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The Qixi Festival also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day.It's also known as the magpie festival sometimes.

But what do these birds have to do with Valentine's?

Well, it goes back to the ancient Chinese legend.

when a beautiful weaver girl, Zhi Nv,

was actually a goddess,went out to play in the human realm /rɛlm/ 王国/领悟and met a human cow herder /ˈhɜːdə/ 牧人called Niu Lang, and fell in love.

They married and had two kids.

When Zhi Nv's grandmother,the Queen Mother of the heaven, Wang Mu Niang Niang found out.She wasn't too happy.

The Queen mother-in-law 婆婆岳母was so pissed 愤怒that Zhi Nv married a mere 仅仅mortal /ˈmɔːtəl/ 凡人that she scratch 乱涂a wide river in the sky with a hairpin发卡,and separated the two.

Thus forming the Milky Way between the stars Altair牛郎星,/ˈæltɛə/  which is Niu Lang and Vega/ˈviːɡə/织女星, which is Zhi Nv.

Zhi Nv my soup forever one side of the river weaving her loom,while Niu Lang watches her from afar

while taking out their two children.

The two was so sad. They cry continuously.

The magpies in the sky pity them so much that they form a bridge once a year.

So the star-crossed lovers can see each other.

So they like step on birds?

他们对那些鸟而言不会太重了吗？

Aren't they too heavy for birds?

我的意思是，也许织女可以

I mean maybe the Weaver goddess lady,

因为她比较轻，因为她是仙女

cuz she's light, cuz maybe she's goddess,

但是牛郎肯定会踩死一些鸟

but the cow herder guys definitely gonna kill some birds.

it's a story.

Gosh, can't you just be a bit romantic?

Wait, if it's Chinese Valentine's Day,

shouldn't Chinese people go out on dates?

Well, traditionally on this day,young girls will have needlework competitions or burn papers and items and offerings to the Weaver girl.

Single and nearly with women or celebrate the festival and make offerings.

The Qixi Festival also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day， falls on the seventh day of the 7th lunar month on the Chinese calender.

There is a romantic love story associated with Qixi.

It says that a fairy named Zhinü who lived in heaven fell in love with a cowherd named Niulang during her trip to earth. Zhinü decided to settle down on earth and lead an ordinary life with Niulang.

However love between ordinary people and fairy God is forbiden. They were punished by the heaven Goddess, and turn into stars located down the opposite side of the Galaxy watching each other from the impossible distance. They are permitted to meet each other only on the 7th day of the 7th month each year. Magpies gather and make a bridge across the Galaxy for them.

Qixi is the most romantic one among the Chinese traditional festivals.

Chinese recall the loyalty of love and wish for happiness on the festival.