What are the customs of the Chinese Qixi Festival, and what are the customs of the Qixi Festival?

The customs of the Qixi Festival.

In our country, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the weather is warm, the grass and trees are fragrant, this is commonly known as the Qixi Festival, and some people call it the "Qiqiao Festival" or "Daughter's Day", which is the most romantic festival in the traditional Chinese festival, and it is also the day that the girls paid the most attention to in the past.

On a clear summer and autumn night, the stars are shining in the sky, and a white Milky Way runs through the north and south, and there is a shining star on the east and west banks of the river, looking at each other across the river, far away, that is, Altair and Vega.

Qixi sits to watch the morning glory Vega, is a folk custom, according to legend, on this night every year, it is the time when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet at the Magpie Bridge. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, intelligent, and ingenious fairy, and the women of the mortal world beg her for wisdom and ingenuity on this night, and also inevitably ask her for a happy marriage, so the seventh day of the seventh month is also known as the Begging Festival.

Legend has it that on the night of Qixi Festival, you can see the Milky Way meeting of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl when you look up, or you can overhear the pulse and love words of the two when they meet in the sky under the melon and fruit stand.

In this romantic evening, the girls put on seasonal melons and fruits in front of the bright moon in the sky, worshipping the sky, begging the goddess of heaven to give them smart hearts and dexterous hands, so that their knitting skills are skillful, and they are begging for a good match for love and marriage. In the past, marriage was a lifelong event for women that determined the happiness of their lives, so countless sentient men and women in the world would pray for a happy marriage in front of the stars at this night, when the night was quiet and deep.

The most common custom of the Qixi Festival is the various begging activities performed by women on the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Most of the ways of begging are that the girls thread the needle and thread to test the skill, make some small items, put some melons and fruits on the way, and the way of begging in various regions is different, each interesting.

In Jinan, Shandong, Huimin, Gaoqing and other places of begging activities are very simple, just display melons and fruits begging, if there is a happy spider webs on melons and fruits, it means that begging is clever. And Juancheng, Cao County, Pingyuan and other places to eat Qiaoqiao rice and begging customs are very interesting: seven good girls collect grain and vegetables to make dumplings, a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three dumplings respectively, after the begging activities, they get together to eat dumplings, legend has to eat the money is blessed, eat the needle skill, eat the early marriage of the date.

The customs of the Chinese Qixi Festival.

Worship the moon, marriage and childbirth, beggar, receive dew, incense bridge meeting.

1. Eat good food.

I think it is also a Chinese tradition to eat food during the festive season. The Qixi Festival is no exception, and it also has its own exclusive delicacy during the festival--- begging Qiaoguo, also known as Qiaoguo. It is made of oil, noodles, honey, and sugar, and it will be made into melons, fruits, flowers and plants, and other beautiful appearances, and they will be eaten or sold.

Anyway, food is indispensable on the day of Tanabata.

2. Worship small dolls.

The custom of offering small dolls was probably intended for children. During the Tanabata Festival, people will make some small dolls with different images and put them at home. At the beginning, the dolls were all made of clay, making some dolls of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and children, or the images of small animals such as cows and sheep.

It's not necessarily pretty, but it's fun. Later, it became more and more exquisite, not only using gold and silver, but also making strange dolls as tall as real people.

3. Needle threading competition.

There are three major competitions in the Qixi Festival, and the needle piercing competition, one of which first became popular, began around the Han Dynasty. On the day of the Qixi Festival, women and girls from all families will leave the house, and everyone gathers under the grape trellis, guessing what the girl and weaver girl will say when they meet, and at the same time taking out their own needlework and thread. By threading the needle, the one who wears it the fastest is the one who has the most skillful hands.

We all know the love story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl on the Qixi Festival, but we don't know what customs and habits this festival has, so what are its customs and habits?

The Chinese Qixi Festival, also known as the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Festival or Double Seven Festival, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals and is usually celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Here are some of the customs of the Qixi Festival:

Take the bridge: According to legend, the Qixi Festival is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the bridge. On this day, people will build a temporary bamboo and wood bridge outdoors to symbolize the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

Qiqiao: Qixi Festival is also known as Qiqiao Festival. Traditionally, young unmarried women would pray to the Weaver Girl on this day for wisdom and skill to show off their weaving talents. On this day, they weave colourful silk threads and make various handicrafts.

Worship the Weaver Girl: On the day of the Qixi Festival, people go to temples or courtyards to burn incense and worship the Weaver Girl, hoping to receive blessings in beauty, wisdom and skill.

Feast: Families will enjoy a sumptuous dinner together on this day to celebrate the Qixi Festival. Traditional foods include dumplings, noodles, fruits, etc.

Stargazing: Qixi Festival is a great time to see the stars. According to legend, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met, only the silver lead seepage nebula disappeared in the sky, so people could see the Milky Way meteor on this day.

These customs may vary depending on the region and individual traditions, but in general, Qixi Festival is a romantic festival that celebrates love and beauty.

The legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl began in the "Book of Songs: Dadong": the records of "The Weaver Girl" and "The Morning Glory". "Nineteen Ancient Poems: Morning Glory" has called the Cowherd and Weaver Girl husband and wife.

Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs" Yiwen: "The Weaver Girl should cross the river on the Chinese Valentine's Day, so that the magpie is the bridge, and it is said that the magpie's head is all for no reason on the seventh day, because the beam (note Bi Dahan: bridge) to cross the Weaver Girl.

The story has taken shape and is combined with the Qixi customs.

Synopsis: According to legend, the Weaver Girl is the daughter of the Queen Mother (or the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, or the granddaughter). She is ingenious and good at weaving, and can weave colorful clouds with a pair of dexterous hands.

There is an orphan in the world named Cowherd, although he is hardworking, he has always lived a poor life. Later, under the guidance of the old cow, the Cowherd took away the clothes of the Weaver Girl who was bathing in the lake, and the Weaver Girl also loved the Cowherd, and the two became husband and wife. Since then, the man has cultivated and the woman has wow, given birth to a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life.

Who knew that the Queen Mother knew about the Weaver Girl's marriage in the world, and she was furious and sent heavenly soldiers to capture the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace. With the help of the old cow, the cowherd carried his children in a basket and chased them to the sky. When the queen mother saw the cowherd chasing after her, she used the golden hairpin on her head to draw a big river between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, which is the Milky Way.

The surging Milky Way mercilessly separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both banks, and they had to cry and look at each other across the river. Later, when the Queen Mother saw them crying sadly, she was moved by compassion and ordered the magpie to send a message to let them see each other every seven days. Who knew that the magpie had misspoken, saying that they would meet once a year on the seventh day of July.

So the Queen Mother punished the magpies for building bridges for them. Every year on the evening of July 7, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet on the bridge made of magpies and pour out their hearts. Legend has it that that night, in the dead of night, the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could be heard under the grape trellises, and if it rained in the sky, it would be their sad tears.

On a midsummer night, looking up at the starry night sky, people can see two bright stars on opposite sides of the Milky Way. The famous "0" magnitude bright star is Vega, and the four small stars next to it form a shuttle shape like a weaving cloth; The first bright star on the opposite side is the Cowherd Star, which is composed of two small stars in front and behind, like a person carrying a burden in a zigzag shape. It is said that "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" is about the love between them.

Qixi Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, also known as the "Cowherd and Weaver Girl Festival" and "Qiqiao Festival". Here are some of the customs of the Qixi Festival:

Weaver Girl and Cowherd Champion Meeting: In some places, people will hold the Weaver Girl and Cowherd-shaped pants Mengyuan Festival on this day to compete in various skills to show their prayers for wisdom.

Worship Vega: On this day, people pray to Vega for peace, happiness, and good love, as well as burn incense and set off fireworks.

Begging: On this day, girls beg for a happy marriage and a harmonious family.

Wearing flower ornaments: Girls will also wear their own flower ornaments to welcome the cowherd.

Hanging tangrams: On this day, people hang tangrams, symbolizing the "tangram" skill.

Give Valentine's Gifts: Qixi Festival is also Valentine's Day, where people give gifts and express their love, such as chocolates, flowers, gifts, etc.

Eating Qiaoguo: Qiaoguo is a fruit that symbolizes love, and people will eat Qiaoguo on this day in order to get the moisture and sweetness of love.

Watch the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet: On this day, people will also watch the story and drama of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meeting to express their yearning and prayer for love.

Translation: On the night of Qixi Yinkuan, looking at the blue sky, it is like seeing the Cowherd and Weaver Girl across the "Tianhe" meeting on the Magpie Bridge.

Every household is watching the autumn moon while begging (threading needles through the moon), and there are tens of thousands of red lines crossed.

Poem: Begging Qiao. Tang) digging brigade Lin Jie.

Tanabata tonight to see the blue sky, morning glory weaving stool girl crossing the river bridge.

Every family begs to look at the autumn moon and wears tens of thousands of red silks.

The customs of the Qixi Festival include celebrating the birthday of the cow, worshiping the Kui star, threading the needle and begging for skill, happy spider should be skillful, and throwing needles to test the skill.

1. Celebrate the birthday of the cow.

After the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl separated, the old cow raised by the Cowherd sacrificed his life and sacrificed his cowhide in order to allow the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet. Therefore, on the day of the Qixi Festival every year, children will go to the fields to collect wild flowers and hang them on the horns of the cow to commemorate the dedication of the old cow, and the custom of celebrating the birthday of the cow appeared.

2. Bai Kuixing.

This is a Qixi Festival custom for scholars. Legend has it that the seventh day of the seventh month of July is Kuixing's birthday, and the spine manuscript has the ability to master the candidate's career, so on this day, candidates who want to gain fame will choose to worship Kuixing, and there is a custom of worshipping Kuixing on the Qixi Festival.

3. Needle threading.

On the day of the Qixi Festival, according to Chinese tradition, women need to kneel down to the Vega on that night, hoping to have a wise mind and exquisite female red craftsmanship under the protection of the Vega.

4. Spiders should be coincidental.

Spider joy is also another custom of the Qixi Festival. On the seventh day of the seventh month, adults will prepare some fruits and other food, waiting for the arrival of a mung bean-sized spider, that is, the "happy spider".

5. Needle test.

On the day before the seventh day of the seventh month, the maidens fill the basin with night and day water, and then leave it for the night. After the sun shines on the Qixi Festival, the water in the basin will form a film, and then this film can be used to "test the skill".