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The Qixi Festival (Chinese: 七夕; pinyin: Qīxī; lit. 'Seventh Night [of the seventh month]'), also known as the Qiqiao Festival ( Chinese : 乞巧 ; pinyin : Qǐqiǎo ; lit. 'Beseeching craftsmanship'), is a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology .
The Qixi Festival (Qiqiao Festival) is an annual event on 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar, celebrating the love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Because the Weaver girl is the youngest sister of seven fairies, she is also known as "the Seventh Sister".
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl originated from people’s worship of natural celestial phenomena, and later developed into the Qiqiao or Qixi Festival since the Han Dynasty. [5] [better source needed] It has also been celebrated as the Tanabata festival in Japan and the Chilseok festival in Korea. [6]
Qiqiao may refer to: Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival; Qiqiao, Hebei (齐桥), a town in Botou, Hebei, China; Qiqiao Subdistrict (漆桥街道), a subdistrict of Gaochun District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
For the most part however, only Chinese New Year, Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are statutory public holidays. This is the case in both mainland China and Taiwan whilst Hong Kong and Macau also observe Buddha's Birthday and Chung Yeung Festival.
She remains a child throughout much of the novel. Because Qiaojie was born on the date of the Double Seventh Festival (known as Qixi 七夕 or Qiqiao 乞巧), which celebrates the annual reunion of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, Granny Liu names her Qiaojie 巧姐 in association, hoping the name will bestow some good luck and fortune.
Archeological finds from the Yangshao culture have been found in Xihe. [2] During the Qin state era, the area was used to raise horses. [1] During the Sui dynasty the county of Changdao was established in present-day Xihe During the Northern Song dynasty the name was changed to Minzhou.
Seventh Evening) is a Korean traditional festival which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Korean lunisolar calendar, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. Chilseok is a period where the heat starts to dwindle and the Wet season begins, and the rain that falls during this period is called Chilseok water.