Learn About Chinese Valentine's Day | 七夕节 Qixi Festival: Story, Vocabulary & Sentences!

Explore the Qixi Festival's enchanting legend! Dive into the love tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. See how today's celebrations blend with ancient stories. Find out why this day is a highlight in the Chinese calendar!
【The Story Of Qixi Festival】
The origin of Qixi can be traced back to the pre-Qin period's worship ceremonies. Back then, people worshipped nature and celestial phenomena, and they would worship the Altair (Cowherd star) and Vega (Weaver Girl star) during the seventh lunar month.
By the Han Dynasty, there was a beautiful love story behind the Qixi Festival: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl." Legend has it that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were lovers, representing the Altair and Vega stars in the sky. Unfortunately, their love was not permitted by the Heavenly Emperor. Thus, they were forced to separate, one on each side of the Milky Way. Only on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month each year, magpies would form a bridge over the Milky Way, allowing the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to reunite on the bridge.
Thus, Qixi became a festival related to love. Even today, single boys and girls will make wishes and confess their feelings on this day, while those in love will give their significant others gifts and go on dates.
【Vocabulary & Sentences】
七夕 Qīxī
七夕节 Qīxī Jié - Qixi Festival; Double Seventh Festival; Chinese Valentine’s Day
七夕就要到了，你打算怎么过？Qīxī jiù yào dào le, nǐ dǎsuàn zěnme guò? - Qixi soon will come, how (do) you plan to celebrate (it)?
牛郎 Niúláng - the Cowherd
织女 Zhīnǚ - the Weaver Girl
我和男朋友是异地恋，就像牛郎织女一样。Wǒ hé nánpéngyou shì yìdìliàn, jiù xiàng Niúláng Zhīnǚ yíyàng. - Me and (my) boyfriend are long-distance-romance, just like (the) Cowherd (and the) Weaver Girl.
异地恋 yìdìliàn - long-distance romance; long-distance relationship
异国恋 yìguóliàn - international romance; international relationship
你能接受异地恋吗？Nǐ néng jiēshòu yìdìliàn ma? - Can you accept long-distance relationship?
异国恋成功率高吗？Yìguóliàn chénggōng lǜ gāo ma? - (Is the) success rate (of) international relationships high?
恋爱 liàn’ài - 1) to be in love; 2) romantic love
谈恋爱 tán liàn’ài - to be in a romantic relationship
恋爱是恋爱，结婚是结婚。Liàn’ài shì liàn’ài, jiéhūn shì jiéhūn. - Love is love, marriage is marriage.
[Dating is dating; marriage is another thing.]
-你谈过几次恋爱？Nǐ tán guo jǐ cì liàn’ài? - How many times have you been in a romantic relationship?
-我还没谈过恋爱。Wǒ hái méi tán guo liàn’ài. - I still (have) not been in a romantic relationship.
银河 Yínhé - the Milky Way
星星 xīngxing - star
银河里有很多星星。Yínhé li yǒu hěn duō xīngxing. - (The) Milky Way inside “exists” very many stars. [There are many stars in the Milky Way.]
我喜欢躺在草地上数星星。Wǒ xǐhuan tǎng zài cǎodì shang shǔ xīngxing. - I like(,) lying on the “grass-floor”(,) counting (the) stars.
许愿 xǔyuàn - to make (a) wish
对着流星许愿，愿望就会实现。Duì zhe Liúxīng xǔyuàn, yuànwàng jiù huì shíxiàn. - Make (a) wish “towards” (a) shooting star, (the) wish will come-true.
约会 yuēhuì - to (go out on a) date
今天晚上我要跟她约会。Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ yào gēn tā yuēhuì. - Today evening I will (go out on a) date with her.
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