The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is one of the four major Han Chinese folk love legends. The associated festival is the Qixi Festival. On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people look up at the starry sky and can see two bright stars shining opposite each other on either side of the Milky Way. The legend of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" tells the story of their love.