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Rainbow Bridge Graded Chinese Reader: Level 2: 500 Vocabulary Words: the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl (with audios)
In China, people refer to the 7th day of the 7th lunar month as "Qixi Festival". On this day, lovers and couples will meet each other to pray for blessings and happiness. The origin of the Qixi Festival is associated with a toching folk story: Two stars in Heaven, Cowherd Star (Altair) and Weaver Girl Star (Vega), fell in love with each other. However, their love was hidered by the Queen Mother...