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Updated: 2010-06-25

Second Act: World in Heaven

Colourful Clouds and rainbows float in the sky. In the heaven, seven Fairy Maidens fly over the rainbow and wander freely in the sky.

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In the heaven, seven Fairy Maidens fly over the rainbow and wondering freely in the sky.

On earth, a group of young ladies pick up the green tea leaves by the foot of Huangshan Mountain.

Under a big old tree, an ordinary young man called Dong Yong met the Seventh Fairy Maiden; they fell in love with each other.

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Under a big old tree, an ordinary young man called Dong Yong met the Seventh Fairy Maiden; they fell in love with each other.

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Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy Maiden
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Dong Yong and his lover--the Seventh Fairy Maiden get married.

But suddenly, it thunders with lightning, the divine troops descending from heaven appeared to take the Seventh Fairy Maiden back to the heaven. The Seventh Fairy Maiden was apart from her beloved man Dong Yong forever.

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The divine troops descending from heaven appeared to take the Seventh Fairy Maiden back to the heaven.

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Dong Yong: Don't take away my wife!

However, from then on, every 7th of July, millions of Magpies will get together in the sky to build a bridge of love so that the Seventh Fairy Maiden and Dong Yong can go across the bridge to meet each other. This moving love story passed down till today.

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Every 7th of July, millions of Magpies will get together in the sky build a bridge of love so that Fairy Maiden and Dong Yong can go across the bridge to meet each other.