What is the Qixi Festival?
The Double Seventh Festival, or Qixi Festival falls on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. This year, that is August 25th, 2020. The Qixi Festival is widely known as Chinese Valentine’s Day. THE LEGEND The Qixi Festival originated with the legend of the cowherd (牛郎 Niúláng) and the weaver girl (织女 Zhínǚ). In…