Qixi Tribute
qixi tribute chinese 七夕贡案 pinyin qīxì gòngàn important necessary part annual celebration qixi festival qiqiao festival based mythology weaver girl cowherd qixi tribute representation love meeting one popular custom han chinese dongguan guangdong province especially wangniudun town dongguan city every year government wangniudun hold nightlong qixi festival celebration plenty local people tourist visit wangniudun share happiness celebration qixi festival qiqiao festival annual event th day th lunar month chinese calendar celebrating love story cowherd weaver girl weaver girl youngest sister seven fairy also known seventh sister young girl china accustomed worship seventh sister praying true love every year young girl also boy elderly child fond taking part qixi festival order show worship weaver girl almost every family hold ceremony firstly family prepares tribute like melon apple dessert young girl like make handicraft show eagerness weaver girl family place table front yard sky aiming show great respect goddess time whole family share food blessing together apart worshiping weaver girl people fond showing respect six goddess worshiping seven goddess become regular custom one famous custom seven goddess worship date back five dynasty period ad – china always held night th day th lunar month chinese calendar wangniudun custom making qixi tribute worshiping seven goddess activity discontinued cultural revolution – resumed early year chinese economic reform december – group villager organized qixi tribute qixi festival gradually villager took part activity worked together folk artist assuring form qixi tribute crop grown locally river region dongguan celebration qixi festival well qixi tribute prosperous social activity wangniudun dongguan even southern china local craftsman wangniudun skillful creating tribute material accessible environmentallyfriendly instance use waste like foamed plastic bamboo stick woolen yarn parget also use kind crop main material cereal straw garlic husk craftsman practiced making chrysanthemum rice making lotus flower garlic husk making wintersweet flower pistachio shell making cherry blossom red melon seed making lamp eggshell craftsman creatively add plastic bead plastic sheet colorful paper colorful cloth material aiming make exquisite qixi tribute help people show great worship seven goddess sculpture embroidery drawing handmaking main form qixi tribute following tool used make qixi tribute scissors plane drawknife ruler chisel brush mallet nail abrasive paper theme qixi tribute always relative fairy tale rural custom soon theme decided character scene story designed material collected daily life type waste crop modern time object chromatic lamp may used tribute make qixi tribute emblem tradition modernization whole table tribute handmade taking form sculpture embroidery drawing craft order produce table qixi tribute dozen craftsman spend several month working hard together qixi tribute usually divided five part part endowed different blessing first part preparing tea white spirit vegetarian food 茶酒齋飯 necessity every chinese worship ceremony spring festival qingming festival midautumn festival qixi festival preparation behalf invitation seven goddess share second part dragon dance lion dance 龍獅賀節 craftsman usually model dragon phoenix lion qilin chinese mascot exquisite size mascot stiff vivid expressing scene dragon dance lion dance dance also play important role chinese festival celebration helpful create joyous atmosphere third part produce harvest 五穀豐登 craftsman accustomed display abundant harvest rice red bean green bean corn peanut grain symbolize hope wealthy year meanwhile craftsman display seven flower seven fruit seven pair embroidered shoe seven set desk chair seven garment hand seven goddess implies sharing mortal happiness god fourth part annual meeting cowherd weaver girl seventh sister across milky way 鵲橋相會 represents touching scene loving couple showing beautiful happiness expectation immortal love fifth part burning incense worshiping 拜祭香燭 table wellprepared tribute people hold ceremony front table eleven o’clock night th day th lunar month mark start qixi festival three different production scale qixi tribute family group union seven family collective cooperation first one family group every family make exquisite tribute set traditional big square table 八仙桌 usually dines eight person place tribute according family group scale small tribute simple varied second union seven family set one big square table worship seven goddess due large production scale tribute form varied amount large present colorful abundant detail love story mortal life third collective cooperation largest production scale village head call villager together buy piglet every family take turn feed piglet several day past pig became bigger near qixi festival villager would sell pig earn money fund making qixi tribute nowadays instead sold pig killed eve qixi festival offering seven goddess ceremony pork distributed every family village craftsman huang wenzheng 黃文正 said nothing valuable sharing happiness together largest scale qixi tribute collective cooperation make people work together beneficial creating colorful creative abundant tribute although worshiping seventh sister accustomed activity practice differs place guangzhou qixi festival young unmarried girl make different kind flower fruit lady implement palace festival object using colored paper sesame seed rice flour meanwhile girl also grow green bean two inch tall called worshiping immortal plant 拜仙菜 setting tribute girl burn incense light oil lamp middle immortal plant bowing toward sky called welcoming goddess 迎仙 wangniudun 望牛墩 qixi festival celebration held every qixi festival becomes part brand wangniudun plenty activity appeal thousand local people tourist take part celebration qixi festival celebration held august wangniudun cover three main activity within nine item romantic meeting qixi festival romantic encounter—let tourist leave memory love photo gallery blessing lotus lamp—lotus lamp traditional custom region river let tourist place blessing lotus lamp set free river technology—make bread pancake romantic pattern tourist taste folk custom exhibition cultural tribute exhibition— village wangniudun make special qixi tribute compete tribute placed square tourist enjoy blessing night—worshiping seven goddess performed way artistic folk show folk custom exhibition region rivers—in local museum qixi festival culture dragonboat culture farming culture region river displaced happiness share happiness photo collection—collect photo couple family others topic love society story writing contest—on based love story cowherd weaver girl everyone create new modern love story love concert—local band singer invited celebration perform love song zhongtang 中堂鎮 guozhou village 郭洲村 woman make flower hand iron wire chashan 茶山鎮 people fond buying decorated flower basket worship seven goddess flower lily rose five different kind flower wanjiang subdistrict 萬江街道 apart woman worshiping seven goddess men also worship cowherd wishing find true love tenth chinese folk literature art pediment award held haikou hainan province qixi tribute “the destiny mortal immortal” made wangniuduns craftsman got folk craft art award wangniudun famous qixi tribute atmosphere qixi festival wangniudun given title “the home qiqiao folk art guangdong province” “the home qiqiao art china” qiqiao festival listed second batch intangible culture heritage protection project guangdong province wangniuduns qixi tribute collected guangdong museum dongguan exhibition center museum time wangniudun work hard develop famous brand qixi tribute organize various activity society qixi festival celebration qixi culture park town also build website online game make film qixi festival