Outline of the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a clever and honest young man in Niujiazhuang, west of Nanyang. His parents died very early, so he had to live with his brother and sister-in-law Ma Shi. They were very vicious and often abused him and forced him to do a lot of work.

One day, the weaver girl in the sky played games with the fairies and took a bath in the river. With the help of the old cow, the cowherd got to know the Weaver Girl, and they hit it off. Later, the Weaver Girl sneaked into the world and became the wife of the Cowherd. After the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl got married, the family lived a happy life.

However, the good times did not last long. The Queen Mother forcibly brought the Weaver Girl back to heaven, and the loving couple separated. Cowherd and his children are walking together in the clouds to catch up with Weaver Girl. When they see it, they will catch up. With a wave of her hand, the Queen Mother pulled out the golden hairpin on her head, and a Tianhe appeared, with the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid separated on both sides, and she could only cry.

Their loyal love touched the magpies, and thousands of magpies flew to build a magpie bridge, where the cowherd and the weaver girl met. The Queen Mother has no choice but to allow them to meet on July 7th every year.

Extended data

The two words "Weaver Girl" and "Petunia" can be found in the text, which first appeared in Dadong in the Book of Songs. Weaver Girl and Morning Glory in the poem are just the names of two constellations in the sky, and there is no relationship between them. Hanshu Geography: "Yue (Yue) is also the dividing line between Petunia (Cowherd) and Wu Nu (Weaver Girl)."

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, among the Nineteen Ancient Poems written by Anonymous, there was a poem "The Distant Altair", from which we can see that Altair and Weaver Girl were lovers who loved each other, but they were not identified as husband and wife in the poem.

In written records, the earliest person who called Cowherd and Weaver Girl husband and wife should be the Selected Works compiled by Xiao Tong of Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Among them, a note in Luoshen House said: "Petunia is the husband, Weaver Girl is the woman, and the star of Weaver Girl Petunia is beside the river drums everywhere, and it will be a while on July 7."

At this time, the story of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" and the plot of Tanabata meeting have begun to take shape, from two stars in the sky to husband and wife. However, in the imagination of the ancients, couples in heaven and couples on earth are basically the same, so there is no tragic color in the story.

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