Usuku lweValentine yaseTshayina–uMnyhadala weQixi

Umnyhadala we-Qixi, okwaziwa ngokuba nguMnyhadala weQiqiao, uMnyhadala weQijie, uSuku lwamantombazana, uMnyhadala weQiqiao, uQinianghui, uMnyhadala weQixi, uSuku lweNiu Gongniu Po, uQiao Xi, njl.njl., ngumnyhadala wesintu waseTshayina.Umnyhadala weQixi uthatyathwe kunqulo lweenkwenkwezi.Lusuku lokuzalwa koodade abasixhenxe ngokwengqiqo yesintu.Ngenxa yokuba unqulo lwe "Seven Sisters" lubanjwe ngobusuku besixhenxe kaJulayi, kuthiwa "Qixi".Kulisiko loMthendeleko weQixi ukunqula iQisi, ukuthandazela iintsikelelo, ukwenza iminqweno, ukucela isakhono, ukuhlala ubukele iAltair Vega, ukuthandazela umtshato, nokugcina amanzi kuMnyhadala weQixi.Ngophuhliso lwembali, uMnyhadala weQixi unikwe intsomi entle yothando “yeNkomo yenkomo kunye neWeaver Girl”, iwenza umnyhadala ofuzisela uthando, kwaye ke uthathwa njengowona mnyhadala wesintu wothando eTshayina.Ngexesha langoku, ivelise "uSuku lweValentine yaseTshayina".Intsingiselo yenkcubeko.
Umnyhadala weQixi awungomnyhadala wokunqula oodade abasixhenxe kuphela, kodwa ukwangumthendeleko wothando.Ngumnyhadala obanzi onomxholo othi “Cowherd and Weaver Girl” intsomi, ethandazela iintsikelelo, ecela ubulumko, nothando, kunye nabafazi njengowona mzimba uphambili.“Intombi yeNkomo neWeaver” yaseTanabata ivela kunqulo lwabantu lwendalo yasesibhakabhakeni.Kumaxesha amandulo, abantu babehambelana neendawo zeenkwenkwezi zeenkwenkwezi kunye nemimandla yejografi.Le mbalelwano ibizwa ngokuba “ziinkwenkwezi eziqhekekayo” ngokwenzululwazi ngeenkwenkwezi, kunye “neenkwenkwezi eziqhekekayo” ngokwejografi.Yahlula”.Ngokwentsomi, iCowherd kunye neWeaver Girl baya kudibana kwibhulorho ye-magpie esibhakabhakeni ngomhla wesixhenxe rhoqo kuJulayi.
Umnyhadala we-Qixi waqala kumaxesha amandulo, waduma kwi-Western Han Dynasty, kwaye uchumile kuBukhosi beNgoma.Kumaxesha amandulo, umnyhadala weQixi yayingumnyhadala okhethekileyo wamantombazana amahle.Phakathi kwezithethe ezininzi zoMnyhadala weQixi, ezinye ziye zanyamalala, kodwa inxalenye enkulu iqhutyelwe ngabantu.Umnyhadala weQixi usuka eTshayina, kwaye amanye amazwe aseAsia aphenjelelwa yinkcubeko yamaTshayina, afana neJapan, uSingasiqithi waseKorea, kunye neVietnam, nawo anesithethe sokubhiyozela uMnyhadala weQixi.Ngomhla wama-20 kuMeyi, 2006, uMnyhadala we-Qixi waqukwa kwibhetshi yokuqala yoluhlu lwelifa lemveli lenkcubeko engabonakaliyo liBhunga leSizwe lePeople's Republic of China.