What did Beggars' Day originally mean? Introduction of beggar's day.

1, Begging Skills Festival originally refers to begging skills. Begging for Qiao Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, and it is a custom of offering sacrifices to Seven Sisters. It is said that qimei is an expert in weaving heaven. In the past, women "begged" Qi Mei to teach her clever skills.

2. Now it refers to Valentine's Day and Qixi Festival in China, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Qiaoqi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niu Niu Mother's Day, Qiaoxi and so on, which are traditional folk festivals in China. Valentine's Day in China, which originated from the worship of stars, is Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense. Seven Sisters was worshipped on July 7th, so it was named Tanabata. It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the seven sisters, pray, seek skillful art, sit and watch morning glory and weave stars, pray for marriage and store water on Qixi. After historical development, Tanabata has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", making it a festival symbolizing love, thus being regarded as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and even having the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.

Tanabata is not only a festival to worship seven sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

China Valentine's Day began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, Valentine's Day in China was an exclusive festival for beautiful girls. Among the numerous folk customs of Qixi, some have gradually disappeared, but quite a few have been continued by people. Valentine's Day in China originated in China, and it is also celebrated in some Asian countries influenced by China culture, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula and Viet Nam. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council.