Tanabata Festival yesterday, a group of boys and girls in Sichuan Museum held a special rite of worship ceremony in the evening there are carved melon, such as fighting Qiqiao Tanabata custom show. Choose the Chinese Valentine's Day ceremony was held for adults, many onlookers said that some "cross." However, the Sichuan Chinese Culture Exchange Association, Li Jingbo, but said, "Tanabata is not Valentine's Day!"
Line rite was done nearly 20 steps
Rite begins with the primitive society, that young men and women to a certain age, from the clan as an adult to participate in activities. Chinese rite of passage, the man known as the crown rite ceremony, the woman known as the hairpin rite rite, the whole process to go through 20 steps.
10 am, a group of boys and girls dressed in Huali Han clothing bow at the event began. After washing, the "three plus" and "Three worship" began, first of all, is Bangor's message after the hairpin were chanting hair plus hairpin, hairpin were Bese parents upbringing; and praise those who will put Bob hairpin , who will coach a long hairpin, encouraged his progress strenuously; last longer praise those who go to Bob and hairpin hairpin crown for Canada, those who worship Huangdi like hairpin; Finally, the hairpin by the master speech, means that the formal rite of complete.
Experts explain the Tanabata is not Valentine's Day
At the scene, said many young people, adults in the Tanabata ceremony was held this day, "too crossed."
Li Jingbo said, "Tanabata Festival is a very strong family atmosphere of the festival, held on this day rite very reasonable." He explained that in China and only love the Lunar New Year holiday in early March "of Flower Festival", "the 'Tanabata' called 'Chinese Valentine's Day', has always been wrong. "Li Jingbo said," Tanabata Festival "also name" Qi Qiao Festival ", the festival is to pray for ingenuity. In the past, we worship is the Altair and Vega. "Now we come this day as Valentine's Day too, about the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is too familiar to this day gives a lot of romantic."
For the rite was held on this day, Li Jingbo frankly wanted to let more people understand Chinese culture. Source: Tianfuzaobao
