Holy Places for Lovers on the Double Seventh Day
Lovers’ Choices
Tianhe Mountain of Shaanxi Province
Fit type: lovers gone through hardships
According to the latest textual research of the folklorists, the everlasting legend, "The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl", happened around the Tianhe Mountain, the bordering place between Heshun County of Shanxi Province and Xingtai of Hebei Province. Here is the place where the South Heavenly Lake and the Erlang Valley are located. The former is said to be the bathing pool of the Weaving Girl, while the latter is named after the cowherd.
- Fit type: Till-Death-Will-We-Part type
The legend of Xu Xian and the Lady White Snake is always closely related with the West Lake, the Broken Bridge, and the Leifeng Pagoda. Hence the Broken Bridge on the West Lake and the high pagoda at the lakeside have become an inseparable ingredient when people tell the love story.
The tomb of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai at Maxiang Township, Runan County, Henan Province
Fit type: happy foes
The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai took place at Maxiang Township, Runan County, Henan Province. Why not bring your hateful sweetheart to experience the romance of butterfly lovers?!
- Fit type: lovers having gone through thick and thin
Meander around Mt. Sanqingshan and see two supreme views – Goddess Sichun and Huge Python Coming out of the Mountain. Legend has it that they love each other; though they are parted, they never give up.
Fairy Lake in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province
Fit type: love-at-first-sight type
The legend of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy has been past down until now. Their love story took place at today’s Fairy Lake Region, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province.
Choices for those still single
- Fit type: those with a petty bourgeois sentiment
- Fit type: novelty hunters
White Horse Hillock in Motuo
Fit type: adventure lovers
- Fit type: dream chasers
