What festival is July 7th?

July 7th is a traditional festival in China, Valentine's Day in China.

July 7th is Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense, and it was named "Qixi" because of the sacrificial activities held on the evening of July 7th. July 7th is a traditional festival with a long history in China. It is the traditional custom of Tanabata to worship the seven sisters, pray for wishes, seek skillful skills, sit and watch the morning glory, Vega, pray for marriage and store water on Tanabata. Valentine's Day in China 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 original meaning of "Petunia, Five Girls" was used by the ancients as the corresponding "star division" for the geographical division of the astronomical star area. According to China folklore, Tanabata Night is the time when Weaver Cowherd and Queqiao meet in the sky. After historical development, Tanabata has been endowed with a beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". Because it has been endowed with the connotation related to love, it has become a festival symbolizing love, considered as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and even produced the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival in China, China Valentine's Day. It is the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day birthday, and it is named "Chinese Valentine's Day" because of the worship activities held on the evening of July 7. According to folklore, the weaver girl is a beautiful, clever and ingenious fairy when the cowherd and the magpie bridge meet in the sky on Tanabata night every year. This night, the girls put seasonal fruits and vegetables in front of the bright moon in the sky, prostrating themselves in worship, begging the goddess of heaven to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, so that they can master their knitting skills, and even beg for the marriage of love and marriage. In ancient times, with people's understanding of astronomy and the emergence of textile technology, there appeared festivals and customs about Altair Vega and offering sacrifices to pray for blessings, which reflected the pattern of male ploughing and female weaving in agricultural society. In the Han Dynasty, this legend emphasized that the Weaver Girl was the seventh daughter of the Jade Emperor, and she fell in love with the farmer who tied the cow rope. Tanabata is one of the most romantic traditional festivals in China and the most important day for girls in the past. On this evening, women put on needles to pray for Fu Lushou. On the seventh day, the ceremony was pious and grand, filled with flowers, fruits and needles, and all kinds of furniture and utensils were exquisite and small, which made people fondle. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. Now it is also called "Valentine's Day in China".

In China, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the weather is warm and the plants are fragrant. This is commonly known as Qixi Festival, which is the most romantic festival among traditional festivals in China and the most important day for girls in the past. On a clear summer and autumn night, the sky is full of stars, and a huge white galaxy runs across the north and south. On the east and west banks of the river, there is a shining star across the river, that is, Altair and Vega. Tanabata is a festival with the folklore of Cowherd and Weaver Girl as the carrier, blessing, begging and love as the theme, and women as the protagonist. According to folklore, Cowherd and Weaver Girl are both "married people" and they have children. Tanabata expresses the feelings of "never leaving", "growing old together" and "being faithful" between married men and women, and abides by their commitment to love, not expressing the feelings of pre-marital lovers, but two feelings at different stages of life.

It is a folk custom to sit and watch morning glory and weaver girl on Tanabata. According to legend, this night every year is the time when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet at the Magpie Bridge. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and clever fairy. On this night, ordinary women prayed to her for wisdom and skillful skills, and they also prayed to her for a happy marriage. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also called Begging Festival. It is said that on Tanabata night, you can look up and see the Milky Way where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and you can also eavesdrop on the love story when they meet in the sky under the melon and fruit shelf. On this romantic night, facing the bright moon in the sky, the girls put the fruits and vegetables of the season in the sky, begging the goddess in the sky to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, so that they can master their needlework skills, and even beg for the combination of love and marriage. In the past, marriage was a lifelong event for women to decide whether they were happy or not. Therefore, countless sentient men and women in the world will pray for a happy marriage to the stars in the dead of night.