QiQiao needle
This is the earliest QiQiao mode, and later began in han deteriorates. The fissura miscellanea, said: "the Chinese female often in July 7 colour in seven holes, people look to needle with learning." By age LiangZongMou jingchu, said: "the July 7, Pennsylvania is somebody else women wear seven self-expanding floor with gold and silver, or stone for yourself." "And", said: "all topographic exerts on July 7th layer, city of more than GongRen, put a needle. The needle floor." The five WangRenYu YiShi tianbao kaiyuan Tanabata, "said: by jin palace building, forming a hundred yards, high house can be overcome with dozens of people, Chen, fruit wine, with ZuoJu char sacrificial cow female star in nine holes, concubines to wear colors on needle thread for ever, skillfully. Move the hou qing of song, pleasures of people working. Soil is of validity. The correlations TaoZongYi yuan YuanShi records of court said: "the nine lead, QiQiao Tanabata. And, with colorful silk wear lady-in-waiting debut at first, for after finish, who was later lost the contributive to exchange, each person should be."
XiZhu should be perfect
This is a QiQiao earlier, the common later in QiQiao needle, roughly in the southern. In LiangZong deloitte was alarmed by the age of chu said, "Is TingZhong in Pennsylvania, Chen melon QiQiao in hei subnet. In melon is thought operator shall."
The five WangRenYu YiShi tianbao kaiyuan "said: July 7, the spider in a small box in catching, depending on the web to xiao, dilute the secret was thought. The more the loose talk, talk less." SongChaoMeng folk also effect the Tokyo records of wei menghua elder, "said little spider July seventh in the zygote, see, if the net is the circle skillfully." Song min-soon subtle and age, "said "Small spider storage and to wait for the density and net skillfully TianRuCheng" how "of the pleasures of city, said at a small box filled with Tanabata" spider, the "network density earlier." that was Therefore, the method of inspection, and different opportunely, miniaturization of the tang dynasty, miniaturization of thin, circular is miniaturization. Did much later tang
Cast needle. Check
This is the seventh QiQiao needle variants of customs, and different from needle, needle in the Ming and qing dynasties is the popular qixi. LiuDong Ming emperor, YuYi is the scenery of Beijing, said: "the lost 7 July afternoon. Women's aeration opportunely, worthy of the water, the water film pasta, embroidery needle shots at the bottom float, needle. Your heads of birds cloud content, your shoes and scissors, solanaceae water of Kilimanjaro; it refers to the nearest coarse and fine hammer of such as silk, such as axis, the wax on slow." The law also says ZhiShu zhili, liangxiang county (now Beijing southwest) ", July 7, QiQiao women, in water, borrow it needle with inspection work, to QiQiao night still in the fairy "please YuMinZhong has led the jasmine of news agency, said:" YanDou miscellanea, July 7 women with violence, and their respective bowls of water under the small needle shots, xu depending on the float. Or shadows underwater, cloud, and as such, coarse linen as cones, for rent to the woman."
A child born
The old custom, in a few days ago, the seventh in a small planks apply, sow the seeds of corn, let it gives the green seedling, put a small hut, flowers and trees in the above fields, make family small villages, called the "shell", or will mung bean, adzuki bean, wheat dip in magnetic bowl and apply bud, again with the red, blue wire rope a bundle, called "type", also called "five birth basin" or "life flowerpot". Across southern is also known as the "bubble", will grow opportunely opportunely, called the bean sprouts in bud bud needle or replace opportunely, in QiQiao surface. With wax model of image, such as cowboy, fairy tale characters, or the bald eagle, mandarin, etc, in the shape of animals, called "water water floating". And the baby dolls, wax make women buy home soil, the thought is in the son, called "im".
"Drink" enshrined grinding
The old folk music is grinding drink of children's toys, qixi, namely small clay accidentally image to preach the lotus, lotus dress with half an arm. Every year in July 7, "pan of kaifeng building street east song, west door watts beam, north door outside watts, rosefinch outside street and horse street, sold in grinding, but small plastic drink TuOu ear". In the late song dynasty after grinding, is no longer drink a little TuOu, instead, the more delicate as. The size of the music, drink grinding, the biggest different attitude to three feet high, and the child to in real. The materials are made by DiaoLou ivory carvings LongYan or use perfume, berganottin grinding of drink, but as the top, with delicate woodcarving, coloured drawing or pattern for the column with a red or green sand covered when, cage in the toy is more gold jewels adornment, a pair of grinding drink as cost of money. Provides the Tanabata QiQiao figure axis
Worship vega
"The fairy maiden" pure is the worship of the young woman,. They are mostly in advance and his friends and neighbors who are about six good, to 10 people, jointly. The ceremony was held in the moonlight bottom, a table, tea, wine, fruit for abital, longan, red jujube, (hazel, peanuts, melon seeds) offering; There are flowers and a few, red paper, insert the bottle, flower lead a small bowls. Then, a woman to worship the fairy, girls, fast, bath for one time to host the house, in AnQian for religious worship, sitting at the table, together eat peanuts, melon seeds, one side, silently towards vega their mind. Girls like to marry a pretty or young people hope, with precious, early to vega prayed. Play until midnight beginning.
