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Qixi Festival: Connection is where the story begins, says Xinhua
七夕 | 连接，是故事的开始
On the Qixi Festival, China's state news agency Xinhua published a short poetic piece pairing the traditional legend of the magpie bridge with images of silk weaving, mountain ranges, and the Milky Way. The text asserts that wherever there is separation, Chinese people use 'threads' to weave their own magpie bridge, and that connection is the beginning of every story.
The view from inside
The piece reframes the Qixi romance as a celebration of connectivity. It strings together 'silk tapestry warp and weft' (缂丝经纬, a traditional craft), 'mountain and river veins' (山河脉络, evoking infrastructure and…
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