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A: 飞机场在哪儿？
B: 不知道你可以走出租汽车。
C: 开车的话，走270到170。 然后走170到70西边。 三分钟就到了。

The Princess and the Cowherd
Niulang found seven beautiful celestial maidens taking a bath in the lake, and encouraged by his cheeky ox, stole the maiden's clothing, just to see what would happen. The sisters decided to send their youngest sister Zhinü, the most beautiful of them all, to retrieve their clothing. Since Zhinü was seen naked by Niulang, she agreed to marry him. They did, and they lived happily with the two children Zhinü bore for Niulang. Unfortunately, the Goddess of Heaven discovered that one of her celestial maidens had married a mortal, and became very angry. The Goddess forced Zhinü back to heaven, and on earth, her husband was very upset to find her gone. When Niulang was grieving for his missing wife, his ox informed him that if he killed him and wore his skin, Niulang would be able to go to heaven to his wife. Niulang killed the ox (but he was sad to!) and put on the skin. He took his children up to heaven with him, but the Goddess was angry that he did. So she took her hairpin and scratched a great river in the skies between them. This is the milky way. Once a year, magpies would take pity on them and form a great bridge. Zhinü and Niulang would cross their wings and meet for one day. This day is July 7th.
A festival in China (and later moved to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) is celebrated on July 7th. It is called Qixi. (In Japan it is called Tanabata and is more widely celebrated, where people write wishes on paper and attach them to bamboo poles). It is customary for women to mostly celebrate it in China. Single or newly married women making offerings to the cowherd and the weaver, often fruit, tea, or makeup. Half the makeup is thrown from the roof and the other half is divided up between friends. Sometimes, girls test to see if they will become skilled at embroidery by throwing a needle into a bowl of water. If it floats they will be skilled.


(wikipedia)