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July 31, 2008
Do you know that August 7th this year is the Chinese Valentine’s Day?hehe,this is a really interesting traditional festival.In lunar calendar of China,this day surely comes on July 7th every year,and on August 7th in solar calendar this year.Chinese young people will value this chance to show their love to their lover as they do on the February 14th .
There is a legend telling us how this day comes up.Once upon a time,an angel ran away out of the Heaven and met a cowboy in the place where we live,and got married with him without the permission of the Heaven,as we know,the Heaven would never allow them to do so.So a Goddess prisoned the angel in the sky which is the Vega,while the cowboy became the Altair,however,they are separated by the Milky Way(which is called “the Silver River” in Chinese).The God allows them to meet each other once a year for one day after the Heaven are moved by their love,and,that day comes on the July 7th in Chinese lunar calendar!
On this day,all the pied magpies will fly towards the sky and get together to form a bridge across the “Silver River”(I like to call the Milky Way the Silver River because of this bridge,hehe),on which the cowboy and the angel can get together,too.It is always rainy on this day,while it’s said the couple’s tears become the rain.So maybe you’d better prepare an umbrella on this day,hehe.
Do you like this legend?hehe,so well prepare a nice gift for your lover,and show your love on this day,she/he must be moved then!Chinese young girls will pray on this day so that they can meet a charming guy,while boys will gift their beloved girl,and young couple pray for a baby and so on.What will you do on this day?hehe,would you mind telling me?
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