Loves written in the sky and the stars: the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl reunited once a year, the Butterfly Lovers reborn never to part again.
Loves written in the sky and the stars: the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl reunited once a year, the Butterfly Lovers reborn never to part again.
A bridge of magpies once a year
The mortal cowherd (star Altair) and the heavenly weaver girl (star Vega), separated by the Milky Way and reunited once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, by a bridge of magpies.
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The Romeo and Juliet of China
Zhu disguises herself as a man to study; Liang never realizes she is a woman; she is betrothed to another; he dies of heartbreak and she throws herself into his grave, from which they emerge as butterflies.
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