Qixi: Enjoy traditional festival the ancient way

Members of an organization focusing on the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture participate in the river lantern floating activity in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on August 11, 2013. The young men and women, wearing traditional Han robes (hanfu) from the Han Dynasty, explain Qixi customs Qixi, traditional Chinese Valentine's Day, to residents, including needlework competition, river lantern floating and the Weaver Maid tribute. 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]