Women wearing traditional Han robes (hanfu) from the Han Dynasty pay tribute to the Weaver Maid in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on August 11, 2013. According to ancient Chinese mythology the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, lovers separated by the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens, can only meet on Qixi in the evening of July 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar.[Photo/CFP]
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