The Qixi Festival (also known as The Double Seventh Festival) is a traditional Chinese festival. There is a beautiful story 1 it.
Long, long ago, there was a young man named Niulang. One day, he 2 a beautiful girl — Zhinv, the Goddess's seventh daughter. She had just run away from the 3 heaven (天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhinv soon fell in love with Niulang, and they got married without 4 the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinv wove (织布) at home. They 5 a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and 6 Zhinv to return to heaven. After Zhinv left, Niulang was 7 upset. With the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to heaven with his children to 8 his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very angry. Taking out her hairpin (发簪), she created a wide river in the sky to separate (分开) the two 9 . From then on, Niulang and Zhinv had to live 10 on the two sides of the river. However, their true love 11 all the magpies (喜鹊) in the world, 12 once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge ("the bridge of magpies") for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed 13 to meet each year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That's 14 the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great 15 for Chinese young people to express their love.