The earliest ancient books in China only said that Weaver Girl and Morning Glory are two similar stars in Tianhe, and there is no connection between them. It was not until the Han Dynasty that these two stars were transformed into concrete figures and circulated among the people as the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Various localized versions of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: The Miao people in Xiangxi have the story of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in Qingshuijiang, Guizhou, the Lisu people in Yunnan have the Flower Niuniu and the Swan Girl, the Yao people in Guangxi have the Ribbon, and the Dong people in Guizhou have Du Lang and Seven Sisters.
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Five places compete for the birthplace of cowherd and weaver girl;
On March 30th, 2009, the awarding ceremony of "China Cowherd and Weaver Girl" was held in Xinji Township, Lushan County, Henan Province, which marked that "China Cowherd and Weaver Girl" named by China Folk Writers Association officially settled in Lushan, and Lushan County became the veritable birthplace of the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl.
It was also awarded the "hometown of cowherd and weaver girl in China", heshun county in Shanxi Province, Yunxi County in Hubei Province, Taicang City in Jiangsu Province and Yiyuan County in Shandong Province, all of which competed for the original place of the "hometown of cowherd and weaver girl in China", China's intangible cultural heritage.
Art Garden is even more generous, investing in the construction of the "World Love Stamp Museum", and being awarded the most stamps with the same theme (love) by "Shanghai Guinness World". In addition, the Art Garden also hired experts and scholars to compile a series of national intangible cultural heritage-The Legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in China, which is divided into five volumes.
This book is by far the most comprehensive and important work to systematically study China's Biography of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Compiled by many excellent domestic experts in literature and history. Through scientific and meticulous screening and classification, rigorous selection and textual research, it has made a more comprehensive summary, deeper excavation and updated exploration for the study of The Legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Cowherd and Weaver Girl (a famous folk story in China)