Every year, when

Every year, as summer reaches its height, something magical happens across China. Couples appear in parks holding hands, restaurants fill with reservations for two, and young people nervously prepare confessions of love. No, it’s not Valentine’s Day — at least not the Western version. This is Qixi Festival, China’s own celebration of love, and it’s steeped in a mythology so beautiful it might make you believe in fairy tales again.