The seventh seventh day of the lunar calendar every year is the traditional Chinese festival "Qixi".

The Qixi Festival, also known as the "Qiao Qiao Festival", began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty.

According to legend, the Qixi Festival is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Magpie Bridge.

Why did the Weaver Girl choose Cowherd?

Why is the Qixi Festival called the Chinese Lovers' Day?

How is it different from Western Valentine's Day?

What are the touching stories and cultural connotations behind it?

Li Hanqiu, the former director of the Festival Committee of the Chinese People's Association and a humanist, will explain it for you.

(Reporter Lang Jiahui and Li Shuoxing)

Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]