In the myths and legends of China, the Weaver Girl is the granddaughter of the Emperor of Heaven. She has been weaving brocade for many years, but she has stopped weaving since she married the Cowherd in Hexi. The Emperor of Heaven ordered them to separate and only allowed them to meet once a year on the Tianhe River on July 7th. Commonly known as "Tanabata". When they met, magpies bridged the bridge for them. This bridge is called Magpie Bridge. This is an ancient custom. On this night, girls in China have to put on needles to beg for wisdom.
The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is roughly the same, and later Pinghua or operas such as Tianhe Match, Tianxianpei, and Queqiao Club are similar. Not only immortal people, but also immortal people, immortals can descend to earth, and mortals can ascend to heaven. A love story of harmony between man and nature is full of rich and sweet human feelings, as well as the outlook on life and ethics in the farming and pastoral society.
Introduction to Qixi custom
The love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is the envy of most young men and women. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the so-called "Chinese Valentine's Day" banned actresses from performing the opera "Queqiao Fairy", bringing new fruits, and street children cheered with lotus leaves in their hands. In the Tang Dynasty, on Qixi night, I climbed a dangerous tree, set a banquet and enjoyed the festival. In the Song Dynasty, Qixi was regarded as "Daughter's Day". In the yard, women covered their faces with towels, looked up at the sky, prayed silently, and predicted their lifelong events according to the misty scenes they saw.
The most common thing is to set up an incense table in the court, hold melons and fruits, look up to the sky and burn incense to worship, and then put seven pinholes with silk thread in one breath in the hazy sky. You must have such eyes, you must have a pair of skillful hands, and you can catch a spider in a small box. If Rosty Yi sees the net perfectly, it is called "cleverness", and there is also a "throwing needle", holding a bowl of clear water and gently throwing the embroidery needle into the water under the starlight.