| About The Night of Sevens (Magpie Festival) |
| The Night of Sevens, Magpie Festival and Qi Xi is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in Chinese calendar. This festival is like that Valentine’s Day so it is sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day. It is termed “The Night of Sevens” because the date of the festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar. This festival is dubbed the Chinese Valentine’s Day and the Magpie Festival. On this day the young girls traditionally demonstrate their domestic arts, especially melon carving, on this day and make wishes for a good husband. It was also said that the Goddess of Heaven out of pity decided to let them unite once on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. She was touched by their love for each other. |
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