Worship kuixing
On July 7th kuixing pass is vulgar. Wen, want to kuixing achievement for the reader, so certain special kuixing reverence for worship in his seventh day, his exam shipped to prosper. Bless Mai is chief dou kuixing star, 28, the KuiXing accommodation for the big dipper, also the first star kuixing or KuiShou. In ancient scholars said "scholar" or "corporal pq days did", because of the palm exam kuixing.
According to the folk tale, kuixing ye were full face looks strange ugly, and a lame spots. Someone then wrote a limerick to make fun of him: what act the role ofing, raise even while also don't hide. Marry to MaGu into two beauty, no difference than bees room fruit. A man following claws, beside the muzzle on the sand. Mo's eaves, before the wind; napping foreheads fell plum. The prince is jade toe, step by step to high. Each body to dance, rather like the flowing in degrees. The road is only edge leans risks, and tired footsteps do side. MoXiao waist branches often half fold, temporary swaying also.
However, the elder's ambition, kuixing assiduous study, unexpectedly high school. The emperor DianShi, ask him how he is all spots on baby pits replied: ";" Asked why he is lame foot, he replied: "only feet jump longmen". The emperor was very satisfied, they hired him.
A completely different legends, though disgruntled kuixing ye said before, but not every exam, he threw himself to grief. Conclusion was rescued by heaven, became a turtle fish kuixing. Because the literati kuixing can control on July 7, so he's birthday, inparticular solemnly itself.
關於七夕節的英語作文中英對照如下：
這是最早的乞巧方式，始於漢，流於後世。《西京雜記》說：“漢彩女常以七月七日穿七孔針於開襟樓，人具習之。”南朝梁宗謀《荊楚歲時記》說：“七月七日，是夕人家婦女結彩樓穿七孔外，或以金銀愉石為針。”《輿地誌》說：“齊武帝起層城觀，七月七日，宮人多登之穿針。世謂之穿針樓。”五代王仁裕《開元天寶遺事》說：“七夕，宮中以錦結成樓殿，高百尺，上可以勝數十人，陳以瓜果酒炙，設坐具，以祀牛女二星，妃嬪各以九孔針五色線向月穿之，過者為得巧之侯。動清商之曲，宴樂達旦。土民之家皆效之。”元陶宗儀《元氏掖庭錄》說：“九引台，七夕乞巧之所。至夕，宮女登台以五彩絲穿九尾針，先完者為得巧，遲完者謂之輸巧，各出資以贈得巧者焉。”
