On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people commonly call it Tanabata Festival, or "Qiqiao Festival" or "daughter's Day", which is the most romantic festival in Chinese traditional festivals. On a sunny summer and autumn night, the sky is full of stars. A white milky way runs across the north and south. On the East and west sides of the Milky way, there is a shining star, facing each other across the river and facing each other in the distance, that is, Altair and Vega.

It is a folk custom to sit and watch the morning glory Vega on Tanabata. It is said that on this night every year, the weaver girl and the cowherd meet on the magpie bridge. Vega is a beautiful, smart and dexterous fairy. On this night, mortal women beg her for wisdom and skill, and they can't help asking her for a happy marriage. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also known as the begging day.

What are the customs of Tanabata Festival?

1. Douqiao, watching movies, tying red head ropes: douqiao, watching movies with clean water, tying red head ropes and other Tanabata folk customs are all to pray that girls can have wisdom, beauty, health and peace. Therefore, whenever the Tanabata Festival comes, girls will wear needles, douqiao, place small needles and grass sticks in still water, and wear red head ropes around their necks.

2. Worship ghosts and gods: Tanabata Festival, like other traditional festivals, is inseparable from ghosts and gods. Therefore, whenever Tanabata Festival, people also worship ghosts and gods. The objects of worship include Bodhisattva, land, cowherd, Kuixing, bed mother, seven sisters, etc. Because local customs are different, the specific worship objects and worship processes are different.

3.Wutong, Altair and Vega, the 3, watching the stars and attending the fragrant bridge: whether it is the legend of the Cowherd and the weaver girl or the worship of the stars at first, people should watch the stars on the Qixi Festival. In Yixing, Jiangsu and other areas, there is also the custom of participating in the Xiangqiao meeting. People hope to pray for a happy marriage at the Xiangqiao meeting.

4. Praying for marriage: at first, the festival meaning of Tanabata Festival was not related to the marriage between men and women, but later, with the popularity of the festival among the people and the rendering of the fairy tales of Cowherd and weaver girl, the meaning of praying for marriage was added to Tanabata Festival. Whenever the seventh day of the seventh lunar month comes, girls should pray that they can meet a happy marriage in the future.

On May 20, 2006, the Tanabata Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the approval of the State Council. In recent years, due to the influence of foreign culture, foreign festivals have gradually become popular in China, and the media hype. Tanabata Festival has produced the cultural meaning of "Chinese Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.

The magpie bridge is curved, and the friendship is strong. The Cowherd and Weaver meet happily. The stars are shining in the sky, and the world is lingering. Hand in hand, heart to heart, intimate words can't be finished. Happy life revolves around you, love rolls like a river, gushing in your heart. I only wish this life will always be with me, life and death, hand in hand. Wish you happiness on Tanabata!

I wish lovers get married and happy Tanabata!