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Chinese Valentine’s Day
This week is Valentine’s Day! Now, before you all have a fit of panic because you haven’t bough a Valentine’s Day gift yet: RELAX! It’s Chinese Valentine’s Day (If you are Chinese and have forgotten Chinese Valentine’s Day, go right ahead and panic, then go buy a gift quickly).
Chinese Valentine’s Day is on day 7 of the 7th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The number 7 is considered lucky in love and it’s one of the few numbers that are considered lucky in both Chinese and Western numerology.
Hence, the number 7 features prominently in the popular mythology surrounding Chinese Valentine’s Day:
The 7th daughter of the Emperor of Heaven fell in love with a cowherd. They got married and had children without the father’s permission, so the Emperor sent them to live on two different stars, which only meet once a year – on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. The two lovers are allowed to meet on this Chinese Valentine’s day every year. Chinese lovers celebrate the day, as Western couples celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February.
