Cowherd and Weaver Girl/Cowherd and Weaver Girl
Mainly tells the story of the orphan cowherd living by his brother and sister-in-law. A long time ago, there was a Sun Shi family on the banks of the Yi River. Parents are dead, and there are only two brothers. My brother's name is Shouren and my brother's name is Shouyi. There is a cow at home, which was fed by Shouyi. People call him "Cowherd" because he herds cattle all the year round. Sister-in-law is very mean and often abuses him. He was forced to leave his family and live on an old cow. This old cow is very psychic. One day, the weaver girl and the fairies took a bath together in the river. The old cow advised the cowherd to meet each other and told him that if the fairies didn't come back before dawn, they would stay on earth.
Cowherd and Weaver Girl/Cowherd and Weaver Girl
Cowherd stayed by the river to see the seven fairies. He found the youngest fairy beautiful and suddenly fell in love with her. Thinking of the old cow, the cowherd quietly took the little fairy's clothes. The fairies took a bath and prepared to return to heaven. The little fairy found that her clothes were gone and had to stay. The cowherd met the little weaver girl. Later, I got along well and understood their difficulties. The Weaver Girl became the wife of the Cowherd.
After marriage, they farm and weave, have a son and a daughter, and live a very happy life. Nine fairies are good at weaving. People praise her as a fairy who can weave, so she is called Weaver Girl. Later, the old cow was dying, so he asked the cowherd to leave its skin and horns and ask for help when he was in trouble. After the old cow died, the couple reluctantly peeled off the cowhide and horn and buried the cow by the river. When the fact that Weaver Girl and Cowherd got married on earth was known by the Queen Mother, she flew into a rage. The old cow couldn't bear to part with their wife and children, so she touched the horn on her head and turned it into a boat for the cowherd to catch up with her children by boat.
Cowherd; Cowboy; Male prostitute; Altair
On the verge of catching up with Weaver Girl, the Queen Mother suddenly tore off the golden hairpin on her head and drew a rolling galaxy in the sky. Cowherd can't cross the river, so he can only look at the river and cry with Weaver Girl. Their faithful love moved magpies, and countless magpies flew in and built a colorful bridge with their bodies. Over time, they became Altair and Vega on the edge of the Tianhe River. The story expresses the hard-working and kind working people's pursuit of a better life, and also expresses people's hatred for the autocratic monarch who destroyed a better life and the author's sympathy for the good people.