Stories about Chinese Valentine's Day
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◆The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
·The Cowherd's parents died young, and lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law, and then separated. He only got one cow. One day, the cow told the Cowherd that the Weaver Girl and the fairies bathed by the river. As long as they got the clothes of the Weaver Girl, they could marry him as his wife. Finally, the Cowherd did what the cow said, and it really did. After marriage, he lives happily and has one child and one daughter. The cow is too old. Before dying, he told the cowherd: I will leave the skin after I die. I will encounter difficulties in the future. Putting on cowhide will treat you. helpful.
·The marriage of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl was learned by the Jade Emperor. He was very angry and ordered the gods to take the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Court. After Cowherd came back, he found that the Weaver Girl was gone and the Milky Way was gone. Cowherd thought of what the cow said anxiously, so he put on cowhide. , Took the two children, just went out, and flew up, and then through the clouds, seeing the Milky Way in front of her eyes, the Weaver Girl is also looking at each other in the distance, and their family is about to get together; unexpectedly, the Queen Mother insisted on taking them apart and pulling off her hairpins. From now on, they can only look at each other across the sea, unable to live together. The Weaver Girl is so angry, the Shuttle becomes Shuttle Star, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl also turn into Altair and Vega, and their children become It became a small star next to Altair. After that, the Jade Emperor allowed them to meet on July 7th every year. The magpie would become a magpie bridge to help him meet. It is said that it will rain on that day. Tears.
◆Four Chinese Folktales
·The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is one of the four major Chinese folk legends, and is praised by some as the classic love story in Chinese culture. The traditional festival of Tanabata comes from the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. According to ancient records, the folks believe that the Weaver Girl is smart, beautiful, and versatile. On the evening of July 7, begging for wisdom from the Weaver Girl can remove clumsiness and become clever and dexterous, so it is also called the "Qiao Qiao Festival". Most of the begging activities are boudoir women, so it is also called the "Hollinn's Day". On that day, women mostly gather in the courtyard, wearing new clothes, worshiping double stars (ie Altair and Vega), placing incense tables, offering fruit, threading needles, overlapping colorful strands, and performing various activities of begging for cleverness.
·Refers to the four folk tales that have been spread the most widely and influentially in the form of oral and manuscripts among the Chinese people. They and other folk stories or legends constitute an important part of Chinese folk culture and have a profound impact on the lives of the general public. These four are all love stories, which also reflect people's recognition of sincere feelings from one side.
- 《Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai》
2.《The Legend of the White Snake》
3.《Meng Jiangnu》
4.《The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver》
◆Arts and Culture
·In the Western Han Dynasty, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were described as two gods. Ban Gu's Xidu Fu once described "near the pond of Kunming, left to pull the bull and the weaver girl on the right, like the boundlessness of the cloud and Han." refers to the cowherd on both sides of the Kunming pond. , The Weaver Girl Statue.
◆The term Magpie Bridge Immortal filled by Qin Guan in the Northern Song Dynasty is more romantic:
The slender cloud makes a coincidence, the flying stars pass on hatred, and the silverman flies in secret.
When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they win but countless in the world.
Tenderness is like water, good time is like a dream, tolerate Gu Queqiao to return home.
If the two loves last for a long time, how can they go back and forth.
※English level is limited, some translations are incorrect, please forgive me