{"id":1141,"date":"2026-08-03T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpbaz.kinsta.cloud\/fashion\/qixi-chinese-valentines-day-2026-gifts\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:24:08","slug":"qixi-chinese-valentines-day-2026-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/fashion\/qixi-chinese-valentines-day-2026-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Qixi Festival 2026: Gift Ideas for Chinese Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crossing the magpie bridge.<\/h2>\n\n

On the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, the world celebrates Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine\u2019s Day. Its origins come from the mythical tale of \u2018The Cowherd and The Weaver Girl\u2019, their love forbidden as the latter was a daughter of the Jade Emperor, ruler of Heaven. Once a year, a flock of magpies fly skyward to build a bridge across the heavenly river, which we know as The Milky Way in the mortal realm, for the separated lovers to reunite.<\/p>\n\n

A tale of love and devotion overcoming all obstacles, it has captured the hearts of millions across the globe. On this day, they celebrate by showing appreciation for their significant others, planning romantic dates and preparing thoughtful gifts. Ahead of the holiday taking place on August 19, 2026, BAZAAR puts together a guide to the best gifts for your partner.<\/p>\n\n

Scroll on for the best Chinese Valentine\u2019s Day gift ideas for your significant other.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day, BAZAAR curates a luxury gift guide to help you find the perfect present for your partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","bz_kicker":"","bz_opener":"bleed","bz_photographer":"","bz_hero_caption":"","bz_hero_credit":"","bz_hero_clip":0,"bz_inset":0,"bz_tile_image":0,"bz_clip":0,"bz_tile_dek":"","bz_reading_time":"","bz_duration":"","bz_feature_small":0,"bz_feature_medium":0,"bz_feature_quote":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,431,432,433,289,434,435,287,436],"bz_slot":[],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion","tag-balenciaga","tag-china","tag-chinese-celebrities","tag-chinese-valentines-day","tag-ferragamo","tag-qixi-festival","tag-saint-laurent","tag-valentino","tag-ysl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1670,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions\/1670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"bz_slot","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bz_slot?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}