Begging for skills, worshiping the Weaver Girl, listening to whispers, Qixi Festival night.
Begging for clever tricks is the most traditional folk activity during the Chinese Valentine's Day. To beg for skill is to beg for wisdom, to beg Weaver Girl to give oneself skills so that one can also become clever. On the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, girls and young women "worship the Weaver Girl". Girls and young women gathered their relatives and friends to worship Weaver Girl together. People set the table under the moonlight and placed offerings. The girls and young women fasted for a day. After bathing, everyone went to burn incense and worship in front of the table.