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Niulang is a
Chinese deity who is
identified as the star
Altair in the
constellation Aquila. He was a
legendary figure and main
character in the po****r...
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romance between Zhinü (織女; the
weaver girl,
symbolized by the star Vega) and
Niulang (牛郎; the cowherd,
symbolized by the star Altair).
Despite their love for...
- craftsmanship'), is a
Chinese festival celebrating the
annual meeting of Zhinü and
Niulang in
Chinese mythology. The
festival is
celebrated on the
seventh day of...
- day she came down to
Earth and,
while bathing in a river, met
Niulang, a cowherd.
Niulang was so
amazed by her
beauty that he
instantly fell in love with...
- (Baishezhuan), Lady Meng Jiang, and The
Cowherd and the
Weaving Maid (
Niulang Zhinü). Six
cities in
China collaborated in 2004 on a
formal application...
- an
allusion to a love story, The
Cowherd and the
Weaver Girl, in
which Niulang (represented by Altair) and his two
children (represented by β Aquilae...
- Girl). In
Chinese mythology,
there is a love
story of Qixi (七夕) in
which Niulang (牛郎, Altair) and his two
children (β
Aquilae and γ Aquilae) are separated...
- (Baishezhuan),
Butterfly Lovers, and The
Cowherd and the
Weaving Maid (
Niulang Zhinü).
Chinese folklorists in the
early 20th
century discovered that the...
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romance between Zhinü, the
weaver girl,
symbolizing the star Vega, and
Niulang, the cowherd,
symbolizing the star Altair.
Their love was not allowed,...
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Niulang to
carry his
children up to Heaven. The ox
actually was once the god of cattle, but
downgraded as he had
violated the law of Heaven.
Niulang once...
