do you have some legends spread in the folks?

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well,i have one.It's about the cowhand and the weaver maid. long long ago,there was a kind-heated cowhand.he was very poor and lived by himeself herding a cattle and farming.a fairy fell in love with cowhand,she was the weaver maid.one day,weaver maid came down from heaven to earth,and married with cowhand.they lived a happy life. unfortunately,the Queen Mother knew this,she forced the weaver maid back to the heaven.with the help of celestial cattle,the cowhand flew to heaven to catch up with his wife.at this time,the Queen Mother took off her golden hairpins and make a stoke.one big river appeared.the cowhand and weaver maid were seperated on the two banks forever,they can only feel tears of each other.their love touched magpies,so thousands of magpies came to built a brige for cowhand and weaver maid to meet each other.The Queen Mother was moved eventually,then she allowed them to have a meet every year only on the 7th of the 7th lunar month.so theri meeting date has been called Qi Xi(double seventh). that's a famous traditional day in our country,also called chinese valentine's day.