#Qixi festival 2024

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Qixi Festival Starter.

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LU TINGYU 陆婷玉 | Qixi Festival 2024

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March wants to try chewing on the lanterns too, so she does! Taking the one nearest to her, she bites into it without hesitation.

“ Iwt ish pwretty chrunchy. “

(Qixi Festival asks)

Stelle nodded sagely. She was happy she could share this bonding experience with her best friend and fellow Nameless.

Stelle returned to her chewing, but before that, she reminded March to; "Make sure you don't swallow; it doesn't taste very good."

@memovia

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Honkai: Star Rail | Qixi Festival 2024 Celebration Artwork

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Qixi Festival 2024

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08/11/2024 is Qixi Festival 🌎, Builders' Day 🌎, World Steelpan Day 🌎, National Presidential Joke Day 🇺🇸, National Raspberry Bombe Day 🇺🇸, Hip Hop Celebration Day 🇺🇸, National Bakewell Tart Day 🇬🇧

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August Bonus Prompt

Welcome to August! This month’s Guardian Bingo bonus prompt is Constellation.

The prompt is inspired by the Qixi Festival, which falls on 22 August this year.

As with all Guardian Bingo prompts, you are free to interpret this prompt however you wish. Full details about bonus prompts are below the cut.

Have fun and happy creating!

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How Much Time Do I Have To Complete The Bonus Prompt?

Through the end of the month in which it’s issued. February’s prompt has to be filled in February, March’s prompt in March, etc.

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Apart From Having To Complete The Bonus Prompt Within The Month It Was Issued, Are There Any Other Changes To The Rules Regarding Fills?

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2023 Bonus Prompt List

February: Meet Cute

March: Take A Leap

April: Ancestors

May: Acceptance

June: Twins

July: Animal Transformations

August: Constellation

2022 Bonus Prompt List

February: Tiger

March: Women and Gender Non-Conforming Characters

April: Birthday

May: Time Travel

June: Dragon

July: Meeting Again

August: Star-Crossed Lovers

September: Trying Something New

October: Supernatural Elements

November: Short and Sweet

December: Keep On Going

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Martians opening the concert with Growing Towards the Sun.

🌹 Mars Concert 2024 - Hefei Day 1 - 240810 🌹

Happy Qixi Festival!! 💖

[treesah]

In defense of 迢迢, the song fucks you up more if you know the meaning behind it! It heavily references, but is not quite completely about, the Chinese folktale/myth of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. The song is about two lovers in a long-distance relationship who are wistfully remembering previous reunions and looking forward to their next, and likening their situation to that of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

This website has a pretty good rundown on the lyrics and meaning.

I really love the longing tone of the song and the way the lyrics scan, and I think it's also poignant because a lot of adults in China, especially from rural areas, are essentially migrants in their own country. They live in workers' dormitories or rent rooms in major metropolitan areas where the jobs are and only see their spouses and children once a year during Lunar New Year, maybe some other major festivals if they can swing it. It's sad for spouses who must keep their love alive over long distances, but it's even sadder for the children who get left behind to essentially raise themselves.

There are all sorts of variations on The Cowherd (Niulang, 牛郎, symbolizing the star Altair) and the Weaver Girl (Zhinü, 织女, symbolizing the star Vega), some of them incredibly rapey, but here's the romantic version (since it's celebrated as a timeless love story and the origin of Qixi (七夕) Festival, which is on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (August 22 in 2023, August 10 in 2024) and is the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day):

Seven Heavenly Maidens, ie Zhinü and six of her sisters, take a trip to the mortal realm which they're very curious about since access to the mortal realm is restricted. They got permission from the Empress of Heaven for this excursion.

As the Seven Heavenly Maidens are bathing in a lake at night, Niulang, out herding oxen, hears the commotion and decides to investigate. All the Heavenly Maidens except for Zhinü hide, and as Zhinü and Niulang see each other, they fall immediately in love. She stays in the mortal realm, marries Niulang, and they have two children, while her sisters return to Heaven and do their best to cover up Zhinü's forbidden romance with a mortal.

The Empress of Heaven finds out and is furious, and orders Zhinü to return to Heaven immediately. Niulang, devastated, weeps and hides his face against his ox's side. His ox speaks, and tells Niulang that wearing his hide would enable Niulang to travel to Heaven and find Zhinü. At the ox's behest, Niulang kills the ox and puts the hide over himself and his two children (Beta and Gamma Aquilae, the two stars flanking Altair) and sets off to reunite with his wife and the mother of his children. The journey is long and full of obstacles, but Niulang perseveres and reunites briefly with Zhinü.

