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Chinese Valentines Day Edward.Hu Other names How? Tragedy Other names Night of Sevens (七夕 ) Festival to Plead for Skills(乞巧节) Seventh Sisters Birthday (七姐诞) Night of Skills (巧夕) How we celebrate Display our skill at carving melons Decorate the horns of our neighborhood oxen with flowers Go to the temple of matchmaker and pray that we get hooked up Romantic tragedy A cowherd , Niulang(牛郎)， was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company. The cow , was a former god who had violated perial rules and was sent to earth in bovine form. Zhi Nu(织女), was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven One day the cow led Niulang to a lake where fairies took a bath on earth. Among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful fairy and a skilled seamstress The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and daughter and their happy life The Queen of Heaven(王母) discovered Zhi Nus absence. She was so annoyed, she had Zhi Nu brought back to heaven. Niu Lang caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. The magical cow had told him before dying of old age: Keep the cowhide（牛皮） for emergency use. With the help of the cowhide, Niu Lang was able to follow Zhi Nu into heaven. the Queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two. The line became the Silver River in heaven, or the Milky Way. Zhi Nu went back to the heavenly workshop, But she was so sad, and missed her husband Finally, the Queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the Silver River. That’s all Thank you! ? * * Click me here.. Click me here.. R工业工程 102 胡 晓(Edward.Hu) 30 号 制作不易，请勿窃取。 最终解释权归Edward.Hu所有. *