Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body.

The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

Festival influence

In Viet Nam, the main way to celebrate Tanabata is China people, and Tanabata has its own name-"Cow, Cow and Woman Day". On this day, people will make wishes in the temple.

The tributes used by Chinese in Ho Chi Minh City to worship Tanabata are mainly the customs in southern China, including water chestnut, chess cake, money cake and peanuts, as well as "Yang He" and "Qi Jiepan" which are closely related to the legend of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl". The young people who participated in the activity also wrote their expectations for love on a piece of paper, wishing the future family happiness.