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What’s hot in Chinese Valentine’s Day in 2009？
love is always the topic of life，wish you have sweet day everyday with the one you love. you share of Valentine’s Day is welcome.
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Chinese Valentine’s Day which is a traditional festival known as the "Double Seven Festival"& the Seventh Evening Festival in China .This year in 2009，it located in August 26.
First you may like to know the Origins of Chinese Valentine’s Day:
According to a romantic Chinese fairy tale, the cowherd and the weaving girl meet on the evening of the Double Seven. As such, the festival is also known as China's Valentine's Day. The fairy tale has it that the milky way separates the hard-working cowherd and the weaving girl, who are very deeply in love with each other. It is only on the Seventh Evening Festival that they can meet. On that evening, the world's magpies form a bridge over the Milky Way so that the lovers can cross over and meet. This beautiful tale has its origins in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). All Chinese people are told the story when they are children. The festival is also based on an annual astronomical phenomenon. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, two particular stars are bright in the night sky and shine until the sun rises. One of the stars is thought to be the weaving girl and the other the cowherd.
Begging for skills: People have a custom of begging the weaving girl to teach them needlework and weaving skills on the Double Seven Festival. Girls hold
weaving and needlework competitions on the day of the festival to see who has the quickest mind and the most skillful hands. As such, the Seventh Evening Festival is also called the "Begging for Skills Festival" or the "Daughters' Festival."
Praying for a good harvest: Another custom of the Seventh Evening Festival is praying to the Milky Way for a good harvest. Some places hold "Qingmiao" or "Young Crops" parties.
Now I’d like to share what’s hot around chengdu. （Provide by chinatravel365.com）
Kuan Lane and Zhai Lane：love theme film viewing party
On the evening of Chinese Valentine’s Day （August 26），the“Romantic Valentine’s Day, I would like to express love——love theme film viewing party” will be officially open with sweet love songs by live brand. There are enduring touching love movie clips, classic and beautiful love melodies, male and female love story which surely pulsating your heart. This special night in a house square,you can drinking beer and feeling the romance of yours or others.Besides more than 200 bookmarks print with love poems from ancient to modern，can be found in the lane wall.Just enjoy the poems and take the one you like home after the party. Some Information About Kuan and Zhai lane：Kuan, Zhai, and Jing Lane: Three Lifestyles of Chengdu People_PandaHome,China`s China - Chengdu
Hejiang pavilion（Join River Pavilion）：wedding paradise,love zebra crossing line
Hejiang pavilion is a must visit place for wedding ceremony of local people. For
the name of Hejiang in chinese means jion river which refer to the lovers meet each other and will start a new life together forever.And there is a famous love zebra crossing line which especially make for the bride and groom cross the road to the pavilian.On Chinese Valentine’s Day,your can surely sightseeing the sweet of local people’s wedding ceremony in Hejiang Pavilion.
Anxi Xinjin: Summer fishing special for lovers
The town of Anxi in Xinjin，launched a new method of summer fishing for couples to celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day. If the couple could catch the fish by hand in the specified time from the provide pool,the fresh fish can be take home. Or cook in the hot pot restaurants nearby,that is delicious and fun. In addition, it also set up specifically for the couple to enjoy double hydrophilic pastoral style of fishing activities,so that visitors can stay near to nature and enjoy the fun related to their childhood.
Changqiu in Pujiang： Sweet Date Festival
For Chinese Valentine’s Day，Pujiang launch its Sweet Date festival and the whole event will continue until by the end of September.By then, there will be "taste date rice porridge ", "eating mountain range chicken feet", " Sweet Date Festival Mountain Hiking and Fitness Tour" and "seizing the mountain range chicken," "Sweet Date picking Race" as well as mountain bike invitational race, photography and other activities. Each year in the late August，Changqiu in Pujiang welcome its Date Harvesting with more than 1,100 acres of date garden. The date looks light red with small nuclear taste sweet, vitamin-rich which is welcome by everyone ever have a taste.
Besides, lovers can also wander about Jinli Street . Chengdu Happy Valley introduces a large series of activities with various discounts. The hot scenic spots at this festival also include Mt. Emei, Jiuzhai Valley, and Huanglong River.Chinatravl365 hope lovers can not only experience thrilling and exciting games, wonderful performances.
love is always the topic of life，wish you have sweet day everyday with the one you love. you share of Valentine’s Day is welcome.
