bye bye baby-- all about a sad Chinese Valentine's Day

Bay City Rollers’ Bye Bye Baby was one of my favorite songs, especially in this season! I watched “Love Actually” with my ex on the 7th of July in the lunar calendar last year, it was Chinese Valentine’s Day. I cried for the guy, he played this song on his wife’s funeral, I still remember I stare at you and asked “will you play this song on my funeral as well?” ”Yes, if you want” you said. I told you I want to die before you, there is no way I can survive by myself, I cried even just thinking about you were no longer living with me…

When you told me, you are going to marry her within one month, you have been together more than6 years (What the Fxxx?), she’s got your baby and I got your soul. Marriage means nothing to you, you love me more than her, balabalabala…. We can still meet up every month like “cowherd” and “girl wearer”. What a romantic story, what a wonderful ending? Do you think all I need is you love? Chinese Valentine’s Day is coming again. But I don’t want to be fool again. Everything will be ended here. I can be happy again without you.

“Cowherd and Girl wearer” 牛郎织女 [niu　lang　zhi　nu]
is a very beautiful story which is also the original story about where Chinese Valentine’s Day comes from.
Jade emperor has many daughters, the 7th daughter is the most beautiful and intelligent one. She is called “girl wearer”.

One day, the 7 daughters came to the earth and had bath in the river, by that time, Cowherd was passing by the river as well, he picked up one dress (which just belonged to Girl Wearer), then, as you know, they fall in love with each other and have a pigeon pair! This kind of thing always happen and always not allow in the fairyland, therefore, Girl Wearer were sent back to the fairyland.

Cowherd has a cow which came from the fairyland, he told Cowherd ”after I passed away, you can make a shoe by using my skin, it will take you to the fairyland” Cowherd followed what that cow said, and flied to sky. When he nearly met Girl Wearer, he stopped by the Galaxy which was made by Mother Queen’s hairpin. But luckily, the magpies were moved by their love and bridge for them. Finally, Cowherd and Girl Wearer can meet together!

Cowherd and Girl Wearer were still not allow to meet after all, Mother Queen felt sorry to them when she saw their love on the magpies bridge. She said to them “you can meet each other once a year from now on the 7th of July in the lunar calendar on magpies bridge ”

From now, if you see drizzle on that day, you know Cowherd and Girl Wearer both cry in the sky.


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