The Summer Triangle and Chinese Valentines Day
The Summer triangle and the Chinese Valentines Day - Qixi ( 七夕 ) Look up into the sky on a mid-summer evening, and you will find the summer triangle shining brightly overhead. The Summer Triangle is formed by the bright stars Vega, Altair and Deneb, the Milky Way makes its way through the summer triangle like a stream that splits the triangle into two sides.There is a romantic folklore that involves stars in the Summer Triangle, the stars of this love story are Vega (Zhinü [ü is pronounced like "ee + oo" - see https://www.newconceptmandarin.com/chinese-pronunciation/ ] 織女 ), representing a beautiful weaver girl, and Altair (Niulang 牛郎 ), representing a cowherd. The love story starts off with Zhinü and Niulang being gods in the heavens, Zhinü is youngest of the six daughters of the Heavenly Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor, whereas Niulang is in charge of the celestial herd. Niulang and Zhinü both fell in love, which went against the heavenly laws, and Niulang was banishe...