When is Chinese Valentine’s Day? What month and day is it?

When is Chinese Valentine’s Day? What month and day is it?
Qixi Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, but not everyone knows when it is. So, let’s take a look at, when is Qixi Festival? What month and day is it? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is called the Qiqiao Festival, a festival in ancient times when women would "beg for skills" from the Weaver Girl, hence the name "Qiao Yue". Want to know whether the seventh lunar month of 2021 is a good day? Welcome to Shuimoxiansheng.com's special feature on the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021.

When is Chinese Valentine’s Day? What month and day is it?

The Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year.
However, the Gregorian calendar time of Chinese Valentine's Day is uncertain every year. Because the Chinese Valentine's Day is determined according to the lunar calendar. The lunar calendar time corresponding to each year is different.
For example, the Gregorian calendar time of Chinese Valentine's Day in 2021 is August 14, 2021. The Gregorian calendar time of Chinese Valentine's Day in 2020 is August 25, 2020. The Gregorian calendar time of Chinese Valentine's Day in 2019 is August 7, 2019. The Gregorian calendar time of Chinese Valentine's Day in 2018 is August 17, 2018. However, it can be seen that most of the Gregorian calendar times of Chinese Valentine's Day also occur in August of the Gregorian calendar.
But the specific date depends mainly on which year's Chinese Valentine's Day it is. However, the lunar calendar time of Qixi Festival remains unchanged every year.

What does Qiqiao on the Chinese Valentine's Day mean?

Qixi Festival is one of China's traditional festivals, and begging for skills is one of the traditional customs of the Qixi Festival.
It is said that from the first to the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year, young girls wearing new clothes would beg the Weaver Girl for wisdom and skill in the courtyard, which was called "begging for skill".
Legend has it that the so-called Seventh Sister actually refers to the weaving expert in heaven. In the old days, women begged the Seventh Sister for help, begging her to teach them the skill of weaving.
The so-called "begging for skill" is nothing more than "competing for skill". Most ways of begging for skill are for girls to thread a needle to test their skill, make some small items to compete in skill, and place some fruits and vegetables to beg for skill. The traditional folk ways of begging for skill in different places are different and interesting in their own way.
In modern times, threading a needle, steaming buns, baking fruits, growing sprouts, and decorations made of dough, paper cutting, and colorful embroidery are also extensions of the custom of begging for skills.

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