Qīxījié – Chinese Valentine’s Day
Cultural travellers in China will know that the seventh day of the seventh month according to the Chinese lunar calendar is Qīxī Festival which literally means the festival of the Evening of Sevens but is increasingly translated as ‘Chinese Valentine’s Day’. This year that means 10th August. So good news for romantics – in China you get two opportunities to write that special poem that will win you undying love. And good news for florists who get to sell twice as many red, red roses. Underneath the commercial opportunities are there any meaningful links between the two events and the […]