Lub Tanabata Festival, uas txhais tau tias "Hnub Qub Kev Ua Haujlwm", tau muaj nyob rau hauv Nyijpooj Lub Xya Hli 7. Txog rau hnub no, txhua tus neeg Nyij Pooj ua rau lawv txoj kev ntshaw, qhov kev ua tiav ntawm qhov ntawd tau tos nrog lub siab luv thiab txaus siab, vim tias qhov no tau yooj yim los ntawm ob lub hnub qub tseem ceeb tshaj plaws.
Raws li cov lus dab neeg, hnub so no tau muaj nyob hauv kev hwm ntawm ob lub hnub qub uas tau chim siab rau kev sib hlub, tab sis los ntawm qhov yuav ntawm txoj hmoo tau nyob ntawm ntug dej sib txawv ntawm Dej Qaum Ntuj. Thiab lawv tuaj yeem ua ke ib xyoos ib zaug xwb - nyob rau hnub xya hauv lub xya hli. Ib ntawm cov hnub qub hu ua Altair (Tus Tswv Yug Yaj), lwm tus yog Vega, uas hauv Japanese hu ua Tanabata (Weaver).
Txog hnub so no, cov Japanese dai xyoob ntoo nyob ntawm hauv ntej ntawm lub rooj vag thiab qhov rooj, uas lawv txuas cov khoom fij rau cov hnub qub thiab daim ntawv nyias nyias ua ntev ntev nrog kev xav sau rau ntawm lawv. Cov tom kawg yog feem ntau tau nthuav tawm hauv cov ntawv me, raws li tau ua ntau yam, ntau xyoo dhau los.
Tsis tas li, tsib cov xov ntau xim (dawb, liab, ntshav, ntsuab thiab dub) tau txuas rau cov ceg, uas txhais tau hais tias xav kom tau qoob loo zoo. Tom qab ntawd cov ceg xyoob dai kom zoo nkauj nrog cov kev xyeem pov tseg tau muab pov rau hauv qhov dej ntawm tus dej nyob ze kom txhua qhov kev xav tau ua tiav. Raws li cov lus dab neeg, yog tias nws los nag rau hnub no, lawv qhov kev tua yuav raug muab ncua rau lwm xyoo.
Cov ceg xyoob uas cog tau kuj tseem tuaj yeem pom ntawm cov dej ntws lossis lub cev muaj dej, hauv cov khw noj mov thiab hauv chaw noj mov, thiab ze cov tsev kho mob. Ib sab ntawm lawv yuav muaj daim ntawv ua daim ntawv dawb (tanzaku) thiab cov ntawv sau uas tsim nyog. Qhov no yog ua tiav kom tsis muaj leej twg nyob rau hnub no tau tawm mus yam tsis muaj lub siab xav ua tiav.
Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ntau qhov kev saib xyuas them rau Tanabata Festival los ntawm menyuam yaus, tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm. Lawv npaj ua ntej rau hnub no, sau txog kev xav tau thiab kho kom zoo nkauj ceg ntoo nrog ntau cov ntawv teeb moos soos thiab talismans.
Hmo ntuj ua ntej hnub so, ua yeeb yam, seev cev thiab ua yeeb yam muaj nyob hauv cov nroog, cov tais nrog zaub mov ua noj tau muab tso rau txhua qhov chaw. Thiab cov Japanese lawv tus kheej, hnav ris tsho kimonos, tawm hauv lawv lub tsev mus ua kev zoo siab ua ke kev sib ntsib ntev ntev ntawm cov hnub qub, uas coj kev ua tiav ntawm cov kev ntshaw sab hauv.
