The taboo of Valentine's Day in China

First, it is not suitable for evil. In the eyes of the ancients, "seven" and "auspicious" are homophonic, and "seven seven" has a double auspicious meaning.

It can be said that Tanabata is a super auspicious day. So the ancients also said, "Don't think evil for seven days." On this auspicious day, you must not do evil, or you will lose your good luck.

Second, it is not suitable for eating birds. Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet at the Queqiao Bridge on Tanabata, and they can't eat birds on Tanabata, which will destroy his marriage. But in some areas, there is a custom of eating roosters on Tanabata, because cowherd and weaver girl meet on Tanabata, and if there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they can always be together.

Third, it is not appropriate to have sex, and it is not appropriate to have sex on Tanabata. Cheng Pengcheng of the Qing Dynasty said in First Aid Guangsheng Collection, "It's the seventh day of the month, so don't think about evil things. On the fifteenth, he committed lust and died. " Yang Gong, a Feng Shui warlock in the Song Dynasty, said in Yang Gong Ji: "The seventh day of July is the wax of Germany, and the fifteenth day is the Chinese Yuan. Couples are not allowed to enter the house on the second day."