[Singapore] “It is the time that you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose important.” — The Little Prince. — — — While the 7th day of the 7th lunar month is widely recognised by modern Chinese as an oriental “Valentine’s Day”, it wasn’t entirely true in ancient China. Historical accounts and records showed that it should be regarded as a day for women or girls, and it’s origin is more associated with the worship of Vega (织女星) and Altar (牛郎星) star in the Milky Way. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong in commemorating love on this particular day, just like how you should have done it everyday in your life. 😁❤️ 📍Singapore.🇸🇬 . . . #singapore #discoversingapore #instasg #sonyalpha7iii #streetphotography #singaporephotography #urbanjungle #citylife #depthobsessed #visitsingapore #sglocal #sentosa #sonysingapore #sginstagram #sgphotography #singaporeheritage #discoverwithalpha #clickcity #citygrammers #createexplore #ilovesg #sghome #iloveyou #sonyalphaSG #rawurbanshots #sglife #thisissingapore #love #chineseculture

* Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕) is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival on 7th July. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. In Japan, on 7th July, we write our wishes on strips of paper and hang them on bamboo branches, wishing on the stars in the night sky. This time, we didn't have paper for that so we wrote down some normal paper and hung it on rice branches instead. It was cloudy and couldn't see any stars but I am sure Orihime and Hikoboshi spent amazing time together. I wish everyone lives as who they are and happy everyday ︎︎☺︎︎ 7月7日、七夕。 短冊やそれを飾る笹は用意できなかったけど、ある紙でお友達みんなで願い事を書いて、稲に吊るして、 素敵な時間を過ごしたよ☺️ 曇りで星は見えなかったけど、 織姫と彦星、素敵な時間を一緒に過ごせているといいな💫 みんなが自分らしく everydayhappyに過ごせますように︎︎ ︎︎☺︎︎ #everydayhappy ☺︎ #tanabata #七夕

🐾 Tanabata is an event that originated from the legend of two stars called Ori-hime and Hiko-boshi. It is held on July 7th every year. Tanabaka is also known as the Star Festival in English. Orihime represents Vega, Hikoboshi represents Altair. Orihime and Hikoboshi fell in love and were so crazy about each other that they could not focus on their work. The heavenly gods got angry and separated Orihime and Hikoboshi onto the different sides of the Milk Way, or Ama-no-gawa in Japanese🌌 However, the heavenly gods felt sorry for them and allowed them to cross the Ama-no-gawa to meet each other once a year on July 7th. On this day, many people pray for good weather on July 7th, because if it rains, Orihime and Hikoboshi will not be able to meet up due to the rising water levels of Ama-no-gawa. It is said that Tanabata is a special day for lovers because it is the day where lovers reunite. We put up bamboo decorations to celebrate the reunion of Orihime and Hikoboshi on Tanabata. We hang strips of paper called Tanzaku and other paper accessories on the bamboo sticks. It is believed that your wish will come true if you write it on the Tanzaku and hang it on the bamboo sticks. May your dreams come true too🎋⭐️ 🐾 今日は七夕🎋 みんなが心穏やかに過ごせますように🙏 #七夕 #tanabata #星に願いを 🐾