Qixi Festival: The Chinese Valentine’s Day and Its Timeless Love Story

Guan Lan | Contributing Columnist · ChinaMatch International Journal

Published by ChinaMatch International

• Love is not measured solely by how close two people stand to one another, but by the sincerity of their feelings, the respect they share, and the future they are willing to build together.

• The deepest ideal of love is not simply to endure hardship. It is to create a life in which both people can flourish.

• The stars may tell an ancient story, but every generation must write its own story of love.

Once every year, beneath the vastness of the summer sky, two stars appear to draw closer across the Milky Way. In Chinese tradition, they represent two lovers separated by heaven, yet united by a love that neither distance nor time can erase.

Their story has been told for generations. It has inspired poems, paintings, folk traditions, and countless refle…

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