Five essays on Qiaojie Begging Festival

There is a folk song that says, "In July, on the seventh day of July, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will be in the sky." Legend has it that on the night of Qixi, "the five bridges have two fans at the bridgehead, and they cross the border every year."

The mythical weaver girl is a clever nun who is engaged in knitting in the sky. "She knits in the morning and at night, and the clouds are bright and seamless." Girls all over the world envy her. She is skilled and eager for her advice. Besides being clumsy, she will become a skillful hand at knitting and sewing clothes! However, the Weaver Girl is far away, and the road is long, and it's Xiu Yuan. Where can I find her? Only when she met Cowherd on July 7th. Therefore, every Tanabata, "families are competing to open makeup mirrors, thread needles into the sky in Yue Bai", set up a needle-threading table in the local hospital, put fruit on it, and beg the Weaver Girl for dexterity, so Tanabata is called "Begging for Cleverness Festival". Tanabata is also called "Girls' Day" because all the girls involved in begging are in their prime. The custom of begging for Qiaojie originated from the chronicle of Jingchu's age in the Tang Dynasty: "July 7 is the night when Petunia and Weaver get together ... At night, do women wear colorful ribbons, wear seven-hole needles or use gold and silver? ? Stone is a needle, and fruit is clever in court. "Liu Zongyuan wrote Qiao Qiwen for this purpose." "Dreaming of Liang Lu" said that all the children and women in the city put on new clothes in the capital of song dynasty on the night of Qixi. In a wealthy family, there is a brightly colored building in the yard called "Qiaoqi Building". Put incense table and seasonal wine and fruit, so that girls at home can burn incense and worship when they reunite with cowherd, which makes them feel happy. Or take a little spider, put it in a small gold and silver box, and watch it the next morning. If the net is round and straight, it is called "Qiao". The blue sky is dew and wet, and flowers beg for spider silk. "There is also this custom in the palace." Every year in the palace, it gives relatives a chance to seek a clever building. "Under the moonlight of Qixi night, it is an opportunity for girls to show their talents by threading a seven-hole needle with colored silk thread. The old man gave each girl seven needles and seven embroidery threads, saying "start" while threading to see who wears fast and much, and who is the most dexterous girl. A poem says, "Look at the blue sky on Tanabata tonight, and lead the cowherd and weaver girl across the river bridge. Every family watches the autumn moon, and every family wears HongLing. "In the Qing Dynasty, Beijing had a unique Qixi custom.

In addition to Yue Bai's flattering at night, girls put a bowl of water in the sun during the day, and each person throws a small needle on the water to see whether the shadow of the sun at the bottom of the water is as beautiful as a flower, motionless, or as thin as a line and as thick as a vertebra, so as to predict whether girls are smart or stupid. Commonly known as "throwing needles".

2. Composition about Begging for Clever Festivals

"All the way to the Hehan girl, the Hehan girl in Jiao Jiao ... the Hanshui River is shallow and quite different." I can't help singing this poem whenever I think of Begging for Cleverness Festival.

There are many anecdotes when it comes to Begging for Qiaojie Festival. The girls should contribute fruits and vegetables, worship the Weaver Maid, and strive to thread the needle ... In this place of southern Fujian, the Begging Festival is even more unique. Everyone here has to cook "Holy Rice", because it is said that Holy Rice is the favorite dessert of the Weaver Girl on the earth!

Speaking of cooking the Eucharist, it's actually not too difficult. First, put the washed glutinous rice into a steamer, add some water and start steaming; After about twenty minutes, add some white sugar or brown sugar appropriately, and remember to add some orange peel. Then steam for three or five minutes, and a pot of fragrant and sweet holy rice will be ready. Grandma said that after eating the sacred rice dedicated to the Weaver Girl, children will become smarter, men will become smarter and women will become more and more beautiful. No wonder our industrious and intelligent Minnan people love to eat holy rice on the day of pleasing!

I have a cousin who lives in Shaanxi. Listen to her: the girls who are going to get married there should plant bean sprouts and shallots before the beggar's day, and then on the beggar's day, the girls will carefully select a bean sprout or shallot they like, wash it and put it in the clear water that has just been scooped from the river. If the projection in the water is sharp and thin, it means that the Weaver Maiden has given you a pair of dexterous hands and a happy marriage. If the projection in the water is thick and short, it means that the girl has failed to please. But this girl has to continue to learn needlework with an open mind, and continue to learn from teachers from all over the world, so as to strive for the success of the begging festival in the coming year, so that she can have a pair of skillful hands and a good marriage.

