July 7th Chinese Calender
July 7th in the Chinese Farmer's calender is the Chinese valenties day, it is a day filled with dream, romance, and a tragic story. There was a boy named Nou-Lan who lived with a cow. One day the cow told Nou-Lan that he was grateful of Nou-Lan’s kindness and told him to go to the lake near his house.
Three celestrail maidens came out of sky and was bathing in the lake. Nou-Lan remembering the cow’s words, took the brightest reddest feather dress and coughed twice. All the maidens ran to their cloth and put them on and flew into the sky except the youngest one Zhi-Nui. She cry and cry and ask for the return of her cloth. Nou-Lan told her if she would marry him he would return it. Zhi-Nui agreed and they went home. Zhi-Nui eventually fell in love with Nou-Lan and gave him two children.
One day, the cow was old. He told Nou-Lan to save his skin and put it on when something bad happens. Since Zhi-Nui was away, the sky lost it’s beautiful colors that Zhi-Nui weaves. The celestrial emperor was angry and told his soldiers to take Zhi-Nui back. Nou-Lan return in a storm to find Zhi-Nui gone and the children crying. He put on the skin and put the children in two buckets and flew up into the sky.
The celestrial queen use her hairpin to form the milky way. The emperor then told Nou-Lan he would let him see Zhi-Nui when the milky way is dry to make Nou-Lan give up. Nou-Lan work day after day with the children to bail out the milky way. Finally the emperor moved by them allow them to meet every July 7th on a bridge of birds. On this day, happy couples go on dates and at night watch the sky which always rains due to the Nou-Lan and Zhi-Nui’s tears from sky.
Oh and this is tomorrow.
Three celestrail maidens came out of sky and was bathing in the lake. Nou-Lan remembering the cow’s words, took the brightest reddest feather dress and coughed twice. All the maidens ran to their cloth and put them on and flew into the sky except the youngest one Zhi-Nui. She cry and cry and ask for the return of her cloth. Nou-Lan told her if she would marry him he would return it. Zhi-Nui agreed and they went home. Zhi-Nui eventually fell in love with Nou-Lan and gave him two children.
One day, the cow was old. He told Nou-Lan to save his skin and put it on when something bad happens. Since Zhi-Nui was away, the sky lost it’s beautiful colors that Zhi-Nui weaves. The celestrial emperor was angry and told his soldiers to take Zhi-Nui back. Nou-Lan return in a storm to find Zhi-Nui gone and the children crying. He put on the skin and put the children in two buckets and flew up into the sky.
The celestrial queen use her hairpin to form the milky way. The emperor then told Nou-Lan he would let him see Zhi-Nui when the milky way is dry to make Nou-Lan give up. Nou-Lan work day after day with the children to bail out the milky way. Finally the emperor moved by them allow them to meet every July 7th on a bridge of birds. On this day, happy couples go on dates and at night watch the sky which always rains due to the Nou-Lan and Zhi-Nui’s tears from sky.
Oh and this is tomorrow.