Qixi, Chinese Valentine's Day
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The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely known as Chinese Valentine's Day. Many different stories lay claim to being the origin of the festival, but one version is the most popular and accepted.
农历七月初七是七夕节，七夕节也称为中国的情人节，在众说纷纭的故事当中，有这样一个版本广为流传：
The youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor (the ruler of the world in the legend), the Weaver girl, was a fairy who weaved rosy clouds in the sky. She became tired of the boring immortal life and decided to the mortal world. She met and fell in love with a cowherd. The Jade Emperor strongly object to the couples union, and forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them torn apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year. Despite that, the distance can not stop their love for one another. They still love each other and look forward to meeting once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
玉帝（神话传说中天地的主宰）的小女儿织女是在天上纺织彩霞的仙女，她厌倦了乏味的神仙生活，私自来到人间与凡人牛郎相恋。玉帝得知后震怒，强行拆散了这对夫妻，让他们分居银河两边，只允许他们每年见一次面。尽管如此，遥远的距离却不能阻止牛郎和织女对爱情的坚持。从此，他们终日思念彼此，期盼着一年一度的相会。（杨佳欣）