除了利用植物来乞巧外,和织女缫丝织布有着类似特点的结网蜘蛛也是古人们乞巧的一种吉祥物。喜蛛应巧也是比较早的一种乞巧方式,大概起于魏晋南北朝时期。南朝梁代宗懔在《荆楚岁时记》里说,七夕之夜,人们在院子里摆设瓜果宴乞巧,如果有蜘蛛在瓜上结网则被认为是乞得灵巧的瑞应。据《天宝遗事》记载,唐明皇与妃子们,每到七夕就在华清宫游玩宴饮,宫女们各自捕捉蜘蛛关闭在小盒子里,等到天明的时候打开查看蜘蛛是否结网,以此来验定谁乞得的灵巧多。民间也争相仿效。唐朝长安一带的七夕,人们还用蛛丝结“萬”字来乞巧。宋代人们传承了这个有趣的习俗。孟元老《东京梦华录》说,七夕,把 Apart from the use of plants to begger Qiao, and the knit women’s silk weaving has similar characteristics of network spiders are ancient people begging for a kind of mascot. Hi spiders should also be an early begging Qiao way, probably from the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties period. In the “Jing Chu Sui Ji Ji,” Liang said in the Southern Dynasties that in the night of the Tanabata people put Qiugu fruit in the yard, and if there are spiders in the melon, they are considered to be dexterous Rui Ying. According to “Tianbao Memorabilia” records, Tangming Huang and concubines, every Tanabata play in the Huaqing Gong feast, the ladies were caught spiders closed in a small box, until dawn open to see whether the spider net, in order to verify Who begged more clever. Civilians are also scrambling to follow suit. Tanabata Changan area along the Tang Dynasty, people also use spider silk knot “million ” to Qi Qiao. Song people inherit this interesting custom. Meng Yuan-old “Tokyo Dream Records,” said Tanabata, put