In ancient China, was the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month Valentine's Day or the Valentine's Day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on July 7th?

In ancient times, Lantern Festival was Valentine's Day on the 15th day of the first month.

Lantern Festival, Shangsi Festival and Chinese Valentine's Day are the most interesting festivals for beautiful girls in ancient times. In ancient times, ordinary women, especially those with a good family or a small family, were "three steps away from the boudoir." You can only come out during the Lantern Festival and Shangsi Festival, and even have a tryst with your boyfriend. Tanabata is more inclined to be an exclusive festival for women, and its connotation includes not only begging for love, but also begging for wisdom and happiness. In ancient times, Tanabata had little to do with love, but in modern times it has become a festival symbolizing love.

Influenced by Taoism in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also called Shangyuan, but it was only in the late Tang Dynasty that it was occasionally called Yuanxiao. But since the Song Dynasty, it has also been called Dengxi. In the Qing dynasty, it was also called the Lantern Festival. On the evening of the 15th day of the first month, people in China have a series of traditional folk activities, such as watching lanterns, eating glutinous rice balls, solve riddles on the lanterns and setting off fireworks.

Lantern Festival is also a romantic festival. In the feudal traditional society, Lantern Festival also provides unmarried men and women with opportunities to get to know each other. In traditional society, young girls are not allowed to go out freely, but they can go out to play together on holidays. Lantern Festival lanterns are just an opportunity to make friends, and unmarried men and women can also find their own partners by the way. During the Lantern Festival, it is also the time for young men and women to meet their lovers.