Seventh day the seventh lunar month is not very popular in China, The importance of seasonal, but I was a child of their particular impression on that day can be heard time and time again tell the elders that the legend of July 7, and the versions:
The first version of the legend:
According to legend, heaven and on earth is only blocked by a shallow days (silver) River, Weaver is the sky a beautiful fairy with a pair of dexterous hands, you can weave the ever-changing clothes, lived a carefree life in heaven. The Cowboy is a poor people's human child, brother, when the separation is only assigned to an old ox, but the Cowboy is very hard, but also takes good care of water buffaloes, so water buffaloes for her, so he saw Weaver, after a numerous storms and efforts will be the last Emperor of Heaven Cowboy Weaver married, and stay to live in heaven. Not long before, Cowboy want to go home to visit, but as previously issued sworn in before the Emperor of Heaven, will always stand by Weaver lived in heaven, violation of oath would be punished. The results because the Cowboy contrary to their oath, so along the river Weaver separated on both sides of the Milky Way. The Emperor of Heaven as long as the Milky Way, said the water did, let them meet. Results Cowboy with his children, around the clock to scoop the water, and finally moved to the Emperor of Heaven, so that they see once every seven days face, the results of magpies pass the wrong thing and become "every Tanabata" See a face, then magpies Wang Atonement to launch all the Magpies take a鹊桥, let Cowboy, Vega can be met from the Milky Way on both sides meet.
Another version of the legend:
Cowherd died young because their parents often live together with the evidently ill-treatment, then the separation of brothers, Cowboy only receive a water buffaloes, this is heaven taurus cattle of the original, was demoted because of breach of regulations descend days. Cowboy told an old ox opening day, at dusk, when there will be seven fairies bathing in the lake, when it will take the opportunity to take away a set of clothes and make it impossible to return to heaven. Cowherd and act in accordance with terms, and indeed Qu De Vega wife, and later, and have one son and daughter, Queen Mother was informed that the private marry Bono Naiming Vega will be the escorted back to god. Water buffaloes to repay Cowboy, risk one's life to help, after a series of things, Legend of Love, or be separated by the Galaxy, but because of public Magpie's help, finally in the seventh lunar month every year to meet at the鹊桥seventh day.
No matter what version, anyway, people are very impressed!
Namco holy lakes in Tibet in 2000 the night, or suffer from headaches that waves and sat overlooking the lake rise vault of heaven, falls on good luck, the weather was surprisingly good, and that the stars would flicker constantly in front of a flash flash to blink an eye, so much the first time felt that the stars are so bright, is so near, at your fingertips, and not so much I am looking at it, better to say in the look at me!
Lin Fang, a Hong Kong to the GG to the knowledge of astronomy surprisingly well versed in his near-professional pointing, the constellations, galaxies at a glance, that the sky near the stars in the current suddenly became a living creature, especially those separated by the Milky Way Cowboy Vega, really like across the river, they are also like that is really sparking very helpless, very sad! Feelings at the time that the legend about them is more real than ever before!
In fact, today, Legend of Love and more are啦! To work in two separate places for men and women and more Yes! Fortunately, the Cowherd and Weaver than they can under the conditions of the permit depending on the Milky Way that can be completely invisible, like the time when gathered together on what is most basic can be developed because of communication, telephone, video and other operations can instantly hear the or see a loved one's tone appearance.
Legend of Love? Modern people are used to!
Author: jackylui