The folklore of Valentine's Day in China is a love story between Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Generally speaking, it tells the story of an orphan cowherd who, after being abused by his brother and sister-in-law, accidentally meets a privately descended Weaver Girl, and they soon become a happy couple because of their similar interests. However, when the Queen Mother learned of this incident, she flew into a rage and went down to earth herself, forcibly bringing the Weaver Girl back to heaven. This loving couple is about to part.

With the help of an old cow, the cowherd put on shoes made of cowhide and caught up with the Weaver Girl. Seeing this, the Queen Mother immediately pulled off the golden hairpin on her head, and a choppy Tianhe appeared. Cowherd and Weaver Girl are separated on both sides and can only cry relatively. Although there is an insurmountable natural barrier, their faithful love still touched the magpies, so thousands of magpies flew to build a magpie bridge and let them meet on it.

Brief introduction to other situations of tanabata.

Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body.

The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.