Abstract
The Qixi Festival is a traditional festival in China, which inherits the production model of men's farming and women's weaving for thousands of years. It is considered as a symbol of Chinese farming culture and widely propagated in many provinces in China since a long time ago. However, people in different areas celebrate this festival in different ways during different periods. This can be found in the documents that recorded in local chronicles. 
 This research takes Shanxi Province as an example. Through sorting out 72 types of local chronicles that recorded the contents of the Qixi Festival which compiled during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, we found that the differences mainly manifested in four aspects: the gender and age of the participants, the objects of sacrifice, the sacrificial offering, and the behavior of begging dexterousness. Through analyzing, it can be seen that these differences are caused by the impact of the environment and also related to the integration of multiple cultural elements in the festival itself.
Highlights
The Qixi Festival is a traditional festival in China, which inherits the production model of male farming and female weaving for thousands of years
Through sorting out 72 types of local chronicles that recorded the contents of the Qixi Festival which compiled during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, we found that the differences mainly manifested in four aspects: the gender and age of the participants, the objects of sacrifice, the sacrificial offering, and the behavior of begging dexterousness
In the Xiangning Xianzhi(乡宁县志) that compiled during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty recorded that "On July 7th, young girls worship the grandson of the god in order to beg dexterousness(七月七日,幼女祀天孙乞巧)." (Ding Shiliang & Zhao Fang, 1989, P.682) The grandson of the god means Zhinv here in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were male participants in the Qixi Festival in Shanxi Province, but it was mainly a traditional festival with female groups as participants, and in some areas there were strict requirements on the identity of female participants, they must be virgins and girls
Summary
The Qixi Festival which originated very early in China had become popular in the Han Dynasty. In the Xiangning Xianzhi(乡宁县志) that compiled during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty recorded that "On July 7th, young girls worship the grandson of the god in order to beg dexterousness(七月七日,幼女祀天孙乞巧)." (Ding Shiliang & Zhao Fang, 1989, P.682) The grandson of the god means Zhinv here in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were male participants in the Qixi Festival in Shanxi Province, but it was mainly a traditional festival with female groups as participants, and in some areas there were strict requirements on the identity of female participants, they must be virgins and girls
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