When is Valentine's Day in China?

Valentine's Day in China is on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. 20/kloc-Tanabata in 0/9 is August 7th in the solar calendar, and Tanabata in 2020 is August 25th in 2020.

Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as Qiqiao Sister's Day, Qiqiao Sister's Day or Seven Sisters's Birthday, originated in China and is a traditional festival in China and East Asian countries. The festival comes from the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (after the Meiji Restoration, it was changed to the seventh day of the Japanese solar calendar). Because the main participants in this day's activities are girls, the content of the festival activities is mainly begging skills, so people call this day "begging skills festival" or "daughter's day" or "daughter's day".

China Valentine's Day takes the folklore of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl as the carrier, expressing the feelings of married men and women who never give up and grow old together, and abiding by their commitment to love. With the development of time, Qixi became the Valentine's Day in China.

As the fate of women in the past can only be married as husbands and adopted sons, many women believe in the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and hope to follow the example of the Weaver Girl. Therefore, every seven sisters birthday, they will offer sacrifices to them, praying for their ingenuity and happy marriage. This is also the origin of the name "Qiao Qi".

Women will also make colorful buildings, prepare fine needles (seven-hole needles) made of brass, and wear them into the wind for a long time. Over time, Tanabata has also become a "Daughter's Day". However, the ancients not only sought good luck on Qixi, but also in the first month and August and September. It was only after the Song Dynasty that good luck was sought on Qixi. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Qixi Qiao Qi Festival became very grand, and there was a special market selling Qiao Qi ornaments called Qiaoqi City.