French media: in China, Qixi is still inherited

French "Little Daily" August 3rd article, the original title: about "Chinese Valentine's Day" -the August 4, 2022 is the traditional Chinese Tanabata Festival. The Qixi Festival is regarded as "Chinese Valentine's Day" based on the romantic legend of the Cowherd and Weaver.

Many traditional customs on the Qixi Festival are disappearing or not observed. Today, people can go to some rural or special areas to experience the following activities related to the Qixi Festival:

First, Qiaoqiao. Mainly, "piercing needle begging", "wearing a needle on the moon", and other forms of needle, and carving flowers, animals, etc. on the skin of the melon, to show women's talents.

Second, Sister Seven. Young women use tea, wine, longan, red eyes, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts and melon seeds on the night of the Qixi Festival as tribute. They wish to marry Ruyi Langjun to the weaver actress and live a happy life in the future.

Third, celebrate the birth of Niu. Children will pick wild flowers on the horns on the day of the Qixi Festival to commemorate the old cows who help the cowherd and weaver.

Fourth, the production and consumption of "ingenuity fruit", this is a kind of fried snack with different shapes.

Today, Chinese couples usually celebrate the Qixi Festival by giving flowers, chocolate or other gifts to their lover, rather than follow traditional customs. But the romantic legend of the cowherd and weaver has penetrated into the hearts of the Chinese, and the Qixi Festival is expected to be inherited from generation to generation. (Translated by Zhao Fengying)

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