QiqiaoFestival乞巧节.ppt

Qiqiao Festival,OUTLINE,Qiqiao Equal to Valentines Day？ The Qiqiao Festival The Origin of Qiqiao Festival The Legend of the Qiqiao Festival The Folk Customs,Are They Same? Qiqiao Festival Qixi Festival Valentines 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,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.,The Qiqiao Festival,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.,Constellation,织女星,牛郎星,银 河,Qixi came from peoples worship of the stars. According to historical documents, at least four thousands years ago, there have already been records of the Altair and the Vega, which are identified as Niulang and Zhinv.,The Legend,The legend related to this festival goes like this: Once upon a time a fairy in heaven (the Weaving Girl) fell in love with a cowherd (the Herd Boy) on earth. So she gave up her privileges of being a fairy and came down on earth to live with her beloved. For several years, they led a happy life, and the Weaving Girl gave birth to two lovely children.,The Legend,Then the fairys mother- Lady Queen Mother learnt about this, she was angry and took the Weaving Girl back to heaven by force. The Herd Boy, with their kids, run after the Weaving Girl, but the Lady Queen Mother took out her hairpin and drew a river between them.,The Legend,穿针乞巧,People were very sympathetic with the couple, and to help them, thousands of swallows formed a bridge across the river on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month,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 Cu