In ancient China, the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl was widely sung, and it is also one of the four major Chinese folk legends. The story stems from the beautiful legend of Altair and Vega. Legend has it that the Weaver Girl, the granddaughter of the Emperor of Heaven, was good at weaving, and she decorated the sky with colorful glows, bringing endless admiration to people. However, the Weaver Girl was tired of this monotonous life, so she secretly went down to the mortal world, married the Cowherd of Hexi, and began the life of a male farmer and a female weaver.
However, this act angered the Emperor of Heaven, who immediately brought the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace and ordered them to separate. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, they are allowed to meet once on the Magpie Bridge. Their steadfast love touched the magpies, and countless magpies flew in and used their bodies to build a magpie bridge across the Tianhe, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe.
This story is not just a simple love legend, it is also the embodiment of people's yearning and pursuit of loyal love. At the same time, it also reflects people's worship of natural celestial phenomena. On festivals, ancient women would look up to the sky and make wishes to the Vega and Cowherd stars in the sky, hoping that they would have wise minds, dexterous hands and beautiful marriages.
The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has become a symbol of people's desire for beautiful love and their passion for life. Through its delicate depiction and deep-rooted emotional expression, this story has become a shining pearl in Chinese folk literature.