User blog:Rando678/Happy Qixi Festival!

Hi guys! Today (8/22) is the Qixi festival, or Chinese valentine's day. This day celebrates the alignment of the stars Vega and Altair, or 牛郎 (Niu Lang) and 织女 (Zhi Nü), with a third star Deneb symbolizing a bridge between them. It is a day celebrating love, hence the name "Chinese Valentine's Day". Couples pray to Niu Lang and Zhi Nü, hoping for familial acceptance and a happy marriage.

t was said that if it rains on this day, it is caused by a river sweeping away the magpie bridge and that the rain represents the tears of the couple. These magpies represent love and faithfulness.

This is this year's google doodle honoring the festival. There's a fun game you can play here.

In honor of Qixi, what is your favorite couple, either from a Chinese game or are canonically Chinese? Mine is XuanLiang, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They are a perfect representation of Niu Lang and Zhi Nü, for they died 10 years apart from each other. Well, at least they are eternally together at the Wuhou temple...