Cultural scholar Langfang Qixi Folk Customs

On the seventh day of the lunar calendar on August 4th, the traditional holiday season was ushered in the Chinese Festival. The reporter interviewed Wang Sheng, a folk culture scholar in Langfang, and introduced the Qixi folk activities in Langfang.

Qixi refers to the July 7th lunar calendar. The old holidays were mainly at night, so they were called the Tanabata Festival. The customs originated from Chinese folklore- "Cowherd Weaver Girl". In the old days, the woman begged the weaver girl, so it was also called the Qiqiao Festival and the Daughter's Day. The "Jingchu Chi Ji Ji" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties included: "July 7th, the night of glory and weaver party." The stone is the needle, and Chen Guaguo begged in the court. "

"The history of the Langfang area has a long history, and there are local characteristics." Wang Sheng said that the folk activities of the Qixi Festival in Langfang are divided into two categories. During the day, the girls begged. At noon on the day of the Qixi Festival, they used a bowl to fill the water, sunan in the sun, and then everyone took out a needle and put it on the water. At this time, you can see the projection of the needle at the bottom of the bowl. If the projection is the shape of the scissors, it means that the hand is very good in the future; if the projection is a hammer shape, it means stupid. Although few girls take this result, it is also a custom that has been inherited for hundreds of years. It is said that in the evening, the children can hear the cry of crying under the grape rack. It is the cowherd and weaver girl complained with each other when they meet. If it rains, it will be considered their tears.

"The days when Qixi was worshiped by women in the old days. Until today, some cities and rural areas in Langfang still retain the customs of the Qixi Festival worship." Wang Sheng said that on this day, the parents of several sisters will get up early, and the parents will get up early. Take home from house to house, boil a pot of "hundreds of rice", the parents of the eldest sister have a bowl of rice porridge for each sister and press a piece of paper cutting under the bowl. After the worship ceremony, each person chose a bowl of porridge by themselves. If the pattern below the porridge bowl is scissors, it means that the girl's heart is clever and will engage in tailoring in the future; if it is an abacus, it may engage in accounting in the future; It may be successful, all of which have the desire to live in a better life.

"In recent years, the traditional festival of Tanabata has received more and more attention. After a group of traditional festivals have been re -excavated and sorted out, there is a lot of return." Wang Sheng said. (Reporter Zhang Taiyuan editor Zhang Hongxu)

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