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Torch Festival: 火把节 7 (七月) 7th August 25, 2020 Qixi Festival (The Night of Sevens, Magpie Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day) 七夕 According to legend, the goddess "Zhi Nü" (the star Vega) fell in love with the farmer boy "Niu Lang" (the star Altair), but was disapproved by her mother goddess.
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 days observed as general public holidays in Singapore are declared in the schedule to the Holidays Act. [9] According to the Ministry of Manpower , which issues a yearly list of the dates on which public holidays fall, the holidays were "chosen and agreed upon after close consultation with different community and religious leaders in ...
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.
Complete speculation on my part, but given that this legend-linked festival falls roughly (being lunar-based and therefore variable by the solar calendar) at the same time as the Perseid meteor shower (which of course extends either side of its peak around 12/13 August), I wonder if the legend's element of a fall of rain/tears from heaven is ...
Based on Chinese calendar: 13th day of 5th lunar month Kuan Kung's Birthday 關公誕辰: Based on Chinese calendar: 13th day of 5th lunar month Cheng Huang's Birthday 城隍爺誕辰: Based on Chinese calendar: 7th day of 7th lunar month Qixi Festival: 七夕: Based on Chinese calendar: 15th day of 7th lunar month Ghost Festival: 中元節 ...
In Singapore, the Chinese New Year is celebrated primarily by Chinese Singaporeans, or members of the Chinese diaspora located there, who make up over 75% of Singapore's population. [1] The holiday is the start of a new year based on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.