Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
I’m following up on the promise I made in the my last Learning Mandarin post about the Qixi Festival. I said I’d talk about the legend behind it, and that’s the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. (Awesome main image from qixifestival.com)
The Legend Niulang was young and poor but he was kind-hearted. His biggest possession was an old ox. He’s the one referred to as the cowherd. (I always hear them say cowherd but that sounds odd to me.
2020-05-01