Chinanews client, Beijing, August 14th (Reporter Shangguanyun) Qixi Festival is here, are you thinking about how to send blessings to others?
Have you chosen a good gift for your lover?
Recently, similar issues have become hot topics on the Internet.
The Qixi Festival in recent years can be regarded as a lively festival. Businessmen from all walks of life hope to take the opportunity to make a fortune. Couples are busy giving gifts to each other and thinking about blessing copywriting. There are also singles who laugh at themselves as "not suitable for the festival."
As the Qixi Festival (August 14th) "Valentine's Day" approaches, many businesses in Fuzhou are actively stocking up to seize the Qixi flower market.
The picture shows the clerk sorting the bouquet.
Photo by Lu Ming
How much do you know about this festival?
Is it appropriate to say happy holidays to singles?
The current Qixi Festival is also called "Chinese Valentine's Day".
As early as it has not yet arrived, many people have already prepared carefully: giving gifts to each other and saying happy holidays between lovers, making this holiday extremely warm.
At the same time, some people laughed at themselves for "two delays in love and career", which is not suitable for the holiday; considering the love theme of the holiday, there are people who ridicule, don't say "Happy Holidays" to singles, this is a double crit.
Folklore expert Wang Juan explained that because Qixi has a rich connotation, including begging for cleverness, begging for a child, knotting a red head rope, etc., it is far more than just love.
There are different ways of living in different places. In ancient times, there was no unified blessing method for the whole country.
"For example, if you treat it as Valentine's Day, you will wish forever; when a girl comes of age, wish the girl all her wishes, ask for cleverness, and what kind of blessings to send, generally depends on the needs of both parties." She said.
Of course, on the Qixi Festival, you can also say happy holidays.
Wang Juan believes that singles can use this festival to confess, but those who don't want to celebrate this festival don't have to.
It is a very romantic festival in itself, so you don't need to restrict yourself so much.
Not only love
Indeed, earlier, Qixi had nothing to do with love.
The spread of the story of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver has something to do with the observation of the actions of the stars of Vega and the Star of Altair in ancient times.
Data map: The picture shows the people experiencing the skill of throwing needles.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
According to ancient records, on the evening of July at that time, Vega just ascended to the highest point of the year, which was clearly visible.
In addition, the position of the two darker stars next to Vega looks like an opening towards the east. Looking towards the east, you can see the Altair star.
In later generations, the connotation of Qixi Festival gradually enriched.
Such as piercing needles and begging, coincidence began in the Han Dynasty, and is especially popular among women.
The gameplay is very simple. They thread the needle and thread in the competition. Whoever wears the faster means that the more "skills" they beg for, and the smooth threading of the needles is the "skill".
There is also a game called "floating needle tricks".
The girls will prepare a basin of water in the yard one day in advance, and there will be floating dust on the water the next day.
Then, the girls put the needle in and watched the projection of the needle after the sun came out.
In addition, folklore says that July 7th is Kuixing’s birthday. Scholars who want to gain fame will worship on the Qixi Festival to pray for success in their studies.
In the Song and Yuan dynasties, the "Qiqiao City" also appeared.
The food for the Qixi Festival is called "Qiao Guo", which is mainly made of oil, noodles, sugar, honey and so on.
In "Tokyo Dream Hualu", it is called "Laughing Weary" and "Fruit-Eater".
Constantly enriching festival connotation
In addition, Wang Juan mentioned that in ancient times, one of the main contents of the Qixi Festival was begging for cleverness, so it was mostly unmarried girls who celebrated this festival.
In some areas, the coming-of-age ceremony is held for girls on this day.
Data map: The picture shows the girls in Hanfu showing the most traditional festival cultural content of the Qixi Festival-offering sacrifices to the stars and begging for cleverness.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Kegeng
For a traditional festival, its connotation, customs, etc. would have been enriched and developed over time.
In modern society, the inheritance of beneficial customs also needs to be connected with daily life.
Therefore, as far as Qixi Festival is concerned, some experts suggest that you can start from the subtleties. For example, girls can still hold similar handicraft competitions and let children make clever fruit. This can also encourage young people to pay attention to and participate in this festival. Come in.
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