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七夕简介TheDoubleSeventhFestival,onthe7thdayofthe7thlunarmonth,isatraditionalfestivalfullofromance.ItoftengoesintoAugustintheGregoriancalendar.Thisfestivalisinmid-summerwhentheweatheriswarmandthegrassandtreesrevealtheirluxuriousgreens.Atnightwhentheskyisdottedwithstars,andpeoplecanseetheMilkyWayspanningfromthenorthtothesouth.TheWeavingGirl（织女）andtheCowherd（牛郎）inheavenwouldmeetattheMagpieBridgeAlsocalledBegging-for-DexterityFestival（乞巧节）（TheWeavingGirlisabeautifulandsmartfairywithdefthandsandthewomeninthemortalworldwillbegforintelligenceanddeftneedleworkfromher）七夕起源自然崇拜TheDoubleSeventhFestivaloriginatesfromnatureworshipofthehumanraceattheearliest.Fromthehistoricaldocuments,atleast4000yearsago,withthedevelopmentofpeople'sunderstandingofastronomyandthetextiletechnology,aboutAltairVegarecordshaverecorded.Aftertheproductionoftheimperialexaminationsystem,testofthechampionalsocalled‘thevictoryoverthescholarworld’.ScholarcallTheDoubleSeventhFestivalinto“KuixingFestival,alsoknownastheSunbookfestival.ItkeeptheearliestteraceoftheDoubleSeventhFestivalcomesfrompeople'sworshipofthestars.时间崇拜Double-SeventhDaywasalsotheproductoftimeworshipoftheancients——Sevenandperiodisahomonym.Thenumber七appearsinbothmonthanddaygivingastrongsenseoftime.与妻谐音DoubleSeventhDayisalsoaphenomenonofnumberworship——七bearsthesamepronunciationwith妻(wife),thustheDoubleSeventhDayistoagreatextentafestivalrelatedtowomen.汉唐宋元七夕起源ScholarshaveshowntheDoubleSeventhFestivaloriginatedfromtheHanDynasty.HistoricaldocumentsfromtheEasternJinDynastymentionthefestival,whilerecordsfromtheTangDynastydepictthegrandeveningbanquetofEmperorTaizongandhisconcubines.BytheSongandYuandynasties,specialarticlesfortheQiXiwereseenbeingsoldonmarketsinthecapital.Thebustlingmarketsdemonstratedthesignificanceofthefestival.牛郎织女的传说ThefairytaleoftheCowherdandtheWeavingGirlisoneofthefourmostfamousfolktalesofancientChina.Itisaclassiclovestorybetweenafairyandahumanbeingenjoyingawidespreadinfluence.Thisstory,tosomeextent,reflectsChinesepeople'swishestopursuethefreedomofloveandmarriage.Meanwhile,girlsonthegroundhopetohavecleverhandsandgoodsense,justliketheWeavingGirl.Theyalsoprayforahappymarriageoftheirown星座ThefairytalealsocontainsChinesepeople'sunderstandingaboutstarimages.Ontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthofthelunarcalendareveryyear,Chinesewomencustomarilylookupintothenightsky,searchingfortheWeavingGirlStarandtheCowherdStaronbothsidesoftheMilkyWayandhopingtoseetheirannualgathering.七夕习俗投针验巧Ingenuitytestbyfloatingneedleisoneofthecommoncustomsonthefestival.Putsomewaterinavesselandleaveitintheopenairuntilitiscoveredbyafilmofdust.Thencastaneedleorthinstrawonittoseethepatternoftheshadowatthebottom,soastotesttheiringenuity穿针乞巧Inordertopleadforskills,threadinganeedle（穿针乞巧）isthemostlong-standingmeans.Itteststhespeedofthreadinganeedleunderthemoon.Itissaidthattheneedlesusedinthecontestaretheseven-holeneedleoftheHanDynastyorthenine-tailneedleoftheYuanDynasty.Withmoreholesthanordinaryneedles,theyareratherhardtohandle.喜蛛应巧Pleadingforskillswithcobwebisanothercommoncustominthefestival,inwhicheverybodyputsaspiderintoalocketandwaitsuntilthenextmorningtoseeifthereiscobwebandifany,howitlooks.Theonewithamostroundcobwebofthemostmeshwillbethewinner.巧果Qiaoguo（FriedThinPastes）isindifferentshapeswiththematerialsmostlybeingoil,flour,sugarandhoney.ThedefthandswillnipthemintoallshapesrelatedtothelegendoftheFestival.Themelonsandfruitsusedonthedayareusuallycarvedintotheshapesofflowersandbirds,orcarvedwithpatternsinreliefonthemelonpeel,whicharethereforecalled“carvedmelons”为牛庆生ThechildrenpickingwildflowershangingonthehornintheDoubleSeventhFestival,alsocalledtheToCelebratetheCow’sBirthday.