What are the origins and customs of Tanabata?

On the evening of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, commonly known as "Qixi Festival", it is also called "Daughter's Day" and "Daughter's Day", which is a legendary day when the cowherd and the weaver girl meet on the magpie bridge across the Tianhe River. In ancient times, the folk activities of Qixi were mainly begging for cleverness. Begging for wisdom is begging for a pair of skillful hands from the weaver girl. The most common way to beg for wisdom is to put a needle on the moon. If the line passes through a pinhole, it is called cleverness. This custom prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Qiao Qi is a famous poem written by Lin Jie, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, describing the grand occasion of the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is an imaginative and widely circulated ancient poem. Poems are simple and easy to understand, involving well-known myths and legends, and expressing girls' good wishes of seeking wisdom and pursuing happiness.

"Today's Tanabata, I see the blue sky. I want to lead the cow and the weaver girl across the river bridge." "Blue sky" refers to the boundless blue sky. The first two sentences describe the folk stories of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. The annual Chinese Valentine's Day is coming again, and people in every household can't help looking up at the vast sky. This is because this beautiful legend has touched a kind and beautiful heart and aroused people's beautiful wishes and rich imagination.

"Every family watches the autumn moon, and every family wears HongLing." The last two sentences explain the clever things clearly, concisely and vividly. Poets do not specifically write out various wishes in their poems, but leave room for imagination, which more and more reflects people's joy at festivals.

Begging festival

Tang Dynasty: Lin Jie

See Bixiao tonight on Tanabata, and cross the river bridge with the cowherd and the weaver girl.

Every family watches the autumn moon, and every family wears HongLing.

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In Chinese Valentine's Day, people have looked up at the vast sky, as if they could see the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl crossing the Milky Way and meeting on the Magpie Bridge.

Every household is praying for good luck while watching the autumn moon, and tens of thousands of red lines pass through.

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Jojo Festival: An ancient festival, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is also called Chinese Valentine's Day. In the old custom, women put on needles on the night when the cowherd and the weaver girl meet.