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The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is simpler.

The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is one of the famous love legends in ancient China, which is also called the origin of "China Valentine's Day". The story tells the love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

Cowherd is a hardworking and kind farmer. He lives in a poor village. Weaver girl is a fairy girl in the sky. She weaves beautiful clouds in the sky every day. One day, the weaver girl sneaked into the world and saw the hard work and kindness of the cowherd. They soon fell in love.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl decided to get married and they lived a happy life. However, their happiness did not last long. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he learned that the Weaver Girl had come down to earth privately, and ordered the heavenly soldiers to bring the Weaver Girl back to heaven.

Cowherd is very sad. He decided to find the Weaver Girl. He rode his old cow over seven mountains and seven waters and finally came to Tianhe. However, the Tianhe River is too deep for the Cowherd to cross. At this time, the old cow suddenly became a Taurus bridge to help the cowherd cross the river.

The Cowherd finally met the Weaver Girl, and they hugged each other and cried. Touched by their love, Emperor Tiandi allowed them to meet at Magpie Bridge on July 7th every year. This day has also become a traditional festival in China, "Qixi".

The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl tells us that true love is omnipotent. No matter what difficulties and obstacles you face, as long as you really love each other, you can overcome all difficulties and finally come together. This story also symbolizes people's yearning and pursuit of beautiful love.