{"id":2416,"date":"2010-09-18T18:25:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2010-09-19T14:18:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T14:18:37","slug":"qixi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/qixi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Valentine&#8217;s Day\/Night of Sevens Festival (\u4e03\u5915\u8282)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, China celebrates \u4e03\u5915\u8282. These days, it is celebrated as a Chinese Valentine&#8217;s Day, with flowers, chocolates, and all. However, the history of the holiday is much more than a simple box of chocolates. Learn about the old story and some of the modern day customs in this short video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvOV91C0eV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Embedded video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u4e03\u5915<br \/>\nj\u012bn ti\u0101n sh\u00ec q\u012b x\u00ec<br \/>\nToday is Qi Xi.<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u56fd\u60c5\u4eba\u8282<br \/>\nZh\u014dng gu\u00f3 q\u00edng r\u00e9n ji\u00e9<br \/>\nChina Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n<p>\u4e03\u5915\u8282<br \/>\nQ\u012b x\u00ec ji\u00e9<br \/>\nThe Night of Sevens Festival<\/p>\n<p>\u725b\u90ce<br \/>\nni\u00fa l\u00e1ng<br \/>\nCow Herder<\/p>\n<p>\u7ec7\u5973<br \/>\nzh\u012b n\u01da<br \/>\nWeaver Maiden<\/p>\n<p>\u94f6\u6cb3<br \/>\ny\u00edn h\u00e9<br \/>\nMilky Way<\/p>\n<p>\u9e4a\u6865<br \/>\nqu\u00e8 qi\u00e1o<br \/>\nMagpie bridge<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u822c \u4ed6\u4eec\u5728\u94f6\u6cb3\u4e24\u8fb9<br \/>\ny\u00ec b\u0101n t\u0101men z\u00e0i y\u00ednh\u00e9 li\u01ceng bi\u0101n<br \/>\nUsually, they are on opposite sides of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<p>\u6bcf\u5e74\u4ed6\u4eec\u53ef\u4ee5\u5728\u9e4a\u6865\u4e0a\u89c1\u9762<br \/>\nm\u011bi ni\u00e1n t\u0101 men k\u011b y\u01d0 z\u00e0i qu\u00e8 qi\u00e1o sh\u00e0ng ji\u00e0n mi\u00e0n<br \/>\nEvery year, they can meet on the Magpie Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u653e\u82b1\u706f<br \/>\nf\u00e0ng hu\u0101 d\u0113ng<br \/>\nsend out a festive lantern<\/p>\n<p>\u4e3a\u4e86\u7231\u8bb8\u613f<br \/>\nW\u00e8i le \u00e0i x\u01d4 yu\u00e0n<br \/>\nWish for love<\/p>\n<p>\u4e3a\u4e86\u4e08\u592b\u8bb8\u613f<br \/>\nW\u00e8i le zh\u00e0ng f\u016b x\u01d4 yu\u00e0n<br \/>\nWish for a husband<\/p>\n<p>\u4e3a\u4e86\u5b69\u5b50\u8bb8\u613f<br \/>\nW\u00e8i le h\u00e1i zi x\u01d4 yu\u00e0n<br \/>\nWish for a child<\/p>\n<p>\u5e78\u8fd0<br \/>\nx\u00ecng y\u00f9n<br \/>\ngood luck\/fortune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, China celebrates \u4e03\u5915\u8282. These days, it is celebrated as a Chinese Valentine&#8217;s Day, with flowers, chocolates, and all. However, the history of the holiday is much more than a simple box of chocolates. Learn about the old story and some of the modern day customs in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/qixi\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[11458,11459,11460],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-uncategorized","tag-chinese-valentines-day","tag-qi-xi-jie","tag-11460"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}