The Qixi (七夕節) is a Chinese Festival that falls on 7th day of the 7th month on the Chinese Calendar and for this reason also called “The Double Seventh Festival”. This Festival is at all effects considered as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, making it one of the most romantic among traditional Chinese Festivals.

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Here some insights of this Festivity mystical origins!

Once upon a time there lived a mortal named Niúláng (牛郎 “Cowherd”) that came across a beautiful girl named Zhīnǚ (织女 “Weaving Girl”), the Queen Mother’s seventh daughter, who had just escaped from boring heaven to look for fun. Zhīnǚ soon fell in love with Niúláng, and they got married without the knowledge of the Goddess.  Zhīnǚ proved to be a wonderful wife, and Niúláng to be a good husband. They lived happily and had two children.

Discovering naughty Zhīnǚ’s mortal marriage indiscretion, the heaven-ruling Jade Emperor (玉皇帝 Yù Huángdì) ordered Queen Mother (王母娘娘 Wángmǔ Niáng Niáng) to fetch her. Niúláng carried their kids in baskets and chased Queen Mother, escaping with helpless Zhīnǚ.

Queen Mother used her hairpin to slash the sky, separating them forever, and thus created the Milky Way.

Niúláng and Zhīnǚ’s undying love for each other moved the Jade Emperor, who allowed them to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month. Legendary bringers of good luck, magpies would form a bridge connecting the stars so they could meet.

On this day, the Chinese gaze to the sky to look for Vega (Zhīnǚ) and Altair (Niúláng) shining in the Milky Way, while a third star forms a symbolic bridge between the two stars.

Traditionally, this Festival is a time for young Chinese girls to demonstrate their domestic arts, pray for intelligence, good needle work and marital happiness.

A Girl might even drop a needle in the water, and if it doesn’t sink, that means she’s mature enough to find a husband!

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