Valentine's Day
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Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and
A Valentine's card, c. 1909
Saint Valentine
Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
St Valentine baptizing St Lucilla, Jacopo Bassano
Qixi Festival
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The Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology. The festival is celebrated on the seventh day of t
Valentine's Day
…情人節; Mandarin: Qīng Rén Jié; Hokkien: Chêng Lîn Chiat; Cantonese: Chìhng Yàhn Jit; Shanghainese Xin Yin Jiq). The "Chinese Valentine's Day" is the Qixi Festival (meaning "The Night of Sevens"; Chinese: 七夕; pinyin: Qi Xi), celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. According to the…
Qixi offerings from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau at the Hong Kong Museum of History
Ladies on the 'Night of Sevens' Pleading for Skills by Ding Guanpeng, 1748