Key Points
However, the star festival is also celebrated on August 7 in some places in Japan based on the older Chinese calendar...
Tanabata is based on the ancient Chinese legend of two star-crossed lovers, Zhin (Orihime) and Niulang (Hikoboshi), who were only allowed to meet once a year..
However, after falling in love, Orihime stopped weaving and Hikoboshi stopped tending his cows, angering Tentei, who forbade the two lovers to meet..
Legend has it that after much pleading, Orihime and Hikoboshi were allowed to meet once a year on the 7th day of the 7th month..
It is believed that if it rains on the day of Tanabata, the magpies will not come and the two lovers will have to wait another year to meet..
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