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OUTLINE Qiqiao Equal to Valentine‘s Day？ The Qiqiao Festival The Origin of Qiqiao Festival The Legend of the Qiqiao Festival The Folk Customs The Qiqiao Festival The Qiqiao Festival Constellation The Legend The Legend The Legend The Folk Customs ChuanZhenQiQiao is a competition of putting a thread as quickly as possible through the eye of a needle. It is the oldest way for girl to pray for intelligence and ingenious skills The Folk Customs Another tradition is TouZhenYanQiao for girls to throw a sewing needle into a bowl full of water on the night of Qixi as a test of embroidery skills. If the needle floats on top of the water instead of sinking, it proves the girl is a skilled embroideries. The Folk Customs Long time ago, there was a girl named Xiaoqiao, she was very sympathetic to the Herd Boy and the Weaving Girl. So on the Qixi night, she always made the Qiaoguo to memorialize them and hope them can meet in the heaven. The Folk Customs The Yuelao was touched and then gave her a happy marriage. So girls learnt to Xiaoqiao and made Qiaoguo to pray for happy marriage. * Qiqiao Festival Are They Same? Qiqiao Festival Qixi Festival Valentine’s Day Qiqiao Festival is a traditional festival in China. It falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is also called Qixi. Nowadays, many people regard it as Chinese Valentines Day. The Qiqiao Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called Girls’ Festival, Daughters’ Festival. It originates from Han Dynasty. According to the legend, the Weaving Girl was a symbol of beauty, kind-heartedness and ingenuity. On the eve of this festival, girls would gather in the gardens or yards to pray to the Weaving Girl to bestow upon them intelligence and ingenious skills. 织女星 牛郎星 银 河 Qixi came from people‘s worship of the stars. According to historical documents, at least four thousands years ago, there have already been recor