Skills-begging is he main folk custom for the Double-Seventh Festival, on which night women would get together to pray to Vega and Altair.

七夕节的主要民俗活动是乞巧。妇女们在这天夜里总要聚在一起，十分认真地祭拜牛郎星和织女星。

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Weaver Girl was said to be pretty, intelligent and ingenious, so on the eve of the festival, girls would get together to pray to Weaver Girl for ingenious skills, which is called "skills-begging".

据说织女是一个美丽聪明、心灵手巧的人，所以女孩子们在这天夜里会聚在—起，向织女乞求让自己心灵手巧，俗称“乞巧”。

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