Tanabata, the festival originated in the Han Dynasty, Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty "Xijing Miscellanies" yes "Choi Han-July 7 women often wear cardigan seven holes in the floor, needles, people are learning the" records, this is what we in ancient literature, see the earliest records on . Later in the Tang and Song poetry, women has also been repeatedly mentioned in the Tang Dynasty, Wang said there is poetry "is made up of Pearl felt star, TANABATA busy." According to "Kaiyuan Samgukyusa Tianbao" contains: emperor of the Tang Dynasty and during the Tanabata Banquet in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, their respective ladies, this is also the time-honored practices in civil, from generation to generation.
Song Dynasty, a very grand Tanabata, also has a monopoly in the capital goods market , the world known as the City . Luo Ye Song, Jinying the series "gaussenii recorded on," said: "Tanabata, the sale of Pan objects in front of the building. Since July 1, traveling angry pharynx, three days prior to the Festival, to disregard the passage of time , no longer come to the night side, scattered. "Here, from the city to buy objects event, we can infer Tanabata Festival was a scene of excitement. People from the beginning of July on the first home run items busy city, people reviews, to the time near the Tanabata, people simply become City ocean, traveling difficult and watch his style, does not seem to sub - the biggest festival in - the Spring Festival, that the ancients Festival is one of the most favorite holiday.
Lunar New year's July 7, that is, Tanabata, also known as section, the legend and the Cowboy, Weaver of the myths and legends have a very close relationship.
七夕乞巧，这个节日起源于汉代，东晋葛洪的《西京杂记》有“汉彩女常以七月七日穿七孔针于开襟楼，人俱习之”的记载，这便是我们于古代文献中所见到的最早的关于乞巧的记载。后来的唐宋诗词中，妇女乞巧也被屡屡提及，唐朝王建有诗说“阑珊星斗缀珠光，七夕宫娥乞巧忙”。据《开元天宝遗事》载：唐太宗与妃子每逢七夕在清宫夜宴，宫女们各自乞巧，这一习俗在民间也经久不衰，代代延续。
宋元之际，七夕乞巧相当隆重，京城中还设有专卖乞巧物品的市场，世人称为乞巧市。宋罗烨、金盈之辑《醉翁谈录》说：“七夕，潘楼前买卖乞巧物。自七月一日，车马嗔咽，至七夕前三日，车马不通行，相次壅遏，不复得出，至夜方散。”在这里，从乞巧市购买乞巧物的盛况，就可以推知当时七夕乞巧节的热闹景象。人们从七月初一就开始办置乞巧物品，乞巧市上车水马龙、人流如潮，到了临近七夕的时日、乞巧市上简直成了人的海洋，车马难行，观其风情，似乎不亚于最盛大的节日--春节，说明乞巧节是古人最为喜欢的节日之一。
每年农历的七月七日，即七夕，又称乞巧节，这个传说和牛郎，织女的神话传说有十分密切的关系。