Milky Way Weaving Girl Star 2 Outline Introduction The origin of the Double Seventh Day Legend about the Double Seventh Day Folk Customs on the Double Seventh palace, longed for a life among the common people . 9 Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving The cattle gave Girl the Cowherd a tip:take the fairy’s clothes when she is taking a bath,then she can’t go back to the heavenly palace. 7 Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving Long long ago, therGe irl was a very poor but clever, diligent and honest boy named Cowherd. Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving The Weaving Girl is a beautiful and smart fairy with deft hands . Girl She had grown tired of the life at the heavenly Day 3 Introduction A traditional festival full of romance The 7th day of the 7th lunar month The Weaving Girl(织女) and the Cowherd (牛郎) in heaven would meet at the Magpie Bridge Also called Begging-for-Dexterity Festival (乞巧节) (The Weaving Girl is a beautiful and smart fairy with deft hands and the women in the mortal world will beg for intelligence and deft needle work from her) 10 Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving They fell in love Girl with each other and lived a happy life. 11 2020/1/16 12 Legend about the Double Seventh His parents died when he was a child . Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law . But his cattle is very loyal to him . 8 Legend about the Double Seventh Double Seventh Day ——Chinese Valentine’s Day LiJun 1 Cowhert Star On the night of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month every year,they meet at the Magpie Bridge for a short time. 6 Legend about the Double Seventh Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving The fairy tale of tGheirCl owherd and the Weaving Girl is one of the four most famous folktales of ancient China. It is a classic love story between a fairy and a human being enjoying a widespread influence. 5 The Origin of the Double Seventh Day "Double Seventh Day" is also a phenomenon of number worship—— "七" bears the same pronunciation with "妻" (wife), thus the Double Seventh Day is to a gr源自文库at extent a festival related to women. Day – the Cowherd and the Weaving Unfortunately, the Girl fact that they have fell in love was found out soon The Queen Mother 4 The Origin of the Double Seventh Day originating from nature worship of the human race Double-Seventh Day was also the product of time worship of the ancients——the number "七" appears in both month and day giving a strong sense of time.