The Origin, Other Names and Customs of the Qixi Festival

by lsh392 on 2009-07-20 08:43:41

Qixi Festival, also known as the Begging for Skills Festival, Girls' Festival or Daughter's Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by the Han people on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It is called "Begging for Skills Festival" or "Girls' Festival" because the main participants in the activities of this day are young girls, and the content of the festival activities is mainly about begging for skills.