The Chinese Valentine's Day couplets are introduced as follows:
1. Magpies fill the bridge for five nights, and the twin stars across the river meet the cow.
2. The five nights shine on the sky, and the twin stars meet the female ox.
3. Don’t say that there is so much hatred in the world, just suspect that there is sadness in heaven.
4. The emperor's daughter albizia and narcissus are smiling, the morning glory welcomes the chariot and the green magpie soars into the sky.
5. Spend the night under the stars on the Magpie Bridge, and when the moon sets in the Yan Pavilion.
6. The Ox Girl is around the two galaxies, participating in the Shang Dynasty and fighting against the west and the east.
7. The silvery blue waves are shining brightly on the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the golden hairpin and mother-of-pearl box worship the twin stars at night.
8. The needle is best to penetrate three holes, and the book is best to be exposed to five carts.
Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Girl's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qinianghui, Qiaoxi, Niu Gonggong Po Day, Double Seventh Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. In the traditional sense, the Seventh Sister's Birthday is called "Qixi Festival" because the worship service is held on the evening of July 7th. Worshiping the Seventh Sister, praying for blessings and wishes, begging for skills, sitting and watching the Altair and Vega, praying for marriage, and storing water for the Chinese Valentine's Day are traditional customs of the Chinese Valentine's Day.
Through historical development, Qixi Festival has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". Because it has been given connotations related to love, it has become a festival symbolizing love, and is therefore considered the most romantic in China. The traditional festival of colors has given rise to the cultural meaning of "Chinese Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.
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Origin of the Chinese Valentine's Day:
Qixi Festival is about begging for clever things. This festival originated in the Han Dynasty. Ge Hong's "Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has "Han Colorful Girl" It is often said that a seven-hole needle was pierced in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and everyone practiced it." This is the earliest record of begging for skill that we have seen in ancient documents.
In later poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties, women's begging for skill was also mentioned frequently. Wang Jianyou of the Tang Dynasty said in a poem that "the stars in the dim sky are adorned with pearls, and the palace ladies on the Chinese Valentine's Day are busy begging for skill." According to "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao": Tang Taizong and his concubines would have a night banquet in the Qing Palace every Chinese Valentine's Day, and the ladies would beg for tricks. This custom also endured among the people and continued from generation to generation.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Qixi Festival begging for skill was quite grand. There was also a market specializing in begging items in the capital, which was known as the Qiqiao Market. "Drunkard's Talk" compiled by Luo Ye and Jin Ying of the Song Dynasty said: "On Chinese Valentine's Day, people buy and sell begging items in front of Panlou. From July 1st, the carriages and horses choked, and three days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, the carriages and horses were blocked and blocked one after another. , No more coming out, they will disperse at night."