Qiqiao Festival celebrations kick off in Tianhe
A couple dance on the Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge. In the Chinese legend "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", two lovers who are banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way get reunited one day per year, on the Qixi Festival, by a bridge of magpies. [Photo provided to en.thnet.gov.cn]