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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting on the magpie bridge. View of the night sky: Vega (Zhinü the weaver-girl) is at top left, Altair (Niulang the cowherd) at lower centre. The heavenly river separates them. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are characters found in Chinese mythology and appear eponymously in a romantic Chinese folk tale.
Zhinü is the goddess of weaving and the star Vega in Chinese mythology. She was the youngest of seven daughters of the Jade Emperor. It is believed that she weaved her father’s royal robes out of the clouds. [1] [2] [3] She is identified as the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.
Orihime (おりひめ, 織姫, "Weaver Girl") is the Japanese name for the star Vega, also known as Shokujosei (織女星, "Weaver Girl Star") in Japanese. Orihime may also refer to: the weaver girl from the Chinese folk tale The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd; the weaver girl celebrated in Tanabata, a Japanese festival
Vega was the northern pole star around 12,000 BCE and will be so again around the year 13,727, when its declination will be +86° 14′. [19] Vega was the first star other than the Sun to have its image and spectrum photographed. [20] [21] It was one of the first stars whose distance was estimated through parallax measurements.
The popular tale is a love story between Zhinü (織女, the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega) and Niulang (牛郎, the cowherd, symbolizing Altair). [2] Niulang was often abused by his sister-in-law. They eventually kicked him out of the house, and gave him nothing but an old cow.
Nico Vega is an American indie rock band formed in 2005 in Los Angeles, California, United States. They consist of lead vocalist Aja Volkman, lead guitarist Rich Koehler, drummer Dan Epand, [1] and bassist (former drummer) Michael Peña. The group has released two albums Nico Vega (2009) [2] and Lead to Light (2014).
Women dressed in yukata at Tanabata Tanabata festivities in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa in 2023. Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival.
Niulang is a Chinese deity who is identified as the star Altair in the constellation Aquila.He was a legendary figure and main character in the popular Chinese folk tale The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.