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Chinese Valentine’s Day which is a traditional festival known as the "Double Seven Festival"& the Seventh Evening Festival in China .This year in 2009，it located in August 26.
First you may like to know the Origins of Chinese Valentine’s Day:
According to a romantic Chinese fairy tale, the cowherd and the weaving girl meet on the evening of the Double Seven. As such, the festival is also known as China's Valentine's Day. The fairy tale has it that the milky way separates the hard-working cowherd and the weaving girl, who are very deeply in love with each other. It is only on the Seventh Evening Festival that they can meet. On that evening, the world's magpies form a bridge over the Milky Way so that the lovers can cross over and meet. This beautiful tale has its origins in the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). All Chinese people are told the story when they are children. The festival is also based on an annual astronomical phenomenon. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, two particular stars are bright in the night sky and shine until the sun rises. One of the stars is thought to be the weaving girl and the other the cowherd.
Begging for skills: People have a custom of begging the weaving girl to teach them needlework and weaving skills on the Double Seven Festival. Girls hold
weaving and needlework competitions on the day of the festival to see who has the quickest mind and the most skillful hands. As such, the Seventh Evening Festival is also called the "Begging for Skills Festival" or the "Daughters' Festival."
Praying for a good harvest: Another custom of the Seventh Evening Festival is praying to the Milky Way for a good harvest. Some places hold "Qingmiao" or "Young Crops" parties.
Now I’d like to share what’s hot around chengdu. （Provide by chinatravel365.com）
Kuan Lane and Zhai Lane：love theme film viewing party
On the evening of Chinese Valentine’s Day （August 26），the“Romantic Valentine’s Day, I would like to express love——love theme film viewing party” will be officially open with sweet love songs by live brand. There are enduring touching love movie clips, classic and beautiful love melodies, male and female love story which surely pulsating your heart. This special night in a house square,you can drinking beer and feeling the romance of yours or others.Besides more than 200 bookmarks print with love poems from ancient to modern，can be found in the lane wall.Just enjoy the poems and take the one you like home after the party. Some Information About Kuan and Zhai lane：Kuan, Zhai, and Jing Lane: Three Lifestyles of Chengdu People_PandaHome,China`s China - Chengdu
Hejiang pavilion（Join River Pavilion）：wedding paradise,love zebra crossing line
Hejiang pavilion is a must visit place for wedding ceremony of local people. For
the name of Hejiang in chinese means jion river which refer to the lovers meet each other and will start a new life together forever.And there is a famous love zebra crossing line which especially make for the bride and groom cross the road to the pavilian.On Chinese Valentine’s Day,your can surely sightseeing the sweet of local people’s wedding ceremony in Hejiang Pavilion.
Anxi Xinjin: Summer fishing special for lovers
The town of Anxi in Xinjin，launched a new method of summer fishing for couples to celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day. If the couple could catch the fish by hand in the specified time from the provide pool,the fresh fish can be take home. Or cook in the hot pot restaurants nearby,that is delicious and fun. In addition, it also set up specifically for the couple to enjoy double hydrophilic pastoral style of fishing activities,so that visitors can stay near to nature and enjoy the fun related to their childhood.
Changqiu in Pujiang： Sweet Date Festival
For Chinese Valentine’s Day，Pujiang launch its Sweet Date festival and the whole event will continue until by the end of September.By then, there will be "taste date rice porridge ", "eating mountain range chicken feet", " Sweet Date Festival Mountain Hiking and Fitness Tour" and "seizing the mountain range chicken," "Sweet Date picking Race" as well as mountain bike invitational race, photography and other activities. Each year in the late August，Changqiu in Pujiang welcome its Date Harvesting with more than 1,100 acres of date garden. The date looks light red with small nuclear taste sweet, vitamin-rich which is welcome by everyone ever have a taste.
Besides, lovers can also wander about Jinli Street . Chengdu Happy Valley introduces a large series of activities with various discounts. The hot scenic spots at this festival also include Mt. Emei, Jiuzhai Valley, and Huanglong River.Chinatravl365 hope lovers can not only experience thrilling and exciting games, wonderful performances.