On the day of Beggars' Day, grandma covered in ink told me another legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Let me know that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl used to be husband and wife on earth and gave birth to a pair of lovely children. Later, due to the obstruction of the Empress Dowager, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl shared different things. However, in order to alleviate her daughter's lovesickness, the Queen Mother finally reunited a family of four on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. So on July 7th every year, we always see the busy figure of magpies. They are building a magpie bridge for Cowherd and Weaver Girl. ...

"The magpie was misinformed that day, and it is still a heartbroken fairy ..." The beautiful love legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl has become a topic that people talk about after dinner, and it has also become the most beautiful fairy tale in our children's hearts. I like this festival, begging Qiaojie.

3. Composition about Begging for Clever Festivals

The seventh day of July is a traditional festival in China-Begging for Skillfulness. When I think of the poem "All the way to the Cowherd, the beautiful girl in the river", I will think of the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

On the seventh day of July, unmarried women will beg the Weaver Maid in the sky to give them a pair of skillful hands that can weave vividly and a happy marriage. In some places, there will be activities of tying scarecrows and picking up bean sprouts and shallots on the seventh day of July. When it gets dark, the girls will pay a few prayers at home, then put the prepared shallots or bean sprouts into the clear water, and then see what the reflection of the shallots or bean sprouts looks like. If the reflection is thin and long, it is a coincidence. If the reflection is thick and short, it means that you have failed in begging! Although every girl wants to have a pair of skillful hands, how can everyone get them?

On this day, my mother always cooks some sacred meals carefully to worship. It is said that this sacred meal is the favorite dessert of the Weaver Maid when she is on earth. Mother washed the glistening glutinous rice first, and then poured out the rice washing water. The glutinous rice in the basin is like a "fat doll", grinning at me! Mom put those "fat dolls" in the steamer again and steamed them for 20 minutes, which will be almost cooked. Then, add an appropriate amount of white sugar or brown sugar and stir well. These white fat "fat dolls" immediately became a popular healthy skin color-wheat color. Looking at these "fat dolls" with healthy skin color, my mouth water will flow to the "DC Three thousands of feet" when my mother put them in delicate plates in groups. But that's what my mother needs to take to the temple to worship so that I can taste it. According to the old people, eating the sacred rice sacrificed to the goddess Vega can make us smarter and smarter. Sometimes I wonder: If I eat Eucharist every day, can I be the smartest person in the world?

In the dead of night, I often think: If the Queen Mother is merciful, take back the Milky Way, let the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl return to the world, and then let the ox come back to life. So I can run to the home of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and ask them to talk about anecdotes that happened on both sides of the Milky Way. I can also ask the old cow to teach other cows to talk, so that we humans can know what cows are thinking at any time; I also hope that Weaver Girl can set up a training center for weaving and embroidery, so that girls all over the world will not worry about having beautiful clothes to wear.

Begging for Qiao Festival, a traditional festival full of fun! I love this festival!

4. Composition about Begging for Clever Festivals

Spring Festival is full of welcoming the new year; Tomb-Sweeping Day, entrusted with the grief of his old friend; On mother's day, I know how to be grateful and grateful; On this day, I feel the beauty of love and the value of family reunion.

Begging for Qiao Festival is an annual meeting day for Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Listen to the old people: There used to be a man named Niu Lang, who was in his twenties, but he was still single. One day, the old cow who lived alone with him suddenly spoke. The old cow said to the cowherd, "You can take a pink tulle dress from the river bank at the head of the village on Beggar's Day, and you can find a virtuous and beautiful wife." The cowherd did as the old cow said and really met a beautiful fairy. They fell in love at first sight, got married, lived together for several years, and gave birth to a pair of children. However, the good times did not last long. The news that the seven fairies stayed on earth was known by the Queen Mother. She sent heavenly soldiers to catch the seven fairies and return to heaven. Seeing that the Cowherd was about to catch up with the Seven Fairies, the Queen Mother drew a galaxy between the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and abruptly separated them. Since then, Cowherd and Weaver Girl can only meet once on the seventh day of July, thanks to the help of Magpie. Really don't hate and be helpless!

