Do you know the story of the Cowherd(牛郎) and theWeaver Girl? The Cowherd happened to meet the Weaver Girl. After some time, the Weaver Girl decided to marryhim and they had a family. When the Cowherd went out to work, the Weaver Girl weaved cloth(织物) at home every day. Later, they had two children and lived a happy life.
In fact, the Weaver Girl was a daughter of the Emperor of Heaven. She could weave colorful clouds to make the sky more beautiful. When the Emperor of Heaven found she was on the earth, he was very angry and ordered Xiwangmu to bring her back.
One fine day, a rainstorm suddenly broke out when the Weaver Girl was working.She realized that Xiwangmu came to take her back. She told the Cowherd what would happen. Then she had to fly away with Xiwangmu. The Cowherd tried to follow his wife with their children. However, Xiwangmu made a river called"Milky Way"with her magic hairpin(发夹,发针). Because of that, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl couldn't get together. It's said that many magpies(喜鹊) fly to the Milky Way to make a bridge for the couple on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year. Then they could get together.