Magpie Bridge, also known as Wuqi Bridge, is a bridge that the legendary bird god was moved by the sincere feelings of Cowherd and Weaver Girl and sent magpies to build. According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid are separated by the Milky Way and can only meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. In order to meet the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, magpies from all over the world will fly over and use their bodies to get close to each other and build a bridge. This bridge is called Magpie Bridge. Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet on this magpie bridge.
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Valentine's Day in China is on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Begging for Cleverness Day, Seven Clever Days, Double Seven Days, Sweet Days, Weeks, Blue Nights, Daughter's Day or Seven Sisters's Birthday. Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. As early as ancient times, the ancients knew something about the astronomical phenomena of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. The written records of geographical divisions corresponding to Cowherd and Weaver Girl in Tianwenxing District can be found in the documents of Han Dynasty. Hanshu Geography: "Guangdong (Vietnam) is also divided into cowherd and weaver girl." In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a personalized description of Tanabata: "Weaver crossing the river on Tanabata, Queqiao Meeting." Tanabata has become a festival symbolizing love because of the beautiful legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and it also has the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.
In the Han Dynasty, Tanabata was endowed with the humanistic connotation of love women Vega's begging for wisdom and skills, forming the custom of begging for cleverness on Tanabata, so it was also called "begging for cleverness". Tanabata is a popular traditional cultural festival in China and other countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. Many customs of women in China on Valentine's Day, such as needlework, praying for reed hands, praying for Seven Sisters, displaying flowers, fruits and needlework, have influenced countries with Chinese character cultural circles, such as Japan, Korean Peninsula and Viet Nam. ?
Valentine's Day in China is the earliest love festival in the world. It is a festival with the folklore of Cowherd and Weaver Girl as the carrier, love as the theme and women as the protagonist. On May 20th, 2006, China Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council.
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Queqiao-Baidu Encyclopedia