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Google Doodle Celebrating Qixi Festival 2022 Today's Doodle honors the Qixi Festival, a traditional Asian event based on a love legend that is celebrated in Taiwan, Singapore, and other regions of Asia. It's also known as the Magpie Festival, the Double Seventh Festival, and the Night of the Sevens. On the lunar calendar, it is observed on the seventh day of the seventh month. Singles and couples give presents such as flowers and sweets to their love interests on this day. In ancient times, the ancient Chinese worshipped stars and discovered Niulang (or oxherd, Altair) and Zhinü (or weaver maiden, Vega) meeting in the sky on the double seventh. The romantic tradition tells of an oxherd and a fairy who, despite their differences, fell madly in love. According to the narrative, Zhinü chose to remain on Earth without permission and became a weaver girl. When the queen mother of the heavens found out about their marriage, she made Zhinü return. Niulang then sailed into the heavens ...