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The festival is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunisolar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. A celebration of romantic love, the festival is often described as the traditional Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day.
2024 Chinese Valentine's Day - Qixi Festival is fall on August 10 (Saturday). See more about the story of Qixi Festival with video, tradition and how Chinese people celebrate the festival.
Chinese Valentine’s Day (七夕节 Qīxìjié) is celebrated on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Also called Qixi Festival (literally: “Evening of Sevens Festival”), this unique celebration of love is deeply rooted in Chinese folklore and is based on the romantic legend of Zhinü (織女 Zhīnǚ) and Niulang ...
Oct 25, 2023 · Falling on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, the Qixi Festival, or Double Seventh Festival, is widely known as China Valentine's Day. It is a day full of romance because of an ancient household love story in China about Niulang and Zhinu (Cowherd and Weaver Girl).
Qixi 2024 falls on August 10. It is Chinese Valentine's Day. Read more about the legend, customs, and how Chinese people celebrate the Qixi Festival.
Aug 21, 2023 · How much do you know about Qixi Festival or the Chinese Valentine’s Day? Its Chinese name is 七夕节 (Qīxī Jié), or Double Seven Festival, and this week we look at the story behind it and share some insights on why it’s been so popular in China.
Qixi Festival – also known as the Double Seventh Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day – falls annually on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, and for this year, that day...
Aug 8, 2019 · How do the Chinese celebrate Valentine’s Day? The Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is the Oixi Festival that is celebrated on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Among the many Qixi Festival traditions, some have gradually disappeared, but quite a few still continue. Let’s have a look.
Aug 25, 2020 · Today (August 25, 2020) is Chinese Valentine's Day, which commemorates the bittersweet love of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl. What is the backstory and cultural significance of this day, and how has it become commercialized?
Aug 30, 2017 · As with most traditional festivals in China, there is a legend behind the Chinese equivalent of Valentine’s Days (known as “Qixi”), with a long history dating back to an ill-fated love affair between a cowherd and a young goddess during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD).
