When is the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2017? The origin and beautiful legend of the Chinese Valentine's Day

When is the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2017? The Chinese Valentine's Day 2017 is coming soon. If you don't know when it is, you may be destined to be single. Next, let us take a closer look at the relevant content of the Qixi Festival.

When is the Chinese Valentine's Day in 2017?

General Overview

The Chinese Valentine’s Day in 2017 is on August 28, 2017, the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, which is a Monday.
The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the Chinese Valentine's Day, is also called the "Qixi Festival" or "Daughter's Day". It is the most romantic of China's traditional festivals and is also considered the "Chinese Valentine's Day." Chinese Valentine's Day is a day for couples to express their love. On this day, many couples will choose to prepare an exquisite gift for each other and spend this romantic day together.

The Origin of Tanabata

It is said that the Qixi Festival originated in the Han Dynasty. In Ge Hong's "Miscellaneous Notes of Western Capital" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was recorded that "Han women used to thread seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Tower on July 7th, and everyone was used to it." This is the earliest record of begging for skills in ancient Chinese literature. Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem: "The dim stars are adorned with pearly light, and the palace maids are busy begging for skills on the Qixi Festival"; "The Remaining Stories of Kaiyuan and Tianbao" records: Emperor Taizong of Tang and his concubines held banquets in the Qing Palace on every Qixi Festival, and the palace maids each begged for skills. This custom has been popular among the people and has been passed down from generation to generation.

Beautiful legend about the Qixi Festival

1. The Chinese Valentine's Day is connected with the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, which is a very beautiful love story that has been passed down through the ages and has become one of the four major folk love legends in my country. According to legend, Niulang's parents died young, and he was often abused by his brother and sister-in-law, so he depended on the old cow for survival. He met the Weaver Girl in the sky by chance, and the two fell in love and got married.

2. After marriage, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl lived a happy life with the man farming and the woman weaving, loving each other. When the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother learned that the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd had gotten married, they were furious and immediately ordered the gods to descend to the mortal world to capture the Weaver Girl.

3. When the Cowherd returned home, he did not see the Weaver Girl, so he chased after her, carrying his two children on his shoulders. When they were about to catch up with the Weaver Girl, the Queen Mother pulled out the golden hairpin on her head and waved at the Milky Way. The once clear and shallow Milky Way suddenly became turbid and turbulent, separating the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way. From then on, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl stared at each other across the river with tears in their eyes.

4. Later, Queen Mother allowed the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet on the seventh day of every July. So magpies from the human world flew to the sky to build a bridge for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, which was called the Magpie Bridge Meeting. It is said that on the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day, when it is late and quiet, people can still hear the sweet love words of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet in the sky under the grape trellis or other fruit trellises.