What does China do on Valentine's Day?

Tanabata is a traditional Valentine's Day in China, and it is a festival between lovers.

Tanabata, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Begging Qiaoqiao Festival, Seven-strong Club, Qiaoxi, Niuniu Festival and Tanabata, is a traditional folk festival in China, which is the traditional Tanabata birthday. Because the worship of "Seven Sisters" was held on the evening of July 7th, it was named Tanabata. Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body.

In the long history, Tanabata has been endowed with a beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". Therefore, Valentine's Day in China has become a festival symbolizing love and is regarded as the most romantic traditional festival in China, from which "Valentine's Day in China" comes.

The custom of Valentine's Day in China:

1, fighting skillfully, watching movies, playing red rope

Whenever Tanabata comes, girls will skillfully use needles, put small needles and grass sticks in still water to watch movies, tie red ropes around their necks and so on.

Step 2 worship ghosts and gods

Tanabata, like other traditional festivals, is inseparable from ghosts and gods. Therefore, on Tanabata, people worship ghosts and gods. Because of the different customs in different places, the specific object and process of sacrifice are different.

3. Stargazing and joining Xiangqiao Club

Whether it is the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl or the initial worship of stars, people always look at the stars on Tanabata. In Yixing, Jiangsu and other areas, there is a custom to participate in Xiangqiao Fair. People hope to pray for a happy marriage at Xiangqiao Fair.

Step 4 pray for marriage

At first, the significance of Valentine's Day in China had nothing to do with the marriage between men and women, but later, with the popularity of festivals among the people and the rendering of fairy tales of cowherd and weaver girl, Valentine's Day in China increased the significance of praying for marriage. Whenever the seventh day of the seventh lunar month comes, girls should pray for a happy marriage in the future.