In 2013,Valentine's dayWhich day is?International valentine's day is on February 14, and if it is Chinese valentine's day, on August 13th in 2013 is the seventh day of the lunar monthChinese valentine's day.So the origin of valentine's day is clear?The below small make up to introduce the origin of valentine's day for you.

Western valentine's day (February 14)

There are many versions on the origin of western valentine's day, but according to the comments on the English dictionary is derived from Roman lupercalia.It is said that birds begins to mate in this day.When the custom is: during the period of lupercalia, every youth male person draws lots from one in the box to draw, box writes brief informal note having youth woman full name.To who, who will be the young man's sweetheart.Then the festival to commemorate a Christian saints named valentine..This day is February 14.Now, in the valentine's day, many young man also to st valentine's card to make elegant handicraft, cut into butterflies and flowers, to show heart shengwalunding paying court to hard.Girls put the bay leaf on the pillow at night, hope to dream of her lover.Usually in the valentine's day, to give a red roses to express the affection between the lover.Will a half-open red rose as the best gift that valentine's day gives a girl, while girls in a box of heart-shaped chocolate as a gift in return.

Legend is just a legend, but on February 14, valentine's day has entered the world all the hearts of lovers, become a scenery, become a kind of culture, has been promoting to be copied to every corner of the world.I used to think, in fact, Latin and he loves the girl is happy, because they finally meet each other in heaven, they will live a fairy in heaven as a sort of life, sometimes they will be traveling down a smile looked at these everyman we talk about the "love" the eternal topic, they will be people in the world can't be together at love is bitter and sigh, so they raised their good fingertips marriage spectrum pairs of love the guy.

The annual valentine's day in the love of lovers waiting for the coming of vision in shanshan, here: borrow tales about "Latin", blessing: all shall be well, jack shall have Jill!

The origin of Chinese valentine's day (lunar July seventh)

In our country, the lunar seventh day night, the weather is warm, vegetation fragrance, this is the Chinese valentine's day, people commonly known as also some people call it "the needlework" or "sections", this is China's traditional festivals the most romantic colour of a festival, is on the 7th day of the girls in the past.

On a clear summer night, shining stars in the sky, a white Milky Way traverses north and south, between things on both sides of the river, each with a shining star, river, distant relative, that is Altair and vega.Seventh eve sit watch petunia vega, is a folk custom, according to legend, on this night of the year is heaven vega and the cowherd meet on the magpie bridge.Vega is a beautiful fairy bright, ingenuity, earth women in this evening to her beg for wisdom and artful art, little also not to grant her a happy marriage, so the seventh day is also called the needlework.Legend in the Tanabata night, looked up and can see the gigolo knit meet the Milky Way, or in the melon and fruit under the frame can be overheard two people meet in the sky when talking about.

Girls in the evening is full of romantic breath, bright moon, to the sky on the seasonal fruits, the god worship, begging the hearts of the goddess of heaven can give their intelligence and dexterous hands, and let her knitting sewing techniques skillfully, beg for love marriage marriage more artful match.The past marriage for women is decided to a lifetime of happiness for life, so, there is countless beings men and women will in this night, the night static people deep time, to the sky pray yourself being extremely.

And about "the origin of Chinese valentine's day" :

Chinese the needlework, and the festival originated in the han dynasty, the eastern jin ge hong "xiking miscellanea" have "han choi on July 7, female often to wear seven needle in 6 floor, all of xi", it is our to those found in ancient literature the earliest records about the needlework.Later in the tang and song poetry, women the needlework has also been repeatedly mentioned, the tang dynasty Wang Jianyou poem said "decayed stars compose bead light, the Tanabata GongE needlework busy".Tian ", according to the kaiyuan tianbao: whenever the emperor taizong and his Chinese in qing dynasty palace banquet, and the ladies-in-waiting respectively the needlework, this custom in folk also enduring, generation.

Song and yuan, Chinese valentine's day the needlework is quite grand, Beijing will also include a monopoly the needlework goods market, the world is called the needlework.Song Luoye, gold the advent of the album "drunk weng talk record" said: "Tanabata, pan building to buy or sell the needlework.Since July 1st, chariots and horses Chen to swallow, to three days before Chinese valentine's day, chariots and horses do not pass, indicates that time fixing, no longer, to night party."Here, the purchase of the needlework from the needlework city, can infer Tanabata was the needlework section of the busy scene.People from the start at the beginning of July BanZhi needlework items, the needlework on city traffic, the stream of people like tide, to time near the Tanabata, needlework, it has become the people of the ocean, tough chariots and horses, view the amorous feelings, the most grand festival - seems to be no less thanThe Spring FestivalSection, suggesting that the needlework is the ancient one of the most favorite holiday.

Lover is your valentine's day, every day with a partner to spend valentine's day is also in order to be able to better understand each other and love each other more.