The Queen Mother of brought the Weaving Girl back and drew a big river across the sky, known to the Chinese as the Silvery River (the
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She had grown tired of the life at the heavenly palace, longed for a life
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The Origin of the Double Seventh Day
"Double Seventh Day" is also a phenomenon of number worship——"七" bears the same pronunciation with "妻" (wife), thus the Double Seventh Day is to a great extent a festival related to women.
Seventh Day
Introduction
A traditional festival full of romance
The 7th day of the 7th lunar month The Weaving Girl（织女） and the Cowherd
（牛郎） in heaven would meet at the Magpie Bridge
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They fell in love with each other and lived a happy life.
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Unfortunately, the fact that they have fell in love was found out soon
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However, all the magpies in the world, deeply touched by the story, came to their rescue.
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Long long ago, there was a very poor but clever, diligent and honest boy named Cowherd.
His parents died when he was a child .
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The fairy tale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl is one of the four most famous folktales of ancient China.
It is a classic love story between a fairy and a human being enjoying a widespread influence.
The Origin of the Double Seventh Day
originating from nature worship of the human race
Double-Seventh Day was also the product of time worship of the ancients——the number "七" appears in both month and day giving a strong sense of time.
Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law .
But his cattle is very loyal to him .
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The Weaving Girl is a beautiful and smart fairy with deft hands .
Also called Begging-for-Dexterity Festival （乞巧节） （The Weaving Girl is a beautiful and smart fairy with deft hands and the women in the mortal world will beg for intelligence and deft needle work from her ）
Milky Way
Weaving Girl Star
Outline
Introduction The origin of the Double Seventh
Day Legend about the Double Seventh
Day Folk Customs on the Double
Double Seventh Day
——Chinese Valentine’s Day
LiJun
Cowhert Star
On the night of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month every year,they meet at the Magpie Bridge for a short time.