How do foreigners spend Tanabata in China? What are the customs of Tanabata abroad?

How do foreigners spend Tanabata in China? Tanabata custom abroad. As we all know, Tanabata is the Valentine's Day in China and a festival celebrated by people in China. Actually, it is not. In this contemporary era when Chinese and Western cultures are gradually harmonious, foreigners will also celebrate China Qixi Valentine's Day. Bian Xiao tells you about the Qixi custom in Japan. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan changed the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Gregorian calendar. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called "Old Tanabata". Wishes on Bamboo Branches Japan has a special custom of Tanabata since the Edo era. Japanese people will write their wishes on a piece of paper with thread, and then tie the written paper to bamboo branches to pray for their wishes to come true. It is said that children originally wanted to use this festival to pray for a pair of skillful hands from the Weaver Girl. Legend has it that the weaver girl is ingenious. When she met Cowherd and his wife on Tanabata, she was naturally in a good mood. At this time, it is very likely to pray to her and realize her wish. However, with the passage of time, the responsibility of the weaver girl is getting bigger and bigger. She is not only responsible for giving the children skillful hands, but also satisfying their various wishes: for example, dad should not be so strict and mom should buy more snacks. Korean Tanabata custom children write poems with cowherd and weaver girl as materials. Pray for longevity and happiness to the Big Dipper. Spider web divination Korean Qixi customs are somewhat different from those in China. In Korea, the weaver girl is the god in charge of sewing in the sky. Therefore, women will pray for the weaver girl to give them superb craftsmanship. On the morning of Tanabata, women put melons, cucumbers and other fruits on the table to kowtow and pray, which made women's knitting skills better and better. After a while, if the food on the table is covered with cobwebs, it is considered that the fairy has agreed to their wishes. There is also a saying that women put the first bucket of well water on the platform of the sauce jar in the morning and put ash on the plate to pray for their needlework skills. If there are traces on the ashes the next day, it means that the prayer has come true. China Tanabata Valentine's Day has been gradually recognized by foreign countries. Foreign countries also have their own customs.