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Chinese Name:
Qīxī /chee-sshee-jyeah/, also known as Double Seventh Festival or Chinese Valentine’s Day. |
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Qixi Festival :
Qixi Festival is the most romantic day among all the Chinese festivals, and it is favored by young women who beg for bright heart and knitting and needlecraft skills from the goddess in heaven, pray for happiness, worship the god of the weaver, and make wishes for a good husband. Therefore, this special festival is also called Chinese Valentine’s Day. |
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Date:
The date of Qixi Festival in 2015 is August 20, 2015, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In the Gregorian calendar, it often goes into August. |
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The Legend :
Qixi Festival originated from a romantic love story, the legend of a cowherd and a weaver. The legend is very popular, and everyone in China, young and old, knows about it.
The legend is about an honest and kind-hearted man named Niu Lang (the cowherd) and a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (the weaver girl) who fell in love with each other. However, their love was not allowed, and the final decision that the Queen Mother in heaven made was that they could only meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Therefore, their meeting date has been called “Qi Xi” (Double Seventh).
On that day, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu meet on Que Qiao, a bridge made up of magpies, spanning the Milky Way.
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History :
Scholars have shown that Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (207 BC to 220 AD), so it has been over 2,000 years. |
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Celebration :
Many of the traditional customs are disappearing, or no longer observed.
You are more likely to find them practiced in rural areas.
How the Double Seventh Festival Is Celebrated Now: The owners of flower shops, bars, stores are full of joy as they sell more products for love. People usually celebrate the day by giving flowers, chocolates, and other presents, like for Western Valentine's Day, to their loves instead of doing the traditional customs. |
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| However, the love story of Niulang and Zhinü has taken deep root in the hearts of Chinese people, and it has been, and probably always will be, told from one generation to the next. |
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8-1、You are busy at work and the kid is alone at home, who shall be the one you trust to take care of the kid?
8-2、The kid is leaving school while you are still at work, who shall be the one you prefer to take your kid back home?
8-3、When the kid is playing in the amusement park, will you doubt the safety of the facilities there?
8-4、Are you okay if your kid plays outside with his/her friends during the summer vacation?
8-5、When you purchase organic vegetable at the supermarket, will you doubt if they are not actually organic?
8-6、Will you help the elderly up when they fall down on the ground?
8-7、Do you doubt the sanitary condition where you have meals with your friends and family in the restaurant?
8-8、Do you doubt if the vendor fools you about the souvenirs that you purchase as gifts for your friends and family during the trip?
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