The Chinese Valentine's Day is on the 7th days of the July at lunar calendar .So we also call Double Seventh Day. The Double Seventh day is about lover story .The story about 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an cowherd.
The story began about young cowherd. He was good-looking and poor. He was living with his old brother, sister-in-law and parents. When his parents to die. His brother inherited house and farmland .the young boy has old cattle. He needed to work on the farmland with the old cattle everyday. So we also call
He is “cowherd.”
He is “cowherd.”
The 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven. She is good at handcrafting and weaving clothing. The Emperor very likes her skill. So we also call her is “Weaving Maid”.
Actually the old cattle was deity from the Heaven. He made mistakes in the Heaven and was punished as a cattle in the Earth .One day the old cattle talked with cowherd. Cowherd very surprised about cattle can speak .the cattle said
“You are a nice person. If you want to get married, go to the brook and your wish will be come true." The cowherd went to the brook. He saw 7 pretty daughters of Emperor came down from Heaven. They took a bath in there. Cowherd loves the youngest and also the most beautiful one. He took away her fairy clothes so the youngest couldn't fly back without her fairy clothes .
The other six fairies went away after bath. When Weaving Maid stayed alone , the cowherd told her that he would not return her clothes unless she promised marry to him . After they got marry and had two children two years later. One day the Emperor found he’s the 7th daughter to be missing . The Emperor wanted his daughter's grandmother to find the missing daughter and to bring her back. While the Weaving Maid was flying to the Heaven with her grandmother , the cowboy took his children in two bamboo baskets with his wife's old fairy clothes and chased after his wife in the sky . Weaving Maid was moved to the star Vega . The cowherd with his two children stayed in the star Altair. The Emperor allowed them to meet once a year so magpies were marking bridge let Weaving Maid and cowboy can meet at evening on the 7th days of the July at lunar calendar .
“You are a nice person. If you want to get married, go to the brook and your wish will be come true." The cowherd went to the brook. He saw 7 pretty daughters of Emperor came down from Heaven. They took a bath in there. Cowherd loves the youngest and also the most beautiful one. He took away her fairy clothes so the youngest couldn't fly back without her fairy clothes .
The other six fairies went away after bath. When Weaving Maid stayed alone , the cowherd told her that he would not return her clothes unless she promised marry to him . After they got marry and had two children two years later. One day the Emperor found he’s the 7th daughter to be missing . The Emperor wanted his daughter's grandmother to find the missing daughter and to bring her back. While the Weaving Maid was flying to the Heaven with her grandmother , the cowboy took his children in two bamboo baskets with his wife's old fairy clothes and chased after his wife in the sky . Weaving Maid was moved to the star Vega . The cowherd with his two children stayed in the star Altair. The Emperor allowed them to meet once a year so magpies were marking bridge let Weaving Maid and cowboy can meet at evening on the 7th days of the July at lunar calendar .
1 comment:
Chia-Hung,
This is an unusual story. your Valentine's Day is really different from ours.
Thanks for writing. Good work.
Have a great day.
Michael
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