Rumour has it that the cowboy’s parents died in the prime time ,he was ill-treated by his brother and sister-in- law. One day ,his cow counseled him to marry the weaver . The day arrived,the beautiful fairy maidens had a bath in the river as the cow told . And the cowboy took the fairy’s cloth away suddenly. The fairy maidens were at a loss,they hurried to put on the cloth and flied away except the weaver. The weaver agreed the cowboy’s proposal under the cowboy’s begging. They lived happily after the marriage while man tilled the farm and woman weaved .They looked aftered each other . The weaver gave a birth to a boy and a girl. Later ,the cow asked them preserve his skin before his death.They can use it when they were in emergency.. They buried the cow in tears .
The weaver and the cow’s marriage was known by the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.They enraged and commanded the celestial to arrest the weaver . The celestial seized the weaver when the cowboy was out. The cowboy rushed to put on the cow’s skin and carry his choldren to go after his wife. It was near ,the Queen Mother of the West pulled
out zan and lined out a river ,and the cowboy cannot cross it. since then ,the cowboy and the weaver could only watch each other in the opposite in tears .And the Emperor was moved by their love .He promised them meet each other once on july 7 th。七夕乞巧 And people said that magpie will build a bridge on that day for them ,that was called meeting in the milky way。What’s more ,you can hear their talking under the grape trees.The day was called Tanabata Festival or Chinese Valentine’s Day
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