The Double Seventh Festival， on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month， is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.
This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars， and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star， which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid， and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.
Long， long ago， there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand)。 His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day， a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately， the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.
With the help of celestial cattle， the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife， the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyalty to love touched magpies， so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh)。
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雙第七節，在農曆第七月的第七天，是一個傳統的節日充滿浪漫。它經常在公曆中進入八月。
這個節日是在仲夏的時候，天氣很暖和，草和樹露出它們的豪華綠色。夜晚，天空點綴著星星，人們可以看到銀河從北到南。在每一個銀行，它是一個明亮的星星，看到對方從遠處。關於他們有一個美麗的愛情故事，一代一代傳下來的。
很久很久以前，有一個誠實善良的人叫牛朗(牛郎)。他的父母在他還是個孩子的時候死了。後來他被他的嫂子趕出了家。所以他獨自生活放牧牛群和農業。有一天，天上的仙女織女(編織女僕)愛上了他，偷偷來到人間嫁給了他。牛郎耕種和織女在家編織。他們過著幸福的生活，生了一個男孩和一個女孩。不幸的是，天堂之神很快發現了這個事實，命令西方的皇母娘娘把織女帶回來。
在老牛的幫助下，牛郎飛到天堂和他的兒子和女兒。當他正要趕上他的妻子，太后摘下她的一個黃金髮夾和中風。一條洶湧的河流出現在前面的牛郎。牛郎和織女永遠分離兩岸，只會感到他們的淚水。他們的忠貞愛情感動了喜鵲，使成千上萬的喜鵲來為牛郎和織女見面，建一座橋。皇母娘娘最終被感動了，並允許他們每年在第七個月的第七個月見面。因此，他們的會議日期被稱為“齊西”(雙第七)。