QiXi: Chinese Valentine's Day and Olympic Love

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On the occasion of worldwide celebration, the coming of traditional Chinese Valentine's Day adds more festivity to the atmosphere. Double Seventh Day, the Valentine's Day in China on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which falls on August 7 this year, while Aug. 8 is the opening day of 2008 Beijing Olympics. Quite mysteriously, it seems that the Olympics is destined to be connected with the Double Seventh Day, QiXi.

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