did you know? Today is Valentines Day in China
called 七夕節 (Qi Xi Jie)~
It literally means the 7th day of the 7th month in the chinese calendar.
The origin of this festival :
The story goes that the the two fell in love and got married, but their bond was met with disapproval by Wangmu, Zhinu's mother and the queen of heaven. Niulang is viewed as the star Altair and Zhinu as the star Vega. With a swift move of her hairpin, She separated the two with a river in the sky, known today as the Milky Way.
But the queen took pity on them and gave them one night of the year to spend together. On Qi Xi Jie, the queen is said to send magpies to bridge the celestial gap between the two star lovers.
Beautiful right?