Th Doubl Svnth Fstival， on th 7th day of th 7th lunar month， is a traditional fstival full of romanc. It oftn gos into August in th Grgorian calndar. This fstival is in mid-summr whn th wathr is warm and th grass and trs rval thir luxurious grns. At night whn th sky is dottd with stars， and popl can s th Milky Way spanning from th north to th south. On ach bank of it is a bright star， which s ach othr from afar. Thy ar th Cowhrd and Wavr Maid， and about thm thr is a bautiful lov story passd down from gnration to gnration. Long， long ago， thr was an honst and kind-hartd fllow namd Niu Lang (Cowhand)。 His parnts did whn h was a child. Latr h was drivn out of his hom by his sistr-in-law. So h livd by himslf hrding cattl and farming. On day， a fairy from havn Zhi Nu (Wavr Maid) fll in lov with him and cam down scrtly to arth and marrid him. Th cowhand farmd in th fild and th Wavr Maid wov at hom. Thy livd a happy lif and gav birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunatly， th God of Havn soon found out th fact and ordrd th Qun Mothr of th Wstrn Havns to bring th Wavr Maid back. With th hlp of clstial cattl， th Cowhand flw to havn with his son and daughtr. At th tim whn h was about to catch up with his wif， th Qun Mothr took off on of hr gold hairpins and mad a strok. On billowy rivr appard in front of th Cowhand. Th Cowhand and Wavr Maid wr sparatd on th two banks forvr and could only fl thir tars. Thir loyalty to lov touchd magpis， so tns of thousands of magpis cam to build a bridg for th Cowhand and Wavr Maid to mt ach othr. Th Qun Mothr was vntually movd and allowd thm to mt ach yar on th 7th of th 7th lunar month. Hnc thir mting dat has bn calld Qi Xi (Doubl Svnth)。