The Qixi Festival, sometimes called the Qiqiao Festiva, is a Chinese holiday honoring Zhinü and Niulang’s yearly encounter in Chinese mythology.
On the lunar calendar, the festival is observed on the 7th day of the 7th lunisolar month.
The celebration has its roots in astrological worship.
According to tradition, it is the seventh oldest sister’s birthday.
Due to the worship of the seventh older sister that takes place on the 7th night of the 7th lunar month, it is known as the “Qixi Festival.”
People eventually began to celebrate the love story of Zhinü and Niulang, who were, respectively, a weaving girl and a cowherd.
Since the Han period, the Qixi Festival has honored the legend of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Qixi Festival Characters
Due to the worship of the seventh older sister that takes place on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month, it is known as the “Qixi Festival.”
People began to celebrate the romantic tale of Zhinü and Niulang, who were, respectively, a weaver girl and a cowherd, and who were said to have fallen in love.
Since the Han Dynasty, the celebration has been celebrated and has earned the names Double Seventh Festival, Night of the Sevens, and Magpie Festival.
Children gather wild flowers and put them on an ox’s horns as a tribute to the oxen.
One of the most well-liked customs in certain places is women cooking traditional foods, threading needles in the moonlight, and praying to Zhi Nu to grant their desires.
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