Legends about Qixi Festival

Folk legend has it that on the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day every year, it is the time when the Weaver Girl, Cowherd and Magpie Bridge meet in the sky. Weaver Girl is a beautiful, intelligent and ingenious fairy.

On this night, girls face the bright moon in the sky, place seasonal fruits and fruits, and worship to the sky, begging the goddess in the sky to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, so that their knitted women can become popular. Skilled in technique, he also begs for a perfect match for love and marriage. Countless loving men and women in the world will spend this night, in the quiet of the night, praying to the stars for a happy marriage. ?

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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a famous folk love story in ancient China, derived from the star names of Altair and Vega. It mainly tells the story of an orphan Cowherd who relies on his brother and sister-in-law to survive.

His sister-in-law was mean and often abused him, so he was forced to separate the family and rely on an old cow to farm and support himself. This old cow is very spiritual. One day, the Weaver Girl and the fairies came down to play and bathe in the river. The old cow persuaded the Cowherd to meet him, and told the Cowherd that if the fairies could not go back before dawn, they would have to stay in the mortal world.

The Cowherd stayed by the river to watch the seven fairies. He found that the youngest fairy was very beautiful and fell in love with him. He remembered what the old cow said, so the Cowherd quietly took away the little fairy's clothes. , the fairies took a bath and prepared to return to heaven. The little fairy found that the clothes were missing and had to stay. The Cowherd and the little fairy Weaver Girl had an encounter. Later, they got along well and understood their respective difficulties, and the Weaver Girl became a Cowherd. Lang's wife.

After they got married, the man farmed and the woman weaved, and they gave birth to a son and a daughter. Their life was very happy. Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Heaven found out about the matter and ordered the Queen Mother to escort Zhinu back to heaven for trial. The old cow couldn't bear the separation of their wives, so he broke off the horns on his head and turned into a small boat, allowing the cowherd to pick up his children and catch them in the boat. Just as she was about to catch up with the Weaver Girl, the Queen Mother suddenly pulled out the golden hairpin on her head and drew a rolling Milky Way in the sky. The Cowherd could not cross the river, so he could only watch and cry with the Weaver Girl by the river.

Their faithful love moved the magpies. Countless magpies flew over and used their bodies to build a colorful bridge across the Tianhe River, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe River. The Emperor of Heaven had no choice but to allow the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet on the Magpie Bridge once a year on July 7, with the magpies by their side. From now on, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet every year on July 7th.

The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl contains romance in the classics, and also reflects the rare twists and turns of love. We believe that on both sides of the Tianhe River, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl have been silently guarding each other, and have always witnessed the valuable spirit of "life is precious, and love is more valuable", inspiring the determination and courage of young men and women to pursue beautiful love!

Reference: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl (famous Chinese folk tale)_Baidu Encyclopedia