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Double Seventh Day ——Chinese Valentine’s Day Page ? * LOGO * Cowhert Star Weaving Girl Star Milky Way On the night of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month every year,they meet at the Magpie Bridge for a short time. Introduction The origin of the Double Seventh Day Legend about the Double Seventh Day Folk Customs on the Double Seventh Day Outline 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 Also called Begging-for-Dexterity Festival（乞巧节） 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. The Origin of the Double Seventh Day Long long ago, there was a very poor but clever, diligent and honest boy named Cowherd. His parents died when he was a child . Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law . But his cattle is very loyal to him . Legend about the Double Seventh Day  – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl A Girl named Meng Jiang Shanbo Liang and Yingtai Zhu The Legend of White Snack The Weaving Girl is a beautiful and smart fairy with deft hands . She had grown tired of the life at the heavenly palace, longed for a life among the common people . Legend about the Double Seventh Day  – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl The cattle gave the Cowherd a tip:take the fairy’s clothes when she is taking a bath,then she can’t go back to the heavenly palace. Legend about the Double Seventh Day  – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl They fell in love with each other and lived a happy life. Unfortunately, the fact that they have fell in love was found out soon Legend about the Double Seventh Day  – the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl The Queen Mother brought the Weaving Girl back and drew a big river across the sky, known to the Chinese as the Silvery River (the Mi