"Double-Seventh Day" Culture in Ancient Pictures

This is a painting of begging for dexterity in the palace of Han Dynasty from Li Haohan (Song Dynasty).

This picture was drawn on a fan-shaped pamphlet. It describes the activities in the evening of the Double-Seventh Day of the Han Dynasty. In the picture, the women wearing red, accompanied by the odalisques, walk slowly toward the high building. Odalisques, who are carrying various kinds of sacrificial offerings, look like a needle crossing the high building which is a symbol for begging for dexterity.

This one is a picture created in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), symbolizing the Weaving Girl and Cow Herd.