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Seventh Sister Bao's Birthday and Garden Tour Gala, Ye Liu, Mai Meijuan and other seven women led the worship of Seventh Sister

2022-08-04T14:12:41.206Z


Qixi Festival, a traditional festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year, symbolizes the reunion of love. Good Fate Prayer Ritual


Qixi Festival, a traditional festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year, symbolizes the reunion of love. Nearly 200 women in traditional costumes participated.

There are many lighting arrangements in the temple, as well as various exciting activities for the public to participate in, wishing the participants a happy marriage in the future.


Seventh Sister's birthday and garden tour party.

(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)

Legend has it that the Weaver Girl was loyal and persevering in love and possessed ingenious skills. The Taoist priest Li Yaohui (Yijue), the supervisor of the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Sik Sikyuan, specially compiled the "Qixi Festival Prayers for Good Marriage", which combines Taoist rituals and traditional folk customs to worship the Seventh Sister. .

Seven women from politics, academia and the arts, including Convener of the Executive Council, Ip Lau Suk-yee, Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Mak Mei-kuen, Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Chan Man-ki, former Standing Committee Member of the National People's Congress Fan Xu Lai Tai, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Department of Chinese Music Professor Xu Lingzi, art advisor Luo Huiying of the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Hong Kong University, and Lu Jingjing, associate researcher of the Taoist Culture Research Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, presented Baozhu powder, treasure clothes and Qijie box to Qijie to show their sincere respect.

Nearly 200 women in Chinese attire bowed to the statue of Wong Tai Sin three times and nine times.

Sik Sik Yuen arranged various activities with traditional features for the participants, including traditional embroidery and knotting workshops, booths in the shadows, prayer area for Qijie basin, "the marriage between the old and the moon" and so on.

There is also an exhibition on the history and culture of the Qixi Festival to let the public understand the historical significance behind the Qixi Festival.

The first 3,000 women who enter the park will receive a mirror set and a mini toilet water.

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Source: hk1

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