The Mythological Story of Cowherd and Weaving Maiden

Mythological Story of Cowherd and Weaving Maiden:

Legend has it that the ancient Heavenly Emperor's granddaughter, the Weaving Maiden, was good at weaving and weaved colorful haze in the sky every day. Hating this boring life, she secretly descended to the mortal world and married the Cowherd from the west of the river privately to lead the life of a man cultivating the land and a woman weaving the silk.

This incident angered the Heavenly Emperor, who caught the Weaving Maiden back to the Heavenly Palace and ordered them to be separated, allowing them to meet only once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month, on the Magpie Bridge.

Their steadfast love touched the magpies, and countless magpies flew to build a colorful bridge across the heavenly river with their bodies, so that the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden could meet each other on the heavenly river.

Extended information:

Nanyang City, Henan Province, Baotianman Funniushan District is a place of great talent. Legend has it that the Cowherd met and fell in love with the Weaving Maiden here as a result of being guided by a thousand-year-old cow, and have lived a harmonious and sweet life ever since.

After they gave birth to two children, the Queen Mother was furious when she knew that the Weaving Maiden had come down to earth, and sent down heavenly soldiers to arrest the Weaving Maiden, and the Cowherd cried out. But the old cow told the cowherd to put on his own psychic cowhide and chase after her. The cowherd did as he was told, and then ascended to heaven to find the Weaving Maiden.

To honor the memory of this humane thousand-year-old cow, the mountain where the cowherd used to live is called FuNiu Mountain. And in Lihe Township, Wancheng District, 20 miles south of Nanyang City, there is a natural village called Niulangzhuang.

The people of the village said that the legendary Niulang was from their village, a young man named Sun Ruyi. In Niulangzhuang unearthed the sacred cow mound stone monument, and then the village built the statue of Niulang Weaving Maiden, once the seventh day of the seventh month here on the incense.

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