喜蛛應巧
這也是較早的一種乞巧方式，其俗稍晚於穿針乞巧，大致起於南北朝之時。南朝梁宗懍《荊楚歲時記》說; “是夕，陳瓜果於庭中以乞巧。有喜子網於瓜上則以為符應。”
五代王仁裕《開元天寶遺事》說：“七月七日，各捉蜘蛛於小盒中，至曉開;視蛛網稀密以為得巧之侯。密者言巧多，稀者言巧少。民間亦效之”宋朝孟元老《東京夢華錄》說，七月七夕“以小蜘蛛安合子內，次日看之，若網圓正謂之得巧。”宋周密《乾淳歲時記》說;“以小蜘蛛貯合內，以候結網之疏密為得巧之多久”明田汝成《熙朝樂事》說，七夕“以小盒盛蜘蛛，次早觀其結網疏密以為得巧多寡。”由此可見，歷代驗巧之法不同，南北朝視網之有無、唐視網之稀密，宋視網之圓正，後世多遵唐俗。
投針驗巧
這是七夕穿針乞巧風俗的變體，源於穿針，又不同於穿針，是明清兩代的盛行的七夕節俗。明劉侗、於奕正的《帝京景物略》說：“七月七日之午丟巧針。婦女曝盎水日中，頃之，水膜生面，繡針投之則浮，看水底針影。有成雲物花頭鳥獸影者，有成鞋及剪刀水茄影者，謂乞得巧;其影粗如錘、細如絲、直如軸蠟，此拙征矣。”《直隸志書》也說，良鄉縣(今北京西南)“七月七日，婦女乞巧，投針於水，借日影以驗工拙，至夜仍乞巧於織女”請于敏中《日下舊聞考》引《宛署雜記》說：“燕都女子七月七日以碗水暴日下，各自投小針浮之水面，徐視水底日影。或散如花，動如雲，細如線，粗租如錐，因以卜女之巧。”
種生求子
舊時習俗，在七夕前幾天，先在小木板上敷一層土，播下粟米的種子，讓它生出綠油油的嫩苗，再擺一些小茅屋、花木在上面，做成田舍人家小村落的模樣，稱為“殼板”，或將綠豆、小豆、小麥等浸於磁碗中，等它長出敷寸的芽，再以紅、藍絲繩紮成一束，稱為“種生”，又叫“五生盆”或“生花盆”。南方各地也稱為“泡巧”，將長出的豆芽稱為巧芽，甚至以巧芽取代針，拋在水面乞巧。還用蠟塑各種形象，如牛郎、織女故事中的人物，或禿鷹、鴛鴦、等動物之形，放在水上浮游，稱之為“水上浮”。又有蠟制的嬰兒玩偶，讓婦女買回家浮於水土，以為宜子之祥，稱為“化生”。
供奉“磨喝樂”
磨喝樂是舊時民間七夕節的兒童玩物，即小泥偶，其形象多為傳荷葉半臂衣裙，手持荷葉。每年七月七日，在開封的“潘樓街東宋門外瓦子、州西梁門外瓦子、北門外、南朱雀門外街及馬行街內，皆賣磨喝樂，乃小塑土偶耳”。其實宋朝稍晚以後的磨喝樂，已不再是小土偶了，相反的，越作越精緻。磨喝樂的大小、姿態不一，的高至三尺，與真的小孩於相上下。製作的材料則有以象牙雕鏤或用龍延佛手香雕成的，磨喝樂的裝扮，更是極盡精巧之能事，有以彩繪木雕為欄座，或用紅砂碧籠當罩子，手中所持的玩具也多以金玉寶石來裝飾，一對磨喝樂的造價往往高達數千錢。 緙絲七夕乞巧圖軸
拜織女
“拜織女”純是少女、少婦們的事。她們大都是預先和自己朋友或鄰里們約好五六人，多至十來人，聯合舉辦。舉行的儀式，是於月光下擺一張桌子，桌子上置茶、酒、水果、五子(桂圓、紅棗、榛子、花生，瓜子)等祭品;又有鮮花幾朵，束紅紙，插瓶子裡，花前置一個小香爐。那么，約好參加拜織女的少婦、少女們，齋戒一天，沐浴停當，準時都到主辦的家裡來，於案前焚香禮拜後，大家一起圍坐在桌前，一面吃花生，瓜子，一面朝著織女星座，默念自己的心事。如少女們希望長得漂亮或嫁個如意郎、少婦們希望早生貴子等，都可以向織女星默禱。玩到半夜始散。
拜魁星
俗傳七月七日是魁星的生日。魁星文事，想求取功名的讀書人特別崇敬魁星，所以一定在七夕這天祭拜，祈求他保佑自己考運亨通。魁星爺就是魁斗星，廿八宿中的奎星，為北斗七星的第一顆星，也魁星或魁首。古代士子中狀元時稱“大魁天下士”或“一舉奪魁”，都是因為魁星主掌考運的緣故。
根據民間傳說，魁星爺生前長相奇醜，臉上長滿斑點，又是個跛腳。有人便寫了一首打油詩來取笑他：不揚何用飾鉛華，縱使鉛華也莫遮。娶得麻姑成兩美，比來蜂室果無差。鬚眉以下鴻留爪，口鼻之旁雁踏沙。莫是檐前貪午睡，風吹額上落梅花。相君玉趾最離奇，一步高來一步低。款款行時身欲舞，飄飄度處乎如口。只緣世路皆傾險，累得芳蹤盡側奇。莫笑腰枝常半折，臨時搖曳亦多姿。
然而這位魁星爺志氣奇高，發憤用功，竟然高中了。皇帝殿試時，問他何臉上全是斑點，他答道：“麻面滿天星”;問他的腳為何跛了，他答道：“獨腳跳龍門”。皇帝很滿意，就錄取了他。
另一種完全不同的傳說，說魁星爺生前雖然滿腹學問，可惜每考必敗，便悲憤得投河自殺了。豈料竟被鱉魚救起，升天成了魁星。因為魁星能左右文人的考運，所以每逢七月七日他的生日，讀書人都鄭重的祭拜。