The fable Western Zhou Dynasty is together,now area Shandong,some household poor others,the parents early lose,the cadet gets by according to the brothers and sisters-in-law,goes out every day tends sheep,the people are called him to be the cowherd boy.The cowherd boy grew up gradually.His elder brother's wife did not like him,then lets him pull an willing ox to pose as to the barren hill under.The willing ox is space Jin Niu the star,because of offends superstitiously is fallen the world.It knew that the space 7 female celestial often accompany the world to take a stroll,bathes in the bright lake,it then holds the dream to the cowherd boy,wants him to arrive at the lakeside,when plays with water while the female celestial,takes a female celestial to hang on tree's clothing,does not return runs back the family to come,will then obtain a beautiful female celestial to be the wife.Then the cowherd boy according to the dream practice,is stolen away clothing's female celestial is the female weaver,afterward they form the husbands and wives.3 years later,the female weaver has had 1 male 1 female for the cowherd boy,the willing ox has died,is left over pair of buffalo and cow horns.The female weaver steals secretly descends to earth the matter to know by the God that arrested the palace her; The cowherd boy holds the buffalo and cow horns to weep bitterly,after the buffalo and cow horns fall,2 buffalo and cow horns turned 2 wicker baskets,the cowherd boy have put in 2 children in the wicker basket,afterward,then turned 2 powerful wings,flew in the sky,saw that the female weaver at present,the cowherd boy furiously pursues.Under the grandmother empress pulls out on Jin Cha,between the cowherd boy and the female weaver a stroke,then presented the mighty waves to be turbulent,the whitecap was dreadful,henceforth in east of the river,in Hexi.Swings relatively is actually unable to meet..Their loyal love has felt the magpie,thousands of magpies built the magpie bridge to let the cowherd and the weaving maiden step onto meeting of lovers,the grandmother empress have no alternative regarding this,had to allow them on July 7 to meet in every year's lunar calendar in the magpie bridge.