Chinese Valentine's day Today is Chinese Valentine's day, it is called 七夕. The Ancient Chinese people set this day based on the lunar calendar. As the name suggests, lunar calendar is based on the activities of the moon. Start from lunar calendar, Chinese people further have 24 solar terms which stand for 24 weather change points of a year, the ancient Chinese farm cultivated the land according to those key points. Apart from the 七夕, most of important festivals of China stem from lunar calendar, such as, the biggest and famous festival for all Chinese people, the Chinese new year, as well as lantern festival, dragon boat festival and mid-autumn festival. We also have diverse eating habit during this festivals. For example, we eat dumplings for the Chinese new year, Yuanxiao(Glutinous Rice Balls) for lantern festival. As the time goes by, the way we celebrate these special days is changing too, it's more like a combination, we may celebrate them in a new way, but we will always remember the reason why we celebrate them and also those very old sayings and culture behind them.