What are the customs of Valentine's Day in China?

The customs of Valentine's Day in China include worshipping the weaver girl, offering sacrifices to the moon, love songs about marriage and childbearing, Tianhe night talk, begging for beggars and so on.

1, worship the weaver girl. "Worship the Weaver Girl" is purely a matter for girls and young women. Most of them make an appointment with five or six people, at most a dozen people, with friends or neighbors in advance to hold it together. The ceremony is to lay a table in the moonlight, and put tea, wine, fruit, five sons (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) and other sacrifices on the table.

2, the instrument of offering sacrifices to the moon. In the culture of Xia people, the moon god was passed down from ancient times. In ancient times, women had the custom of Yue Bai. In traditional culture, the moon is always an auspicious symbol for women. They often pray to the moon or pour out their troubles.

3. Love songs. As a festival of ancient Han nationality, ancestors sacrificed the moon at the new moon, which is a reflection of their desire to pray for reproduction. The prosperity of the moon is a metaphor for longevity and prosperity.

4. Tianhe night talk. On the blue night of Tanabata, many girls will secretly hide under the lush pumpkin shed. It is said that if they can hear the whispers of the cowherd and the weaver girl meeting in the dead of night, the girl to be married will get this eternal love in the future. In the era of open social atmosphere, there are also couples hiding under the melon shed and eavesdropping on Tianhe whispers.

5, metaplasia and seeking children. On Tanabata, people use wax to create various images, such as the characters in the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, or the shapes of animals such as vultures and mandarin ducks, which float on the water, which is called "floating on the water". One of the wax dolls is called Metaplasia. It is auspicious for a woman to buy it home and float in the water and soil.