What is the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?

Cowherd, a poor boy, lived alone with the old cow and met the Weaver Girl in the sky by chance. The two hit it off and got married. From then on, men plowed and women wove, had children and lived a happy life. The Queen Mother sent a fairy to take the Weaver Girl back to heaven, so the Cowherd met the Weaver Girl on the bridge built by magpies on July 7th every year.

Cowherd and Weaver Girl, a famous folk story in China, tells the love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl contains the romance from the classics, and also reflects the unfailing twists and turns of love, reflecting the unfailing pursuit and heartfelt yearning of the working people in China.

From this story, Chinese Valentine's Day, a traditional festival in China, was born, and Li Jiacun became the hometown of love culture. This story profoundly reflects the wisdom and deep-rooted long-standing culture of the working people in China.

: original text

To the east of Tianhe, there is a weaver girl, the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, who works hard on the loom every year to weave a brocade skirt with a messy appearance. God pitied him for being alone and promised to marry a cowherd in Hexi. After marriage, he gave up knitting. The Emperor of Heaven was furious and ordered him to return to Hedong for an annual meeting.

On the seventh day of autumn, magpies are embarrassed for no reason (kūn). According to legend, the Japanese drum and the Weaver Girl will meet in Hedong, and the service of the black magpie is to let the beam pass, so they all take off their hair.

Translation:

To the east of Tianhe, there lives the daughter of Tiandi, Zhinv (note: Tiandi is not a jade emperor, but the jade emperor is the highest god worshipped by Taoism, and Tiandi is one of the emperors or five emperors in ancient legends). She worked on the loom year after year, weaving gorgeous clothes, and she didn't even have time to dress up. God pitied her for living alone and allowed her to marry the cowherd on the west side of Tianhe. After marriage, Weaver Girl neglected the textile work. The emperor was furious and ordered her to return to the east of Tianhe, allowing them to meet only once a year.

On the seventh day of autumn every year, we always see the magpie's head suddenly bald. According to legend, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on the east bank of the Milky Way on this day, and magpies were used as a bridge to walk over their heads, so the hair on their heads was trampled bald.