The origin and legend of the Qiqiao Festival
The Qi Qiao Festival is also called the Qixi Festival.It is held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year.The earliest origin of the Qiqiao Festival is the worship of natural celestial phenomena in ancient times.Later, there were legends about the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on the Qixi Festival.
The Qiqiao Festival is also known as the Qixi Festival.Because the Qiqiao Festival has the meaning of praying to the heaven for girls to be smart and dexterous in ancient times, it is also called the Qiqiao Festival.In addition, Qiqiao Festival is also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qijie Festival, Girls" Festival, Qinianghui, Qixi Festival, Niu Gong Niu Po Day, Qiao Xi, etc., which originated from the worship of celestial phenomena in ancient times.
A brief introduction to the origin of the Qiqiao Festival
The Qiqiao Festival has appeared in ancient times.When human beings have thoughts, they have already begun to observe and explore celestial phenomena, and named some specific astrological phenomena.Among them, there are two astrological phenomena called "Pleiades" and "Vega", in order to commemorate and worship the natural changes of these two astrological phenomena , People set the seventh day of the seventh lunar month as a special festival and celebrate it on this day.Later, Qiqiao Festival gradually evolved into Valentine"s Day.
What are the myths and legends of the Qiqiao Festival
It is said that in ancient times there was a cow herder called Niulang.Cattle depend on each other.One day Lao Niu suddenly told him to go to the river to steal a piece of clothes, and then he could marry a fairy.Cowherd went to the river and saw a group of fairies bathing.He stole Zhinv"s clothes according to Lao Niu"s statement.Zhinv couldn"t go back to the sky without clothes and had to agree to marry him.But the law forbids fairies from falling in love with mortals.After a few years, the Queen Mother learned of this and took Zhinu back to heaven.The Cowherd caught up to the sky and was separated by the Milky Way, which the Queen Mother turned into with hairpins.He could only meet the Weaver Girl in the Milky Way on the Magpie Bridge every July 7th.
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