Brief Introduction to the Qixi Festival “七夕节”简介

在中国，农历七月初七的夜晚，天气温暖，草木飘香，这就是人们俗称的七夕节，又叫“乞巧节”或“女儿节”，它是中国传统节日中最具浪漫色彩的一个节日。
On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, in an environment of mild weather and fragrant trees and grass, the most romantic traditional Chinese festival begins. It is called Qixi festival, also known as the Girls’ Day or the Begging Festival.
“七夕”是一个由爱情神话演绎的节日。故事主角天上的织女与人间的牛郎互相爱慕，结为夫妻，后来却被拆散。二人化成牛郎星、织女星，分隔在银河两岸，每年只能在农历七月初七那天在鹊桥相会，有情男女都会在这个晚上祈祷姻缘美满。作为中国颇具浪漫色彩的民俗节日“七夕节”被称为“中国情人节”。
The Qixi Festival is a festival that tells a love legend. The leading characters in the story are the celestial Weaving Maid in the heavens and the Cowherd down on earth. As a result of their mutual adoration and attraction for each other, they eventually get married. But then later they are forced to break up. The two became the Altair and the Vega separated on either side of the Milky Way, and can only meet each other once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Magpie Bridge. Men and women that have affectionate feelings for each other will for sure pray that night for a beautiful marriage. As this Qixi Festival is a traditional Chinese festival full of romance, it is also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day.