Tian Xian Pei (The legend of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy) is a widely known love story in China.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), a scholar Dong Yong would sell himself into slavery to pay for his father’s funeral. Moved by his filial piety, the Seventh descended to Earth to marry Dong Yong without the knowledge of his father, the Jade Emperor. When Jade Emperor discovered this he ordered his daughter to return to the Heaven and threatened to kill Dong Yong if she did not follow his order. The Seventh Fairy had no choice but to leave her husband.However the couple is allowed to reunite only once a year across the Milky Way at the 7th July evening of Chinese Lunar Calendar
The story is much favored by the general public and has been selected on the List of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritages.
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Chinese Greatest love story
RomanceThese stories are known throughout China and have very tragic parts.
