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乞巧与南京

乞巧与南京

A：B 啊，如今良多人都在过西方恋人节，可是我们中国也有本身的传统恋人节哦，你晓得它喊什么吗？

B：不就是七夕节吗，谁不晓得呀 ! 每年那个时候，一些大哥哥大姐姐就会相约碰头。但那节日与我无关，我还小呢 !

A：你对七夕节的熟悉太浅薄啦，我跟你说，七夕节可是一个传播自战国期间的以乞（要）巧、乞爱、乞美、乞子、乞寿、乞年为主题的传统节日，此中的乞巧更是与我们南京城有很大的渊源呢！

B：实是羞愧，提起七夕我只能想到打折促销，关于它的传统风俗嘛我就不清晰了。正好趁那个时机你给我讲讲吧 ! 乞巧到底是什么，与我们南京又有什么渊源呢？

A：不懂了吧，我来跟你说说。乞巧包罗“穿针、躲蛛、供果、浮针”。就拿穿针来说吧，穿针就是姑娘们面临月亮穿针引线，做一些小物品。古代乞巧之风在南京出格流行，你猜那是为什么？

B：我猜猜，在南京那片处所，自古都有富贵的丝织业，它起头于东吴期间，富贵于南北朝。你看啊，那穿针引线的乞巧活动与丝织业有关，南京的丝织业那么兴旺，乞巧活动天然会在南京时髦起来啦。

A：没错！并且传说南京女子的丝织手艺是织女教授的，因而南京姑娘不断对织女很有豪情。

B：哦！我想起来了！我妈妈跟我说过，古代南京姑娘在七夕节那一天还会用凤仙花染红指甲呢。

A：是啊，传统的乞巧风俗在南京不断延续到了民国期间，从东吴到民国，可是有一千六百多年呢！

B：古代南京的七夕乞巧风俗实是有趣，不外如今的南京在七夕节时也有良多活动哦。

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A：我晓得我晓得，譬如男女互相送花，商场也会推出特色产物，那些也是在必然水平上延续了“七夕节”的传统吧。

B：是啊，但我实期看古时候那些有意思的七夕风俗可以从头在南京时髦。在南京来一次“家家乞巧看秋月，穿尽红丝几万条”，如许多美妙！

The Double-Seventh Festival (Qiqiao Festival) in Nanjing

The Double-Seventh Festival (Qiqiao Festival) in Nanjing

A: B, many people celebrate the western Valentine’s Day nowadays. But we Chinese also have our own Valentine’s Day. Do you know what it is?

B: Then it must be the Double-Seventh Festival (Qiqiao Festival). Everyone knows it! Those big brothers and sisters will meet each other on that day. However, it has nothing to do with me. I’m only a child!

A: Your understanding about the Double-Seventh Festival is quite superficial. Let me tell you something about it: the Double-Seventh Festival can be traced back to the Warring States period. People (especially girls) would hold a ceremony on that day to beg Zhinü (the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega) for dexterity in needlework, love, beauty, babies, life span and a good year. And the custom of begging for dexterity in needlework has a deep origin with Nanjing city!

B: I feel so ashamed of myself. When it comes to the Double-Seventh Festival, I can only think of those big discounts. But I don’t know anything about its traditional customs. Just tell us something about it! What does the custom of begging for dexterity in needlework mean? And how does it relate to Nanjing?

A: Perhaps you don’t know this. Let me tell you something about it. Girls would plead for skills by threading a needle, putting a spider into a locket, preparing melons and fruit as well as placing a needle on the water surface. Take needle threading as an example. Girls would do needlework under the moon on that day. And the custom of begging for dexterity in needlework was especially popular in Nanjing in ancient times. Can you guess why?

B: Let me guess. Nanjing has been a big province of silk trade since ancient times. The silk industry in Nanjing can be traced back to the Dongwu period. And it reached its peak during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. As you can see, the custom of begging for dexterity in needlework has something to do with the silk industry. As a result, it naturally became popular in Nanjing.

A: Yes, you are right! And it is said that girls in Nanjing learned the weaving skills

from Zhinü. Therefore, they had an emotional attachment to her.

B: Oh, it reminds me that my mother once told me that those girls would also paint their fingernails red with balsamine during the Double-Seventh Festival.

A: That’s right. And those traditional customs have been handed down from the

Dongwu period to the Republic of China for more than 1600 years!

B: Those customs of the Double-Seventh Festival in Nanjing are indeed very interesting. What’s more, people will also hold various activities on that day nowadays.

A: I know this. For example, men and women will send flowers to each other. And those shopping malls will offer enough special products on that day, which is, to some extent, a continuation of the traditions of the Double-Seventh Festival.

B: That’s right. But I really hope that those interesting customs of the Double-Seventh Festival in Nanjing can come back into fashion again. “Gazing to the moon, girls pray to Zhinü for dexterity in needlework, with thousands of red threads put into the needle holes”. How wonderful it will be!

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