know that there is no long term plan for this meeting, and the cool toad at hand has not yet been rounded.

Li Shangyin

Overseas, I've heard of more nine states, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it in this life.

The tiger's journey is heard in the night, and there is no more chicken to report the dawn.

The six armies were together on this day, and they laughed and laughed on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

How can Tian Ji be the son of heaven, but not as good as Lu's family with Mo Chou?

(Tang) Luo Yin

The starry river of Nymphaea is in the sky, and the family laughs at the red feast.

It is time to pour out Xie's pearls and guillotines, and to write a book about Tanlang's embroidery.

The fragrant tents are clustered in a row, and the golden needles are threaded to pay homage to Cindy.

The copper kettle will tell us that the dawn is approaching, and we will be disappointed for another year of good times.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month

(Tang) Li Shangyin

It is feared that the Immortal Family is good at parting, and so it is taught to make a long way for a good time.

By the side of the silver river, the golden wind and jade dew.

They have been in the same place for a long time, and the clouds have not yet caught up with them, so they are late.

It is not possible to pay the magpies with no intention, but to beg the spiders for the coquettish silk.

(Tang) Song Zhiqian

The immortal star is said to have met at the water corner every year.

The crickets are the only ones who stop the shuttle, and the spiders are the only ones who stay.

The day of the visit was from the clouds, and the day of the return was from the sun.

It's a good thing we're not talking about meeting each other, because it's a different day in the sky.

(Tang) Zu Yong

The maiden begs for the heavenly maiden.

The jade court is open with a pink table, and the sleeve holds a golden plate.

It is easy to thread a needle in the sun, but hard to make a thread in the wind.

I don't know who will be able to do it, but I'll try to see you tomorrow.

Magpie Bridge Immortal

(Song) Qin Guan

The clouds are tricky, the flying stars are hateful, and a long way to go is a long way to go. The first time we met, we were better than the rest of the world.

Love is like water, good times are like a dream, and I can't bear to look at the magpie bridge and return to the road! If two loves are long-lasting, how can it be in the morning and in the evening? The Song of the Maiden on the Night of the Seventh Night of the Dragon

(Jin) Anonymous

Will not end on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month,

Will not end on the night of the seventh month of the Dragon,

Will not end on the night of the seventh day of the Dragon,

Will not end on the night of the seventh month of the seventh month of the Dragon.

The mulberry silkworm does not make a cocoon,

and the night is long. The Moon in Chang'an City is like a training course, and every family holds a needle and thread on this night.

The moon in Chang'an City is like a training course, and every family holds a needle and thread on this night.

The fairy skirt and jade pendant are empty, but we don't see each other in heaven and on earth.

The night of Changxin is dark and cloudy, and there are many fireflies in the golden pavilion.

Banji's night is full of sorrows, and he is watching the bullfight on the third day of the month.

Magpie Bridge Immortal

Song Fan Chengda

The night of the double star, the ploughing and weaving is lazy, and should be envied by the group of fairies. The moon sisters have knitted their brows, and the wind is blowing the rain.

This is the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world, and I'm not sure if I've ever seen a woman in the world. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it, and I'm sure I'll be able to do it.

Xing Xiang Zi

(Song) Li Qingzhao

The grass is singing grasshopper, startled down the sycamore, is on earth, the heavenly sadness is thick. The clouds and the moon are locked in a thousand places. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at you, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get a good look at you.

The star bridge and the magpies drive, only to see it after years, want to leave the love, parting hate is difficult to exhaust. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for the services. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for the services you need.

Erlang Shen Tanabata

Song Liu Yong

The first time I saw the light of day, I saw the rain of twilight and the dust of the fragrance sprinkled lightly. The first dew and cold winds are clearing the courtyard and the house is cool, the sky is like water, the jade hook hangs far away. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to be a starry eyed person, but I'm sure it's a good idea to be a starry eyed person. The most important thing to remember is that the clouds are dark, and the Milky Way is high in the sky.

Idle and elegant! I have to know this scene, ancient and modern priceless. The transportation of ingenuity to thread the needle upstairs female, lifting the face of the clouds sideburns and Asia. Tin alloy hairpin whispering place, count who in the corridor under the shadow? I wish heaven and earth, accounted for the pleasure, year after year tonight.