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Double Seventh Festival (Chinese: 七夕) is a traditional star festival of the East Asian cultural sphere that celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in Chinese mythology. It falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the East Asian Lunisolar calendar.The festival originated from the romantic legend of two loversthe Weaver Maid and the Cowherd The tale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the Han Dynasty.

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