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Guangxi people's Qixi Festival: Locals believe that the hoarded "July 7" water has a miraculous effect, which can drive away the cold and avoid the heat, ** various diseases, is a good medicine!
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Guangxi has the custom of hoarding "seven days of July", and the purpose of taking water is mainly to eliminate disasters and diseases. Because legend has it that the seven fairies in the sky will go down to the earth to take a bath during the Qixi Festival, and the water after bathing has a miraculous effect and will not deteriorate, and some residents will take the water back to bathe, cook, and even eliminate disasters and diseases.
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This is a local custom, this custom here is not about the Cowherd and Weaver Girl or Valentine's Day, but that there are gods to bathe on this day, and the river bathing on this day will be protected by the gods.
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Legend has it that the seventh day of July is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and the water they bring is their tears, so it can be used as a medicine primer, and it will not deteriorate for a long time.
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It is believed that taking spring water and river water on the day of Tanabata is like taking water from the Milky Way, and it has the sacred power of purification. Some places directly call it the Weaver Girl Holy Water.
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On this day, people in Guangxi will go to the famous mountain spring to stock up on some and put it at home, it is said that the water of this day can eliminate disasters and diseases.
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In some places in Guangxi, there is the custom of hoarding "seven waters in July", this custom is mainly to eliminate disasters and diseases, on that day many children are not in good health, they will also take a red rope, tie seven knots, wear them, and ask for peace and health.
The seventh water in July is also called Shuangqishui, which means that early in the morning on the day of Qixi Festival, the people in Guangxi will run to the river or stream to fetch water, take it home and put it in a new container, and wait until the evening to bathe the whole family.
About this custom, legend has it that on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the seven fairies in the sky will go down to earth and bathe in the river of the world, after they take a bath, the water will have a miraculous effect, it will not deteriorate, some residents will also take the water back to bathe, cook, and even ** some diseases, such as heat stroke, fever, etc., in the early years, those places lacked doctors and medicinal materials, and many people took this water as a panacea.
When fetching water, people get up early in the morning, scramble to scoop water from the river, and some people don't sleep in the middle of the night, starting in the early morning, the sound of walking on the street and the sound of buckets come and go, and the street is like rain, and the water that everyone takes is carefully stored for later use.
The ancient custom is that this water has a magical effect, it can be used to dye cloth, the cloth will not fade color, it can be used to make vinegar, the taste is very refreshing, and it will not spoil, and some people use this vinegar to sell. This water can also be used as a liquor, which tastes good, and can also be used as a health drink. If you use it to wash your hair, your hair will be darker and shinier, and it won't fall out easily.
Whether there is a scientific basis for the above effects, we do not know, but this custom is beautiful and unique.
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According to legend, the seven fairies have exerted fairy energy, and this water will not deteriorate, and it will not be bad if it is hoarded for a year.
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Legend has it that this water can ward off disasters and good health, so many locals will take the water home and bathe the elderly and children.
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A place and a custom, Tunshui in Guangxi must have a beautiful meaning on the occasion of Valentine's Day.
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I am a native of Guangxi, let me tell you, this July seven water can eliminate disasters and get blessings, get the protection of the seven fairies, and the family will be safe and secure from now on.
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The seventh water of July is a kind of customs and habits that drive away evil spirits and take refuge, and it is a kind of sustenance for people to look forward to a beautiful love and happy life.
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This should be the same as the beautiful love of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, the origin flows, and there is the meaning of good wishes.
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Some places in Guangxi hoard July 7 water because they think it can eliminate disasters and diseases, and can take it home to bathe, make tea and cook rice, which is also a local custom.
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It's just a local folk custom for Valentine's Day, I guess it should be a beautiful idea that wants love to flow for a long time and can be preserved forever.
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I think it's mainly because the local people think that the seventh day of July is the day when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet, and the water at this time is their tears.
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In Guangxi, there are several uses of July seven water: conventional thirst quenching, soaking sour bamboo shoots, medicinal induction, slight ** itching is used to adjust various pastes, and the specific usage will be talked about below.
1. Quench thirst. Although I don't know what the reason is, it is "raw water" that will not hurt my stomach if I drink it. There are many people who drink spring water in the wild, and they will have diarrhea, and the water of July 7 is so magical, it will not have diarrhea when you drink it directly, so sometimes the tea can be drunk directly.
People from mountain villages directly stock up two jars of water on the mountain on the seventh day of July, which can be used when working on the mountain for a whole year.
2. Soak sour bamboo shoots. Because the water hoarded on the seventh day of the seventh month of July is less likely to deteriorate, so in Guangxi, which likes to eat sour bamboo shoots, many people use the water of July 7 when soaking sour bamboo shoots, and it just so happens that the bamboo shoot varieties used for sour bamboo shoots - horn bamboo shoots grow at the end of June and early July.
3. Do medicine introduction. There are some traditional Chinese medicine and Zhuang doctors in Guangxi, when prescribing a certain prescription, they will tell to use the seventh water of July as a guide, the specific effect is unknown, there are also people with the same symptoms, the same prescription, one uses conventional water sources, one uses the seventh water of July, but the efficacy is very different, and the specific reason is currently unexplained.
Fourth, naughty itching and itching with paste. There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, and the habit that the older generation has been passed down is to use the seventh water in July to adjust some paste and wipe it on the **, and after a period of time, it will slowly get better. - I think it should be a paste to make it better so that the itchy area does not come into contact with the air, but there is such a custom.
The specific role of July and July is also different from many places, my hometown coordinates Wuzhou, Guangxi, and it is estimated that Nanning has different practices from Hechi.
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The seven waters of July symbolize a better future, symbolize the absence of sickness, and symbolize peace and disaster.
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It should be used, and using this kind of water stained with fairy qi to bless one's happiness and health is a kind of spiritual sustenance.
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These waters can be used for bathing, face washing, and according to legend, washing the face at this time will have a particularly good effect.
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On July 7 every year in Guangxi, the mountain spring water can be taken home for bathing, washing hair, shampooing, boiling tea and cooking.
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At the beginning of July, the mountain spring water of the seventh hoard is aura, and it is said that the seven fairies sent to the world to eliminate disasters and obtain blessing water, this water is particularly sweet.
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The mountain spring water hoarded on the seventh day of July is just a kind of psychological sustenance for people, and it is a yearning for a beautiful love and happy life.
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In fact, it doesn't actually have much effect, it's just a local custom, and they probably think that the water on the seventh day of July is more auspicious.
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I think it's a sense of ritual for the holidays.,It shouldn't be of much use.,If it's useful, it's also a wonderful thing to make lovers believe in love.。
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I think the mountain spring water in Qitun in early July must be a beautiful meaning, as for the effect, it should not have much effect.
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Mountain spring water is not rotten all year round, can be used and some traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that its ** effect is very good, and it feels quite magical.
Task, come gently, go gently, and do not take away a piece of dust.
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