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Valentine's Day is coming in China. What is the traditional form of celebration? It's too vulgar now. It's either sending flowers or eating.

In ancient times, Tanabata was closely related to the "Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl". It was a comprehensive festival with women as the main body. On this day, women will visit their close friends in the boudoir, worship the Weaver Girl, learn from each other and pray for good luck. Tanabata is the earliest love festival in the world. It is a traditional folk custom to sit and watch morning glory and Vega on Qixi night. Countless sentient men and women in the world will pray for a happy marriage against the stars on this night. It is a festival with the folklore of Cowherd and Weaver Girl as the carrier, love as the theme and women as the protagonist.

Tanabata is a popular traditional cultural festival in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. Many customs of women in China on Valentine's Day, such as embroidery, praying for the head, praying for Seven Sisters, showing flowers, fruits and embroidery (G not ng), have influenced Japan, Korean Peninsula, Viet Nam and other countries with Chinese character cultural circles. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

Customs and habits: Begging for cleverness on Tanabata, Seven Sisters swimming in the water, raising children, celebrating Niu Qingsheng's birthday, drying books and clothes, drinking and offering music, worshiping Weaver Maid, Kuixing, Seven Sisters' birthday, dyeing nails, shampooing girls, storing water on Tanabata, Zhagu Bridge and worshiping Seven Mothers.