allkinds.EasterisanimportantreligiousandsocialfestivalforChiristiansaroundtheworld.ItcelebratesthereturnofJesusfromthedeadandthecomingofspringandnewlife.Japan’sCherryBlossomFesticalhappensalittlelater.Thecountry,coveredwithcherrytreeflowers,looksasthoughitiscoveredwithpinksnow.Peoplelovetogettogethertoeat,drinkandhavefunwitheachother.Festivalsletusenjoylife,beproudofourcustomsandforgetouworkforalittlewhile.ASadLoveStoryLiFangwasheart-broken.ItwasValetine’sDayandHuJinhadsaidshewouldmeethimatthecoffeeshopafterwork.Butshedidn’tturnup.Shecouldbewithherfriendsrightnowlaughingathim.Shesaidshewouldbethereatseveno’clock,andhethoughtshewouldkeepherword.Hehadlookedforwardtomeetingherallday,andnowhewasalonwithhisrosesandchocolates,likeafool.Well,hewsnotgoingtoholdhisbreathforhertoapologize.Hewoulddrownhissadnessincoffee.ItwasobviousthatthemanagerofthecoffeeshopwaswaitingforLiFangtoleave–hewipedthetables,thensatdownandturnedontheTV–justwhatLiFangneeded!AsadChinesestoryaboutlostlove.TheranddaughteroftheGoddessofHeavenvisitedtheearth.HernamewasZhinu,theweavingfirl.WhileshewasonearthshemettheherdboyNiulangandtheyfellinlove.(“JustlikemeandHuJin,”thoughtLiFang.)Theygotmarriedsecretly,andtheywereveryhappy.(“Wecouldbelikethat,“thoughtLiFang.)WhentheGoddessofHeavenknewthathergranddaughterwasmarriedtoahuman,shebecameveryangryandmadetheweavinggirlreturntoHeaven.Niulangtriedtofollowher,buttheriverofstars,theMilkyWay,stoppedhim.FindingthatZhinuwasheart-broken,hergrandmotherfinallydecidedtoletthecouplecrosstheMilkyWaytomeetonceayear.Magipiesmakeabridgeoftheirwingssothecouplecancrosstherivertomeetontheseventhdayofthesenvethlunarmonth.PeopleinChianhopethattheweatherwillbefineonthatday,becauseifitisraining,itmeansthatzhinuisweepingandthecouplewon’tbeabletomeet.Theannouncersaid,“ThisisthestoryofQiqiaoFestival.WhenforeignershearaboutthestorytheycallitaChineseValentine’sstory.It’safinedaytoday,soIhopeyoucanallmeettheoneyoulove.”AsLiFangsetoffforhome,hethought,“IguessHuJindoesn’tloveme.I’justthrow