Valentine's Day in Similar Asian traditions

Pages

Monday, August 9, 2010

Valentine's Day in Similar Asian traditions

In Chinese culture, there is greater respect related to love, called "The Night of Sevens" (Chinese: 七夕, pinyin: Qi Xi). According to legend, the star of star cowboy cleaning Weaver normally separated by the Milky Way (Silver River), but was allowed to meet at the junction on day 7 of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar.


In Japan, a slightly different version of 七夕 called Tanabata is celebrated for centuries, July 7 (Gregorian calendar). He was seen by Westerners as being similar to Valentine's Day, but is not related to, and their origins are completely different.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------