Qixi Festival spreads love across China

2023-08-22 15:07:44 | 来源：chinadaily

^{Visitors try out a traditional Qixi Festival activity at a park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Aug 20, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

The annual Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on August 22 this year. Online "Qixi" has been seeing a surge since the end of July.

By Aug 18, the hashtag #Qixi had been used 66.19 billion times on short video-sharing platform Douyin.

Going to exhibitions, listening to concerts, visiting creative markets, stargazing, visiting parks wearing hanfu (traditional Chinese attire) and riding around the city have become popular activities for young people during this year's Qixi Festival.

^{A couple walk past a wall full with lover's words in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Aug 20, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

^{People take photos of a huge rose bouquet in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Aug 21, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

^{A floral-themed bus stop appears in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Aug 21, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

^{A foreign couple in hanfu walk around Beijing, Aug 21, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

^{Yong people take part in a music program in Yichang, Hubei province, Aug 19, 2023. [Photo/VCG]}

Qixi Festival spreads love across China

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