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Qixi Festival (\u4e03\u5915\u8282), the seventh day of the 7th mo<\/em>nth on the Chinese lunar calendar,  falls on August 20 this year. It celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd(\u725b\u90ce) and weaver girl(\u7ec7\u5973) in Chinese mythology, so it is sometimes called the Chinese Valentine’s Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. It says that on the evening, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu will meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.<\/p>\n


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\u9e4a\u6865\u4ed9 què qiáo xi\u0101n<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

 —-A Love Poem a<\/em>bout Qi Xi<\/strong><\/p>\n

xi\u0101n yún nòng qi\u01ceo
\u7ea4\u4e91\u5f04\u5de7<\/strong>\uff0c<\/p>\n

f\u0113i x\u012bng chuán hèn
\u98de\u661f\u4f20\u6068\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n

yín hàn tiáo tiáo àn dù
\u94f6\u6c49\u8fe2\u8fe2\u6697\u5ea6\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

j\u012bn f\u0113ng yù lù yì xi\u0101ng féng
\u91d1\u98ce\u7389\u9732\u4e00\u76f8\u9022<\/strong>\uff0c<\/p>\n

biàn shèng què rén ji\u0101n wú shù
\u4fbf\u80dc\u5374\u4eba\u95f4\u65e0\u6570\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

róu qíng sì shu\u01d0
\u67d4\u60c5\u4f3c\u6c34\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n

ji\u0101 q\u012b rú mèng
\u4f73\u671f\u5982\u68a6<\/strong>\uff0c<\/p>\n

r\u011bn gù què qiáo gu\u012b lù
\u5fcd\u987e\u9e4a\u6865\u5f52\u8def\uff01<\/strong><\/p>\n

li\u01ceng qíng ruò shì ji\u01d4 cháng shí <\/span>
\u4e24\u60c5\u82e5\u662f\u4e45\u957f\u65f6\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n

yòu q\u01d0 zài zh\u0101o zh\u0101o mù mù
\u53c8\u5c82\u5728\u671d\u671d\u66ae\u66ae\uff01<\/strong><\/p>\n

English translation:<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Clouds float like works of art\uff1b<\/p>\n

Stars shoot with grief at heart.<\/p>\n

Across the Milky Way the Cowherd meets the Maid<\/p>\n

When Autumn’s Golden wind embraces Dew of Jades\uff0c<\/p>\n

All the love scenes on earth\uff0chowever many\uff0c fade<\/p>\n

Their tender love flows like a stream\uff1b<\/p>\n

This happy date seems but a dream.<\/p>\n

Can they bear a separate homeward way?<\/p>\n

If love between both sides can last for aye\uff0c<\/p>\n

Why need they stay together night and day?<\/p>\n

 (\u8bb8\u6e0a\u51b2 \u8bd1)
a<\/em>bout the poem:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The poem praises the famous love between Niu Lang and Zhi Nv who is the seventh daughter of the heaven’s King. Their story is the origin of Chinese Valentine’s Day. They were separated by the galaxy and they can meet each other o<\/em>nly o<\/em>nce every year. The famous sentence \u4e24\u60c5\u82e5\u662f\u4e45\u957f\u65f6\uff0c\u53c8\u5c82\u5728\u671d\u671d\u66ae\u66ae shows the true meaning of love and it means that the two needn’t be physically together as long as they love each other deeply. Chinese people usually use it to describe a deep affection between separated lovers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n