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DoubleSeventhDay

——ChineseValentine’sDayLiJun

2021/5/181CowhertStarWeavingGirlStarMilkyWayOnthenightofthe7thdayofthe7thlunarmontheveryyear,theymeetattheMagpieBridgeforashorttime.2021/5/182OutlineIntroductionTheoriginoftheDoubleSeventhDayLegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDayFolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay2021/5/183Introduction2021/5/184TheOriginoftheDoubleSeventhDayoriginatingfromnatureworshipofthehumanraceDouble-SeventhDaywasalsotheproductoftimeworshipoftheancients——thenumber"七"appearsinbothmonthanddaygivingastrongsenseoftime.2021/5/185TheOriginoftheDoubleSeventhDay"DoubleSeventhDay"isalsoaphenomenonofnumberworship——"七"bearsthesamepronunciationwith"妻"(wife),thustheDoubleSeventhDayistoagreatextentafestivalrelatedtowomen.2021/5/186LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirl

ThefairytaleoftheCowherdandtheWeavingGirlisoneofthefourmostfamousfolktalesofancientChina.Itisaclassiclovestorybetweenafairyandahumanbeingenjoyingawidespreadinfluence.2021/5/187LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlLonglongago,therewasaverypoorbutclever,diligentandhonestboynamedCowherd.Hisparentsdiedwhenhewasachild.Laterhewasdrivenoutofhishomebyhissister-in-law.Buthiscattleisveryloyaltohim.2021/5/188LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlTheWeavingGirlisabeautifulandsmartfairywithdefthands.Shehadgrowntiredofthelifeattheheavenlypalace,longedforalifeamongthecommonpeople.2021/5/189LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlThecattlegavetheCowherdatip:takethefairy’sclotheswhensheistakingabath,thenshecan’tgobacktotheheavenlypalace.2021/5/1810LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlTheyfellinlovewitheachotherandlivedahappylife.2021/5/1811LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlUnfortunately,thefactthattheyhavefellinlovewasfoundoutsoonTheQueenMotherofbroughttheWeavingGirlbackanddrewabigriveracrossthesky,knowntotheChineseastheSilveryRiver(theMilkyWayintheWest),todriveawedgebetweenthem.2021/5/1812LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlHowever,allthemagpiesintheworld,deeplytouchedbythestory,cametotheirrescue.Everyyearontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonth,theywouldflocktogethertoformabridgesothattheCowherdandtheWeavingGirlcouldenjoyabriefreunion.2021/5/1813LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlThisstory,tosomeextent,reflectsChinesepeople'swishestopursuethefreedomofloveandmarriage.2021/5/1814LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirl2021/5/1815LegendabouttheDoubleSeventhDay

–theCowherdandtheWeavingGirlOntheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthofthelunarcalendareveryyear,Chinesewomencustomarilylookupintothenightsky,searchingfortheWeavingGirlStarandtheCowherdStaronbothsidesoftheMilkyWayandhopingtoseetheirannualgathering.Meanwhile,girlsonthegroundhopetohavecleverhandsandgoodsense,justliketheWeavingGirl.Theyalsoprayforahappymarriageoftheirown.2021/5/18162021/5/1817FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-PleadingforSkillsbyThreadingaNeedle2021/5/1818FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-CobwebastheDeterminant（喜蛛应巧）Pleadingforskillswithcobwebisanothercommoncustominthefestival,inwhicheverybodyputsaspiderintoalocketandwaitsuntilthenextmorningtoseeifthereiscobwebandifany,howitlooks.Theonewithamostroundcobwebofthemostmeshwillbethewinner.2021/5/1819FolkCustomsontheDoubleSeventhDay

-Qiaoguo(巧果)Qiaoguo（FriedThinPastes）isindifferentshapeswiththematerialsmostlybeingoil,flour,sugarandhoney.ThedefthandswillnipthemintoallshapesrelatedtothelegendoftheFestival.The