Tales and customs of the Tanabata Festival

The Tanabata Festival, also known as the Beggar's Day and the Daughter's Day, is a traditional Chinese festival that comes from the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden and is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, women would offer sacrifices to the Seven Sisters on their birthday, praying for dexterity and a happy marriage. This is also the origin of the name "Begging for Coquettishness". Women will also be five-color thread to the moon and the wind through the needle, into the for the long time. Over time, Tanabata has also become the "Daughter's Day".

The Tanabata Festival is based on the folklore of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden as a carrier, and expresses the feelings of married men and women who will never leave each other and grow old together, and abides by the promise of love.