Little Farmer Big Star

Time passed by the mutual visits of relatives and friends, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 【】

Today is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the first month, the Lantern Festival or the Lantern Festival.

The origin of the word "Yuanxiao" is because the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called the night "Xiao", so the first full moon night in the year, the fifteenth day of the first month, is called the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival existed more than 2,000 years ago, and it has been a very important festival since ancient times.

There are also many customs on the Lantern Festival, such as eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, playing dragon lanterns, dancing lions, chasing mice and so on.

Although the current Lantern Festival atmosphere is far less lively than in ancient times, customs such as eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, or visiting lantern festivals are still very popular and popular.

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This morning, after Li Fan got up, Su Qing was still asleep, Li Fan did not wake her up, and went out of the room alone.

After running around the village, I picked some flowers and made a simple bouquet for Su Qing.

It's February now, and many flowers haven't bloomed yet, so Li Fan's bouquets aren't really pretty, but they're better than picking them by hand, not making them.

Back to the room with the bouquet, Su Qing still hasn't woken up. However, according to Su Qing's habit, she should wake up soon.

Sure enough, not long after Li Fan sat down beside the bed, Su Qing opened his eyes in a daze.

After Su Qing saw the bouquet in Li Fan's hand, she whispered "Yeah", thinking that she was dazzled, rubbed her eyes and looked again, it was really a bouquet of flowers.

Li Fan smiled and said, "Qingqing, for you."

Su Qing sat up and took the bouquet from Li Fan,

Yan Ran smiled.

In an instant, Li Fan felt that the bouquet of flowers was eclipsed, and said: "Qingqing, you can't laugh anymore, if you laugh again, the flowers in your hand will wither."

Su Qing rolled her eyes at Li Fan and said, "These flowers are so beautiful and fragrant. No wonder I just smelled the fragrance of the flowers. Oh, by the way, why did you think of sending me a bunch of flowers early in the morning?"

Although she was pleasantly surprised when she received the flowers, she couldn't help but be curious about the reason.

Li Fan smiled,

Said: "Because today is a good day."

"Good day?" Su Qing thought about it, today is the Lantern Festival, and it is indeed a good day.

It's just, are there any flowers for girlfriends during the Lantern Festival? Su Qing gave Li Fan a speechless look, but her heart was very sweet.

Li Fan naturally knew what Su Qing was thinking, and smiled, "It's true that today is the Lantern Festival, but today can also be regarded as another festival."

"Another festival?" Su Qing was stunned after hearing this. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't remember what festival would it be today? He asked in confusion, "What holiday is it today?"

Li Fan smiled slightly and said, "Today is our own Valentine's Day in China."

"Valentine's Day?" Su Qing was even more puzzled and said, "Isn't our own Valentine's Day the day of Qixi Festival? How could it be today?"

Li Fan shook his head and said, "The Qixi Festival is Valentine's Day, which is actually not appropriate. There are two festivals, which are more suitable for our own Valentine's Day."

This method made Su Qing even more surprised. She blinked her big eyes and asked, "Two festivals? Which two? One of them is the Lantern Festival?"

Li Fan nodded and said, "Yes, the Lantern Festival is actually more suitable to be called Valentine's Day than the Qixi Festival. And another festival... Do you know the Shangsi Festival? It is also commonly known as March 3rd?"

"Shangsi Festival? March 3rd?" Su Qing shook her head and said, "I don't seem to have heard of it."

Li Fan nodded and said secretly: "As expected, I haven't heard of it. It seems that not many people know about this festival now."

Not only in this world, but also in previous lives. In the impression of many people, Chinese Valentine's Day is the Qixi Festival, but this is actually inappropriate.

Although the Qixi Festival is related to the love story of "The Cowherd" and "The Weaver Girl", because of this love story, the Qixi Festival cannot be taken for granted as Valentine's Day.

Besides, there are still two Cowherd and Vega stars who can never meet.

Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival. In addition to the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the more important thing is begging for cleverness. It is the girl who begs heaven for wisdom and dexterity.

Or they are begging the "Weaver Girl", because the Weaver Girl is the goddess of weaving and is famous for her wisdom and ingenuity.

It can be seen that the custom of the Qixi Festival commemorates more of the person "Weaver Girl" rather than the love between her and the Cowherd.

The Qixi Festival is a festival for women, and it has nothing to do with men, let alone love.

At most, women are begging for their own marriage while begging for wisdom and dexterity.

Therefore, it is inappropriate to regard Qixi Festival as Valentine's Day.

The Lantern Festival and the Shangsi Festival are romantic festivals, which are more suitable to be called "Valentine's Day".

First, the Lantern Festival.

In ancient times, unmarried women, especially noble ladies and Jiabiyu, were "three steps out of the boudoir" and were rarely allowed to go out.

But on the day of the Lantern Festival, unmarried women can go out to play.

The lanterns at night are also a good opportunity for friendship. It is also a good opportunity for unmarried men and women to get to know each other.

All the ladies, Jiabiyu, and young talents shuttled through the romantic lantern festival, looking for their favorite objects.

In addition, during the Lantern Festival, it is also a time for young men and women to meet their lovers.

Obviously, the Lantern Festival is more suitable to be called "Valentine's Day".

Second, the Shangsi Festival, which is the third day of the third lunar month.

Like the Lantern Festival, on the third day of the third lunar month, unmarried women can also go out.

Lantern Festival looks at the lanterns, and the third day of March is to go out for an outing.

On this day, everyone from the emperor and the princes to the common people stopped to work, put on new clothes, bathed and worshipped their ancestors, and then went out to enjoy the spring and play with them.

Countless single men and women can meet, meet, know each other, and fall in love on this day.

This is the most romantic day.

Therefore, the third day of March can also be called "Valentine's Day", which is even more suitable than the Lantern Festival.

If you take the third day of March, compare it with the Qixi Festival on the seventh day of July.

First of all, "March 3" is derived from the ancient myths of Fuxi and Nuwa, which is more than 000 years earlier than the earliest record of "July 7", Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Secondly, the third day of March is in spring, while Qixi is in summer.

Compared with the scorching summer of "Fire in July", the spring willows are swirling and the spring flowers are blooming, which is obviously more suitable for falling in love.

To sum up, it is obviously more appropriate to call the Lantern Festival and the Shangsi Festival, especially the Shangsi Festival, "Valentine's Day" than the Qixi Festival.

Of course, for lovers who are truly in love, it doesn't really matter which holiday is "Valentine's Day".

As there is a saying, for lovers who truly love each other, every day is "Valentine's Day".

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