Culture Insider: Qixi - the Chinese Valentine's Day

19:17, August 17, 2018

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  The Qixi Festival is more than Chinese Valentine’s Day

  (Photo: VCG / CGTN)While Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries on Feb. 14, the Qixi Festival is regarded as being China's Valentine's Day.Falling on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Qixi Festival, also widely known as Double Seventh Festival, takes place on August 17 this year.The traditional festival which was added to China’s National Intangible Cultural

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  Activities held to mark Qixi festival in Fuzhou, SE China's Fujian

  People watch a performance of folk wedding custom of Fuzhou during an activity to mark the Qixi festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2018.(Photo: Xinhua)An actress performs Min Opera during an activity to mark the Qixi festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17,

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  Magpie bridge crossed lovers: Celebrating the Chinese Valentine’s Day

  Today is August 17th, the Chinese Valentine’s Day, also known as the Qixi Festival. The festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar. it is a Chinese festival that celebrates the myth of the annual meeting of a cowherder and a fairy.The earliest-known reference to this myth dates back to over 2,600