http://www.dailychilli.com/news/5710-anti-lovers-movement-to-cause-problems-to-couples-during-qixi
Anti-lover movement to kll romance in China
As Chinese lovers prepare gifts for their partners to celebrate the upcoming
Qixi Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day, a tide of opposition intended to
interfere romance is gaining momentum online.
The festival falls on Aug 16 this year.
An online campaign, which started on Monday and will last until Aug 17, is
saying no to Chinese lovers' much-anticipated festival and aims to break up as
many relationships as possible.
Qixi Festival, lovers go to hell has attracted 8,150 participants as of Sunday
afternoon.
"Qixi Festival is approaching. Lovers, could you please not show off your
happiness? There are single people out there, could you please be considerate
to them?" said the website.
The activity's organiser said she is quite sick of the overwhelming discussions
about the festival, so she planned to invite netizens to express something
different.
Participants expressed their anger over people in love and suggested plenty of
methods to cause unpleasantness or inconvenience to them.
The methods included separating them in a theatre by buying all film tickets of
odd numbers and walking between couples when they are strolling hand in hand on
the streets.
Qixi Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
It originated from a tale of the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and
her lover - an orphaned cowherd - who were separated by the emperor who
disapproved of their union.
The girl was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd to the star
Altair. They were allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the
seventh lunar month.
Source: China Daily / ANN
Published Aug 15 2010
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