Unable to stand being defied and determined to keep the immortal Zhinü and the mortal Niulang apart, as is right and proper, the Empress uses her hairpin to scratch the wide and impassable Heavenly River (the Milky Way) into the sky and banishes Niulang (with his children) and Zhinü to opposite sides of the river forever. However, moved by their sorrow and their enduring love for each other, magpies fly up into the Heavens every year on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month to form a bridge (Queqiao, 鹊桥, the Bridge of Magpies) so that Niulang and Zhinü can meet in the middle once a year on Qixi.

Tongues and Teeth (The Crane Wives)

If you're fine with that you can be mine.... I WILL POISON ALL YOUR HAPPY THOUGHTS! I WILL LOVE YOU LIKE THE ASHES IN MY CIGARETTE BOX!

I've grown a mouth so sharp and cruel It's all that I can give to you, my dear And when you come in quick to steal a kiss My teeth will only cut your lips, my dear

And I know that you mean so well, But I am not a vessel for your good intent.

"I quote the above passage."

"It sounds happy until you listen to the lyrics and then you're like. Oh"

"Can I submit The Crane Wives whole catalog? Just every song they've ever made? Tongues & Teeth is so good tho so I'll make it my flagship, its both so personal and so universal cause you can interpret it in so many ways to apply it to so many blorbos. I've applied it to 10 and it fits and hits different every time. Absolutely Iconic song."

迢迢 Tiao Tiao (黄诗扶 Huang Shi Fu)

It's sooo beautiful. I could listen to it on repeat for days on end

Tongues and Teeth submitted by @they-thespian666 + others

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YU SHUXIN / ESTHER YU 虞书欣 in Yanina Spring 2022 Couture | Qixi Festival 2024

Yu Shuxin: more photos here Qixi Festival 2024: more photos here

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Dan Heng presents Stelle with small box tied with a pink ribbon. Inside are some fruit pastries in cute shapes. ❝I picked up some qiaoguo from the Luofu. Today is a Xianzhou holiday for couples and these are tradition.❞ Rather quickly a data bank link is sent from his phone to hers on the Qixi Festival before returning said phone to his pocket.

❝From what I've read, the festivities honor a couple who defy the heavens every year for the sake of love.❞ A soft smile as a hand comes up to gently brush aside some of her hair, tail shimmering into existence to attempt curling around her waist. ❝I found it somewhat inspirational.❞

~Starlighttrain

Stelle's eyes sparkled when she saw the little cakes. A little-known fact about the golden-eyed Nameless was that she loved it when food came in un-food-like shapes like flowers or hearts. It was like eating something out of a fairy tale or something she wasn't supposed to eat, like glass or jewelry. But instead of growing tall, shrinking, or needing stitches, it was a delicious treat—unless the treat came from Ruan Mei. "Another love festival?" Momentarily distracted by Dan Heng's text, Stelle had placed the lid back on the little box of cakes and tucked it under her arm, freeing up a hand for her phone. She was about to comment on the frequency of love festivals throughout the year when she felt Dan Heng's hand brush aside some of her hair. Stelle smiled and blushed, closing her eyes at the contact and leaning into it as she tried to chase the feeling of his fingers against her hair and skin. She gave a small snort once she saw his tail.

"'Inspirational';" she hummed, "didn't know we were defying the heavens so we could date." A joke. However, it was also something she could see happening too.

@starlighttrain @tellescope

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Honkai: Star Rail | Animated Celebration Artwork: Qixi Festival 2024

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"Good girl!" Since she spat it out, Sampo will give her some treats. A red and white marmalade candy from his home planet.

Candy!!!

Happily, Stelle takes the red and white sweet and is about to stick it in her mouth when she suddenly stops. Her experiences with Ruan Mei and Dan Shu flashed through her mind.

"Thanks," she nodded, "I'll save it for later." By 'later' she meant having it tested for anything weird. After all, it doesn't hurt to be careful.

@maskednihilism

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YU YAN 喻言 | Qixi Festival 2024

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YANG ZHIWEN 杨志雯 | Qixi Festival 2024

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SONG XINRAN 宋昕冉 | Qixi Festival 2024

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