Qixi is fall on 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. That is a very romantic story about this festival. The 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven name “Zhinü” and an orphaned cowherd known as “Niulang”. However, The Emperor separate them by forced his daughter to star of Vega and the cowherd move to Star of Altair. They are only allowed to meet each other only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month in bridge that build by pied magpie between 2 star.
Chinese believed that if girl pray to moon at this time, they will be bless by Zhinü to get their truth love.
Please refer following link for more details:
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/foodfestivals/a/chinavalentine.htm
http://blog.youxu.info/2007/08/18/qi-xi-chinese-valentines-day/
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