MODERN MAGPIE BRIDGE
The 2,000-year-old Qixi festival originated from a folk tale where a fairy called Zhi Nyu married a mortal called Niu Lang. Shortly after the couple had two children, the Goddess of Heaven, who was against their marriage, disrupted their life, separating them by the Milky Way after they were sent into the heavens as two separate stars.
According to the story, a group of magpies felt sorry for the lovers and so flew up to heaven every year to form a bridge. It was through this bridge that the lovers reunited every year, but only for a single night.
As many couples are separated by work or study, social media and transport build a modern "Magpie bridge" to unite them in virtual space or face to face.
Wang Lin was dispatched to an air force base in northwest China's Gansu Province, nearly 1,500 kilometers away from his wife Pang Ran, who is a freelance interpreter in Beijing.
Despite distance, they maintain an intimate relationship.
"We chat on WeChat all the time if he isn't on duty, and we call each other two to three times a day," Pang said.
Pang's schedule is flexible enough for her to visit her husband for about two weeks each visit.
She is not expecting a surprise on Qixi and said a call was enough.
"He is not that romantic, and we both don't care too much about festivals like the Valentine's Day," she said.
BELIEF FOR THE FUTURE
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