1. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

It is said that the granddaughter of the ancient Emperor of Heaven was good at weaving, weaving rosy clouds for the sky every day. She hated this boring life, so she secretly went down to earth, married the Cowherd in Hexi privately, and lived a life of farming by men and weaving by women.

This incident angered the Emperor of Heaven, took the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace and ordered them to separate, allowing them to meet only once a year on July 7th.

Their faithful love touched the magpies, and countless magpies flew in and built a colorful bridge across the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that the cowherd and the weaver girl could meet on the Tianhe River.

2. Meng Jiangnu cried at the Great Wall

It is said that during the Qin Dynasty, when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, the labor was heavy. Just after the young Fan Xiliang and the woman Meng Jiangnu were married for three days, Fan Xiliang was forced to set out to build the Great Wall, and soon died of hunger, cold and fatigue, and his bones were buried under the Great Wall.

Meng Jiangnv wore cold clothes and went through a lot of hardships to finally reach the Great Wall, only to get the bad news of her husband's death. Meng Jiangnu cried on the Great Wall for three days and nights. Suddenly, the Great Wall collapsed, revealing Fan Xiliang's remains. Meng Jiangnu buried Fan Xiliang and threw herself into the sea in despair.

3. Sanjie Liu

According to legend, there was a third-ranked woman named Sanjie Liu in Zhongjian Village, Xiajian River, Yishan District, western Guangxi, who was reincarnated in Oriole and liked to sing folk songs. Young people from far and near sing against it, but they can't win. Young Li Shitian, hardworking and simple, asked to learn songs from Third Sister.

Mo Huairen, the rich man, saw that Third Sister was beautiful and good at singing. She wanted to be a concubine and hired someone to sing against Third Sister, but Third Sister was defeated. At this time, Li Shitian has learned a good song and often sings with Third Sister.

mo huairen bears a grudge. Finally, Third Sister fell into the river. The third sister drifted to Liuzhou, sang songs with Li Shitian for three days and three nights, and drifted away. Later, they sang duets in Qixingyan, Guilin for 7 days and 7 nights, and turned into a pair of Oriole.

4. Legend of the constellation Dolphin

There was a famous musician, and he was orpheus, the son of Apollo, the sun god.

In ancient times, there was an extraordinary musician in the world. He lived in Corinth, a famous seaside city in the Aegean Sea, and his name was Arian. Aryon was not born in a noble family like orpheus, and he didn't have a strong musical atmosphere since he was a child. However, with the same selfless investment as orpheus, he still reached the strange realm of making the gods cry.

At that time, people in the Mediterranean were very fond of music, and they often held various music competitions.

One day, Arrion heard that a grand music competition was about to be held in Sicily, and musicians from all over the world would travel thousands of miles to show their talents. Although he is famous all over the city, he still hopes to participate in this competition so that people all over the world can listen to his melody.

Aryon came to the palace and said goodbye to the king. The king is his bosom friend, and they are always regarded as friends at ordinary times. Thinking of the violent winds and waves during the long journey, monsters, pirates and strongmen who haunt us, the king is very worried about him. But Ariaon had made up his mind, and the king could only see him off at the seaside with tears in his eyes, watching the lonely sail far away and the blue sky disappear.

Fortunately, you had a safe trip, and Aryon arrived in Sicily on schedule. His musical talent shook the whole competition, and the laurel of the competition was finally put on his head. Not only Corinth, but also the whole Mediterranean and even the whole world are echoing his melody.

he set sail and returned with honor. The sea is calm, white clouds are flowing in the blue sky, and Sha Ou is playing in the mirror-like sea. Standing on the deck, he couldn't wait to look through the sky and see his hometown thousands of miles away. He only hoped that the boat would run faster and faster.

But just as he was immersed in a dream-like vision, several sailors jumped on him. "Aryon, we admire your musical talent, but we want your treasures more. Jump into the sea yourself, lest we bother! "

After listening to the sailors, Aryon seemed very calm. "Let me hug my piano for the last time and play a tune!"

He changed into a gorgeous robe and burned a column of incense. In the smoke, he took a deep breath of the cold air in the Mediterranean, and his heart was filled with sadness. At the piano sound, the waves billowed and the clouds changed color. It also attracted a dolphin to wander around the boat and could not bear to leave for a long time.

After playing the last note, Aryon picked up the piano, glanced at these guys contemptuously and jumped into the sea.

When he woke up, he found something under him, holding himself and swimming towards the shore. It was not until he stepped on the soft beach on the shore that he saw that the dolphin had saved him. The dolphin looked at him affectionately and swam away reluctantly.

Aryon stood up slowly and looked up. Ah, Corinth, the hometown I miss so much, is just around the corner!

The dolphin's act of saving lives spread to the sky, and Zeus was very moved. He raised this loyal dolphin to heaven, and this is Dolphin.

5. The origin of Christmas stockings

Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters behind.

The aristocrat tried many inventions and failed, so he ran out of money, so they had to move to a farmhouse to live, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves.

A few years passed, and the daughters gradually reached the age of marriage, but the father became even more depressed because he had no money to buy dowry for his daughters.

One night, after washing clothes, the daughters hung stockings in front of the fireplace to dry.

saint Nicholas learned about their father's situation and came to their door that night. He saw from the window that the whole family was asleep, and he also noticed the girls' stockings.

Immediately, he took out three small bags of gold from his pocket and threw them down the chimney one by one, just falling into the girls' stockings.

The next morning, the daughters woke up to find that their stockings were full of gold, enough for their dowry.

This nobleman was able to see his daughters get married with his own eyes, and lived happily ever after.

This is the origin of Christmas stockings. Since then, children all over the world have inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have other similar customs, such as in France, children put their shoes by the fireplace and so on.

It used to be a pair of big red socks, regardless of size. Christmas socks are children's favorite things because they are used to hold gifts. At night, they will hang their socks by the bed and wait for the gifts the next morning.