What are the legends about the Qixi Festival? A collection of legends about the Qixi Festival

The Chinese Valentine’s Day is coming. It is a traditional festival in my country. There are many legends related to it. Which ones have you heard? In this article, the editor brings you a summary of the legends of the Qixi Festival. Let’s take a look.

A collection of legends about the Qixi Festival

1. Tianhe Mountain: Experience the eternal love in the birthplace of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl story. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a smart man living in Niujiazhuang, west of Nanyang City. The honest young man lost his parents early and had to live with his brother and sister-in-law. His sister-in-law, Ma, was cruel and often abused him and forced him to do a lot of work. One autumn, his sister-in-law forced him to herd cattle. She gave him nine cows, but told him to wait until he had ten cows before he could go home. Niulang had no choice but to drive the cattle out of Sui?
The cowherd drove the cows into the mountains alone. On the mountain with deep grass and dense forests, he sat under a tree and felt sad. He didn't know when he could drive the ten cows back home. At this time, an old man with white hair and beard appeared in front of him and asked him why he was sad. After learning about his experience, he smiled and said to him: "Don't be sad. There is an old sick cow in Funiu Mountain. You go and feed it well. When the old cow recovers, you can drive it back home.
The cowherd climbed over mountains and walked a long way before he finally found the sick old cow. Seeing that the old cow was very ill, he fetched bundles of grass for the old cow and fed it for three days. When the old cow was full, it raised its head and told him that it was originally the gray cow immortal in the sky, but was demoted from heaven for violating the rules of heaven, broke its leg, and could not move. The cowherd's wound needed to be washed with dew from hundreds of flowers for a month to heal. The cowherd was not afraid of the hard work and took good care of the old cow for a month. During the day, he picked flowers and collected dew to heal the old cow's wound, and at night he snuggled up to the old cow to sleep. After the old cow recovered, the cowherd happily drove the ten cows back home.
After returning home, his sister-in-law was still mean to him and tried to harm him several times, but the old cow managed to save her every time. Finally, his sister-in-law became angry and drove Cowherd out of the house. Cowherd only wanted the old cow to stay with him.
One day, the Weaver Girl from the sky and other fairies came down to earth to play and bathe in the Han River. With the help of the old cow, the Cowherd met the Weaver Girl, and they fell in love with each other. Later, the Weaver Girl secretly came down to earth and became the Cowherd's wife. The Weaver Girl also distributed the silkworms she brought from heaven to everyone and taught everyone how to raise silkworms, reel in silk, and weave shiny and bright silk.