In the dead of night on Tanabata, frogs are singing cheerful songs, crickets are beating hard, and the squeaking of mites and beetles is particularly obvious. Many animals have shown their housekeeping skills and sincerely cheered for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

Legend has it that on this day, if you quietly hide under the grape trellis and listen with bated breath, you may be able to vaguely hear the sweet words spoken on the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl Bridge! But you can't listen until after twelve o'clock at night. I'm too young to stand under the grape trellis so late. I had to secretly pray: "The bell on the seventh day of July, you walk slowly, you let the cowherd and the weaver girl get together for a while and let them talk more!" " "

On the night of the seventh day of July, our big girls in southern Fujian will sincerely worship the Weaver Maid with holy rice. It is said that the sacrifice is to beg the Weaver Maid for a pair of dexterous hands and a happy marriage. There are also girls in our hometown who will prepare a big bowl filled with water and some needles of different sizes to project in the bowl in order to test whether they have the power of Weaver Girl. If the shadow of the needle is thin and long, it means that your hand has gained divine power; If the needle sinks to the bottom of the bowl, it means your hands are clumsy. I must continue to study with an open mind.

"Cowherd Star, Jiao Jiao Hehan Girl." How I hope that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl family can reunite and live together forever; How I hope the children in the world can cherish the affection between mom and dad and us!

5. Composition about Begging for Clever Festivals

In China, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the weather is warm and the plants are fragrant. This is commonly known as China Valentine's Day, and some people call it "Begging for Skills Festival" or "Daughter's Day". It is a romantic festival in the traditional festivals in China, and it is also the most important day for girls in the past.

On a clear summer and autumn night, the stars in the sky are shining and white. The Milky Way runs north and south, and there is a shining star on both sides of the river, which is Altair and Vega across the river. It is a folk custom to sit and watch morning glory and weaver girl on Tanabata. According to legend, this night every year is the time when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet at the Magpie Bridge. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and clever fairy. On this night, ordinary women prayed to her for wisdom and skillful skills, and they also prayed to her for a happy marriage. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also called Begging Festival.

It is said that on Tanabata night, you can look up and see the Milky Way where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and you can also eavesdrop on the love story when they meet in the sky under the melon and fruit shelf. The most common custom of Valentine's Day in China is all kinds of begging activities carried out by women on the evening of July 7th. Most girls try their best to make small things and put some melons and fruits on them. Different regions have different ways to please others, and each has its own interests.

Begging activities in Jinan, Huimin, Gaoqing and other places in Shandong are very simple, just showing melons and fruits for begging. If there are cobwebs on melons and fruits, begging is very skillful. However, in Juancheng, Cao Xian, Pingyuan and other places, the custom of eating clever rice and begging for cleverness is very interesting: seven good girls collect food and vegetables, wrap jiaozi, and wrap a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three jiaozi respectively. After begging for wisdom, they got together to eat jiaozi. It is said that they are rich, make good use of needle and thread, and marry early with dates.

In some places, the Begging for Clevership Festival is of a competitive nature, similar to the ancient custom of fighting wisdom. Modern people are used to piercing needles, steaming and branding fruits skillfully, and some places also make clever bud soup. Generally, a handful of grains are soaked in water at the beginning of July, and the buds are cut to make soup on Tanabata. Children in this area pay special attention to eating smart buds, and decorations made of dough sculpture, paper-cutting and colored embroidery are the evolution of the custom of fighting smart buds. The shepherd boy will pick wild flowers and hang them on the horns on Tanabata, which is called "Happy Birthday to the Cow" (it is said that Tanabata is the birthday of the Cow).

In order to express people's hope that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can live a happy family life every day, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, every family will kill a chicken on July 7, which means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet on this night, and if there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they will never part.

In the west of Guangxi, it is said that on the morning of July 7th, a fairy will come down to the earth to take a bath, and drinking its bath water can ward off evil spirits, cure diseases and prolong life. This kind of water is called "Double Seven Water". When chickens crow on this day, people scramble to get water from the river and then take it back and put it in a new urn for future use.

Guangzhou's begging festival is unique. Before the festival comes, the girls prepare colored paper, medulla tetrapanacis, string, etc. in advance and weave them into various fancy gadgets. They also put seeds and mung beans in a small box and soaked them in water to germinate them. Buds grow to more than two inches and are used to worship the gods, which are called "worshipping the immortals" and "worshipping the gods". From the sixth night to the seventh night, the girls put on new clothes and jewelry for two consecutive nights.