Traditional Chinese Festival - Double Seventh Day is Approaching Quickly!

Double Seventh Day

The Qixi Festival, literally "Double Seventh Day", also known as the Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, thus its name. It is sometimes called the Chinese Valentine's Day since the late 1990s. Young girls traditionally demonstrate their domestic arts, especially melon carving, on this day and make wishes for a good husband.


This year, the festival falls on August 6. In the late summer, the stars Altair and Vega are high in the night sky, and the Chinese tell the following love story:

A young cowherd, Niulang, came across a beautiful girl, Zhinü (literally "the weaver girl"), the seventh daughter of the Goddess, who had just escaped from boring heaven to look for fun. The naughty princess soon fell in love with Niulang, and they married without the knowledge of the Goddess. They lived happily and had two children. However, the Goddess of Heaven found out that Zhinü, a fairy girl, had married a mere mortal. The Goddess was furious and ordered Zhinü to return to heaven. On Earth, Niulang was very upset that his wife had disappeared. Suddenly, his ox told him that if he killed it and put on its hide, he would be able to go up to Heaven to find his wife. So he killed the ox and carried his two beloved children off to Heaven to find Zhinü. The Goddess found out and was very angry. Taking out her hairpin, she scratched a wide river in the sky to separate the two lovers forever, thus forming the Milky Way between Altair and Vega.

Once a year all the magpies in the world would take pity on them and fly up to heaven to form a bridge, "the bridge of magpies", over the star Deneb in the Cygnus constellation so that the lovers can be together for a single night, on the seventh night of the seventh moon.

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Chinese women's Opinions on International Marriages

As international marriages became more and more popular in China , one of famous Chinese newspapers - Nanfang Daily teamed up with sina.com.cn put together an online poll asking for Chinese women's input and views on international marriages. There are a total of 3,464 people participated in this survey, you may know more about Chinese women from the results below:

1. For many Chinese, matrimony between two middle-aged people can only be born out of practical needs and has little to do with romance and love. Do you think that this is also the prevalent opinion of Westerners and international marriages?
A. Marriage is often about love for westerners, more so than it is in China    (52.20% / 1,811)
B. Undecided    (19.7% / 681)
C. Infidelity in marriage is more prevalent in the west, so the quality of marriage is even lower than it is in China    (16.6% / 574)
D. Marriage in the west is about the same practicalities as it is in China    (11.5% / 398)

2. What do you think is the central factor in the international marriage of the couple cited here?
A. The riches and fame of a foreign man    (44.1% / 1528)
B. A woman obviously seeking a better future    (23.6% / 817)
C. Love    (21.6% / 747)
D. Intercultural appreciation    (7.7% / 267)
E. Other    (3.0% / 105)

3. If you're to compare the international union cited above with typical marriages between people from a single country, which of the two has the better odds at success in your opinion?
A. Can't say for certain    (51.2% / 1,773)
B. National marriages have better odds    (24.5% / 848)
C. International marriages have better odds    (24.3% / 843)
4. If you had the opportunity, would you consider international marriage?
A. I'd be willing    (67.5% / 2,338)
B. No, I'd rather not    (18.3% / 634)
C. Undecided    (14.2% / 492)

5. Ideally, where would you want your foreign significant other to be from?
A. North America    (29.8% / 1,036)
B. Western Europe    (28.7% / 993)
C. Northern Europe    (13.8% / 478)
D. Oceania (Australia, New Zealand)    (9.9% / 344)
E. Other    (6.7% / 231)
F. Southeastern Asia    (6.1% / 210)
G. Japan    (5.0% / 172)

6. If you were to consider international marriage, which would be the other major factor in play aside from love?
A. The overall social and cultural tolerance for individualism    (42.9% / 1,490)
B. The lure of the exotic    (22.9% / 792)
C. Better things and bigger possessions    (20.8% / 720)
D. Bigger and better career developments    (9.8% / 338)
E. Other    (3.6% / 124)

7. If you were to consider international marriage, what would be your biggest concern?
A. The obvious cultural and social differences between us    (51.4% / 1,783)
B. 2Whether or not I could adjust to the foreign culture    (17.8% / 616)
C. My language and work skills    (15.1% / 523)
D. Leaving behind my parents    (12.7% / 439)
E. Other    (3.0% / 103)

8. Would you be willing to immigrate to an impoverished country in Africa for the love of your life?
A. No    (78.2% / 2,708)
B. Yes    (21.8% / 756)

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