Tale of Two Lovers/The Night of Sevens

Sinna_Hime_chan ..also known as Magpie Festival), falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. It also inspired Tanabata (Shichiseki) in Japan, Chilseok (칠석) in Korea, and Thất Tịch in Vietnam. It is sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day (simplified Chinese: 情人节; pinyin: Qíng rén jié) since late 1990s. On the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month on the Chinese lunar calendar, don't forget to look carefully at the summer sky. You'll find the Cowherd (a bright star in the constellation Aquila, west of the Milky Way) and the Weaving Maid (the star Vega, east of the Milky Way) appear closer together than at any other time of the year. Chinese believe the stars are lovers who are permitted to meet by the queen of Heaven once a year. That day falls on the double seventh (Qixi in Chinese), which is China's own Valentine's Day. Most Chinese remember being told a romantic tragedy when they were children on the double seventh. In the legend, the cowherd and the Weaving Maid will meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way once a year. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings. The double seventh is the only Chinese festival devoted to love in the Lunar calendar