In the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Cowherd saved an old cow. Because of the estrangement from her brother and sister-in-law, sister-in-law wanted to kill the old cow, so the cowherd saved the old cow and wouldn't let the old cow run away from home. Who knows, the old cow is actually a fairy in the sky. In order to repay the Cowherd for saving his life, he taught him to hide the clothes of the Weaver Girl, so that the Weaver Girl who bathed in the river could not return to the sky. Later, she fell in love with the Weaver Girl, and the Weaver Girl moved her heart and gave birth to a pair of children. When the heavenly queen learned about these two people, she beat them with a stick. The queen mother sent someone to the sky to catch the weaver girl. The cowherd is chasing after her with the children, and she is catching up soon. The queen mother tore off the hair clasp on her head and drew a long river to stop the lovers. Later, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl finally moved to heaven, and they met at the Magpie Bird Bridge on July 7th. This is the oldest long-distance love in our stories and legends, and there is no one.
A man in Xinyu County, Zhang Yu, the prototype of the historical story, saw six or seven women in Tanaka, all wearing sweaters, but didn't know they were birds. Climb down and take the sweater that one of the girls untied. That is, the bird flew away. Only one bird is allowed. A man married a wife and gave birth to three girls. Her mother's maid asked her father that she knew the clothes were under Jimmy, so she took them and flew away. Then I greeted three girls, and the girls were going to fly. The above is recorded in Searching for the Gods. There is a similar story in the caves of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. The hero is Tian Kunlun. The cowherd named Gong Mingji in The Book of Songs lives in the mountains of Chongqing, while the real name of the Weaver Girl is Zhang, who is said to be a man. There are some historical studies. Wang Hai of Shang Dynasty once herded cattle in Yining and fell in love with women from other tribes. Later, Yining was changed to Xiuwu. Some people say that this story may also refer to the story of Wang Hai. You think that's all? Moreover, in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, there are not only stories and legends, but also a galaxy-like yi river, a fairy cave for weaver girls and a cowherd village handed down from generation to generation.
In fact, the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl existed before the Qin Dynasty. From generation to generation, the story of love has been divided. In fact, it has been found in many places, like a folk story in Nanyang city? There is a Niujiazhuang twenty miles west of Nanyang, and there is a cowherd in Niujiazhuang. ? Do you think there are many prototypes of such stories?