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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
A kind cowherd marries the Weaver Girl from heaven, until the Queen Mother draws a river of stars between them. Then thousands of magpies build a bridge.
Narrator
Niulang, the Cowherd
The Weaver Girl
The Old Ox
The Queen Mother of the West
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关于这个故事
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is one of China's Four Great Folktales and the story behind the Qixi Festival. It grew out of two star names: the Book of Songs, more than 2,500 years old, already mentions the Weaver Girl and the Herd Ox in the sky, a poem among the Han-dynasty Nineteen Old Poems shows them gazing at each other across the Milky Way, and by the 5th and 6th centuries the tale of a marriage punished with one meeting a year had taken shape. This version follows the best-loved folk telling, with the talking ox, the Queen Mother's river of stars and the magpie bridge.
故事告诉我们
Kindness and hard work are worth treasuring, and a loving family keeps reaching for each other, even across a river of stars. That is why Qixi is often called Chinese Valentine's Day, though its older name is the Begging for Skills Festival.
适合
Ages 5–12
讲给孩子听的小贴士
- Tell it around Qixi, then look for Vega and Altair on either side of the Milky Way on a clear summer night.
- Pause after the Queen Mother draws the river and let your child guess what happens next.
- Share an old Qixi custom: girls once tried to thread needles by moonlight and asked the Weaver Girl for clever hands.
常见问题
- What is the Qixi Festival story?
- Qixi, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, celebrates the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. The Queen Mother separated the couple with the Milky Way, but they are allowed to meet once a year on a bridge of magpies, on that very night.
- Which stars are the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?
- The Weaver Girl is Vega, in the constellation Lyra, and the Cowherd is Altair, in Aquila, across the Milky Way. The two fainter stars on either side of Altair are said to be their children in the baskets.
- Why is Qixi called Chinese Valentine's Day?
- Because it celebrates the yearly meeting of two people in love. Traditionally it was also the Begging for Skills Festival, when girls prayed to the Weaver Girl for skill at weaving and needlework.
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孤儿谢端捡回一只大田螺。从此每天收工回家，桌上都有热饭热汤。他悄悄躲在篱笆外，看见一位姑娘从水缸里走了出来。
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灶王爷的传说
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小年夜，奶奶摆上糖瓜送灶王爷上天。虎子心里直打鼓：打碎碗藏起来的事，灶王爷看见了吗？天宫里，嘴被糖粘住的灶王爷，向玉帝禀报了这一家的一年。
白蛇传
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断桥借伞结下一段缘，白娘子为许仙盗仙草、水漫金山，却被法海压在雷峰塔下。多年后小青归来，雷峰塔轰然倒下。
八仙过海
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八仙赴宴归来，约好不驾云，各凭法宝渡东海。蓝采和的玉板照亮了龙宫，龙太子连人带宝抢了去，一场海上大战就此开锣。
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师父费长房警告桓景：九月初九家里有大灾！一家人照着吩咐，臂系茱萸囊，登高喝菊花酒，傍晚回家一看——家里的鸡犬牛羊，竟替他们挡了灾。