Is Valentine's Day in China a traditional festival in China?

Valentine's Day in China is a traditional festival in China.

The traditional festivals in China mainly include Spring Festival (the first day of the first month), Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month), Dragon Head Raising (the second day of February), Social Day Festival (the second day of February), Tomb-Sweeping Day (around the fifth day of April in Gregorian calendar), Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), July and a half (the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month) and Mid-Autumn Festival (the eighth lunar month).

Qixi, which began in the Han Dynasty, is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. According to legend, on the night of the seventh or sixth day of the seventh lunar month, women begged the Weaver girl for cleverness in the courtyard, so they called it "begging for cleverness". It originated from the worship of nature and women's needlework, and was later endowed with the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, making it a festival symbolizing love. Many customs of women in China on Valentine's Day, such as "Nvhong", "Blessing for Seven Sisters", "gūng" and so on, have influenced Japanese, Korean Peninsula, Vietnamese and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle.

The evening of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called "Qixi". China folk legend Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet tonight at the Tianhe Magpie Bridge. The real name of Tanabata is the Beggar's Day, which means to thread a needle with colored thread in front of a weaver girl in the moonlight. It would be a "coincidence" if you could pass through seven pinholes of different sizes. The agricultural proverb goes: "On the seventh day of July, it is clear, and the sickle is used to cut rice." It's time to sharpen the sickle and get ready to harvest the early rice.