Dragon Boat Festival has been passed down to this day, and there is a Valentine's Day in China. Tanabata is China's Valentine's Day. According to legend, it is the day when cowherd and weaver girl meet. Legend has it that the Cowherd is an ordinary boy herding cattle, and the Weaver Girl is the seventh daughter of the Queen Mother. Two people met by chance and finally met and fell in love. Cowherd is only a mortal, Weaver Girl is a fairy or the daughter of the Queen Mother. Mortals and fairies are destined to love each other, so their love has been hindered as never before, but their pursuit of their love is persistent. For love, they are willing to fight with the sky and are not afraid of lightning strikes. They established their own small family and had two children of their own. Finally, the heavenly queen found their little home, and they were isolated from each other. With the help of many fairies, the Cowherd went to heaven and found the Weaver Girl. Although the Queen Mother was moved by their love, she dared not let them live together forever. The Queen Mother drew a galaxy in the sky with her silver hairpin, separating the Weaver Maid and the Cowherd from each other. It is also stipulated that two people can only meet each other with the help of magpies on Tanabata, so the Milky Way and Magpie Bridge will appear in the sky on Tanabata. Tanabata was handed down in this way, and later became a festival for all lovers in China.
There is also a legend about Chinese New Year. There is a wild animal called Nian in Cooper, China. It is very fierce. One evening every year, it will go to a village to hurt people. One day, a beggar passed by the village, and an old woman gave the beggar some food. In return, the beggar promised to help her drive away the beast Nian. That day, the beggar posted red paper on the door of the old woman's house, with words written on it, and two red papers on both sides with words written on them. Now it's called Spring Festival couplets, and he will come to this village in the evening. That year, he came to the door of the old woman's house and saw the beggar wearing red clothes laughing and setting off firecrackers. I ran away after seeing it, and the old woman told others what she saw. Later, this day was called nian, and every day people used red couplets and firecrackers to drive nian away. From generation to generation, it has become today's New Year. There are many legends and stories behind every festival, depending on which one we believe and which one is true. These are some short stories about festivals shared by Bian Xiao.