Thursday, July 07, 2005

☆七夕☆ When you wish upon a star...

七夕(tanabata) is star festival on July 7th.
Here is quote of story about the star festival.
It is based on Chinese old story...

Tanabata legend is a two-star story of lovers in the vast galaxy.
Once upon a time, the emperor of the galaxy and Vega (The Japanese name is Orihime), his daughter lived in a luxurious palace which is on the eastern coast of the MilkyWay. One day, she fell deeply in love with the courageous and handsome Altair (The Japanese name is Hikoboshi), who live on the west coast of the galaxy and married him.
However, because she neglected her weaving, The emperor of the galaxy was angry and banished the bridegroom. In a result, the couple was separated far across the Milky Way. But after that, the emperor of the galaxy had permitted the couple to meet at night once a year on July 7th because he cannot stand to see his daughter looked sad so much.
On that night, it is the story that the two stars meet, spanning the bridge of the Milky Way with magpies because of going across the bridge on a rain day.

QUOTE: http://www.geocities.jp/senribb/




We decorate 笹(sasa), a kind of bamboo tree, and desplay it on July 7th.
Then we write our wish on a piece of paper and hang it to the bamboo tree.

It is cloudy so I cannot see stars tonight but...
I wish they can have happy date. :)

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