Famous lines from ancient Chinese Valentine's Day poems are as follows:

1. Meeting and getting drunk is the prelude, where will the wind and rain dissipate and drift away? ——Su Shi's "Magpie Bridge Immortal·Qixi Festival"

2. How much joy and separation are combined in this night every year. ——Bai Juyi's "Chinese Valentine's Day"

3. The film is full of entertainment, and I have returned to looking forward to the next year. ——Lu Jing's "Qixi Festival Ode"

4. The morning glory comes out of the west of the river, and the weaver girl comes to the east. We will look at each other forever, who will see each other on the Chinese Valentine's Day? ——Du Fu's "The Morning Bull and the Weaver"

5. The scenery on earth and in heaven is the same, and you and I know it. ——Mao Pang's "The Order of Heartfelt Love"

Introduction to the Chinese Valentine's Day

The Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as the Qixi Festival, Qijie Festival, Girl's Day, Qiqiao Festival, Qinianghui, and Qixi Festival , Niu Gong Gong Po Day, Qiao Xi, etc. are traditional Chinese folk festivals. The Qixi Festival evolved from the worship of stars and is the birthday of the Seventh Sister in the traditional sense. Because the worship service to the Seventh Sister is held on the seventh night of July, it is named "Qixi Festival".

It is the traditional custom of the Chinese Valentine's Day to worship the Seventh Sister, pray for blessings and wishes, beg for skills, sit and watch the Altair and Vega, pray for marriage, and store water for the Chinese Valentine's Day. Through historical development, Qixi Festival has been endowed with the beautiful love legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", making it a festival symbolizing love. It is therefore considered the most romantic traditional festival in China. In contemporary times, it has even given birth to the name "Chinese Valentine's Day". cultural meaning.

The Chinese Valentine's Day is not only a festival to worship the Seventh Sister, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the themes of praying for blessings, begging for skill, and love, and with women as the main body. . The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on the Chinese Valentine's Day comes from people's worship of natural astronomical phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded with astronomical star areas and geographical areas.

This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in terms of astronomy, and "dividing fields" in terms of geography. Legend has it that on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

The Qixi Festival began in ancient times, became popular in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Among the many folk customs of Chinese Valentine's Day, some have gradually disappeared, but a considerable number of them have been continued by people. The Chinese Valentine's Day originated in China, and some Asian countries influenced by Chinese culture, such as Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam, also have the tradition of celebrating the Chinese Valentine's Day.