What are the main folk activities of Tanabata

The main folk activities of the Tanabata Festival are: the ritual of moon worship, marriage and love songs, and the night marriage in Tianhe River.

Sacrifice to the moon

Summer people's culture in the ancient inheritance of the sacrifice to the moon god, mostly on the first day of the solstice, that is, one seven, two seven, some believe that the prevalence of the fifteenth day of the Han Dynasty sacrifice to the moon, but also to the two seven days of the small correction.

Anciently, women had the custom of worshipping the moon, which has always been auspicious for women in traditional culture. They often prayed to the moon or poured out their hearts. In ancient times, there was a tradition for women to worship the moon, especially on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month and the mid-autumn festival. The legend of Diaochan's moon worship is about the most moving picture.

Marriage and parenthood

Midnight when no one whispered to the ancestors on the first day of the moon, itself is a kind of begging for prosperity will be reflected, because the moon of the surplus long metaphor for longevity and prosperity. The summer calendar of the Shang seven custom survived, developed into a symbol of growth, longevity, and July 7 is the longevity and longevity, so this day is known as the "Day of the Man".

The Book of Han says that Emperor Wu was born on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Hall of Rippling Orchids, and was born on the Day of Man, which is bound to be an auspicious omen of racial prosperity and prosperity of the people. In traditional culture, love is basically connected to marriage. In the festival customs of Tanabata, the association of these two things is very natural. The most mysterious of all Tanabata festivals is probably the one that says, "No one is there in the middle of the night, but the river is whispering.

Tianhe Night Wedding

On the night of the Tanabata Festival, many young girls would secretly hide alone under the lushly growing pumpkin sheds, and legend has it that if they could hear the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden as they met in the dead of night, the maiden who was to be married would be able to obtain the undying love of a thousand years in the future.

In the era of open social customs, there are also lovers hand in hand to hide together under the melon shed to eavesdrop on the whispers of the River of Heaven. The Tanabata Festival is one of the most romantic of China's traditional festivals, and was the most important day for girls in the past.